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Eraserhead. Weird =/= good. also david lynch sucks ololo.

Synecdoche, New York. Pretentious crap that thinks it's deep.

Delgo. Don't even bother with this one if you like watching terrible movies, seriously. It's just pure pain. It's not even bad in a good way.

Quarantine. Not as bad as I thought it would be. It was basically a shot-for-shot remake of [REC], just hollywood-ized and boring.

I, Robot. NAKED WILL SMITH VS ROBOTS WHO WILL WIN

Elephant. Wow, I didn't know a movie about a school shooting could be so mesmerizingly boring; LOOK I CAN FILM THE BACK OF TEENAGERS HEADS FOR 30 MINUTES STRAIGHT I'M SO UNCONVENTIONAL AND COOL

in b4 david lynch fan mob

2009-09-29 19:47:00

Author:
UCHU

Posts: 73

Normally I either enjoy a movie or I don't care for it. It wasn't until seeing "All About Steve" last weekend that a truly regretted seeing a movie. It was far worse than any movie in recent memory.

2009-09-29 20:00:00

Author:
BSprague

Posts: 2325

Finally I can release my anger!

EVERY NEW DISNEY MOVIE!!!!

What happened to the good old classic disney movies that can actually be considered 'original'?

2009-09-29 20:30:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

Shorts...that was a terrible movie. Had to see it though for work...so at least I got paid to watch it...but seriously...bad movie.

2009-09-29 20:45:00

Author:
Spider-Jew

Posts: 1090

Lol, no "Lynch" mob here. Eraserhead is actually one of my favourite films of all time, but I can totally understand why Lynch's weirdness would turn a lot of people off. It's an acquired taste, like sushi or haggis.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is possibly the biggest pile of steaming crud I ever had the misjudgement to waste my time on. Bad acting, bad direction, bad production, bad script, bad editing...utter rubbish.

2009-09-29 21:14:00

Author:
Ungreth

Posts: 2130

Sweeny Todd, that was trash

2009-09-29 21:31:00

Author:
springs86

Posts: 785

EVERY NEW DISNEY MOVIE!!!!

Heeyyyy Bolt was good

Was i the only one that liked that? D:

Madagascar 2 was terrible anyway, i walked out on it about 10 minutes in.

2009-09-29 21:33:00

Author:
Dexiro

Posts: 2100

Heeyyyy Bolt was good

Was i the only one that liked that? D:

Madagascar 2 was terrible anyway, i walked out on it about 10 minutes in.

Didn't see bolt but i doubt its my cup of tea. But like, High School Musical? Yuck

2009-09-29 21:44:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

Didn't see bolt but i doubt its my cup of tea. But like, High School Musical? Yuck

It's basically like something made by Pixar - and everyone knows their movies are awesome

2009-09-29 21:46:00

Author:
Dexiro

Posts: 2100

Dude monsters inc for the win!

2009-09-29 21:49:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

At least David Lynch and Charlie Kaufman are out there doing something different. And Eraserhead is a feel-good fantasy romp compared to Inland Empire. If you regretted watching Eraserhead, be glad you didn't pick Inland Empire instead.

Some of my favorite filmmakers make the type of movie that isn't remotely aimed at a broad audience. You end up with a split - people absolutely loathe it, or people hail it as masterful. In a list of bad movies that you regret watching, I think it's a shame that you've picked progressive, experimental films made by filmmakers who are creating unique, visionary stories and images. When, all around you Hollywood is pumping out a constant onslaught of hateful, money-grubbing mediocrity. We have to put up with filth from Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg, from Uwe Boll, and I'd even put Ron Howard and Robert Zemeckis on a list of filmmakers who toil in mediocrity.

You top your list of "bad films" that you regret seeing with a movie that Stanley Kubrick has called one of his all-time favorite films - he screened it for his entire cast and crew before shooting The Shining. Even Mel Brooks saw a visionary behind the camera, it was the strength of the filmmaking in Eraserhead that landed him the Elephant Man project. When George Lucas saw this movie, he offered David Lynch the job of directing Return of the Jedi. Obviously, I can understand being revolted by the movie, and disturbed - The movie is all of these things. But "David Lynch sucks"? Come on.

Synecdoche is also doing something altogether unique - It could very easily be called pretentious, especially being that its protagonist is a storyteller obsessed with finding "truth" - I'll admit that it can be quite pretentious, and moreover, incredibly unpleasant. But it shouldn't be dismissed as awful because of that. I think these movies succeed at what they're doing. My problem with Synecdoche is that by spending the length of the movie inside the head of a self-centered, egotistical, pretentious ***, it can be a thoroughly unpleasant experience. But the storytelling, the filmmaking, succeed.

So I'll give an example of a "unique, visionary" film that I think failed spectacularly at nearly everything it attempted: Southland Tales. A lot of Darko fans were in for a shock when they saw this piece of "work".

As for Elephant, that movie didn't do much for me either. Gus Van Sant's a weird one, he's doing a different kind of "experimental" filmmaking than the other guys - he makes some choices that just boggle my mind, like his shot-for-shot remake of Psycho.

Delgo and Quarantine looked atrocious, I couldn't force myself to watch them. I, Robot was so forgettable I've completely forgotten it, and I'm pretty sure I might have seen it twice. Maybe it was 1 and a half.

I tend to do a pretty good job of knowing which movies I'll hate, and I try to avoid them, so I haven't seen a whole lot of terrible movies lately. Here's one I haven't seen and won't: FAME. Based on the trailer alone, I would go so far as to call this movie DISEASED. I feel bad for children who watch it. It does nothing but harm to society.

So bad it's good: Fireproof, starring Kirk Cameron.

One movie I saw just the other day that I've found myself occasionally regretting watching: Lars Von Trier's Antichrist. I think Von Trier's an interesting filmmaker, and I'm always curious to see what he's up to.

Antichrist is a mixture of amazing filmmaking, obnoxious pretentious bullcrap (the hardcore calvin klein commercial prologue for example), and over-the-top shock-meister trash. I saw things in this movie that I would have been more than happy to never have to witness for the duration of my long life. The movie's full of powerful imagery, mood and a haunting atmosphere - but none of these things end up HAUNTING you because they're so overshadowed by a couple of short shock-gore sequences. You feel like you've watched 3 movies in one: An incredibly affecting atmospheric tarkovsky film, an extended Calvin Klein for Men advertisement, and the BME Pain Olympics. Thanks for that, Lars. Jesus Christ.

2009-09-30 00:56:00

Author:
Teebonesy

Posts: 1937

Heeyyyy Bolt was good

Was i the only one that liked that? D:

Madagascar 2 was terrible anyway, i walked out on it about 10 minutes in.
Bolt was pretty sweet, I'm surprised that something that good come come from disney.

2009-09-30 01:05:00

Author:
Arkei

Posts: 1432

In a list of bad movies that you regret watching, I think it's rather sad that you've picked progressive, experimental films made by filmmakers who are creating unique, visionary stories and images. When, all around you Hollywood is pumping out a constant onslaught of hateful, money-grubbing mediocrity.

I don't want to sound hostile or anything, but I'm going to be honest here. A lot of film goers and critics tend to believe that just because something is 'unique' and independently made, it is automatically good and must be appreciated by absolutely everyone. This has always bothered me. Yes, Hollywood makes a lot of crap for the masses. However, you can't deny that there's at least a handful of conventionally made, Hollywood-funded films that are genuinely good and even influential (Star Wars: A New Hope, for one.). Well, I can also name a lot of 'indie' and 'unique' films that are pretty bad and have largely been forgotten. But the thing is, (and I'm honestly not directing this towards you) Whenever I say I didn't like a film like Eraserhead, some people snap at me and say stupid things like, "OH WELL I BET YOU LIKE CRAP LIKE TRANSFORMERS 2."

