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Other Discussions => Entertainment => Off Topic => Movies => Topic started by: celts55 on September 17, 2008, 02:38:15 PM
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All this movie talk got me thinking so here another one.
I'm going with Righteous Kill. I mean I'm think Pacino, De Niro, must be pretty good. Boy, I was wrong. Bad story, acting and predicable ending.
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Alien vs. Predator, not that the trailer looked good. It sounded good on paper, then failed miserably. Way to kill two great series of movies with one awful remake.
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I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I've definitely found myself in a theater laughing out loud at stuff that wasn't supposed to be funny just because it was so bad. Always good for a few stares from the people seated near you.
Can we start a new thread for movies that looked mediocre, but ended up being just slightly above (or below) average?
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The Happening. The trailer really pulled me in and made me curious. The movie itself was just lame but then again I haven't been a big fan of M. Night Shyamalan's movies aside from Sixth Sense and Unbreakable.
Spider Man 3 was another one. They really botched that one up.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8SyqH3fjfA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szh5ZsAcgJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4IOoyrfi0s
Also, Cloverfield
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All this movie talk got me thinking so here another one.
I'm going with Righteous Kill. I mean I'm think Pacino, De Niro, must be pretty good. Boy, I was wrong. Bad story, acting and predicable ending.
Man I had a feeling that movie was going to be bad, on of their commercials said, "Deniro, Pacino, what more do we need to say?" How about anything, saying that is like saying "We made such a bad movie, but since it has two great actors in it, you're gonna see it anyways!!!"
I'd have to say the Transporter, I wanted to like it, but it was just bad.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8SyqH3fjfA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szh5ZsAcgJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4IOoyrfi0s
Also, Cloverfield
Definitely agree with the Hulk, which should have been called the Bruce Banner since there was about 10 minutes of actual Hulk screen time, and Spiderman 3 was an absolute abomination. It is hard to believe the same director even made that one, one of the worst movies of last year. This scene alone made me want to vomit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVb2k-4LLrg
Superman I thought was ok, but I really liked Cloverfield.
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Alien vs. Predator, not that the trailer looked good. It sounded good on paper, then failed miserably. Way to kill two great series of movies with one awful remake.
I just want to say one thing: How in the blue heck does 1 alien kill 2 predators? That's where that movie lost me, also when the Predator pantamimed "bomb". Thats when I started to sing the Odd Couple theme song.
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I gotta go with American Gangster. It was good but it definitely did not meet my expectations.
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I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I've definitely found myself in a theater laughing out loud at stuff that wasn't supposed to be funny just because it was so bad. Always good for a few stares from the people seated near you.
Can we start a new thread for movies that looked mediocre, but ended up being just slightly above (or below) average?
Sure. Charlie Wilson's War was slightly better than I thought it would be, but that was just because of Philip Seymore Hoffman. I hope that helped.
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did anyone see that movie "the happening" with mark wahlburg this past summer? TERRIBLE...i don't even know how to really describe just how bad it was. the acting was autrocious, and the way the movie played out was just plain stupid. the plot could have been good, but they just ruined it with everything else.
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I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I've definitely found myself in a theater laughing out loud at stuff that wasn't supposed to be funny just because it was so bad. Always good for a few stares from the people seated near you.
Can we start a new thread for movies that looked mediocre, but ended up being just slightly above (or below) average?
Sure. Charlie Wilson's War was slightly better than I thought it would be, but that was just because of Philip Seymore Hoffman. I hope that helped.
Funny, for me that movie was slightly worse than I thought it would be, but I'd agree with the P.S.H. part (and unlike Before the Devil...I didn't have the opening scene image of his fat hairy butt emblazoned in my conscience for the entire movie....brrrr...still a tough image one shake)
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Out of the ones mentioned, I loved Cloverfield. Also, liked Hulk (the Eric Bana version) and Spider-Man 3 (loyalty?).
As for movies that looked good but were awful, I'll have to submit a few:
This is England, Hancock, Eastern Promises, The Devil's Rejects, Ghost Rider, Captivity, Matrix Revolutions, Doom, 88 Minutes all spring to mind. There's more too.
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I have to go with Open Water. It was like a ****o with much less nudity and sex.
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Out of the ones mentioned, I loved Cloverfield. Also, liked Hulk (the Eric Bana version) and Spider-Man 3 (loyalty?).
As for movies that looked good but were awful, I'll have to submit a few:
This is England, Hancock, Eastern Promises, The Devil's Rejects, Ghost Rider, Captivity, Matrix Revolutions, Doom, 88 Minutes all spring to mind. There's more too.
