Ok, so we've discussed best films...now lets see what the worst films are.
My choices:
Hate to say it, but...Star Wars Episode I...that damn JarJar made me want to rip my ears off and pluck my eyes out!
My hubby's fave, but nails on a chalkboard to me--Hudson Hawk...and this coming from a woman who generally speaking appreciates campy and or bad films.
Ford Fairlane...Andrew Dice Clay...eewww...he bugs the crap out of me!
I'm sure there are more, and as I hear other people's picks, it will probably remind me.
All things Bright and Beautiful;
All things Big and Small;
All things Wise and Wondeful;
The Good Lord made them all!
"Lotessa valla mela quanta le"
May God's love fill you
The ring was BAD...didn't get why everyone was eaking out over it...then they went and made a sequal (which I skipped altogether!)
The originil Star Wars movies rocked, it was the episodes I was disappointed in.
Any student of the medium knows that 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' is the very worst film ever made. The director, Edward D. Wood Jr., is univer- sally recognized as the worst film director of all time.
Trivia: Contrary to popular belief, the detective who carelessly points his gun at himself several times was actually testing director Wood to see if he would notice. Needless to say, Wood didn't notice.
I saw an old sci fi movie called "Invaders from Mars" on TV once. That was pretty awful. More recently I thought "Independance Day" had a really stupid plot full of holes. All the best bits (ie special effects) were in the promos. I'm sure I'll think if more of these soon...
attack of the killer tomatoes was a brilliant film...in fact I listed it in best films thread!!! Now I must agree with that Deep Blue or whatever...luckily I only reented it, but I still felt ripped off...AND I just wanted to jump through my dvd player and b*tchslap everyone in that stinker of a movie. It was really bad...and not bad like killer tomatoes bad, bad like put me out of my misery bad.
Battlefield Earth. If you watch closely, I believe you can actually see John Travolta give up on his acting during the film. I now watch it when I can just for kicks.
Maybe it was open water...the one where the people go scuba diving, the boat leaves, sharks eat them. Blair witch made me ill...I couldn't watch it, got motion sickness and ended up puking. Howard the duck...oh geez that was a bad movie. Definately battlefield earth...I think any cred Travolta had built up in other movies he'd done in his comeback, that one killed it all. It was boring and laughable...just a terrible film. And lets see, titanic...I couldn't wait for the ship to go down. I was ready to find an iceburg and cram it into the screen just so they'd hit it earlier than they did.
THAT NECKLACE WAS SURE PRETTY THOUGH!!! Kim, on that I agree completely with you...and that would be about the only thing you could give me to make me watch that film again!!!
I twitched my nose and never got anything but a sneeze and I have heard that the Bradys werent really all that wholesome as it was believed. Four had addictions and mom was providing more than motherly care to the guy who played the older son.
Yeah, Florence Henderson was getting it on with Greg (barry something, can't remember his name), a few of the kids haddrug/alcohol problems, and the dad apparently was gay (which is no big, but certainly doesn't fit with what conservative politicians call "wholesome"). Talk about a dysfunctional family!!! Anyway, the movies stunk worse than skunk road-kill.
As for the Harry Potter movies, I thouht they were pretty good, as for the most part, they followed closely to the books. Harry is a whiny it's all about me kid, that's why in the movies its the same. If you pay attention, Harry gets by on mostly luck and the talents of Hermione and the heart of Ron.
"The Saint" starring Val Kilmer. Esp. the part where he was supposed to be pretending to be an Australian. Completely sink-into-the-ground embarrassing. I saw some bits of "Resident Evil" on TV the other night, that looked pretty brainless.
I didn't mind AVP except that I wish the battles between the Aliens and the Predators had been a lot more kick ass. I mean every person has an opinion of who would win a fight between the two, but instead of showing some major butt whoopings by one or the other, the fight scenes were pretty tame. And I'm sorry, in all the Alien movies, the Queen never died THAT easily. I don't think I ever saw the Saint, and from the sounds of it, that's probably a good thing. One that was bad was...oh I forget the name, I think it was called Ghosts of Mars. It had Ice Cube and Natasha Henstredge. The previews made it look like it'd be good, but the previews showed all the good parts. And don't you hate that, when the previews pretty much show you the whole movie in 30 seconds, or show all the good parts, so when you see the film, it turns out to be a dog of a flick.
Austin powers: Goldmember. If I had handed that script in in grade 3 it would've gotten an F. The Nutty Professor II: All fart jokes and the biggest joke of all is that the film stunk worse than any fart possibly could...
The worst film of all time, hmmm...well, that would be Ishtar with Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman. I remember renting it, and it sucked so bad that my wife and I fell asleep 20 minutes into it. We didn''t even bother to try and watch it again, it was unbearable. =(
Definately titanic -god that film was awful - and I agree with Sam, also...the Nutty Professor was just lame, not even its lameness made me want to laugh!
