The Jonas Brothers Discussion Thread

buffalobill · Post by **buffalobill** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:32 pm

Can you spell FLOP? BoxOfficeGuru picked it to make $40Million. It did $4.8 on Friday & is expected to not even hit $20Million. My local theater has it playing at 9am and every 2 hours afterward. Yesterday the first 3 showings they didn't sell a single ticket (course the tweens were in school) BUT today the first 3 showings sold a massive total of 21 tickets (zero at 9am, 6 at 11am & 15 at 1pm). OUCH!!!

carolinakid · Post by **carolinakid** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:25 pm

I saw them on Fox & Friends while at the gym this morning!
Cute but I definitely prefer them with their mouths closed.

rs_milo_whatever · Post by **rs_milo_whatever** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:08 am

Aww come on, this is supposed to be a Jobro appreciation thread. They write their own modern, catchy, feel-good music. Like it or not they are pop/rock stars. See any other male band not getting drunk, not getting high, not taking part of pregnancy rumors? Sure they are little Disney acts but so what? anybody has to catch a break somewhere;it's not their fault their break is bigger.

buffalobill · Post by **buffalobill** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:58 pm

Holy crap. Tyler Perry's Medea Goes to Jail took first place with $17Mil. Jonas only made $12.7 and barely beat out Slumdog with $12.15 (& Slumdog has been out 16 weeks while Jonas is in week 1 with prices about twice all other movies). El Major FLOPPO.

carolinakid · Post by **carolinakid** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 4:40 pm

I believe this thread is named Jonas Brothers Discussion, not necessarily appreciation...

Goliath · Post by **Goliath** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:55 pm

They wear 'promise rings'.

'Nuff said.

rs_milo_whatever · Post by **rs_milo_whatever** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:21 pm

If you ever meet people that wear purity rings, you'll know they have extremely good reasons for doing so. Chastity is a part of their religion, and it's a part of my own; it makes it that much easier for me to appreciate them. There's plenty celebrities that wear one as well; they are just the obvious example right now and it's unfair that they get all the heat for it...it's embarrassing that they get any heat at all, like I said, chastity is and should be a pretty normal thing to do.

Anyway.

I saw the movie. If you're will ing to pay that much for a concert your not seeing live you're definitely getting your money's worth. The Jonas Brothers are very good performers considering their genre. Jumps, kicks, pyros, guest appearances, excellent live vocals, and plenty of charisma to go around for the hundreds of fans that showed up. Sure the movie is doing bad; there aren't too many people willing too admit they like a Disney act and parents don't exactly take their daughters to see male pop/rock bands, that was what Miley/Hannah was there for. There were even funny moments back/on-stage and throughout their busy day. Sure, their image might be a bit fabricated but the music isn't and after all, that's what counts. I simply don't get why people must rag on overrated, it doesn't necessarily mean it's bad; It's a teen-powered Pop/Rock band, where you expecting U2? Of course it's not as serious as older acts but we should let a breathe of fresh air once in a while and have fun with it.

DarthPrime · Post by **DarthPrime** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:31 pm

buffalobill wrote:Holy crap. Tyler Perry's Medea Goes to Jail took first place with $17Mil. Jonas only made $12.7 and barely beat out Slumdog with $12.15 (& Slumdog has been out 16 weeks while Jonas is in week 1 with prices about twice all other movies). El Major FLOPPO.

Wow that's actually pretty bad.

carolinakid · Post by **carolinakid** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:46 am

Even their gay fans skipped this one....and THAT says a lot

....We'll wait for the DVD....

Mr. Toad · Post by **Mr. Toad** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:23 am

Yeah I have read a couple of articles that called it a major flop. It doesnt seem that bad for a concert film though.

buffalobill · Post by **buffalobill** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:11 pm

Mr. Toad wrote:Yeah I have read a couple of articles that called it a major flop. It doesnt seem that bad for a concert film though.

