The List of 2011 Biggest Flops Thus Far
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Until I saw the trailer & poster stuff, I figured GREEN LANTERN would be okay. But many of the others were DOA... you wonder why they made them in the first place.
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I had them all pegged as flops except Suckerpunch, which seems it couldn't decide on its target audience, and Prom, which I hadn't even heard of.
Nice to know the cheese-sniffer's working again. I had it re-tooled after watching Salt.
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Originally posted by dirtbottle View PostGreen lantern was the obvious one for me.
I compared him to Colin Ferrel (another "pretty boy" actor being force-fed to the masses.)
Well what'a ya know...."U don' know me, muddafugga..."
- Al Pacino, Carlito's Way
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Originally posted by Greenwood View PostI seem to remember someone on here swearing up and down that GL would be Ryan Reynolds official coronation as a superstar.
I compared him to Colin Ferrel (another "pretty boy" actor being force-fed to the masses.)
Well what'a ya know....
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Originally posted by dirtbottle View PostI don't think it was me. I think reynold's is pretty good but I've always believed GL was a turd.
It amazes me how they think a graphic novel with maybe half a million fans in the world can somehow justify a $50M+ movie. (I don't know the fanship numbers of GL or Priest, but as an avid comic book fan as a kid -- I can honestly say I didn't give two shiny terds about GL.)
Funny how some genres and gimmicks in hollywood never die, but others get abandoned if *one* movie dares to just break even.
If C-list hero/graphic novel adaptations were treated like other genre and sources, they would've stopped making them 5 years ago."U don' know me, muddafugga..."
- Al Pacino, Carlito's Way
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The only one on that list I've seen is Sucker Punch, which is also the worst movie I've seen this year (though Red Riding Hood and Season of the Witch were close). But films like Green Lantern, Your Highness, and Arthur seemed terrible from the trailers so I'm not surprised. As for The Beaver, I always thought the hype around the script wasn't justified--and even had Mel Gibson been replaced by someone more, ahem, "popular"...I think the content made it a tough sell with audiences.
Any guesses for biggest flops of the rest of the year? Larry Crowne wasn't doing too well last I heard...
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Originally posted by Brice View PostThe only one on that list I've seen is Sucker Punch, which is also the worst movie I've seen this year (though Red Riding Hood and Season of the Witch were close). But films like Green Lantern, Your Highness, and Arthur seemed terrible from the trailers so I'm not surprised. As for The Beaver, I always thought the hype around the script wasn't justified--and even had Mel Gibson been replaced by someone more, ahem, "popular"...I think the content made it a tough sell with audiences.
Any guesses for biggest flops of the rest of the year? Larry Crowne wasn't doing too well last I heard...
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Originally posted by Greenwood View Post
If C-list hero/graphic novel adaptations were treated like other genre and sources, they would've stopped making them 5 years ago.
Watchmen, well known but not widely known.
Thor is a C-list comic hero.
I think it's like everything else, if it's hot everybody wants to jump on the bandwagon but not everyone can deliver the goods. That doesn't mean it isn't worth pursuing. There are some really great stories out there for the right people to adapt for the big screen.
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Originally posted by Brice View Post... As for The Beaver, I always thought the hype around the script wasn't justified--and even had Mel Gibson been replaced by someone more, ahem, "popular"...I think the content made it a tough sell with audiences.Last edited by asjah8; 07-05-2011, 07:58 AM.life happens
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