13th Warrior Failure
The 13th Warrior, a movie by Michael Crichton, along with John McTiernan. From the author of Jurassic Park together with the director of Die Hard, the majority expected this movie to be a smash at the box office. Consequently, it became one of the worst flops in history with nearly all critics calling it an exceptionally expensive forfeiture of $94,150,551. But why did it plunge with such an accomplished author and director involved? A film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert, wrote “this could, indeed, have been a fascinating tale,” when describing The 13th Warrior. Here is where the discrepancy lies, instead of calling the movie a flop, advertising befell this motion picture as well as where the mistake occurred. I would take delight in the opportunity to discuss three very specific points that lead to the tragic homicide of this film.
First, the budget for the advertising, it was practically non-existent. Supposedly, the production company spent 160 million, making the film. Included in the budget was an allowance of $25,000 towards marketing to provide a seductive trailer luring the generality into …show more content…
Besides the horrid and extra cheesy voice over, the preview leads you to believe Antonio Banderas and a few Vikings are having a love affair, whilst killing a few enemies. I have seen trailers for movies that were remarkably illuminating, then later, I would loathe enduring the actual movie. Additionally, the movie would eventually become an utter disappointment and this is precisely the contradictory with this film. The only other approach the trailer could've taken to be even more detrimental, is if it claimed anyone who viewed the motion picture would receive a free venereal disease with a purchase of a
First, the budget for the advertising, it was practically non-existent. Supposedly, the production company spent 160 million, making the film. Included in the budget was an allowance of $25,000 towards marketing to provide a seductive trailer luring the generality into …show more content…
Besides the horrid and extra cheesy voice over, the preview leads you to believe Antonio Banderas and a few Vikings are having a love affair, whilst killing a few enemies. I have seen trailers for movies that were remarkably illuminating, then later, I would loathe enduring the actual movie. Additionally, the movie would eventually become an utter disappointment and this is precisely the contradictory with this film. The only other approach the trailer could've taken to be even more detrimental, is if it claimed anyone who viewed the motion picture would receive a free venereal disease with a purchase of a