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9/27/03 at 9:20am
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Toshiba enters the Blu ray world with their first player. Toshiba with universal had gone with HDDVD a few years back and lost. now they are here with the first blu ray player. I had a Toshiba HD-a2...
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FUNNY PEOPLE 2-Disc Unrated Collector’s Edition Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Year: 2009 Rated:R Film Length: 2 hours, 26 minutes (theatrical), 2 hours, 33 minutes...
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There are continual jolts of electricity spread throughout Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah. It’s akin to the shock-to-the-system kick one got when he was first exposed to Martin...
Worst Movies Ever Made?
9/27/03 at 9:57am
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| Even tripe like Armageddon compares favorably with movies shot on just a few thousand dollars and with production values more in line with a grade-school stage play. |
Yeah but even a few thousand dollar garage film can have something that Armageddon could never have no matter how much money they threw at it...charm.
Now if we are talking about movies that I love to hate then that is a very different thing from movies that I simply hate...
An example..
I love to hate The Green Slime because it is just so goofy that I get a kick out of it.
On the other hand I truly hate Armageddon because it is so full of itself that it actually tries to be "moving" at the end after two hours of huge FX, cardboard characters, truly bad writing and zero plot. All the money they spent on this pile of garbage could have made ten good lower budget films (IF they had better directors at least).
Now there are movies that I think are "bad" but might have some good parts in them such as...
Salon Kitty (bad film overall IMO but with some interesting plot elements, some good performances and some nice cinematography)
The Fury (a perfect example of bad DePalma in his "Hey look, I'm Hitchcock" mode and Good DePalma in some of the more effective sequences...all in one film!)
Mission to Mars (same thing really only with "Hey look, I'm Kubrick", plus what the hell was Ennio Morricone thinking with that score? Still, it had some nice action parts and a great set-up...)
Caligula (Same as Salon Kitty plus no matter what you feel about the film I bet this is the closest a film has ever come to showing the true depravity of Rome...perhaps without quite so many Penthouse playmates
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9/27/03 at 10:33am
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Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World
- I guess because I absolutely loved the first one and thus it was like sacrilege.
Spirit
- Quite possibly the worst animated movie about a horse I've ever seen.
Monster's Inc.
- The most overrated movie of all time? Perhaps.
Dude, Where's My Car
- As if I even have to explain this one.
American Pie
- The second most overrated movie of all time? Maybe.
Independence Day
- I hated this one soley because of the way they used a computer virus... That couldn't happen people! It makes my brain hurt.
Godzilla (1998)
- UGH
Men in Black 2
- It was like the first one, only not good.
Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Like the second one, only... Not good!
A Knight's Tale
- Another movie that makes my brain hurt.
I actually liked Blair Witch 2, Super Mario Bros... Street Fighter... I guess if a movie entertains me, then I don't consider it bad.
- I guess because I absolutely loved the first one and thus it was like sacrilege.
Spirit
- Quite possibly the worst animated movie about a horse I've ever seen.
Monster's Inc.
- The most overrated movie of all time? Perhaps.
Dude, Where's My Car
- As if I even have to explain this one.
American Pie
- The second most overrated movie of all time? Maybe.
Independence Day
- I hated this one soley because of the way they used a computer virus... That couldn't happen people! It makes my brain hurt.
Godzilla (1998)
- UGH
Men in Black 2
- It was like the first one, only not good.
Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Like the second one, only... Not good!
A Knight's Tale
- Another movie that makes my brain hurt.
I actually liked Blair Witch 2, Super Mario Bros... Street Fighter... I guess if a movie entertains me, then I don't consider it bad.
9/27/03 at 12:52pm
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I've been popping in and out of this thread a lot. Out of curiousity as to what people think are the worst movies. I think the title of this thread is a bit mis-leading. It should be changed to "Movies I hate" because 95% of the films named here couldn't be described as coming anywhere near the title "worst made".
I don't like "ARMAGEDDON" but, from any standpoint, it could never be considered as bad as "PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE". People will defend PLAN 9 by saying, "it's so bad, it's good" but, ignoring its camp value, P9 is closer to "worst made" than "ARMAGEDDON" could ever be.
