Charlies angels hasnt been a strong franchise in a while, has actresses with mediocre reputations (no clue on their skill but their names arent huge) and it looks like it had a weak story.
Charlies angels hasnt been a strong franchise in a while, has actresses with mediocre reputations (no clue on their skill but their names arent huge) and it looks like it had a weak story.
Never mind that it played a slight role in getting from one "Avengers" film to another.
As for the "Charlie's Angels" film, what was essentially a reboot of the "Terminator" IP just face planted.
Add that to the fact that a "Charlie's Angels" series was pulled from the air pretty quickly in recent memory, and this movie really had it's work cut out for it.
I think "Charlie's Angels" has also a bigger Problem with demographics than "Terminator".
Alot of People that liked T2 are probably still at an age where they would look a Termintor movie.
People that like the the "Charlie's Angels" movies from the early 2000s (or even the original Series) are probably to old to fall into the target demographic of the new movie, and people that fall into the target Demographic have probably no attacjment to the Franchise.
As an aside from all of that...
The "Terminator" film had that it was going to essentially wipe aside a few problematic(depending on the fan you talk to) films and function as a direct sequel to TII.
As far as I can tell, this "Charlie's Angels" film didn't even have that sort of an angle in it's corner. It felt more like if someone had got it in their head to reboot "The A-Team" this fall.
But the "hot babes kicking ass" is something thats been done many times over and with movie prices being what they are and so many choosing home video what appeal was there really? Those attached to the original series are all old and well past the prime moving going market and neither of the two prior movie franchises demanded a reboot.
The only thing that stood out about this whole movie was the pre-emptive strikes from those who made it blaming sexism against anyone who dared question why they were rebooting it yet again. And thats not really a way to make people want to see it.
Plus its a reboot. People are sick to death of reboots. I think this is what killed Ghostbusters more than anything. Had they called it a sequel and then had some of the original cast show up to pass the torch, let one of the women be the daughter of one of them, it would have done better. But instead the whole campaign was it was a reboot but with women and dammit your going to support this or your a misygonist.
Sequels won't necessarily work either, see the recent Terminator movie, but that franchise has also been driven into the ground by the not so well received reboots and sequels that came before.
So Charlie's Angel flopped, what's the real story with this one? people are saying it flopped because it went woke, how much wokeness is actually in this movie or are people just jumping on the bandwagon by calling everything Woke or was it just a bad movie couples with bad marketing.
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I feel if done right with the right cast Charlie’s angels could have been fun like 21 jump street. A tv series that I assume none of the moviegoers had any attachment to, seen or knew really existed before. The cast alone sold it for me with 21 jump street, I felt Charlie’s angels didn’t have the pull of any big names besides Stewart. If they went the 21 jump street route with Charlie’s angels and just made it fun with star power it could have very well worked.
Not saying this would've saved it (clearly it didn't), but this iteration of Charlie's Angels isn't a reboot, just a continuation of both the movies and the original show. There are references to earlier material, including outright photos of the TV and previous-movie teams.
Again, not that it matters much. Quality and creativity still surpass those types of things, and it's not like the average Charlie's Angels fan is obsessed over canon and fan.wikis like Trekkies and Star Wars fans.