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Medusa   01-13-2005, 03:30 PM
#1
My husband and I tended to like some of the so-called bombs! One of our favorites was The Fifth Element. Critics said it was Bruce Willis' worst movie. We loved it! Another favorite that the critics hated was Battlefield Earth. We even like some of those cheesy movies that they play over and over on the movie channels when they have nothing else to play: Krull, Clash of the Titans, Sword and the Sorceror. . . Or am I just showing my age. hee hee
Maggers   01-13-2005, 03:34 PM
#2
"Faster, Pussy Cat, Kill Kill!"

That's one of my all time favorite baddies.

Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005


Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.

Elwood P. Dowd

Marc   01-13-2005, 03:45 PM
#3
The Fifth Element has its core fan-base. I for one love it. It's funny, action packed, good story... nothing really to dislike about it.

Bomb movies that I like:

Josey and the Pussycats
Cruel Intentions
Donnie Darko
The Big Lebowski
The Big Blue
Starship Troopers
Scott Miller   01-13-2005, 04:36 PM
#4
Medusa Wrote:One of our favorites was The Fifth Element. Critics said it was Bruce Willis' worst movie.

I thought that honor went to Hudson Hawk or Blind Date.

Scott

Jesus died for your sins, get your money's worth. Chad Daniels
APhew   01-13-2005, 05:15 PM
#5
"The Fifth Element" is one of my favorite films of all time.

"The Chronicles of Riddick" is another one.

"Starship Troopers" was just good fun.

I love "Donnie Darko" and "Below", but they really didn't bomb because they weren't given a very wide release. Most people didn't discover them until DVD.

I like a lot of other movies that were generally panned, but still did good at the Box Office, so they wouldn't apply here. There's also the other side of the spectrum with movie blockbusters that I didn't like. "The Last Samurai" would make that list.
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jimbow8   01-13-2005, 05:26 PM
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APhew Wrote:"The Fifth Element" is one of my favorite films of all time.

"The Chronicles of Riddick" is another one.

"Starship Troopers" was just good fun.

I love "Donnie Darko" and "Below", but they really didn't bomb because they weren't given a very wide release. Most people didn't discover them until DVD.

I like a lot of other movies that were generally panned, but still did good at the Box Office, so they wouldn't apply here. There's also the other side of the spectrum with movie blockbusters that I didn't like. "The Last Samurai" would make that list.

I agree with everything you say here, except I don't remember if I have seen Below.

The "bomb" that I am very fond of is Waterworld. The main criticism was that it cost so much money to make. I don't care; I paid the same as any other movie.

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Scott Hajek   01-13-2005, 06:20 PM
#7
Count me among the 6 people in the entire world that likes "Howard the Duck." May George Lucas issue a two-disc DVD Special Edition!!!

Scott Hajek

[i]"A beer right now would sound good, but I'd rather drink one than listen to it."[/i]
maxplay   01-13-2005, 06:26 PM
#8
I liked The Fifth Element, too. My favorite guilty pleasure is Army of Darkness (which bombed at the box office, but went on to become a cult classic on video).

Always Play the Max!
Scott Hajek   01-13-2005, 07:33 PM
#9
I'm assuming that "bombs" mean critical AND financial failures. There are way too many good movies that "bombed" at the box office, but were very successful with critics; others that became hits after release to home video; and others that made a ton of money, were huge hits but really were overhyped trash.

Scott Hajek

[i]"A beer right now would sound good, but I'd rather drink one than listen to it."[/i]
Sam   01-13-2005, 09:14 PM
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The 13th Warrior
Brazil
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Don't think these were complete bombs, but pretty close.

"The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led." - Edgar Allan Poe

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