Films like Alvin and the Chipmunks and Grown Ups are objectively bad, but they still make money because people don't care. Yes, these movies likely had a lower budget, and that can be weighed against box office revenue, but I explained my concerns with that in the article.
I wonder what kind of permissions they had to obtain in order to do that? Surely they'd need to worry about air traffic and the chance of it landing on someone or someone else's property (however unlikely). Or maybe they went to some privately owned bit of desert to do it? I wonder how much that costs?
Also - it kind of reminds me of a geek-version of the "bow and arrow" game from the film "Grown Ups"...
Why is the author so hung up on "Dinner For Schmucks"? It didn't seem like he's seen it yet and so far its RottenTomatoes score is a bad but not horrible 56% while Grown Ups is just at 10%. Unless he's seen it I don't think it's fair to call it the likely worst film of the year.
Is it just because no one is allowed to remake French movies?
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Although I said I wouldn't disclose the data, here is a spreadsheet of the Top Movies by Box Office Revenue with a RT score <= 20%: https://www.icloud.com/numbers/0005voEEmzex1t4xnMHD3u3HQ#box-office
Films like Alvin and the Chipmunks and Grown Ups are objectively bad, but they still make money because people don't care. Yes, these movies likely had a lower budget, and that can be weighed against box office revenue, but I explained my concerns with that in the article.
I wonder what kind of permissions they had to obtain in order to do that? Surely they'd need to worry about air traffic and the chance of it landing on someone or someone else's property (however unlikely). Or maybe they went to some privately owned bit of desert to do it? I wonder how much that costs?
Also - it kind of reminds me of a geek-version of the "bow and arrow" game from the film "Grown Ups"...
Why is the author so hung up on "Dinner For Schmucks"? It didn't seem like he's seen it yet and so far its RottenTomatoes score is a bad but not horrible 56% while Grown Ups is just at 10%. Unless he's seen it I don't think it's fair to call it the likely worst film of the year.
Is it just because no one is allowed to remake French movies?