[quote]WVN wrote:
Some real gems:
Dreamcatcher - only movie I walked out on. Went straight to the bar.
the “Troll” movies - of course, they’re so damn bad I still watch 'em.
Mega Force - about the cheeziest movie I have ever seen, with the flying motorcycles that spew colored smoke. Coming to TNT latenight soon.
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Ha ha ha ha! I never realized anyone else in the entire world had seen Megaforce. My condolances.
My vote is any Iron Eagle or Highlander sequel.
[quote]gojira wrote:
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As for Conan, I love the character. Arnold’s movies are a pale comparison.
Such a shame they screwed it up so bad. Conan had black hair and ice blue eyes. Not brown hair (bad wig) and an Austrian accent. He was not an idiot, but a very fierce warrior and eventually king. Maybe someone will get it right one day.[/quote]
I thought the first Conan was good.
Arnold eventually ended up Governor. I thought they got the casting right.
Silent Running
A guy walks around on a space ship talking to plants for 90 minuets. Shit you I not.
Any baseball movie where baseball players are wise beyond their years and Baseball = the Great Metaphor for Life.
i.e. Field of Creams. I can just see all those baseball nerds home whacking off to this movie. “If you build it, I will cum.”
However, Bull Durham = great movie. Go figure.
Oh, and 8 Men Out… or 9 out, rather. Since I walked out half way through.
And ya’ll leave Starship Troopers out of this! That movie rocked. Come on, you got the hot shower scene… and it’s a ridiculous metaphor for 9/11 and the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan. You got these weirdos who live far away who attack a major city with fireballs, then we have to go to their turf and root them out of caves and find the big brain behind it all… (which GWB still hasn’t pulled off… where is Neil Patrick H. when we need him?)
[quote]Professor X wrote:
See Collateral Damage. That movie is the only reason I haven’t jumped on the “hate Cruise train” with everyone else. His Mission Impossible movies, along with Vanilla Sky, weren’t that bad either.
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The movie you talking about is just called “Collateral”. “Collateral Damage” is the one with Arnold.
I agree though, it was pretty good, but only because Tom Cruise played the bad guy rather than his usual protagonist role. That way, you get to hate him, which is easy to do.
I Heart Huckabees was pinful as well. What has the world come to when Marky Mark makes a bad movie?
I have to agree with you. “Punch Drunk Love” could very well take the cake. Another one was “Shark Boy and Lava Girl” I took my kids to see that and half way through the movie I considered slitting my wrists.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
See Collateral Damage. That movie is the only reason I haven’t jumped on the “hate Cruise train” with everyone else. His Mission Impossible movies, along with Vanilla Sky, weren’t that bad either.
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Dude, don’t you ride? After seeing an interview where Tommy speaks about “doing all my own motorcycle stunts” in M:I, I lost what little respect I had for him. Yeah, it’s pretty easy to do a stoppie, spin around 360, and shoot a gun at the same time. Yeah, ok Mr. Hollywood actor.
I’m in trouble. “Starship Troopers”, “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zisou” and “The Ice Storm” are among my favourites. Seems like I have no taste whatsoever…
I nominate “The Keep” The Keep (1983) - IMDb and “Wings of Freedom / Bailout” with David Hasselhoff. W.B., Blue and the Bean (Video 1989) - IMDb
Makkun
Face-Off kicked ass. Incredible boat chase.
Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky had a tough role (not in the beginning obviously) and pulled it off. I think it’s one of the greatest movies of all time and certainly the best sci-fi movie in a decade.
War Of The Worlds would have been fantastic if Spielberg grew some balls and gave it a real ending.
Collateral didn’t impress me even though it should have because I couldn’t help but compare it to Heat. And it doesn’t come close (not that anything does).
Jaws the Revenge . . . how can you not love a movie where the shark actually ROARS! And Michael Cain is in it!
[quote]JPBear wrote:
Professor X wrote:
See Collateral Damage. That movie is the only reason I haven’t jumped on the “hate Cruise train” with everyone else. His Mission Impossible movies, along with Vanilla Sky, weren’t that bad either.
