Stunned to see In Bruges get a mention. Stranger Than Fiction was Charlie Kaufman-lite, but still fun and good to see Will Ferrell do something other than mug to the camera. I came here to say Young Einstein, and was pleased to see it already got a mention, and The Wizard Of Speed and Time proved to be the last time March51 was allowed to rent me a VHS from Videographic.
Also, The Karate Kid remake is about as pointless as remakes get (he pauses to watch his final kick on a big screen before celebrating!?).
What amazes me the most is that you guys actually watch these films and are surprised by what you get. If you see a trailer for The Spirit and think "I need to spend a tenner watching that," then good luck to you! But to complain about it being rubbish, for me, only implies that you don't know what you're doing when it comes to choosing a movie.
Admittedly Last Exorcism has a bad ending, which you might not know about in advance (did someone say an Eli Roth-produced movie about a possessed girl <i>wasn't</i> intended to be a horror!?), but there's no excuse for stumbling across something like Lower Learning and hoping for the best. That's what trailers and reviews are for!
I love the bit in Independence day where Will Smith gets to save the earth because their battleship also runs a microsoft windows OS! Just stick yer USB in and yay; jobs a good 'un! Good job them aliens hadn't updated their anti virus software. Too busy destroying the earth, I suppose.
And Braveheart.......I can't count the ways I hate that movie. But who ever let historical truth get in the way of a good story? I wouldn't give a monkeys, but it seemed that many people, not only in Scotland, but abroad, seemed to form their views on the question of Scottish devolution as a result of watching nazi Mel chewing the scenery in a natty wee kilt. He has since gone on to make a number of historically inept movies that all seem to have the aim of convincing the movie going public that the English have historically gone out of their way to eat babies and worship satan at every conceivable opportunity. Whilst I know that we have many things to be ashamed of in our colonial past, I can't help but have the feeling that he is driving a personal vendetta causes by god only knows what...and he never misses the opportunity to use the weapon of bullshit to do so!
Stick to blowing up toilets, Gibson ya nazi fookweed. History isn't your strongpoint!
Although, I have just realised that I thought the last Gibson directed film that I saw (Apocalypto) was pretty damn good! No exploding khazis in it, though. Which was a disappointment I must confess.
There are tonnes of really bad films but the worst films I've ever see are:
Star Wars - episode 1,2,3 Grease The Matrix TiTanic Total Recall Transformers The sound of music All Harry potter films Anything with Danny Dyer in Anything defecated by Guy Ritchie
There are loads more, I think just about all "blockbuster" films are cartoons these days.
I love the bit in Independence day where Will Smith gets to save the earth because their battleship also runs a microsoft windows OS! Just stick yer USB in and yay; jobs a good 'un! Good job them aliens hadn't updated their anti virus software. Too busy destroying the earth, I suppose.
So the whole thing about Aliens really existing and invading the planet was OK but you are picking them up on some IT Geek error in the film.
"IN A LAND where people squabble over fishing quotas, Mel Gibson is The Haddock Man of Bodo". A glossy, historically inaccurate epic that highlights nasty English fishermen slaughtering their rustic, down-trodden Norwegian rivals during the Cod Wars.
Bigstemarra - you know that's why they call them movies instead of documentaries don't you?
Generally anything made before 1960 is rubbish as people just had much lower expectations then. And please note I say generally before people start replying with three or four brilliant movies from days gone by.
I love the bit in Independence day where Will Smith gets to save the earth because their battleship also runs a microsoft windows OS! Just stick yer USB in and yay; jobs a good 'un! Good job them aliens hadn't updated their anti virus software. Too busy destroying the earth, I suppose.
So the whole thing about Aliens really existing and invading the planet was OK but you are picking them up on some IT Geek error in the film.
Woods for the trees me thinks
don't be daft they had access to the plug and play drivers/OS from the alien space craft that crashed, derrr...
