Commit film heresy here

[PVnRT]

This thread is meant to give voice to irrational hatreds of trivial things. If this in turn makes you irrationally angry, please make sure your response has enough spelling errors to be amusing.

Anyway...

I hate:

The Godfather - Pretentious, overhyped crap. Excellent for use in case of insomnia

Scarface - If this movie were made now, it would be called racist. Spare me the hipster assholes who think this movie and the violence within are somehow "cool."

Reservoir Dogs - Someone please explain to me why this film is considered so good, other than obsessive internet fanboy-love of Tarantino.

Star Wars - Hate is a bit strong here. It's OK, but WOW the dialogue is shit. Greedo did NOT shoot first, fuck you George Lucas.

Every John Wayne film ever made.

I enjoy:

Event Horizon - Weird, creepy shit in space. I'll ignore the bad movie physics for this one.

Starship Troopers - Sometimes it's just cathartic to watch young pretty people blast alien bugs into icky bluish goo. Oh, and it has boobs, too.

Red Dawn - Sure, it's blatant, jingoistic propaganda that hardcore NRAers use for mastubatory purposes, but it's fun to watch on a boring Saturday afternoon after college football is done.

Flame away!

[LynneSin]

1. Showgirls is great catty fun to watch

I actually own the DVD

[Pale Blue Dot]

60. I agreed until the rape scene.

That sucked all of the trashy fun out of that movie.

[LynneSin]

138. True - but at least he had the shit kicked out of him

I think everyone who rapes should have the shit kicked out of them as part of their punishment. Then they can perhaps slightly begin to understand what the woman feels like when she is being raped.

[grace0418]

2. Couldn't stand Citizen Kane.

I know it's supposed to be one of the best films ever made.

[x-g.o.p.er]

71. Agreed!!

Most over-rated movie ever.

[raccoon]

133. I didn't get what was the big deal about it either. nt

[MrCoffee]

3. Deckard was a replicant

:hide: He really, really isn't.


I refuse to watch anything starring Sally Field.

Hackers is on my top-five all-time favorite movie list. I've seen it at least 50 times, and I laugh my ass off EVERY TIME Fisher Stevens grabs the disk while on his skateboard. Hack the Planet!!!

Fargo wasn't *that* good.

I don't "get" David Lynch movies.

Pacino > DeNiro. I said it. Get over it.

Val Kilmer is a great actor. Totally underappreciated.

Edited because I forgot to mention that Leonardo DeCaprio's ONLY good role was as Gilbert Grape's brother. Everything else he's ever done is total crap.

[PVnRT]

12. I don't *get* David Lynch. You are not alone.

In fact, Lynch ought to be thoroughly whipped on public square for the gigantic shit he took on Dune.

[MrCoffee]

15. I'm with you on Starship Troopers and Red Dawn...they're both good fun.

And sometimes good fun is all you're looking for in a movie. Which is why Hackers kicks mad ass.

[mikeytherat]

18. Homer Simpson watching "Twin Peaks"

A unicorn dances with a man under a tree, and a stop light flashes red, yellow, and green, while the man says, "They really have good coffee here in Twin Peaks."

Homer: "Man, this is awesome!" (thinking to himself: "I have no idea what the hell is going on.")

[MrCoffee]

21. I love that scene.

Lynch can get some good performances out of people (Hopper in Blue Velvet was incredible), but none of his movies make the least bit of sense.


Except for Eraserhead.

[mikeytherat]

27. Only Lynch films I liked were Blue Velvet and Eraserhead.

I guess that says something about me; perhaps too much.

"Heineken??? Wrong! Pabst Blue Ribbon!"

mikey_the_rat

[ghostsofgiants]

105. They make sense, but you have to work to make them make sense.

[WCGreen]

116. Oh yea, he is way over rated...

I couldn't even make it to the lesbian scene in Mulholand Dr.

[IntravenousDemilo]

169. Yes, Dune was oddly boring for a Lynch movie, but The Straight Story is magnificent.

And you'll definitely "get" it because it's more accessible than most of his films. Plus Richard Farnsworth should have won the Oscar that year instead of Kevin Spacey from American Beauty (a movie I don't care for at all).

[fizzgig]

26. hackers is one of my all time favoritie movies

and agree with you on both val kilmer and leonardo decrapio

[MrCoffee]

31. Another Hackers fan!

Excellent...I know of one other in the Lounge.

Wait, this isn't shop class?

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

119. What, only 4 Hacker fans in the Lounge!?

BLASPHEMY! That movie was sweet. . .

[EstimatedProphet]

35. I agree

Deckard is not a replicant. I read the book. Scott should have too.

I hate David Lynch. Overly pretentious twit.

Val Kilmer is a fantastic actor, who gets no respect.

I only disagree on diCapriao, because he was very good in The Departed IMO.

