Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
The film wasn’t an outright box-office bomb, but it did fail to live up to expectations commercially. Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt star and the fusion of action and sci-fi is surprisingly clever for a genre movie.
It proved more popular when it left the cinema screen and later appearing on movie channels. Groundhog Day in a Sci-fi setting where aliens have conquered most of Europe. The Brits are about to undertake D-day with American Cruise on hand to save the day it impressed critics enough to warrant a sequel (due for release in the next year or two) and I cannot wait.
Grindhouse (2007)
The double feature that is Grindhouse is an odd beast I just saw “Planet Terror” one of the double feature on the Horror channel a few months back screened as an extended version. I found it very enjoy it but it sunk at the box-office maybe because of the double feature release.
The movie are spectacular examples of what "bloody horror“, intense thriller" and "tongue-in-cheek comedy" really are. Along with an excellent cast. You really get to appreciate all the girls and their great personalities, and find the movie more enticing and fun with every second. I would love to see it on the big screen one day.
Blade Runner (1982)
If you were, to take a look at the ratings today on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes you would see ratings of 8.2/10 and 90% respectively. But Blade Runner wasn’t always revered the way it is now. Even after Ridley Scott brought us The Duellists and Alien, he still could not turn a profit. The summer of 1982 was called the “Summer of Sci-fi” with big releases such as E.T. and The Thing and drop in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan you could see the problem.
Chuck in Mad Max: Road Warrior and Tron coming out that summer, and that sounds like a list for another day. But even in such a crowded month, it’s hard to understand how a Harrison Ford-led film of this calibre didn’t flourish. My love of Sci-fi meant I saw all the above films and rated Blade Runner on a par with my favourite The Thing.
Cowboys and Aliens (2011)
It’s not every day that the movie theatre becomes home to John Wayne meets Stephen King. That is exactly what happened in “Cowboys and Aliens” and when I saw it in my TV schedule, I was intrigued. It was in and out of our local cinema like a flash of lightening and failed around the world.
With stars like Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, and Olivia Wilde “Cowboys and Aliens” was a not-so-typical western mixed with a science fiction overtone.
The general premise of the movie is that the three, who meet under unusual circumstances, go through the desert to find and kill aliens who have been terrorizing the people and have threatened to take over. With slanted humour, action, and the best of both world for fans of both genres many people who saw the film reported enjoying it. But the only thing terrorizing directors and producers after this movie was released was the scary numbers at the box office.
John Carter (2012)
When it comes to a Disney film for a more adult audience one comes out of the woodwork. “John Carter”, never a disappointment. While Disney can offer the audience films that are easy to follow, fun to watch, and full of great characters, “John Carter” left many scratching their heads. The people who seemed to really enjoy the film were those who had read the book on which it was based and already made up a core fan base.
However, since most people decided to stay away from the cinema it explains why it was such a flop. It took a reported $108 million hammering at the cinema and had a short run due to lack of interest. The film’s based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ book A Princess of Mars”. The movie could not be criticize over the lack of quality design, film locations they were lush, and I found the acting sound. I was not scratching my head at the end because I enjoyed the film.
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