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Biggest Bombs
« on: March 20, 2012, 04:20:20 AM »
I found a lot of surprises on this list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_box_office_bombs

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Dr. Dolittle (1967)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Wyatt Earp (1994)

I don't think it includes any video sales revenues which probably put most of these films back in the black. But there's a hefty chunk of good movies in the list that somehow bombed worse than Gigli, Envy, and FeardotCom.
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Re: Biggest Bombs
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2012, 03:37:37 PM »
interesting...

1.I wonder why waterworld wasnt there..  heard that it was one of the biggest box office flops.
2.Come to think of it... try counting how many Eddie Murphy movies are there.
3.Hey, Mysterymen wasnt Bad.
4.Im sure some of those movies were not bad. just squished coz they were released on same date as much more stronger films.
5.AWWWWWWWWWWW Not ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE!!!!
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Re: Biggest Bombs
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2012, 03:59:11 PM »
interesting...

1.I wonder why waterworld wasnt there..  heard that it was one of the biggest box office flops.


That's easy! Anything that has tits in it is a good movie :bravo:
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Re: Biggest Bombs
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2012, 05:15:21 PM »
1.I wonder why waterworld wasnt there..  heard that it was one of the biggest box office flops.

Waterworld is an example of a movie that does not appear on lists of box office bombs, despite enormous budget overruns, because of a significant gross.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_office_bomb
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Re: Biggest Bombs
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2012, 07:00:18 PM »
I really didn't think Waterworld was that bad of a movie, despite the fact that it did have Kevin Costner in it and he's not really a good actor. He's been in a few good movies, but I would never call him a good actor, anything he's in being a good movie is only good because the story is so good. Movies like Field of Dreams, A Perfect World, maybe JFK and Robin Hood. But if you wanna talk about a BAD[/b] movie with Kevin Costner in it, The Postman has my vote for one of the 5 worst movies ever made. HORRIBLE movie. Terrible acting. Just downright painful to watch.
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Re: Biggest Bombs
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2012, 11:45:38 PM »
When I saw the title of this thread, I thought it was talking about some Ted Kaczynski shit.  rofl

Anyway, it's funny some of the titles on there are some of my favorites.

The good:
Strange Days surprised me, I loved that movie.
Death to Smoochy was on the list?  Wow, that movie is really fucking funny and good, that's totally surprising.
The Astronaut's Wife, when Charlize Theron was real young and supple.  Not sure why this one didn't get good returns, it was pretty good.  Maybe because it had Johnny Depp in it (rofl).
Red Planet, another good futuristic nightmare movie.  I'm starting to notice a trend here.  America is full of dumb people.
The Relic wasn't bad either.  Lot of movies on here that are different from the bullshit "beer and tits" movies.  This list proves how dumb Americans in general are.

The bad:
The Adventures of Pluto Nash did not surprise me however, fucking horrible.
Also, Gigli, the Ben Affleck career-ending movie.  :D
Almost everything else on that list makes sense.  rofl
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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2012, 11:53:08 PM »
I really didn't think Waterworld was that bad of a movie, despite the fact that it did have Kevin Costner in it and he's not really a good actor. He's been in a few good movies, but I would never call him a good actor, anything he's in being a good movie is only good because the story is so good. Movies like Field of Dreams, A Perfect World, maybe JFK and Robin Hood. But if you wanna talk about a BAD[/b] movie with Kevin Costner in it, The Postman has my vote for one of the 5 worst movies ever made. HORRIBLE movie. Terrible acting. Just downright painful to watch.

To be fair, Dances with Wolves actually wasn't that bad (even though it was almost completely made up).  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dances_with_Wolves#Historical_references <-- about as much reality as the movie has in it.  Some historical referencing but none with a direct link.  Just a Hollywood bastardization of history, as usual.

Mainly it showed Costner learning another language, which meant he spoke less in both languages.  Excellent movie because of this!
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2012, 12:14:09 AM »
Strange Days surprised me, I loved that movie.
Death to Smoochy was on the list?  Wow, that movie is really fucking funny and good, that's totally surprising.

Indeed, both of these surprised me as well. 


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Re: Biggest Bombs
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2012, 03:28:12 AM »
Also, Gigli, the Ben Affleck career-ending movie. 

I never thought of it that way... hmmm... That may now be my favorite movie of all time. (I still refuse to finish watching it though)
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« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2012, 06:50:32 PM »
Also, Gigli, the Ben Affleck career-ending movie. 

I never thought of it that way... hmmm... That may now be my favorite movie of all time. (I still refuse to finish watching it though)

Well for sure no one in Hollywood (or America) wanted to deal with him after he made that POS.  I couldn't bring myself to even sit all the way through the previews.  It really was that bad.
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