THIS CHRISTMAS Obviously I'm not
the target audience for this film (read: I'm white), but as a fan of Mekhi Phifer, Delroy Lindo and Idris Elba (who plays Stringer Bell on The Wire), I may just end up checking it out anyway.
He's been one of my writing heroes since I was 11 years old — so I think that puts me pretty squarely in
the target audience for his films.
Not exact matches
But
for the
film to work, it has to appeal to the
targeted audience.
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Important messages and underlying themes surround Captain Underpants, a gorgeously animated
film that is surprisingly effective and nostalgic
for those who have grown up, and funny as hell
for its
target audience.
To be fair, I'm probably pretty far from the intended
target audience for this movie, and I'm sure those who enjoyed the first two
films will find plenty to like here.
As
for the
target audience, I have a lot of trepidation recommending the
film to a general
audience.
When I saw this
for the first time at Sherlock Holmes; my friend thinks that this
film is
targeted to a much broader
audience due to the fact that Morgan carried the trailer.
Luckily
for the producers of this
film, a PG - 13 rating was awarded, because now their
target audience can be reached, namely 13 - year - old boys who find jokes about pooping, farting, belching, and urinating in one's pants to be the height of comedic glory.
Most of the
film achieves this aim if only by travelling a completely predictable path; however, there are several out of place jokes hitting beyond the family realm that kids won't understand and are inappropriate
for the
target audience.
When the games commence, the triumphs of this
film adaptation scurry to the forefront, including the sound design, and the score by T - Bone Burnett and James Newton Howard, which nicely steps in
for the bloodcurdling screams of dying teens perhaps too terrible
for the
target YA
audience.
I would have assumed my fellow critics, most of them years past the
target audience, would loathe the
film, which is loaded with the style and music of a generation behind them (with one cringeworthy tattoo parlor Wu - Tang Clan sing - along tossed in
for good measure).
Critical responses have ranged from «dumb» to «winningly dumb», and it's fair to say the makers of Rampage weren't aiming
for anything else, even from their
target audience: the
film's wink - wink stupidity is part of the CGI - heavy package.
Taken at face value, the
film presents an engaging adventure tale
for its
target audience.
For the panda's
target audience, children and younger teens, that will be just fine, and the
film presents his adventures in wonderfully drawn Cinemascope animation.
After a six - picture run with Sony Classics, this time Allen has chosen to go with Amazon Studios
for the
film's domestic release on July 29, which will test the new distributor's ability to hit the auteur's
target theatrical
audience prior to home viewing availability.
The
film's makers, including director R.J. Cutler and screenwriter Shauna Cross (working from Gayle Forman's novel), are clearly playing to a
target audience — the same folks who lined up earlier this summer
for the vastly superior The Fault in Our Stars — though they do so with dismayingly little effort to freshen up the formula.
The lesson of the
film is taught in a way that might resonate with the
target audience without alienating people who already knew that suffering is bad, both
for the sufferers and
for the people who inflict it.
It may seem strange that Tarantino manages to get away with telling such potentially provocative stories, but the fact of the matter is that slave owners and Nazis are easy
targets for a revenge movie — the
audience will have a hatred of them before the
film has even started, so the filmmaker's job of encouraging us to revel in their killing is that much easier.
It's also telling how some who saw the
film have pointed out that they, along with most of the people attending that screening, were basically the perfect
audience for the
film to pander to, which does call into question whether the positive reactions will be shared among those who aren't in the
target demographic.
That the cast is played by actual teenagers (centered on the dramatically challenged Justice) and some barely in their twenties instead of older actors who only pass as teens to those years removed from high school underscores the
film's
target and its limited appeal
for adult
audiences, who can easily enjoy
films like Mean Girls and Superbad.
If that shift is a nod to the
film's
target audience, it's probably spot on: this is a sanitised, bubble - wrapped picture of the global village that provides ersatz - serious viewing
for those seeking reassurance about the big lie of the twenty - first century — that We're All In It Together.
Plenty of children, however, probably will be bored, unfortunately, and unwilling or unable to appreciate the poetry of the presentation, which should be evident
for the niche
audience that Sony Pictures Classics
targeted in the
film's limited North American theatrical release.
The younger adolescent
audience that the
film is
targeting may get some chills out of the images of old ladies stalking sexually active teenagers — especially if they haven't seen The Shining — but those looking
for the next big thing in horror will have to keep on looking because It Follows does as its name suggests — follows, but it never leads.
Club Dread starts in typical fashion
for a dumb comedy, with the usual foul - mouthed gags tinged with sex and alcohol references that should no doubt appeal to the college age crowd that is the
target audience for this kind of
film.
They also deserve a certain amount of respect
for what they've accomplished these past five years, including figuring out a way to lower production costs while maximizing their profits, and
targeting a dependable niche
audience dumb enough to see
films like «Scary Movie» and «White Chicks.»
Series creator Robert Rodriguez had shown such respect
for his
target audience with the first two
films, as he didn't dummy - down the story and presented two fleshed - out
film.
Reflecting on the selection process, Iranian - born independent filmmaker and producer Shahin Yazdani, said: «As jurors we are obviously looking
for films which have absorbing narratives, are engaging in their cinematic articulation and unique in their tone, but given the nature of SICFF, we are equally concerned about how artfully a
film can convey some strong moral values to our
target audience.»
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