Man, we really have different tastes in movies. Eastern Promises and Devil's Rejects were both phenomenal. Spider-Man 3 was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
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Out of the ones mentioned, I loved Cloverfield. Also, liked Hulk (the Eric Bana version) and Spider-Man 3 (loyalty?).
As for movies that looked good but were awful, I'll have to submit a few:
This is England, Hancock, Eastern Promises, The Devil's Rejects, Ghost Rider, Captivity, Matrix Revolutions, Doom, 88 Minutes all spring to mind. There's more too.
Man, we really have different tastes in movies. Eastern Promises and Devil's Rejects were both phenomenal. Spider-Man 3 was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
Wow, Eastern Promises was far from phenomenal, it could have been so much better than it was. Viggo Mortensen was great, but every time I see him I just picture him as Aragorn. The Devil's Rejects was the worst film I've ever seen bar none. Honest to God, it was shockingly bad.
As for Spider-Man 3, I admit it was disappointing, but I was such a fan of the first two that I don't feel right calling it terrible. Hopefully 4 & 5 make up for it.
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The Village. I hated that movie. I also agree with Open Water. I was astounded by how it got so good reviews, it was terrible.
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Spider Man 3 was definitely an abomination. They took one of the coolest parts of the whole spiderman (venom) and made it incredibly goofy. The whole movie was goofy.
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The Village. I hated that movie. I also agree with Open Water. I was astounded by how it got so good reviews, it was terrible.
The Village had M. Knight's best twist, the fact that Joaqin Phoenix was only in the first third of the movie. ;D
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Devil's Rejects was absolutely awesome, anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.
You're also kidding yourself if you thought either of the last two Spider Man movies, either of the Matrix sequels, anything with the Hulk, or Ghost Rider....looked anything but lame as hell.
Pineapple Express looked hilarious, but that movie was a pile of garbage.
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I don't think I've ever hated a movie in the theater more than Juno.
That had to the most overrated movie in the history of cinema.
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X-men last stand was hacked to death by Brett Ratner.
Also Juno was horrendous.
的知 telling you I知 pregnant and you池e acting shockingly cavalier"
No teen talks like that...ever...but we get it, witty banter...nice try.
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X-men last stand was hacked to death by Brett Ratner.
Also Juno was horrendous.
的知 telling you I知 pregnant and you池e acting shockingly cavalier"
No teen talks like that...ever...but we get it, witty banter...nice try.
;D
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Um... guys.... how about the Phantom Menace?
or Indiana Jones 4?
So for i'm seeing people list movies that looked bad and were bad, or looked OK and were OK...
Well the Ang Lee Hulk movie sucked pretty badly. It had some good moments, but... The CG work was terrible & the Hulk has daddy issues angle was terrible.
As a side note: the Incredible Hulk from this past year was awesome! Action packed. Excellent FX work. And really had some good nostalgia for the TV show.
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I believe somebody in another thread mentioned "I Am Legend".
As I big fan of the book I was really excited with the release of this movie. While I won't call it "awful" I did consider it a disappointment. The first half of the movie was great but really fell apart at the end.
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I believe somebody in another thread mentioned "I Am Legend".
As I big fan of the book I was really excited with the release of this movie. While I won't call it "awful" I did consider it a disappointment. The first half of the movie was great but really fell apart at the end.
I agree with that.
It started very promising and then slowly started to disappoint.
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Terms of Endearment. It won best picture. Maybe I'm just not deep enough to understand it's greatness. Maybe I was too tired at the time to enjoy it. I do recall feeling drowsy.......
The Darjeeling Limited. I really enjoyed The Life Aquatic, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, etc, so I was extra disappointed by that one.
Artificial Intelligence- It sucked.
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Devil's Rejects was absolutely awesome, anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.
You're also kidding yourself if you thought either of the last two Spider Man movies, either of the Matrix sequels, anything with the Hulk, or Ghost Rider....looked anything but lame as hell.
Pineapple Express looked hilarious, but that movie was a pile of garbage.
No, I'm not kidding myself at all.
The Devil's Rejects was the worst movie I've ever seen. Easily. Nothing really comes close.
Agreed on the Matrix sequels and Ghost Rider, they were rubbish beyond belief. However I disagree with your assessment of the Hulk (both Bana and Norton) and Spider-Man 2 and to a degree part 3.
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King Kong and Ali...Two of the worst movies I have ever seen.
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Spider Man 3 was definitely an abomination. They took one of the coolest parts of the whole spiderman (venom) and made it incredibly goofy. The whole movie was goofy.
They fell into the Batman trap of trying to squeeze to many villains into the movie.
