KSGrace Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Oh I forgot about Valley Girl! That is a Nic Cage movie I like also... I LOVED Eternal Sunshine. I have no idea why. My husband said he could barely make it through and I just LOVED it. He also hated What Dreams May Come and I loved it. Hmmm. To each their own, I guess. I really like Kevin Smith movies (Mallrats, Clerks, Chasing Amy) but I didn't like Dogma...at all. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSGrace Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 WARNING...SPOILER ALERT!!!! If you haven't seen Fight Club and want to, don't read post. . . . . . . . . . . A note on the Fight Club movie...I just couldn't get into it. Then the ending...come ON! He's hitting himself?? LOL My husband and I spent the next week, making each other hit ourselves and yelling, "STOP hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself." :lol: But..I know people really like the movie...I just didn't get it or something. Oh. One bright spot in Fight Club was Helen Bonham Carter. I think she is so talented and weird and cool. She creeps me out but in a good way. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 But I can. not. stand Jesus Christ Superstar. And the thing is, my dh LOVES it. I can't even begin to describe how much I hate that "movie" (I've never seen it on stage, nor do I have any intention, not that it's showing anywhere anymore). I walked out of "Me, Myself and Irene". The only movie I ever walked out of the theater on. Dh and I just watched and turned off "Across the Universe" last night. We enjoy musicals, but that was just stupid. I didn't like "Casino" because it made me angry. There was so much anger in the movie, the feelings transferred to me even though I had nothing to be angry about, LOL. Make sense? I don't care for Renee Zellweger Dh and I just watched and turned off "Across the Universe" last night. We enjoy musicals, but that was just stupid. I don't care for Gwyneth Paltrow, but was pleasantly surprised with "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow". Really enjoyed that one. As far as KC goes, he doesn't bother me. Some of his movies I don't like (including Bull Durham), but I really liked "Mr. Brooks". Not because it was a "good" movie from a moral point of view, but because he did a good job. It was dark, but well done. Did NOT like "American Beauty" at. all. Agree about JA - she was great on Friends and that's it. Never saw Solaris or "Alexander" (I knew better on that one. Come on...Colin Farrell? Angelina Jolie? That was a no-brainer it would suck, LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Little Miss Sunshine was wonderful! The end was so great... power of love and family over disfunction and all that. I saw it on an airplane the first time, and even in its butchered state the end made me cry.... My son and I had a great time watching this one, and couldn't wait for Sweetie to come home to watch it with us. We thought he'd love it! Nope -- he just stared at us like we were "off" -- LOL! And he loves "weird" stuff -- so I guess it was just too weird for him! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Actually, I liked it! lol... It's true that you can't go into it expecting a historical epic. That's not what it is. But it does manage to give the feel for a particular point in history -- the over-the-top decadence that is so ultimately unfulfilling, the obliviousness to anything outside the main characters' expansive and yet ultimately very *small* world... It's very beautiful to look at, the soundtrack --while completely anachronistic -- fits with Coppola's interpretation of the time... It *is* slow and languorous. Not a great deal happens. And ultimately, it's really deeply sad -- and not so much because of the ending we all know is coming, but because there really isn't much meaning to be found in wardrobe. I wonder if I would have liked it more if I hadn't had unreasonable expectations going in -- but now I'll never know! Darn it! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 My son and I had a great time watching this one, and couldn't wait for Sweetie to come home to watch it with us. We thought he'd love it! Nope -- he just stared at us like we were "off" This happens to us, too. Goodfellas? I HATED it, DH loved it. Emma w/ Gwynnie? I LOVED it, DH subtitled it, "They Came to Talk." Raising Arizona? Brilliant! DH despises this movie. Steel Magnolias? I can take it or leave it. DH actually got up and walked out--he couldn't take the bad Southern accents. He can't understand my love for Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, which he considers puerile. Puh-leez! Modern masterpiece! But sometimes we agree: We BOTH loathed ad eventually walked out on The English Patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camy-7 boybarians 1 lady Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I thought "The Golden Compass" fell far short of it's hype. Dh and I previewed it (we were thinking of watching it with our children as an incentive to discuss the Phillip Pullman/anti God phenomena), and we were surprised at the thought of so much money going into this film, only for it to fall short. We were hoping for great special effects, but none seemed to catch our fancy. Blessings, Camy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon H in IL Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Oh that's easy: Con Air with Nicholas Cage. It was the first time since my new baby was born that we could go see a movie, and *nothing* was showing anywhere. We chose Con Air basically because we didn't know anything about it. Mistake. Bad, very bad mistake. We still talk about how truly awful that movie was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Oh that's easy: Con Air with Nicholas Cage. It was the first time since my new baby was born that we could go see a movie, and *nothing* was showing anywhere. We chose Con Air basically because we didn't know anything about it. Mistake. Bad, very bad mistake. We still talk about how truly awful that movie was. Aw, come on, you didn't like Nicolas Cage with long air and a bad accent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon H in IL Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Aw, come on, you didn't like Nicolas Cage with long air and a bad accent? It had the misfortune of combining two elements that make a movie detestable: 1) it was a bad movie, and 2) I was so desperate for a break from nonstop motherhood I would have been happy to see almost anything, and it took my short-lived break and WASTED it. :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 What?! I loved that movie! McDowell's... heh heh heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Aw, come on, you didn't like Nicolas Cage with long air and a bad accent? And tight jeans, a wife-beater top, and all those muscles?