OK and now for the 10 WORST movies...
POSTED BY: Chindi
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 08:01
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Quote:As Dr. Smith would say," How DAAAARE you?!"
Originally posted by JayTee:
Worst SCI FI ever? Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone starring Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwald.
Spacehunter is one of the greatest MST3K's yet to be done!
Chrisisall
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Boy, is this my favorite question and I wouldn't be able to stop with 10. However, I'll keep it to films I've seen recently.
The Ninth Gate -- I hate movies that have a cheat ending. This one was really good until the end and then all I could say was "What?!!" Two days later I was still saying "What?!!" Even Jonny Depp couldn't change my mind on this one.
Ghost World -- Another cheat end without the rest of the movie being good.
The Upside Of Anger -- Billed as a comedy. Ha! There, that was more laughing than I did for the entire film.
Lost in Translation -- Not funny, or even interesting. Sorry. Maybe it's because I lived in Japan and know there was more they could have done with the culture differences. Or, more likely, it was just Bill Murray...again.
Kill Bill -- Pretty much killing any urge to watch anything by Quentin Tarantino again.
Anchorman
Bewitched -- Hmm, maybe it's just Will Ferrell I don't like?
Melinda & Melinda -- Not even Chiwetel Ejiofor could save this one.
Mickey -- Harry Connick on the run from the IRS keeps his ace-pitcher son in little league when he moves (duh, not keeping a low profile). Picked it up because there was nothing else out. I couldn't even finish this one, which is really saying something.
Longest Yard -- the new one.
My Best Friend's Wedding -- Okay, I've not seen that one since it was first released, but that's probably my #1 worst ever movie pick.
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Originally posted by JayTee:
I saw Battlefield Earth mentioned twice already in this thread and have to agree on that. A movie made from a book written by the father of Scientology and starring a famous scientologist probably only appeals to fellow scientologist or people with similar mental illnesses and others that actually like REALLY BAD SCI-FI.
Casablanca although I'm sure somebody will probably add it now that I've admitted it's my fav.
Either version of Dune.
Bwahh hhhaaaa haa, do you have a Battlefield Earth puppet show as well? Or BE performance art piece?
There must be someone somewhere who doesn't like Casablanca, but hopefully they won't show up here.
The first Dune? I thought if I had to hear "Dune. Arakis. Desert Planet" one more time I would go nuts. And that was only 4 minutes into the movie. Maybe that's what's wrong with me now. Hey, that would explain a lot.....anyway, I don't know how a movie manages to have the exposition exceeding the sum of the parts, but Dune somehow managed.
The second Dune? I liked the worms much better, and wasted a lot of time to find out that much.
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I was in the middle of posting my message when I accidentally closed it. Talk about infuriating!
So to save me from writing out the whole thing again, here is a brief list of some of my biggest dislikes/disappointments (hate is such a strong word)
Batman and Robin - how could this not be mentioned?
Sin City - I know a lot like it but, visuals aside, for me this was nothing more than a movie catering to the lowest denominator, mindless sadistic violence. What are we, cavemen? I'm seriously questioning the mind of Frank Miller right now
Creep - I was expecting a simple movie with some shocks, I got another sickly violent movie which should be enough proof that those responsible for the movie need help
Elektra - Quite simply, disappointing
Underworld - slick and stylish, but nothing more
The Grudge - it had its creepy moments, but unlike the Ring remake, this was more set pieces than story
Kill Bill - I thought it looked awful from the trailers but for some reason did watch the first part and thought it wasn't that bad, if the second part delivered the goods it could have been shiny. After watching the second one I was dumbfounded as to why this movie was split into two parts. There wasn't that much to it - why wasnt it edited to one movie? If QT really wanted a 3hr+ movie why not release an extended edition on dvd instead of making people pay twice so that they can see the full movie?
There are probably a lot more but so far the majority of films I have recalled thanks to them being mentioned in other peoples posts. I'll try to add more later
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Well, the first Dune was a full length movie and when completed was 4 hours in length. A lot was cut from it for the theatrical release. Mostly what I remember from the movie was that the acting seemed stiff and forced. In fairness though I have to say just taking a book as rich and imaginative as Frank Herbert's Dune and transposing it to the screen for a 2 hour movie was attempting the impossible and should have been made into a mini-series or trilogy of movies instead. I'd forgotten that the SCI-FI version of Dune was a mini-series. I thought the acting was a bit better and it followed the book a bit more closely but still couldn't hold up to the book but then my expectations might have been too high.
Jaytee
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Quote:Kinda how I feel about Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions.
Originally posted by yorg:
To those who said Lord of the Rings.
