Bad Movies You Liked

Zardnaar · Jul 20, 2019

Bad being movies that flopped, underperformed at the box office or were critically panned like most of the Transformers franchise.

My 3.

Labyrinth
This movie was a flop back in the 80s but I loved it. I was something like 8 and this movie has since become a cult classic. Still it cost a lot to make and I think I fell in love with Jennifer Connolley.

2. God's of Egypt
Watched this on Netflix. It wasn't great but I kind of liked it and was going on an ancient Egypt D&D design binge.

3. Assassin's Creed
Better than God's of Egypt I liked this a bit more and would give it 7/10. It was no Detective Pikachu though.

trappedslider · Jul 20, 2019

Zardnaar said:
underperformed at the box office

define under performed

Zardnaar · Jul 21, 2019

trappedslider said:
define under performed

Didn't lose money but was expected to make a lot more. Probably one with an average to meh IMDb rating. No blockbusters or movies generally regarded as good/successful.

Flops that are good are fine, flop being movies that lost money.

Another one.

Dune (1984).
Critically panned on release, I kinda like it. It's not great.

MarkB · Jul 21, 2019

John Carter.

Not superb, but entertaining. Felt like if they'd only left the "of Mars" in the title, it'd have stood at least a chance of finding an audience beyond those already familiar with the source material.

Mercurius · Jul 21, 2019

"Bad" is so subject to interpretration, but if you're talking solely about box office flops then I'll go with Dark Phoenix. It wasn't great, but it was much better than the Last Stand and still a decent movie. I didn't feel like my childhood was destroyed like I did with the Last Stand.

Here's a list of 52 box office flops:
https://www.workandmoney.com/s/highest-grossing-war-movies-d0c142c1cf3942dd

What strikes me is that the vast majority of those were actually pretty bad (imho, of course). At best, they were "OK." So they bombed for a reason.

cbwjm · Jul 21, 2019

Waterworld. Not even sure if I saw if at the movies bit I thought it was a cool movie.

Had no idea that Labyrinth was considered a dud. Seen that movie so many times because of how great I think it is.

Aeson · Jul 21, 2019

He-Man
I liked it, but thought it was not He-Man. Kind of like 10,000 B.C. , it would have been set on a different planet. He-Man should have been on Eternia(sp).