King Kong really was horrible. Already taxed to the breaking point, when the big escape from the theater had the guy in the car chasing Kong all over Manhattan with the girl following on foot and she’s standing right there when they stop, that was it. I wrote it off. What the hell is she the bionic woman or something? Then the ice pond thing had me cracking up in derisive scorn.
War of the Worlds was another one. That movie was a genuine attempt at smashing all previous standards for glaring plot holes. The effects were cool, but the plot and even individual scenes were utterly intolerable.
A great example of a movie attempting to be serious that fails on every level. I thought I was watching a Zucker brothers slapstick at times.
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
First off, They Live is not that bad of a movie.
Are we talking major theatrical releases? Because I’ve seen some straight to DVD films that would make your head spin.
If we are talking only about theatrical stuff, then the worst movie I’ve even seen is…
The Medallion - It’s the first and only movie I’ve walked out on in the theater.
I’m sure I’ve seen some other stuff that’s worse, but that’s all I can think of right now.[/quote]
a lot of straight to dvd movies are so bad there hilarious though, ever get high or drunk and watch one of those straight to dvd horror films with some buddies, good times.
worst famous movie for me is the third matrix movie, I fell asleep on that movie twice in the theaters-finally watched whole thing on dvd few years ago, wish I hadn’t- shit was so horrible the first was pretty awesome second kind of shit third absolute shit.
For some reason I thought of another one this morning: Driven. The acting stunk, the racing stunk, and the premise of the movie REALLY stunk.
If a rookie driver in any racing series wins a race, the owner has a hard on for the whole season. This kid won 8 races and the season isn’t even over, but Burt Reynolds is ready to get rid of him unless Sly Stallone teaches the kid to drive correctly. Yeah, real believable.
Now a terrible Peter Jackson flick imo is King Kong. What a steaming pile of crap that was!
I agree, but why did so many people act like it was the best movie ever made when it first came out?
Did they see the director’s cut in private? Did I miss some scenes that would have turned that from, “damn, what fucking time is it. I could be watching my grass grow right now” to, “holy shit that was amazing!!”?[/quote]
People(and the media) sometimes get a hard on for certain directors. I’m a huge Robert Rodriguez fan, even the Spy Kids movies are pretty damn cool, but that doesn’t mean that Once Upon A Time in Mexico wasn’t a mess of a film.
[quote]shizen wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
First off, They Live is not that bad of a movie.
Are we talking major theatrical releases? Because I’ve seen some straight to DVD films that would make your head spin.
If we are talking only about theatrical stuff, then the worst movie I’ve even seen is…
The Medallion - It’s the first and only movie I’ve walked out on in the theater.
I’m sure I’ve seen some other stuff that’s worse, but that’s all I can think of right now.
a lot of straight to dvd movies are so bad there hilarious though, ever get high or drunk and watch one of those straight to dvd horror films with some buddies, good times.
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I haven’t done that lately, but some of those straight to DVD movies are much more entertaining with some friends and a few drinks. Especially if you all like to talk over the movie MST3K-style.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
War of the Worlds was another one. That movie was a genuine attempt at smashing all previous standards for glaring plot holes. The effects were cool, but the plot and even individual scenes were utterly intolerable.
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Yeah, like WTF, the son “disapears” for a good section of the movie, then, they drive to Boston (?) and it appears the alien’s didn’t strike there for some ungodly reason. The grandparents were ok and then…the freaking son came to the door!! How the hell did he get there?
If they really wanted to be clever, they could have made the alien invasion all in Tom Cruise’s head. You get it? He imagined the whole thing while having to deal with the 2 bratty psychotic, schitzophrentic kids for the weekend!
Would have been a better ending no doubt.
What a bunch of crap that movie was, give me the 50’s version any day!
worst famous movie for me is the third matrix movie, I fell asleep on that movie twice in the theaters-finally watched whole thing on dvd few years ago, wish I hadn’t- shit was so horrible the first was pretty awesome second kind of shit third absolute shit. [/quote]
Damn straight. Way to destroy an excellent first movie…
Speaking of which, how about the Star Wars prequels or did someone already mention those 3 abortions?
worst famous movie for me is the third matrix movie, I fell asleep on that movie twice in the theaters-finally watched whole thing on dvd few years ago, wish I hadn’t- shit was so horrible the first was pretty awesome second kind of shit third absolute shit.
Damn straight. Way to destroy an excellent first movie…
Speaking of which, how about the Star Wars prequels or did someone already mention those 3 abortions?[/quote]
worst famous movie for me is the third matrix movie, I fell asleep on that movie twice in the theaters-finally watched whole thing on dvd few years ago, wish I hadn’t- shit was so horrible the first was pretty awesome second kind of shit third absolute shit.
Damn straight. Way to destroy an excellent first movie…
Speaking of which, how about the Star Wars prequels or did someone already mention those 3 abortions?
You’ll like this:
There’s a couple more.[/quote]
That’s good stuff. Don’t get me started on the prequels though. I have pages and pages of notes on everything I could have done to fix them. That’s not saying much though. A bunch of 10-year-olds could have done a better job than Lucas did.