They could have made a great movie about Spiderman and Harry. Or Spiderman and Sandman (without trying to make Sandman into a character we might feel sympathy)
Venom is almost a two movie story if you want to do it right. One part about Spiderman and the Suit. One part about Venom. The first part could be incorporated into a story involving another villain.
if they make another Spiderman movie, they should just do 'Kraven's Last Hunt' They have it set up perfectly. Peter can be preoccupies with death because of Harry dieing. They already introduced Conner; the Lizard can take the part of Vermin.
Yes, I am a comic book nerd. (sort of)
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King Kong and Ali...Two of the worst movies I have ever seen.
King Kong wasn't great but it wasn't bad. And Ali?? Will Smith was EXCELLENT in that movie. Ali was an awesome movie.
As far as movies that didn't live up to the hype, Island of Dr. Moreau with Val Kilmer sucked. And the first Hulk movie with Eric Bana was pretty bad too.
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dark_lord is going to kill me with Force Lightning, but I have to say Phantom Menace was atrocious.
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There are several good examples previously posted that I would like to add on to and another movie that I didn't like and would like feedback...
The Happening: Did anyone else feel like this was the same movie as War of the Worlds, just with a different enemy?
I am Lengend: Never read the book, but I think it's automatically bad if 40 minutes into the movie you are begging for the lead character to get killed to feel justified in watching the whole thing.
Spiderman 3: Hated it as soon as I saw Toby and noticed the fat roll on his chin. How in the world can Spiderman be chubby?
No Country for Old Men: I'm sure someone out here will say I just didn't get it, and they will be right. I understand that there are movies that have artistic value and the director is trying to "say something" to me. But I think the only thing that I got out of the movie is a disbelief it was made.
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I don't think I've ever hated a movie in the theater more than Juno.
That had to the most overrated movie in the history of cinema.
Amen
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http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom
im glad ive only heard of maybe 5 of those
but that i actually saw, the #23 was a stinker and spiderman 3 was terrible
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I thought this movie had potential. I was wrong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dIuFyK8RBA
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Devil's Rejects was absolutely awesome, anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.
You're also kidding yourself if you thought either of the last two Spider Man movies, either of the Matrix sequels, anything with the Hulk, or Ghost Rider....looked anything but lame as hell.
Pineapple Express looked hilarious, but that movie was a pile of garbage.
No, I'm not kidding myself at all.
The Devil's Rejects was the worst movie I've ever seen. Easily. Nothing really comes close.
Agreed on the Matrix sequels and Ghost Rider, they were rubbish beyond belief. However I disagree with your assessment of the Hulk (both Bana and Norton) and Spider-Man 2 and to a degree part 3.
At least we can agree on the Matrix.
That's not an opinion, that's a universal law. The Matrix sequels will always suck.
I think super hero movies, for the most part, are hacky CGI fests. We'll agree to disagree there.
I can see how Devil's Rejects isn't for everyone, but the worst? Give me a break dude.
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No Country for Old Men: I'm sure someone out here will say I just didn't get it, and they will be right. I understand that there are movies that have artistic value and the director is trying to "say something" to me. But I think the only thing that I got out of the movie is a disbelief it was made.
You're not alone. I was really let down by NCOM. There wasn't anything TO get, it was just bad storytelling.
Too bad, because it was really intense at parts. The built up "the chase", and had a very creepy villian...but the ending SUCKED.
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Devil's Rejects was absolutely awesome, anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.
You're also kidding yourself if you thought either of the last two Spider Man movies, either of the Matrix sequels, anything with the Hulk, or Ghost Rider....looked anything but lame as hell.
Pineapple Express looked hilarious, but that movie was a pile of garbage.
No, I'm not kidding myself at all.
The Devil's Rejects was the worst movie I've ever seen. Easily. Nothing really comes close.
Agreed on the Matrix sequels and Ghost Rider, they were rubbish beyond belief. However I disagree with your assessment of the Hulk (both Bana and Norton) and Spider-Man 2 and to a degree part 3.
Clearly you were missing some of the finer points of Sid Haig's performance.
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1256/1218054757_6cf1553201.jpg?v=0)
Nah, it's not a great movie by any stretch, I just enjoyed Captain Spaulding's particular brand of malicious clown humor.
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Devil's Rejects was absolutely awesome, anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.
You're also kidding yourself if you thought either of the last two Spider Man movies, either of the Matrix sequels, anything with the Hulk, or Ghost Rider....looked anything but lame as hell.
Pineapple Express looked hilarious, but that movie was a pile of garbage.
No, I'm not kidding myself at all.
The Devil's Rejects was the worst movie I've ever seen. Easily. Nothing really comes close.
