TEN WORST FOREIGN MOVIES OF 2017 PART THREE
By Solomon Obi
3) RINGS
Remember when Ringu came out and how terrifying and important it was? Yeah, well don't ruin that memory by going to see this attempted franchise reboot which had a glimmer of promise in the premise (research students operate a controlled unit of people watching and passing on the video to study its effects) which it then squanders in favour of another generic back-story arc. Depressingly un-scary.
2) BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN
The films of Tyler Perry are harmless and good-natured, but his Madea shtick was played out around a decade ago, and Boo! 2 brings nothing new to the table, and even the most dedicated fans were let down by Madea’s second Halloween movie. Tyler Perry has the potential to be taken seriously by critics, and several of his works, such as "The Family that Preys and I Can Do Bad All By Myself", have flirted with mainstream success, but perhaps the filmmaker just can’t help himself.
It’s like there’s some unseen outside force which causes him to pad his films with unnecessary and unfunny comic tangents and cut too many corners in terms of production values. At least that’s not a problem with Boo! 2. Nobody would ever mistake this for a film with any redeeming qualities.
1) TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT
Michael Bay’s Transformers movies, by most accounts, are terrible. They’re also notoriously critic-proof. 2014’s Age of Extinction, considered the nadir of the series up to that point, still managed to bring in over one billion dollars at the global box office.
However, it seems audiences are finally tired of Bay’s brainless action and grievous mishandling of Hasbro’s iconic robot heroes. Transformers: The Last Knight was a certified box office bomb, grossing just $130 million domestically.
It saved some face worldwide with a final haul of $605 million, but considering its massive budget of $217 million and inflated marketing costs, it’s likely that, at best, The Last Knight only just managed to barely break even.
For the next Transformers, can’t they just ditch the human characters entirely and focus squarely on developing the Autobots audiences are coming to see in the first place?
Well that's all we can share, see you next time.
3) RINGS
Remember when Ringu came out and how terrifying and important it was? Yeah, well don't ruin that memory by going to see this attempted franchise reboot which had a glimmer of promise in the premise (research students operate a controlled unit of people watching and passing on the video to study its effects) which it then squanders in favour of another generic back-story arc. Depressingly un-scary.
2) BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN
The films of Tyler Perry are harmless and good-natured, but his Madea shtick was played out around a decade ago, and Boo! 2 brings nothing new to the table, and even the most dedicated fans were let down by Madea’s second Halloween movie. Tyler Perry has the potential to be taken seriously by critics, and several of his works, such as "The Family that Preys and I Can Do Bad All By Myself", have flirted with mainstream success, but perhaps the filmmaker just can’t help himself.
It’s like there’s some unseen outside force which causes him to pad his films with unnecessary and unfunny comic tangents and cut too many corners in terms of production values. At least that’s not a problem with Boo! 2. Nobody would ever mistake this for a film with any redeeming qualities.
1) TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT
Michael Bay’s Transformers movies, by most accounts, are terrible. They’re also notoriously critic-proof. 2014’s Age of Extinction, considered the nadir of the series up to that point, still managed to bring in over one billion dollars at the global box office.
However, it seems audiences are finally tired of Bay’s brainless action and grievous mishandling of Hasbro’s iconic robot heroes. Transformers: The Last Knight was a certified box office bomb, grossing just $130 million domestically.
It saved some face worldwide with a final haul of $605 million, but considering its massive budget of $217 million and inflated marketing costs, it’s likely that, at best, The Last Knight only just managed to barely break even.
For the next Transformers, can’t they just ditch the human characters entirely and focus squarely on developing the Autobots audiences are coming to see in the first place?
Well that's all we can share, see you next time.
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