genie Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 :lol: Why y'all hatin' on Kevin? We've actually all been pm-ing each other for weeks, trying to come up with a way to get your goat, Elaine! Did it work? It was very hard planning out all the delicate intricacies of this operation. ;) And because he sucks. :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 We've actually all been pm-ing each other for weeks, trying to come up with a way to get your goat, Elaine! Did it work? It was very hard planning out all the delicate intricacies of this operation. ;) And because he sucks. :w00t: Ooooohhhhh, time for :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Ooooohhhhh, time for :lol::lol::lol: You know what that smiley does to me!!! :sneaky2: Are you sure you're going there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Darkman (1990) starring Liam Neeson. Originally film director Sam Raimi had wanted to film a movie about the pulp character The Shadow, but when he was unable to secure the rights he created his own character. Darkman has a lot of pulp and comic book elements - the tale of scientist Peyton Westlake who gets attacked and is burned beyond recognition. Undergoing experimental medical procedures, Westlake gains superior strength and with his knowledge of synthetic skin creation, can assume the identity of anyone for 99 minutes. After that time the synthetic skin dissolves and Westlake's scarred features reappear. Covering his burned features in bandages and wearing a dark overcoat and fedora, Westlake roams the night as Darkman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Dances with Wolves and Field of Dreams, Bull Durham makes me want to hit something or someone. Hard. I absolutely hated that script. It felt so completely artificial. I liked Waterworld more than Bull Durham! And yet BD is not even close to the worst movie I've ever seen.... Worst movies ever: Basically anything with Rob Schneider in it--he makes my skin crawl Wild at Heart (BLECH to the fifth power) All Austin Powers movies Bill & Ted #2 movie (only because B&T #1 was a MASTERPIECE) and drumroll for the worst movie I've ever seen: King Solomon's Mines, with Richard Chamberlain. I wanted to take the movie theater to small claims court to get my money back! ;) Layla McB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaC Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 We just went and saw the new Indiana Jones movie and Both Harrison Ford and Karen Black looked old and tried. Some people can pull off old in a distinguished manner with energy in action films very well, thinking of Sean Connery but Harrison Ford and Karen Allen just had no energy :sad: and certainly neither one were distinguished. Dh was kicking himself after seeing it saying we should have waited until netflixs had it. It was a very poor reflection of the first movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 We are no longer friends.:glare: :lol: Why y'all hatin' on Kevin? I loved him in Field of Dreams and The Upside of Anger. Kevin is just so ickky. Although there are others who stink just as badly if not worse. It is just that I actually thought I might like those and watched them. He wasn't awful in Robin Hood, I guess. :001_huh: maybe. :glare: sorta... People I hate more... in other words I don't even attempt to see their movies: Tom Cruise, Vin Deisel, The Rock (does he have a name?), Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, Adam Sandler, Jack Black (although, I have not yet seen Nacho Libre) hmmm... oh! Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It was much funnier when dh and I started making up dialogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Kevin is just so ickky.Uh huh. Kevin Costner... Billy Bob Thornton... Kevin Costner .... Billy Bob Thornton. I'd take Billy Bob over Kevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 People I hate more... in other words I don't even attempt to see their movies: Tom Cruise, Vin Deisel, The Rock (does he have a name?), Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, Adam Sandler, Jack Black (although, I have not yet seen Nacho Libre) hmmm... oh! Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller. You had me until your oh! Can't stand any of the ones you listed before. But Cameron and Ben are okay. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I always find it interesting what folks like and really hate. There are a few mentioned so far that I like, but not too many this time. Some on last time said they hated Mr Brooks, that one kind of redeemed Mr Costner for me a bit; yes I'm totally weird... I liked it. Also liked Field of Dream (more for James Earl Jones though) and Bull Durham. I also have a love hate thing with Nick Cage. Loved Lord of War, hated Ghost Rider. Dh who can watch really awful grade d movies, could not even finish it. And Se7en (loved, loved, loved that movie except for Brad Pitt and whiny Ms. Paltrow. I think I can watch just about anything with Morgan Freeman. Just saw Gone Baby Gone. He was in it for maybe 15 mins and stole the whole picture. Just an amazing actor. :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Napoleon Dynamite - Worst. Movie. Ever. :ducks and runs: You'd better run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 was M Night's latest, The Happening. Really, truly, awful. I know there are probably mixed feelings here about his other work, but I really liked Signs and enjoy watching films with a twist to the plot. The Happening was such a let down. Ridiculous plot, terrible acting, no good twists along the way... I felt robbed of my time and money. Now if you want another actor to add to the list of "I can't watch anything with XXXX in it," here's my vote: Jim Carrey. Can't stand him. Can't stand the thought of him. I like The Truman Show, but I