What? Why? So just because I didn't like one indie movie, I'm suddenly a redneck who can't appreciate art. Okay...Now, let me tell you something: I remember when I first watched 2001: A Space Odyssey. Yeah, the plot went completely over my head because of its more visual style of storytelling, and I thought it was somewhat boring because of how much it dragged on, but at the same time I was absolutely mesmerized by it. I'd never seen anything like it, and it really left an impact on me like no other film ever had before. I begged my uncle to give me his VHS copy of it and I watched it over and over again, trying to decipher what it was. I also bought the book and obsessively read it. Oh yeah, and I almost forgot to mention: I was 10 years old at the time.[/endrant]

Sorry if this comes off as mean or anything, but what you said kinda reminded me of something that's been bothering me for a while, and I needed to rant. No offense intended, honest. :3

You top your list of "bad films" that you regret seeing with a movie that Stanley Kubrick has called one of his all-time favorite films

The list isn't in any particular order. Eraserhead just happened to come to my mind first.

Even Mel Brooks saw a visionary behind the camera, it was the strength of the filmmaking in Eraserhead that landed him the Elephant Man project.
Yeah, but we're also talking about the same dude who managed to screw up a film adaptation of Dune. Though in all fairness, every director has (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_II) their (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_%28film%29) follies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_%28film%29).

Synecdoche is also doing something altogether unique -snip-
Synecdoche was impenetrable to me; I couldn't figure out what was going on or where the movie was going the whole time. And yes, I was paying full attention.

As for Elephant, that movie didn't do much for me either. Gus Van Sant's a weird one, he's doing a different kind of "experimental" filmmaking than the other guys - he makes some choices that just boggle my mind, like his shot-for-shot remake of Psycho.

Oh god, don't even get me started on that turdpile. He managed to turn one of the most iconic death scenes of all time into one of the most underwhelming and unintentionally funniest scenes ever. Speaking of which, what's up with his obsession with clouds? It feels like he just shoves shots of clouds in wherever he can.

2009-09-30 02:56:00

Author:
UCHU

Posts: 73

Twilight. My family was watching it as I was on here one time and I watched it for a bit... Take a love story, make it with supernatural guys, and raise the "chick flick" level to over 9000. Then you have twilight.

I also read the book to see what this hype was about.... I stopped reading halfway through it. Just do not watch.

2009-09-30 03:00:00

Author:
chezhead

Posts: 1063

I don't watch very many bad movies. I usually know if I'll like a movie or not. I watch a Night of the Living Dead "reimagining" from some random channel and I must say it was pretty horrible. Horrible acting, horrible writing, and it's incredibly frustrating when you see a character struggling with only one zombie instead off the whole horde. Fighting a slow and BRAINLESS monster with decomposing flesh and bones must not be that hard. I have a big problem with zombies anyway. Any movie that tries to explain them falls flat on their face. There's no reason why zombies just eat other humans, and any story that tries to explain it is going to fail. Oh, and the end is the most unsatisfying end ever. Everyone just get's eaten, and there's no real reason they got killed there. It's incomplete, like the writer just got bored and decided to kill everyone. There's nothing stopping the woman in the end from running, but instead she just let's herself get eaten. You'll probably never see this movie, though. It was a horrible made-for-TV movie.

I haven't seen this recently, but Epic Movie was the least funny movie I've ever seen. I never watched a "Movie" movie again. Ever since that piece of **** Scary Movie 4 came out, they've all been unbearable, but Epic Movie especially. Unfortunately, the Movie series will never stop because stupid teenagers will keep seeing them. I kept telling my friends that "Meet the Spartans" would be a terrible movie, but they didn't believe me. Their funerals were short, and all I could say was "I told you so".

2009-09-30 03:21:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Unfortunately, the Movie series will never stop because stupid teenagers will keep seeing them. I kept telling my friends that "Meet the Spartans" would be a terrible movie, but they didn't believe me. Their funerals were short, and all I could say was "I told you so".

Very true. This is what I was referring to earlier when I mentioned Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg - these guys are the scum of Hollywood. They churn out these "movie" movies, which are so putrid... Here, let me go grab a snippet from Rotten Tomatoes, because that site is at its best when it comes to useless crap like these movies: "A tired, unfunny, offensive waste of time, Meet the Spartans scrapes the bottom of the cinematic barrel."

SCRAPES the bottom of the cinematic barrel. What an image. Truer words were ne'er spake. Please, God, let these filmmakers stop forever. But even then, it won't help. "Dance Flick" came out earlier this year from the Wayans. Thanks for that, Satan.

Whenever I say I didn't like a film like Eraserhead, some people snap at me and say stupid things like, "OH WELL I BET YOU LIKE CRAP LIKE TRANSFORMERS 2."

I actually didn't take anything you said as hostile - I appreciate your candor and honest discussion actually! I assumed right away that you weren't the type to "like crap like Transformers 2" based purely on the fact that you WATCHED Eraserhead and especially Synecdoche, New York - most people I know have never even heard of that last one. You kind of have to seek it out, so if you're someone who follows Charlie Kaufman's career, chances are, you're probably not in line to watch "Meet the Spartans".

Also, I know what you mean, going against the grain when it comes to any kind of snob can be nerve-gratingly irritating. Ever been to Austin? God forbid you mentioned liking a band that's seen a modicum of mainstream success. Oh, baby Jesus help you.

I'm a huge Tool fan who happens to hate most Tool fans. I don't doubt for a second that you've had to deal with some annoying Lynch-Mobs in the past. My friend went to a seminar with David Lynch, and he gave a Q&A. Had a funny story - A few people would come up and ask long, drawn out, pretentious questions, and it would really bring out the best in Lynch:

MajorBriggs739: "I've seen Eraserhead 18 times now, and I have to say, I haven't cracked it - But maybe I've missed something, perhaps there's this underlying theme of transcendental meditation throughout your work, I've watched all your movies again with this in mind, and I think there might be something there. Have you made this a part of your filmmaking?"
David Lynch: "NO."
*long, awkward silence*
MajorBriggs739: ....Thank you...
*sits back down*
Awesome.

Okay...Now, let me tell you something: I remember when I first watched 2001: A Space Odyssey. Yeah, the plot went completely over my head because of its more visual style of storytelling, and I thought it was somewhat boring because of how much it dragged on, but at the same time I was absolutely mesmerized by it. I'd never seen anything like it, and it really left an impact on me like no other film ever had before. I begged my uncle to give me his VHS copy of it and I watched it over and over again, trying to decipher what it was.

I was around the same age when I first saw 2001, and it had a similar effect on me. The bulk of the movie I had a great time with, although, likewise for me, it was quite boring in stretches - but we really made a "movie night" out of it, with bowls of popcorn and strange-looking alien cans that looked like this:
http://imgur.com/a10jW.jpg
[/consumer nostalgia]

but this kind of environment really brought out the scope of this movie, and I remember feeling the epic size of the thing, even in the dull stretches.

By the time the popcorn bowl contained nothing more than a buttery dusting of salt, and the glasses of soda contained only a bit of melted ice, and the movie took its final plunge, my eyes were as big as saucers. After it ended and my brains stopped swimming around in my skull, I asked my Dad what it meant. He didn't try to explain it, but recommended that I keep watching the movie or read the book. It's one of my favorite movies.

Yeah, but we're also talking about the same dude who managed to screw up a film adaptation of Dune. Though in all fairness, every director has (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_II) their (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_%28film%29) follies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_%28film%29).

It's a shame that Dune turned out to be such a train-wreck, but it was an exceedingly awful experience for Lynch, and he has openly admitted that he considers it a failure, and it's actually too painful a memory for him to even talk about. A bit of trivia from IMDB makes this movie's production seem like an insurmountable task: "Number of production crew came to a total of 1,700. Dune required 80 sets built upon 16 sound stages. More than 6 years in the making, it required David Lynch's work for three and a half years." I wonder how this movie would have come out in the hands of other capable directors - if they would have run into similar dead ends.

I'll be the first to admit that I love watching Dune, and I'll also be the first to admit that it's mostly because the movie is hilarious. Which also saddens me. But with the movie's visuals, and unintentional comedy, it can still be a good time.

Synecdoche was impenetrable to me; I couldn't figure out what was going on or where the movie was going the whole time. And yes, I was paying full attention.

That's very interesting to me - this movie really does seem to strike a chord with only a certain subset of its audience. I ate it up - It really struck that chord with me, and continues to come up in daily life, in thoughts: "just like Synecdoche...". I don't think it has anything to do with intelligence or how much one might've paid attention, it really just has to do more with taste and personal experience. Some people connect, some people don't. There's another movie that seemed to divide its audience around the same lines - The Fountain. Some people consider it an absolute howler. Others consider it a great work of art. No one group is any more well-read or cultured or intelligent than the other.

