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Elizabeth Cor Senior Member
since 2000-10-13
Posts 879Over the river and through the woods 
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After to being subjected to two of the most horrendous movies I believe I’ve ever seen (and shut off) just within the past week… I thought a contradictory question to the “favorite” thread was appropriate. SO… what movies have actually caused you physical pain, retinal bleeding, and the like? Mine: Meet the Parents Spoiler (this must be some sort of torture device used in military prisons…) The Watcher Mission Impossible 2 (Warning: cannot even be used as a masochistic comedy, as can be done with films (heh) such as Dungeons and Dragons, Speed, Nottinghill, etc.) … more I’m sure, but I’m starting to twitch. [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Cor (edited 03-16-2001).] |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
The Lost Souls The Brady Bunch Movie Mr. T and the Women? (I think that's what it's called, just came out with Richard Gere.) |
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Acies
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since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Dr. T Stallone movies "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Battlefield Earth - give me a BREAK!!!! |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
Uhm ... retinal bleeding...? Not sure that was the movie, Beth ...  LOLDungeons and Dragons has got to be up top somewhere *shudder* ... even geeks (like me) that PLAYED the darn game can't stand that flick ... I've seen PC games that had better plots. Others: The Talented Mr. Ripley (yaaaaawwwnn) Eye of the Beholder (some people just SHOULDN'T do drugs) ANYTHING with talking toasters, trains, toilets, etc (or purple "dinosaurs" who look like "eggplants," for that matter)...  The Doors Pulp Fiction (hehe) Anything with Bruce Willis as the star ('cept maybe the Fifth Element -- and then only because the flick was good enough to overshadow his trademark bad acting) Most older westerns ... you seen one, you seen 'em all. |
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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
Anything with sub-titles Anything with Jackie Chan 12 Monkeys (plot...please?) Event Horizon The "Wee Sing" Video series (childrens' ... terrible ... ugh) There are a couple more, but my subconcious has repressed them to the point of not remembering - let's hope they stay there. |
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Irie Senior Member
since 1999-12-01
Posts 1493Washington State |
Magnolia What was that anyway?  Eyes Wide Shut Another Cruise bomb! Any horror flick involving teenagers  ~Sheri "The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first" |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Oh!!! Eyes Wide Shut - one of THE worst of all time..what a waste...glad I only rented it... |
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Greeneyes617 Member
since 2000-11-22
Posts 329Arkansas |
Eyes Wide Shut, Southpark the movie, Cocktail, Mission Impossible 1 and 2, Dumb and Dumber, Uncle Buck. I think thats about it (for now anyways)  |
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Acies
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since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Sky --- 6th Element was pretty good Nicole --- Jackie Chan is hilarious Greeneyes --- Dumb and Dumber is a classic want a really bad one? here.... Van Damme movies "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Battlefield earth Sharon - that is A KILLER. HOW is it POSSIBLE that humans regress to the stereotypical cave-man status after aliens take over the planet? HOW is it possible that said cave-men are able to fly US warplanes - a few days after they were taught by the 'hero' what A TRIANGLE WAS???? A TRIANGLE???? GOD! For that matter - how DID the alien machine that taught the 'hero' the alien language also manage to teach him boiflippingphysics AND to read the English language? Oh yes say the aliens - we can't ACTUALLY SPEAK the English language - in fact WE think these things whose planet we have conquered are animals who eat rats. (Ignoring the fact that this planet is covered in technology - inferior perhaps, but still - technology.) But yet, our machine which teaches this 'animal/hero/cave-man to speak our language also teaches him to READ BOOKS IN ENGLISH WHICH HAPPEN TO HAVE THE SECRET LOCATION OF WARPLANES IN FORT WORTH - oh and the American consitutional rights too. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. One final thing - the crowning glory - of Battlefield earth. HOW is it John Travolta has 5 alien fingers in one shot and then 6 in the next and so on and so on? ARGGGGGHHHH... Btw Beth - Mission Impossible 2 has approximately '59 John Woo slow motion shots' - my friend and I were so bored during the movie we counted them. I think that is the right number lol. Bad Movies: -Men in Tights (gag) -Anything Leslie Neilson -Eyes wide shut -Portrait of a lady -Sommersby -You've Got Mail (boo, spit, hiss) -Coyote Ugly there are more - can't rem - prolly cause they sucked.  K[This message has been edited by Severn (edited 03-16-2001).] |
