What is the worst theatrical release of the 21st century...
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JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Sideways was great, but yeah, watch it in your 30's.
Phantom Menace was 1999, as mentioned earlier.
Another really, really bad movie that should have been the highlight of the last 5 years (considering the source material): WAR OF THE WORLDS.
Oh my goat, those two kids both needed to be ripped apart at the limbs. I await the day Dakota Fanning gets hooked on drugs and turns tricks.
Phantom Menace was 1999, as mentioned earlier.
Another really, really bad movie that should have been the highlight of the last 5 years (considering the source material): WAR OF THE WORLDS.
Oh my goat, those two kids both needed to be ripped apart at the limbs. I await the day Dakota Fanning gets hooked on drugs and turns tricks.
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
The hyperventillating too.
Shame really because the action sequences were really good. If you listen to it through surround sound speakers, it's unbelievable -- especially those "death rays".
Tim Robbins was a knob too. The original character, and his whole "we can build a brave new world" theme, was totally lost for some redneck hermit.
Spielberg jumped the shark a long time ago. Raiders was probably his last *truly* great flick.
Shame really because the action sequences were really good. If you listen to it through surround sound speakers, it's unbelievable -- especially those "death rays".
Tim Robbins was a knob too. The original character, and his whole "we can build a brave new world" theme, was totally lost for some redneck hermit.
Spielberg jumped the shark a long time ago. Raiders was probably his last *truly* great flick.
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
Agreed. The best scene is when the first mechanical beast sprouts up through the earth and mows the residents of the city down. Effective and creepy.
JayKeeley said:
Yep. I don't know what any of those involved were thinking with his train wreck of a semi-cameo.
JayKeeley said:
Partially agreed. Lots of throwaway stuff since Raiders, but Schindler's List was excellent and Minority Report was entertaining as hell.
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
I really wanted to like Minority Report, but Samantha Morton's character annoyed me (in the same way Dakota Fanning did in WotW). And Colin Farrell irks me. He sucked in Miami Vice, he ruined Alexander, and his eyebrows need a personal stylist all unto themselves.
Schindlers List was kinda deceptive. Was the cinematography great? Oh yes. Acting? Top notch. But the film itself was a little obvious in how it tugged at the heart-wrenching moments. Same problem with Passion of the Christ. IMO, watching anyone sent to their deaths or be brutally tortured is going to be uncomfortable (so I'm not sure if much credit can go to the director).
The Terminal, Catch me if you Can....all too average for the man who gave us Jaws, Close Encounters, and Raiders.
Schindlers List was kinda deceptive. Was the cinematography great? Oh yes. Acting? Top notch. But the film itself was a little obvious in how it tugged at the heart-wrenching moments. Same problem with Passion of the Christ. IMO, watching anyone sent to their deaths or be brutally tortured is going to be uncomfortable (so I'm not sure if much credit can go to the director).
The Terminal, Catch me if you Can....all too average for the man who gave us Jaws, Close Encounters, and Raiders.
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
Jaws and Raiders are his absolute best, no doubt about it. The acting and dialogue in Jaws are as close to perfection as movies get. Close Encounters had some amazing moments, but too many drawn out sub-plot scenes that made the payoffs less memorable. The in-house fighting scenes especially.
MajestikMøøse
Membrum virile
oh yeah, I obviously forgot about THAT one.
Fortunately we consumed a bunch of vodka beforehand and got in for free because we knew the person in the ticketbooth, so it wasn't SO bad.
it was all about shouting drunkenly in the theatre during the first annihilation sequence "YEAAAHHHH KILLL THAR HUMANNNNGZZSSS"
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
Damn, how could I forget the crapfest that was War Of The Worlds? I was practically begging for her to get a tentacle wrapped around her throat.
EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY
I hate wiener dogs. Dreadful creatures.
You guys are some picky griepy motherfuckers. I cant believe none of you have mentioned House Of The Dead, Alone In The Dark , or Bloodrayne. All three are Uwe Boll movies. And all three suck balls.
dill_the_devil
OneMetal.com Music Editor
I would nominate Alone In The Dark, except that it does provide comic relief if you watch it with a case of beer and a roomful of people who can all get behind the idea of ripping the movie MST3K stylee.
