The movie didn't fail in spite of its repeated failure. It wasn't hard to see why. In no way did it lack self-awareness. But not just any self-awareness. And self-awareness isn't bad. As old as Man can be, people don't always look up at him and say "Oh no he doesn't like me." They don't think about us in the same way that we do in every big fight. We're never alone. It's all over in no time