Now that I think about it the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie blew chunks rather badly, and so did the Hulk movie. Even Howard the Duck was better than either of those two. I actually kind of liked the first Nutty Professor, the second one was just too over the top ridiculous to enjoy.=P
If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone inside.
Team America World Police
Rented it the other night after several friends raved about it (now I think it was all an evil joke)...and I love Matt and Trey, Southpark kicks ass...but T.A.W.P holy crap, what a complete waste of time and money (the puppets getting it on was hillarious, and that was the ONLY funny part).
Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.
Noam Chomsky
The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was, is lost, for none now live who remember it. -Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring
The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was, is lost, for none now live who remember it. -Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring
"Santa Conquers the Martians" creepily bad, and the color timing seems to off in every cut.
"Manos, The Hands of Fate" I hear the guy playing satyr was on LSD the entire time, and he killed himself before the movie was released. There are points where the family is supposed to be "off the beaten path" and you can see car headlights in the distance.
I thought that movie was hot and very sexy, a big burly hairy chested guy with big brown eyes picking me up and carrying me around..I would feel so protected......
Kim the only problem with that ^ ^ ^ idea is that he has more than just a hairy chest...I sure wouldn't want to be the one to have to wax THAT backside!!!!!
"The Stuff" 1985. This is a wanna be zombi/horror film with idea of how to get there. Comical at times because of its absurdity. Where is MST3K when you need them.
OMG I remember The Stuff, I loved it...all this marshmellow creme chasing people, eating people...that was a great film. I rank it up there with the classics: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and Son of the Blob...thank you for reminding me about that!
It was defiantly something to giggle about.. at one point I started calling it "The Blue eyed Boy" movie because everyone in it seemed to have brilliantly blue eyes. You're welcome. Glad to help out.
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I, Robot.
More like jam as many product placements as you can into a flick and laugh allll the way to the bank.
Dangerous Liasons.
What possibly could have saved this one, was to introduce a giant meteor that threatens their existence. And some aliens.
Don't like plays on movie screens.
The last Matrix.
Hmm, maybe make that the last two.
Does anyone really think Keannu can act??
Oh, and he was in Dangerous Liasons, too. Nice accent there Neo. For that matter, he always sounds the same, regardless of the role.
Im not your kids Jenn. lol I know what you mean but mass produced films for kids generally as I am getting older in age just annoy me, so I reckon im on my own with this opinion however that is just through my taste. lol Stay safe & well Nik ;-)
failed movie director gets hold of some software that can create a simulated actress flawlessly that he controls - makes movie with it becomes hugely successful hit - gets entangled in a deepening spiral of deceit covering this up - finally kills off the creation with a virus delivered even more bizzarly on a five and a half inch disc even though the movie is only 3 years old. lame.
I wish I could remember the title- but there was this bizarre movie where this lady pioneer and her daughter get stranded in the west when her husband dies. She marries a guy to survive, and then has a baby that dies. Then the movie ends when a cow gives birth and her daughter walks off into the sunset on the hills as the credits roll. I wish I was simplifying the plot...
CGI--please clarify, old school Star Wars or the "Episodes"? I loved the old school Star Wars, but the "Episodes" they didn't do much for me...Sith was merely ok, and the first 2 didn't capture my interest much at all.
hopefully the reports of Disney turning the upcoming Chronicles Of Narnia films into little more than dressed up religius propoganda films will prove exaggerated and avoid it falling squarely into this category by default :-)
Sheesh, lots of movies here that I thought were pretty good actually. I loved the Ring, AVP, SW Episode I, The Matrix, Dangerous Liasons, I Robot...
but what movie I really DID hate was War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise in it. Most idiotic ending to a possibly cool story. The Aliens were kicking ass, and how do the humans win? The aliens get sick from breathing our air. Omg. *explodes*
idiotic ending? are you sure? its how the War Of the Worlds story has always ended - they catch a common cold/flu airborne infection that they have no resistance to. quite appropriate at the moment i'd say...
I must be an alien then...because I have caught the common colf/flu and certainly seem to have little if any resistance to it!!! Oh no!!! I'm doomed!!!
Yeah I was glad to hear the Hollywood people didn't try to "improve" a great work of science fiction as they often do (although I wish someone would do a version set in the era it was in the book). The whole point of the ending is that man, with all his technology, weapons etc. was unable to defeat the invaders... but they were unprepared for mother nature... and paid the price. I suggest you read it, the book is probably better then the film anyway (which I haven't seen, BTW...)
My choices:
Hate to say it, but...Star Wars Episode I...that damn JarJar made me want to rip my ears off and pluck my eyes out!
My hubby's fave, but nails on a chalkboard to me--Hudson Hawk...and this coming from a woman who generally speaking appreciates campy and or bad films.
Ford Fairlane...Andrew Dice Clay...eewww...he bugs the crap out of me!
I'm sure there are more, and as I hear other people's picks, it will probably remind me.