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I know why nobody remembers CODA. Because Apple TV refuses to release it outside their unpopular streaming service. No Vudu. No Amazon. No RU-vid Movies. Not even a Blu-ray release.
@sorenthefilmbrony So true. Apple also would not release it to public libraries as also all other Oscar winners have been. My friend is a librarian and says so many people come to rent it and she had to tell them it is only available on Apple. They are terrible.
Apple sucks. I’m glad I got to watch the PHENOMENAL series “See” and angry I’ll apparently never get to own a physical copy of it for that very same reason.
The Cartoon Saloon film Wolfwalkers was also apparently locked out of further distribution by Apple, since its director “complained” about not making it any money it could’ve received upon the limited cinema release.
I disagree; there's plenty of forgotten 2010's/2020's Oscar winners that I believe most have forgotten: CODA, Nomadland, Moonlight, Spotlight, The Artist. May be good movies, but hardly memorable.
Independence Day didn't need a sequel, and rightly shouldn't have had one. Bill Pullman's President tells us, after his telepathic link to the alien is broken, that they move their entire civilization at once, strip a planet of it's resources and move on. There shouldn't be any left, between taking out the mother ship and then all the destroyers in that great montage.
An ID sequel was so pointless when you think how much of the original film's marketing focused on the aliens destroying well-known landmarks. By the sequel, the world had markedly changed from the one we knew, so the novelty and threat of the aliens attacking a society we recognised had gone.
I gave the movie a chance, then I saw the main ship. The thought of “just make it bigger, that always works” as the assumed premise was horrible in thought and depiction.
Fun fact: Variety has a series of videos “How well does __________ know their lines?” Where they give actors a bunch of cards with lines from their various movies on them and the actors try to remember which movie the line on the card came from. Bill Pullman got the one from Independence Day easily, and when he was given the line from the sequel he read it and was like “wait…… we already did Independence Day……” Took him a minute to remember that the sequel existed.
I heard it got sequels, but they sounded dreadful. I'll stick with the original. There's something kinda wonderful about a film that stands alone, that was an artist's weird, unique vision, and then the artist moves on to another weird, unique vision. That's why I don't lament the third Hellboy movie. The two were enough. There's no reason to make another. I actually think of a lot of film series as a single film. The Matrix, for example. Even Raiders of the Lost Ark. For me, the sequels never even got close to the original.
@@rottensquidI'm with you on The Matrix. As for Raiders, I'm one of the few fans that really liked Temple of Doom and then loved The Last Crusade almost as much as Raiders. Crystal Skull was marginal at best, and OH HELL NO to Dial of Destiny...
Yeah it's still getting toys and everything. Say what you will about Uprising but it's still better than most that MonsterVerse crap that's somehow still lingering around.
That's what happy when people are band loyal to actors over the material for the movie. So we get these shitty 1 dimensional actors like Ryan Reynolds or Dwayne Johnson in roles vs getting a good movie. Because they know 90% of idiots will simp over caring about the movie
Mad Max: Fury Road. What a good movie. I'm gonna remember it for you, wholesale. You asked for a movie that had "all the potential in the world and then vanished" and I immediately thought of something, but by the time I typed this out I forgot what it was. So, it was a good pick.
I thought about Tintin literally yesterday 😂😂 then I watched Reel Rejects' reaction to it, still incredible... I feel like we only hit that level of animated creativity & brilliance again recently with Into the SpiderVerse... for a long time, Tintin was in a league of its own... I'm still waiting for that sequel btw... I was promised Peter Jackson, I'm not leaving till I get some 😂
For a long time I thought I was the only person who had such a fond memory of the cartoon. They should have stuck with the (American dub) original voices though.
What fan was asking for a sequel to Independence Day? The statistics of an alien invasion are astronomical at best and they want to have it happen twice? You would think an advanced alien civilization would reconsider attacking a civilization that has already shown it can take down advanced alien civilizations.
Reduced audience potentials in many cases. If you show something on one service (ex: Apple TV) and never releasing it elsewhere is to ensure that it will not be remembered... same with releasing in theaters only in this day and age. Exclusives are a bad idea, as is proprietary sources. You need wide distribution to get the big viewership numbers. It's like releasing a film only in Italian with no subtitles or dubs and expecting it to have world wide appeal.
Alice Through The Looking Glass has to be the most irrelevant movie to ever gross 1 billion dollars. EDIT: My mistake, the first one did. Through The Looking Glass only did 299 million yikes.
Having an all star cast is like having mcdonalds, tacobell, Burgerking, subway, and KFC make a menu. It just doesn't show authenticity. It is the equivalent of eating left over rice, when you aren't actually hungry. You just feel bloated and depressed.
Jake Sully, that's it, can't remember anything else. And Avatar the way of water belongs in this list. Nobody ever talks about it, despite making a billion bucks at the box office.
Whoever at WhatCulture put this list together must have talked to two people to get their opinions for this. The Adventure to Tintin was both a box office success and a wonderful movie. I went to the theater to see it, bought it on blu ray right when it came out, and watch it at least three times a year. Again, not sure who you guys talked to, but you really missed the boat on this. I guess you figure if you forgot about it yourself, everybody else must have...
