"I, Frankenstein" Flops Hard at the Box Office

[Slash2x]

I will say that I saw 1 commercial of this movie about a week ago, and I will say that it looked terrible in the trailer. Can't say I'm too surprised about this happening.

This, the film looked pretty silly and generic when I saw a trailer a couple of weeks back, no surprises this happened. Hopefully lessons will be learned in future (not likely).

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"Hey we did not advertise this movie at all WHY THE HELL IS IT NOT MAKING MONEY!!?!?!?!?!?!"

This is the same kind of bullshit that got firefly off the air. No work to ensure there is good coverage for a product and people know about it and when they can see it.

I have no clue if it is a good or bad movie, but there was not enough coverage to even guess.....

 

[FFHAuthor]

You know what would have been cool?


Just have the droctor, his friends/loved ones whoever else and let the monster go to town on them. And then Pitchforks and torches.
A movie that stands on one leg alone: a leg named GORILY MURDERING THE SHIITE OUT OF THE CAST!

So, Frankenstein as told by the writers of Dexter I take it?

Could be kinda fun.

 

[Movitz]

I just read about the plot and knew it would suck. I mean come on, demons vs gargolyes? That's just random and confusing.

 

[Gorrath]

You know what Hollywood should try?

A good-old Greek tragedy. No CGI or intense action scenes, something that's actively low-key in atmosphere but is engaging through narrative, yet not so complicated that it loses the majority of its viewers.

So 300, but without the elements that make 300.

I kicked your idea down to the boys in marketing and they say it'll never work. Explosions, Dr., that's where the money's at in pictures these days. So here's what we do, we keep the Greek part, cut the tragedy and add in a car chase scene. Actually, cut the Greek part and make them all American and English. Add in a kid, and a dame. Actually, cut the kid and make it two dames. Actually, forget the whole thing and just make Fast and Furious 7.

 

[J.McMillen]

You know what Hollywood should try?

A good-old Greek tragedy. No CGI or intense action scenes, something that's actively low-key in atmosphere but is engaging through narrative, yet not so complicated that it loses the majority of its viewers.

So 300, but without the elements that make 300.

I kicked your idea down to the boys in marketing and they say it'll never work. Explosions, Dr., that's where the money's at in pictures these days. So here's what we do, we keep the Greek part, cut the tragedy and add in a car chase scene. Actually, cut the Greek part and make them all American and English. Add in a kid, and a dame. Actually, cut the kid and make it two dames. Actually, forget the whole thing and just make Fast and Furious 7.

Don't forget the blackjack and hookers.

 

[Gorrath]

You know what Hollywood should try?

A good-old Greek tragedy. No CGI or intense action scenes, something that's actively low-key in atmosphere but is engaging through narrative, yet not so complicated that it loses the majority of its viewers.

So 300, but without the elements that make 300.

I kicked your idea down to the boys in marketing and they say it'll never work. Explosions, Dr., that's where the money's at in pictures these days. So here's what we do, we keep the Greek part, cut the tragedy and add in a car chase scene. Actually, cut the Greek part and make them all American and English. Add in a kid, and a dame. Actually, cut the kid and make it two dames. Actually, forget the whole thing and just make Fast and Furious 7.

Don't forget the blackjack and hookers.

Fine ideas, but you better find a way to get a PG-13 rating. We want the broadest possible audience here. The numbers guys are telling me we can't have a blockbuster without the kid tickets. Blackjack is in, hookers are in, but no nudity. NOw where's a hundred dollar bill, I need to light my cuban.

 

[Mrkillhappy]

Well this isn't surprising due to the fact that when my friends and I saw the poster for the movie as well as the trailers and commercials we all though it looked incredibly stupid and they liked the Michael Bay Transformers movies.

 

[EiMitch]

I am shocked, shocked I say. How could this movie do so ZZZzzzz...!

To be serious, this film was obviously trying to copy the past successes of film trends that had already run their respective courses. Everything in the trailers screamed "more of the same stuff you've seen in other comic-book adaptations and gothic-esque emo monster flicks, with a hint of Constantine and Hellboy thrown in just for good measure. You've seen this before, so come see it again."

The entertainment industry's follow-the-leader business model fails, again. And nobody in charge will learn that "safe-bets" are just a myth, again. And they'll point fingers before going back to making another big budget me-too project while rationalizing that originality is "too risky" without a sense of irony, rinse and repeat.