I would also include anything that was initially a flop on its original release but then found a following later such as movies like Momento. This still counts as commercial failure for the sake of this question.
I would also include anything that was initially a flop on its original release but then found a following later such as movies like Momento. This still counts as commercial failure for the sake of this question.
I guess it technical made money but Kung Pow! Enter the Fist.
I saw it in theater and remember everyone laughing through the whole thing. Absolutely absurd re-dubbing of a couple of old kung fu movies by the guy that later wrote and directed Ace Ventura and wrote the Jimmy Neutron movie. The reviews were utterly horrible (deservedly) but undeniably funny. I still quote it all the time.
For the unaware that where the “That’s a lot of nuts!” comes from.
I quote it so often that it often doesn’t occur to me that I’m quoting it.
My social group gets a lot of use out of “we trained him wrong as a joke,” “my name is Betty,” and “your shirt is red!”
I relate to Wimp Lo harder than I’ve ever related to a character depicted in any media.