It does if you figure that prices were close to double normal. If you translate ticket sales to regular movie prices (especially since most of it is tweeners paying child admission) it probably would've grossed $6.4Million. That would've barely have placed it in 4th place less than a Million ahead of He's Just Not That Into You, Paul Blart: Mall Cop & Coraline & behind Medea, Slumdog & Taken.

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:09 pm

In this economy, I'm really not surprised that the movie isn't doing as well as it should be doing. The economy wasn't great when Miley's movie came out, but it has definitely worsened in the past year. I didn't see Miley's movie in the theater, since I refuse to pay $15 for a movie ticket, and I had just seen her in concert a few days before the movie came out, and I bought the DVD. As for JB's movie, I still refuse to pay $15 for a movie ticket, and I have seen them a bunch of times in concert, and I will buy the DVD when it comes out, just as a huge chunk of their fans surely will. People shouldn't write off movies until DVD sales numbers are out!!!

Goliath · Post by **Goliath** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:33 pm

rs_milo_whatever wrote:If you ever meet people that wear purity rings, you'll know they have extremely good reasons for doing so. Chastity is a part of their religion, and it's a part of my own; it makes it that much easier for me to appreciate them. There's plenty celebrities that wear one as well; they are just the obvious example right now and it's unfair that they get all the heat for it...it's embarrassing that they get any heat at all, like I said, chastity is and should be a pretty normal thing to do.

No, wearing 'promise/purity rings' sends a very wrong message to teenagers in a nation that already has some serious issues when it comes to sexuality. It communicates to young people that sexuality is something that's wrong, and they should be ashamed if they would ever engage in it. It sets unrealistic and unnatural expectations. It's repressive and places guilt on people for (wanting to do) things that one never should feel guilt about. So the Jonas Brothers set an extremely BAD exasmple to American youth.

rs_milo_whatever · Post by **rs_milo_whatever** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:04 pm

The purpose of purity rings is not to send any message to anyone. They are a promise to yourself (and hopefully God). If you ask me, the Jonas Brothers are sending a good message; they are laying a good example,especially to the members of the Christian society since after all, Chastity is a factor in Christianity. Of course, I am not saying that if anybody is sexually active before they are married it automatically means they are bad Christians (or people), don't get me wrong. What I am trying to say is that these boys' choice was meant as personal, and secondly as a good example; I don't get why we have to find negative things, especially something like this.

Goliath · Post by **Goliath** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:05 pm

rs_milo_whatever wrote:The purpose of purity rings is not to send any message to anyone. They are a promise to yourself (and hopefully God). If you ask me, the Jonas Brothers are sending a good message; they are laying a good example,especially to the members of the Christian society since after all, Chastity is a factor in Christianity. Of course, I am not saying that if anybody is sexually active before they are married it automatically means they are bad Christians (or people), don't get me wrong. What I am trying to say is that these boys' choice was meant as personal, and secondly as a good example; I don't get why we have to find negative things, especially something like this.

Of course the purpose of the rings is to send a message to the audience! If it were just a personal decision, why would you make that decision known to the public by wearing the things?? It's done for marketing reasons, really: they try to create an image around these boys of 'perfect sons-in-law', so they will appeal more to the (soccer)moms (and dads) who will be more easily convinced to pick up a copy of their latest film/CD/whatever for their kids.

Besides, you really have to explain to me what's so good about the message behind the 'promis/purity rings'. Because, regardless of what you may personally think and believe, these things send out the message that you're only being a good person/Christian if you don't engage in sex. And really, do we need even more sexual repression than we already have? By the way, more often than not, it has a counter-productive effect. I've seen surveys on 'abstinance only'-programs, which has the same message as these rings, and the results say teenage girls who are in such programs are more likely to engage in oral sex, and far more likely to engage in anal sex, just so they can stay technically a virgin. I wonder if the effect of these silly rings will be the same.