[Bok_Tukalo]

62. It was Philip K. Dick. Scott was better off not to read the book.

That is the only way you can make a decent movie out of the tripe.

[MrCoffee]

63. oh no you didn't

:mad:

[PVnRT]

74. Peace

He knows not what he does.

I need to go feed my sheep. It's 100% real, I promise.

[EstimatedProphet]

101. Them's feudin words

[PVnRT]

76. Ye speak truth

I thought DiCaprio was the only thing that made Catch Me If You Can watchable.

[baldguy]

126. Gaff knew his dream

[mitchum]

4. "2001: A Space Odyssey" is nothing but a lava lamp passed off as a movie

far out, man

[fudge stripe cookays]

79. GOD I fucking hated that film.

Here is fudge watching 2001.

view
fast forward
pause
fast forward
view
fast forward
fast forward
fast forward

If I saw one more long shot of space, I was going to scream. What a waste of fucking time.

[DarkTirade]

83. I liked the book, but never got around to watching the movie.

Just seemed a little too... overly pretentious. Trying too hard.

I probably should get around to seeing it just for the geek cred though.

[moggie]

145. Best comment I've read on 2001

"That film was so slow that the screen saver kicked in".

[fudge stripe cookays]

153. .

:rofl:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

96. Your post makes all "2001" reviews redundant.

:thumbsup:

[mitchum]

172. Thanks...

the odd thing is that I really do like the sound design of the movie. Not necessarily the use of the classical music, but how the sound of "not-yet-existing" devices and technology were realized.
I may be one of the few people who would rather listen to the movie than watch it

[Dr. Strange]

110. Except for the HAL/Dave scene...

you are largely correct.

[Mad_Dem_X]

137. HAL was the best part

The whole movie should have been about him.

[fizzgig]

5. i really like waterworld

there, i said it

sin city did nothing for me and turned it off less than half way through. i've never seen any of the godfather movies. uhm....that's all i can think of right now

[billyskank]

147. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

:rofl:

Okay, now I've stopped laughing my arse off, I still love you. :loveya:

[fizzgig]

176. i'm glad you got such a good laugh out of it

:P

:loveya:

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. The only thing keeping GWTW off the shitbin it deserves is the South's inability to let go of a past

- a nostalgically rewritten past based on silly dreams and continuing idiotic propaganda - that they never actually had, and which fake history they can relive by watching that giant poop-pile of a film.

[mikeytherat]

8. What a truly awful movie.

One where I wanted to place all the principal characters in a sack, throw the sack into a river, and then hurl the river into the sun.

mikey_the_rat

[HughBeaumont]

30. "Shitbin" is an awesome word.

You lost the "wah", get over it!

[Deep13]

41. Hated it. There were no sympathetic main characters in the whole film.

I was rooting for Sherman.

[Iggo]

7. I'm with ya on...

...Scarface, StarWars, Reservoir Dogs and John Wayne. To those I'd add Citizen Kane. (I really like Godfather I & II.)

I'm also with ya on Starship Troopers and Red Dawn (Avenge me!) Event Horizon was a snoozer, though.

[CreekDog]

9. Gone With The Wind blows

I'm sorry, really, really sorry. I hope this didn't lose me my secret admirers.

:yoiks:

[stuntcat]

86. Scarlet

I vomit on Scarlet
:puke:

[CreekDog]

115. But I like Scarlett

:rofl:

[stuntcat]

134. right on, me too!

:headbang:

[PVnRT]

10. I thought of more

300 sucked. Sucked righteously. Spare me the "oh, but the visuals" nonsense. Why must everyone be SHOUTING all the time?

The League of Extraordinary Gentleman is a fun, campy piece of steampunk. Plus, saying you like it pisses off the Alan Moore fanboys something fierce, an added bonus.

The remake of The House on Haunted Hill was good as well. In fact, Vincent Price's original is pretty damn dull. *spoiler* I know it's old, but that skeleton-on-a-string thing at the end is just silly.*spoiler*

[Brigid]

11. Hated "Fargo."

I guess I just didn't get it. Loved "O Brother Where Art Thou?", though.

[Westegg]

16. You have a conflict within yourself...

...that can only be resolved by your watching "Barton Fink" ten times in a row.

[MrCoffee]

17. Barton Fink?

Survey says....XXXXXXX


The Hudsucker Proxy will be your salvation.

[Westegg]

29. What?! No HUMAN could survive that!

[jadedconformist]

13. I pretty much like everything you hate. LOL.

Can you post what your faves are?

[PVnRT]

14. Killer Klowns From Outer Space

Seriously. I own the special edition DVD with director commentary and documentaries.

