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« on: September 06, 2015, 04:22:52 PM »
Who knows what the feelings about the film are outside of that very vocal group in fandom that still hates it? Some things we do know, though: the film was much more successful in the rest of the world than it was in the US - on Youtube there are many tribute videos for the film, with several seemingly fighting it out as to who's better for Barnabas: Angelique or Vicki (so that alone shows there is some sort of fanbase for the film beyond the members here who like it) - there is actually at least one movie critic who, when compiling a list of Burton's 5 best films, included DS on that list (at #4, I believe - and there's a link to the list around here somewhere) - and the film shows up quite often on ABC Family as part of their special presentations (it even had a May Sweeps showing there this year - sort of an acknowledgement of the third anniversary of its release), so I doubt the film doesn't do well on ABC Family or else they wouldn't keep showing it, particularly during primetime, particularly as high profile showings, and especially scheduling it during a ratings sweeps period.
Of course one thing to keep in mind is that quite often fandoms are a film's harshest critics and their opinions don't necessarily jibe with those of the general public. Case in point, Star Trek: Into Darkness was voted the worst ST film in a fan poll, despite the fact that the film received mostly good reviews and made a bucketload of money at the boxoffice. Go figure... (And BTW, Star Trek: Into Darkness also frequently shows up in the discount bins.)
And so far as the persistent belief in some corners that the DS film was a bomb, the Huffington Post once addressed that directly in an article they did on films that not only weren't bombs, they were much more successful than some would have us believe. In part they encapsulated the phenomenon with the old saying "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." And that's exactly what the case is with DS. Many wish to ignore the real facts in favor of the inaccurate "legend." And no matter how many times the facts are actually addressed on places like the Huffington Post, the "legend" is what continues to be spread...