Actually, this is the correct answer. We can close the thread now.
The scene where the football loving warden decides that the two groups of hooligans will play each other with the winners being granted freedom would have been thrown out by Carry On script writers, as too daft.
The thought of 'Green Street 2' gives me the chills....
What do you mean that it's unrealistic, McLovin? Everyone knows that wardens are able to release anyone they want from prison if they feel like it!
Oh, and Henry.......you know how big the universe is, right? It is really, really, really big. It is remotely conceivable that one of them may take against us one day and decide to give us a good kicking. I mean, all the last series of Big Brother and the X Factor (as well as many other crimes against TV, plus all the shit films on this list) are bouncing around in outerspace right now waiting to be found by a superior space race of beings. If they saw that, you couldn't blame them for deciding we are the cockroaches of the universe and doing the galactic equivalent of giving us a dose of Rentokil now could you?
Saw the first Star Wars and it was utter crepe paper, never bothered with any of the others, and Harry Potter was equally rubbish...the only virtue in the whole Harry Potter thing is that kids will read the books (which I've tried to read but they're poor in my view).
When I took my son to the first Pokermon film it was the worst eternity of my life!
Actually, this is the correct answer. We can close the thread now.
The scene where the football loving warden decides that the two groups of hooligans will play each other with the winners being granted freedom would have been thrown out by Carry On script writers, as too daft.
The sad part about Green Street 2 is that it has actually sold more than 250,000 copies on DVD in the UK and more than made back it's budget 5 times over! So successful has it been that Green Street 3 is in production. I hate some bits of my industry ...
[cite]Posted By: shirty5[/cite]Moon. Never felt so depressed after watching that. Glad i never went straight into the kitchen afterwards!!
Aw man, that;s a superb film. I only saw the trailer of Green Street 2 and it seemed like absolute nonsense, I didn't care much for the 1st one either, Football Factory is far superior.
OK, it was on a hiding to nothing as a remake of a classic 50s film (the original is always on the TV during "Independence Day" BTW) but even so it was terrible.
Planet51 - I got hold of this a few weeks back after seeing the trailor for it at the cinema a few months previous as my daughter liked the look of it but we turned it off after about 15 minutes as it was too brain numbing...hard to believe for an animated film but there you go. IMDb Link
Started to watch From Paris with Love - starring John Travolta, whoever made this film should have their eyes plucked out, it was appalling, switched off after 20 mins. And Travlota never even danced!
Tropic Thunder : crap, unfunny, bordering on ridiculous!
How the hell could I forget that load of tripe.
I have found that by avoiding films ´starring´ Eddie Murphy, Jim Carey, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell it is quite easy to have a good night out at the pictures.
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Also, The Karate Kid remake is about as pointless as remakes get (he pauses to watch his final kick on a big screen before celebrating!?).
What amazes me the most is that you guys actually watch these films and are surprised by what you get. If you see a trailer for The Spirit and think "I need to spend a tenner watching that," then good luck to you! But to complain about it being rubbish, for me, only implies that you don't know what you're doing when it comes to choosing a movie.
Admittedly Last Exorcism has a bad ending, which you might not know about in advance (did someone say an Eli Roth-produced movie about a possessed girl <i>wasn't</i> intended to be a horror!?), but there's no excuse for stumbling across something like Lower Learning and hoping for the best. That's what trailers and reviews are for!
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/lower-learning
And I'll throw Braveheart in too. Look; here's a baddie - he has a different colour horse to the goodies. Inaccurate pantomime nonsense.
I love the bit in Independence day where Will Smith gets to save the earth because their battleship also runs a microsoft windows OS! Just stick yer USB in and yay; jobs a good 'un! Good job them aliens hadn't updated their anti virus software. Too busy destroying the earth, I suppose.