PeterPanfan · Post by **PeterPanfan** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:17 pm

About this whole purity/chastity way of life discussion:

If the Jonas Brothers want to wear the freaking ring, they can wear the freaking ring. It does not mean that WE have to wait until we are married to have sex. It does not matter that they are wearing the ring at all. It is THEIR decision.

I also find it stupid to say it's part of their religion. I honestly believe it has almost nothing to do with your spiritual beliefs, it just has to do with your morals. On the other hand, it is NOT sending out a wrong message, and if people think that just because the Jonas Brothers, the epitome of Disney Channel, are wearing one, they must be, too.

rs_milo_whatever · Post by **rs_milo_whatever** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:14 pm

Right, I mean, there are people that have been virgins before the Jonas Brothers were even born. Blaming artists or films for sending a wrong message is a pointless thing to do; good or bad these are personal decisions. Morals or religion, good or bad message, if abstaining from sexual activities until they find the one person they love is what they believe in I don't see why they shouldn't stand for it; people usually think it's a good thing. It's a shame how today even for promoting a good value there will be people who want to ruin it for everybody and find something wrong with whatever it is they can find something wrong with.

dvdjunkie · Post by **dvdjunkie** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:14 am

Okay, this is supposed to be a discussion, so I first will start with the positive stuff.

I took my two oldest granddaughters, 11 and 10 to see this poor excuse of a concert film, which was mistakenly placed in movie theaters, rather than a special two-hour event on television, like it will probably show up on in the next couple of months.

I don't mind paying a little extra to see a 3-D Concert event, but I was really disappointed in the presentation as a whole. They tried to make like the Jonas Brothers were as good as The Beatles (they aren't, thankfully), and had them supposedly running for their lives from all of these 'tweeny-bopper" girls, who just always seemed to be one or two steps behind them.

My granddaughters loved the music, which there could have been more of, and liked all the camera work that was done when they were on stage. This film didn't utilize the 3-D that much, and will come off really well on television, where people can choose to watch with the sound off, or on, whichever they might think will make it better.

Ticket sales ($10, including glasses) are way off for this event. When we to see the film, there were less than fifty people in the auditorium which holds 295, if it is full. The DTS Surround System was put to its test, but a lot of people were still holding their ears for the volume level, that was way too loud for the amount of people in the place.

Disney just blew this one out the window. Jonas Brothers are NOT Hannah Montana, and they definitely cannot compete with U2 or The Rolling Stones, when it comes to 3-D Concert events. They are a NICE little Pop Trio, who, if left to their own devices, will become very talented musicians on their own in the days to come. But again, this was the wrong time for this to be in the theaters, and I hope that Disney rethinks any plans they have for future Jonas Brothers promotions, because this one has failed miserably.

Oh, and by the way, when the concert was on, I was really liking these guys, but all of the extra stuff, was a total waste, and $10 plus bucks per person, I think that it will do better on television.

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:58 am

I was talking with my friend yesterday, and she said that she gets a Disney discount at an IMAX theater, so we might see this at a discounted rate this weekend. I'm getting some extra money, anyway, so why not. That's disappointing, Bill, that you didn't like the film...I'm going to buy the DVD when it comes out, regardless of if I see this in the theater or not, but the thought of seeing Kevin Jonas really huge on an IMAX screen kind of thrills me, lol. But, on Disney Channel Movie Surfers, when they had the segment about the girls chasing the band, I thought that that was a little bit too fake for what I thought was going to be like a documentary concert film. Oh well.

carolinakid · Post by **carolinakid** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:41 am

Purity rings can also deflect any inquiries about sexuality, too!
I mean you have Jonathan Knight, Lance Bass, Clay Aiken...what are the odds that at least ONE Jonas Bro might play for the other team?

It's nobody's business, but the dollars of millions of pre-teen girls depend on the boys being seen as boyfriend material.

Just a thought...

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