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you are kidding

posted 14 years ago by collieswiss
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Roger ebert gave this movie 3 stars. WHA WHAT :o

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[–] jaystarstar 14 years ago

It was actually quite well recieved when it came out. It was not a huge smash hit, but it did OK at the box office.

[–] Zando777 14 years ago

Looks like it made half of what it cost.

[–] smcbee27 11 years ago

Don't forget it won an Academy Award as well.

[–] vestdennis 10 years ago

It did but many movies loved by the Hollywood elites don't do well at the box office.

[–] snickerdoodle68 8 years ago

Considering the star power and 1960s fascination with the space program, it's more than a little surprising that this movie didn't do well at the box offic. Does anybody know why?

[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

"Roger ebert gave this movie 3 stars. WHA WHAT :o"

44 years ago he said it was a good film. So?

[–] spiritof67 8 years ago

..because it was a good film. Seen on a big screen. In a theater with an audience. In a time when space travel and astronauts were seen as glamourous, unlike now. Ever heard ofthe word "context"?

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

..because it was a good film

I'm not disputing Ebert's allocation of a grading back in the 60's, I'm asking the OP to clarify further whatever he/she is suggesting with this thread.

In a time when space travel and astronauts were seen as glamourous, unlike now.

Now you've caught the OP's disease. You're kidding!🐭

[–] bluedionysus 7 years ago

While the special-effects are hardly flawless (the use of bluescreen is especially evident at times), MAROONED would look superb on a big screen even today - the movie certainly holds up as a "sci-fi classic from the late '60s", bearing in mind that one isn't entirely historically ignorant.