@claymccoy people still talk about Ordinary People. The other 3 you mentioned, no. No one really cares especially when you look at the films they lost to.
I think people still talk about The Artist. People *should* talk about Ordinary People. It arguably features the late great Donald Sutherland's best performance, and Robert Redford's direction is the best thing he's ever done. It truly is a brilliant, powerful film, and all the actors are at the top of their game. Out of Africa, featuring the aforementioned Redford, admittedly isn't that great. It was a big deal at the time. I remember its posters everywhere in 1985/1986, and it has a gorgeous John Barrie score, but apart from that it hasn't aged every well. I still need to see Nomadland and CODA. I think those two Best Picture winners effectively disappeared because of COVID, when no-one was going out to theaters. It's also arguable that had it not been for COVID, they wouldn't have won so many awards, but I need to see them first to make a definitive judgement.
Out of Africa should be for the fact it inspired Farside cartoonist Gary Larson's "Trouble Brewing " panels. They illustrated the dangers of locating nurseries next to dingo farms.😂😂😂
I love the original comics and animated series. The movie didn't feel like they listened to any fans who WEREN'T out-of-touch studio execs. I wanted to love it so much, and liked many parts of it, but it's riddled with poor choices kneecapping the good ones.
Please do leave that last excuse for an MiB sequel forgotten. Please remember the problem was its being mired in misandry on part of the screenwriters.
I must strongly disagree with you about CODA. It's a movie I tell everyone to watch, and I mean watch (not have it on in the background or while visiting) since it has a lot of subtitles. IMHO, it is among the best "small movies" (Oscar winner or not) of the past 50 years. While not a huge tent pole blockbuster, it had more heart and soul than almost any film I've seen. While different, to me at least, it belongs with a few other movies that come to my mind. Jojo Rabbit, Simon Brich, and That Thing You Do are three that instantly pop in my head (I'm sure dozens more will fill my mind later today). Each different, each not trying to be more than a small film to entertain you, and hopefully, make you feel. Thank you for reading, and if you haven't seen any of them, I hope you like them as much as I did!🙂
Tintin is a bigger thing here in Germany than in the US I guess and we love that movie. Also it never wanted to look like those were real people but wanted it to look as if those comic book characters became real in 3D
Quick question... Why is no one talking about the fact that Coda is a remake of the French movie "La famille Bélier"? I mean nothing against remakes but it feels a bit problematic that Coda gets so much praise for it "original" idea to show the life of a child of deaf parents, which has to help their family navigate the world, when the original idea came from a French movie from 2014.
Wow I never even heard of Coda and I consider myself a movie buff. I have seen pretty much anything. I feel like this is my personal Mandella Effect lol
Independence day resurgence is when it is remembered is usually referred to as "That Judd Hirsh film with the kids on the bus" and I will be honest, Judd was the only reason I stuck with it to the end. When you are being outshone by your own sub plot, you did something wrong.
Confession time: Despite being a huge Tim Burton fan, I actually prefer the Alice sequel to the 2010 movie (which is arguably Burton's worst film, even including POTA). The first film was a hyperactive mess, but the sequel actually had a degree of poignancy, with respect to the origins and relationship of the two queens, and Johnny Depp thankfully didn't dominate proceedings with his self-conscious antics to the extent he did in the first film. In fact, my feeling is that the sequel failed so spectacularly because people realised that the first one wasn't all that good (and, like I say, this is coming from a Tim Burton stan).
I was soo stoked to see ‘Amsterdam’ I wasn’t able to go opening weekend but was at the theaters the second weekend.. and it Ahmad already been taken out of theaters
Transformers age of extinction is another good example, as it was the only film released in 2014 to gross a billion dollars, yet was almost instantly forgotten about, which ultimately resulted in the sequel flopping 3 years later and the franchise being rebooted
Umm….I remember Tintin. I love that movie! The animation, the action sequences, especially that single-shot chase scene, the score, the nods to Tintin’s creator Hergé. The only thing missing is the promised sequel. So no, no one forgot about Tintin. Way off again, WhatCulture! Do better.
I was just talking to someone about CODA. I don’t think it would have gotten as much PR if they had an already ASL capable actress since all they talked about on the interview circuit was that she took a year to learn.
If memory serves, The makers of Tomorrowland thought George Clooney character being in love with a kid robot who he grew up with , was gonna be a good idea, Saw it once and thought, in the movies as I watching, I’m never Going to watch this again
@@brokenfoxx Problem with Netflix is all their good films / seasons can't get 2nd parts because they involve good actors busy elsewhere with better pay. Too much was blamed on the writer's strike which is foolish. Writers still should have been working on things, with nothing else to do, and just turn it in to get paid when the strike is over. It's like a Snow Day.
If you tie me in a chair and put a gun at my head and tell me I have to watch a movie with Tessa Thompson in it, better tie my hands good because I'll scratch my eyes out first.
CODA wasn’t meant to be a “huge movie” but became one because of its awards noms. It is an important and resonant movie, especially those of us adjacent to the deaf/ hard of hearing community.
