Jeff Blake Quotes on Movies (6 Quotes)

That was the message that was heard loud and clear by Hollywood. Why not get everyone if you can There's great value in having a picture that can appeal to everyone.

Summer is when audiences expect us to deliver excitement. Some movies just didn't fulfill that promise.

The lightning speed with which these copies spread around the planet was horrifying, ... No matter how much you spend on security or what precautions you take, the grim truth is once a film gets uploaded on the Internet, suddenly it's everywhere.

Everyone feels confident about the movies they've got going in. But I admit, there is little margin for error. Our big movies are going to have to come through if it's going to add up for the studios and the industry this year.

It does feel that there is going to be a sea change in the business, that there isn't going to be a hit every week of the summer. It's a concern, and the bar for the movies that are going to do well seems to have been raised this summer. I don't think anyone wants to live in a world where you have to have one of the biggest movie stars, with one of the biggest directors with a giant concept like aliens invading earth, as your criteria for a hit. It's a pretty high place to put the bar.

There were some weekends when you had the big new film of the weekend, when you thought you were going to be the only kid on the block. And a film that was a week or two old would be No. 1. There was no way to predict whether people were going to come out for the movies or what they were going to choose.