Doctor_Strangelove, on 06 April 2011 - 03:35 PM, said:
Also at 11 am, on 11th of Novermber, Remembrance Day for the Commonwealth and Veteran's Day for the US is observed. To market specifically the time for the movie to be released when everyone is observing a moment of silence at ceremonies is not only going to be a flop, but I find it quite disrespectful.
That being said, this movie looks pretty generic and boring. I probably won't even bring myself to watch when it when inevitably flops and is only shown on the SyFy channel on slow days.
I haven't seen it said that it will be specifically released at 11am or 11:11am, although I haven't read everything there is about this movie. However, I don't see it as a huge issue in conflict to Rememberance Day/Veterans Day. Even if they did release it at a specific time, I assume it would be at 11:11am, which would be after the moment of silence. But typically, the trailers/commercials would be out before then and the movies wouldn't hit theaters until that afternoon. Nov 11 is on a Friday this year, and typically movies are released on Fridays anyhow. I highly doubt even making a special release time would even be benenficial. I just read somewhere that the time was specific within the movie plot.
I agree the movie looks pretty generic and potentially boring. I'll most likely decide to do something else on my birthday and then have to beat off my family with a stick who will think it would be fun to go see this movie.