Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 15:30:15 GMT -6
Just because a movie bombs at the box office, that doesn't make it a bad movie. It could just mean that its budget was too bloated to reasonably expect to fill the money pit back up, or the marketing was lackluster, or the competition was incredibly stiff on opening weekend.
Or yes, maybe it was also a bad movie. Because sometimes the numbers are simply indicative of audiences saying "Thanks, but no thanks, that film appears to be garbage and I'd rather buy a couple of beers at the pub than watch your expensive garbage."
Still, tucked away beneath all the rightful flops like Gigli and Battlefield Earth is a small collection of movies that, while they didn't make any money for the studio, should be able to enjoy much better reputations. They may not have been great financial successes, but they're actually pretty solid, engrossing movies if you don't let yourself get scared off by the negative box office numbers.
Most of these are likely doomed to remain inextricably tied to their overall gross, but maybe you could give them a second chance? exmple:
Budget: $25 million
Worldwide Gross: $20.8 million
EuroTrip is not what you'd call a smart comedy. It's also not an original movie by any means, nor is it a wholly subversive or clever movie. It's not star-studded (unless you count the cameos by Matt Damon, Vinnie Jones, and Fred Armisen). And it's not a critical darling or even a cult classic.
What EuroTrip is, though, is charming, endlessly quotable, and - yes, dammit - funny. Now, maybe that doesn't sound like high enough praise to include in a list like this, but when you sit down to watch a teen comedy, that's literally all you should be expecting.
Instead, it seems critics wanted this to be the next Blazing Saddles or Raising Arizona, deeming it a waste of time just because it didn't completely revolutionize the genre. And audiences, who were likely apprehensive about seeing a movie that was marketed like a National Lampoon's throwaway raunch-fest, never gave it a chance.
A lot of people might be tempted to attach the "guilty pleasure" label to EuroTrip, though that would be insulting to such a genuinely hilarious movie. If you can't enjoy a scene where a couple of teenagers trick themselves into having a pot brownie freakout (complete with anxious stripping and the main character revealing that he watched a gay porno once but didn't realize it until halfway through because "The girls never came!") only to discover that the Rastafarian baked goods are totally weed-less... then yeah, maybe this isn't the comedy you deserve.
Dredd
Budget: $50 million
Worldwide Gross: $35.6 million
More reading.
whatculture.com/film/10-box-office-flops-much-better-than-their-reputations?page=2
Or yes, maybe it was also a bad movie. Because sometimes the numbers are simply indicative of audiences saying "Thanks, but no thanks, that film appears to be garbage and I'd rather buy a couple of beers at the pub than watch your expensive garbage."
Still, tucked away beneath all the rightful flops like Gigli and Battlefield Earth is a small collection of movies that, while they didn't make any money for the studio, should be able to enjoy much better reputations. They may not have been great financial successes, but they're actually pretty solid, engrossing movies if you don't let yourself get scared off by the negative box office numbers.
Most of these are likely doomed to remain inextricably tied to their overall gross, but maybe you could give them a second chance? exmple:
Budget: $25 million
Worldwide Gross: $20.8 million
EuroTrip is not what you'd call a smart comedy. It's also not an original movie by any means, nor is it a wholly subversive or clever movie. It's not star-studded (unless you count the cameos by Matt Damon, Vinnie Jones, and Fred Armisen). And it's not a critical darling or even a cult classic.
What EuroTrip is, though, is charming, endlessly quotable, and - yes, dammit - funny. Now, maybe that doesn't sound like high enough praise to include in a list like this, but when you sit down to watch a teen comedy, that's literally all you should be expecting.
Instead, it seems critics wanted this to be the next Blazing Saddles or Raising Arizona, deeming it a waste of time just because it didn't completely revolutionize the genre. And audiences, who were likely apprehensive about seeing a movie that was marketed like a National Lampoon's throwaway raunch-fest, never gave it a chance.
A lot of people might be tempted to attach the "guilty pleasure" label to EuroTrip, though that would be insulting to such a genuinely hilarious movie. If you can't enjoy a scene where a couple of teenagers trick themselves into having a pot brownie freakout (complete with anxious stripping and the main character revealing that he watched a gay porno once but didn't realize it until halfway through because "The girls never came!") only to discover that the Rastafarian baked goods are totally weed-less... then yeah, maybe this isn't the comedy you deserve.
Dredd
Budget: $50 million
Worldwide Gross: $35.6 million
More reading.
whatculture.com/film/10-box-office-flops-much-better-than-their-reputations?page=2
