"The Real Cancun" aka "The Really Big Mistake"

[NinjaJack]

It`s no news to anyone that The Real Cancun bombed faster then a Steven Segal album, but should this be a wake up call to hollywood that any more "Reality" movies should be banned from the multiplexes for the rest of enternity?

I sincerely laughed out loud when I heard the news that TRC barely made 2 million at the box office, being a future producer the worst thing for this business would be if the writers just were not needed anymore, a realtiy movie fad would kill the industry.

Lets hope this is the end of it.

#1 says:
:knd1: I already see enough crap in real life, the kind of crap we need isthe crap only Hollywood can produce.

[The Landstander]

Well, its pretty simple now. In the mind of a potential movie producer:

Reality Movies = Will bomb like "The Real Cancun" did

So, they will most likely be avoiding as much as possible (possibly a few more attempts, or there could be a possibilty another reality movie was in production, but beyond that, don't expect any reality movie craze).

Brendon says:
:brendon: : "Jazz Fighting" was better than that crap.

[Jedigreedo]

I think the money they make is only from the nudity in it from people who don't want to pay for Girls Gone Wild.

[Shnay]

This bugs me. Not that the movie bombed (because it deserved to) but that it's being called the first "reality movie." Umm...what about documentaries?

I love documentaries, and I was hoping that we might see them make somewhat of a comeback. I figured, if people love "reality" so much, maybe they'll like to see something real that's more interesting than people eating bugs for cash.

But I guess "The Real Cancun" (there's a fake Cancun?) really is a "reality TV movie." Because reality TV has never been about reality. There's not a single reality TV show that has ever had anything to do with reality. Sure, the people aren't actors, and there are no scripts, but I don't associate the word "reality" with tropical islands and bizzare marraiges.

I'd love to see a "reality movie" get a big release in theaters. But if the best we can do when it comes to "reality" is "The Real Cancun," then I'll have to pass.

[okendri]

You can't really associate the success or failing of TRC as any indication of what may become of documentaries. I would hate to see an hour and half movie about some of the things on reality tv.

[Chumpmaster2000]

This bugs me. Not that the movie bombed (because it deserved to) but that it's being called the first "reality movie." Umm...what about documentaries?



I agree with you, however I think the difference between a "Reality Movie" and a documentary is that a documentary actually has as a point and wants to convey an idea or an opinion about a given subject. Where as in The Real Cancun where it's .. "hey, lets put a camera on people and show them how they get drunk and take their clothes off!" But this movie will make out big time in the rental and home sales.

[Jaguar]

I could tell this movie was going to bomb when I saw the word "Real." Automatically, anything that has "The" and "Real" in it was made by Jonathan Murray and Mary-Ellis Bunim (i.e. "The Real World.") Reality and movies don't mix. You would think that they would have learned when that crappy Real World Movie came on MTV and everyone hated it.

[Tanooki]

so...let me get this straight. this movie "bombed", so does that mean it's out of theatres already?

KoD

[David Lucas]

so...let me get this straight. this movie "bombed", so does that mean it's out of theatres already?

KoD

Nah, it's just made nowhere NEAR as much money as expected by the corporations that released it. This is actually doing worse than the Powerpuff Girl movie, and not that many people in the world know about the Powerpuff Girls......EVERYONE knows about reality shows and noones going to see the movie.

This will hopefully send a shocker to the execs all over the world, that most people don't like reality shows. I have nothing against "The Real World" because it was the pioneer and ended up pulling off a fairly retarded yet entertaining show. Every other show needs to be taken off.......NOW.

Mr. Personality, for god's sake, MR. PERSON-FREAKIN-ALITY?! A woman is going to marry a guy based on him wearing a mask and his actions? Someone on the TZ forum said "These are the last days of rome, people."

It's sad, but it's true. At least we have Comedy Central knocking reality shows at every commercial break.

The saddest part is, I actually thought that "Really REALLY Blind Date" commercial was real......that's how pathetic networks have gotten these days. Cartoon Network and Comedy Central are still standing strong though...

