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[-] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago
[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

Is it a flop? I thought it's good from recent viewing, no nostalgia involved because i never watched it back then. Wouldn't mind for another one in that setting though.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

It was the most expensive movie ever made at the time, which attracted a lot of criticism. It made a profit though.

[-] baronvonj@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

For some reason some people thought "it's just Mad Max on water" would make other people not want to see it.

[-] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

I think the movie is amazing, but it was generally panned as an expensive flop. I think the setting is really interesting and the practical effects were out of this world

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Waterworld was a flop that got a reappraisal, and is now considered a pretty cool movie. It was really a victim of a critical wall that was against it from the start. That happens with some movies.

Babylon is another. That's going to get a reappraisal at some point, and become a cult classic.

Showgirls is going through a reappraisal, and people are starting to see it differently. It was a Paul Verhoeven movie, of course it was great.

[-] electrotabby@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes! Then Battlefield Earth!

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