Seeing films such as:
Monsters Inc.
Deliverance
LOTR
and even THE FOUR FEATHERS
being named as being among the worst movies ever made is humourous.
A movie I think is bad is "MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL" starring Mel Gibson. I normally will not shut off a movie -not even one I don't care for like MAGNOLIA- but for MDH I made an exception......an hour was enough. Still, I don't think I could classify even MDH as one of the worst movies ever made.
The worst movies ever made are the ones that used cardboard and wax crayons for their opening credits and came on super8 or 16mm film......if you know what I mean.
I don't like "ARMAGEDDON" but, from any standpoint, it could never be considered as bad as "PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE". People will defend PLAN 9 by saying, "it's so bad, it's good" but, ignoring its camp value, P9 is closer to "worst made" than "ARMAGEDDON" could ever be.
Seeing films such as:
Monsters Inc.
Deliverance
LOTR
and even THE FOUR FEATHERS
being named as being among the worst movies ever made is humourous.
A movie I think is bad is "MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL" starring Mel Gibson. I normally will not shut off a movie -not even one I don't care for like MAGNOLIA- but for MDH I made an exception......an hour was enough. Still, I don't think I could classify even MDH as one of the worst movies ever made.
The worst movies ever made are the ones that used cardboard and wax crayons for their opening credits and came on super8 or 16mm film......if you know what I mean.
When you have to shoot...shoot. Don't talk!
9/27/03 at 7:08pm
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| Clueless has an 80% on the tomato meter, which is abotu as high as comedies get. I'd say that definitely clears it of being the worst movie ever. |
Hey pal, if 90 minutes of shallow and vacuous spoiled rich kids tooling around Beverly Hills can be considered quality entertainment, then more power to ya...
\"You can\'t be the first, and you\'ll never be the last, but baby, you can ALL be next! Woooooooo!!!\"
9/27/03 at 11:23pm
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| Hey pal, if 90 minutes of shallow and vacuous spoiled rich kids tooling around Beverly Hills can be considered quality entertainment, then more power to ya... |
I'd avoid Hamlet, then, Ric - all about spoiled over-priviledged royals.
9/28/03 at 12:05am
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Beverly Hills Cop III (Utter waste of celluloid)
Crocodile Dundee III (When A sagging career & desperation goes wrong)
XXX (God Awful)
Daredevil (Holy Disapointment Batman!)
Signs (I still don't get it)
House of Yes (Sucked to high hell)
Blair Witch Project (I think you had to be part of the Mtv generation to actually think this was actually scary & compelling entertainment)
Crocodile Dundee III (When A sagging career & desperation goes wrong)
XXX (God Awful)
Daredevil (Holy Disapointment Batman!)
Signs (I still don't get it)
House of Yes (Sucked to high hell)
Blair Witch Project (I think you had to be part of the Mtv generation to actually think this was actually scary & compelling entertainment)
9/28/03 at 2:15am
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| Blair Witch Project (I think you had to be part of the Mtv generation to actually think this was actually scary & compelling entertainment) |
What? I figured the people who didn't like were MTV-raised add types who wanted a rock and rap soundtrack and exploding torsos.
9/28/03 at 3:09am
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| I'd avoid Hamlet, then, Ric - all about spoiled over-priviledged royals. |
Hamlet had great dialogue my friend, but a five year old could have written the lines for Clueless.
\"You can\'t be the first, and you\'ll never be the last, but baby, you can ALL be next! Woooooooo!!!\"
9/28/03 at 10:09am
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| What? I figured the people who didn't like were MTV-raised add types who wanted a rock and rap soundtrack and exploding torsos. |
Exactly. You hit the nail on the head, while Daryl couldn't be further from the truth. People from the MTV generation want gore, action, loud music, and to actually see the killer in a film. They can't grasp the fact that the unknown is terrifying as hell. I'm certainly not a member of the MTV generation, and the film is one of my top 10 favorites of all time.
