Paul Bradshaw Oct 15, 2018
Because every Gigli has a silver lining, we look at how bad movies ultimately made good things happen.
No movie is all bad. Some films seem so misguided that it’s hard to see why anyone didn't stop them being made before they cost so much time, money and talent, yet sometimes those same mistakes have led to something genuinely great further down the line.
Careers have been ruined by stinkers like After Earth and Gigli – but they’ve also been made. A really, truly, unequivocally terrible movie often makes a big impact in the film industry as everyone else scrabbles to try and avoid repeating it – shaping genres, shifting tides and making sure we never have to watch The Last Airbender again.
However bad some movies might be, there’s always a silver lining if you look for it…
Batman & Robin (1997)
Gave us: Batman Begins...
Because every Gigli has a silver lining, we look at how bad movies ultimately made good things happen.
No movie is all bad. Some films seem so misguided that it’s hard to see why anyone didn't stop them being made before they cost so much time, money and talent, yet sometimes those same mistakes have led to something genuinely great further down the line.
Careers have been ruined by stinkers like After Earth and Gigli – but they’ve also been made. A really, truly, unequivocally terrible movie often makes a big impact in the film industry as everyone else scrabbles to try and avoid repeating it – shaping genres, shifting tides and making sure we never have to watch The Last Airbender again.
However bad some movies might be, there’s always a silver lining if you look for it…
Batman & Robin (1997)
Gave us: Batman Begins...
- 10/15/2018
- Den of Geek
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