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If they go ahead and release it now, as a minimum, there would be an outcry about it being in poor taste. Which it would kind of be. I mean, 9 people are dead so far in circumstances that are similar to the film's concept of a sniper shooting people in public places. I admit it's silly to delay it, yet I think that's the only choice they have.

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The name is real to follow the rules here.
I use aliases on other message boards and messenger.
On line I usually go by Dexter Caldwell, but a few of my friends refer to and introduce me as Jimmy Cinnamonroll.

I dont come from a dynasty of oil tycoons, but I once extrad in a movie in which one of the characters was an oil tycoon.
Care to guess which one?

Your siper theory about targeting moviegoers may sound farfetched, but you have a good point because after all, who knows what people are capable of these days.

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The movie has been in development for some time and at various points Jim Carrey and Will Smith were set to star, but dropped out.

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I wonder which one would play the person in the phone booth, and which one would play the killer? I wonder if people would be offended either way...

Not that Phone Booth would have been a hit next month -- it would have been killed at the box office opposite 8 Mile.

Reason? Simple, MOST people hate rap music, hate movies about rappers, and hate rappers in movies, (unless of course they cannot actually identify the rapper as a rapper).

As is the case with 8 Mile. The majority of people watching will be rap fans, and those sympathetic to the cause, and a few others. It will be a hit, but it will not trounce most movies, phone booth included.

But I am looking forward to both films, and hope both do well.

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"Rap Music.....isn't music....it's trash"

--Who said it?

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Rap style music does not appeal to the majority of people. That doesn't mean that if you like it that you are some sort of freak. It only means that you like it, and that's cool. Hey I like some of it, but only some. Eminem seems to have a corner on the commercial end of rap music at this time in history. However, once again, it is rap, and there is a great majority that do not cater to that style of music.

It is not a strech in any way to state that most people hate rap music. You get on any singles web site and 90 percent of people state that they like all music, except country and rap.

Country and Rap appeal to very small market niches, but those niches actually BUY the stuff instead of just listening to the radio all day. That is why you have a hoard of radio stations that are rock or top 40, and most are NOT country or rap, with the exceptions in some areas of the country that have super high populations with that particular niche in majority.

This is why 8 Mile is going to be a hit, because Eminem has control of the commercial end of rap music. His fans will see the movie, and will probably drag along a loved one in tow.

However, it will be a limited hit. But still a hit. Those that might have even been remotely interested in the film but believe that it is filled with rap music, will avoid it like the plague. I have many freinds that will not bother with it, becuase they do not want to hear it.