9/28/03 at 12:38pm
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| People from the MTV generation want gore, action, loud music, and to actually see the killer in a film. They can't grasp the fact that the unknown is terrifying as hell. |
Stereotypes are fun and easy to use, its too bad they often get used against you as well as by you.
As a member of the MTv generation, I take offense at the marketing majors who assume I enjoy shitty movies, corporate music (especially rap-metal hybrids), cars that put gauges and diplays in the wrong place, dayglow coloured sugar-drinks, and other garbage major corporations try to get me to buy.
"Did you know that more people are murdered at 92 degrees Fahrenheit than any other temperature? I read an article once. Lower temperatures, people are easy-going, over 92 and it's too hot to move, but just 92, people get irritable."
9/28/03 at 6:24pm
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Feel the torpid, soporific pain:
MODESTY BLAISE (1966)
DR. GOLDFOOT & THE GIRL BOMBS (1966)
PHANTOM FROM SPACE (1953)
GACY (2003)
DR. TARR'S TORTURE DUNGEON (1972)
THE INCREDIBLE PETRIFIED WORLD (1957)
THE AVENGERS (1998)
SWEET HOME ALABAMA (2002)
THE SHAFT (2001)
BLOOD FEAST (1963)
JUNGLE WOMAN (1944)
IN THE BEDROOM (2001)
DR. TERROR'S GALLERY OF HORRORS (1966)
THE LOVES OF IRINA (1973)
THE LONG RIDE HOME (2003)
WILD WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN (1966)
THE X FROM OUTER SPACE (1967)
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE (1970)
THE CORE (2003)
RED ZONE CUBA (1966)
FELLINI SATYRICON (1970)
JUST MARRIED (2003)
THE CREEPING TERROR (1964)
LOVE LIZA (2002)
MODESTY BLAISE (1966)
DR. GOLDFOOT & THE GIRL BOMBS (1966)
PHANTOM FROM SPACE (1953)
GACY (2003)
DR. TARR'S TORTURE DUNGEON (1972)
THE INCREDIBLE PETRIFIED WORLD (1957)
THE AVENGERS (1998)
SWEET HOME ALABAMA (2002)
THE SHAFT (2001)
BLOOD FEAST (1963)
JUNGLE WOMAN (1944)
IN THE BEDROOM (2001)
DR. TERROR'S GALLERY OF HORRORS (1966)
THE LOVES OF IRINA (1973)
THE LONG RIDE HOME (2003)
WILD WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN (1966)
THE X FROM OUTER SPACE (1967)
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE (1970)
THE CORE (2003)
RED ZONE CUBA (1966)
FELLINI SATYRICON (1970)
JUST MARRIED (2003)
THE CREEPING TERROR (1964)
LOVE LIZA (2002)
My Current Damage at DVD Aficionado
Top 5 most-wanted films on R1 DVD wish list:
SANDS OF THE KALAHARI (1965) / MURDER, HE SAYS (1945) / UNEARTHLY STRANGER (1963) / CRACK IN THE WORLD (1965) / ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933)
Top 5 most-wanted films on R1 DVD wish list:
SANDS OF THE KALAHARI (1965) / MURDER, HE SAYS (1945) / UNEARTHLY STRANGER (1963) / CRACK IN THE WORLD (1965) / ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933)
9/28/03 at 6:43pm
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Blair witch 2.
The sweetest thing.
Kung pow.
Master of disguise.
Just to name a few that came to mind.
The sweetest thing.
Kung pow.
Master of disguise.
Just to name a few that came to mind.
9/28/03 at 9:53pm
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| A movie I think is bad is "MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL" starring Mel Gibson. I normally will not shut off a movie -not even one I don't care for like MAGNOLIA- but for MDH I made an exception......an hour was enough. Still, I don't think I could classify even MDH as one of the worst movies ever made. |
I like this film. I can't understand why it is so despised.
Blair Witch on the other hand is amateur film student garbage. There is nothing original or creative about that "film". Sadly, it is far from the worst movie I have ever seen.
In fact I've seen so much junk it's hard to choose which is the worst.