I'm not at either extreme, but it is kind of a personal favorite of mine, for various reasons (The Fountain, that is. I'll take Eternal Sunshine over Synecdoche every **** day of the week). I'd be very curious what you thought of it. I think it's Aronofsky's best film (The Wrestler was great too) - but I also kind of despise Requiem for a Dream. Requiem haunted me the first time I saw it, it was such a powerful experience that it stayed with me and I admired it.

then I saw it a second time. Cracks in the veneer started showing. This time, the content didn't haunt me, but the movie kind of bugged me.

Later, I saw it again, and nearly hated the thing. I hated the hip hop montages. I hated the pretty-boy junkies and the over stylization. I hated the over-the-top climax. One thing that remained was that I was still struck by all of Ellen Burstyn's scenes. I'd much prefer a movie composed entirely of her story, and none of the crap that takes up so much of the rest of this thing.

Twilight. My family was watching it as I was on here one time and I watched it for a bit... Take a love story, make it with supernatural guys, and raise the "chick flick" level to over 9000. Then you have twilight.

I also read the book to see what this hype was about.... I stopped reading halfway through it. Just do not watch.

Very good choice. Add me in on that one. I actually watched this. I think it was after stumbling upon the Mtv Movie Awards, and seeing every single award go to Twilight (and this was the year of The Dark Knight for God's sake), and seeing the entire audience go into conniptions every time the movie was even mentioned. I had to see this thing.

What can I say? It was a piece of crap. An after-school teenage vampire flick. It made me long for the ridiculous dialogue of Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire.

I'm also going to go ahead and take the plunge here, and list a movie that I ABSOLUTELY HATED, but many, many people love: Boondock Saints.
I despise that movie on every conceivable level. I bring it up now because the pointless sequel is finally coming out (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=58723). And I'd better go take some Tums.

2009-09-30 09:36:00

Author:
Teebonesy

Posts: 1937

Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Shockingly bad. I've seen few movies that were worse than that one.

2009-09-30 09:42:00

Author:
Syroc

Posts: 3193

Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Shockingly bad. I've seen few movies that were worse than that one.

You know, amazingly, I watched that movie a second time! Just before the third one came out, I realized I didn't remember a single **** thing that happened in part 2. It was as if I had never seen it.

So I rented it.

And it all came back to me. What were they THINKING.

The end credits of that movie is like the Men-In-Black amnesia ray. "just forget what you've seen here. Move along."

The really scary thing is that these screenwriters have been trying to make a movie based on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman for ages. They wrote a crappy script, and it could end up being them who end up penning the inevitable Sandman adaptation.

THAT, to me, is as scary as it gets.

2009-09-30 09:46:00

Author:
Teebonesy

Posts: 1937

Exactly it's completely redundant.

2009-09-30 10:03:00

Author:
Syroc

Posts: 3193

Transformers 2, I now honestly wonder how many braincells I have left.
I could tolerate the first and just enjoy the special effects but this was just too much crap. Michael Bay has the worst sense of "humor" in the world.

I do enjoy "bad movies" once in a while, as its so fun to analyse them while watching.
The "what went wrong" discussions are always fun with a couple of movie-enthousiasts like myself.

2009-09-30 10:08:00

Author:
Zwollie

Posts: 2173

Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Shockingly bad. I've seen few movies that were worse than that one.

Pirates of the Carribean 3?

2009-09-30 13:11:00

Author:
rtm223

Posts: 6497

Transmorphers. No, that's not a typo. It's terrible, awful, bad. It's like the movie Doom mixed with Transformers... This is not a good combo.

2009-09-30 14:00:00

Author:
comphermc

Posts: 5338

Transmorphers. No, that's not a typo. It's terrible, awful, bad. It's like the movie Doom mixed with Transformers... This is not a good combo.

Oh yeah, that is that low budget cash-in right?

2009-09-30 14:04:00

Author:
Zwollie

Posts: 2173

Yeah, it is. It came out just before Transformers did on DVD. One of my buddies rented it as a joke and it was painful to watch.

2009-09-30 14:10:00

Author:
comphermc

Posts: 5338

Quantum of Solace... not really a bad movie but definitely a bad bond movie. Easily the most UN-bond like bond film ever made. The only bond movie I do not and will not own.

2009-09-30 14:23:00

Author:
rz22g

Posts: 340

Bolt was pretty sweet, I'm surprised that something that good come come from disney.

Well i think Disney got some of the main guys from Pixar to work on it, so there's your explanation

Oh and i've just thought of another movie that i couldn't stand watching.. Tropic Thunder.

It had the same problem as Madagascar 2, the scenes just seemed like a random mash-up of noise so i found it really hard to concentrate on what was happening.
I'm no expert at cinematography so i can't explain precisely what i mean, but something was obviously going very wrong xD

Oh and they've been mentioned but movies parodying other movies are terrible, seriously who is funding these people?

2009-09-30 17:12:00

Author:
Dexiro

Posts: 2100

Disney have hired one of the main guys from pixar, to turn disney animation studios around. So it's not just for Bolt - hopefully disney can go back to making good features now.

@Dex: the cinemagoing public are funding those people sadly. Same way whoever is making Saw VI is getting funds - stupid people like stupid films...

edit: I'm not saying you have to be stupid to like the latter Saw films, but it certainly helps

2009-09-30 17:20:00

Author:
rtm223

Posts: 6497

Well i think Disney got some of the main guys from Pixar to work on it, so there's your explanation

Only John Lasseter had a hand in it.

Disney has tripped a few times in the last few years when it comes to their animated movies.
It wasn't easy for those guys as well: should we go CGI, should we stay handdrawn...
They made some mediocre films as their "final' handdrawn movies years back and thought that was a sign that 2d was a thing of the past....idiots.

At the end of the day it all comes down them trying to follow the rest of the gang for a few years (pop culture reference movies) and failing miserably when all they should have been doing all along was their own special thing.

I for one I'm really looking forward to the return to handdrawn, a.k.a. The Princess and The Frog.
That is what they should be doing, that is what made them famous and it is what they do best.

That said, all the rest Disney brings out (hannah montanah and all that shallow crap) is not my cup of tea in any way but we always had shows like that since the beginning of television. It's not going to go away any time soon.

2009-09-30 17:22:00

Author:
Zwollie

Posts: 2173

Oh i just thought i'd add, i'm sure i've seen all of the Pirates of the Carribean films but i can barely remember anything from them.

PotC 1 - I remember the intro with Jack on the sinking ship and a scene where everyone turns into ghosts.

PotC 2 - Erm... nothing.

PotC 3 - I remember that scene with Jack stuck in a desert with some clones or something.

Have i seen PotC 2 before? xD

2009-09-30 17:26:00

Author:
Dexiro

Posts: 2100

Alvin and the Chipmunks. The longest 2 hours of my life. I had to sit there for that time with screaming 5 year olds all around me as my eyes were forcibly, and quite painfully, fed a bad plot and worse acting. And god, my ears bled. Yes, they bled.

Every "Movie" ever. Like awesomemans said, it's tasteless, vulgar stinking piles of (Enter waste term here) that attracts rednecks, teenagers with low IQs, and obese Americans for some reason which not even the most advanced psychologists will ever understand.

Twilight. It's not that BAD, but the acting on the part of Kirsten Stewart (Her name, right?) is TERRIBLE, and that of the vampires is only half-baked.

2009-09-30 20:18:00

Author:
Astrosimi

Posts: 2046

Knowing, maaaaaaaan, good effects but the story, and the ending, good GOD what a bad film.

2009-09-30 20:32:00

Author:
Boomy

Posts: 3701

My worst two films of all time would have to be Tokyo Drift and Donnie Darko.

Seriously, I was fell asleep near the end of those two movies and I wasn't even tired.

2009-09-30 20:40:00

Author:
Bear

Posts: 2079

My worst two films of all time would have to be Tokyo Drift and Donnie Darko.

Seriously, I was fell asleep near the end of those two movies and I wasn't even tired.

