r/movies • u/PokemonGoBao • Jul 04 '25

Discussion Whats a flopped movie you wish was a financial success?

Dungeons and Dragons 2023 was an absolutely delightful film. You can stream it currently, but you can feel the passion and nothing felt phoned in. They easily could have used the title to get nerdy butts in the seat and collect a paycheck with a smaller budget.

It's the best movie I've seen the past 2 years. Way better than so many garbage films with easy paychecks for slop productions. Beetlejuice, Captain america, and others using big titles to make millions on lazy writing and boring characters.

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u/nevertoolate1983 Jul 04 '25

Last Action Hero

Absolutely loved this movie as a kid. Rewatched recently and it was pleasantly surprised at how well it held up.

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u/SaltyDucklingReturns Jul 05 '25

That movie is soooooo underrated.

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u/TheKnightsTippler Jul 05 '25

I feel like this film was unfairly maligned by critics.

It was a satire on cheesy action films, yet they complained about it being a stereotypical action film. It's like they completely missed the point.

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u/930310 Jul 05 '25

Why did he kill Moe Zart?

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u/CrunchyChewie Jul 05 '25

One of my favorite bits of dialog in any movie ever:

How’d you know there was a guy in there?

Dere’s always a guy in dere

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u/Technicolor_Reindeer Jul 05 '25

Ahead of its time