[The Landstander]

You have a point, Shnay, but I don't think anybody took this as a reality movie. It's more of a "reality" movie (quotes included). It's not reality, but rather just a name that came from reality TV Shows carried to the movies. In fact, I'd prefer documentaries just be called documentaries and leave the name of "reality movies" to crap like "The Real Cancun".

Also, it was kind of dumb for the creators to call this the first reality movie, since its not the first movie to deal with reality...it isn't actually reality...and it isn't much of a movie, either. (Of course I haven't actually seen it, so I may be wrong...but most likely, thats pretty much it)

[Auggie Doggie]

This bugs me. Not that the movie bombed (because it deserved to) but that it's being called the first "reality movie." Umm...what about documentaries?

I love documentaries, and I was hoping that we might see them make somewhat of a comeback. I figured, if people love "reality" so much, maybe they'll like to see something real that's more interesting than people eating bugs for cash.

But I guess "The Real Cancun" (there's a fake Cancun?) really is a "reality TV movie." Because reality TV has never been about reality. There's not a single reality TV show that has ever had anything to do with reality. Sure, the people aren't actors, and there are no scripts, but I don't associate the word "reality" with tropical islands and bizzare marraiges.

I'd love to see a "reality movie" get a big release in theaters. But if the best we can do when it comes to "reality" is "The Real Cancun," then I'll have to pass.

Congratulations, Shnay. You have earned your place among the wise men.

[randomguy]

I don't think documentaries are in need of a comeback... the documentary scene is solid right now. Not great, but solid. And "Bowling for Columbine" did pretty well for a documentary. Thankfully, I doubt the kind of people interested in doing any documentary that would be worth a damn aren't going to be taking the failure of "The Real Cancun" as some sort of precedent.

Although I feel bad saying it, "Jackass" had it's moments. And that's something in a similiar vein.

[Nightwing]

See now this is the part where my optomism side and pessemism side battle it out for who gets to voice my opinion on this. Optomism says the morons will learn from their mistakes, but pessemism reminds me how we got in this mess to begin with: Said morons don't know how to come up with good, artistic ideas.

But what I can say is that this is my favorite message board thread of all time. Hail the fallen stupid movie! Thank you so much.

[SilverKnight]

I have to laugh at the people who actually were in this "movie", as in that they will be infamous among their family and friends because they decided to slut it up in front of a camera. These are the people that will be potentially running this country thirty years from now. (Or, if we're lucky, they'll be the ones who are showcased in the Darwin Awards. Go Darwin. :D)

I'm rambling. I agree, NW. Hail the fallen stupid movie!

[Shnay]

Congratulations, Shnay. You have earned your place among the wise men.

Oh. Why, thank you.


I don't think documentaries are in need of a comeback... the documentary scene is solid right now. Not great, but solid. And "Bowling for Columbine" did pretty well for a documentary.

Yeah, I guess it's good enough. But I was really hoping that since people were so interested in "real life," that maybe we'd get to see some great documetaries on regular people. People with human stories to tell. The last doc I can remember that was semi-big and fit that description was "American Movie." If there's something I missed, please tell me about it.

Docs like "Bowling for Columbine" are great, but I'd like to see some more things like "American Movie" that are just about showing people living life.

[HylianFireStorm]

Alright, two nights ago, I was feeling stupid and went and saw the movie and I must tell you, it had one good plot line, ONE. Reality TV, IMO blows ass to start with and so I wasn't expecting the movie to be much better. They did all they could to sell sex and from what I could see, they failed miserably. Booooooooooooring.

Mike

[Spastic Minnow]

Okay, so it bombed, did this really hurt the movie makers though? The reason "reality" programming can be churned out like butter is that it is EXTREMELY cheap and quick to produce. Any money this movie makes is bound to be a profit. And while the failure of TRC probably means that we won't immediately see a gigantic glut of this kind of crap, I wouldn't be surprised to see someone else try the format in theaters.

[Jedigreedo]

I must tell you, it had one good plot line, ONE.

How could reality TV have planned plots? :confused: