Why did Envy with Ben Stiller bomb?
10-04-04, 03:23 PM
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Why did Envy with Ben Stiller bomb?
Who could not like a Barry Levinson directed comedy about shit?
I did not think it was great or really bad but with Ben Stiller and Jack Black headlining, you would have thought those stars alone would have brought people to the theater.
I did not think it was great or really bad but with Ben Stiller and Jack Black headlining, you would have thought those stars alone would have brought people to the theater.
10-04-04, 03:26 PM
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They delayed the release for like over a year and kept changing their minds about when to release it... they kept advertising and pulling ads and then advertising again. I think the public either felt like they had already seen it, thought it was just an old movie on re-release, or weren't gonna fall for it this time.
10-04-04, 03:44 PM
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Because you touch yourself at night.
It wasn't a good movie and it's marketing was terrible "Oh my gawd!! POOP AWAY!!!"
It wasn't a good movie and it's marketing was terrible "Oh my gawd!! POOP AWAY!!!"
10-04-04, 06:21 PM
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Envy makes The Waterboy look like Citizen Kane.
Envy was a gigantic pile of shit that even the studio had no faith in (thus the changing of release dates throughout the almost past two years). The film is completely terrible and there was not one funny moment during the ninety minute runtime. It's no wonder why Envy tanked and Mean Girls did extremely well the weekend the two were released.
Envy was a gigantic pile of shit that even the studio had no faith in (thus the changing of release dates throughout the almost past two years). The film is completely terrible and there was not one funny moment during the ninety minute runtime. It's no wonder why Envy tanked and Mean Girls did extremely well the weekend the two were released.
10-04-04, 10:39 PM
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I remember seing an Envy trailer before T3, and than it got delayed. It was going to come out early in the spring, and than it got delayed to the end of April. Plus, there was a lot of early buzz saying that it might even go direct to video.
The reason it bombed was it had very little promotion right before the movie came out, but mostly because it was a terrible movie. Even though it had Stiller, Black, and was directed by Levinson (a respectable director), audiences were not interested in seeing a movie about poop. Plus, you can really tell a movie is going to be a stinker when the trailer was bad.
The reason it bombed was it had very little promotion right before the movie came out, but mostly because it was a terrible movie. Even though it had Stiller, Black, and was directed by Levinson (a respectable director), audiences were not interested in seeing a movie about poop. Plus, you can really tell a movie is going to be a stinker when the trailer was bad.
10-04-04, 11:15 PM
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The reason it bombed was it had very little promotion right before the movie came out.
DreamWorks, from my past experience, is an on/off studio.
They can make some great films or they can make some really terrible pieces of shit. No in-between.
10-05-04, 10:40 AM
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Originally posted by Matthew Chmiel
DreamWorks kept the same trailer running for one year straight
DreamWorks kept the same trailer running for one year straight
10-05-04, 09:55 PM
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The story looks like it's mean-spirited and the character that most of the audience would probably identify with (ie, not the multi-millionaire) is clearly supposed to be the jerk. In this money-obsessed world, I don't think people want to be reminded of all the investment opportunities they may have missed and how they might go nuts if they missed a big one. You know what I'm saying? But maybe the multi-millionaire artistes making the movie missed that point. 
10-05-04, 10:35 PM
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Re: Why did Envy with Ben Stiller bomb?
Originally posted by corycouger
I did not think it was great or really bad but with Ben Stiller and Jack Black headlining, you would have thought those stars alone would have brought people to the theater.
I did not think it was great or really bad but with Ben Stiller and Jack Black headlining, you would have thought those stars alone would have brought people to the theater.
Stiller has much better track record, but also has some crap mixed in like Duplex, Mystery Men, Keeping the Faith, and Zoolander. Okay, crap is too harsh a word, and I do like some of those movies, but the point in both actors have several less successful box office movies.
Combine that with a crappy movie, and you have a shitty box office. In fact, its likely neither Stiller or Black have a huge effect on box office. Only the quality and marketability of the movie does.
