ban1o Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) lol RIPD hasn't even come out yet. How can it already be a flop? Edited July 18, 2013 by ban1o 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I still can't believe bad films like Grown Ups 2, Identity Thief, G.I. Joe 2, The Great Gatsby, and the mediocre Oz Great & Powerful all made more than Pacific Rim. And that Pacific Rim is on the same list as certified turds like AE, WHD, TH3, Lone Ranger and RIPD (those films have the average RT score of 35% fresh, and PR has 71% fresh) And now someone will say "LOL DON'T BLAME THE GA BLAME WB AND THEM MARKETING A BIG FILM TO NERDS!! GROWN UPS 2 MADE MY CINEMA LAUGH WHEN THE TRAILER CAME ON, AND THEY WERE SILENT WITH PACIFIC RIM! etc;' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I still can't believe bad films like Grown Ups 2, Identity Thief, G.I. Joe 2, The Great Gatsby, and the mediocre Oz Great & Powerful all made more than Pacific Rim. And that Pacific Rim is on the same list as certified turds like AE, WHD, TH3, Lone Ranger and RIPD (those films have the average RT score of 35% fresh, and PR has 71% fresh) And now someone will say "LOL DON'T BLAME THE GA BLAME WB AND THEM MARKETING A BIG FILM TO NERDS!! GROWN UPS 2 MADE MY CINEMA LAUGH WHEN THE TRAILER CAME ON, AND THEY WERE SILENT WITH PACIFIC RIM! etc;' Because critical reception means nothing. It's people's wallets that do the talking. PR imo looked like a rip off of so many other films. It's the reason WHD did so poorly. IMO, it's one of the best films of the summer but OHF came out 4 months ago. So people thought they had already seen the film. Same with PR. Transformers looked better and people had already spent money on giant robots. So PR suffered from being a rip off artist. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 So PR suffered from looking like a rip off.That's more accurate now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Because critical reception means nothing. It's people's wallets that do the talking. PR imo looked like a rip off of so many other films. It's the reason WHD did so poorly. IMO, it's one of the best films of the summer but OHF came out 4 months ago. So people thought they had already seen the film. Same with PR. Transformers looked better and people had already spent money on giant robots. So PR suffered from being a rip off artist. Even though WHD >> OHF and PR >> Transformers. IMO, of course. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I still can't believe bad films like Grown Ups 2, Identity Thief, G.I. Joe 2, The Great Gatsby, and the mediocre Oz Great & Powerful all made more than Pacific Rim. And that Pacific Rim is on the same list as certified turds like AE, WHD, TH3, Lone Ranger and RIPD (those films have the average RT score of 35% fresh, and PR has 71% fresh) And now someone will say "LOL DON'T BLAME THE GA BLAME WB AND THEM MARKETING A BIG FILM TO NERDS!! GROWN UPS 2 MADE MY CINEMA LAUGH WHEN THE TRAILER CAME ON, AND THEY WERE SILENT WITH PACIFIC RIM! etc;' I really liked The Great Gatsby... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Even though WHD >> OHF and PR >> Transformers. IMO, of course. Sure...no worries....we all have our opinions. But I made the statement without passion or prejudice about the films you mentioned. It's just if people think they have seen the film before, they might be less inclined to see another film of the same ilk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Craig Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 ^^ A main reason I didn't see the Purge....it's The Strangers. DVD wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) ^^ A main reason I didn't see the Purge....it's The Strangers. DVD wait. General audiences must have not thought so. Basically it is hard to create a purely original film now a days without borrowing from some previous franchise or film. But there are exceptions of course (Inception for instance) Edited July 18, 2013 by Hiccup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Purge is coming out here next week, I'll see it despite the poor reception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Terrible for PR. Just terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 The Purge was nothing like The Strangers really. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Craig Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 General audiences must have not thought so. Basically it is hard to create a purely original film now a days without borrowing from some previous franchise or film. But there are exceptions of course (Inception for instance) True, but then how many of those GA's were then tweeting about just how bad it was? Lots. Clearly the mass collective didn't figure out they were duped and given a lesser film till 90min later. Whereas I deduced that from the trailers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 The Strangers imo, had two of the dumbest characters in the history of film. It was like a spoof movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Craig Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 And Purge has twice that many based on everything I've read. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) The Purge isn't a horror movie, is it? I know they've been advertizing it as one, but everything about it seems like just a thriller. Edited July 18, 2013 by Jack Nevada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Why GA like Transformers so much and why they don't care about Jeagers & Kaiyus ? Is it the design ? Or because TF come from real life cars. Because of the animated 80's series and toys. Megan fox ? I wanna hear your theories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 General audiences must have not thought so. Basically it is hard to create a purely original film now a days without borrowing from some previous franchise or film. But there are exceptions of course (Inception for instance) Paprika says hi. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochofles Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Sure...no worries....we all have our opinions. But I made the statement without passion or prejudice about the films you mentioned. It's just if people think they have seen the film before, they might be less inclined to see another film of the same ilk.I can't believe our resident anti-Avatar mascot hasn't said something “clever” like «that didn't stop the GA from making Avatar a mega-hit» or something along those lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Why GA like Transformers so much and why they don't care about Jeagers & Kaiyus ? Is it the design ? Or because TF come from real life cars. Because of the animated 80's series and toys. Megan fox ? I wanna hear your theories. Marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
