One of the movies I was most looking forward to seeing this month, the crime caper The Brothers Bloom has been pushed back a whopping five months all the way into May. And what's worse, it's only opening on a limited basis whereas before it had a much wider anticipated opening. According to Summit Entertainment, the delay is due to the glut of "specialized" films during the holiday season. There's been some speculation that Summit, who are the ones behind the hit film Twilight, have decided to focus on their successful vampire franchise rather than quirky film with a potentially low box office.
I hope that's not true, but I gotta point out that there aren't any other crime comedies coming out during the Christmas season, so this idea that there are too many similar films to Bloom is b.s. What Summit has essentially done is kneecap any chance this movie had to be successful. To casual filmgoers, the movie now has the stink of failure all over it. To hardcore filmgoers like me who've been waiting for this film, I might not have the opportunity to see it at all thanks to it's limited availability.
Good work, Summit. You can go along and continue the ruination of your vampire franchise now.