[Perry Logan]

181. I liked that movie! It's the truth about clowns.

[LeftinOH]

19. If Tom Hanks never appears on film again....that's fine with me..

yes, I mean 'Hanks', not 'Cruise' -whom I can more easily avoid.

[MrCoffee]

23. I second that emotion...

Although I love and adore Joe Vs. The Volcano.

[mduffy31]

64. No Money Pit is fantastic

[stuntcat]

91. yep

:thumbsup:

[nadine_mn]

127. You are my hero...I agree 100%

[LeftinOH]

20. .

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. scarface was bullshit and crappy and i hated it.

[PVnRT]

77. I liked it when he died - that meant the movie was finally over

[HughBeaumont]

24. Heresy!

Waking Life GAAAAAH did this suck ass. It felt like watching Ethan Hawke, Jim Jarmusch, Jack White and that dickhead in your Political Science class who answers everything in flatulent self-important monologues sit around at a table, getting completely baked and unleashing the most pompous boooolshite ever captured on film.

Any Wes Anderson film. I hate smug. I hate deadpan-fests. Sue me.

Any film with Will Ferrell besides Old School, and his scene-chewing disguised as acting almost fucked THAT up.

I'm with whoever says The Matrix, especially after watching it now. I thought it was mildly OK when I first saw it. With each subsequent watching, it got worse and worse.

Natural Born Killers A Frat-boy's idea of a deep picture and Ollie Stoned's acid trips come to life. Half the shit in it is impossible even when you suspend disbelief, and Juliette Lewis needs to be tied up. Turned two total fuck-ups into cult heroes among the Metallica set.

Pulp Fiction See The Matrix above. When you first see it, it's good, but after repeated watchings, you're like "wow, that dialogue is just REALLY damned stupid and pretentious". Overusing "fuck" in movies is always a sore spot with me as well (Pretty much why I found The Big Lebowski to be overrated), as the writers just come off sounding like junior high kids talking in Slipknot lyrics to impress their peers. Didn't like a SINGLE character in that film. Who the hell TALKS like these people? While I'm pissing off 90% of the people who worship this guy and Pulp Fiction; frankly, I don't really like ANY of the guy's films after Reservoir Dogs, especially the vastly overrated and ripped-off Kill Bills. Plus, I just want to kick the screen in whenever I hear John Travolturd talk in that flick. Shove your "royale with Cheese" up your ass, goombah.

Good Will Hunting Can a movie bore you and piss you off at the same time? You just wanted to hit every single character with a bat - the script was over-masturbatory, mean-spirited, vulgar for the sake of being vulgar and WAY too much of a negative vibe for me to enjoy.

American Beauty. I'm sorry, but was I supposed to relate to ANY of those oversmug repellent people? Someone once called this a Dirty Dozen movie - as in it would be way better if the cast from Dirty Dozen just came in and fragged everyone in it. Well, everyone except the gay neighbors. They're good guys, you can leave them be.

Anything by Kevin Smith with the possible exception of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Donnie Darko and Fight Club (I didn't really HATE them per se, I just don't think they're the greatest thing since sliced bread like all of their fans do).

The Big Lebowski. Is it a "high" thing?

Magnolia. Tommy One Note and The Coldest, Most Humorless Actress This Side of Jodie Foster once again ruin an otherwise good movie.

[mitchum]

48. Hugh, I hate all of those also...

and for pretty much the same reasons
It seems that we share similar tastes...and that should scare the hell out of you!

[HamdenRice]

157. Waking Life is one of the greatest movies of all time

The writer/director, however, uses a strategy of distraction. He wants you to think it's about all the philosophical speculation and even bullshitting at the beginning.

It's actually about death.

[Westegg]

25. I haven't seen a great movie all year, and I've seen them all...

...There Will be Blood, Zodiac, No Country For Old Men, Eastern Promises, Juno, Michael Clayton, Atonement, Diving Bell and the Butterfly. And so many others. Some are very good. NONE are worthy of the incredible hype and accolades that have been showered upon them. I don't get it. I have no need to see any of these films a second time. That's the start of my definition of a "great" film, yet probably half of these are being talked up as "legendary." Bullshit, I say.

[MAGICBULLET]

28. I disagree with everything you say!

however the Grateful Dead and Phish really suck much more than anything you've listed.

ok...maybe I do enjoy Starship Troopers a little - I wonder why there was never a sequel

also...college football?? terrible waist of tyme :)

[PVnRT]

38. At least we can agree that the Dead and Phish suck

[EstimatedProphet]

57. Fuck you guys

[PVnRT]

58. Tease

I may just have to graffiti the Dead paraphernalia in your cubicle. :evilgrin:

[hedgehog]

56. There was never a sequal because the producers decided that

although 1 sneak attack was believable, and maybe 2, staging a third identical sneak attack by the bugs would cause people to rip up their seats and throw them at the screen.

BTW - No one on Earth could figure out that the way to take out the bugs was with flamethrowers or grenades?

[Phillycat]

32. Citizen Kane is so boring, I fell asleep. TWICE.

[Deep13]

44. Wasn't all that impressed, ...

...especially after being told it was the best film ever shot.

Half of his running for gov. poster was hat.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

113. Quel fromage!!!

Has some amazing technical tricks in it that were revolutionary for the time, in black and white, and wayy before computers.

Like exposing the film three times with three different focal lengths so that three different items in the shot are in focus -- the scene where the lounge singer wife tries to kill herself. The bottle of poison on the nightstand, the woman in bed, and the nurse coming in the door are ALL in focus, and they had to do it manually.

I never knew that Orson Welles was ever young and handsome till I saw Citizen Kane. I just knew him as this old fat guy with a beard and a fabulous deep voice who pimped cheap wine on TV commercials.

And it pissed off William Randolph Hearst, the media mogul of his day, that they tried to get all the prints of the movie destroyed. They failed.

"The Magnificent Ambersons" (his next film after Kane) sucked big time. I walked out of it.

[northzax]

141. and let's not forget

that he was 26 when he made Citizen Kane. And it seems almost derivative now, of course that's because so many things that came after it were derivative of it.

and yes, The Magnificent Ambersons, depite the legendary missing 40 minutes, is just not good. ambitious, but not good.

[LanternWaste]

149. There's a wonderful little movie aptly entitled "RKO281"...

There's a wonderful little movie aptly entitled "RKO281" (the studio's project number for Citizen Kane) which dramatizes the feud between Wells and Hearst and the struggle Wells had in making the movie.

It's pretty entertaining if you dig the behinds-the-scenes stuff that producers and directors went through as Hollywood was moving away from it's older business model.

[HuskerDU]

33. China Town

Heard about that one forever. Started watching it and after nothing really happened after about an hour, I gave up.

OTOH I loved Death to Smootchie and Malibu's Most Wanted- hilarious movies that got poor reviews.

[Westegg]

45. Perhaps you're more of a...

"Death To Smootchie"/"Malibu's Most Wanted" kind of person. Some people are.

[tigereye]

53. I think you have to like film noir to like Chinatown

I really liked it when I finally saw it. Beautiful cinematography.




I liked the Fifth Element :hide:

[PVnRT]

78. Death to Smoochie is great

Granted, the ending is a bizarre beyond compare, but otherwise it's very funny.

Chinatown - meh. Film noir is OK - maybe I just need to watch it again.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

80. Trust me, stuff happens.

You just have to finish it.

[NoGOPZone]

34. Silence of the Lambs had a farfetched plot and wasn't scary.

He eats people! Oooh, I'm so scared! You've done much better, Jodie.

[Westegg]

46. "Silence/Lambs" was totally overrated.

[darkstar]

148. Way overrated

It won 5 Oscars, I believe. Hard to to accept, isn't it?

[Jade Fox]

189. A Chucky film for grown-ups......

as I believe James Wolcott described "Silence of the Lambs".

[fizzgig]

36. another one: i couldn't stand legend

there are handful of movies that are 'must love' for my generation: princess bride, neverending story, labyrinth and legend.

i somehow never saw legend when i was younger, but when i finally saw it, it was the worst movie i'd seen in a long time. i was high as a kite and couldn't even laugh at it, it was that horrible

[PVnRT]

37. Tim Curry in giant devil horns doesn't do it for you?

I don't remember Legend being all that big a thing gorwoing up, though I do remember kids drooling about Labyrinth. Never saw that one.

[fizzgig]

94. my friends are horrified that i didn't like legend

labyrinth freaked me out as a kid, but i still love it

[DS1]

39. I fall asleep during the chainsaw sequence of Scarface

I cannot stay awake through that movie. I'd probably have to be strapped into a chair ala Clockwork Orange with pure caffeine dropped into my eyeballs to make it through that movie.

[Deep13]

40. I really enjoyed Starship Troopers. nt

[kwassa]

42. "Highlander" is a great work of art, and Cristopher Lambert a great actor

[MrCoffee]

43. that's not heresy, that's the simple truth

:thumbsup:

[Chovexani]

150. Amen.

Let's not talk about the second one though... :scared:

[philosophie_en_rose]

47. Galaxy Quest is superior to 90% of the Star Trek films.

:bounce:

[PVnRT]

59. Yes, and for that, you get a heart

[philosophie_en_rose]

90. YAY!

:loveya:

[DarkTirade]

84. That's not blasphemy, that's just basic truth.

All the odd numbered ones with the original cast sucked, and all of the next gen movies sucked just about as hard.

Okay, not as hard as number 5. Very little in this world sucks THAT hard with the exception of black holes and certain porn stars.