9/28/03 at 10:57pm
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| You hold the broom by... sorry, I meant every film ever made has it's fan, even, and now I'm reaching here a bit, 'Mac and Me' must have at least one fan, anyone? Mac & Me? Me & Mac? M&M? [now pleading] any fans out there of this 80's ET ripoff? Going.. going.. gone! Okay please ignore my sweeping statement |
I loved that movie. Of course I was only 6 years old when it came out. But yes you can chalk me up as the Mac and Me Fan.
9/29/03 at 1:22am
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The Hulk was terrible if you ask me....or the 4 people i saw it with...or the many people who were upset as they walked out of the theater...or most of the critics...
I guess I just didn't get the "Artistic" views of the director.
I guess I just didn't get the "Artistic" views of the director.
If Jimmy cracked corn and nobody cares then why is there a song about it?
9/29/03 at 1:42am
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| Deliverance (yes, this movie sucked big time even though everyone else thinks it's brilliant. |
Perhaps someone can explain how one person's opinion that a movie "sucked big time" qualifies it as worst ever made?
Sorry, it's just a pet peeve of mine. I find it irritating to hear people equate poor filmmaking with their own personal distaste.
9/29/03 at 4:52am
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Although I may catch some flack for this, U2 Rattle and Hum is easily the worst film I have EVER forced myself to sit through.
It's even more egomaniacal than The Song Remains The Same.
It's even more egomaniacal than The Song Remains The Same.
9/29/03 at 5:15am
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Really a thread like this is pointless. I was going to post movies listed by others as "worst" that I liked. So I read through the thread and quit counting when I got to 36. It's just too subjective. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
And then some people's entries read like the frickin' movie section of the paper. I think it was supposed to be your worst, or maybe a couple if they are very closely tied for worst, in your own opinion, of course.
And then some people's entries read like the frickin' movie section of the paper. I think it was supposed to be your worst, or maybe a couple if they are very closely tied for worst, in your own opinion, of course.
9/29/03 at 5:58am
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Since I have seen far too many terrible movies to count, I'll limit my list to the two worst movies I have ever seen in the theater:
Spawn
Highlander 2
Spawn
Highlander 2
9/29/03 at 6:51am
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a bloody handful...
Guru, The Mad Monk (you must see to believe)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 & 3(killer hitchhikes in bloody hospital gown with a glass dome on his head)
Bio-Dome
Powder
Patch Adams
Carnival of Souls(remake)
Armageddon
Leprechaun
Phantom Of The Opera(Argento)
Over The Top
Intersection(located at the corner of boring and pretentious)
King Kong Lives
Forrest Gump
Superman IV
Poltergeist III
Curly Sue
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation(no massacre and barely any chainsaws)
There's Something About Mary
Pretty Woman
Psycho ('98)
Sleepless in Seattle
Cobra
Madhouse (Kirstey Alley)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Guru, The Mad Monk (you must see to believe)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 & 3(killer hitchhikes in bloody hospital gown with a glass dome on his head)
Bio-Dome
Powder
Patch Adams
Carnival of Souls(remake)
Armageddon
Leprechaun
Phantom Of The Opera(Argento)
Over The Top
Intersection(located at the corner of boring and pretentious)
King Kong Lives
Forrest Gump
Superman IV
Poltergeist III
Curly Sue
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation(no massacre and barely any chainsaws)
There's Something About Mary
Pretty Woman
Psycho ('98)
Sleepless in Seattle
Cobra
Madhouse (Kirstey Alley)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
My Blu-ray collection so far:Casino Royale, The Fifth Element, 300, Unforgiven, T2, The Descent, The Road Warrior, The Untouchables, Purple Rain, Deliverance
9/29/03 at 11:33am
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There are three categories of bad movies with me. One, there are movies that are just bad yet are fun in spite of being bad. Then there are incompetently made bad movies that are not fun to watch and then there are despicable movies that may be good from a filmmaking standpoint but are despicable for pushing an idea that is false (the movies of Oliver Stone merit a category all by themself for this group).
