Over the weekend I got a chance to see the much talked about summer flop, "John Carter." essentially, it\'s being touted as one of the biggest flops of all time with losses estimated upward to $200 million, according to studiobriefing.net.
The film, which cost a reportedly $300-$350 million to make, has so far earned an estimated $184 million worldwide. Add to that figure my $2 plus two more from my brother-in-law.
Yet as we watched this "terrible" movie to the end, we were both perplexed by what it was that caused this movie to flop so badly. Sure, this isn\'t going to be an Academy Award winning movie, except for possibly the CGI categories (though real "film critics" disregard these accolades, apparently). But it was a lot of fun for what it was meant to be and I thoroughly enjoyed it, and would like to see a sequel.
Perhaps too many people are focused on the words of the few critics out there trashing everything that isn\'t worthy of an award, and, therefore, deny themselves the opportunity to get out and enjoy something that was obviously not just thrown together — unless of course you actually think Hollywood wants to just throw money away.
I think Jeremiah said it best when he admitted that all the negative press really deterred him from wanting to see the movie. "It\'s a shame I waited for the movie to make it to the dollar theaters. I would have been happy to pay full price to see this movie," Jeremiah said, as he continued to comment on how much he liked the movie.
Of course not all movies that are touted as garbage are actually gems to treasure, but sometimes you gotta let go of what everything around you is telling you and just experience what\'s out there without all the biases and praises and decide for yourself. Now we may not get to see another "John Carter," a character that was actually created for serialized comics a century ago in 1912. Thanks.
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