Chappie : Jackman, Weaver? What were they thinking?

I'll have to think twice before deciding to watch either these two actors movies again. Life's too short. Chappie is indeed Crappie.

Couldn't agree more! What a terrible movie.

Have to agree, cant quite put my finger on why it was so bad but bad it was. However the effects and scenery were good, had a real district nine feel to it but just didn't live up to it. As for the so called "stars" I wouldn't be putting this one on my CV!

Still don't get you people. This movie was entertaining as hell. Definitely better than the new Avengers bore-fest and Jurassic World that all the critics were creaming over, or something like AVATAR that everyone hyped the crap out of but is really just a crap CG Pocahontas.

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Lesson learned.

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Hopefully. As long as the lesson you learned is that you should probably stay away from obscure/cultish/foreign films that exist outside the little box containing your comfort zone. . I agree.

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wigger robot.

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With logic this goofy, you make it so easy to understand the hate. You should have been a comedian, larosat. . .

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Three of the most disturbing, disgusting, ugly, whining, annoying protagonists in a movie.

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You are so adorable, buddy. Would you like an emoticon? Here ya go champ.

Ps. You cannot say anything about Die Antwoord they haven't already said about themselves. Do some research before you go putting your foot in your mouth, and please don't catch dysentery from the poop that stuck to your shoe while tracking through, and agreeing with, some of the poopiest non arguments this board has to offer.

It was quite good. Perhaps they don't like South Africans?

> Still don't get you people. This movie was entertaining as hell.

Why, there are many, many movies out there that are really bad, but still entertaining. This one was really bad, but it had lots of explosions and chase scenes and gun play for those people who are easily entertained and don't care about logic or common sense.


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This one was really bad, but it had lots of explosions and chase scenes and gun play for those people who are easily entertained and don't care about logic or common sense

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So all you got out of this was the action? And you think you're the intelligent one?

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> So all you got out of this was the action?

You know, I watched this movie on July 31 and, for the life of me, I cannot remember a single thing about this movie other than lots of explosions and gun play. And, frankly, if I can't remember anything about a movie three months after seeing it, it's a loser.

> And you think you're the intelligent one?

I am sorry. How many awards did this thing win? You know, Academy Awards, People's Choice, Kid's Choice, things like that.


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I am sorry. How many awards did this thing win? You know, Academy Awards, People's Choice, Kid's Choice, things like that

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Oh, so you need awards to decide whether a film is intelligent. Validation from external parties or groups of people. Can't make up your own mind.

I'm just gonna throw in a few concept the movie brought up: defending the weak, giving a newborn a safe and happy life, not judging criminals by their appearance, and more obviously - given that in the real world we are building human looking robots - the everlasting question: will we ever build an AI that feels, and if we do, are we responsible to it like a parent?

But all you got was gunplay. Good for you man. Good for you. Did you get the same feel out of Full Metal Jacket? A cool dumb movie with explosions and stuff?

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Oh man that burn went right to the core. Damn, so good. I applaud you.

It's made for people like you, I suppose..;) The fact remains, however, that the movie was terrible - on too many levels, to even entertain.

Doomsday (2008), Turbo Kid (2015) are two movies - of similar genre - one big, one small, both with an identity. Chappie doesn't have an identity The robot failed, as well. You're trying to give it a face, but it doesn't have one. It's -just- chit, all the way. =)

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Well said Guybrush_Lechuck

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I'll have to think twice before deciding to watch either these two actors movies again.

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I'm sure they could give less that a damn.

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Chappie is indeed Crappie.

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LOL. I keep seeing this. . .you are not original in the least. . .and Chappie has nothing to do with fish.

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What were they thinking?

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Probably didn't read the script before they signed on. Just heard it was the guy who did D9 and got excited. Like most people, they'd probably forgotten Elysium ever happened.

So every actor should play an academy award winning movie?

Besides that, Crappies movies are making tons of money. And you *beep* about 2 good actors and movies in 1 sentence?

I think you missed the part where it says it cost $49 mil to make and took in $31 mil at the box office. In general, a movie needs to take in twice what it cost to make to just break even (remember movie house takes percentage of the ticket sales and advertising - newspaper listings - also cost money).

It took in $31 mil at the American box office, yes, but $102 mil globally (src: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chappie.htm)

So it broke even and then some.

The Numbers are reporting $105 Worldwide + $8.7 US video sales (here in France it sells very well but can't find any numbers for Europe).
http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Chappie#tab=video-sales
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Yeah dude cause of course only the American market counts, it's not like every movie stands a chance to make much, much more money in the worldwide market

Congrats on the solid logic

By the way to be noted that Chappie grossed only $100m globally and the $49m is production budget, which doesn't include marketing budget, so it probably did lose money in the end

Still, you can't only count the domestic market to make an argument like this dude, where the hell do you live, in the 70s?

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Oh, so only movies that make money are worth a damn? Good to know, I'll be sure to watch all the Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller movies. I bet I'll have a great time with those then.

Yeah I agree. I'm only part way through and it's appallingly scripted, directed and acted. Looks like a student production.



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Yup. Awful *beep* film from start to end in almost every way except the graphics and cinematography. A shallow, vapid, nonsense verse of a film. Every character (inc chappie) is unlikable, boring and two dimensional, the plot (sorry what plot?) and the script are just embarrassing/non existent, and while I had no problem with the SA accents in District 9 (a great film), here they just grated and added insult to injury on top of a weak execution of a so-so concept.

