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Top 10 Blockbusters that sucked

Started by viper37, September 28, 2009, 02:46:07 PM

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Ed Anger

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Quote from: Ed Anger on September 28, 2009, 03:10:48 PM
I've got a confession:

I sorta liked Wild Wild West:Embarrass:

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Per IMDB voters:

Speed Racer 6.4
Osmosis Jones 6.0
Waterworld 5.6
Stealth 4.8
Wild Wild West 4.2
Pluto Nash 3.7
Speed 2 3.3
Catwoman 3.2
Gigli/Battlefield Earth 2.3

I'm guessing most of the people who saw Speed Racer were fanboys of the cartoon; that rating is very generous.
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Admiral Yi

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 28, 2009, 04:00:25 PM
Per IMDB voters:

Speed Racer 6.4
Osmosis Jones 6.0
Waterworld 5.6
Stealth 4.8
Wild Wild West 4.2
Pluto Nash 3.7
Speed 2 3.3
Catwoman 3.2
Gigli/Battlefield Earth 2.3

I'm guessing most of the people who saw Speed Racer were fanboys of the cartoon; that rating is very generous.
WWW, Speed 2, and Gigli deserve better ratings.  Battlefield Earth does not.

derspiess

Wild Wild West made up for bad script, plot, & acting with pure steampunk goodness.
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Jaron

The acting in Wild Wild West was superb. :huh:
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DisturbedPervert

Only movie on the list that I've seen is Waterworld.  I kinda liked it.

viper37

Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 28, 2009, 03:37:42 PM
Nope. The term originated to describe financially successful movies. They had costumers lined all the down the block waiting for tickets.
I'll let you debate the definition with the Time Magazine journalists ;)
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I'd replace Wild Wild West with the first star wars prequel. Maybe it wasn't a financial flop in the traditional sense, but it was godawful and probably the damage to the star wars brand was more than any of the films listed lost.
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Ideologue

Quote from: Ed Anger on September 28, 2009, 03:10:48 PM
I've got a confession:

I sorta liked Wild Wild West:Embarrass:

I enjoyed it.  It's good, goofy fun.
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Agelastus

Quote from: DisturbedPervert on September 28, 2009, 04:37:12 PM
Only movie on the list that I've seen is Waterworld.  I kinda liked it.

It also ended up making money, IIRC, once overseas box office and video and DVD sales are accounted for.
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Agelastus

Quote from: alfred russel on September 28, 2009, 05:14:58 PM
I'd replace Wild Wild West with the first star wars prequel. Maybe it wasn't a financial flop in the traditional sense, but it was godawful and probably the damage to the star wars brand was more than any of the films listed lost.

Jar-Jar... :bleeding: :bleeding: :bleeding:
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Admiral Yi

Quote from: Agelastus on September 28, 2009, 05:59:20 PM
It also ended up making money, IIRC, once overseas box office and video and DVD sales are accounted for.
Isn't that true of all action movies though?

Agelastus

Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 28, 2009, 06:01:49 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on September 28, 2009, 05:59:20 PM
It also ended up making money, IIRC, once overseas box office and video and DVD sales are accounted for.
Isn't that true of all action movies though?

I don't think so. I'm having trouble locating the relevant figures, but can you see something like "Hudson Hawk" (originally marketed and made as an action movie) making money?
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Guys...haven't any of you heard of Wikipedia? :huh:

Blockbuster, as applied to film or theatre, denotes a very popular and/or successful production. The entertainment industry use was originally theatrical slang referring to a particularly successful play but is now used primarily by the film industry.

he Oxford English Dictionary cites the earliest use of the term in the press when referring to WWII military bombs larger than 4000 lbs; the military did not use the term.[1]

Although some entertainment histories apparently cite it as originally referring to a play that is so successful that competing theaters on the block are "busted" and driven out of business, the OED cites a 1957 use which is simply as a term of "biggest", after the bombs.[2] Whatever its origin, the term quickly caught on as a way to describe a hit, and has subsequently been applied to productions other than plays and films, including novels and multi-million selling computer/console game titles.
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Admiral Yi

Quote from: Agelastus on September 28, 2009, 06:09:24 PM
I don't think so. I'm having trouble locating the relevant figures, but can you see something like "Hudson Hawk" (originally marketed and made as an action movie) making money?
Interestingly enough I was just on the verge of typing "since Hudson Hawk" but then I stopped myself because I wasn't sure if it was an action flick.