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To: Perdogg
This is Depp’s second major flop at the box office, following the catastrophic “Lone Ranger.”

Apparently "Dark Shadows" didn't have a budget big enough for it to also be considered a "major" flop.

FWIW, if you liked the trailer but the reviews have put you off, may I recommend "Colossus: The Forbin Project". It's from 1970 so it might be hard to find on Netflix, amazon, etc. But I myself put it in the same group as Soylent Green, Rollover, and Silent Running, to name a few, as one that will really shock you with a grim ending.

9 posted on 04/19/2014 10:31:21 PM PDT by jiggyboy
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To: jiggyboy

Loved Colossus: The Forbin Project. Used to be on Youtube, but can’t find it now.


13 posted on 04/19/2014 10:35:42 PM PDT by JPX2011
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To: jiggyboy

Dark Sadows cost over 100 million and was considered a big flop


19 posted on 04/19/2014 11:20:38 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: jiggyboy
Please don't put Rollover in the same category as Soylent Green or Colossus. It's simply a terrible film, and unlike the others in your list does not in the least present a novel concept and explore it to its natural -- and indeed terrible conclusion.

It's simply a boring exploration of a standard left-wing trope, and if that wasn't enough to turn you off, it features noted commies like Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson and Hume Cronyn. It's NOT a classic.

21 posted on 04/19/2014 11:45:34 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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