Great & Smart Films but Misunderstood Flops

by FreedomWatchTower | created - 03 Mar 2014 | updated - 02 Aug 2019 | Public

[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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1. Sucker Punch (2011)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

33 Metascore

A young girl institutionalized by her abusive stepfather retreats to an alternative reality as a coping strategy and envisions a plan to help her escape.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone

Votes: 252,845 | Gross: $36.39M

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

2. Last Action Hero (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

44 Metascore

With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance

Votes: 163,870 | Gross: $50.02M

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.

3. What Just Happened (2008)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert De Niro, John Turturro, Stanley Tucci, Sean Penn

Votes: 28,524 | Gross: $1.09M

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/

4. Spring Breakers (2012)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

63 Metascore

Four 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.

Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine

Votes: 148,811 | Gross: $14.12M

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/

5. Only God Forgives (2013)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

37 Metascore

Julian, 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.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown

Votes: 118,133 | Gross: $0.78M

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

6. The Limits of Control (2009)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

41 Metascore

The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Jean-François Stévenin, Óscar Jaenada

Votes: 21,256 | Gross: $0.43M

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

7. Southland Tales (2006)

R | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

44 Metascore

During 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.

Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Carlos Amezcua

Votes: 40,638 | Gross: $0.28M

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/

8. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

67 Metascore

Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.

Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner

Votes: 23,750 | Gross: $18.20M

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

9. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

69 Metascore

In 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.

Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick

Votes: 465,458 | Gross: $31.49M

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.

10. Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

49 Metascore

A 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.

Director: Michael Davis | Stars: Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti, Stephen McHattie

Votes: 155,033 | Gross: $12.81M

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.

11. I'm Still Here (I) (2010)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

48 Metascore

Documents Joaquin Phoenix's transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.

Director: Casey Affleck | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Antony Langdon, Carey Perloff, Larry McHale

Votes: 23,897 | Gross: $0.41M

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

12. Kafka (1991)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

46 Metascore

Kafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm

Votes: 10,575 | Gross: $1.06M

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

13. Talk Radio (1988)

R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

66 Metascore

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley

Votes: 14,622 | Gross: $3.47M

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

14. Blow Out (1981)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

86 Metascore

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz

Votes: 63,313 | Gross: $13.75M

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.

15. Unbreakable (2000)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

62 Metascore

A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark

Votes: 441,946 | Gross: $95.01M

16. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

68 Metascore

Three 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.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 845,641 | Gross: $380.26M

17. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

R | 100 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

36 Metascore

A computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.

Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio

Votes: 77,297 | Gross: $15.50M



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