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<blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 2100303" data-attributes="member: 505">I don't think anyone will argue with this.&nbsp; There are many films which are great but don't do well at the box office.&nbsp; More to the point of this discussion is the fact that there are even more bad movies which make a lot of money.Case in point, I rented a movie called Scarecrow Slayer, a horror film with a killer scarecrow.&nbsp; It sounded pretty interesting, so I gave it a try.Wow, it was terrible.&nbsp; Incompetent on every level.&nbsp; There was also an overuse of really, realy bad CGI (some scenes look like they were shot in front of a blue screen, and they even used CGI for character deaths).&nbsp; Terrible stuff.The point is, I rented this from a chain store.&nbsp; Other national chains, like Blockbuster, also probably carry it.&nbsp; And I just saw copies in the $5 DVD bin at my local Walmart.&nbsp; Add them together and you have many, many copies of this DVD sold.&nbsp;&nbsp; Considering the movie (if I can use that term loosely) looks like it only cost $37 to make, it probably was successful from a monetary point.&nbsp; It doesn't make it any less incompetent.Or we could talk about comics.&nbsp; Rob Liefeld, anyone?&nbsp; You can't deny that he's sold a lot of comics.&nbsp; However, you'll find very few people who will say he's a good writer or artist, let alone a great one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Villano, post: 2100303, member: 505"] I don't think anyone will argue with this. There are many films which are great but don't do well at the box office. More to the point of this discussion is the fact that there are even more bad movies which make a lot of money. Case in point, I rented a movie called Scarecrow Slayer, a horror film with a killer scarecrow. It sounded pretty interesting, so I gave it a try. Wow, it was terrible. Incompetent on every level. There was also an overuse of really, realy bad CGI (some scenes look like they were shot in front of a blue screen, and they even used CGI for character deaths). Terrible stuff. The point is, I rented this from a chain store. Other national chains, like Blockbuster, also probably carry it. And I just saw copies in the $5 DVD bin at my local Walmart. Add them together and you have many, many copies of this DVD sold. Considering the movie (if I can use that term loosely) looks like it only cost $37 to make, it probably was successful from a monetary point. It doesn't make it any less incompetent. Or we could talk about comics. Rob Liefeld, anyone? You can't deny that he's sold a lot of comics. However, you'll find very few people who will say he's a good writer or artist, let alone a great one. [/QUOTE]

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