Are you seriously telling me that you can't think of 10 movies worse than the LOTR movies? None?
Weren't as good as they could've been, but I've seen FAR worse!
'Course, I saw all three from the best seat at Grauman's Chinese theatre, so the sequels made somewhat more of an impact on me than those of you who waited for the DVD.
Still, when I look at all the behind-the-scenes featurettes for Reloaded & Revolutions, it kinda breaks my heart to see all that work they put into them go almost entirely unappreciated by the majority of viewers.
But then, I'm apparently the only one on the planet who walked out of "The 40 year Old Virgin" within the first 20 minutes, so what do I know?
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Quote:Not that I actually saw, no. I don't generally go see a movie that I can tell will suck. Even if I had seen more of the shitty movies mentioned here, LOTR would still make my list just for the sheer fact that it gets so much hype, and even I was sucked in by it enough to get me to see it.
Originally posted by yorg:
Are you seriously telling me that you can't think of 10 movies worse than the LOTR movies? None?
Quote:It's far more likely YOU'RE just trying to be cool by saying you like such a craptastic movie because it's popular so you can fit in.
I think that you are hating LOTR simply because it's so popular and are trying to set yourself apart and be "cool" by not liking it.
Seriously, LOTR is on par with the Star Wars prequels for hype, poor writing and disappointment. Hell, if I didn't know better I'd say they came from the same guy.
Come to think of it, I've never seen Lucas and Jackson in the same room together.
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Quote:
Originally posted by JayTee:
Well, the first Dune was a full length movie and when completed was 4 hours in length. A lot was cut from it for the theatrical release.
In fairness though I have to say just taking a book as rich and imaginative as Frank Herbert's Dune and transposing it to the screen for a 2 hour movie was attempting the impossible
it followed the book a bit more closely but still couldn't hold up to the book but then my expectations might have been too high.
Yeah, 4 hours, that's why I misremembered. I've seen the excruciatingly long version of Dune1.0 as well, and honestly? The added in bits were mostly another 10 takes of...
Dune...Arakis...Desert Planet
I found it really startling that they thought there needed to be any -any- more of that. My roommate and I went around for weeks after seeing the magical telescoping version of Dune saying Dune...Arakis...Desert Planet. Which is probably why I'm still enjoying doing it so much right now.
...and the extended version added a little more about the spacing guild, but only a little, and more of the Harkonen family high jinx, but yuck, there was already too much of that...I thought. Yuck. Kitty torture.
Honestly I did like the mini series much better, but it was still disappointing, and I think you put your finger on it that the book(ses) are too much information and and too complex a story to interpret for the screen.
I need another howler to add. Gosh, there are so many of them too. Casablanca, no we already said that (ha, ha) Duck Soup (kidding again) *hums fruity oaty bar tune* There's a last ditch Lon Chaney effort at a werewolf moviie that's god awful, and some Godzilla I'd rather not ever see again, and a remake of King Kong that was wretched...
Wait! I have it!
Queen of the Damned
really bit hard
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"The Ninth Gate -- I hate movies that have a cheat ending. This one was really good until the end and then all I could say was "What?!!" Two days later I was still saying "What?!!" Even Jonny Depp couldn't change my mind on this one." - Rivernot
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Boy do I agree with this - except for a different reason. I never even made it to the end to see the cheat ending I thought it was so bad.
Let's see other bad ones (and I've had my share)...
Shock Treatment - the sequal for Rocky Horror Picture Show - oh Richard O'Brien - how the mightily strange became even mightily stranger...
Howard the Duck - It could have only been worse if Rick Dees had sung a sequal to Disco Duck as the theme song.
Liquid Sky - only comprehensible if you're not sober. Not that I'm advocating use of intoxicating substances....
Sheena - 2 hours of my life never to be returned.
Zardoz - ZZZZZZZZZ (even with Sean Connery)
Manos, the Hands of Fate - even more time sucked out of my life...
Grease 2 - Peee...UUU
Leonard Part 6 - Somebody should beat Bill Cosby with a Pudding Pop for this.
Last - I'm putting Gigli on here...even though I never saw it. The ads alone made me gag.
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Some of these have been stated before but they bear repeating:
1) Van Helsing- Took itself way too seriously, acting was horrible probably due to the horrible script, and the F/X just sucked. Hated it, didn't even finish it.
2)Joe's Apartment- old movie that i haven't see since i was a kid, but i still remember how much i hated it.
3)Kill Bill- just didn't get it. Trying to make live action like anime just didn't work for me.
4)Envy- I usually like Ben Stiller and Jack Black but i couldn't even finish this one.
5)Brother's Grimm- Stupid movie. It tried to be too complex.
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