For me, it would have to be Battleship 2012. Whether the film is a metaphor for the world eventually uniting to combat climate change, the very idea of humanity coming together to solve a planet-wide problem is itself unfortunately optimistic. It's a simple story: human resistance fighters try to survive out in the wilds of the wasteland. In his book The Long Tail, talks about blockbuster films, stating that a society that is hit-driven, and makes way and room for only those films that are expected to be a hit, is in fact a limited society. The man has made 2. It goes without saying that the Oscars typically rewards smaller, simpler movies more reflective of reality over heightened, big-budget blockbusters, and only rarely do large-scale films find much success at the Academy Awards.
The director, Andrew Stanton, was a Pixar whiz, perfectly capable of delivering the goods. All fan films owe Troops a Wookiee life debt. And on an asteroid the size of Texas, how do the separated men regroup? Every 15 seconds you're hit with a fresh take on a movie that's a classic from beginning to end, and it all adds up to one of the best fan films ever made. How is this even gonna work for regular audiences? However, it is possible to measure the increase in average annual earnings in the Soviet Union and there is typically a strong correlation between average earnings and inflation. This fan film features highly polished professional level of computer animation. Nicolas Winding Refn is a king among modern filmmakers when it comes to pushing people's buttons. Fritz Lang's Metropolis: Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear.
So despite all the care and attention in the world, it's still possible for mistakes to sneak in and make it all the way to the final projection in the cinema. And then, of course, there's Quentin Tarantino, perhaps the wildest writer-director of them all. Archived from on 25 April 2010. Imagine you're a successful director, and every day, you're getting job offers from major studios. He'd recently with actress Rachel Weisz, and things were made more complicated by the fact that the two had a young son. From films about masked vigilantes to tales of British super spies, here are a few major movies that could have been—but weren't—made by some of the most talented directors in the business. The Force doesn't make an appearance.
In fact, in a on the Battle of the Five Armies Blu-ray, it's revealed Jackson wasn't ready to start working on The Hobbit, didn't like the script, and spent a lot of time improvising. Archived from on 24 October 2012. A blockbuster is a work of entertainment — especially a , but also other media — that is highly popular and financially successful. Avatar set out to blow your minds with the beautiful realm it explored. In ranking the worst blockbusters of all time, three factors were taken into consideration: General consensus among Pajiba staffers; the overall critical success as ranked by Rotten Tomatoes; and box-office success. If there were a fan film hall of fame, Troops would be a unanimous first ballot inductee. The world isn't ready to see Diana Prince covered in blood, battling cannibal witches.
But which ones do you think have been the most forgettable? And while that rationale makes perfect sense, you've got to wonder how much damage Hal Jordan would've done with that power ring if Tarantino had been calling the shots. The process probably failed to account for the fact that the original cost was in Reichsmarks and not Deutsche Marks, so must be divided by 10 to get the equivalent Deutsche Mark value. Ninotchka was apparently based on a three-sentence story idea by Hungarian writer Melchior Lengyel, who also wrote the screenplay. Cars dangling from cranes, street shootouts and actors rappelling from roofs -- Yangon residents were transfixed this week by the filming of a big-budget Hong Kong action movie around the city's iconic Sule pagoda. With all these pitches coming their way, it's easy to see why filmmakers are forced to turn down big-budget blockbusters.
With film production at the height of its Golden Age, 1939 was a milestone year for movies, with many becoming honored as all-time classic films. While most moviegoers were paying attention to Sam and Frodo's conversation as they walk through the cornfield in the foreground, a few may have spotted a car driving by, leaving a trail of dust far in the background. Dragon Ball Z is a tricky property to make into a fan film—the action scenes feature superhuman, lightning-fast martial arts and anime-style energy blasts, and translating it all to live action requires a skilled hand. And sure, it was a major harbinger of 3D cinematic technology, be that's about as culturally relevant as laser disk technology in the 90's. Lucas allegedly went to both Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg, but those two vets turned him down, and when Lucas offered the job to Howard, his protégé passed on the project.
Smith Goes to Washington Frank Capra produced and directed James Stewart and Jean Arthur in this political comedy-drama, which premiered on Oct. Abrams wasn't all that psyched about working on. Due to the secretive nature of it is not clear which film is the most expensive film ever made. Drugs, sex, murder, power—if you didn't know any better, you'd think you were watching a combination of Voltron and Breaking Bad. However, it doesn't always need to be that way, and as the herd of crusty old white men voting for the Oscars starts to get thinned out, the floor might open up for some more exciting and adventurous choices for Best Picture. Well, that might have something to do with Guillermo del Toro.
Archived from on 2 November 2009. Several theories have been put forward for the origin of the term in a film context. It could have been not just good, but great, using the exact same tools. While she's best known for Selma, DuVernay made her name on the festival circuit with films like I Will Follow and Middle of Nowhere. According to , Wright decided enough was enough and walked off the project, leaving fans completely crushed. Instead of introducing audiences to quidditch, Spielberg wanted to explore some deeper sci-fi issues in movies like Minority Report and A. Joss Whedon, Taika Waititi, James Gunn, and Shane Black have all lent their particular set of cinematic skills to the studio's growing slate, but while these flashy films guarantee big paydays and generally speaking a respectable amount of critical success, not every director is so eager to give up their autonomy by singing the Marvel Accords.
In this animated short, we're not only seeing a Frank Miller-inspired older version of Batman. Archived from on 21 April 2018. Ben-Hur was definitively displaced at the top of the chart by Duel in the Sun in 1946, meaning Ben-Hur may have held the record for 21 years. If that isn't good, then what is!? Dozens of Los Angeles-area comedians and sketch groups selected one scene from the original film as their own to do with whatever they pleased. I'll get to the cinema and there's movie playing in 30 minutes or in 2 hours, so I'll opt for the one in 30 minutes and begrudgingly wear those stupid glasses. Timeline of the most expensive million dollar productions Year Production Cost est. All of Frank Castle's rage and capacity for lethal violence is unleashed when a normal day of laundry is interrupted by a local street gang.
For that is the greatest sin here — taking a promising, popular concept and trying to inject it with magical movie steroids. Ron Howard isn't the only director who's turned down an opportunity to work in a galaxy far, far away. Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era. Wonder Woman is fleshed out by actress-model Gal Gadot, who also served as a combat instructor in the Israeli army. These days, if you're working in Hollywood, then you probably want to get on board the Marvel train. It's a quiet night and everything's going normally, until the creepy animatronic animal characters come to life and begin slowly making their way toward the guard station to…well, it's probably better left unsaid. Archived from on 17 July 2011.