[baldguy]

156. Of course it is!

They took all the best parts & strung them together.

[geardaddy]

167. I totally agree.

[philosophie_en_rose]

49. .

:wow:

[Name removed]

50. Deleted message

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[laconicsax]

51. Return of the Jedi sucked.

-Schindler's List--The Holocaust gets sanitized to network TV levels, creating the feel-good illusion that nothing really horrific took place in the death camps.
-Titanic--This movie just plain sucked.

[DS1]

52. Sorry, geeks. 'Equilibrium' sucks shit.

gun-kata ->>>> :puke:

[ceile]

54. All of The Godfather moives blow!

As does Forest Gump. Jumpin' Jack Flash is one of the funniest movies ever made.

[sakabatou]

61. The Godfather movies DO blow!

Especially the first two.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

114. Jumpin' Jack Flash is hilarious.

Except for the totally unreal pairing of Whoopi Goldberg and Jonathan Pryce from the Lexus Commercials.

But that's Hollywood for ya.

[ceile]

55. Dupe

[ghostsofgiants]

65. Steven Spielberg's films are lame as fuck.

[fudge stripe cookays]

97. Ever seen "Duel"?

If not, check it out and get back with me. I was on the edge of my seat almost the whole time.

[ghostsofgiants]

154. I haven't seen that but if it isn't lame as hell, it is the exception.

[fudge stripe cookays]

161. It's awfully good.

Imagine simply passing an 18 wheeler on a mountainous California road.

Said trucker takes this WAYYYYYYY tooo personally, and begins trying to kill you with aforementioned 18 wheeler. It was one of his first movies before he got bloated and full of himself.

[cemaphonic]

193. I'm gonna back this.

From what I've seen of your movie preferences, I think you would like Duel too. Some ham-handed symbolism in it, but basically a really tight, well-paced and suspenseful movie. And the truck isn't just your average semi either.

[End Of The Road]

164. I saw it the first time when I was babysitting

Must have been around 1971 or 72, I was about 17, and it scared the shit out of me. Then I caught it a few years later and thought ho-hum boring.

[fudge stripe cookays]

171. Maybe the younger you are the worse the fright.

First time I saw it I was about 11, and it scared the pee out of me.

[terrya]

66. "It's a Wonderful Life" is syrupy, treacly crap.

[HughBeaumont]

128. Watched it once. Never again.

Ecccch. The HFCS of all old movies.

[distantearlywarning]

131. I completely agree!

I finally saw it for the first time this Christmas. What a waste of 3 hours that rubbish was!

Beyond being syrupy and treacly, it's completely unrealistic, AND the villain doesn't even get it in the end. How is that supposed to be uplifting? That movie is like every Republican's fantasy: the evil guy gets away with everything, leaving the townspeople to make up the shortfall. *cue evil mocking laughter*

[IntravenousDemilo]

170. HERETIC!

shmily

[IzaSparrow]

67. The Sound of Music is 2.5 hours too long

and The 40 Year Old Virgin is the best comedy ever.

[IzaSparrow]

68. dupe

[Throd]

69. "Erin Brokavich" sucked and Julia Roberts is a horse faced no-talent.

[fizzgig]

89. spot on

pretty woman made me want to smash the television

[LanternWaste]

70. The Matrix: bad science-fiction aimed at the lowerst common denominator

The Matrix: bad science-fiction aimed at the lowerst common denominator. And that would be ALL the matrix films-- bad rip offs of E.A. Poe's "Dream within a Dream"

[DarkTirade]

85. "... I know kung fu."

:P

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

88. You're forgiven. Two out of three ain't bad. (Do I really need to explain?) -nt

[LanternWaste]

162. Unless it's a bad Meatloaf reference, I'm afraid so...

"Do I really need to explain?"

Unless it's a bad Meatloaf reference, I'm afraid so... :shrug:

[x-g.o.p.er]

72. self deleted

sorry about the double post

[x-g.o.p.er]

73. Anything with Kevin Costner, with a few exceptions

Bull Durham--Great movie, and it was the first date my wife and I ever went on.

Silverado--Very good, overlooked movie.

No Way Out--One scene stands out above all others...

Tin Cup--Stupid, campy, but funny.

Most everything else of his is self-pretentious crap.

[PVnRT]

75. Bull Durham - Love it

Candlesticks make a nice gift.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

93. No Way Out was god damn fucking awesome. -nt

[momophile]

95. only baseball movies for me and Costner nt

[fudge stripe cookays]

98. I liked Revenge...

just for the sex scenes with Madeleine Stowe. I'm straight, but I might switch for her.

[Jade Fox]

190. "A Perfect World" ......

is worth a look. It's a little known film by Clint Eastwood starring Costner, and I was blown away by his acting.

