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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Loveble Sidekick: The Untold Story of My Rise to Fortune

starring

Lovable Sidekick - as Himself
Scarlett Johansson - as Lola

It had no business being made, so it wasn't.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, sure, but the full penetration sex scene was a bit over the top.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Title of your sex tape!

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

I dunno what counts as big budget, but 30 Minutes or Less was seen as tasteless in how it was based on a real-life serious event that had occurred.

On a false advertising note, the movie's run time is 1 hour, 23 minutes. Bullshit.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 1 points 35 minutes ago

That happened where I grew up, and the details are so fucking bonkers.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

I've seen the video of that dude getting blown up. Pretty crazy

[–] rozodru@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

not sure if it was "big budget" but Madame Web.

It was, essentially, a Spider-Man prequel that simply didn't need to happen story wise. It introduced a bunch of characters from the comics that do indeed have Spider-Man like powers but in the film they simply "suggest" it. You had a villain whose entire purpose for doing what he did was he had a dream where said "spider people" killed him. You had Uncle Ben shoed in to simply say to the audience 'hey, HEY ASSHOLE! look...It's a Spider Man Prequel!" and THAT was the ONLY connection to Peter Parker.

It's like having a Star Wars Prequel where Uncle Owen is in it and he's hanging out with a bunch of people who could potentially be Padawans but we're not sure and they're being hunted cause some random Sith had a dream that sure, they could potentially be Jedi one day. Now none of them actually are but they COULD be one day, just not in this movie.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago

Every Jurassic Park movie after the 2nd one.

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 17 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 13 hours ago

Yes. You look at the title of the movie and you go, nope.

You just know there's some producer out there who is salivating over minion merch.

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 27 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

A lot of the Movies Sony makes now. Morbius, Kraven, etc.

[–] SilverShark@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I was playing Spider-Man 2, where Kraven is a major character, when this movie came out and I wasn't even aware of it. It is also now available on Netflix.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

i first heard of kraven from the game, spiderman instead of the movie, i think the GAME cutscenes are better than the movie.

[–] savutano@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

I'd like to add Uncharted to that, please.

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[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 17 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Waterworld. At the time the most expensive movie ever made and the most spectacular flop of all time.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

You fucking take that back right now...

[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

But I like Waterworld.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

I "think" John Carter beat it, but yeah.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

John Carter suffered from an awful title.

"Princess of Mars," would have resonated better with marketing. And is actually one of the book titles.

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I agree, but Dianey was desperate to create a new franchise. It was their response to Iron Man and the anticipated success of the MCU.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 8 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Neither of those movies were really all that terrible. I enjoyed John Carter. But clearly they didn't connect with audiences.

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[–] Babalugats@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I must be on my own. I know John Carter flopped phenomenally, but I really liked it. Thought it was a great movie. Was very annoyed when I found out that there may never be a 2nd. Even if there was, at this stage it is very unlikely to be the same cast. IIRC, a lot of the blame was on Disney marketing. But IDK about these things.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

It would have been a great Sci Fi miniseries, and eventually a movie. They didn't prep the groundwork for the franchise and casted very poorly

[–] insheets@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I also liked it. But i think that it was completely miscast.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago

Don't worry brother, I still go back and watch waterworld. I like oceanscapes and post apocalyptic settings. Esthetic can be enough for me.

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 68 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (7 children)

'Live action' remakes of animated classics, or any remake of an already good film.

Remake the ones that had potential. but failed in the execution.

[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

It's how Disney retains the trademark on the product. Like, Snow White, for instance. If the trademark was coming up, they'd rather crap out a bad movie then let the IP go to public domain.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Live action remakes are the end point of capitalism in media. Take something that ~~people liked~~ made money, and do it again with the same formula but a fresh coat of paint. No need to hire writers or spend time making a good story, just use the last one. No risks were ever taken.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

You actually wrong about this one. Those movies make bank. Suburban moms ruin everything.

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[–] Odo@lemmy.world 41 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Battleship. It's just such a bizarre license for a movie, and certainly one nobody ever asked for. (Well, outside Hasbro execs clearly desperate for another Transformers-level hit.)

Oddly watchable in a big dumb fun kind of way, at least. And hey, it has Jesse Plemons not playing a total sociopath, so that's neat.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm still waiting for the film adaptation of Checkers.

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Like the Queens Gambit but checkers would be hilarious

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

All I need to know is, does anyone say, "You sank my battleship!"?

[–] Odo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yes, they work in the line "they're not gonna sink this battleship!". When you're committed to this absurd premise, you pretty much have to say it.

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