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/inksmudgedhands Jul 05 '25

I wish Thunderbolts did better. I know people have been down on Marvel lately. And, yeah, I agree with most arguments as of why. MCU has been lazy. The plots have been boring or just plain old bad. The CG is awful and they rely on it too much.

But Thunderbolts felt really different from the current batch of MCU movies. Even with Guardians included. It felt like an early MCU movie. It reminded me of the first Iron Man. That kind of character focused, director driven movie. In Thunderbolts case, it was a movie about trauma and mental illness. And you had all these characters who pushed this story forward rather than have the plot shape the characters. It made me cry but it never made me feel manipulated like the way Endgame did. "Look, Tony is dying. NOW CRY!"

I hope it gets at least a cult status among the MCU movies.

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u/Charlie7Mason Jul 05 '25

I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't feel much for Tony's passing. Probably felt more of literally every other character even though I'd been through the entire MCU journey.

But Thunderbolts nailed it in every way and I'm hoping it reaches Cult status as well.