[Liberal Veteran]

81. Titanic was a wonderful movie and its theme song never gets old.

:D

[Iggo]

135. Why, you little...

I keel you!:P

[Skittles]

175. I love the movie Titanic

as for the theme song - I will say it works wonderful IN THE MOVIE - outside the movie I will admit it is annoying :D

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

82. "French Connection" bored the shit out of me. -nt

[Richardo]

118. That's it - we're through

:grr:

[DarkTirade]

87. I liked the movie 'Rock Star'.

And I'm listening to the soundtrack right now.

Steel Dragon fuckin' rocks. :P

Livin' the life I got to live...
givin' it all I got to give...

[Deja Q]

92. I ***ADORE*** "Xanadu" and anyone who hates it... well, you can go and

date me. :P

[x-g.o.p.er]

107. The Newton-John Travolta movie?

I hate to admit it, but I liked it.

[GOPisEvil]

99. Godfather III was the best of the trilogy.

I mean, it had THE POPE!!

[KamaAina]

100. Paris Hilton is the screen goddess of the 21st century

oh, you said heresy, not insanity. My bad. :P

[Frank Cannon]

102. "American Beauty" is superficial, pseudophilosophical horseshit...

with bad acting, a ludicrous script, and a disturbing undertone of pedophilia.

I cannot fucking stand that movie. I wanted to beat somebody up when I walked out of that thing.

[asthmaticeog]

123. THANK you.

I remember it being lauded as some kind of anti-commercial culture critique. Horseshit. It was a midlife crisis-a-thon, utter shit.

[Jade Fox]

191. Hated it......

Okay, I did sort of like the dancing bag scene. But what a bad, bad movie.

[Frank Cannon]

103. Deleted

For bad profanity.

[Frank Cannon]

104. Also deleted

For extra bad profanity in relation to "American Beauty".

[Blue_Tires]

106. lol

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7453633

[Yavin4]

108. BrokeBack Mountain Bored The Hell Out of Me

Any love story with two good looking people, gay or straight, bores the hell out of me. Show me a love story about two average people finding love like Napoleon Dynamite, then I can relate.

[CBHagman]

109. I cannot abide "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

It's a pretty degrading premise all around (Yeah, yeah, even with the redemption in the rain crap at the end), and of course Mickey Rooney is at the head of the class in Racist Stereotypes 101. I'm not even particularly fond of the cat.

Oh, and Audrey Hepburn ought never to have been cast as Eliza Doolittle My Fair Lady. I'm not much of an Audrey Hepburn fan.

But Sabrina -- the original, of course -- is great. I mean that, and writing it may stop DUers from beating me savagely with The Leonard Maltin Film Guide.

[General Zod]

111. This looks like fun....

I hated "The Shining" Jack Nicholson goes mad and tries to kill his family. Whoop-Dee Freakin' Doo!

Aside from the 2 little girls, not a single fu**ing scary moment in the film.

"Star Wars" Folks, George Lucas just plain sucks! I've heard better dialogue in a porno movie.

"Top Gun" Tom Cruise. Is there a worse actor in movie history? Who else would like to smack the shit-eatin' grin off his face? Not even the way too cool F-14 Tomcat can save this turkey.

"Titanic" To is to all the people who went to see this steaming pile of crap more then 10 times, own the DVD, then watch it every time it comes on TV: The boat fu**ing sank! It sinks every time you re- watch it! The ending will not change! Get a life!

"Psycho" Norman Bates thinks he's his mother! Oh, the horror! Someone call Dr Freud!

"E.T. The Extra Testicle" Oops, I mean Terrestrial. Worst. Alien. Movie. Ever. I was so bored watching this, that I kept hoping the E.T was actually a malevolent monster that ate children's brains. No such luck, Sparky.

"Blade Runner" Maybe the most boring Sci-Fi movie ever. I've seen snail races that were better paced then this sleep-inducer.

"Independence Day" Recipe for making a bad movie: Take every cliche' from every Sci-Fi classic from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Wrap it around some of the worst acting you'll see outside of the Syracuse Community Theater. Have 2 of the most non-talented hacks in movie history produce and direct (Dean Delvin and Roland Emmerich). Release to an appalled public.

[Frank Cannon]

117. RE: Your harsh assessment of E.T.

I always thought that movie would be MUCH better if, towards the end, Elliott finds out that E.T. is actually trying to contact his alien friends to give them the "all-clear" signal to invade Earth. Elliott then brings a .45-caliber handgun left by his father into the woods and, in a tearful, emotional scene, shoots E.T. and destroys the communication device before it can transmit. The aliens decide to move on and Earth is saved.

I always pictured the final showdown happening in the rain, with a devastated Elliott giving a beautiful soliloquy on childhood innocence, trust and betrayal before popping a cap between E.T.'s big, turned-sinister eyes. Kind of an "Old Yeller" scene that kids would remember for decades.

