The official Jonah Hex thread.

[xwolverine2]

just saw it... this movie was pretty bad. i was hoping critics were bashing it unjustifiably like Jennifers Body...

..but this was lame.

josh brolin did what he could... john malkovich plays the same lazy boring evil mastermind he plays in every crappy movie.

now megan fox... looks like she shot all her scenes in one day. She was literally like in only two scenes lol

not sure why the **** will arnette was in this... he was just 'some guy'

the first 10min was ok... but then goes downhill

4-5 out of 10... and ill never watch it again

 

[DW4]

i havent seen it myself yet, but i think i saw on one of those entertainment shows earlier in the week saying it was cut.

Oh dammit.

Something I was actually looking forward to.

 

[J.Howlett]

WB is hardly the worst studio. Yeah, this year, they've had serious studio trouble with Jonah Hex and Clash...but they also released Edge of Darkness and The Book of Eli too. Both of those films are clearly the director's vision.

WB has had a great track record the last decade or so. This year, they've hit a few bumps. But, they're not Fox or Universal. Not even in the same ballpark with those two studios.

 

[Octoberist]

Universal is having a rough year, but hopefully Scott Pilgrim can save them.

 

[J.Howlett]

DW4,

No, the sex scene was completely cut out. You can rest assured it'll be on the DVD somehow, along with the rest of the film. Surprisingly though, that intimate scene between Megan and Josh is good. It hints to a larger story we never get a change to see between them.

Still, what the hell was up with the photoshop job they did on Megan's face during most of the film? I can't get that out of my head when you contrast that with a handful of shots were they didn't and she looks totally fine....it's completely inconsistent.

 

[J.Howlett]

Best review of the film on the net...bar none. I mean, it actually reviews the film, in terms of cinematic quality. I'm kind of shocked, really.

http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2010/06/jonah-hex-2010

 

[Docker2.0]

WB is hardly the worst studio. Yeah, this year, they've had serious studio trouble with Jonah Hex and Clash...but they also released Edge of Darkness and The Book of Eli too. Both of those films are clearly the director's vision.

WB has had a great track record the last decade or so. This year, they've hit a few bumps. But, they're not Fox or Universal. Not even in the same ballpark with those two studios.

They are not the worse but they are close to it. Fox is by far the worse. But it wasn't until Nolan took over Batman that WB is ok.........I've seen nothing outside of Batman to prove this to be true. Hopefully with GL it is but we did say that about Jonah Hex didn't we.

 

[RogueDK]

Best review of the film on the net...bar none. I mean, it actually reviews the film, in terms of cinematic quality. I'm kind of shocked, really.

http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2010/06/jonah-hex-2010

That's a pretty good read.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Opens in 5th....at $2 million.

http://www.collider.com/2010/06/19/friday-box-office-toy-story-3-opens-big-with-41-million/

 

[Docker2.0]

That's better than I thought actually. It may finish with an opening of $12M. I said it will leave the BO with $50M so we will see.

 

[DW4]

2 million? Ouch.

 

[corby]

well according to a poll on Facebook, alot of people haven't even heard of it

 

[J.Howlett]

Docker,

V for Vendetta, 300, Constantine, Watchmen, and Superman Returns (yeah, I love it...sue me.). That's not even counting their other hit films of the past few years...anything with Eastwood's name on it, The Book of Eli, Edge of Darkness, The Hangover, The Blind Side, Sherlock Holmes, the Harry Potter series (biggest franchise of all-time), etc.

Again, from about 1999 to 2009, WB has been on point in terms of good to great films that are solely the director's vision.

Can't say the same for Fox or Universal.

 

[Judge Holden]

What's Fassbender like in this? In the script his character was sadistically awesome. I'm guessing he has been watered down a lot then?

 

[superion]

That's better than I thought actually. It may finish with an opening of $12M. I said it will leave the BO with $50M so we will see.

Er, with a $2 million Friday it won't do much more than $6 million for the week and you can forget about $50 million. It won't match the Losers take of $23 million.

