10 cult films, which critics predicted failure

Sometimes even those who really versed in the cinema, make mistakes. And those who believe in themselves - go through and create masterpieces that are popular with millions of people and become a classic of the genre.

Website surprised that nobody believed in the success of these films


Star Wars. Episode 4 - A New Hope Star Wars, 1977
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George Lucas has long pestered studios hoping to get funding for his film, but no one even thought that this would look: no famous actor, a questionable story, and too difficult to understand fiction. Setting Lucas advised him not to go against the tide and make films in the genre-proven. However, the film became the basis of the saga that changed cinema history and saved the studio «20th Century Fox» (20th Century Fox) from bankruptcy.



Avatar Avatar, 2009







Permanent transfers premieres, three-hour duration of the movie, aliens and exoskeletons - all this does not inspire confidence critics. Only lazy people do not say that Jason Cameron is unlikely to repeat the success of "Titanic." The new is always scary, but when "Avatar" beat records and collected awards, critics yesterday thanked the director for the cinematic gift to the world.



Home Inception, 2010







Eight years were working on the script of the film "Home". Many were convinced that the viewer hardly likely to appeal to a story that takes place in someone's head. Some even claimed that Christopher Nolan crisis of genre, and this pattern is likely to be the beginning of the end of his career. But judging by the stunning box office for fiction, the audience appreciated and dynamic plot and interesting idea of ​​the unconscious man. Now the picture on the right is the 14th line of the list of 250 best films according to IMDb.



Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire, 2008







Films about the hard life of Indian teenagers had planned to issue only on DVD, to save on advertising. Having the movie was released, directed by Danny Boyle has not lost eight "Oscars", including for best picture and multimillion-dollar fees.



Passion of the Christ The Passion of the Christ, 2004







From the outset it was clear that Mel Gibson stepped on a dangerous path: the complex religious theme, very realistic scenes of torture, to watch that the strength is not for everyone. And most importantly, the film's characters speak in Latin and Aramaic languages, and understand their speech subtitles only help that most of the audience does not digest. But full of cinemas have proved the opposite, and the drama of the last twelve hours of Jesus' life has become a cult film a century.



Guardians of the Galaxy Guardians of the Galaxy, 2014







Raccoon and saying the tree is not very fit into our idea of ​​superheroes is probably why even the geeks are skeptical about the news of the release of the film, and popular actors were in no hurry to agree to participate in the project. But his audience found the film gathered a good cashier and even became the basis for Internet memes. What is this if not a success?



Sixth Sense The Sixth Sense, 1999







It seems that everything in this film hinted at a future failure: the abundance of dialogue, gloomy colors, frightening scenes. The filmmakers spent a large part of the budget for a fee Bruce Willis and horror waiting for the movie was released. I do not panic just directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who created a truly busy on development action thriller with a very unexpected ending. Hence, regalia, and hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office.



The Ghost Ghost, 1990







In the era of blockbusters, few people believed in the romantic melodrama. Bruce Willis, for example, was offered the lead role in this case miscalculated and did not accept the offer because I was confident that the movie fails at the box office. "Ghost" has proved that in the movie, you can go on the melodrama. Whether handsome Swayze, whether terrestrial romantic story, and maybe then, and more.



The Hangover The Hangover, 2009







The filmmakers big risk by issuing such an unusual product: a comedy for adults with a sense of humor in the face. Of course, that was in Hollywood, it is in Hollywood. Perhaps that is why, in order not to show the uncertainty in their own child, even before the movie was announced that he will be a sequel. But such a resounding success was not expecting anyone. Neither viewers nor commercial.



The Titanic Titanic, 1997







Before the release of the film was fashionable to make fun of the high cost and the long term large-scale project. It is difficult to imagine how hard it was to do under such pressure. It is possible that this perfectionism Cameron, who has perfected every detail, has become the basis of success. 11 "Oscars" is not a joke after all.



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