[PVnRT]

121. I fucking HATE The Shining

Kubrick should have at least tried to read the book and keep the sense of not being quite sure whether or not everyone is just going stir-crazy and hallucinating or if the hotel is actually haunted by a malevolent force. Jack Nicholsons was awful, the acting was awful, and he left out the major creepy scene from the book - the moving topiary. That's the only part of a book that's ever scared me in any way.

And a roque mallet pounding against walls like a demon beating the drums of hell is 10000000X scarier than a fucking axe.

[Iggo]

136. But you gotta love President Lone Star.

That was some inspired casting there.

[Flaxbee]

112. "Harold and Maude" drove me insane

but that was when I was 20; now almost 20 years later, perhaps I wouldn't be so impatient with it.

Also, got home from the movie and found out my grandmother had died. I think that will forever taint the movie for me.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

120. Starship Troopers is a wonderful satire

loved it.

[Dr. Strange]

130. You may now present your ass...

for paddling! :spank:

[JCMach1]

122. Princess Bride

Mildly amusing rubbish undeserving of cult status.

[Snarkturian Clone]

124. for heresy, come to me!!!

I agree with you on godfather. Not my favorite.

i didn't like:

Juno. Trying too hard. Witty rejoinders no human would ever use in real life. Girl annoying. Trying to turn Napoleon Dynamite into a chick flick.

Crash. What the fuck was this thing? I giant piece of crap, that's what. Proof that Academy Awards are bullshit.

Most horror/slasher movies. I don't get it. I like Amityville Horror and the Omen. That's about it.

Movies I liked that no one else did:

The Butterfly Effect. Not so much now but when I first saw it, I was freaked out.

Serenity. What every sci-fi movie should be. Saw it before I ever saw Firefly.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture. I fucking love it. LOVE IT!!! Sure, it's corny... but I still love that shit. Great art direction.

[Mendocino]

125. The Breakfast Club-

A pandering mess. Why didn't they just call it "Adults Suck, But Teens Will Love This flick"?

Man on the Moon-Annoying actor/comedian plays annoying comedian/actor.

Armageddon-Worst movie ever!

The Patriot-Mel Gibson stabbing British Officer with an American Flagpole...oh gawd.

Nearly anything with Keanu Reeves in it.

[distantearlywarning]

129. Something About Mary wasn't funny. I didn't "get" Pulp Fiction. nt

[raccoon]

132. Independence Day--it sucked. Hack-written.

Jaws--it made us all scared of sharks, but it was ridiculous. The shark wouldn't keep swimming back to the boat, like it was having a battle with the 3 men.

Titanic--also hack-written, trite, and silly.

[LynneSin]

139. Dances with Wolves? More like Dances with something equal to prescription Ambien

:boring:

[skygazer]

143. Costner may be the worst actor on the planet

And it offended me to no end that instead of falling in love with an Indian woman, he has to fall in love with the one white woman in the tribe (who miraculously remembers how to speak English after dreaming about her former life.... or something). :eyes:

[LynneSin]

144. He did?

I must have :boring: thru that part.

Actually I enjoyed Costner in the following 2 movies: Bull Durham and No Way Out

[Burma Jones]

140. Digital is superior to celluloid......

And I detest Gone With The Wind too.......

[Tektonik]

142. I like the following movies

Starship Troopers
Hulk
Matrix Reloaded

[NaturalHigh]

146. I hated Pulp Fiction.

I actually fell asleep. Maybe I would have enjoyed part of it if I could have stayed awake longer.

[darkstar]

151. Sideways is absolute yuppie wankery

Forest Gump is thinly disguised right-wing propaganda.

The Star Wars series and Dune are actually Gone With The Wind or Dr. Zhivago (or Falcon Crest, even)set in space, i.e. socio-political intrigue and family dynasty pictures gussied up with spaceships.

Jimmy Stewart had a time and a place, but he absolutely ruins several otherwise great movies for me, most notably Vertigo.

In twenty years, heavy-handed CGI (too many to name) will be looked upon w/ distaste ranging from "quaint time capsule" to "this is unwatchable." It is todays equivalent of stop-motion superimposition of large beasts. See Bourne Identity and Children of Men for forward edge of CGI-free/invisible action.

[darkstar]

152. oooops

Didn't mean to post twice.....

[ReformedChris]

155. I actually harbor great hatred for all three Lord of the Rings Films..

Completely tore the books to shreds by screwing up the following things.

1) Taking out Tom Bombadil

2) Ignoring Aragorn's greatness (His family connection to Elrond, his healing powers, not showing Anduril's power, his ability to use the Palantir because it belonged to his family).

3) Turning the White Tree of Gondor into a useless prop that looks like a bush without explaining its importance.