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Dopey Dope
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since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Down to Earth Traffic and so many more..... |
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DancinQueen
since 2000-07-29
Posts 1092Kokomo,IN,USA |
i hate to say it..but Star Wars and any movie with Chris Farley..hes funny, but how long can you laugh at that? ¤Sometimes the hardest thing to get over, is something you never really had¤ |
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Christopher
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since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
*shaking head* Pulp Fiction rocked. Quentin Tarentino is da man!!! (Saw True Romance last night - I just LOVE senseless violence being shown as the solution to a problem!!! )Jacki Chan rocks and is funny!!! 12 Monkeys - Nicole, I'm no longer your friend. One of the best movies I've seen. Dumb & Dumber - CLASSIC! Acire - that's 5th Element, and it too was AWESOME! Cult classic NOW! Dancin' Queen - I don't know how to respond. Star Wars was visionary in its time. While not a wholly original plot, the movie deserves much for presenting visual effects that before had not been possible. George Lucas (stemming in a good part from the Star Wars trilogy) has helped revolutionize the way movies are shown on the big screen. And to boot, one acronym: THX. Nuff' Said. Kamla - Battlefield Earth. Granted a wholly painful movie, though not without a few redeeming features (such as the end credits and laughing about it with Nicole as we were leaving the theater). However - the movie (bought by John Travolta a good many years ago - Scientology and all that...) does no justice whatsoever to the book itself. At over half a million words, believe me when I say it covers all your questions and more. Consider that The Stand (Stephen King) was made into an 8-hour mini-series and STILL left a LARGE portion of the book out. Now take an even larger book (Battlefield Earth) and condense it into less than two hours and give John Travola (puhleeeze) the chair and... well yeah. The humans were not taught in a matter of days, though they did learn at an accellerated rate. A race of scholars - named the Chinkos by the Psychlos - were the ones who researched both Earth's history as well as it's language and cultures when the planet was conquered thousands of years prior. When conquered, the Psychlos (who are a powerful yet not entirely brilliant race of maschochistic beings (PURPLE in the book)who dominate through the bullying of other races through the use of a singular secret they have of teleportation) made it a sport to hunt humans, rendering them unable to live anywhere but in remote places surrounded by radiation (which is explosive to the 'breathe gas' the Psychlos breathe). I don't think it's unlikely that such a regression could occur given the time passed and the oppressive nature of the conquerors. The Chinko machines that taught Johnny do so through waves passed into the brain. Once he learned the "basics" Johnny rapidly went on to learn as much as he could about everything (wouldn't you, if you had access to virtually instantaneous knowledge?). Things these machines taught were as mentioned, the history/language/culture of the now defeated planet as well as 'bioflippingphysics', mechanics, etc., etc. Just a few words on one of my favorite books, with no intention of defending the movie whatsoever.  C [This message has been edited by Christopher (edited 03-16-2001).] |
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PhaerieChild Senior Member
since 1999-08-30
Posts 1787Aloha, Oregon |
In no particular order of loathing, the nominees are: Battle field Earth Anything with Pauly Shore Anything with Brendan Frasier Anything with Charlie Sheen The Waterboy (yuck) The Cell Rules of Engagement Almost any space flick How can you save me? When the dark comes right in and takes me, from my front walk and into bed, where it kisses my face and eats my head. Shivaree |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
OH MY GOD CHRISTOPHER - YOU DEFENDED IT. (note - distinction btwn book and movie noted...) OH MY GOD. I would be falling over if I wasn't sitting down already. I think if you went into the movie after having read the book, then perhaps your scope was slightly broader. Sheesh - it was likely all quite logical in there... And dear John was quite the alien wasn't he? Pah. I was under the impression from the movie that the aliens hadn't been on the planet that long - certainly not long enough to collectively forget how to read and revert to cave-art echoing the type found in pre-historic times lol. K |
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Acies
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since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
DQ -- Chris Farley? Tommy Boy was awesome Kamla --- Anything Lelie Neilson...ain't he the guy in Schindler's List? That movie will go down as one of the best ever made. And I like Cayote Ugly as just a movie for relaxing. "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
