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Christopher Nolan Calls Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ a Film ‘Ahead of Its Time’: It Should Have Been Released Post-‘Avengers’ (www.indiewire.com)
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[–] 7of9@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Other examples could be Mystery Men and Dredd. Great movies, didn't land, feel topical now.

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Dredd's problem was it was marketed as "Dredd 3D" in 2012. Three years after Avatar when every movie had a 3d version and only trash movies like Piranha 3DD were still advertising it in their titles.

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

From a UK perspective, I think Dredd's biggest problem was lack of marketing. The first trailer only came out a few weeks before the film's release. Also, it was unfairly labelled as a rip-off of The Raid.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

TBH I only knew it was on because I walked past a cinema with a poster up. I hadn't heard anything or seen any ads, so went in completely blind on a whim ... the marketing must have been non-existant