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After Nicolas Cage's latest flick fell short, the D.O. looks at other A-list blockbuster blunders
By Rebekah Jones
Posted: 9/10/08, 11:46 PM EST Section: Splice
'Gigli' (2003)
"The violent story about how a criminal lesbian, a tough-guy hit-man with a heart of gold and a retarded man came to be best friends through a hostage." That's the plot given by the Internet Movie Database. Was it good? No. Did people watch it? No. The Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck and Christopher Walken film pulled in about $6 million domestically, putting it on the list of biggest box-office flops. Actors can have a bad day, but director Martin Brest went from "Meet Joe Black" and "Scent of a Woman" to this?
'Catwoman' (2004)
With a cast of Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone and internationally renowned director Pitof, "Catwoman" is one of those films that leave one question: why? An Oscar award winning actress, a heartthrob and another Oscar nominated and Emmy winning actress somehow managed to make one of the worst movies of all time. By putting Berry in tight leather and giving her whips, "Catwoman" did give teenage boys across the country two-hour eye candy. But unfortunately, it did absolutely nothing else. While its box office gross wasn't as bad as "Glitter," the movie failed to earn back half of its roughly $100 million production cost.
"The violent story about how a criminal lesbian, a tough-guy hit-man with a heart of gold and a retarded man came to be best friends through a hostage." That's the plot given by the Internet Movie Database. Was it good? No. Did people watch it? No. The Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck and Christopher Walken film pulled in about $6 million domestically, putting it on the list of biggest box-office flops. Actors can have a bad day, but director Martin Brest went from "Meet Joe Black" and "Scent of a Woman" to this?
'Catwoman' (2004)
With a cast of Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone and internationally renowned director Pitof, "Catwoman" is one of those films that leave one question: why? An Oscar award winning actress, a heartthrob and another Oscar nominated and Emmy winning actress somehow managed to make one of the worst movies of all time. By putting Berry in tight leather and giving her whips, "Catwoman" did give teenage boys across the country two-hour eye candy. But unfortunately, it did absolutely nothing else. While its box office gross wasn't as bad as "Glitter," the movie failed to earn back half of its roughly $100 million production cost.
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D.K
posted 9/11/08 @ 11:52 AM EST
Good writer, bad review.
Having a bad week, kid? Who's editing your pieces, because I know you don't write like that... stoic.
Lisa P
posted 11/25/08 @ 2:52 AM EST
Our own grievances for the common good and benefit of the majority is the thing we are fighting for. However, those things need to undergo due process for more analyses. (Continued…)
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