Yeah, well I kinda forgot about the "Entertaining" portion of the thread, and was just listing a couple of megaflops that hadn't been listed yet.
That's another one I love to watch, from the hilariously over the top John Travolta to the complete and total disregard for physics, any real adherence to science and suspension of belief that Harriers would still be flyable after 300 years of sitting around, it's a fun movie.
I don't know if it was a flop but very few people have heard of the Dark Crystal, and I found it quite entertaining.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy nerds were all over that movie when it was first released, but it didn't make much money in theaters. Big rental among the geeks, though.
Ooooo, lots of people have heard of The Dark Crystal. Along with Labyrinth, it's a hugely popular flick in nerd circles. The Jim Henson/Brian Froud collaborations are amazing.
1) "Labyrinth" is awesome. 2) Re: the thread title: "Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow" and the version of "Peter Pan" that came out that same summer.
JOHN CARTER made 30 million in profits before DVD/Blu-ray sales. Every penny for that particular piece of garbage is definitely one too many. If Taylor Kitsch wasn't such fantasy toyboy material I'd have left the cinema after 10 minutes. WATERWORLD is totally underrated; I liked that one despite Kevin Costner. Same with POSTMAN. And SERNITY was no flop; they sold many millions of DVDs and Blu-rays. For some strange reason these are still not considered 'profits' by Hollywood, as is the money coming from countries other than the US. But both are bigger than US box office now. They need a reason to bitch and moan I guess.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Shawshank Redemption. According to IMDB, the initial gross of $18million wasn't enough to cover the cost of production. Even though it earned another $10million after it was nominated for Academy Awards, it was still considered a flop. I didn't watch the movie for years and years because I had it confused with another prison movie from the mid-90s that didn't interest me at all. I'm glad I realized my mistake.
Probably no one has heard of these, but they are really fun flops: Undercover Blues and Down Periscope
John Carter should never have been a Disney gig. Think an R-rated John Carter that held true to the original work, eschewed political correctness, went full nude and Veerhoven violent, and you are on to something. With a soundtrack by Vangelis. Of course, less than 1% of the population would have had a fucking clue.
Well, now that Tamar has sort of put that sort of thing in my mind (as opposed to the big budget stuff Marso opened with... Everyone knows my fondness for [yt=Xanadu]ZY0mtD7zzUE[/yt] and Rustler's Rhapsody . . . I assume most know I am also a huge fan of [yt=Eddie and the Cruisers]6_xBcbkb3Xs&feature=related[/yt] - none of which made much box office cash. But I'll add to that list another film I never get tired of: [yt=Oscar]ekD9oKkalTI[/yt]
Gotta disagree w/ Aurora re: John Carter. Saw it at the theater and was pleased. Rented it for a buck from Redbox last weekend and enjoyed it again. Thought the weakest part was the leading man, and he still did a serviceable job. (But the film would've been far stronger if this guy had been cast as the lead.) The failure with this flick was totally in the marketing. They ditched all references to Mars/Barsoom in trying to expand the potential audience, but they lost the target "Star Wars fans" audience instead. Most ordinary people think of this when they see the name John Carter these days.
Mrs. Plow and I are trying to watch every movie we saw when we were dating (1992-1995). The last one we watched in our queue was Undercover Blues. As far as non-successful movies I love, gotta vote for Big Night. Just don't watch it on an empty stomach (its about food).
I have no idea if it was a financial flop, but in terms of movies which are more popular now than when they were new, Heathers was damned fun to me.
Last Action Hero Made it's money but got a huge lambasting from the criticis - nominated for 7 Razzies. Bonfire of the Vanities
Watched this one again about a year ago. I think it's a very entertaining film, moreso because of the fun poked at Schwarzenegger and action movie cliches.
Neither one of those was what I would call "entertaining". In fact, I walked out of Last Action Hero.
The Hallelujah Trail is not a great film, and apparently it fizzled on release, but it amuses me well enough.
