BK007 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I have just seen the movie and it was a spectacular misfire. You have got to be talented to screw up as badly as they did. A completely unlikeable protagonist who has no redeeming qualities and eventually steals his best friend's girl, yet another warped sense or story about love (note to Hollywood: no one who has fallen in love ever does or says it in this way) and a wholly stupid plot that made zero sense from start to finish. Now the love thing may just be my pet peeve, but that's why I despise most of rom-coms/dramas Hollywood shits out and any blockbuster that tries to create a romantic subplot, because they absolutely have no depth and are the most shallow excuse and addition. Any writer or director that leaves half-hearted, unbelievable love elements should be put out to pasture. However, to create a plot based on a mischievous goddess bent on causing chaos, someone who can wilfully become anyone and do anything is just completely idiotic and I'm surprised no one asked Logan to fuck off. Perhaps because he's been nominated, but what a shitshow this was. No stakes at all, and what do you really expect when you give someone all power. If they win, you knew they would, if they lose, they shouldn't have because of the rules you set up, so you fucking lose either way. I'm so glad that it opened to $6m back in 2003 in the middle of summer and ended with $26m total off a $10m 4/5 day. Hilarious performance and it lost $125m for Dreamworks. Superb. No one should see this trainwreck. I just wonder how it was greenlit. I don't know how it bombed so badly as I wasn't following box office then and maybe BOM forums were still new too, but how did this end up the way it did? It's deserved completely, don't get me wrong, but I wonder how Dreamworks who I assume wanted this to be a summer tentpole ended up opening it to $6m. Katzenberg called it the death of 2D, but really, it being so shit definitely was a reason. Down nearly 40% on its second weekend and 80% on its third back in 2003 is all kinds of horrible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 People thought it was about a crappy comedian who was only kinda relevant in the 90s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) I actually saw this in theaters and it was so bad. A big waste of money. I bet quality was a big factor in it bombing. People thought it was about a crappy comedian who was only kinda relevant in the 90s. It probably would have been better if it was. Edited December 29, 2014 by Empire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 It faced competition from this little indie film called Finding Nemo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asyulus Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Mainly the competition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFanaticGuy34 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Well..Terminator 3 & Finding Nemo nuked it. But at least it made $80M WW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinoiserie Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 The film was not good but compared to some Dreamworks films like Shark Tale and Monsters V Aliens this was a work of art and it would have made much more money if it had been CGI. And at the time talking animals and comedy, not fantasy adventure drama, were more popular in animation so that was a part of why the film was not succesfull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Michelle Pfeiffer didn't succeed in drowning them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BourneFan #1 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Saw this on DVD years ago, I know that it sucked bad. It bombed so bad in theaters. Why see this when you could have seen Finding Nemo instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
