Bad Movies

[Blansky]

I've always loved movies and during periods of my life I saw EVERYTHING and other periods hardly anything.

But there were always movies that were panned for various reasons. Some had to do with bloated budgets and bad press and others from bad director cuts, and/or films that were taken away from the director and cut by idiots. Hence the later releases of director cuts which were sometimes better and sometimes worse.

I remember Heavens Gate, was once called the worst film of all time and yet I really liked it, even though Kris Kristofferson was in it. (His movies all seemed to bomb).

Here some movies that bombed but were later classics or cult classics.

https://www.boredpanda.com/biggest-b...mpaign=organic



Here's a bunch of movies that people had a re-think about....

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/...ign=pockethits

[DJ TT 2002]

No amount of time or “ Cult “ status can fix

Xanadu

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by DJ TT 2002

No amount of time or “ Cult “ status can fix

Xanadu

Agreed.

Any film that starts with an X is a horrific mistake.

Sorry X-Men fans. (and X-file)

[DonRickles]

I've never made one, so I can't answer.....

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by DonRickles

I've never made one, so I can't answer.....

Kelly's Heroes........a masterpiece.

[DonRickles]

Originally Posted by Blansky

Kelly's Heroes........a masterpiece.

but the royalties suck.....

[superdog]

Shawshank flopped. That is crazy. One of the best movies of all time. Wow. Surprising.

[superdog]

fight club and almost famous!!!

what?!?!?!?!?

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by superdog

fight club and almost famous!!!

what?!?!?!?!?

Amazing isn't it.

And some movies that did great at the box office are later an embarrassment.

Video made a lot of movies cult classics that didn't do well at the theaters due to timing, or how they were promoted.

Citizen Kane flopped.

https://www.insider.com/popular-movi...-flops-2018-11

Another interesting thing to do is to see who won Best Picture Oscars in any given year and see who they beat out. Some of those are incredible as well.

Absolute classics lost to mediocre films that didn't stand the test of time.

[cdnwatchguy]

Originally Posted by superdog

fight club and almost famous!!!

what?!?!?!?!?

I hated fight Club. I would have walked out of the theatre except I was with several other people. We all have our preferences.

[huncho]

not on the list but wasn't scarface also a flop? was very negatively rated when it came out but now is an iconic classic

[114uyc]

Anyone work in film and worked on any bad movies?

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by 114uyc

Anyone work in film and worked on any bad movies?

Back in the 80s, I worked on the edges of the film industry. Did some location scouting, worked for a small production company doing stills, worked on a few commercials doing stills (still pictures)....

I was buddies with a guy who directed straight-to-video movies that had well know B actors in them. They were often the bad guys or dangerous women in mainstream movies but weren't capable of carrying a top movie on their own. So they did a lot of B movies. David Carradine was one of better known of these guys, although he had some pretty good mainstream success.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142587/

They sold in Europe in places but mostly they went straight to video. There were a couple that hit the US box office. Steve did a lot more than that are shown here but a lot were foreign financed and sold only in Europe and never hit the US film distributors.

There are a lot of pieces to the film industry not counting soft porno and XXX which are their own genre.

[7sins]

Basically any nick cage movie

[HippoPAPAmus]

Originally Posted by 7sins

Basically any nick cage movie

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[7sins]

Originally Posted by HippoPAPAmus

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if you haven't seen vampires last kiss, so terrible it is hysterical

[huncho]

Originally Posted by 7sins

Basically any nick cage movie

i sometimes feel bad for liking gone in 60 seconds

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by huncho

....... gone in 60 seconds

Should have been his career........but no......it goes on and on and on...

[7sins]

Originally Posted by huncho

i sometimes feel bad for liking gone in 60 seconds

Haha if you are a car guy, honestly it is a decent movie. Most people haven't seen him in Lord of War, that is actually one of my favorite movies.

[huncho]

Originally Posted by 7sins

Haha if you are a car guy, honestly it is a decent movie. Most people haven't seen him in Lord of War, that is actually one of my favorite movies.

lol i actually watched lord of war a while ago, was a very weird/interesting movie. don't remember much besides that, might have to rewatch it. just remember i totally expected something different going into that one

[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by huncho

lol i actually watched lord of war a while ago, was a very weird/interesting movie. don't remember much besides that, might have to rewatch it. just remember i totally expected something different going into that one

I love Lord of War, watch it every time I see it on the guide.


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[TheVTCGuy]

Originally Posted by 7sins

Basically any nick cage movie

The one of him I did like was… I think… Family man(?). Basically a man in mid-life crisis. I felt he did a very good job in that one, kind of got to the heart.


The rest however…. You’re right.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by 7sins

Basically any nick cage movie

I did really like him in Lord of War

[White Collar Boy]

Originally Posted by brandrea

I did really like him in Lord of War

I thought he was playing to his strengths in ‘Raising Arizona’ too. Really goofy and funny.

[Letsgodiving]

Originally Posted by 7sins

Basically any nick cage movie

Except Raising Arizona.

[White Collar Boy]

Originally Posted by brandrea

I did really like him in Lord of War

Originally Posted by Letsgodiving

Except Raising Arizona.

Ha, I missed this. Yes, I wholeheartedly agree.

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by Letsgodiving

Except Raising Arizona.

Good call.

Perhaps the Coen Brothers movies is where he should have stayed.

[HHIslander]

Red Dawn got skewered back in the 80s. That was a travesty.

WOLVERINES!!!!!!

[superdog]

Originally Posted by HHIslander

Red Dawn got skewered back in the 80s. That was a travesty.

WOLVERINES!!!!!!

loved that movie.

classic Swayze.

[austinp]

Originally Posted by HHIslander

Red Dawn got skewered back in the 80s. That was a travesty.

WOLVERINES!!!!!!

Agree. Love that one.


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