The movie you talking about is just called “Collateral”. “Collateral Damage” is the one with Arnold.
I agree though, it was pretty good, but only because Tom Cruise played the bad guy rather than his usual protagonist role. That way, you get to hate him, which is easy to do.[/quote]
Sorry about the misnaming of the movie, but yes, it was still good. It wasn’t really about him so much as it was figuring out that Jada Pinkett was supposed to be the first one to die in the movie.
[quote]analog_kid wrote:
Professor X wrote:
See Collateral Damage. That movie is the only reason I haven’t jumped on the “hate Cruise train” with everyone else. His Mission Impossible movies, along with Vanilla Sky, weren’t that bad either.
Dude, don’t you ride? After seeing an interview where Tommy speaks about “doing all my own motorcycle stunts” in M:I, I lost what little respect I had for him. Yeah, it’s pretty easy to do a stoppie, spin around 360, and shoot a gun at the same time. Yeah, ok Mr. Hollywood actor.
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But was that quote worse than the movie Torque?
makkun, you have excellent taste
and martin lawrence made a good movie with tim robbins
i think it was called nothing to lose
“please dont kill me freaky jason man”
[quote]Natural Nate wrote:
Face-Off kicked ass. Incredible boat chase.
Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky had a tough role (not in the beginning obviously) and pulled it off. I think it’s one of the greatest movies of all time and certainly the best sci-fi movie in a decade.
War Of The Worlds would have been fantastic if Spielberg grew some balls and gave it a real ending.
Collateral didn’t impress me even though it should have because I couldn’t help but compare it to Heat. And it doesn’t come close (not that anything does).
Jaws the Revenge . . . how can you not love a movie where the shark actually ROARS! And Michael Cain is in it![/quote]
You have good taste. I thought Face Off was done extremely well. But you suck for not liking Collateral. Heat kicked ass but didn’t hold my attention like Collateral did.
[quote]elliot007 wrote:
makkun, you have excellent taste
and martin lawrence made a good movie with tim robbins
i think it was called nothing to lose
“please dont kill me freaky jason man”[/quote]
Nothing to lose was hilarious
[quote]Professor X wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
Professor X wrote:
See Collateral Damage. That movie is the only reason I haven’t jumped on the “hate Cruise train” with everyone else. His Mission Impossible movies, along with Vanilla Sky, weren’t that bad either.
Dude, don’t you ride? After seeing an interview where Tommy speaks about “doing all my own motorcycle stunts” in M:I, I lost what little respect I had for him. Yeah, it’s pretty easy to do a stoppie, spin around 360, and shoot a gun at the same time. Yeah, ok Mr. Hollywood actor.
But was that quote worse than the movie Torque?[/quote]
Never even bothered with that one. I got through about 15 minuets of Biker Boys.
[quote]makkun wrote:
I nominate “The Keep” The Keep (1983) - IMDb and “Wings of Freedom / Bailout” with David Hasselhoff. W.B., Blue and the Bean (Video 1989) - IMDb
Makkun[/quote]
I thought all Germans loved David Hasselhoff. Go figure.
[quote]analog_kid wrote:
Never even bothered with that one. I got through about 15 minuets of Biker Boys.
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You have to see Torque just so you have something to compare it to. It had potential to be great because the basic storyline is decent:
Sportsbike rider gets framed for stealing thousands of dollars worth of dope and bails to Asia. When he returns, for the woman he loves, he ends up with the FBI and the real dope dealer on his tail after he gets framed for the murder of a member of a rival biker gang.
Had that been done any more real, it could have been classic. Instead, they overdo the special effects to the point that these guys are like superheroes on motorbikes doing shit that is fucking impossible for even the most experienced stunt rider with one liners that just kill it.
Still though, I’ve watched it many times just because of the bikes in it.
This movie sucked.
No, Pay It Forward sucked. K-Pax was pretty damn bad. But American Beauty was good.
[quote]jlesk68 wrote:
This movie sucked.[/quote]