Coda is a movie trapped behind a monthly subscription paywall, so most people aren’t going to access it any way. A movie shouldn’t been given an Oscar unless it receive a general release in cinema, followed releases of terrestrial television and other streaming services.
Forget Tin Tin, Im still sad that I never got a resolution for his cartoon called Invasion America. I remember really enjoying it, but I never hear about it
So true, I maintain there isn't a single good DJ movie out there, but he doesn't care because he makes his money and moves on to the next piece of garbage, and I've watched many trying to find a good one and failed, lets hope the backlash to Red One slows him down
Usually love WC lists BUT this one was ineptly titled. “Instantly Forgotten” is SO non descriptive for this. This list fell into SO many other worth categories: ie, “Most Expensive Flops” (47 Ronin, Tomorrowland, Total Recall); “Most Panned” (MIB Int’l, 47 Ronin); “Critically Acclaimed That No One Rewatches” (Coda). Red Notice and Amsterdam were fun watches (IMO)
What i remember about Tomorrow Land was the non story. There was a story but not the one being told. George Clooney's character was taken to the Tomorrow Land future as a child. He grew up and at 17 something something happened he was kicked out and it never truly explained what happened or why he was kicked out. Something or other about a doomsday device. If the film had been about George Clooney's character and his future adventures or something instead of a teenage girl and a robot girl it might have been more interesting.
I am still craving a total recall-eque movie about a Uber clean and sanitized future like the world of demolition man where everything is a slow clean burn for the first hour, no cursing, no blood or gore, very light humor, but as the drama picks up it turns into a thriller and unexpected gore and fucked up revelations.
John Carter was a massive disappointment. They made it an "ultimate weapon" storyline instead of Mars's atmosphere fading. Also the book frog-dog had 10 legs not 6.
And they didn't even give it its full title. I still can't understand why they did that. John Carter tells you nothing. John Carter of Mars tells you that this is a scifi movie that could have some interesting twists to it.
John Carter was a disappointment on so many more levels than the choice of plot device. Or the number of legs on the frog dog. I can see them wanting a visual echo of all the other six-legged creatures on the planet. I'm guessing the logic was, on Mars, animals tend to have six limbs, in the same way they have four on Earth. That makes sense, I suppose. Though such matters as Martian evolution seem unimportant in a movie like this.
@@ChaoticYak1 "John Carter" does worse than tell you nothing. It's bores you. It might as well have been Bill Smith. And you wouldn't make a film about a guy who fights warlords on Mars and just decide to call it Bill Smith. The whole point of calling it "John Carter OF MARS" is to contrast the mundane name with the fantastical premise. John Carter of Mars sounds like a goddamn fun flick. John Carter sounds like the guy that files the district office paperwork. Reason 138 that the film failed.
I agree with you on Red Notice, but I disagree with the notion that if you don’t remember character’s names then it’s a bad movie. It’s an argument used ALL THE FREAKIN TIME and it’s garbage. What are the names of the kids in Jurassic Park? It might come to me with some thought, but in the moment I couldn’t tell you, and if we were having a discussion about memorable movies you’d be able to point to my hesitation as evidence to prove your point. How about the names of the main characters in A Clockwork Orange? Or the name of the astronaut in 2001: A Space Odyssey? Just because you can’t remember their names, or can’t remember their names right away, doesn’t mean these movies aren’t memorable. We remember movies for the way they make us FEEL just as much (if not more) as the topics they present that make us THINK. Just because a person can’t remember specific details like names or locations doesn’t mean the movie itself is flawed. It’s a dumb argument and it’s time we stopped using it to prove our points. It only makes movie fans look stupid and arrogant in the long run. So, stop it. Please.
I saw TInTin in theaters, in 3-D no less. THEN I watched it again at home with my parents. I don't remember a single thing that happens in that movie. Something on a boat in a shipyard? There was a motorcycle, I think?
They did a lot of flashy action set pieces to show off the tech, but it came at the cost of pacing, believability and having ANYTHING to do with the original stories.
Hey What Culture, here's a list of 10 movies that were instantly forgotten about for a potential third list. Ad Astra Mank Psycho (1998 version) Pleasantville The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Zodiac The Irishman 28 Weeks Later Solo: A Star Wars Story Downsizing
10:04 'Blockbuster?'🤔 NOT Tomorrowland!! That term does not refer to the amount spent or the scale of the project!! Only if ticket lineups "bust (city) blocks" is any film a blockbuster.
“Independence Day fans spent 20 years begging for a sequel?” This is a lie. No one wanted a sequel. The original isn’t even a good movie. It’s unfocused and makes no sense. The solution made no sense. That’s what you get from all of this man’s movies. No one wanted him to make another one.
Adventures of Tintin are fondly remembered and often spoken about in public and on youtube, you are misinformed...Fans demanded a sequel! Do some research next time.
Tomorrowland was a great premise The first two acts were good but the third fell flat plus The lead roll was misscast cuz she's kind of annoying. I don't care if it's a girl or a boy in the lead role just cast somebody who isn't so bland.
