Five years ago Will Ferrell could do no wrong. Frat boys loved him in "Anchorman," kids loved him in "Elf" and girls loved him in "Stranger than Fiction." But last weekend, no one loved Ferrell when "Land of the Lost," his mammoth remake of the '70s TV show, pulled in an embarrassing $18 million at the box office. Universal blew through $200 million to make and market the movie and a paltry opening weekend doesn't give the movie much of a chance to break even.
This all serves as the latest reminder of America's fleeting infatuation with Hollywood stars. One day we prop them up and shower them with praise, and the next we sh*t on them. Of course, "Land of the Lost" does look pretty horrendous. Either way, a flop of this magnitude would seem to indicate that Will Ferrell is on his way to Jim Carrey territory.
Are you over Frank the Tank? Who will step up to accept his comedy crown? (We're rooting for Danny McBride.)
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Tuesday 09 June
By anonymous
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Tuesday 09 June
By Jon
I can't be the only person to notice this... it's because Will Ferrell plays the same god damn character in 90% of his movies (which is sad, because he's actually really talented). It's why each movie has to have some really outlandish setting, e.g. Land of the Lost, TV News, 70s basketball, figure skaters. It's because Ron Burgundy, Ricky Bobby, and the rest of them are the SAME CHARACTER, just with a different job.
Even the American public will notice and get bored eventually.
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Sunday 19 July
By Matt
I noticed. He always plays a retarded, red-headed jackass surrounded by imbeciles. I was wondering when people would spit his dumbass out. That Jim Carrey crack in the "article" was just mean lol. And btw, lets replace him with that fat bastard from "Drake and Josh."
Wednesday 10 June
By wankbutt
Maybe it's because the movie is shit. Then again I'm just some guy and you're a journalist on the internet.
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Wednesday 10 June
By kj
If ever Hollywood wouldn't try to remake something that was shitty to begin with, and expect it to miraculously turn "un-shitty". The original show was fun for its time, but much bigger better and handsomely developed ideas have come and gone since then.
Will Ferrell is just as good as he ever was, probably should have thought twice about this craptastic movie... but he will be fine. Why don't you use some of that misplaced angst and direct it towards idiots in Hollywood who have forgotten how to develop a NEW idea. YEAH! That may just be crazy enough to work. Instead I'm sure they are furiously fighting for the rights to "Reading Rainbow" and are planning to turn it into a futuristic thriller.
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Wednesday 10 June
By Mr. Awesome
I don't think Will Ferrel is over, its just that this movie looked like a huge piece of shit in all the previews. Land of the Lost was a shitty TV show, so unsurprisingly it made for a shitty movie. Why would someone want to pay $10.00 for a movie that doesn't even have enough funny part to fill a 30 second TV commercial when they can just find it online for free or wait a month or two and get it at Redbox for a dollar.
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Wednesday 10 June
By J.Har
It released the same weekend as THE HANGOVER – which is not only targeted at the same audience but looked way better. I bet this improves in its second weekend.
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Thursday 11 June
By Thallia
The reason this movie is tanking is because they changed it too much from the TV series to pull in the people who grew up with it, and didn't make it explody enough for the later generations. When will Hollywood stop making "remakes" whose only real parallels with the original are the title and one or two character names???
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Wednesday 17 June
By Phumlani
Give it time , the DVD sales market could realy boost it and make it a popular rental/ buying choice
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