why is it that films like this almost always get a limited

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1 its bout fishin

2 middle easternerz portrayed as normal ppl and not terroristz

3 its somewat slow

4 its cliched

5 da main actorz spk in funnie accentz

6 there is no twist in da end

I live, I love, I slay, and I'm content

because not enough people want to watch them.

I think it's because most of the viewing public lean toward being imbeciles; they want to go see "blockbuster" hits that have midnight openings where they can line up like lemmings to see a movie with a lousy story, lots of violence and special effects, etc.

I don't know about other filmgoing nations, but films "like this" aren't made much in the U.S.A. at all, and filmgoers in the U.S.A. don't turn out much for films from other countries. We simply don't buy the tickets in great numbers, so it wouldn't make much sense to book it into many theaters. In Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth-largest city, for instance, there are perhaps three movie houses where this film would play in its initial run. (And that's counting in the suburbs.)

Because most of the audience wants gunfights and car chases.

I can't even watch movies like that anymore -- and I once loved them. My preferences have changed SO MUCH with age.

I loved this movie.

It's just too bad because I really enjoyed it. Actual storytelling thru film rarely translates to making money hand over fist, which is why the blockbusters get all the advertising and wide releases.