2 questions

[Barry]

This is a bit silly, I admit it.

I check TCM every week. This week they are showing Swing Shift, a movie that I liked, but was a box office bomb.

So let me ask a question: what movie do you like that was a box office bomb? My biggest answer would be “Pennies from Heaven” with Steve Martin. I liked it a lot. No one else did.

Come to think of it let me ask the question in reverse: what movie did you dislike that was a big hit? For me that would be interstellar. How about you?

[bmoney]

Not a fan of Avatar 

I can’t think of a box office bomb tho. 

[SRW1000]

Put me on the list of people that didn't like Avatar, as well.

I'll also add The Force Awakens to the list.

As far as bombs that I liked, there aren't a lot, but I did enjoy The Chronicles of Riddick quite a bit.

[Barry]

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I'll also add The Force Awakens to the list.

As far as bombs that I liked, there aren't a lot, but I did enjoy The Chronicles of Riddick quite a bit.

I am not a fan of the first three chapters of Star Wars, beginning with the Phantom Menace

[SRW1000]

I am not a fan of the first three chapters of Star Wars, beginning with the Phantom Menace

I liked Episodes I - III, but Disney's trilogy went downhill with every subsequent entry.

[Barry]

I liked Episodes I - III, but Disney's trilogy went downhill with every subsequent entry.

Totally agree!

[AVSLaurie]

Add me to the Avatar list, it was good but … meh

The bomb that l really enjoyed was the Green Lantern, couldn’t understand why everybody dissed it. 

[David Vaughn]

Add me to the Avatar list, it was good but … meh

The bomb that l really enjoyed was the Green Lantern, couldn’t understand why everybody dissed it.

Admit it, you have a crush on Ryan Reynolds

[AVSLaurie]

Guilty as charged 

[David Vaughn]

Those are tough questions Barry. I guess the "bomb" would be Waterworld. As far as the hit that I didn't like at all, I guess would be Magnolia. While it wasn't a blockbuster, the critics loved it. My wife and I want to theaters to see it and walked out with a "WTF did I just see" vibe. Neither of us enjoyed the movie at all. 

[Paul Heroy]

I remember seeing The Force Awakens in the theater and about midway thru I told my friend that it was practically a remake, note for note, of A New Hope. I was very disappointed in that. 

Another Steve Martin movie I saw many years after its release and liked a lot, that got pretty mediocre reviews, is Bowfinger. I'm not sure it's a box office bomb, though.

One of the biggest examples of a BO flop that did well and I love, is Blade Runner. I actually did see it in the theater and didn't quite get it on first viewing but loved it more later. It's the movie I have owned the most versions of.

[Barry]

One of the biggest examples of a BO flop that did well and I love, is Blade Runner. I actually did see it in the theater and didn't quite get it on first viewing but loved it more later. It's the movie I have owned the most versions of.

I also have a lot of versions of Blade Runner. And I have really liked the latest versions the best. Matter of fact, the 4K version becomes a favorite of mine. but the versions I like all have unicorns in them and the most recent version changes one word and makes the movie better.  

[AVSCraig]

I also have a lot of versions of Blade Runner. And I have really liked the latest versions the best. Matter of fact, the 4K version becomes a favorite of mine. but the versions I like all have unicorns in them and the most recent version changes one word and makes the movie better. 

I love Blade Runner, whether a bomb originally or not. Also love Cloud Atlas, which didn't do well at the theaters when it came out.