Are you serious? Donnie Darko is possibly the most creative and well put together movie ever, not to mention how much it makes you think. GOD! Go watch it again and search what the meaning is on the internet! ARG!

2009-09-30 20:42:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

My worst two films of all time would have to be Tokyo Drift and Donnie Darko.

...

*Head explodes*

2009-09-30 20:46:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

...

*Head explodes*

**** right.

2009-09-30 20:53:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

I'm actually not a fan of Darko, myself, but I definitely wouldn't put it near the bottom of my pile.

Starship Troopers 2, meanwhile, that belongs somewhere at the bottom. I didn't have an interest in seeing it, but a friend had rented it and I was over, so we watched it.

It's like they had a zombie horror script and couldn't get it made, when Starship 2 came up, and they shoe-horned their crappy script into this completely different universe. Just terrible.

Speaking of Zombies. George Romero's Diary of the Dead. Holy CRAP, was that unbearably bad!!

2009-09-30 21:12:00

Author:
Teebonesy

Posts: 1937

I've stopped going to the cinema with some of my mates, as they want to see near enough every i class as rubbish(and you can tell them sort of films a mile off!)

two of the worst are:
Semi-Pro
Lesbian Vampire killers

both are bad in every way, acting, story, etc,etc

But thats why i've stopped going to see films with some of my mates! lol

2009-10-05 16:16:00

Author:
Calster17

Posts: 48

Synecdoche was impenetrable to me; I couldn't figure out what was going on or where the movie was going the whole time. And yes, I was paying full attention.

That's very interesting to me - this movie really does seem to strike a chord with only a certain subset of its audience. I ate it up - It really struck that chord with me, and continues to come up in daily life, in thoughts: "just like Synecdoche...". I don't think it has anything to do with intelligence or how much one might've paid attention, it really just has to do more with taste and personal experience. Some people connect, some people don't. There's another movie that seemed to divide its audience around the same lines - The Fountain. Some people consider it an absolute howler. Others consider it a great work of art. No one group is any more well-read or cultured or intelligent than the other.

I just saw this on Friday, and was blown away. One of the strangest yet most compelling movies I've ever seen. But then... I am a bit of a sucker for Kaufman.

EDIT: Sorry... On topic: Knowing was terrible. Martian Child was a slow, painful death.

2009-10-05 17:39:00

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v0rtex

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two of the worst are:
Semi-Pro
Lesbian Vampire killers

both are bad in every way, acting, story, etc,etc

Agreed.

Also Tropic Thunder was horrible, so many good actors but it was complete *beep*.

2009-10-05 17:58:00

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Boomy

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The Fountain. I was enticed into seeing it because I thought it would be a lovers-separated-by-death weeper but it was all just a jumble of new age wackiness. In the end, Hugh Jackman's character turns into Buddha in a bubble that floats through space all the while eating from the dying Tree of Life..... (brain malfunctioning as we speak). Way, way beyond my comprehension. The Fountain isn't truly horrible, just very, very silly I think.

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2009-10-05 18:46:00

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SHENOA77

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The Worst for me are, ahem...

Shrek 2 and 3
The Gameplan
Cheaper by the Dozen 1 and 2
Madagascar
Fantastic 4
Spiderman
Santa Clause
The Day After Tomorrow
Poseidon
and Highschool Musical

(Not in any order)
Hated all of them.

2009-10-05 20:43:00

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bonner123

Posts: 1487

Year one. Stopped half way through. Total crap.

2009-10-05 20:46:00

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ryryryan

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Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Shockingly bad. I've seen few movies that were worse than that one.

You know, amazingly, I watched that movie a second time! Just before the third one came out, I realized I didn't remember a single **** thing that happened in part 2. It was as if I had never seen it.

So I rented it.

And it all came back to me. What were they THINKING.

The end credits of that movie is like the Men-In-Black amnesia ray. "just forget what you've seen here. Move along."

Yeah, I can hardly remember anything from that film either.

I didn't like Watchmen (I know about 98% of people are probably going to disagree) but that's my oppinion.

(Anyone else want an MGS movie? I've wanted one for ages- only thing is, I don't know if it will live up to the games if one is made.)

2009-10-05 21:24:00

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S-A-S--G-U-N-R

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OH yeah. Mall Cop. We didn't last 20 minutes. It was unbearably bad.

2009-10-05 21:55:00

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Astrosimi

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Funny that you guys were talking about Eraserhead

2009-10-06 00:08:00

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Pitcard

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Yeah, I can hardly remember anything from that film either.

I didn't like Watchmen (I know about 98% of people are probably going to disagree) but that's my oppinion.

(Anyone else want an MGS movie? I've wanted one for ages- only thing is, I don't know if it will live up to the games if one is made.)

If they do for MGS (which I would love) Christian Bale imo would be a good actor for snake, though he needs the voice.

http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o389/zack83_photos/snake_bale.jpg

Hmm, about the worst movie I've ever seen is Alone in the Dark...Haven't watched many movies recently

2009-10-06 00:28:00

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Unknown User

Funny that you guys were talking about Eraserhead

I was really drawn in by that film, maybe it wasn't an "enjoyable" experience... but then again... it wasn't really supposed to be. It was like an avant garde horror movie, almost slapstick horror, but still more terrifying than funny. I love David Lynch's sound engineering...

I agree, a very hard movie to watch at times. But even the shocking moments don't feel particularly exploitative. Even when you're watching something absolutely repulsive, David Lynch transcends it. It's not "Gaspar Noe" disturbing, it's on a different plane altogether. It's something Lynch does extraordinarily well, I think, is draw you in and hypnotize you. No other filmmaker quite captures the feeling of being in a dream.

I watched a good half of Lynch's films, really enjoyed The Elephant Man, I found it surprisingly heartfelt

I'm not sure what to think about Mulholland Drive though... I felt the film led me in with all these questions, and then halfway through the whole movie turned itself inside out and all the characters roles reversed without answering ANY of the questions it raised o_o
It did have one of the scariest scenes in any movie though (where the blue faced man appears from behind a wall)... I tend to yawn in the face of violence and shock value in movies... but I did NOT see that coming.
I'm looking forward to watching it again though... but I'm not in a hurry...

Elephant Man was quite the balancing act! It's a movie that knows how to be properly manipulative with the audience, and when you have to do that while dealing with a movie about exploitation and manipulation, you'd better be a sure hand as a director! Lynch pulled it off perfectly, in my mind.

And Mulholland, holy crap I LITERALLY jumped at that scene with the "face". Oh, holy crap did that scare the ever-loving bejeezus out of me. After the guy in the diner builds it up, and then you see the thing just appear like it does from behind the wall, filling the entire frame - It was like my *** was spring-loaded. I was airborne for a few seconds at least.

Oh and thinking back, one of the worst movies I've ever seen was Stranger Than Fiction with Will Ferrel.......... its got a shockingly high 73% on rotten tomatoes, and I've heard people enjoyed it... but to me it was a pile of brain rot.

I didn't dislike this movie nearly as much, but I did get a feeling of "what is the big idea? Did I see the same movie everyone else is?" Marc Forster's an interesting filmmaker, I liked Monster's Ball and especially Finding Neverland. But this one and Stay... not so much. I didn't HATE them, I just kind of shrugged.

2009-10-06 01:08:00

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Teebonesy

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Sorry for double posting here, but movies is my favorite subject, and I feel like maybe I should try to be reasonable in post-length at least.

The Fountain. I was enticed into seeing it because I thought it would be a lovers-separated-by-death weeper but it was all just a jumble of new age wackiness. In the end, Hugh Jackman's character turns into Buddha in a bubble that floats through space all the while eating from the dying Tree of Life..... (brain malfunctioning as we speak). Way, way beyond my comprehension. The Fountain isn't truly horrible, just very, very silly I think.

Wow, see there's a perfect example of exactly what i was talking about! The Fountain and Synecdoche, New York do this more than any other movies I think I've seen.

It is sort of funny that you had to watch The Fountain while expecting something more along the lines of The Notebook. Because that movie's about as far away from The Notebook as you can get. I absolutely adore The Fountain, for all its unbelievably silly dialogue. "You're running sloppy surgeries. You're reckless! I should shut you down!"
eeek...