"Dracula" w/James Wood or Woods. My husband took me to this horrible movie and I got up and spent over an hour in the lobby waiting for him to finish watching. |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
ANY movie with Leslie Nielson in it or the words naked and gun in the title! Dr. T and the Women - what a waste with no talent!! The Thin Red Line - what a waste of talent! Eddie Murphy movies (except Beverly Hills Cop I) The Sixth Day - blech! ANY Stallone movie..the man can't act!! |
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Dopey Dope
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since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Ok.....jot this down.....if it came down to ALL of us keeping this thread alive for eternity.....we'd had every movie in existance on the list......  I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Acies - that's Liam Neeson hon (Schindlers List - listed as one of my favs lol) K[This message has been edited by Severn (edited 03-17-2001).] |
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Ron
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since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
This is fascinating and an indication, I guess, of why they make so many movies. It seem that no matter how bad a movie is, someone is going to like it, and no matter how good a movie is, someone is going to hate it. It at last answers a question I've had for years - as to why so many bad movies are made. The worst movie of all time, the only one I literally could not sit through, was called The Toxic Avenger. That's all I remember, the name, and that might not even be totally accurate. The most amazing thing, though, was that years later I saw a sequel to it sitting on the shelf at my local video store. Go figure! I do not and never have liked comedies. That's a little strange considering one of my favorite forms of entertainment is stand-up comedy, and perhaps an indication that more isn't always better. I saw Jim Carey in Vegas, long before he became famous, and thought he was a genius. I hate his movies. Of course, I'm probably also the only breathing male who thinks the Three Stooges sucked. That's not to say, however, that I don't like funny movies, because I do. The difference between a funny movie and today's genre of comedies is story. The movies of Jim Carey, Leslie Neilson, Chris Farley, Chris Rock, and far too many others to list, are little more than two hours of one-liners and sight gags, with no underlying story. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Other comedians, like Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy, sometimes have a minor story line (Golden Child comes to mind, and certainly Beverly Hills Cop), but the balance is often too heavily tilted toward funny and not enough toward story. And some few artists, like Billy Crystal, the early Richard Prior, Steve Martin (sometimes), Sally Fields, and Tom Hanks know how to make humor an intricate part of the story. I am a total sucker for good romantic comedies. Chris, while I haven't seen Battlefield Earth, another excellent example of what you described (along with The Stand) was Dune, based on the book by Frank Herbert. A masterful story, woven through a very complex society, that simply could NOT be translated to the screen successfully. More recently, Heinlein's Starship Troopers lost a LOT in the translation from page to screen. And do you remember the animated Hobbit? Yuck. I disagree with you, however, about Star Wars, if only in a backhanded fashion. To concentrate too much on the visual effects, as outstanding as they were for that era, does the film a serious disservice. Lucas is a consummate story-teller and the SW trilogy represents the most condensed grab bag of writer's techniques I've ever seen. Parallel plots, character mirrors, you name it and Lucas used it. If I ever had the opportunity (or time) to teach a fiction class, Star Wars would be my textbook. I don't watch a lot of movies, and haven't been in a theatre in at least six or seven years. I could fill a very long page with a list of the recent movies I would like to see when both opportunity and time present themselves. And, I'm sure, an even longer list of movies I wouldn't watch on a dare. |
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Brad Member Ascendant
since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705Jejudo, South Korea |
First, Ron, I forgive you. It does take a certain sophistication to understand the comedic genius of the Three Stooges. I understand. If you start talking Andy Kaufman, you're in big trouble. Now, the worst movie is tough. My wife and I went out to dinner tonight and we discussed it. She said, "Austin Powers" -- she hates those films. My decision: Ishtar. Brad |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
I can't stand all those slasher movies, Nightmare on elm street,Halloween, etc... Watching violence is not my idea of entertainment but I do like the old suspense movies...Hitchcock especially...and Jack Nickolson in "The Shining"... |
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Dusk Treader
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since 1999-06-18
Posts 1187St. Paul, MN |
