onsdag 24. september 2008

A premier with reason to be worried?

To be honoest, I did't go to Dublin because of the city's Cinematic facilities. But, after nearly 5 weeks here I have learned that they are indeed doing quite good when it gets to cinemas. One of very few plans, concerning movies, I had when I ended up here was to atleast watch "Outlander", Sophia Myles's latest movie, no interests in Batman, the Duchess or anyother blockbusters, but just in a semi-epic sci-fi movie about a struggle between Vikings and aliens; defently. Since the movie have a budget of a certain amount, and a lot, or some, well known actors (Myles, James Caviezel, Ron Pearlman and John Hurt) I did hope for a early premier in Europe. Since UK isn't that fare from here i lived in the faith that when the movie was announced to have its premier i august, that it would find the way across the sea and end up in Dublin in september/october. I will now give the entire premier list:

France; May 08
Latvia; July 08
Switzerland/Germany; August 08
Russia/Poland; September 08
Lithuania/Turkey; October 08
USA (DVD)/India; November 08
UK February 09
The Netherlands April 09

I'm a bit..dissatisfied. Not much, just a bit. But someone, please, Vikings...and not a single Scandinavia country, and what about Ireland! UK are less then two hours from here with a regular train! If they first are going to ship it to the North...they are selling a movie to the cinemas in Belfast but do not bother to send it fouther? Theres something like 5 times the population here! THEY DO BOTHER SENDING ANYTHING AT ALL TO BELFAST AND NOTHING TO DUBLIN! TO BELFAST?? As I sad, i'm a bit dissepointed. But, in another way; what kind of quality do that movie have, or, what kind of ambitions? It seems like the distribution it's a bit...limited. European countries isn't that different in tast and preferences when it gets to movies, and for Norway; we do show way too many american movies compare to other nationalities, but still; how many other movies have been released in both UK an Germany and not Norway? We did get Tristan and Isolde, Hallam Foe and Art School Confidential? We did get way too many Ron Pearlman-movies, and Pathfinder, who's nearly simular. Why not Outlander? Is it soo pathetic that we rather than missing something are getting saved from something embarresing? Why is the premier, of all the places in the world, i Latvia? Seems like I'll get a weekend in Aberdeen in February.

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