10 Movie Flops It's Okay To Hate
It's turkey time.
There’s an unwritten rule which states that the process of getting a movie made is so difficult that even bad movies deserve respect, which would be easier to observe in a world where films like Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice didn’t exist.
Lead footed yet determined to move at a gallop, with more than enough corny moments to undermine its attempts at drama, this four-time Razzie winner is bad enough to make you use that overworked phrase everything that’s wrong with modern blockbusters.
The most discussed movie of 2016, it grossed $872 million worldwide and denied its detractors the satisfaction of seeing it fail spectacularly. Not every bad movie is so fortunate – in some cases, reading about their failure at the box office is more entertaining than the films themselves.
Just knowing that they failed to attract viewers is enough to make the world a brighter place.
10. The Wolfman
In the wake of The Mummy (1999) and Van Helsing (2004), Universal attempted to revive another of its classic monsters with The Wolfman, which the studio head later described as “one of the worst movies we ever made.”
The problem is that the basic plot just isn’t blockbuster material. The tragic story of a man being bitten by (and ultimately transforming into) a werewolf worked very well as a 70 minute black-and-white feature back in 1941, but as a 2 hour long long megabucks effects showcase from the director of Jurassic Park III? Not so much.
That explains the over-generous budget ($150 million), but when the film made less than that worldwide the studio was left with egg on its face. We’ll see if they’ve learnt from the experience when their reboot of The Mummy (starring Tom Cruise) opens in June.