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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Every Jurassic Park movie after the 2nd one.

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago

Yes. You look at the title of the movie and you go, nope.

You just know there's some producer out there who is salivating over minion merch.

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 14 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Waterworld. At the time the most expensive movie ever made and the most spectacular flop of all time.

[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

But I like Waterworld.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

I "think" John Carter beat it, but yeah.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

John Carter suffered from an awful title.

"Princess of Mars," would have resonated better with marketing. And is actually one of the book titles.

[–] Babalugats@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I must be on my own. I know John Carter flopped phenomenally, but I really liked it. Thought it was a great movie. Was very annoyed when I found out that there may never be a 2nd. Even if there was, at this stage it is very unlikely to be the same cast. IIRC, a lot of the blame was on Disney marketing. But IDK about these things.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago

Don't worry brother, I still go back and watch waterworld. I like oceanscapes and post apocalyptic settings. Esthetic can be enough for me.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Neither of those movies were really all that terrible. I enjoyed John Carter. But clearly they didn't connect with audiences.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Absolutely, I enjoyed both for what they were, silly fantasy/adventure movies.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, I was upset they didnt continue John Carter, it was just a fun zany scifi movie. I think it was the advertising that killed it, but if they had stuck with it I think it could have done well.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

It's the name and the power concept, all around bland and forgettable. Feel like that movie was a passion project of a book fan.

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I did some digging and apparently Waterworld somehow broke even. I remember a lot of the hype around the film at the time was wanting to see if it was really as bad as people said it was.

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

A lot of the Movies Sony makes now. Morbius, Kraven, etc.

[–] savutano@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I'd like to add Uncharted to that, please.

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[–] Odo@lemmy.world 31 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

Battleship. It's just such a bizarre license for a movie, and certainly one nobody ever asked for. (Well, outside Hasbro execs clearly desperate for another Transformers-level hit.)

Oddly watchable in a big dumb fun kind of way, at least. And hey, it has Jesse Plemons not playing a total sociopath, so that's neat.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm still waiting for the film adaptation of Checkers.

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Like the Queens Gambit but checkers would be hilarious

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

All I need to know is, does anyone say, "You sank my battleship!"?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah I’m not even sure why I watched it, it looks so bad. But it’s entertaining as heck, and well worth watching again

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 47 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

'Live action' remakes of animated classics, or any remake of an already good film.

Remake the ones that had potential. but failed in the execution.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

You actually wrong about this one. Those movies make bank. Suburban moms ruin everything.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Live action remakes are the end point of capitalism in media. Take something that ~~people liked~~ made money, and do it again with the same formula but a fresh coat of paint. No need to hire writers or spend time making a good story, just use the last one. No risks were ever taken.

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 18 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

All those Disney live action remakes are sooo bad. People just don't have the expressiveness of cartoon characters. The Lion King was the worst. The characters were animated and still wooden

The Cinderella one slapped. But that was the first one, and it was successful because it was made with care and thoughtful intention. Disney has been chasing that sucess ever since

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I think Christopher Robin and maleficent were good. As long as they're telling a new story it's fun to see the old characters. When it's just the exact same plot but a little darker and live action over animation it's so dumb. Our CGI just ain't good enough to justify that.

They're remaking Moana already, and still a new movie, relative.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Moana is all about the musical performances. I love the whole movie but what is on the screen just kinda punctuates and gives context to the music for me. Frozen is the same way. And they're thinking they are going to remake all that music and have it be just as good?

It would be like trying to remake The Blues Brothers with Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham just because the original is 40 years old.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 22 points 12 hours ago

Ohh i forgot another one of my favorite. Ghost in the Shell live action. I love that movie because of Scarlett Johansson, but if you watch the original anime, everything just feels better, and the live action is simply unnecessary.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Perhaps, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star. I have a weird relationship with this movie. I know it's shit but I can't help but be fascinated by it. It's a fun movie to make your friends and family watch with you so you can watch their reaction. I wouldn't even say it's so bad it's good. It's bad but entertaining at the same time. I watch it and think "how the fuck did this get made?"

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