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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Box Office Mistakes, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(s)
 
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Dissapointed Owl
Jan 30, 2008

You wrote me a letter,
and this is how it went:
The Majestic made 37 million on a 72 million dollar budget.

I might just talk about The Majestic, guys.

Now, to find a hook... I really want to take on The Majestic's idealization of small town community life from a non-American point of view. Because it's borderline ridiculous but also an incredibly pleasant fantasy.

Also, I want to talk about the fact that Jim Carrey's bold stand against McCarthy era witch hunts is basically identical to this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmZHSpxrR2E

LtKenFrankenstein posted:

Hm, it looks like Ravenous qualifies under those box office terms and I've been meaning to rewatch that one lately. Lest I have to fight Vargo on writing up John Carter (unless, Vargo, you wanna do an Ebert and Ebert thing).

I will come after you if you mess it up (or just pout), because that movie is absolutely ripe for this.

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Dissapointed Owl
Jan 30, 2008

You wrote me a letter,
and this is how it went:
The Dredd thread reminded me: Doom bombed hard, right?

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