Great & Smart Films but Misunderstood Flops
[Excuse my english im not Canadian/American/English/Australien/whatever...] This List consists of Movies which got Bad Reviews and or Bombed at the Box Office due to Misunderstanding of what it Actualy was about.
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- DirectorZack SnyderStarsEmily BrowningVanessa HudgensAbbie CornishA young girl institutionalized by her abusive stepfather retreats to an alternative reality as a coping strategy and envisions a plan to help her escape.Before Everything go Whatch the Extended Cut right Now !!!
People thought after the Whole Promo that this will be a Pure bland Action Film featuring Girls in School Uniforms, some felt offended by it, other got bored, and many just thought it wasn't their cup of Coffe. The problem with the Film is that to be understood fully and see that it was infact an critic, illusive & Psychological take on the whole Action Film & Videogame Sexism with Women, but go ahead and whatch this Video
Good and understandable Explaining of this Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQm1rBqh53Y - DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerF. Murray AbrahamArt CarneyWith the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.Most People didnt like this Movie due to use Every Cliché plot possible,
which is exacly why this Movie was Made, it used every Cliché of Action Movies to make fun of em and bring while doing so New Things.
I consider this Movie as Master Piece and sadly for being ahead of its time Missunderstood and barely known.
Maybe some day People will recognise it for what it is. - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobert De NiroJohn TurturroStanley TucciTwo weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.Quotes of Viewers who talked about this Film : "Why Do Hollywood Idiots Insist On Telling Us Their Story?", "Most boring, pointless piece of crap...", "really worthless", "Whe did this come to theatres?".... the list goes on and on.
The problem with it is that Most people didnt understood that it wasn't a pure Comedy but a Satire about the whole Hollywood System and the Madness behind it including the Egos and senseless
rules for a Movie to succed, plus making Fun of the Audience Booing
a Movie because you see a Dog getting Killed.
The sadest thing about all the thing it makes fun of is that everything is a 100 % True for example the Whole Dog Killing Booing by the Audience can also be seen here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106476/board/nest/224826955?ref_=tt_bd_2
or Movie Studios having Poster of Movies in their Office without even the Title director e.t.c but just the Boxoffice Number on.
You can see this at the whole Industry releasing year after year the same Movies (this is not an Insult but sadly true, even if it can be entertaining like The Dark Knight) here is another example (but read carefully, it's only about Comic Book movies, another Analyse List will be released): http://www.imdb.com/list/YzoKThiv8tI/ - DirectorHarmony KorineStarsVanessa HudgensSelena GomezAshley BensonFour college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.A Movie that flopped totaly in every way possible, Critics Hated it and Average Movie goers to, most people thought after seeing all the promo that it was a pure Party Movie a la Hangover or American Pie,
but got instead a Visual and Music Fest with, if not thinking carefully about all you see, a bland Moral Film.
The Movie had to fail, if they didnt promote the Movie as they did no one would have watched it and make it think about themselves (if thought properly).
This article while not directly about The Movie explains what drove the Plot and whole Symbolism: http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2014/02/05/study-examines-spring-breakers-sex-alcohol/ - DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsRyan GoslingKristin Scott ThomasVithaya PansringarmJulian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.Whatch the Film at least 2 times until you see this a great breakdown and analyse of the whole Film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCR6QoHngQ - DirectorJim JarmuschStarsIsaach De BankoléAlex DescasJean-François StéveninThe story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.Be aware that if you whatch this Movie there isn't much dialoge and the Main character speaks only in the end of the whole Film, the plot is driven by the Dialog or more Monolog the people have with Main character. This film is All Hell Breaking Loose Symbolysm Festival so be Warned:
http://unspokencinema.blogspot.com/2010/01/limits-of-control.html - DirectorRichard KellyStarsDwayne JohnsonSarah Michelle GellarSeann William ScottDuring a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.Really sad but i actualy know no one physical personaly who liked or understood this Movie.
This is one of those Movies that you have to watch several times to get the whole meaning, but more details here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVoaUup9Y90
http://www.salon.com/2007/12/19/southland_tales_analysis/ - DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinRachel WardAlan LaddFilm noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.Relatively unknown Film that reuses old Film scenes and cuts them together with New filmed Steve Martin Scenes, and creates a whole new and funny Cinema Experience
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsMichael CeraMary Elizabeth WinsteadKieran CulkinIn a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.Obviously inspired by Videogames it presents the classic Story of Boy meets Girl but presents it in way an Arcade Videogame would let you progress, also featuring an awkward geekie main protagonist.
This Movie only works if you are yourself Nerdie or Geekie. - DirectorMichael DavisStarsClive OwenMonica BellucciPaul GiamattiA man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.Great and Smart film and a bit similar to Last Action Hero in terms of taking many Clichés of the Action Genre an taking em to the Top and i mean over the Top, in a funny and entertaining way, but also creating new and fascinating ways to present the genre as a whole.
This Movie does not take itself seriously, so you as a viewer should not too. - DirectorCasey AffleckStarsJoaquin PhoenixAntony LangdonCarey PerloffDocuments Joaquin Phoenix's transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.One well Known actor is going as far as he can to mock everybody on the whole planet who knows him to see if they believe him, it worked and nearly destroyed his career. Just Great Mockumentary in the veins of Borat Brüno
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJeremy IronsTheresa RussellJoel GreyKafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.Better then you think escpecialy if you know a lot of Franz Kafka's work you begin to realize that this film touches a lot of his work and blends them to one thing that capture the essence of his work and what they are truly all about
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsEric BogosianEllen GreeneLeslie HopeA rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.Great and pretty unknown flick by Oliver Stone about Paranoia hate and media in general, as fresh back then as today more then ever with all the topics discussed
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsJohn TravoltaNancy AllenJohn LithgowA movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.Dark Film without a real Happy Ending, and for some reason not only unknown by Brian De Palma but also Film fans in general, this Film
will take you on a Roller Coaster road just as the Hitchcock Films did,
it surely is not on a Hitchcock'ian level but it doesnt have to hide from his Thriller flicks. - DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisSamuel L. JacksonRobin WrightA man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsHayden ChristensenNatalie PortmanEwan McGregorThree years into the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi pursues a new threat, while Anakin Skywalker is lured by Chancellor Palpatine into a sinister plot to rule the galaxy.
- DirectorJosef RusnakStarsCraig BierkoGretchen MolArmin Mueller-StahlA computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.