Yeah, this. Movie is gorgeous in 4K, would have liked to see them continue the series.
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What movie do you wish hadn't bombed?
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Yeah, this. Movie is gorgeous in 4K, would have liked to see them continue the series.
Did you see the money it made in China?
Also it was really popular with the WarCraft audience which is what they were going for I think.
Blade Runner 2049 is a good answer, but at the same time I kind of prefer it to a string of increasingly disappointing and brainless sequels as studio execs attempt to cash in on the Blade Runner Cinematic Universe™. Instead Blade Runner is two great movies. And that's good enough for me.
Solo absolutely lost money. There is no way in hell it made a "nice profit" at less than $400 million worldwide. They spent nearly that much on production plus marketing for it.
Solo absolutely lost money. There is no way in hell it made a "nice profit" at less than $400 million worldwide. They spent nearly that much on production plus marketing for it.
Yeah definitely Blade Runner 2049, it deserves better, my favorite movie of last year and honestly one of the best movies I've ever watched
It's not necessarily about getting sequels but having more movies like BR 2049, maybe not at that budget (~ 150 $million) but close enough.
Some of these aren't bombs. The studios just had unrealistic expectations and hoped they would set the world on fire and they didn't. Making a big budget sequel to a cult classic is kind of a foolish endeavor. The install base isn't there for the kind of return studios want nowadays. Tron and Bladerunner are perfect examples.
Tintin didn't actually bomb.
It underperformed in the US, but did very well in the more enlightened parts of the world.
I kind of wish The Good Dinosaur was better, my son is called Arlo and it would have been cool for him to get Arlo merchandise
Legit one of my favorite Disney movies.
Not as much a bomb as an underperformance. It deserved more.
The X-Files: I Want To Believe
Not a great movie, but I thought it got more hate than it deserved and killed the chances for a 3rd movie. I still don't know how we got lucky enough to get 2 more seasons.
Not a great movie, but I thought it got more hate than it deserved and killed the chances for a 3rd movie. I still don't know how we got lucky enough to get 2 more seasons.
Dark City. Hadn't it bombed we might have seen different Alex Proyas today.
Event Horizon. It basically killed sci-fi horrors that aren't Alien, Predator or have a budget big enough to buy hot-dogs to the guy with the smartphone.
Event Horizon. It basically killed sci-fi horrors that aren't Alien, Predator or have a budget big enough to buy hot-dogs to the guy with the smartphone.
My answer has to be Tron Legacy. Yes, that movie had some issues. But the soundtrack and style were on point.
If I had to pick absolutely one, then it's Speed Racer for me.
That kind of boldness, unbridled ambition and just flat out visual genius deserved to be rewarded, or at least not met with absolute disaster. Who knows what innovations had the Wachowskis gone on to further accomplish if this movie hadn't gone down in flames the way it did. I believe nobody else this century pushed the boundaries of the cinematic aesthetic this century as much as they did with this movie.
In their own words:
For its 10th anniversay I wrote a small article about its visual identity, cinematography and editing, in case anyone out there is interested.
But Speed Racer has substance. Even fewer people would care about the movie if they weren't engaged in the plot and the characters. I think I speak for any fan of the movie when I say it established a genuine emotional connection. It's tried and true, evil vs good stuff, but done in a refreshingly earnest and sincere way. Not only is there not a single cynical bone in this thing, actual themes run through the movie. There's actually a message in there if you pay the slightest bit of attention.
And Royalton is a truly memorable, top tier scenery-chewing, mustache-twirling villain.
The only thing Redline has going for itself is the quality of its animation.
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Speed Racer aside, there's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
Not because I want sequels (although it sure would have been nice), but just because this kind of high-quality adult-oriented blockbuster deserves all the success in the world (over the basic-ass pap that tops the box office charts), and it could mean more movies of this type.
Blade Runner 2049 is another one. This stuff just isn't met with the success they should. Cinema is in a dire fucking state frankly.
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Everything coming to mind immediately has already been said. In a technical denied funding / never made way I would nominate Alejandro Jodorowsky's version of Dune. It looked to be incredible, but Hollywood didn't think it would have mass appeal. Great documentary on it of roughly the same name.
I did like Tron and I did want sequels. But I didn't like it half as much on rewatch, almost completely based on the lead.
Era's favorite movie, BR2049
Yea, this is an easy one.
Runner up would be Mad Max: Fury Road. It didn't bomb badly, but it sure as shit deserved over $1.5billion gross if JurASSic World made that.
Dredd and BR2049 bombing really upset me, lol.
I want a Dredd cinematic sequel with Urban so bad.
I want a Dredd cinematic sequel with Urban so bad.
SOLO was so good and had it done better we could have gotten a slick little trilogy leading up to his involvement in ANH.
I would have loved to see Han and Chewie in the prime of their smuggling days, meeting up with Jabba for the first time, etc.
I would have loved to see Han and Chewie in the prime of their smuggling days, meeting up with Jabba for the first time, etc.
Well, it gave us one of the best documentaries ever made so there's that. :)
Also, I want that thick tome they kept teasing with all the artwork and storyboards.
I like this pick. I really like the movie. There aren't enough good scifi horror films.
To echo and jump on the bandwagon:
Tron Legacy
Dredd
Equilibrium
My original pick would be the Chris Evans 2009 film, Push. It was what I wanted out of an X Men film, different people living day to day with different powers and how they used them in everyday life, whether it was for their jobs or to be powerful criminals.
Tron Legacy
Dredd
Equilibrium
I seriously thought i was the only one that immediately thought of this first, I genuinely forgot about the Han Solo thing.Oh that Solo. I thought you meant the Mario Van Peebles movie, Solo.
My original pick would be the Chris Evans 2009 film, Push. It was what I wanted out of an X Men film, different people living day to day with different powers and how they used them in everyday life, whether it was for their jobs or to be powerful criminals.
Depending on your son's age, you should check out a book called Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire. It's a YA fantasy novel about a Boy Scout finding a magical forest, or something like that. It was written by John August, one of the cohosts of the Scriptnotes podcast and writer of Big Fish (among other things).
Dredd was what came to mind immediately. Love that movie and I hope it gets a proper sequel someday.
Seriously! I had zero expectations going in, I think a couple friends and I randomly picked it off the shelf at Blockbuster lol. I remember loving the ending, such a shame, it seemed like a good premise for a sequel.
I think that's right. The sequel was unexpectedly beautiful in writing and cinematography, and it earned critical acclaim. The true misfortune in my estimation is that after Arrival and 2049 there may be fewer beautiful and innovative science fiction films by Denis Villeneuve.
I hope it makes it to the cinemas. Much as I enjoy David Lynch's film, readers of the novels say it tells only a small part of a much larger tale. There's probably scope for multiple films, each telling one part of the story with the voice of a great director.