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Post by mortsahlfan on May 20, 2019 13:56:18 GMT
I've seen thousands of movies but I haven't seen a single one from this list
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Post by Archelaus on May 20, 2019 17:55:51 GMT
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Post by bud47 on May 20, 2019 19:18:18 GMT
X-Men The Last Stand
Where was the money spent? It wasn't on the screen.
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Post by mortsahlfan on May 20, 2019 20:05:37 GMT
Actually, I saw "Titanic" in the theater as a kid (taking out the little cousins). I'm indifferent to it, but I doubt I'd love it today. Many times I like re-watching movies I haven't seen in years, but this movie isn't one of them.
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Post by mrellaguru on May 20, 2019 22:29:50 GMT
I haven't seen most of these nor do I want to.
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Post by rogerthat on May 20, 2019 22:35:42 GMT
Justice League
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 20, 2019 22:39:28 GMT
John Carter
Needless to say, there are far too many on that list that aren't good... & Hollywood wonders why the industry is in a funk.
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Post by jakesully on May 21, 2019 6:05:13 GMT
Battleship . I literally have no clue why the studio green lit that one haha.
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Post by vegalyra on May 21, 2019 14:38:20 GMT
Quite a few of these are excellent contenders. The only film I like out of the top ten is funny enough, John Carter. Of course, I've only seen that one and At World's End.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 21, 2019 14:44:13 GMT
Quite a few of these are excellent contenders. The only film I like out of the top ten is funny enough, John Carter. Of course, I've only seen that one and At World's End. I like John Carter quite a bit, I still don't understand why it bombed. Poor marketing didn't help but the public had to reject the concept outright for it to fail as badly as it did.
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Post by jimanchower on May 21, 2019 15:05:53 GMT
Most big budget films are bad. Having a big budget just means it has stars and special effects.
I rarely go to the movies anymore because all they show is mega budget movies and I just am not interested. There's still good character driven movies being made but more and more they're going straight to Netflix or streaming after a small release.
There's an art house theater near me but even it shows mostly bigger budget studio movies. The last movie I saw there was Trainspotting 2. Which isn't exactly what I would consider an indie movie.
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Post by vegalyra on May 21, 2019 15:17:52 GMT
Most big budget films are bad. Having a big budget just means it has stars and special effects.
I rarely go to the movies anymore because all they show is mega budget movies and I just am not interested. There's still good character driven movies being made but more and more they're going straight to Netflix or streaming after a small release.
There's an art house theater near me but even it shows mostly bigger budget studio movies. The last movie I saw there was Trainspotting 2. Which isn't exactly what I would consider an indie movie.
I don't get to go very often due to my job and having kids, etc., but the Museum of Fine Arts here in Houston usually has a film series that has some really great unknown stuff. They did a series on the films of Iran a few months ago. Sometimes they'll do some old art house stuff too which is neat. I agree with you that I rarely see new mainstream films anymore at the theater. If it's a historical film I'll check it out but it's rare.
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Post by jimanchower on May 21, 2019 15:26:16 GMT
Most big budget films are bad. Having a big budget just means it has stars and special effects.
I rarely go to the movies anymore because all they show is mega budget movies and I just am not interested. There's still good character driven movies being made but more and more they're going straight to Netflix or streaming after a small release.
There's an art house theater near me but even it shows mostly bigger budget studio movies. The last movie I saw there was Trainspotting 2. Which isn't exactly what I would consider an indie movie.
I don't get to go very often due to my job and having kids, etc., but the Museum of Fine Arts here in Houston usually has a film series that has some really great unknown stuff. They did a series on the films of Iran a few months ago. Sometimes they'll do some old art house stuff too which is neat. I agree with you that I rarely see new mainstream films anymore at the theater. If it's a historical film I'll check it out but it's rare. We had an arthouse theater right down the street from where I live that showed new releases but they also showed older classics, it was great. But when they opened up the new art theater the old one closed because they couldn't compete with the new one for prints. It's sad because it's been closed for probably close to a decade but the building is still there, vacant.
I saw Spinal Tap there, I saw a Clockwork Orange there, they used to have a local movie night once a month or so where local people could show their movies, most were terrible but it was cool to see local stuff. This was before Youtube really took off, now I'm sure all that stuff goes straight to Youtube.
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Post by alpha128 on May 21, 2019 15:37:21 GMT
Quite a few of these are excellent contenders. The only film I like out of the top ten is funny enough, John Carter. Of course, I've only seen that one and At World's End. I like John Carter quite a bit, I still don't understand why it bombed. Poor marketing didn't help but the public had to reject the concept outright for it to fail as badly as it did. I saw John Carter and thought it was OK. But yes, the public rejected the concept outright for good reasons. Back in 1912 when A Princess of Mars was published, Percival Lowell had popularized that there was intelligent life building canals on Mars. But a century later, the idea of a Martian civilization was ludicrous to general audiences. By then, decades of exploration had revealed Mars to be hostile environment with no intelligent life, and no proof of any life at all. In addition, what was new creatively in 1912 was old hat by 2012. Visually John Carter resembled one of then ten year-old Star Wars prequels.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 21, 2019 15:56:38 GMT
I like John Carter quite a bit, I still don't understand why it bombed. Poor marketing didn't help but the public had to reject the concept outright for it to fail as badly as it did. I saw John Carter and thought it was OK. But yes, the public rejected the concept outright for good reasons. Back in 1912 when A Princess of Mars was published, Percival Lowell had popularized that there was intelligent life building canals on Mars. But a century later, the idea of a Martian civilization was ludicrous to general audiences. By then, decades of exploration had revealed Mars to be hostile environment with no intelligent life, and no proof of any life at all.
In addition, what was new creatively in 1912 was old hat by 2012. Visually John Carter resembled one of then ten year-old Star Wars prequels. That was the major issue, that it ironically felt like a rehash even though it had inspired much of fantasy/sci-fi for the last 100 years. I still thought it was fun, too bad it bombed.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 16:04:05 GMT
Green Lantern.
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Post by blockbusted on May 22, 2019 0:44:57 GMT
Batman v. Superman  I don't know if that's actually the worst, but it definitely has the worst third act fiasco among big-budget films. |
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Post by blockbusted on May 22, 2019 0:46:37 GMT
X-Men The Last Stand
Where was the money spent? It wasn't on the screen.
But haven't you heard? That film used practical effects and real stunts, which is why it's so much better than 'Avengers: Endgame'!  |
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Post by blockbusted on May 22, 2019 0:48:35 GMT
Most big budget films are bad. Having a big budget just means it has stars and special effects.
I rarely go to the movies anymore because all they show is mega budget movies and I just am not interested. There's still good character driven movies being made but more and more they're going straight to Netflix or streaming after a small release.
There's an art house theater near me but even it shows mostly bigger budget studio movies. The last movie I saw there was Trainspotting 2. Which isn't exactly what I would consider an indie movie.
That's kind of ironic because Netflix is making its own $200 million film called 'The Irishman' and I have no idea why THAT needs so much money to make. |
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Post by bud47 on May 22, 2019 2:17:10 GMT
X-Men The Last Stand
Where was the money spent? It wasn't on the screen.
But haven't you heard? That film used practical effects and real stunts, which is why it's so much better than 'Avengers: Endgame'! Don't forget, it's "grounded". Still can't believe we had to wait an additional 12 years to see Colossus vs Juggernaut...in a Deadpool film, of all places. $200 million and instead they gave us Juggernaut vs...Kitty Pryde?!?!?
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