I had a chance recently to revisit the early Godzilla films and saw how the first movie (even the American version with Raymond Burr) is a good movie; the next batch through the mid-60s are bad in a fun way while the 1998 Godzilla is largely bad in an unfun way (Maria Patillo should have her license to act revoked for her awful performance)
I had a chance recently to revisit the early Godzilla films and saw how the first movie (even the American version with Raymond Burr) is a good movie; the next batch through the mid-60s are bad in a fun way while the 1998 Godzilla is largely bad in an unfun way (Maria Patillo should have her license to act revoked for her awful performance)
9/29/03 at 1:24pm
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Peter Fitzgerald's list was very ecumenical, cross-sectional, and cross-era. Nice!
9/29/03 at 4:07pm
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| I had a chance recently to revisit the early Godzilla films and saw how the first movie (even the American version with Raymond Burr) is a good movie |
I have been a proponent of the original Godzilla for some time. Having only seen the American version I was very surprised to learn it wasn't the original Japanese home-market version. There is a great deal to like about Godzilla and I even think it one of the best Japanese films of the era. Once I get the DVD I want to do a full review of it because it's a very good movie in many, many, ways. There's a lot of symbolism and allegory; things hidden and unspoken but felt very clearly. I also love the cinematography.
For beauty is only a step removed from a burning terror we barely sustain, and we worship it for the graceful sublimity with which it disdains to consume us. - Rainer Maria Rilke
My DVD Collection
9/29/03 at 4:29pm
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| Resident Evil was god-awful. |
Speaking of which, there's another movie coming out which I remember being linked to from penny-arcade's site and I swear to god thought was a joke. I think it's House of the Dead, the video game, which is being turned into a movie. THIS will be a sure-fire contender for worst movie ever made when it comes out. I think they actually got a budget for their "actual" theatrical trailer, but the overall stupidity oozes from every shot.
As far as my opinion on some really terrible movies, 2001 just about did it for me. I've seen the movie quite a few times for film study and twice out of my own free will to be unbias. I hate it. No lectures please! (My flame suit isn't on)
I think for the most part a lot of us posted a good deal in the thread regarding "movies you've walked out on" too.
9/29/03 at 5:18pm
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| As far as my opinion on some really terrible movies, 2001 just about did it for me |
Saying you hate it is one thing Gregg, but claiming 2001 is a really terrible movie is... really terrible, doesn't make sense, by what criteria do you think that masterwork is terrible? Badly made? Visually poor? Terrible use of music? Slow moving? No space battles?
Dave hören... auf, Wille stoppen Sie Dave..., Stoppen Sie Dave..., Mein Gehirn geht..., Ich bin Gefühl es..., Ich bin Gefühl es..., Ich bin ängstlich Dave...
9/29/03 at 5:29pm
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House of the Dead is supposed to be stupid. The video games are based on god-awful grade D horror movies. From the trailer, they seem to be playing it for camp, which is a good choice. Plus, it has Cam Clarke in a rare live role.
9/29/03 at 5:35pm
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Lots of people have posted comments about movies being terrible (ex.Deliverance) and haven't justified why they thought they were bad. Why does Gregg Shui suddenly have to justify why he thought '2001- A Space Odyssey' was terrible?
When you have to shoot...shoot. Don't talk!
9/29/03 at 6:10pm
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| Deliverance was technically well-made but rather dull, in my opinion. |
I mean, think about all the pain and agony you've ever sat through in a movie theater or at home on tape, and now think about only those that exceeded all that pain and agony. Blair Witch? Deliverance? Not even close.
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| Even tripe like Armageddon compares favorably with movies shot on just a few thousand dollars and with production values more in line with a grade-school stage play. |
There's my rant. If you seriously want to talk about "worst," I think these concepts all have to be there.
9/29/03 at 6:15pm
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I will just add that I think older movies can normally not be as bad as newer movies because older movies (say before 1980) were made with a more innocent intent to amuse while they made money. Since 1980, the cynism of the business has produced movies that insult the intelligence of the audience in ways that were rare or unknown before that time.
