Over at one of my favorite sites, io9, wonderful writer Charlie Jane Anders posted a rant about why live-action fantasy movies seem to be cursed at the box office, and all of which I think rings pretty true. But Charlie Jane provided such an extensive list of movies to pick apart to see just why we can feel that way.
So just as a fun experiment I'm going to do just that: Pick these movies apart. But for the sake of being exactly what I am, a red-blooded American movie goer with a huge love for sci-fi and fantasy, I'm going to pick all of these apart from just memory, and not look up a single thing about them, like I'd normally do to keep my facts straight.
First off, I've got to start off by saying that just about every one of those movies was bad for some reason or another. That there's not going to be a huge amount of praise here. Actually most of the praise in this post was gobbled up by my admiration for Charlie Jane. But what I also want everyone to remember is that this is all opinion, and opinions are subjective, but I have some very strong feelings for all of these.. Or at least those that I've seen. So lets take the plunge, shall we?