can't bear to watch him in anything else. Can't watch him on a talk show. Ick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakitty Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Worst in what way? Acting? Plot? Writing? Just generally yuck? Off the top of my head: Se7en (Perhaps there was good acting, good plot, good writing. I don't know because it was so absolutely creepy that dh and I had to shut it off on about the fourth deadly sin and wished we had sooner.) Pulp Fiction - Just all around BAD, IMO. I don't like Quentin Tarantino movies and I don't much care for John Travolta. I wish we had walked out of the theater. Napoleon Dynamite - There's over an hour of my life I'll never get back. I wish I had been doing something more productive, like, say, surfing the net. Stupid, stupid, stupid, and not the least bit funny. Dumb and Dumber - See above and add gross to it. Gosh, there are just so many. Perhaps we should also have a thread about actors/actresses and directors/producers we avoid. That's a huge list in itself. My family thinks I'm waaaaay too opinionated about actors and actresses in particular. ACK...LOL... I love all those movies....well, except Dumb and Dumber....I haven't even bothered to watch that one...but the other 3...those are good movies! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 For those of you who liked Napoleon Dynamite and find the Flight of the Conchords funny too, you just might like a small New Zealand movie called Eagle vs. Shark It was an odd ball mess of laughs mixed with a good bit of dark humor. We really liked it. Now back to movies we don't like... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakitty Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 ummm...OK...I will just say....I have very contrary movie tastes than most here...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Uh huh. Kevin Costner... Billy Bob Thornton... Kevin Costner .... Billy Bob Thornton. I'd take Billy Bob over Kevin. Egad. I can't stomach either of them. Kevin = blah, Billy Bob = creeps me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela in TN Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 We watched Catch Me If You Can recently, and I loved that. That's a movie. Love, love that movie!:thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I always find it interesting what folks like and really hate. There are a few mentioned so far that I like, but not too many this time. Some on last time said they hated Mr Brooks, that one kind of redeemed Mr Costner for me a bit; yes I'm totally weird... I liked it. Also liked Field of Dream (more for James Earl Jones though) and Bull Durham. I also have a love hate thing with Nick Cage. Loved Lord of War, hated Ghost Rider. Dh who can watch really awful grade d movies, could not even finish it. And Se7en (loved, loved, loved that movie except for Brad Pitt and whiny Ms. Paltrow. I think I can watch just about anything with Morgan Freeman. Just saw Gone Baby Gone. He was in it for maybe 15 mins and stole the whole picture. Just an amazing actor.:lurk5: I liked the idea of se7en, but hated the movie. However, I think Morgan Freeman should narrate everything, I vote for him for President, like in the meteor movie, Deep Impact, that's it. I could listen to him for hours. I even like his version of God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Troll, and guess what? They are remaking it. Micheal Moriarty must have been in that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakitty Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 was M Night's latest, The Happening. Really, truly, awful. I know there are probably mixed feelings here about his other work, but I really liked Signs and enjoy watching films with a twist to the plot. The Happening was such a let down. Ridiculous plot, terrible acting, no good twists along the way... I felt robbed of my time and money. I am soooo with you! I love MNS's movies....so was excited to see this one....and it sucked! I mean...I was ready to walk out...had I not just given my left kidney to see it... :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 was M Night's latest, The Happening. Really, truly, awful. I know there are probably mixed feelings here about his other work, but I really liked Signs and enjoy watching films with a twist to the plot. The Happening was such a let down. Ridiculous plot, terrible acting, no good twists along the way... I felt robbed of my time and money. Ya, you know, I feel like his movies have been nothing but downhill since The Sixth Sense, Signs was good, even The Village was O.K., but Lady in the Water and The Happening are dreadful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 The worst movie of all time is: Ghost Dad. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghost_dad/ Bill Cosby. Dead. Family comedy. You haven't heard of it. Be very very glad. This is actually the only movie in my life I've walked out of halfway through-- and I saw Dungeons & Dragons in the theatre. Actually, I like most of the movies you guys mention, and even those I didn't (Pan's Labyrinth--way too violent for me) are, admittedly, good movies. I think there is a difference between a "bad" movie and one that I just personally don't enjoy. Ghost Dad. Bad bad bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I don't watch horror and excessive language is plenty enough to make me leave or turn off a movie. So, outside of those obvious ones for me I'd say The Toy with Robin Williams, AI, and American Beauty. We started watching Blade Runner last night but didn't finish it. I hope it gets better because what I've seen so far is boring and borderline dumb. ;) Gotta add Moulin Rouge and The Time Machine. Also, anything with extreme fighting and violence (ie, Fight Club and Pulp Fiction). One more edit: I can't stand any of what I call 'stupid humor'. Dumb and Dumber, Napoleon Dynamite, etc. Basically nothing with Jim Carrey in it except The Majestic and Truman Show. Any other of those "comedy" actors that love to do stupid humor. I love a great, true comedy though. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Wild at Heart -- hated it The Bee Movie -- stupid imo -- just a waste of time for me Summer Heat (?not sure of the title) -- Really boring -- best line -- "It's hot. Yeah, sure is." repeatedly. Just not an interesting movie at all. Hmm, there are more, but those stand out at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Late For Dinner, The Scooby Doo Movie, Barry Lyndon, George of the Jungle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 "The Sign of the Beaver." We read the book and listened to the audio book in the last year. Someone loaned the movie and we all declared it "The Worst Movie Ever Made!" I couldn't believe how they would take a great, classic book and change the whole theme. I was terribly disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I also have a love hate thing with Nick Cage. :lurk5: :iagree: YES!! I have this, too! I LOVED Nick Cage in Raising Arizona and Moonstruck. Brilliant. And he was the only thing that kept the National Treasure movies from turning totally ridiculous--perfect blend of gravity and camp. But I absolutely abhored Wild at Heart--and almost everything else he's ever done. Mostly I can't stand him. And yet.... :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I just have to say... I LOVE Wild at Heart! Sorry, I know this isn't a vote-for-movies-you-loved thread. But some things you just gotta let out or they'll eat you alive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I agree that it depends on how you define bad. For my dad, the threshold for measuring bad movies is Howard's End which we all saw together in the theater when I was in high school or college. So far, he has yet to find a movie worse than Howard's End, but I think a few have been judged as bad as. It's become something of a family joke. The equivalent movie for DH and I is The Royal Tennenbaums. (sp?) I absolutely love Howard's End, but totally agree on The Royal Tennenbaums. I wanted to dope slap every single actor in it and throttle the pretentious Washington Post movie critic who gave it a glowing review. Urg. That's two hours of my life that I could've spent cleaning toilets! Also dreadful: Americans with bad accents. Pick a movie. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Pumpkin (with Christina Ricci) and Beloved (Dh and I walked out of the theater) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I always find it interesting what folks like and really hate. There are a few mentioned so far that I like, but not too many this time. Some on last time said they hated Mr Brooks, that one kind of redeemed Mr Costner for me a bit; yes I'm totally weird... I liked it. Also liked Field of Dream (more for James Earl Jones though) and Bull Durham. I also have a love hate thing with Nick Cage. Loved Lord of War, hated Ghost Rider. Dh who can watch really awful grade d movies, could not even finish it. And Se7en (loved, loved, loved that movie except for Brad Pitt and whiny Ms. Paltrow. I think I can watch just about anything with Morgan Freeman. Just saw Gone Baby Gone. He was in it for maybe 15 mins and stole the whole picture. Just an amazing actor.:lurk5: I agree about Morgan Freeman, I love the sound of his voice. I also agree about Gwyneth Paltrow. I can't stand her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Oh, and I'll add to the chorus of those who hated Borat. Now there was a movie that did what it intended to do, I guess, "well", but... (shudder) (cringe) (retch) I didn't make it through much of that one. Not surprisingly, it appears that it's a biggie with teenage boys. Tops on my list today is "Marie Antoinette." I just got a chance to watch it yesterday and it was horrible. I went back and read some of the reviews on it, and it looks like it's a "love it" or "hate it" kind of thing. It put me to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 LOL I'll just vote "all Kevin Costner movies". ;) You must be forgetting "Untouchables"! Even with KC in it, it's a great movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Anything with J.A. is bad. I loved her on Friends, but I can't sit through her movies. I thought The Breakup was pretty awful. Horrible and depressing. Do people really act that way? I agree that her movies (the ones I have seen) were fairly bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I didn't make it through much of that one. Not surprisingly, it appears that it's a biggie with teenage boys. Tops on my list today is "Marie Antoinette." I just got a chance to watch it yesterday and it was horrible. I went back and read some of the reviews on it, and it looks like it's a "love it" or "hate it" kind of thing. It put me to sleep. I could not even sit through it. Dd12 made it through and went YUCK! Panned it big time. And she loves over the top movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Solaris. We made is 1/4 way through and shut it off LOL Dh and I watched the whole *&$# thing. Can you imagine? What was wrong with us?!? I think we were just so amazed and kept thinking, "It *has* to get better." I'll save you the trouble: It doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Oh, I have to add "Cold Mountain". Man, I hated that movie. Everything about it. The casting, the alleged "acting", the direction, the writing, even the setting that managed never, ever to look like the country they were trying to represent. I just wanted those characters -- all of 'em -- to *die* already and put me out of my misery. (Shudder) Yuck! (I guess, to be fair, I liked the Alison Krauss song.