"It's actually a nebula wrapped around a dying star... what's so funny! I took science!"
"When?"
"Junior high?"
ba dum ching?....

Or how about, randomly, in the space bubble: "Will you deliver Spain from bondage?"
"...I don't know!"
OUCHIES!!

*talking to a tree*
"I will take you to the star. And it will explode, and you will be reborn. And I will live."
*I'm thinking: "Wow, now that you say it out loud that plan sounds kind of unreasonable.*

*talking to a dead man*
"I'm sorry father. For you, there is only death. But our destiny... IS LIFE!!"

But even with these very blatant issues, I still absolutely adore that movie. It takes me to a place that no other movie really does. I love the astronaut's journey, the solitude of his ship and the unimaginable time and distance that he's travelled in pursuit of bringing his wife back. I love the music, the feeling of antiquity, the open-ended interpretive nature of the story, the way the 3 times intersect and weave into each other. The scene where he sets about the alchemy of his tattoos on the ship is one of my favorite scenes in movie history. I may be all alone here, but I would watch an entire movie of just the astronaut alone on this ship. That's actually essentially what The Fountain is, with the "modern day" story being a meditative flashback, and the Conquistador story being a frame-story within the flashback. But seriously, just give me more of these quiet, beautiful, haunted, lonely scenes on the ship and I'd be happy.

I didn't like Watchmen (I know about 98% of people are probably going to disagree) but that's my oppinion.

(Anyone else want an MGS movie? I've wanted one for ages- only thing is, I don't know if it will live up to the games if one is made.)

Funny enough, did you know that Metal Gear Solid's own Solid Snake and screenwriter for the English translation of the MGS games (David Hayter) wrote the script for Watchmen?

I'm in the 2% that agrees with you actually, I wasn't a fan of Watchmen. I think a few thing were done extremely well, including Jackie Earle Haley's performance as Rorshach. But otherwise, that movie looked nice but was sterile, lacking any of the emotional punch of the book. Snyder is just obsessed with imagery and style, to the detriment of emotion, for me.

2009-10-06 01:09:00

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Teebonesy

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2009-10-06 02:39:00

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xkappax

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I just tried to watch "Away We Go", and I'm pretty sure that it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my entire life. And not even remotely in a good way.

Actually, it's probably a tie between that and Dan in Real Life.

I was hugely disappointed in Away We Go. It looked like it could be such a great generational story. Honest, bittersweet - the death of your old life, the death of youth, and the birth of something new.

And then I saw the movie, and it's essentially a series of over-the-top quirky encounters with various people in various places. It's not really a road movie, it's just a hodge-podge of zaniness. What the hell, man talk about your missed opportunities. A movie with the potential to be a generational classic instead amounts to another quirky indie comedy. Sam Mendes is falling off his perch for me. First Revolutionary Road and now this one.

I will say this though, in favor of Away We Go - this is something I very sincerely appreciated from the movie - they didn't squeeze any "marital conflict" into the central relationship. These two people are absolutely devoted to each other. They have their occasional problems, but nowhere is the movie even remotely about a modicum of conflict between them. That felt honest to me, and I feel like most other movies would have taken the easier way out and made the movie's conflict be between them. "overcoming their differences", so to speak. Instead the movie assumes they're different, because everyone is go******** different, so of COURSE they have to deal with their differences. Just like everyone else in the world. That's real life.

But unfortunately, the bulk of the movie was little more than a series of goofy, unbelievable character encounters. So what does "real life" matter anymore? It's naturalistic one moment, and a cartoon the next. Kind of seems to miss its own point.

2009-10-06 02:47:00

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Teebonesy

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Ha, I knew Teebonsey would be in here when I saw the Eraserhead hate... it almost felt like a troll thread.

I liked Elephant... I actually had no idea it was a "the day of" rendition of Columbine when I popped it in, so the build up for me was really intense, as I was very placid and relaxed for the first half until the revelation that it was all about to go very awry. I think that is definitely the film's strength in direction, by portraying the feeling of "a day like any other" and skillfully slipping in the maligned and warped disruptions in such a casual way. I lived in the next city when it happened, and was very numb to the ramifications of the event, and I can say that the film really helped give me some perspective on it that I didn't previously have.

2009-10-06 15:25:00

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Unknown User

United 93 took a similar approach, in portraying perfectly ordinary mundanity for a good chunk of the beginning, making it totally believable. Elephant had some inadvertently funny moments that i remember - like when the kid is on the school grounds walking away, and he passes someone heading toward the school.

(bored voice: ) "don't go in there. don't do it."
(man keeps walking anyway)

It's not like someone farted in the hallway. Man, I'd be freaking the **** out!!

2009-10-07 00:20:00

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Teebonesy

Posts: 1937

Burn after reading was horrible, too. In fact if you have seen a trailer for it you don't need to watch the movie and endure Brad Pitt's character.

2009-10-07 11:12:00

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Syroc

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I admit that Burn After Reading is kind of trivial - the whole point of the movie is to be basically pointless. But you've got to admit that there were some seriously hilarious moments in that movie.

Like George Clooney's basement "project" for example. God, the first time I saw him "activate" it.

*squeeeak*

*squeeaak*

2009-10-07 12:50:00

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Teebonesy

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I admit that Burn After Reading is kind of trivial - the whole point of the movie is to be basically pointless. But you've got to admit that there were some seriously hilarious moments in that movie.

I loved burn after reading, great & refreshing performances from the cast all around.
As Bonesy mentioned, the whole point is to be pointless. The ending came as a surprise but I kinda liked it.

2009-10-07 12:52:00

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Zwollie

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I found not one of the characters likeable, in fact I would label them with a word starting with c followed by three more letters, if this wasn't a website that values its E for Everyone status.

2009-10-07 13:19:00

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Syroc

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You don't have to like people to laugh at their antics. No one likes Basil Fawlty, but he is one of the best comedy characters ever. I found Burn after Reading highly entertaining and TBH, with the coen brothers I always feel you have to prepare yourselves a little, so you can actually appreciate their work. Not in a bad way, just know what you're getting your self into.

I watched the 40 year old virgin the other night. I say watched it, after about 15 minutes I was just reading Empire with it on in the background. It's not the worst film ever, but it's certainly not something I'm ever gonna watch again.

2009-10-07 13:24:00

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rtm223

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I need to have at least one character in a movie I can emphasis with. I couldn't care less about any of the characters appearing in that movie and having seen the trailer before I already knew 90% of the good jokes.

PS: I think the final scene summed the film up quite nicely.

2009-10-07 13:28:00

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Syroc

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I think that was really the whole point of Burn After Reading......... a bunch of characters who are all so greedy/self obsessed and just not quite "there" mentally... who just end up destroying eachother.
Obviously Brad Pitt's character was incredibly irritating and simple minded, but that's what made me laugh. "Osbourne Coxxxx? I've got your...... sensitive..... sh*t"

2009-10-07 19:48:00

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Pitcard

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The Coens LOVE this kind of thing though - The way situations spiral downward into chaos and impossibly complicated nightmares, with no real particular cause or reason. Ever seen The Man Who Wasn't There, or The Big Lebowski? Both of these are incredibly similar to Burn After Reading in this regard.

The major joke of Burn After Reading is that this situation becomes so dangerous, and so convoluted, and so complicated, but when people try to make sense of it they find themselves completely flabbergasted, because there IS NO sense to it. There's zero reason for the complications, nobody wants them, but they just happen anyway. Like Lebowski says: "lotta ins, lotta outs."

JK Simmons so was unbelievably funny in this movie, every scene in which he receives an "update" had me rolling.

2009-10-07 21:41:00

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Teebonesy

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I'm not going to like the movie based on the first 3 Darren Shan books, Cirque Du Freak, Vampires Assistant and Tunnels of Blood.

Their first mistake was putting 3 books into one film.

2009-10-07 23:13:00

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creelers

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Yeah I remember everyone in the cinema was laughing at his update moments.

Man I just got Eraserhead out on DVD and watched it with my friends. I really enjoyed it this time. Some of the effects and the way they're shot are just incredible. The reversed milk scene for example

I've just started studying Model Making and digital effects in college, and I'm really starting to notice all the detail and ideas that go into films. Henry's baby is actually an incredible piece of modeling puppetry. It looks so real, but so alien at the same time.

