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Cutter · 12-28-2002, 06:49 PM

How about Batman and Robin, Superman IV and Battlefield Earth ? (I haven't actually seen the last two but they sure sound like stinkers!).

Not Prince Hamlet · 12-28-2002, 07:04 PM

Likewise, I wanted to sue the makers of Batman Forever for false advertising. It only seemed like forever.

Jeff

Godbert · 12-28-2002, 08:07 PM

a beautiful mind
dead man walking
pretty woman
the sixth sense

loved bladerunner by the way

Opera Nut · 12-28-2002, 08:26 PM

I'm female...these "sistahs are powerful" movies, I just don't get, like Fried Green Tomatoes, and I didn't even bother with Ya Ya Sisterhood. I guess a bunch of women who have been sorority sisters since the Virgin Mary was a pup get together and scream and act crazy to prove their friendship.....??????

Tried to watch Terms of Endearment and couldn't.....but then I don't understand women with cats either......or cats for that matter. The Turning Point is another stinker of a friendship movie -- anne bancroft and shirley maclaine bitch fighting, making up, and bancroft's daughter is a ballerina -- boring awful draggy ballet sequences. Only good thing about it is Baryshnikov's great bod.

But then I'm not into ballet except for the boywatching aspect.

I don't like sci fi or horror anyway.
My kid made me watch Scarface on DVD last nite and it was much better than I expected it to be.
Even tho they were all sleazeballs with heavy artillery ventilating each other all the time.

Nickle · 12-28-2002, 08:44 PM

I Got Yo' Hook Up, or something like that
Sixth Sense
Titanic
Clockwork Orange ...ducks
Summer of Sam I walked out on this one
The Messenger walked again

trunks2k · 12-28-2002, 09:48 PM

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Originally posted by Nickle
I Got Yo' Hook Up, or something like that

It's "I got the hook up". Crappy movie either way

Quote:

Summer of Sam I walked out on this one

Oh god that was a bad movie. I'm never going to see another Spike Lee movie again simply because Summer of Sam was THAT bad. I would have walked out, except I'm optomistic and hope bad movies will get better. The only good part of that movie was when the dog was talking. I also had assumed that the movie was going to be focused on the serial killer and the hunt for him.

Malsi · 12-28-2002, 11:04 PM

Thin Red Line -
Not only was it bad, it was long.

Star Trek 5-
Star Trek NG - Insurrection-
This coming from a big Trek fan.

Muholland Drive-
I think this movie was WELL made; however it was so depressing - I wish I could just forget I ever saw it.

Mortal Combat II
A definite fatality.

Vercingetorix (starring Christopher Lambert)
The poor Gaul must be spinning in his grave from this travesty.

Vorkosigan · 12-29-2002, 12:06 AM

Another controversial one with a large following: The Shawshank Redemption. So self-important it makes me vomit.

LOL. So fucking dead on right. I hate that movie. A heap of cliches. But it used to be #1 at the Internet Movie Database Top 250 for the longest time....

Vorkosigan

Carlos · 12-29-2002, 05:45 AM

The Avengers. Sean Connery, Uma Thurman, Ralph Fiennes. Emma Peel. Mrs. Peel, pardon me. Good cast and characters. How could they start with something so great and screw it up so royally?

There must be as many different definitions of "worst movie" as there are of "atheist." I mean it as "most disappointing" or "biggest letdown." So while Star Wars: Phantom Menace would probably make my list of worst movies, it was also one of my favorites (adj. - enjoyed the experience) of 1999. If worst is to mean poor acting, directing, writing, ... then I would have named a different movie. Some of you seem to use worst to mean "movies I disliked that most people liked."

Some of your choices are surprising. My favorite movie (not necessarily what I would consider the best movie) is up there, among with others I thought were both good and enjoyable.

