Archive for August 2010
PopSugar Video: Robert Pattinson Wraps Filming in Tennessee 2 comments
3 HQ Untagged Pictures of Robert Pattinson from the Dossier Shoot 4 comments
Robert Pattinson is a True Star – Great Article from the Huffington Post 10 comments
Brent Lang of The Wrap just doesn’t get it. Plain and simple. In his provocatively-titled piece ‘Zac Efron and the Incredible Shrinking Teen Idol Stars‘, Land submits that the newest generation of young stars (Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson, Miley Cyrus, etc) have disappointed at the box office even as the numbers he uses fail to bear that out. Once again, a pundit has fallen into the classic trap: Because a movie star’s latest movie has failed to match up with his or her all-time best performances, said actor’s star must be fading. But it fails to take into account two obvious factors: not every film an actor makes is identical in appeal and marketability, and a star cannot be expected to top their previous best every time out of the gate.
As I’ve said any number of occasions, movie stars are worth certain paydays for certain projects.
The absurd idea that a small intimate drama starring a given actor should be expected to perform as well as a crowd-pleasing genre picture is asinine. In fact, such expectations actually discourage actors from stretching or trying artier or more challenging works.
Sure Remember Me ‘only’ made $55 million worldwide (on a budget of just $16 million), but that means that $55 million worth of tickets were sold completely on the shoulders of one Robert Pattinson (quick, raise your hands if you saw that one for Pierce Brosnan or Chris Cooper….?).
Thus, quite obviously, Robert Pattinson shouldn’t be getting paid nearly as much for Remember Me as he did for Twilight Saga: Eclipse. He didn’t, so the film’s box office should not be judged on the same level.
Pattinson and Efron could spend their entire careers doing rip-offs of, respectively Twilight and High School Musical. The fact that they are instead making more challenging pictures, and still posting decent returns, means that they are absolutely bankable names on a reasonable budget
Star power isn’t opening something that is already highly appealing to a mass audience that has the benefit of your name on the poster. Star power is scoring a reasonable or better opening weekend for a film that has nothing to offer except your name on the poster. On that scale, Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron, and Robert Pattinson are genuine movie stars.
2 New Fan Pictures of Robert Pattinson From Yesterday 6 comments
2 Pictures taken of Robert Pattinson on the set of Water for Elephants and leaving the set.
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Two NEW Robert Pattinson wallpapers 4 comments
Videos: Robert Pattinson Leaving the Set of Water for Elephants for The Last Time 2 comments
Here’s are videos of Robert Pattinson leaving the set of Water for Elephants yesterday.
Poll Time: Are You Starting to Lose Interest in the Twilight Saga? 222 comments
Is Interest in the Twilight Saga fading?
Since we’ve heard yesterday that Breaking Dawn Part II won’t be released until November 18, 2012 we’ve been getting a lot of comments on twitter and on Facebook that people are losing interest in the Twilight Saga. From Twilight sites to regular tweeps. That being said, people are not saying they’re losing interest in Robert Pattinson, just that they now want to see him in other roles.
To be perfectly honest I will go see Breaking Dawn but I’m more anxious for Bel Ami and Water for Elephants than for Breaking Dawn. But it’s different for all of us on the site. I know Sparks and Gabby are still really interested in the saga (see we can all have different opinions and get along ;))
So let’s discuss, are you over the Twilight Saga?
We’ll tally the results as we did for the “Which Twilight Edward is Your Favorite poll”
*Please no bashing in the comments, everyone is entitled to their own opinion whether you agree with what they think or not*
ETA: PLEASE Keep the relationship stuff out of it. We try very hard to keep ToR neutral to make it a fun place for every one to be.
It's a Wrap for Robert Pattinson on the Set of Water for Elephants 3 comments
Yesterday was Robert Pattinson’s last day of filming on the set of Water for Elephants. Francis Lawrence , the Director, has been doing a great job of keeping us updated on Twitter.
Here are his latest tweets:
Needless to say we can’t wait to see Water for Elephants.
Robert Pattinson on InStyle – 2010 Makeover Awards Issue 6 comments
Robert Pattinson lopped off his signature mane without sacrificing one iota of sex appeal; Adrian Grenier bid farewell to his signature curls—and introduced us all to his baby blues.
Black and White Pics of Robert Pattinson 3 comments
Various black and white pics of Robert Pattinson on the set of Remember Me
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