The worst movie I have ever seen has got to be "The Avengers." It was James Bond with stupid gadgets and even less of a plot... Me, my friend and my parents ALL slept through the last part of the movie, it was that bad! UGGG... "And every state of mind, left to itself, every shutting up of the creature within the dungeon of its own mind - is, in the end, Hell" - C.S. Lewis |
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Acies
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since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
My mistake Kamla  Other Bad movies are: movies with Julia Roberts' brother -- i forgot his name "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. [This message has been edited by acire (edited 03-17-2001).] |
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SpitFire Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396 |
~Eric maybe? |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Oh yes - ghastly ghastly Eric... I wonder if those two get on? Him - left behind....bet he's jealous as anything. K |
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Acies
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yes that's it....thanks Eric Roberts' movies ---- yuck "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, |
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Elizabeth Cor Senior Member
since 2000-10-13
Posts 879Over the river and through the woods |
I don't think I've ever seen anything with Eric Roberts... if I have I must be blessed not to remember it. One actor that GETS ON MY NERVES!!! Val Kilmer... the man inspires hate in my heart... Arrgh! EEEwwwww! and all such things... |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
OMG. . . Ishtar. . . possibly the worst movie ever made. . . with the possible exception of Heaven's Gate. . . But come on. . . I'm amazed at the battle over Battlefield Earth. . . face it, sometimes, you just can't make good movies out of good books. . . although, I would question Battlefield Earth as a good book. . . (and yes, I've read it. . . ) But going back to Dune. . . yes, I've just watched it again on video, and I don't know if you know that it was recently re-made for the Sci-Fi Channel over like three nights I believe. . . and they still missed some things. . . Okay. . . now then. . . worst movies. . . Meet the Parents and Star Trek:Generations. . . (even though I love Star Trek, this movie was just there. . . ) -------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Christopher
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Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
You have some good points there ROn - to add to that list: Wizard of Oz (Betcha Baum would've rolled in his grave!) Jurassic Park and to a greater extent, the Lost World (I think the only similarity between book and movie was the title!), the Relic (will always remember that book.. was the first one I read toward the end of boot camp... lol)... and in truth, any movie that was mad from a book. While some stay more true to the original, at this point in history it's all but impossible to match a movie to a book.  C |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
Even though I've been a Star Trek fan since it's inception I'd have to agree that Generations wasn't great -- but Trek V (directed by Shatner) had to be the worst of them all -- no Trek film or Episode has ever lived up to the largess of the whole idea though -- every one of them is a dissapointment -- although the episode of Next Generation called 'Inner Light' came pretty close to hitting the mark... Agree on Dune, Battlefield Earth -- poorly done -- Anything with Eric Roberts can't be good -- there have been plenty of dogs by Julia too... Too much bad celluloid out there to hit them all really -- but probably the worst all-time (or at least of recent release) that I can recall was a Sandra Bullock vehicle -- can't recall the title but she was a divorcee trying to make it after her cheating husband leaves her -- yanno -- the tearjerker chick flick variety...big suck. |
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fractal007 Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 1958 |
The Leonardo Decaprio version of "Romeo and Juliet" That just drove me nuts. I can't believe they let that sappy guy act! "If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh" |
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Dopey Dope
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since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
-If love be rough with you, be rough with love!- Mercutio |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Blair Witch Project "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, |
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Spice Senior Member
since 2001-04-13
Posts 1266Resting in my cardboard box. |
Ah! Some of the movies you people don't like amaze me! Men in Tights-I thought that one was funny. Coyote Ugly- Loved it. You've got Mail- Just watched it again yesterday. And Bruce Willis! I LOVE Bruce Willis! Anything w/ him is great! He looks good too..hahaha BUT...Bad movies... I hate ANYTHING w/ George Clooney... He is so arrogant I am amazed he breathes the same air we do. Just the fact that he is in the movie would turn me off to it. Also, anything Sci-Fi. Alien filled crap. Hate it. BLAH. [This message has been edited by Spice (edited 04-29-2001).] |