[ Edited to correct grammar. ]

Mediancat · 12-29-2002, 06:11 AM

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Originally posted by Vorkosigan

LOL. So fucking dead on right. I hate that movie. A heap of cliches. But it used to be #1 at the Internet Movie Database Top 250 for the longest time.... [/B]

Of course, American Beauty was up there as well . . . and while Spaceballs is the worst movie I've ever seen, American Beauty is the most over-rated. What bothered me the most is that reviewers from here to Istanbul seemed to think it was such a wonderfully original indictment of suburbanites, as though Ordinary People had never been made -- or for that matter, The Ice Storm.

Annette Bening chewed the scenery like a demented beaver; no one talked in any way like people talk in the real world; and the big secret was -- wait for it -- the homophobe has secret gay tendencies!

In a year with Three Kings, Being John Malkovich, and Dogma, that American Beauty won best picture is the surest sign yet that the Academy Awards are completely meaningless.

Rob aka Mediancat

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12-28-2002, 06:49 PM	#61
Cutter Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,805	How about Batman and Robin, Superman IV and Battlefield Earth ? (I haven't actually seen the last two but they sure sound like stinkers!).

12-28-2002, 07:04 PM	#62
Not Prince Hamlet Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 1,309	Likewise, I wanted to sue the makers of Batman Forever for false advertising. It only seemed like forever. Jeff

12-28-2002, 08:07 PM	#63
Godbert Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southern california Posts: 779	a beautiful mind dead man walking pretty woman the sixth sense loved bladerunner by the way

12-28-2002, 08:26 PM	#64
Opera Nut Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,671	I'm female...these "sistahs are powerful" movies, I just don't get, like Fried Green Tomatoes, and I didn't even bother with Ya Ya Sisterhood. I guess a bunch of women who have been sorority sisters since the Virgin Mary was a pup get together and scream and act crazy to prove their friendship.....?????? Tried to watch Terms of Endearment and couldn't.....but then I don't understand women with cats either......or cats for that matter. The Turning Point is another stinker of a friendship movie -- anne bancroft and shirley maclaine bitch fighting, making up, and bancroft's daughter is a ballerina -- boring awful draggy ballet sequences. Only good thing about it is Baryshnikov's great bod. But then I'm not into ballet except for the boywatching aspect. I don't like sci fi or horror anyway. My kid made me watch Scarface on DVD last nite and it was much better than I expected it to be. Even tho they were all sleazeballs with heavy artillery ventilating each other all the time.

12-28-2002, 08:44 PM	#65
Nickle Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 385	I Got Yo' Hook Up, or something like that Sixth Sense Titanic Clockwork Orange ...ducks Summer of Sam I walked out on this one The Messenger walked again

12-28-2002, 11:04 PM	#67
Malsi Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 87	Thin Red Line - Not only was it bad, it was long. Star Trek 5- Star Trek NG - Insurrection- This coming from a big Trek fan. Muholland Drive- I think this movie was WELL made; however it was so depressing - I wish I could just forget I ever saw it. Mortal Combat II A definite fatality. Vercingetorix (starring Christopher Lambert) The poor Gaul must be spinning in his grave from this travesty.

12-29-2002, 12:06 AM	#68
Vorkosigan Contributor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Barrayar Posts: 11,866	Another controversial one with a large following: The Shawshank Redemption. So self-important it makes me vomit. LOL. So fucking dead on right. I hate that movie. A heap of cliches. But it used to be #1 at the Internet Movie Database Top 250 for the longest time.... Vorkosigan

12-29-2002, 05:45 AM	#69
Carlos Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 545	The Avengers. Sean Connery, Uma Thurman, Ralph Fiennes. Emma Peel. Mrs. Peel, pardon me. Good cast and characters. How could they start with something so great and screw it up so royally? There must be as many different definitions of "worst movie" as there are of "atheist." I mean it as "most disappointing" or "biggest letdown." So while Star Wars: Phantom Menace would probably make my list of worst movies, it was also one of my favorites (adj. - enjoyed the experience) of 1999. If worst is to mean poor acting, directing, writing, ... then I would have named a different movie. Some of you seem to use worst to mean "movies I disliked that most people liked." Some of your choices are surprising. My favorite movie (not necessarily what I would consider the best movie) is up there, among with others I thought were both good and enjoyable. [ Edited to correct grammar. ]

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