2009-10-09 19:35:00

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Pitcard

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Henry's baby is actually an incredible piece of modeling puppetry. It looks so real, but so alien at the same time.

That thing is TOO amazing... First time I saw that movie I just couldn't believe what I was looking at. Lynch was fanatical about keeping secret how he did it. Back when they were making the movie, he made sure the projectionist when they screened dailies covered his eyes in between takes with the baby. To this day he refuses to mention to anyone how he made that baby.

Common rumor says it's the embalmed head of a calf fetus. Eeee... I would be inclined to believe it too. It's just too real, and a tiny-budget movie having a creature effect that's more real than even the big budget guys?

Whatever it is, it works, that's for sure.

2009-10-09 21:47:00

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Teebonesy

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I have no idea what movie you're talking about but the mere thought of an embalmed calf head on a baby's body freaks the crap outta me lol

2009-10-10 01:38:00

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Incinerator22

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I have no idea what movie you're talking about but the mere thought of an embalmed calf head on a baby's body freaks the crap outta me lol

and it should. The thing is terrifying! :O

2009-10-10 14:17:00

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xkappax

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and it should. The thing is terrifying! :O

Yeah, for reals, I was about to post a youtube video of it, but I couldn't find a single one that wasn't deeply horrifying to the extent of being innapropriate. I mean, it haunts MY nightmares, and I can't imagine some of the milder hearts here would have an easy time of it!

2009-10-10 14:21:00

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Teebonesy

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I attempted watching Tombstone with Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton and some other guys last night. I don't even think I got an hour in before I stopped. Totally boring, bad acting, horribly uncompelling plot.

2009-10-11 14:58:00

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dandygandy2704

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Yeah, for reals, I was about to post a youtube video of it, but I couldn't find a single one that wasn't deeply horrifying to the extent of being innapropriate. I mean, it haunts MY nightmares, and I can't imagine some of the milder hearts here would have an easy time of it!

PM me the link?

But the most recent film that I regret watching would be the reader, watched it with my Dad and his girlfriend.

Terrible acting, uncompelling plot, very poorly written and very predictable and it was just another boring Holocaust movie that wanted to appeal at people humane side to get a cheap award.

2009-10-11 18:37:00

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creelers

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Epic movie... I threw up...

2009-10-11 19:26:00

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Oerjeke

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I'm desperate to see what you're talking about!

2009-10-11 23:01:00

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Dexiro

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Would you mind pm'ing me one of the videos

I'm desperate to see what you're talking about!
I'd recommend watching the whole movie though... Taking those really horrific scenes out of context (especially for someone who hasn't actually seen the movie before) will only make them not-so-horrific... and maybe ruin the movie if you decide you want to watch it

2009-10-11 23:18:00

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Pitcard

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I'd recommend watching the whole movie though... Taking those really horrific scenes out of context (especially for someone who hasn't actually seen the movie before) will only make them not-so-horrific... and maybe ruin the movie if you decide you want to watch it

I agree that the movie in pieces is almost nonsensical to the point of being a turn-off. I sent him a link and a note that if he's curious he should definitely take the plunge.

But out of my own curiosity, I spent a little while trying to find a clip that might be a good indicator of the movie as a whole, a good slice of the nightmarish strangeness on display (and moreover, a great example of the baby "puppet"). I found that nearly every scene is entrancing - you simultaneously want to look away, and keep watching. It's not schadenfreude, it's not like watching a train wreck - it's just incredibly strange, affecting storytelling. So even if you take a scene totally out of context, for me at least, it's amazingly hypnotic even on its own, without the build-up or context around it.

(But even so, the movie does really demand to be seen in its repulsive entirety)

2009-10-11 23:26:00

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Teebonesy

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I can believe that about the cow fetus btw... I can't see how Lynch could have done it otherwise o_o

Anyhow, enough thread derailment

A movie I saw recently... which wasn't necessarily aweful, but I didn't enjoy was Natural Born Killers. Something about that gore fueled acid trip didn't go down well with me. It kinda draaggged. Robert Downey Jr was cool though.
On the other hand, one of my favourite movies is now A Scanner Darkly which also had Robert Downey and Woody Harrelson. Barris and Luckman... awesome characters!

2009-10-11 23:51:00

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Pitcard

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I really want to watch the entire thing but i have no idea where to find it, assuming i got the name of the movie right i don't get any relevant search results on google.

2009-10-12 00:08:00

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Dexiro

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I really want to watch the entire thing but i have no idea where to find it, assuming i got the name of the movie right i don't get any relevant search results on google.

Here's the entire movie (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=13E21F9A983812FF&search_query=eraserhead+baby) on Youtube.

I'd suggest watching this with headphones in the dark, volume loud, at fullscreen. you run a big risk playing this movie small and quiet, or in the background - it's incredibly immersive, so unless you "give in" to it, it might just be come across as unpleasant and little else. So that's my suggestion.

And to also help get this thread back on track:

I know I already mentioned Boondock Saints, but I'm going to mention it again, because I hate it that much:

Boondock Saints.

2009-10-12 00:18:00

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Teebonesy

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Ah i got the name of the movie wrong xD

I kind of wish it wasn't midnight so i could watch it now, i have to go soon.
I'll make sure i watch it tomorrow though

edit:
I watched the first few minutes and that guy with his mouth wide open triggered this really weird memory.

I have no idea when and where this happened but i think it was quite recently. I remember having this feeling of pure terror out of nowhere!
It lasted for quite a while - my whole body just went completely stiff, and this feeling of fear just grew and grew until i started screaming in a sense (it was more like 'arhhh&apos

2009-10-12 00:32:00

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Dexiro

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One Missed Call.I think the only thing I'll miss is the 1:30 hours of my life that I wasted.

As for Disney movies, they're okay I guess, but I can't belive they'll go make a horrible movie like, Bambi. I'm not that big of a fan when it comes to talking animals who just do they're usual daily stuff.

Finally, I just regret watchin High School Musical. Seriously, it's like watching a flashback of you going to school, but with music. I suggest we move the musical from kids singing in bad harmony, and we aim at a more descent one. Nazi Zombies: The Musical anyone?

2009-10-12 01:23:00

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CyberSora

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I watched the Fountain, can anyone explain what I saw?

2009-10-12 01:33:00

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thefrozenpenquin

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2009-10-12 02:06:00

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ViDi--ViCi

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2009-10-12 02:28:00

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iiiijujube

Posts: 594

High School musical, BAD.

Twilight? BAD BAD BAADD.

By the way, have you noticed that every move that does reasably well gets a sequel, and every sequel has a love story (EX. Night at the Museum 2 and Alvin and the Chipmunks 2... erm... the squeekual [*shudder*]).

I've never seen a good sequel to a movie.

2009-10-12 03:06:00

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chezhead

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A good sequel I saw was the second Harry Potter movie. Which makes me regret watching the new boring Harry Potter movie.

Oh yes, I don't like Bambi. It was good at first, and yes the mother's death was sad, but I think the rest was dull.

2009-10-12 06:21:00

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CyberSora

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2009-10-12 06:35:00

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iiiijujube

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I've never seen a good sequel to a movie.

Aliens. T2: Judgment Day. James Cameron's the master of the incredible sequel!

I watched the first few minutes and that guy with his mouth wide open triggered this really weird memory.

I have no idea when and where this happened but i think it was quite recently. I remember having this feeling of pure terror out of nowhere!
It lasted for quite a while - my whole body just went completely stiff, and this feeling of fear just grew and grew until i started screaming in a sense (it was more like 'arhhh&apos

. I don't remember anything in particular scaring me, i think at the time this was happening i was actually thinking to myself "whats happening?!?!".

This could of been in a dream but it was definatly the worst feeling i've ever had, i'm really unsettled now i've remembered this xD
It's almost like my memory blanked it out until now!

Wow, that sounds almost exactly like a night terror! I've experienced these myself, and it sounds very similar to what I've been through. Usually night terrors are NOT nightmares, there's no scary "event" or thing that scares you, it's a disembodied feeling of complete terror - it can seize you and it can linger. They're hard to remember. They're more common in children. They're some of the worst experiences I've had in my life.

