Monetarily "The Flintstones" can't be called anything but a success, but truthfully it is floptastic. We're 26 years removed from the release of "The Flintstones" so I wonder how many seeing this review even watched the cartoon the movie is based upon. I had my daughter watch "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and she didn't recognize any of the Looney Tunes characters.
"The Flintstones" movie just fell flat. The jokes, the plot, the attempts at cartoonizing a live action movie. Today we have the benefit of excellent CGI to cartoonize live action movies, but the best course of action would have been to leave off the cartoonish actions.
The plot was a simplistic one. Cliff Vandercave (Kyle MacLachlan) and the sexy Sharon Stone (Halle Berry) were plotting to steal millions of clams (dollars) from Slate Co. and they needed a patsy to blame. Who better than the dimwitted Fred Flintstone (John Goodman). After a company-wide aptitude test in which Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) switched his test with Fred, Fred was offered a VP position. Patsy acquired.
It was clear that the movie tried to appeal to both kids and adults alike. I'd say that it failed at both. It wasn't storm-out-of-the-theater bad, but it certainly got some eye rolls. I wouldn't put both thumbs down--maybe one down and one sideways.
"The Flintstones" movie just fell flat. The jokes, the plot, the attempts at cartoonizing a live action movie. Today we have the benefit of excellent CGI to cartoonize live action movies, but the best course of action would have been to leave off the cartoonish actions.
The plot was a simplistic one. Cliff Vandercave (Kyle MacLachlan) and the sexy Sharon Stone (Halle Berry) were plotting to steal millions of clams (dollars) from Slate Co. and they needed a patsy to blame. Who better than the dimwitted Fred Flintstone (John Goodman). After a company-wide aptitude test in which Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) switched his test with Fred, Fred was offered a VP position. Patsy acquired.
It was clear that the movie tried to appeal to both kids and adults alike. I'd say that it failed at both. It wasn't storm-out-of-the-theater bad, but it certainly got some eye rolls. I wouldn't put both thumbs down--maybe one down and one sideways.