I don't even know why DC bothered with the Losers and Jonah Hex. They should have just used the $50 million or more they spent on them and put it into the Flash or Wonder Women movie.

 

[DW4]

What's Fassbender like in this? In the script his character was sadistically awesome. I'm guessing he has been watered down a lot then?

From what I can tell other than Brolin he was the only bright spot in this film.

 

[xwolverine2]

eek 2mil is terrible... it needed at least 10mil for the whole weekend.

thats like only like 725,000 a day.... what is that like 1,000 per theater?

 

[Golgo-13]

Wait, is Jonah Hex the character who was in Batman:TAS episode with Ra's Al Ghul...?!!!!!!!!!

 

[RogueDK]

Wait, is Jonah Hex the character who was in Batman:TAS episode with Ra's Al Ghul...?!!!!!!!!!

Yes. Albeit an older version of him.

 

[Webhead2006]

sucks its totally bombing and all that. Hopefully it wont turn wb away from doing more lower class characters like hex and all that. But they film did have a trouble shoot and probably got screwed over by mishandling and all that. Hopefully a dvd extended cut could do the film better justice.

 

[Judge Holden]

WB deserve this bombing. Teach them a lesson.

If Hex wasn't watered down and turned into a cheap, tacky, soulless attempt at a money maker... and some real heart and effort was put into it, as well as the script not being stripped of it's uniqueness, it could of been a cool, violent, gritty western.

I read the Supermax, First draft GL, Predators, First draft Thor and this script recently... and which one was the best? Hex.

Add the great cast (barring Fox) and this could, no wait, SHOULD of been a great film.

 

[Rumpy Bulge Dubz]

sucks its totally bombing and all that. Hopefully it wont turn wb away from doing more lower class characters like hex and all that. But they film did have a trouble shoot and probably got screwed over by mishandling and all that. Hopefully a dvd extended cut could do the film better justice.

yea, that's the only version of this movie I would even consider purchasing, a director's cut

 

[san15]

I don't even know why DC bothered with the Losers and Jonah Hex. They should have just used the $50 million or more they spent on them and put it into the Flash or Wonder Women movie.

Don't forget CINO which cost WB 100 million. I think Jonah Hex cost 70 million including the reshoots. The Losers had a 25 million budget. Then add the marketing costs to all three movies it be well over 200 million.

As a result more than 200 million dollars could’ve been used to make The Flash and Wonder Woman who are MORE popular then the other crappy aforementioned movies.

 

[DarKush]

Screw the critics, Jonah Hex didn't suck. That's not saying it was a great movie. There are some similarities to the Wild, Wild West (time period, President Grant, a super weapon, and a villain with a similar goal, but a different motivation). But Hex was better.

I didn't read the comics so I don't know how much they changed stuff or if the movie was true to the comics but its a good guess that a lot was changed. However, Josh Brolin, when I could understand him, made a pretty good Hex. Megan Fox just looked good, her line delivery was lazy and her Southern accent sounded more like Southern California. I also think John Malkovich had a hard time with his Southern accent too. The trailer looked cheesy and a lot of the descriptions in the reviews sounded horrible, but when I saw them on film it wasn't that bad.

Maybe if they had made it more of a gritty Western it would've been better, or made it R-rated, or removed or toned down the supernatural elements, or took out the super weapon, but I don't think those things really made the film horrible. It was a decent film. Not a travesty like WWW.

P.S. Thanks for posting the Cinefanastique review. That was great and it reminded me of some of the funny and/or sloppy things I noticed but didn't mention in my review. Despite that great deconstruction, I'm sticking to my view that JH didn't suck.

 

[jondoe]

correct me if i'm wrong but pre-watchmen release i seem to remember this was rated R before it became PG13 right?? Guess they edited down till nothing interesting is left and ended up a pile of mess. I seem to remember during comic con last year this made such a hype w/ a gritty R footage that involves an axe and someone asking about his scar but we ended up w/ a guy shot out of the door for some reason... Hope there is an R director's cut of this.