Jupiter Ascending (February 6)

When the first Matrix appeared, the Wachowski siblings were said to be the most creative directors in Hollywood. Several movies later, people are wondering why studios back them up still. Jupiter Ascending is their latest big screen endeavor (and hopefully their last), one which doesn’t make any sense from the beginning until the end.

To think that they wanted this to be the beginning of a new trilogy…

Jupiter Ascending is a flop on all levels. The critics trashed it (calling it pleasing to the eye, but nothing else) and made $183 million worldwide on a budget of $176 million. And it is a wonder how it failed to deliver, since it stars some of the biggest names of the moment: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, and Eddie Redmayne.

Maybe the audiences saw behind all the flash of the trailers that there was no actual story behind them… Maybe having Tatum as a half-dog alien didn’t go well with the ladies. Maybe having Sean Bean survive was the biggest letdown…