My votes: The Wraith (80s shittiness about a dude who is killed by a street-racing gang who comes back as a black-clad, motorcycle-helmet wearing ghost with a suitably naff KITT-esque supercar and gets revenge by... well... street-racing), The Gate (more 80s shittiness, child-friendly horror movie... the titular gate goes TO HELL, if you hadn't guessed - only in this movie, Hell is about as threatening as a visit from the Tooth Fairy), Joshua (a Fangoria-funded independant horror movie that nearly broke my brain in it's nonsensicality), and The Phantom Of The Opera.
My votes: The Wraith (80s shittiness about a dude who is killed by a street-racing gang who comes back as a black-clad, motorcycle-helmet wearing ghost with a suitably naff KITT-esque supercar and gets revenge by... well... street-racing), The Gate (more 80s shittiness, child-friendly horror movie... the titular gate goes TO HELL, if you hadn't guessed - only in this movie, Hell is about as threatening as a visit from the Tooth Fairy), Joshua (a Fangoria-funded independant horror movie that nearly broke my brain in it's nonsensicality), and The Phantom Of The Opera.
unhinged
R.i.P. Lizard
oh come on surely you mean after Pulp fiction?
I'm generally easy going about movies
having a kid I have to be, I like the harry potter movie sans the cheezy grinning bits, same goes for the lord of the rings threeway session
the last pirates movie was dead on , I watched it again yesterday
can't wait for the next one
but those star wars movies were a fucking abomination especially the second one, I pity the actors, poor fuckers for the dialogue in that shite
I thought lost in translation was good as an afternoon movie, maybe a tad slow but otherwise a good narrative on the subject/situation
sawII was pointless,
as for comic book stuff, yep mostly shit
hulk was pish...could have been amazing
I fucking hate toby maquire as spiderman
he's such a slimy little fucktard
superman was a letdown
not all bad though, xmen movies are cool as was hellboy, baman returns was excellent
try as I might I can't come up with anything worse than george lucas ego fest as for the scale of it its the biggest whores abortion of all time
unhinged
R.i.P. Lizard
Hell Mike
fuck melodic black metal
Dazed and Brutal
Yall About to Witness
Sandlot 2
Extremely dissapointing.... adding a my pals child and a bitch ruined the whole idea of Sandlot.
Extremely dissapointing.... adding a my pals child and a bitch ruined the whole idea of Sandlot.
Evil?
omghaxlol!1
Sandlot 2
Extremely dissapointing.... adding a my pals child and a bitch ruined the whole idea of Sandlot.
Oh, shit man, The Gate. I used to dig that movie when I was a kid
When did they make a shitty Sandlot sequel? The original was one of my favorites as a kid.
Dazed and Brutal
Yall About to Witness
AsModEe
also known as ass-mode
Dark Waters: while I had heard nothing of it when I rented it, I knew Jennifer Connely was in it. Man, what a waste of my time that movie was. A bit like the Lady in the Water: it only starts to be interesting at 15 minutes before the end of the movie, and it all ends without much punch. Plus, there's another annoying kid à la Dakota Fanning ruining the story.
House of the Dead: this movie is just godawful. Except for the few boobs at the beginning of the movie, I don't see any reason EVER to watch more than 5 minutes of this movie.
Nuff said.
Btw, I'd like to watch Sideways, I guess I'm in this kind of mood since I'm trying to start a relationship with a new girl.
House of the Dead: this movie is just godawful. Except for the few boobs at the beginning of the movie, I don't see any reason EVER to watch more than 5 minutes of this movie.
Nuff said.
Btw, I'd like to watch Sideways, I guess I'm in this kind of mood since I'm trying to start a relationship with a new girl.
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
I wish people wouldn't watch the remakes before the original.
Now you'll never appreciate the original quite as much. The girl in the original demonstrates some of the best acting you're ever going to see from a kid.
Hideo Nakata is a genius.
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