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 You'd better run. I guess since I'm already running out of the way of those rotten tomatoes, I'll go ahead and admit this: Lord of the Rings: Second Worst Move Ever. :thumbdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 No!!! It may not be your cup of tea, but that doesn't make it a bad movie, IMHO. I would argue that there IS such a thing as an objectively (at least, pretty darn close) bad movie. The cinema version of velvet Elvis art, etc. But besides from being an artistically good movie... I happen to love LOTR!:001_tt2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 There are so many, but Cool Hand Luke comes to mind immediately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 No!!! It may not be your cup of tea, but that doesn't make it a bad movie, IMHO. I would argue that there IS such a thing as an objectively (at least, pretty darn close) bad movie. The cinema version of velvet Elvis art, etc. But besides from being an artistically good movie... I happen to love LOTR!:001_tt2: I wanted to like it. I REALLY did! I tried, for what, three hours, I tried! And go ahead and scold me, because I didn't read the book(s) first. I'm sure that would have helped. But the movie made me NOT want to read the books! Okay, that's not completely true. I do want to and will read the books. But I had expected to come out of the movie just dying to read the books, and it did NOT have that effect on me. I'm sorry. I know I'm not worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I wanted to like it. I REALLY did! I tried, for what, three hours, I tried! And go ahead and scold me, because I didn't read the book(s) first. I'm sure that would have helped. But the movie made me NOT want to read the books! Okay, that's not completely true. I do want to and will read the books. But I had expected to come out of the movie just dying to read the books, and it did NOT have that effect on me. I'm sorry. I know I'm not worthy. My dh loves the bks so much he refused to see the movies. He did not want to tarnish his childhood memories. To this day, he will leave the room if they come on. I'm not kidding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testimony Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I am embarssed to say, "Jumper." I thought maybe Hayden Christensen (did I spell his name right) would do better in this movie than in Star Wars. I was wrong. The idea was great! But this movie bombed within the first ten minutes of the movie and the credits did not start. Sadly, the plan on doing two more sequels to a movie that the producers just assumed everybody wanted to see again. :w00t::smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5: Also, I agree "It's Pat" was bad too.:lurk5: Blessings, Karen http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/testimony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 ...but I loved the movies. There was for me, however, one GLARING weak point: Arwen. Oh. My. Gawsh. She drove me insane. I plan to read the books, and I'm hoping against hope that her character isn't as cloying and insipid as she was in the movies. Every time they cut to her in any of the movies, I just have to fast forward. ACK!! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I recently saw Magnolia. It was over 3 hours long and filled with actors who are throughout the movie at the edge of hysterics. Toss in terminally ill people, Tom Cruise in his sleaziest role ever, a part where all of a sudden one of the songs of the soundtrack is lip-synched by all the characters, and a rainstorm of frogs (yes, FROGS), and you get what I knew in all of my heart to be the worst movie ever made. I couldn't wait to jump on imdb.com to make fun of it only to find it ranked in the top 250 movies of all time (????!!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Van Helsing was so awful. The special effects, dialogue, everything. Ugh! Not even staring at Hugh Jackman could save that film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I guess since I'm already running out of the way of those rotten tomatoes, I'll go ahead and admit this: Lord of the Rings: Second Worst Move Ever. :thumbdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 ...but I loved the movies. There was for me, however, one GLARING weak point: Arwen. Oh. My. Gawsh. She drove me insane. I plan to read the books, and I'm hoping against hope that her character isn't as cloying and insipid as she was in the movies. Every time they cut to her in any of the movies, I just have to fast forward. ACK!! :tongue_smilie: Well, she doesn't appear in the books as much as she does in the movies (sore point for some fans) and I don't think she comes off as insipid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I'd categorize my dislike as: Won't even bother watching it, period. Watched the first part but turned it off. Watched the whole thing and considered it a waste of time and wouldn't recommend it, period. Watched it and considered it stupid, but.... ok, some people might like that sort of thing. Considered it corny/lame/dumb, but a few enjoyable moments. Kinda liked it, but wouldn't bother watching it again if i had my 'druthers. Pretty good movie. I think I'll own that one. and I would watch that movie again and aqgain and again! I've seen stupid movies, but the only ones I have ever turned off were Matador and Lady Killers [Tom Hanks]. I *love* Pierce Brosnan, but Matador just about turned me off of watching him in anything else. On the "I hate them even tho i watched them" list: Napoleon Dynamite The Conqueror -John Wayne as Ghenghis Khan? i don't think so. Traxx Pan's Labyrinth and a few others that I can't think of right now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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