One of the worst semi-mainstream/med-high budget films I've seen in a long time.

I fear for the aliens film with this guy in charge.

Agreed. I let myself get so angry when watching ridiculous flicks, when really I should get angry at myself for continuing to watch it once I realize how ridiculous it is (about 15 minutes in). Awkward, plagiarized, unoriginal, nonsensical, unintelligent roll of film. I wasted 2 or so hours - poor HJ, how much time did he waste? Did someone blackmail him into starring in that chunkyfroth?!

This is a clear cut case where the sum is far less than its parts. In this case, the blame should fall entirely on the director.

I don't know, but this movie was dreadful! And now Weaver will team up with the director to make a new Alien movie.

Jesus, please don't ruin the Alien franchise anymore than it has already been screwed!

They were thinking : "A few millioncool."

What did you do over that summer..?

Honestly I freaked the F out when I saw Sigourney was in this but, hey, that's millions dude.

Are you seriously judging Weaver and Jackman based on the quality of this film, rather than their overall acting ability? Every actor, well-known or otherwise, makes the odd duffer!
I imagine they both signed on because they believed in the project?


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Jackman spent about two weeks filming this (and Sigourney probably less), so it hardly took a lot out of his life to do it. As for why he did it, I suspect Simon Kinberg had something to do with it, given that he produced Chappie and knows Hugh quite well from the X-Men films. Plus Hugh is always open to working with newish or younger directors with different points of view, and Blomkamp fits that bill.

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Sigourney Weaver is 65 years old. Read that again. Roles aren't being thrown over the transom like they were in the 1980s. She's still compelling, powerful, and sexy-as-hell.

Hugh Jackman is a star because of Marvel. That's it. He's been in a ton of other stuff, but nobody says, "hey, honey, let's go check that Hugh Jackman flick!" when fluff and calendar-fillers like this open on Friday and close 10 days later.

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Hugh Jackman is a star because of Marvel. That's it. He's been in a ton of other stuff, but nobody says, "hey, honey, let's go check that Hugh Jackman flick!" when fluff and calendar-fillers like this open on Friday and close 10 days later.

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Hugh Jackman would be a star with or without Marvel. The man has charisma flowing out of every bone in his body, and he is an extremely accomplished theater star. He is one of the best hosts the Academy Awards ever had, and he did not get that gig because of X-Men. He got it because of his performance in The Boy From Oz, for which he won a Tony Award. Steven Spielberg happened to have seen the performance and to say he was very impressed would be an understatement. He thought Jackman was phenomenal. Again, Jackman got The Prestige and The Fountain because of The Boy From Oz, not X-Men, at least to my knowledge. Not to mention, the man can sing, dance, play musical instruments, and even makes gutting and cooking a fish look intriguing. He got an Oscar nomination for Les Miserables, and his acting in The Prestige, Prisoners, and The Fountain is excellent and underrated. Many people think he was snubbed of an Oscar nomination for Prisoners. That he would help out a new director and South Africa's movie industry by signing up for this film actually shows he is not a pretentious dick like the majority of Hollywood. He also did a small part in a Chinese film. He is open to doing Bollywood movies. The meaning behind Chappie was far deeper than what most people commenting here care to admit. Or perhaps the posters on this forum are so materialistic that they missed the fact that the entire concept of Chappie is based on the idea of soul, eternal life, and who we really are as people/what consciousness truly means. Jackman does films because he believes in the message, feels connected to the film, wants to help out a director, or thinks his kids will enjoy it. I'm sure he doesn't give two craps about what other people think.

Well said.

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It doesn't matter how deep and meaningful the message of the movie is, when the movie itself is coating in sh-t. It's a terrible movie full of cheese, stereotypes, nonsensical plotlines, and clearly aimed at the young male audience. And that audience doesn't give a damn about what true consciousness really means, they just want to be entertained. The Fountain is the kind of movie you make if you have some meaningful message to portray.

I don't know what they were thinking before they did the movie, but I can imagine what they were thinking afterward.

How did this movie get a 7 rating? Every character in the movie is retarded and I could not finish it. First, the gang kidnaps the chappie creator and releases him like nothing happened. The chappie creator returns to the gang which tried to kill him like nothing happened. Hugh Jackman in the Chappie van kidnap scene was unnecessary brutal to Chappie, WTF? And Chappie is a retarded AI. I could not continue watching the movie any longer

What were they thinking?

They were thinking about cashing a big check for probably two weeks work.

Ka-Ching!

Hold up a second.

I'm all about defending this movie too. It wasn't as bad as some of the reviews.

But let's be honest here, Sigourney Weaver was only in a few scenes and all in the same location. Hugh Jackman was certainly around for a bit longer than Weaver, but still only a fraction of the production.

So who cares what exactly their contracts said? They got paid for a couple weeks' work. While I disagree with that other guy's hate for the movie, he's not wrong. You're seriously going to lash out at somebody for pointing out that they got paid to do their job?

@ImReallyANarc "Hold up a second"

Glad you also enjoyed the movie. I agree and I felt it was such a waste of Ms. Weaver's talent, though we have no idea if she in-fact filmed more and it didn't make the final cut.

We'll never know how much and for how long, if any, she, or anyone else gets paid?? I don't come out of a movie worrying how much any actor got for their work. I could care less! If some-one does care, they don't have to be a pr!ck about it, especially when they don't have the facts themselves!!

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