Oh yes it was!
I saw the trailer and thought, “This could be the greatest film EVAH!” It looked stunning. A perfect example of retro-futuristic styling.
Then I saw it. “Utter crap” doesn’t begin to describe my feelings. So, yes, it made money from me the first week. But never again.
You are not alone. But it rates okay on rotten tomatoes. Mind you, it wasnt anywhere near as good as the previews showed. That would have been a GREAT movie. Instead, we ended up with a disappointing mediocre film. So, we can understand why Greenlit, but it belongs in a special category- “Films that didnt live up to their previews”.
I will add the Sylvester Stallone movie Oscar. A group of us ended up at the movies after a day of drinking. We were the only people in the theater and watched this movie MST3k style.
Sly’s performance as “Snaps” Provolone was a cinematic tour de force.
:chef kiss:
In all seriousness, I do like this movie, it’s just a screwball farce with a million things going on. It knows the assignment, unlike Stop or my Mom Will Shoot. Both movies got terrible reviews, while Oscar is a lofty 62% vs SomMWS’s 22% audience approval at Rotten Tomatoes.
The story is that Arnold Schwarzenegger pretended to want this film in order to trick Stallone to make it. Arnold knew it was going to flop.
Heh. This is why I like going to matinees on weekdays. You can talk and heckle the flick all you want and there’s hardly anyone you are bothering.
Another fan of Oscar here. There was just something about it that reminded me of the old English Comedy of Manners literature and plays.
I first saw Stand by Me at a weekday matinee. Two M/F couples were also in attendance and when the part with the leeches in Gordie’s underwear played, one of the girls started laughing out loud and the fellow she was with slowly turned his head toward her and began backing away. The look on his face was priceless.
Rotten Tomatoes and critics- not to mention the box office, do confirm that film was pretty bad.
I saw Oscar when it was in theaters and I recall it being kinda par for the course compared to other comedies of the time. It just wasn’t what people expected from a Stallone film.
(Bolding mine) How many people is it acceptable to bother?
I’ll take Paul Lynde for the block. 
On paper, sometimes things look good. Movie based upon a Michael Crichton book, edited by Anne V. Coates, who edited Lawrence of Arabia, Allen Daviau, who shot E.T. , produced by Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy. Directed by Frank Marshall. Sounds like a sure thing. CONGO.
That film grossed $151 million in box office on a $50 million budget, I would happily shake the hand of whomever greenlit it.
Surprised nobody has mentioned Gigli.
$75.6M to make it, $7.3M at the box office.
An action-comedy-romance starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, in 2003? Greenlighting it was a no-brainer. The movie failed not because of its concept but because of its execution.
Unless you are truly the only one there, you are being an asshole full stop.
Young teens are one thing, but one wonders how you can be a full grown ass adult and still not know how to behave in public.
Nah. If you’re sitting way up in the top row and the only other people are way down in front they can’t even hear you. You don’t think I’d intentionally bother people, do you?
Besides, it’s not like I make it a habit to go see bad movies. Just the opposite.
Tommy 1975 is the rare movie that I walked out on. I endured 15 minutes and suggested to my date that we should leave.
Thankfully, it was a cineplex and we went across the hall to enjoy something worth watching.
There was another British musical released around the same time with punk rockers in masks assaulting a woman. I walked out on that one too. I can’t remember the name 50 years later. Using rock music to somehow make that movie mainstream really upset me.
Ken Russell’s Lisztomania?