4) Making Gondor look weak and Rohan look more powerful. The Dunedain aspect was completely ignored and Numenor was mentioned only once.

5) Taking the Palantir out as the reason Denethor II (Boromir and Faramir's father) went insane and taking out his true "suicide" for a cool shot

6) Taking out the Scouring of the Shire and replacing it with that tacked on ending(s).

7) Mouth of Sauron would have been cool as the main villian in the final battle at the gates, not some tacked on CGI creature (his appearance in the Extended DVD was kinda cool, if so brief)

8) The end of the Ring, Gollum's greed and celebration caused him to fall, not some fight with Frodo.

I know I could come up with a lot more stuff, but I think these 3 movies did little justice to Tolkien's true intentions and work. I feel The Silmarillion could be made into 6 movies like "Star Wars", but I doubt it will ever get to happen.

[HamdenRice]

158. "Glory" is one of the most repellant war films ever made

I say this for somewhat complicated, conflicted reasons. Don't get me wrong -- it is a great film, wonderfully written and acted, and in my top ten.

But I'm a pacifist. I don't even think WWII was "the good war," and can hardly imagine an circumstance when war is justified.

"Glory," however, arguably picks out the single most justifiable military action imaginable -- African American freemen and runaway slaves fighting to end slavery -- and thereby creates a powerful rationale for war. Even worse, it ends in what is effectively a mass suicide -- a suicide mission intended to convince the Union to raise a black army.

It insidiously glorifies war by portraying it at its most noble.

The best war movie ever made is one of the oldest -- "All Quiet on the Western Front."

[Starbucks Anarchist]

177. What about Paths of Glory?

[HamdenRice]

180. ?

Hi Starbucks, I never saw Paths of Glory.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

183. Definitely check it out.

Stanley Kubrick directed it. It focuses more on the politics of war than any other aspect.

[HamdenRice]

184. I checked out the Wiki summary. Sounds a lot like Breaker Morant

Have you seen Breaker Morant? It's about two Australian soldiers in the British Army who were executed for murder during the Boer War -- something like a British Mai Lai. Also about the politics of war.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

186. No, but I will some day.

[krispos42]

159. I... I... I like the acoustic version of "Layla" over the original

:hide:


I just don't get why the entire last half of the song sounds like a Billy Joel piano solo.

[HamdenRice]

160. Turista is the dumbest film ever. I'm sure the Brazil tourist board hates it

Well this isn't heresy. It's common sense. Turista is about a bunch of American and British tourists who get stranded in a small Brazilian town as a result of a bus accident.

The entire town then lures them into a trap, in which they are kidnapped, thrown in cages and then have their internal organs surgically removed without anasthesia for the international black market in organ transplants.

Dumb idea, dumb execution.

[MrCoffee]

163. Woody Allen Sucks Ass.

[DS1]

165. He's about to redeem himself

[MrCoffee]

168. I am so very conflicted about that whole thing

On the one hand...well, that hand is busy

On the other, it's a Woody Allen movie.

[geardaddy]

166. Here's my movie heresy:

The Patriot - Mel Gibson doing kung fu moves in revolutionary America.

Any Kevin Costner film. He's the worst actor next to Tom Cruise, William Hurt, and Keanu Reeves.

All the Star Wars films, when watched past the age of 10.

Pacino and DeNiro are just charicatures themselves regardless of what role they are playing, so if it's not a mob film, it's not worth watching if they're in it.

That's all I have for now.

[citizen4democrats]

173. The movie Juno

That teenage girl is annoying.

[triguy46]

174. "The Hottie and the Nottie" is great family fun, and it has a message too.

[nytemare]

178. "Bridges of Madison County", "Cold Mountain", and "Pride and Prejudice" are overly-romantic turds

I love most of the actors in the films, but I fucking hated the films. I couldn't even finish them on DVD or VHS when I rented them.

[ruiner4u]

179. Hated Lost in Translation...

[Perry Logan]

182. French directors suck. There, I've said it.

[semillama]

185. My main heresy

I thought lost in translation was just ok.

My wife's: Thought Saving Private Ryan was a shitty, shitty, horrible film. Thinks Tom Hanks needed to stop making movies after "Big".

[dembotoz]

187. I loved Howard the Duck

[Jade Fox]

188. "Rebel Without a Cause" sucks......

When the James Dean character is whining that his parents don't understand him, I want to smack him.

[Dukkha]

192. Magnolia is an uber pretentious uber crapfest about nothing

I've seen more restrained acting in Mexican soap operas and the characters equate fingernails on a chalkboard

the same above for Crash:
opening scene
CRASH!
everyone in LA is racist!
CRASH!
credits

[cemaphonic]

194. My take on Magnolia...

Inferior rehash of Short Cuts, which itself is an inferior rehash of Nashville. No complaints about the acting though.