And also, I don't know if David Lynch has suffered night terrors, but I wouldn't doubt it for a second based on his movies. it's not just Eraserhead either - he's able to capture that "seizure" element of a night terror to a fine degree. The face behind the wall in Mulholland Drive is one example. His constantly unsettling sound design sets you up (Eraserhead) or even a very calm, but nightmarish dialogue exchange (Mulholland Dr), and then he assaults you with a frighteningly startling image that's hard to get out of your head. Inland Empire had some of these moments as well.

I watched the Fountain, can anyone explain what I saw?

I've seen The Fountain a ridiculous number of times. I very rarely re-watch movies much, but I've revisited The Fountain numerous times. Twice in theaters, and I have little idea how many on blu ray. It's one of my personal favorite movies, even for all its obviously large flaws.

The thing I tell people who have a hard time getting it, and the thing I tell people who are about to watch it, is that it's probably not what they expect. The trailers might sell it as a romantic epic spanning 1000 years as a man achieves immortality in order to save his love. This is a disingenuous synopsis, and suggests only one interpretation.

Instead, you need to watch the movie without trying to piece together the puzzle of it. If the movie isn't engaging you on an emotional level, it might be because you're too in your own head trying to figure out what's happening - it's also likely to do with the unbelievable dialogue and shifting storylines (uber-violent conquistador caper one minute, treatise on coping with grief the next, and a new-age sci fi trip-out the next). The story's actually quite simple, as it's about themes and motifs moreso than a straightforward linear plot. Just feel your way through it, don't worry about piecing together the things that confuse you.

For me, that "piecing together" of the puzzle has come with repeat viewings, but it was never the point of priority in the film. It's interpretive, and it's very different from any other hollywood film you might expect (even though there are some very hollywood-ized lines). There are few movies I prefer to turn on just to live in for a while, and the universe of The Fountain is one of my favorite places to revisit. Spending time with the astronaut in his ethereal ship on its impossible journey is one of my favorite repeat movie experiences.

However, if you do really want a flat, technical explanation of what's likely happening in the movie, read on below.

The movie takes place in the ship. Not in the present day, and not in the conquistador period. All of the scenes of the present day are experienced in a type of first-person flashback through meditation. All of the Conquistador's scenes are a frame story within the flashback, told through Liz's book, which is a metaphor for Tom's journey (to be with the woman he loves, he must conquer death). Tom has two conflicting quests to complete - To conquer death, and to end her unfinished book. He knows how to conquer death, and he is on that journey - he does not know how to finish the book, and the burden of it haunts him.

Through his meditation, we are given scenes in which he is able to reach across time and interact with the proceedings - these are either actual occurences in which he is able to breach time, or they are merely taking place within his own memories. Which one is up to you.

In the end, the decision is made, and he finishes the book. Ultimately that ending is this: The only way to conquer death is to embrace it. There's a paradox - To achieve the immortality he seeks, he must die.

There's much more to it, all interpretive - is the seed at the end pulled across time from the tree? Is the tree that will grow on the grave the very same tree that sustains him on his future journey?
Has he altered the past in order to prevent this future?
Or is this past we see with the planting of the seed merely an altered MEMORY, a metaphor for his coping with the unalterable fact of death?
There are no answers to these questions given, the movie is not meant to be just a puzzle and you aren't meant to know - the questions are the journey, and those questions are for you to take with you after the movie has ended.

So, for these conundrums, there is no concrete solution. Instead you're given a conclusion to the major themes of the movie, emotionally complete, and you aren't given any clues to bog down the "intellectual" conclusion - which is meant to be open, because this isn't Memento, or Primer, or even Pi - this isn't a sci-fi puzzle, it's a very simple story about love and death, and the crossroads between them.

2009-10-12 08:13:00

Author:
Teebonesy

Posts: 1937

Wow, that sounds almost exactly like a night terror! I've experienced these myself, and it sounds very similar to what I've been through. Usually night terrors are NOT nightmares, there's no scary "event" or thing that scares you, it's a disembodied feeling of complete terror - it can seize you and it can linger. They're hard to remember. They're more common in children. They're some of the worst experiences I've had in my life.

And also, I don't know if David Lynch has suffered night terrors, but I wouldn't doubt it for a second based on his movies. it's not just Eraserhead either - he's able to capture that "seizure" element of a night terror to a fine degree. The face behind the wall in Mulholland Drive is one example. His constantly unsettling sound design sets you up (Eraserhead) or even a very calm, but nightmarish dialogue exchange (Mulholland Dr), and then he assaults you with a frighteningly startling image that's hard to get out of your head. Inland Empire had some of these moments as well.

Ah thanks for the explanation

I've heard of night terrors before in The Simpsons but i assumed it was another word for nightmare!
I'm kind of glad i remembered it because it was a pretty powerful moment. Maybe it just prooves how good Lynch is for triggering a memory like that so early on in his movie

2009-10-12 08:37:00

Author:
Dexiro

Posts: 2100

the worst movie is Crank 2, I have not seen Crank (1), but i can only assume its as bad as the second. I DVR'd Crank 2 last night and it was sooooo stupid. it was basically grand-theft auto (the game) in a movie. literally, a guy went around killing people, having sex, and steel cars. and there's all these unnecessary close ups of ugly prostitutes.

Crank is one of my favorite movies. Crank 2 is probably one of the worst movies I've seen. My brain was the 12 yr old boy and Crank 2 was the Catholic priest. Sorry if that's offensive but its how it feels to watch that "movie".
The first one is worth the watch, don't expect to be blown away. It takes off in the beginning and doesn't land until he does. I think it's an awesome ride if you are wanting to watch an original action flick. Crank 2 is just the creepy uncle.

2009-10-12 09:13:00

Author:
thefrozenpenquin

Posts: 479

I don't mean to bump this, but has anyone seen the turd they call Observe and Report? The few funny parts were completely overwhelmed by generic humor and human anatomy. It was like a crude Paul Blart (which I thought was really funny the second time I watched it)

2009-10-14 07:32:00

Author:
thefrozenpenquin

Posts: 479

Men Who Stare At Goats:
Must-See.

You Got Mail:
Must be removed from history so no human or animal should ever suffer the same fate my eyes did when I saw the movie.

2009-10-17 00:58:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

Watched The Strangers the other night. Great start, really builds up to some good scares, then about half way through it loses the tension :/ And the ending is terrible. Just... terrible. I've seen my fair share of horror movies... and I've always found some of the best ones to have magnificent twists. This movie doesn't even take a small turn.

Also, people were speaking about the Metal Gear movies. Have you guys seen the fan made one released last month? It's pretty good for a fan made one. Exceptional in fact. Just lower expectations to that of hollywood movies, with average CG and you should enjoy it.
You can stream or download it from their website
www.mgs-philanthropy.net

Also, I saw Eraserhead a few years back... definitely the strangest piece of film I've ever seen. I was told that the ideas in it were taken from some of his nightmares. Really not surprising... it's some of the most messed up footage going.

2009-10-18 12:37:00

Author:
ryryryan

Posts: 3767

2009-10-19 02:26:00

Author:
Jack

Posts: 999

Anyone here see fast food nation? Please avoid it at all costs and help me UNSEE it.

is that because it was a bad movie, or because it was full of terrible, terrible knowledge?

I haven't seen it myself, but I know a lot about the book and the dirty secrets it contains. I haven't watched or read myself because I have a really sick soft spot when it comes to animal cruelty, and I don't need to know the grisly details about why fast food is evil - there are so many great reasons to avoid fast food without the knowledge that it's cruel to the bone.

Or was it just a crappy movie, poorly-made?

2009-10-22 23:15:00

Author:
Teebonesy

Posts: 1937

I just had to come here and say that I thoroughly disliked Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It's like Michael Bay had complete creative control and final cut of the film. So much needed to be edited out it's not even funny. I didn't even make it a full hour.

My only regret is that I didn't find Devastator in action; I heard that was pretty cool to see. Oh well.

2009-10-25 02:19:00

Author:
supersickie

Posts: 1366

Adventureland, I just don't see what is so funny about it, 40 minutes in and I still hadn't laughed so I just turned it off.