And Braveheart.......I can't count the ways I hate that movie. But who ever let historical truth get in the way of a good story? I wouldn't give a monkeys, but it seemed that many people, not only in Scotland, but abroad, seemed to form their views on the question of Scottish devolution as a result of watching nazi Mel chewing the scenery in a natty wee kilt. He has since gone on to make a number of historically inept movies that all seem to have the aim of convincing the movie going public that the English have historically gone out of their way to eat babies and worship satan at every conceivable opportunity. Whilst I know that we have many things to be ashamed of in our colonial past, I can't help but have the feeling that he is driving a personal vendetta causes by god only knows what...and he never misses the opportunity to use the weapon of bullshit to do so!
Stick to blowing up toilets, Gibson ya nazi fookweed. History isn't your strongpoint!
Although, I have just realised that I thought the last Gibson directed film that I saw (Apocalypto) was pretty damn good! No exploding khazis in it, though. Which was a disappointment I must confess.
Star Wars - episode 1,2,3
Grease
The Matrix
TiTanic
Total Recall
Transformers
The sound of music
All Harry potter films
Anything with Danny Dyer in
Anything defecated by Guy Ritchie
There are loads more, I think just about all "blockbuster" films are cartoons these days.
So the whole thing about Aliens really existing and invading the planet was OK but you are picking them up on some IT Geek error in the film.
Woods for the trees me thinks
"IN A LAND where people squabble over fishing quotas, Mel Gibson is The Haddock Man of Bodo". A glossy, historically inaccurate epic that highlights nasty English fishermen slaughtering their rustic, down-trodden Norwegian rivals during the Cod Wars.
Antichrist (Willem Defoe) : trying far too hard!
Tropic Thunder : crap, unfunny, bordering on ridiculous!
Generally anything made before 1960 is rubbish as people just had much lower expectations then. And please note I say generally before people start replying with three or four brilliant movies from days gone by.
don't be daft they had access to the plug and play drivers/OS from the alien space craft that crashed, derrr...
Actually, this is the correct answer. We can close the thread now.
The scene where the football loving warden decides that the two groups of hooligans will play each other with the winners being granted freedom would have been thrown out by Carry On script writers, as too daft.
What do you mean that it's unrealistic, McLovin? Everyone knows that wardens are able to release anyone they want from prison if they feel like it!
Oh, and Henry.......you know how big the universe is, right? It is really, really, really big. It is remotely conceivable that one of them may take against us one day and decide to give us a good kicking. I mean, all the last series of Big Brother and the X Factor (as well as many other crimes against TV, plus all the shit films on this list) are bouncing around in outerspace right now waiting to be found by a superior space race of beings. If they saw that, you couldn't blame them for deciding we are the cockroaches of the universe and doing the galactic equivalent of giving us a dose of Rentokil now could you?
When I took my son to the first Pokermon film it was the worst eternity of my life!
The sad part about Green Street 2 is that it has actually sold more than 250,000 copies on DVD in the UK and more than made back it's budget 5 times over! So successful has it been that Green Street 3 is in production. I hate some bits of my industry ...
Agree, really clever film. The director used to live in Bromley so thumbs up to him.
Dead Poet's Society
My wife hates that film.
Best blu ray I've bought this year, love it.
Green Street, so bad I would'nt watch it on a freebie pirate.
OK, it was on a hiding to nothing as a remake of a classic 50s film (the original is always on the TV during "Independence Day" BTW) but even so it was terrible.
And the Earth doesn't stand still.
Mall Cop - absolutely bloody awful. IMDb Link
Planet51 - I got hold of this a few weeks back after seeing the trailor for it at the cinema a few months previous as my daughter liked the look of it but we turned it off after about 15 minutes as it was too brain numbing...hard to believe for an animated film but there you go. IMDb Link
That's how I knew he used to live in Bromley ; - )
How the hell could I forget that load of tripe.
I have found that by avoiding films ´starring´ Eddie Murphy, Jim Carey, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell it is quite easy to have a good night out at the pictures.