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There are about 100 glaring "tells" before the movie was ever released or reviewed that irrefutably proved that it was going to be a major box-office bomb.
i won't even try to list them but each one stood out like a flashing red police mars light.
example:
The musical track features several songs by PITBULL.
In a mafia movie.
Anachronous. Wrong genre. Something Gotti himself would have hated. Makes no sense.
REASON: To sell tickets to a young demographic.
WHY IT DIDN"T WORK: Because in 100 years of cinematic history people never did and never will make their movie going decisions based on who sang some of the songs. This shows the infantile, unsophisticated understanding of the film industry by Gotti's producers.
While we are on the subject of Gotti's producers, here's another excruciatingly obvious "tell" that the movie was cursed and destined for an ignominious disgrace:
Movies sometimes have a few producers, maybe a couple "PRODUCER" credits and perhaps 1-3 "EXECUTIVE PRODUCER" credits. That's the range for top flight "A" movies. Occasionally there are a few more freebie credits being thrown around to people who helped make elements of the cast or financing come together. But get a load of this clown show:
Produced by
That is a ludicrous joke! Anyone familiar with movie production knows this is a complete shit show with nobody in charge. If you are not getting the punchline, imagine that you went to the Louvre and next to the wall-sized painting there was an attribution plaque that listed close to 50 "Painters" that created the painting.
The joke inside the joke is that there is not even one credible "producer" or this movie could never have been made at the buffoonishly inept film that just was released.
Frank Capra ("It's a Wonderful Life") in his beautiful autobigraphy ("The Name Above The Title") devoted an entire chapter to his philosophy on making movies. He recognized that a well loved movie masterpiece is the fulfilled vision (in large part) of one great visionary. He called the concept:
ONE MAN-- ONE MOVIE.
I don't know what Gotti's 50 producers call their philosophy. Perhaps. . .
50 PRODUCERS -- ONE CHANCE TO GET SOME STREET CRED
There are about 100 glaring "tells" before the movie was ever released or reviewed that irrefutably proved that it was going to be a major box-office bomb.
i won't even try to list them but each one stood out like a flashing red police mars light.
example:
The musical track features several songs by PITBULL.
In a mafia movie.
Anachronous. Wrong genre. Something Gotti himself would have hated. Makes no sense.
REASON: To sell tickets to a young demographic.
WHY IT DIDN"T WORK: Because in 100 years of cinematic history people never did and never will make their movie going decisions based on who sang some of the songs. This shows the infantile, unsophisticated understanding of the film industry by Gotti's producers.
While we are on the subject of Gotti's producers, here's another excruciatingly obvious "tell" that the movie was cursed and destined for an ignominious disgrace:
Movies sometimes have a few producers, maybe a couple "PRODUCER" credits and perhaps 1-3 "EXECUTIVE PRODUCER" credits. That's the range for top flight "A" movies. Occasionally there are a few more freebie credits being thrown around to people who helped make elements of the cast or financing come together. But get a load of this clown show:
Produced by
Noel Ashman ... executive producer
Scott Atkins ... associate producer (as Scotty Atkins)
Ryan S. Black ... co-producer
Barry Brooker ... executive producer
Anthony Callie ... co-producer
Peter Capozzi ... executive producer
Fay Devlin ... executive producer
Lem Dobbs ... co-producer
Anson Downes ... executive producer
Alexander Eckert ... production executive
Randall Emmett ... producer
Maurice Fadida ... executive producer
Linda Favila ... executive producer
Marc Fiore ... producer
Thomas Fiore ... executive producer
Ted Fox ... executive producer
Arianne Fraser ... executive producer
Michael Froch ... producer
George Furla ... producer
Jon Galanis ... production executive
Scotty Gelt ... associate producer
Phillip Glasser ... executive producer
Wayne Marc Godfrey ... executive producer
Norton Herrick ... executive producer
Marty Ingels ... executive producer
Anthony Jabre ... executive producer
Robert Jones ... executive producer
Corey Large ... executive producer
Rob Logozio ... executive producer
Vince P. Maggio ... producer: NY Unit
Randi Michel ... executive producer
Keya Morgan ... executive producer
Vance Owen ... executive producer
Delphine Perrier ... executive producer
Rick Salomon ... executive producer
Steven Saxton ... executive producer
Kirk Shaw ... executive producer
William B. Steakley ... line producer
Mark Stewart ... executive producer
Timothy C. Sullivan ... co-producer
Dt Thomas ... executive producer
John Travolta ... executive producer
Michael J. Urann ... associate producer
Stan Wertlieb ... executive producer
That is a ludicrous joke! Anyone familiar with movie production knows this is a complete shit show with nobody in charge. If you are not getting the punchline, imagine that you went to the Louvre and next to the wall-sized painting there was an attribution plaque that listed close to 50 "Painters" that created the painting.
The joke inside the joke is that there is not even one credible "producer" or this movie could never have been made at the buffoonishly inept film that just was released.
Frank Capra ("It's a Wonderful Life") in his beautiful autobigraphy ("The Name Above The Title") devoted an entire chapter to his philosophy on making movies. He recognized that a well loved movie masterpiece is the fulfilled vision (in large part) of one great visionary. He called the concept:
ONE MAN-- ONE MOVIE.
I don't know what Gotti's 50 producers call their philosophy. Perhaps. . .
50 PRODUCERS -- ONE CHANCE TO GET SOME STREET CRED
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