Friday, June 25, 2021

Mystery Men - 1999

I love this thing. If it lacks flow blame it on journeyman director Kinka Usher. Link in comments. This movie lost 35 Million dollars.

13 comments:

Edfray said...

Just for fun - guess how much money Mystery Men made for the investors.

la musica e vita said...

Great choice.

Well ahead of its time.

How much money?

Just north of Zilch?

A negative value?

Fieldhippie said...

While I never ingest cannabis, I feel as if this movie would be fun if one were to do that. That is something that I would never do mind you. I was just thinking that it would be good if one were to, oh, I don't know, eat an edible or smoke a pipe full.

Thanks for the post.

OG said...

$112.34?

Tell me they got got something for taking such a risk.....

OG

Konrad said...

Mystery Men and Unbreakable are the two best superhero movies.

Edfray said...

UNBREAKABLE was fascinating. I don't want to give anything away.

Lacey said...

While the idea was good the execution was not. A waste of a good cast.
Thank YOU for the post. You are the King, as usual.

Edfray said...

Shucks. Say, Lacey, I'm rather running short on product to post. If you could name a few titles I would appreciate it.

Farquhar Throckmorton III said...

ED - I'd like you to post the following, please:

Orphan's Holiday
They Flew From Potsdam
Operation - Cornstarch
Amputee Parade
Zombie Dance Class
Haunted Sandwich II
Meet The Millennials!
Pottymouth Princess
Boring Job
The Cop Who Came To Slay
Video Rental III - The Rewind

... thaking you in advance - your pal FT3

la musica e vita said...

EdFray,

since you didn't answer the question,
[Mystery Men received generally positive reviews from critics, but was a box-office bomb, only making a little over $33 million worldwide against a $68 million budget. However, many avid fans of the superhero genre consider this as a cult classic.]

So Minus $35 million.

This was what I expected. It's fun, but it's not faithful to Bob Burden's vision, which was hardly commercial anyway. Looks like an over-the-top vanity project - which explains the cast. Just totally indulgent, which is part of its charm.
Geoffrey Rush doesn't even bother to keep his 'accent' straight. He obviously considers it Rubbish and enjoyed himself picking up his cheque
I trust Bob Burden did well out it.
If you haven't read 'Flaming Carrot Comics' I think his work would appeal to you.
Thanks again!

la musica e vita said...

[ I'm rather running short on product to post. If you could name a few titles I would appreciate it. ]

I'm glad you asked. You are going to get a few from me.
Starting with this one, which I would love to see again.

7 Faces of Dr. Lao
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057812/

Based on:-

The Circus of Dr. Lao
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circus_of_Dr._Lao

For Lacy, here is the book free on-line
https://celz.ru/charles-g-finney/126564-the_circus_of_dr_lao.html

More to come!



Edfray said...

Farquhar; I'm not finding those movies you named - my bad luck.

Everybody; How about ROBOT JOX next? It's on my blog already but most have been so lucky they never found it.

SpyderBaby said...

The Flaming Carrot & its spinoffs were always great.