Thread 149061588

Jeez, I can see why this movie flopped. The protagonist is a douchebag.

interesting to see a thread about Sinbad that isn't "ooougghhh eris sexooo"

ooougghhh eris sexooo

>>149061588 (OP)
His name is sin bad what did you expect

People make a big deal over "unlikable" protagonists
What they really mean is "unpleasant" protagonists
There's a firm difference between unlikable and unpleasant

>>149061663
I think a big distinction is if a character is still enjoyable despite being a nasty person, having major personality flaws or being amoral. It's also something to keep in mind with writing villains with the distinction between unlikable and unpleasant.

>Sinbad (july 2, 2003)

>Curse of the Black Pearl (july 9, 2003)

>>149061663
I think the use is appropriate, people like Cartman despite him being unpleasant.

Reminder that Brother Bear was successful later that year, so the failure of Sinbad can't be attributed to "audiences didn't care for 2D anymore"

>>149061799
>unpleasant
Cartman isn't unpleasant
You like watching Cartman be an awful person because he's hilarious at it
You don't want to be in the same room as him but you enjoy watching him nonetheless
Everyone will admit Lowtiergod's a terrible human being but everyone also will admit he's genuinely hilarious intentional or not.
Unpleasant would mean this character has a voice that decimates your ears, who never shuts up, always whines like a toddler, refuses to let other characters even speak, etc.
THIS is unpleasant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOxJpGI8SWc

>>149061840
Cartman is an unpleasant person, but people "like" to see him.
Sinbad was both unpleasant and unlikable.

>>149061588 (OP)
>The protagonist is a douchebag.
So was Jack Sparrow

>>149061588 (OP)
> Poo D sloppa
yuck, should have made it ChadD

>>149061867
>but people "like" to see him.
Yeah, you like seeing Cartman but you don't like Cartman as a person.
It's like Wario, Bender, or pre-character development Kuzco.
Again, you don't want to be in the same room as them and you don't want to even talk to them but you like simply watching them because they're hilarious.
It's been ages since I've seen Sinbad, how bad is he again?

Finding Nemo was fresh in everyone's mind when Sinbad premiered

>>149061885
Jack could get away with it because he wasn't the protagonist. Well, not in the first three anyways.

>>149061588 (OP)
He stole is friend's girl while also starting the story by working for eris.

>>149061826
Somethings just fly under the radar

>>149061588 (OP)
I agree to an extent, but since there's a narrative point to him being everyone else's problem that it's somewhat permissible.
Eris would not have bothered trying to spread calamity through a decent person.

>>149061885
Yeah but he's a fun douchebag and also a lot more of a defined character.

Russell Crowe was going to voice him at first

>Brad Pitt
>Catherine Zeta-Jones
>Michelle Pfeiffer
>Joseph Fiennes
>Dennis Haysbert
https://youtu.be/QwZROfLxnTg?si=dTD8k-3QK63Oq9UB

>>149062097
Why the hell does that trailer use music from Antz?

>Antz
>Prince of Egypt
>Road to El Dorado
>Chicken Run
>Shrek
>Spirit
>Sinbad

Easily the weakest movie at the time. At least they instantly recovered afterwards with a quality trio (Shrek 2/Shark Tale/Madagascar)

>>149061588 (OP)
faggot

>>149061826
>>149062478
swing from a rope

>>149061631
She was def the most memorable part of Sinbad

DreamWorks fanbase sure likes to defend even the lowest points of the company. Why?

>>149063707
missed potential and boredom mixed together with a touch of autism

>>149061609
I see shockingly little Eris coom posts actually

>>149064078
We don't sign our posts here

>>149061588 (OP)
I like his headwear, very cool

>>149061588 (OP)
It flopped because it was Nothing Happens: The Animated Movie.

>>149064807
not true
about the Nothing Happening part