If I remember right, flop can also just mean failure. Though I, like most people, associate the word with commerical performance.youji itami said:"The sequel to last year's flop forsakes horror for full-on action and political commentary."
The Purge production budget $3 million world wide gross $89 million.
If 30 times your production budget is a flop then every superhero film ever made is a mega flop.
Evonisia said:If I remember right, flop can also just mean failure. Though I, like most people, associate the word with commerical performance.youji itami said:"The sequel to last year's flop forsakes horror for full-on action and political commentary."
The Purge production budget $3 million world wide gross $89 million.
If 30 times your production budget is a flop then every superhero film ever made is a mega flop.
High Hopes?...seriously? lolKazeAizen said:I had legitimate high hopes for the Power Rangers movie.
Someone could make a good film about a disembodied, all knowing, glowing head granting a select group of youngsters interstellar weapons/mechs to fight the mad queen of the moon and her army of monsters... it would proberly be nothing like the show though...ron1n said:High Hopes?...seriously? lolKazeAizen said:I had legitimate high hopes for the Power Rangers movie.
Even as a kid I was very aware of how lame Power Rangers was. I mean, aside from a catchy intro song, the show was just awful. Say what you will about the 80's toy cartoons, at least they had some interesting episodes and non-terrible dialogue from time to time.
I don't even understand how they could possibly make a movie based on it...I mean, what, are they going to have the actors doing bad karate fighting with dudes in silver spandex with plastic weapons? Or are they going to go the 'gritty realistic' route which would be even more laughable.
We should be so lucky that that moron is writing it. Means there's a chance it will flop and we don't have to go through any sequels -_-
Hollywood don't do niche son, it's all or nothing!youji itami said:"The sequel to last year's flop forsakes horror for full-on action and political commentary."
The Purge production budget $3 million world wide gross $89 million.
If 30 times your production budget is a flop then every superhero film ever made is a mega flop.
TheMemoman said:I liked Snowpiercer, but I don't get all the love for it. It was predictable, cheesy, cartoonish and it really had no subtlety whatsoever. Look at Tilda Swinton's character in Snowpiercer for subtlety.
It's a cool idea, but other than the feeding kart, the New Year indicator and the school kart, it's pretty much a by the numbers sci-fi B-movie.
Wow just.....wow. Why don't you kill my puppy while you're at it. Yes I had hopes for this movie. After seeing how awesome giant robots and monsters can truly be on screen thanks to Pacific Rim and Godzilla I started getting excited for this movie. You know not all Power Rangers are "bad" in the sense that we think of. Some seasons are legitimately great or even just good despite adhering to a rigid formula. Wild Force, Space, and Dino Thunder are legitimately great seasons of the show. Mighty Morphin had a great story line with the Green Ranger arc.ron1n said:High Hopes?...seriously? lolKazeAizen said:I had legitimate high hopes for the Power Rangers movie.
Even as a kid I was very aware of how lame Power Rangers was. I mean, aside from a catchy intro song, the show was just awful. Say what you will about the 80's toy cartoons, at least they had some interesting episodes and non-terrible dialogue from time to time.
I don't even understand how they could possibly make a movie based on it...I mean, what, are they going to have the actors doing bad karate fighting with dudes in silver spandex with plastic weapons? Or are they going to go the 'gritty realistic' route which would be even more laughable.
We should be so lucky that that moron is writing it. Means there's a chance it will flop and we don't have to go through any sequels -_-
I think one of the issues is that "the movie we got" was executed in such a way that we didn't need the "Purge" premise. They could have been a family at a remote cabin in the woods, and it would have amounted to nothing more than another check mark on the "yep! Home invasion movie" list. The movie we got gives us a premise like the purge, and then barely does so much as mention sociological/political questions that an event such as the purge raises.Uriel_Hayabusa said:I don't understand why Bob gives the first Purge movie so much flak for not being as smart as it could've been. In an earlier review of his I remember him saying something along the lines of "Review the movie you got, not the movie you want".