Mortdecai must become a cult classic!

[Norange]

I don't know why Johnny Depp's new movie Mortdecai has received so much negative critisism. I loved the movie! It was so wonderfully exaggerated and so over the top bad that it actually became really good! And Depp's performance is spot on perfect.

I would be surprised if this doesn't become a cult classic.

[Foggy]

Ok, sure thing Johnny Depp.

[toddly6666]

This movie will be as memorable as Daddy Day Care - forgettable meh.

Every single movie is loved by someone. It doesnt mean it will become a cult classic.

[K1NG J0RDAN]

The problem here is that cult classics are generally enjoyable.

[Norange]

This movie is thoroughly enjoyable, me and my friends loved it! I just don't think everyone has the right mindset or the right kind of humor to appreciate such an over the top masterpiece such as this

It was almost as good as The Lone Ranger.

[toddly6666]

Not as good as the Lone Ranger? I thought u just said it was a masterpiece?

[Norange]

It's two different kind of movies. The Lone Ranger is a better movie, but in its genre of over the top and wonderfully exaggerated movies that are so bad that it actually becomes really good, this movie is a masterpiece

[Leslie Dame]

you can't force a movie to become a cult classic. Either it is an instant cult (camp) classic like Showgirls, or it will take a few years like Troop Beverly Hills.

[Norange]

Not trying to force it to become a cult classic, i'm certain it will be

[Col. Zombie]

Originally Posted by K1NG J0RDAN

The problem here is that cult classics are generally enjoyable.

This.

Mortdecai is too horrible to be a cult classic. Cult films are typically really good films that, for various reasons, just didn't do well at the theater.

[Infernal King]

Usually a devoted fandom of some kind has to form, with more than a few people extolling the virtues of said film, in order for there to be a chance of it becoming a cult classic. Feel free to let us know if this has happened.

Jupiter Ascending, for example, is another recently released film which was also critically maligned and bombed at the American box office. However, there's already a strong cult following which is only going to increase as time goes on. I'm not sure Mortdecai is having that effect on people.

[Norange]

Originally Posted by Infernal King

Usually a devoted fandom of some kind has to form, with more than a few people extolling the virtues of said film, in order for there to be a chance of it becoming a cult classic. Feel free to let us know if this has happened.

Jupiter Ascending, for example, is another recently released film which was also critically maligned and bombed at the American box office. However, there's already a strong cult following which is only going to increase as time goes on. I'm not sure Mortdecai is having that effect on people.

With Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis headlining Jupiter Ascending, i'm sure it has a strong following of 14 year olds Not sure if that would classify it as having a possibility to become cult though.

[dvdmike]

Must hey, must.
You can't force a cult.

[Doctor Jack]

Why must it become one? Is it to justify/validate your appreciation of it? Can't you just like it and move on?

[tob]

Originally Posted by Norange

I don't know why Johnny Depp's new movie Mortdecai has received so much negative critisism. I loved the movie! It was so wonderfully exaggerated and so over the top bad that it actually became really good! And Depp's performance is spot on perfect.

I would be surprised if this doesn't become a cult classic.

[Another_Dude]

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[spectre08]

Originally Posted by Norange

With Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis headlining Jupiter Ascending, i'm sure it has a strong following of 14 year olds Not sure if that would classify it as having a possibility to become cult though.

as opposed to why exactly you think Mortdecai will become a cult classic?

I hate to break it to you, but 14 year old girls have been turning movies into cult films more reliably and for longer than pretty much any other demographic.


the fact that people still care about Mean Girls pretty much obliterates your intended insult

[Norange]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Must hey, must.
You can't force a cult.

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Why must it become one? Is it to justify/validate your appreciation of it? Can't you just like it and move on?

Originally Posted by Leslie Dame

you can't force a movie to become a cult classic. Either it is an instant cult (camp) classic like Showgirls, or it will take a few years like Troop Beverly Hills.

I think everyone here is misinterpreting the meaning of the word "must" in this particular case. It's not meant as forceful, it's meant more as "i can't believe it if this movie doesn't become a cult classic".

Just wanted to clarify that.

EDIT: I love your avatar dvdmike, Moonrise Kingdom is one of the most amazing movies ever

[spectre08]

In order for Mortdecai to become a cult classic there have to be people that like it, so far you seem to be the only one.

I'm usually on the side of believing that all movies have some redeeming quality, and that somebody somewhere probably loves it. But that doesn't mean every movie is good enough to be remembered and championed long into the future.

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by Norange

With Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis headlining Jupiter Ascending, i'm sure it has a strong following of 14 year olds Not sure if that would classify it as having a possibility to become cult though.

It also has a strong following of girls and women but I guess that demographic and teenagers have an inability to turn a film into a cult classic? That's only possible for older men to do? Hmm.