2009-10-25 17:41:00

Author:
creelers

Posts: 275

I haven' seen that many bad movies but antone had the torment of watching My Super-X Girlfriend? Don't get me started.

2009-10-26 01:36:00

Author:
Incinerator22

Posts: 3251

They said that Transformers 2 was the "Movie of the Year" on the commercial.
THEY LIE.

2009-10-26 03:23:00

Author:
chezhead

Posts: 1063

My Bloody Valentine.
Easily one of the cheapest, cheesiest, most useless movies ever. The acting was terrible, too. It just didn't amuse me.

2009-10-27 16:47:00

Author:
Sackwise

Posts: 305

Adventureland, I just don't see what is so funny about it, 40 minutes in and I still hadn't laughed so I just turned it off.

Not funny in the same way it was advertised. A lot of people expected Superbad and they wound up getting an intelligent comedy with great music...

Except for "Rock Me Amadeus" of course.

2009-10-27 16:49:00

Author:
supersickie

Posts: 1366

I saw the GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra, but I went to see it with my father. It was pretty terrible, but I'd didn't mind it really. He doesn't like going to the movies alone. I told him more people would go if he would have some more discriminating taste. lol!

Adventureland is the movie with Kristen Stewart, right?

2009-10-27 18:02:00

Author:
pantspantspants

Posts: 189

Watched "Year One" last night and couldn't get through it, turned it off because it was so terrible. Comedy is the only genre that seems to hold my interest these days because well I think they are pretty hard to fowl up. But why Jack Black chose this role is beyond me. It does absolutely nothing for his career or his craft. Huge Jack Black fan so it was pretty disappointing.
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2009-10-28 23:34:00

Author:
SHENOA77

Posts: 184

Juno was the most recent one, did'nt like it all. Even the wife was'nt impressed.

2009-10-29 00:15:00

Author:
GruntosUK

Posts: 1754

Juno was the most recent one, did'nt like it all. Even the wife was'nt impressed.
Wow... from the trailer I thought to myself that I wouldn't enjoy it... but I was under the impression that girls would completely fall for it. Plus it was like the best film of 08 or so I heard :/

2009-10-29 00:20:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

Wow... from the trailer I thought to myself that I wouldn't enjoy it... but I was under the impression that girls would completely fall for it. Plus it was like the best film of 08 or so I heard :/

The writer, Diablo Cody, is COMPLETELY overrated. She isn't that talented. I could do a better job.

2009-10-29 02:32:00

Author:
Astrosimi

Posts: 2046

Juno had some of the most obnoxious dialogue I've heard in a movie in YEARS. I thought the movie got better at the end, it was very endearing. But you have to settle into a pretty obnoxious universe where people talk like they're on a sitcom.

Brandon Hardesty would have made the movie much more watch-able.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gTuY0OYLCY

2009-10-29 02:57:00

Author:
Teebonesy

Posts: 1937

The Ruin.
Worst. Horror Movie. EVER.

Oh, and as we like to call it... "The Runs"

2009-10-29 12:10:00

Author:
Xenifus

Posts: 306

I'd like to advise everyone against watching Gerry (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302674/).
Whilst I can appreciate experimental film making and Matt Damon and Casey Affleck's acting abilities, this film was mind numbingly tedious.

I kid you not when I say that the entire movie features the two characters walking in silence. That's it.

2009-10-29 12:35:00

Author:
Morrinn3

Posts: 493

2009-10-29 17:49:00

Author:
pantspantspants

Posts: 189

I love bad movies, big fan of MST3K, so this is like a recommendation thread for me.

If you haven't seen it already Nine Deaths of the Ninja (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP92RK2lP7Y) is a terrible (so bad it's good) film.

2009-10-30 17:39:00

Author:
Ayneh

Posts: 2454

I know this is off-topic but it kind of seems like we're discussing the 2 extremes in this topic

Has anyone here seem Repo before?

It's like a gothic dystopia musical thing, i thought it was really good but it seems quite underrated.

2009-11-01 02:53:00

Author:
Dexiro

Posts: 2100

Today I watched Halloween 4. God it was awful.

Michael Myers didn't even kill that many people.

Maybe I'm just looking for an unstoppable killing machine who never looks like he's trying hard. Mike Myers was clumsy a lot and almost silly. I've never actually seen Halloween, though.

2009-11-01 02:55:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Urgh..... i just watched Transformers 2 and it was absolutely terrible.

I'm not even sure where to start.. none of the characters were likable, story was terrible, once again the robots just looked like unrecognisable scraps of metal..

Oh and it this really annoying thing that i hate that's been in a lot of terrible movies lately.
Basically the characters start talking faster and faster which is SUPPOSEDLY meant to make the scene more exciting and panicky!!!!! when really you can't understand a word they're saying. It's almost as bad as the Gilmore Girls o_o

Oh and it had this annoying thing where they'd start talking about all this mythical stuff (in a movie about robots?) - even hardcore WoW players would think what they were saying was nerdy - and then as a failed attempt to counteract that nerdyness and retain the characters 'coolness' they'd end their sentence with some randomly placed swear words :/

2009-11-15 03:28:00

Author:
Dexiro

Posts: 2100

Well, since we're bringing the thread back there was this movie and I use the term loosely, that had Chad Lowe. He played a guy dressing up as a girl to get the girl. I don't remember the name and if anyone does, I'm sorry you had to watch it. I'm not saying this is a movie that maybe it just wasn't my taste. It's not an acquired taste, even if you think bad movies are great, even then, DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE.
There, now that I properly warned you, go watch it and tell me your thoughts

2009-11-15 04:03:00

Author:
thefrozenpenquin

Posts: 479

my sister wanted to watch the vampire assistant, though i warned her not to. she convinced my dad, and forced me to go along and watch with them.

we left somewhere in the middle.

it was a miserable attempt at a serious movie, and everything seemed made up as it went along. not to mention the award-winning acting.

2009-11-18 04:57:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

I watched "Orphan" a couple of days ago....ugh...

Too bad too, because I enjoy Vera Farmiga as an actress. She's very natural. The child actress wasn't bad necessarily it's just the movie was so terrible. It was more frustrating than frightening, the parents would just make the stupidest decisions.

2009-11-20 00:27:00

Author:
pantspantspants

Posts: 189

I really didn't enjoy blade runner...

2009-11-22 11:05:00

Author:
chimpskylark

Posts: 335

well i watched Dead Silence as much as it is gros its dead spooky creepy it is also a tad bit weird

2009-11-22 11:38:00

Author:
lbpholic

Posts: 1304

I really didn't enjoy blade runner...
Hrmm... What didn't you like about it?... Its definitely within my top 5 movies.
I can imagine people not getting into the pacing of the film... but really you should just get comfortable and relax. Its a bit like 2001 space odyssey, a feast for the eyes.

2009-11-22 19:25:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

You need to be in a certain mood to watch Blade Runner, same as with 2001.

I personally love those 2 films, I can't speak for chimpskylark but age is certainly a factor when it comes to enjoying these films for what they are.

Blade Runner is brilliant, yet flawed masterpiece, with the enjoyment you get out of that film also depending on which version you just witnessed.

2009-11-22 22:53:00

Author:
Zwollie

Posts: 2173

The weird thing is, when I first saw Transformers 2, I really really liked it. In fact, I saw it in theatres twice! But, then, my dad rented it about a week ago and I realised I had no desire to see it again. But, I watched it with him anyway, and what do you know? Turns out the movie really wasn't that good. I think that once I realised Meagan Fox is lame and overrated, the movie just lost everything it had going for it... Plus, do we really need Linkin Park to play every time a robot shows up or something happens?

I also watched G.I. Joe around the same time. The only good thing about that movie was Snake Eyes, but that's because he didn't talk, so the horrible writing couldn't screw up his awesomeness. I don't think I laughed at all, and I maybe chuckled once. I really lost all respect for the movie when they kept trying to work in old G.I. Joe references.

2009-11-25 15:53:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

I really didn't enjoy blade runner...

Truly a shame...

I started watching Angel & Demons last night, but didn't finish it. For one, it was late and I was tired. Two, I would have fought through said fatigue had the movie been truly engaging. May try to finish it tonight, but I don't know that I really care either...

2009-11-25 16:13:00

Author:
supersickie

Posts: 1366

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