OK and now for the 10 WORST movies...
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UPDATED: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 08:01
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Originally posted by liminalosity:
The Ring with SMG. Fortunately there can be only one.
Speaking of which, there was a Highlander movie I walked out on not that long ago.
I assume you mean The Grudge? And don't be so sure... a sequel is in the planning stage.
And that must have been Highlander: Endgame you walked out of. I'm a huge Highlander fan, and I was tempted to leave. Hell, even the director hated that one.
I have to disagree on the LOTR movies, though. Loved 'em all. Even better in their longer cuts.
And in my opinion, the best musical ever was South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."
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Originally posted by liminalosity:
The Ring with SMG. Fortunately there can be only one.
I think you mean The Grudge
The Ring remake was great IMO... the Grudge was merely a collection of scary set pieces and nothing more. Yes it had its freaky moments, but it was pretty hollow
As for romantic comedies, I know they're predictible and the ones that arent are usually classed as more drama than comedy, but that being said I still do enjoy a fair few.
My favourite is While You Were Sleeping - both romantic and really funny. Same goes with How to lose a guy in 10 days
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I will actually post my own "worst" list instead of nitpicking others... eventually
Needy. Male Companion a.k.a. First Boy Whore of Destiny
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Sorry. Double post.
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Underworld - I already hate vampire movies, but this one just freakin' took the cake. Just awful in every way imaginable. Boring, too dark to see anything, drab, and completely, horribly fake.
Shark Tale - An abomination among CG films.
The Nightmare Before Christmas - I might take a lot of flak for this, but that film bugs me to death. Just so annoying.
Fahrenheit 9/11 - Never mind the politics of the film. It's just boring as Hell. If you're going to make a documentary, at least try to make it interesting.
Wedding Crashers - Was funny for about 15 minutes. Then it wasn't for an hour and 45 minutes. WAS. NOT. FUNNY.
Fight Club - I can't say much else except that I seriously hate Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club should be "Don't watch Fight Club"
Great. Now I'm angry. Thanks, guys,
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Originally posted by Storymark:
I assume you mean The Grudge? And don't be so sure... a sequel is in the planning stage.
And that must have been Highlander: Endgame you walked out of. I'm a huge Highlander fan, and I was tempted to leave. Hell, even the director hated that one.
And in my opinion, the best musical ever was South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.
More...wait a minute, did I write 'The Ring' with SMG? Yes, absolutely, I meant 'The Grudge'. How can anyone question there will be more FF if there will be more of this? Yikes!
Yes, Endgame. Whaaaaa, so bad.
Bigger! Longer! Sex with Satan and Saddam! I didn't count that as a musical, yup, I own it. I always try to keep on hand plenty of anything that makes me laugh till tears happen.
I meant the garbage that comes to us by way of Broadway...the kind with titles theatrically shortened to one word...Cats, Chorusline, Lion King (wait for it), Phantom, Chicago, Les Mis...not movies (or Buffy eps) that have people (or drawings) singing in them.
Thanks to viral marketing...SERENITY: reopening soon in a theater near you.
Shiny Trees! Yavanna made Shiny Trees!
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And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo
everyday you see quite a few
so you see it's all up to you,
you could be better than you are
you could be swinging on a star
Chrisall started it..
Oh and throw in as bad movies:
Envy,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
Starship Troopers 2,
Sideways,
Sin City..
Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Really. I loved that one. My favorite Jim Carrey movie.
As a matter of fact, I forgot to add that to my list of movies people should see but aren't.
Thanks for reminding me.
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."
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There are very few films that I think have no redeeming features, taking into account their intended audience and purpose. Having said that, here are some I think you should avoid at all costs.
Punch Drunk Love : Hands down the worst movie I have ever had the misfortune to sit through. Billed as an Art House Adam Sandler movie. No. Bad production values and removing any semblance of comedy (not that I find him funny anyway) does not an art house movie make. Only Phillip Seymour Hoffman comes out with a semblance of credit.
Batman and Robin : Simply awful. Although I felt bad, bacause Clooney was potentially a very good Batman and Bruce Wayne if it wasn't for the wretched script.
Portrait of a Lady : Wretched Jane Campion movie. Started looking at my watch 10 minutes in and checked it every five minutes thereafter.
The Piano : The absolutely shockingly bad Scottish accent from Anna Paquin aside (and OK, she was only 9), the movie was just dull, dull, dull.
Scooby-Doo : Just awful. And sacreligious! The monsters ARE NOT REAL!!!! Shaggy was quite good though, and making Scrappy-Doo the villain was quite a funny concept. I'm sure the sequel is worse.
Wing Commander : Great games. Appalling movie. Boring and soulless.
There are plenty of overrated movies that I wouldn't necessarily say are bad, LOTR : Return of the King is not as good as people say, but I still like it. The other two are, I think largely better films. The extended editions are just excellent.
Spinal Tap was ehhh. Fine, but not the comic masterpiece everyone told me.
Gone With the Wind : Just don't get it. Long and dull. Son't care what happens to the characters, so I stopped watching at the midway point.
Sure I could think of others if I bothered.
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Originally posted by Juko:
Romeo and Juliet - actually, every Leo DiCaprio movie prior to Gangs of New York and excluding What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
Gotta agree with that with the exception of The Aviator, which I'd avoided specifically because DiCaprio was in it. Good movie.
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I loved Forrest Gump. Nuff said on that.
Van Helsing was pure dog vomit.
Have to agree with the person who posted ANY Steven Seagal movie.
Star Wars 1 and 2 bit. Haven't bothered seeing 3 yet and probably won't.
Having been a Tolkien fan for years I was dubious but then once I saw the films was impressed that an epic trilogy that detailed could be brought to the screen and still have merit. I enjoyed all 3 segments.
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.
I'm just relieved that I haven't seen my all time favorite movie mentioned in this thread, Casablanca although I'm sure somebody will probably add it now that I've admitted it's my fav. Either version of Dune. Having read the book long before there was a movie I was sooo disappointed in the first one and the second version only reinforced my disappointment. Kyle Maclachlan is one of the worst actors I've ever seen but it seems the whole cast was competing with him for the position of lamest acting job.
One last addition for worst movies, anything starring Molly Ringwald. Worst SCI FI ever? Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone starring Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwald.
Jaytee
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