Agreed on the Matrix sequels and Ghost Rider, they were rubbish beyond belief. However I disagree with your assessment of the Hulk (both Bana and Norton) and Spider-Man 2 and to a degree part 3.
At least we can agree on the Matrix.
That's not an opinion, that's a universal law. The Matrix sequels will always suck.
I think super hero movies, for the most part, are hacky CGI fests. We'll agree to disagree there.
I can see how Devil's Rejects isn't for everyone, but the worst? Give me a break dude.
The reason I called it the worst ever is because I sat there in the theatre expecting a quality horror-thriller and not once did it get good. It just seemed to have no plot and was pointless. I spent good money on the ticket, and I paid for my girlfriend too, so I paid double to see that pile of doo-doo. God I hate that film.
Ghost Rider is second for the exact same reasons.
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I'll add another. Sideways easily by far the worst possible movie ever. I wasn't that excited about seeing it but by word of mouth hype I thought it would at least be decent. WRONG. I would have walked out if I wasn't with my girlfriend. That movie was absolute garbage.
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These belong in the looked good, but disappointed category-not awful...whatever though...
wedding crashers, unforgiven, super bad, crash, 300, Taxi Driver, The Departed, american wedding
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Punisher
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The reason I called it the worst ever is because I sat there in the theatre expecting a quality horror-thriller and not once did it get good. It just seemed to have no plot and was pointless. I spent good money on the ticket, and I paid for my girlfriend too, so I paid double to see that pile of doo-doo. God I hate that film.
Ageed. I have a soft spot for horror movies, and Zombie seems to have his heart in the right place, but I thought both Rejects and House of... were very blah. Most movies can hold my attention, but at Rejects I was constantly looking at my watch throughout the last half of the movie. They had their freaky moments, but when I don't care about any of the characters, what's the point? And the main dude that is played by the guy from TCM II was corny as hell. Those endless lines of dialogue had me continually rolling my eyes.
I haven't seen Zombie's Halloween remake yet, but I will eventually. I hope he starts doing that late night show of his on TCM again. I thought that it was pretty neat and had great potential.
And on a different note, some of the movies you people are naming as not being good are blowing my mind. Taxi Driver? No Country for Old Men? Unforgiven? Sideways? I thought all of these were great. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
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And on a different note, some of the movies you people are naming as not being good are blowing my mind. Taxi Driver? No Country for Old Men? Unforgiven? Sideways? I thought all of these were great. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
Same, the ones you mentioned as well as Crash, Wedding Crashers, The Departed and American Wedding are fantastic.
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I often wondered why outlandish clothes were ever made and for whom. Yet the fact that they sell to a select group convinces me that "different strokes for different folks" was an aptly coined phrase. So too, it seems, is the varied "taste" for movies!
In reading about "overlooked but surprisingly good movies" and today's topic of "disappointing (to terrible) movies" and the controversy about ones man's affection and another man's hatred for the same movie, it's apparent that no real consensus will ever be reached.
While Nicole Kidman was lauded for her acting in the movie "To Die For" (Nicole was cast as a celebrity-seeking T.V. weather announcer desiring celebrity status so she seduces a high school boy to kill her dead-end husband), I thought the movie was atrocious despite the advertising hype....but then again....
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I think consensus can be reached about certain movies. IMHO 10,000 B.C. is the hands-down winner in the "looked good but were awful" category. There is no close second.
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I think consensus can be reached about certain movies. IMHO 10,000 B.C. is the hands-down winner in the "looked good but were awful" category. There is no close second.
TP, I was looking forward to this pile of trash and left half-way through never to mention it again.
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Same, the ones you mentioned as well as Crash, Wedding Crashers, The Departed and American Wedding are fantastic.
Me thinks you have wrong dude. I enjoyed The Departed and Wedding Crashers, have never seen Crash (unless you are talking about the crazy David Cronenberg one), and I thought American Wedding was pretty blah (way too much Stiffler. Some of his dialogue is ridiculously bad).
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I think consensus can be reached about certain movies. IMHO 10,000 B.C. is the hands-down winner in the "looked good but were awful" category. There is no close second.
Actually, that alien movie with John Travolta beats 10,000 BC by a landslide. Was it Battlefield Earth or something like that??
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Bottle Shock
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I think consensus can be reached about certain movies. IMHO 10,000 B.C. is the hands-down winner in the "looked good but were awful" category. There is no close second.
I don't know, I thought it looked horrible from the first time I heard about it. I couldn't imagine it would have any semblance of a plot.
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We Own the Night fits in here. Absolutely sucked.
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The Graduate. he was just a loser
Event Horizon ...that was sooooo bad