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Post by lowtacks86 on Nov 14, 2021 19:22:36 GMT
"The Godfather" is highly revered, but at the time it must been a huge risk for studios. Keep in mind:
Marlon Brando was a washed up has been
Al Pacino was a relative nobody (Coppolla had to fight the studio to get him cast)
Coppolla was mostly known for directing skin flicks prior to Godfather
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Post by ck100 on Nov 14, 2021 19:25:05 GMT
Epics like Titanic and Lord of the Rings were huge gambles.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Nov 14, 2021 19:29:59 GMT
"The Godfather" is highly revered, but at the time it must been a huge risk for studios. Keep in mind: Marlon Brando was a washed up has been Al Pacino was a relative nobody (Coppolla had to fight the studio to get him cast) Coppolla was mostly known for directing skin flicks prior to Godfather Plus the fact that it was based on a pulp novel.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 14, 2021 19:50:53 GMT
If we're being honest, the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Pirate movies weren't fashionable when it came out.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Nov 14, 2021 20:03:06 GMT
Star Wars (1977)
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Post by kolchak92 on Nov 14, 2021 20:30:21 GMT
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. A sequel to an overblown blockbuster that no one really liked, made on a much lower budget and directed by a guy who had literally never seen an episode of Star Trek in his life.
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Post by Lux on Nov 14, 2021 20:40:55 GMT
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. A sequel to an overblown blockbuster that no one really liked, made on a much lower budget and directed by a guy who had literally never seen an episode of Star Trek in his life. That no one really liked? A movie doesn't become a blockbuster if no one never liked it. |
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Post by Lux on Nov 14, 2021 20:46:36 GMT
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. A sequel to an overblown blockbuster that no one really liked, made on a much lower budget and directed by a guy who had literally never seen an episode of Star Trek in his life. That no one really liked? A movie doesn't become a blockbuster if no one ever liked it. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Nov 14, 2021 21:07:22 GMT
"The Godfather" is highly revered, but at the time it must been a huge risk for studios. Keep in mind: Marlon Brando was a washed up has been Al Pacino was a relative nobody (Coppolla had to fight the studio to get him cast) Coppolla was mostly known for directing skin flicks prior to Godfather Plus the fact that it was based on a pulp novel. It was a huge bestseller though, no? And crime movies were pretty big at the time. |
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Post by kolchak92 on Nov 14, 2021 22:21:23 GMT
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. A sequel to an overblown blockbuster that no one really liked, made on a much lower budget and directed by a guy who had literally never seen an episode of Star Trek in his life. That no one really liked? A movie doesn't become a blockbuster if no one never liked it. I was speaking more in a figurative sense than a literal one. It did well at the box office sure, and it has its fans to this day, but it was generally considered a big disappointment.
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Post by spooner5020 on Nov 15, 2021 0:39:55 GMT
Sonic The Hedgehog. Just everything about this should have made the movie tank, but miraculously it didn’t.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Nov 15, 2021 2:56:06 GMT
The Sixth Sense
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Nov 15, 2021 3:11:07 GMT
Plus the fact that it was based on a pulp novel. It was a huge bestseller though, no? And crime movies were pretty big at the time. Actually yes, that is true, it was a major bestseller.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 15, 2021 3:11:55 GMT
"The Godfather" is highly revered, but at the time it must been a huge risk for studios. Keep in mind: Marlon Brando was a washed up has been Al Pacino was a relative nobody (Coppolla had to fight the studio to get him cast) Coppolla was mostly known for directing skin flicks prior to Godfather2 skin flicks in the early '60s means he was mostly known for directing skin flicks? What about the 4 other movies he directed during the 10 years in between his last skin flick and The Godfather?
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