50 Box Office Bombs Totally Worth Watching
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In the modern day, box office gross is often considered the arbiter of a movie's worth, but plenty of excellent movies—or even just flawed by worthwhile experiments—has lost big with ticket buyers. Some eventually found their audience; others remain obscure, but these 45 box office bombs are definitely worth watching.
  • lemmyng@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Some of those titles became cult classics, but putting Cats in the same list as them is not going to convince me to watch it. And there is a reason that Ishtar was a bomb too…

    • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Cats in the same list as them is not going to convince me to watch it.

      It’s because there’s still no official butthole cut.

  • UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is utterly fantastic and there’s so many more great films on that list.

    John Carter though, I’ve tried watching that one twice and never made it more than halfway. It looks fantastic but I just find it so dull.

  • LinkOpensChest.wav@midwest.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I feel like the only reason I didn’t go see West Side Story is that the idea of going to a crowded theater was still scary when it was released

  • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    A lot of highs and lows in that list. I’m a huge fan of Inherent Vice and it’s nice to see it included