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Jesse Jaymz Senior Member
since 2000-01-24
Posts 708Youngstown, ohio |
blair witch. that sucked. i went to see it the night it came out in the theatre and was moking the people that got scared. it scared my friend so much that she didnt beleive me that it was fake. the new Romeo and Juliet. come on. they try to make it 20th centry and tough yet they use all the old language. i mean come on. i was in a gang till i was 17. i was lucky and got out but trust me we didnt talk like that and no we didnt sing and snap our fingers like west side story either hehehehehehehehe All I feel is hurt and sorrow, praying it'll all be gone by tomorrow but as tomorrow rolls around, another tear hits the ground. |
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banburycross Senior Member
since 2001-03-27
Posts 946viginia |
the only movie that i can think of that made me stand up and pace around the room was the messenger. the whole thing was just saturated with melodrama. also, any movie is made worse by the presence of keanu reeves who i can't stand. Sometimes, the things that go unsaid are the only things worth hearing. |
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Alwye
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since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Hm.....all James Bond movies, the Alien movies, lots of shoot em up, half a plot movies....but the worst is........*drumroll*...........ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE! ARRRRGHHHHHH! I hate that one! *Krista Knutson* |
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Spice Senior Member
since 2001-04-13
Posts 1266Resting in my cardboard box. |
No! The first time I saw that movie I laughed SO hard ( Ace Ventura Pet detective.) BUT! I agree with you on the Ace Ventura When Nature calls.... now THAT was stupid... The first one though- I liked it. haha |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
Michael and I have recently run out of decent New Releases to watch at our local rental place, and being that we are on the "unlimited rentals" plan, we have a few more groaners to add: Nightfall: Supposedly based on a story by Asimov, this flick DEFINES the genre "B movie" in every way. It even starred David Carradine (shudder). Rules of Engagement: Shame on you, Tommy Lee Jones. I expect this sort of thing from Samuel L Jackson, but YOU...? Meet the Parents: cheap, brainless comedy. Blech. Chicken Run: Mel? MEL??? You CAN'T be THAT hard up for cash ... I mean, come ON ... claymation? What Lies Beneath: This is the worst thing I have ever seen starring Harrison Ford -- and he is one of my FAVORITE actors in the universe. As far as Michelle Pfiefer flicks, I think even the Witches of Eastwick was better. The worst part about this thing was that it went on F-O-R-E-V-E-R ... My friends, I urge you to avoid the aforementioned AT ALL COSTS if you value your sanity. Now, on to other things ... Chris, I couls not agree with you more on Battlefield Earth. John Travolta sucked like a Hoover, and it would be kind to say that the screenplay "lost a lot in the translation" from the novel. Platform boots and Klingon outfits do not a Psychlo make ... Ron, same goes for Dune. I mean, WOW -- what a book. I suspect the only reason why I didn't despise the movie the first time I watched it was because I had never read the novel; in fact, the flick inspired me to read the book. Even the "long" version of the movie is missing so much -- so much that there was actually a booklet distributed to patrons when Dune was in the theater to explain some of the concepts and define words that the film had no time to touch on. And, I would like to conclude by reasserting that Bruce Willis is STILL a terrible actor! Linda |
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Acies
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since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Waterboy Next best Thing Josie and the Pussycats "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, |
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Dopey Dope
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since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Tomcats |
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Jenn Cirrincione
since 2000-07-02
Posts 2107Fl |
Next Best Thing had Madonna in it, right? I hated that dumb movie. THE STUPIDS THE CABLE GUY WING COMMANDER FIGHT CLUB prbably forgetting some....hmmm... And hey now!! I loooooovvvved the new Romeo and Juliet... and I loveeeeedddd Leo. He was my obsession for like 3 years!!! Now no making fun if him!! "I've come too close to happiness, to have it swept away,don't think I can take the pain, never fall again..." Janet [This message has been edited by Jenn Cirrincione (edited 05-03-2001).] |
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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
Anything with Jim Carrey in it! He drives me nuts. Sorry, but I find his humour so childish, it is offensive! Not to insult anyone who may like him but... I loved him when he did In Living Color. But I can't stand his movies. |
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