So is Gigli the Ishtar of this generation?

MoonGod

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Tue Aug-05-03 01:41 AM
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So is Gigli the Ishtar of this generation?

It's starting to look like it. A movie famous, notorious in fact, for being bad.

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5thGenDemocrat

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Tue Aug-05-03 01:43 AM
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1. Oh, hell

Has it already been a generation since "Ishtar"?
John
That's it -- I gotta stop smoking so much dope.

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MoonGod

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Tue Aug-05-03 01:54 AM
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5. When Ishtar came out...

... it was a big deal that Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty were in it. Charles Grodin was even kinda a star.

So, yes, I'd say the term "generation gap" applies.

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Systematic Chaos

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Tue Aug-05-03 01:44 AM
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2. Gobble gobble gobble gobble!

:puke: sputter cough gag retch :puke:

I think I'll get it from Netflix just to laugh at the horribleness of it. That is, if Netflix even bothers.

I understand it was 7th with a gross of just over $3 million in it's opening week. Cost almost $60 million to make!

Boy, J-Lo sure is an expensive date! :evilgrin:

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KeepItReal

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Tue Aug-05-03 01:48 AM
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3. I'll never know...no plans to see *either*

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mitchum

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Tue Aug-05-03 01:50 AM
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4. Unfortunately, there will be many more contenders for that honor

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JackSwift

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Tue Aug-05-03 02:34 AM
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6. Do we get to see any JLo

Edited on Tue Aug-05-03 02:39 AM by JackSwift

T or A? 'Cuz I won't see it just for it's putridness. I'm all grown up now.

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mark0rama

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Tue Aug-05-03 09:34 AM
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7. Signs point to yes!

In "favor" of Ishtar being the bigger bomb: it was made for $40 million at a time when the average studio film cost under $10 million, which made it way, way more expensive than the norm - more so than Gigli, It was also notorious for cost overruns and the difficulty of its overseas location shooting.

In "favor" of Gigli: If its rumored $60 million budget is for real, not nearly as much of it ended up on the screen as Ishtar's, as Gigli paid Ben-Lo stratospheric salaries. And its opening weekend grossed only about 6% of its budget; Ishtar at least topped 10%.

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