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 What kind of army has machine guns and giant bombs, but no mortars? Huh? Huh? I'll tell you... a stupid, fake movie army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanG Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 As far as slightly weird/gothic movies go, I'm more of a Tim Burton kind of fan than a David Lynch fan. And anything Joss Whedon does is golden. Off the wall is good, but I need the humor! Other movies mentioned earlier: I do like Rocky Horror- but could not stand The Mask. Shudder. I think I must have been in the completely wrong frame of mind when I went to go see that one. Tim Burton and Joss Whedon are my two FAVORITE people in the world, other than my husband and kids!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 This happens to us, too. Goodfellas? I HATED it, DH loved it. Emma w/ Gwynnie? I LOVED it, DH subtitled it, "They Came to Talk." Raising Arizona? Brilliant! DH despises this movie. Steel Magnolias? I can take it or leave it. DH actually got up and walked out--he couldn't take the bad Southern accents. He can't understand my love for Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, which he considers puerile. Puh-leez! Modern masterpiece! But sometimes we agree: We BOTH loathed ad eventually walked out on The English Patient. LOL! Hopefully you found something productive or fun to do with the rest of the evening. "The English Patient" is one that I haven't watched yet. But from some of the comments here, it looks like I'm not missing much. :D I couldn't watch "Goodfellas" -- I tried and tried, because that's another one that we can't get together on. I just can't get past the language. I don't mind the occasional expletive, but when none of the characters can seem to put together a sentence without dropping the "F" bomb, it gets old pretty quick. I don't think I've managed more than ten minutes at a time on that one. So at that rate, I might get through the whole movie in ten years or so. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salinda Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I really hated Thelma and Louise. Friends bonding over suicide? Yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Tim Burton and Joss Whedon are my two FAVORITE people in the world, other than my husband and kids!!! :iagree:, or at least two of my favorite cinematic innovators. Don't know what kind of people they are.... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 But I can. not. stand Jesus Christ Superstar. And the thing is, my dh LOVES it. I can't even begin to describe how much I hate that "movie" (I've never seen it on stage, nor do I have any intention, not that it's showing anywhere anymore). I walked out of "Me, Myself and Irene". The only movie I ever walked out of the theater on. Dh and I just watched and turned off "Across the Universe" last night. We enjoy musicals, but that was just stupid. I didn't like "Casino" because it made me angry. There was so much anger in the movie, the feelings transferred to me even though I had nothing to be angry about, LOL. Make sense? I don't care for Renee Zellweger Dh and I just watched and turned off "Across the Universe" last night. We enjoy musicals, but that was just stupid. I don't care for Gwyneth Paltrow, but was pleasantly surprised with "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow". Really enjoyed that one. As far as KC goes, he doesn't bother me. Some of his movies I don't like (including Bull Durham), but I really liked "Mr. Brooks". Not because it was a "good" movie from a moral point of view, but because he did a good job. It was dark, but well done. Did NOT like "American Beauty" at. all. Agree about JA - she was great on Friends and that's it. Never saw Solaris or "Alexander" (I knew better on that one. Come on...Colin Farrell? Angelina Jolie? That was a no-brainer it would suck, LOL) American Beauty. We netflixed this and my dh and I watched about ten minutes and thought, would these people get OVER themselves? I have no patience for made up angst. And it was just so creepy how the husband gets this infantile lust for his daughter's friend. Gosh, what a depressing, depressing movie and that people thought it was TRUTH and it won the Oscar or some such thing made it worse. Probably I'm being unfair but we had such a visceral reaction to it. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I really hated Thelma and Louise. Friends bonding over suicide? Yuck! Not on my fave list either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Ok-I didn't read all 20+ pages of responses but I have one word for you... Waterworld That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 One that was either very boring or else I totally missed the point was Prairie Home Companion movie. I just didn't get it. I thought with the people that were in it, that it would be a really good one too. Not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 WaterworldI should have known better, Waterworld being a Kevin Costner vehicle. However, it had a promising start, what with the urine and all, but, even before it started to get ridiculous, DH leaned over and asked me why everyone was so dirty. It was all I could think about for the rest of the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I should have known better, Waterworld being a Kevin Costner vehicle. However, it had a promising start, what with the urine and all, but, even before it started to get ridiculous, DH leaned over and asked me why everyone was so dirty. It was all I could think about for the rest of the movie. Good question! I guess soap was at a premium, but they certainly had plenty of water. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Wasn't this the movie where most of the world was covered in water but everybody smoked cigarettes. My mil saw it and said she kept wondering where they grew all that tobacco!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 It's gotta be Castaway (with Tom Hanks) for me. That was the most absurd movie ever - still can't get over "Wilson" (the basketball). Blech!!!!! Honestly, after seeing Castaway, I can't watch anything with Tom Hanks in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Ooooohhhhh, time for That sumo wrestler is sooooo funny! ROFLOL! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 How is it that no one has mentioned "The English Patient?" Did you see that episode of Seinfeld with Elaine having to go see that movie! Hahahahahahahahaha :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 So what movie do you put up for the worst movie award? Mine would have to be Grilled with Ray Romano and Kevin James. I love those actors, but this movie was the worst! Ick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela in TN Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Actually, I liked it! lol... It's true that you can't go into it expecting a historical epic. That's not what it is. But it does manage to give the feel for a particular point in history -- the over-the-top decadence that is so ultimately unfulfilling, the obliviousness to anything outside the main characters' expansive and yet ultimately very *small* world... It's very beautiful to look at, the soundtrack --while completely anachronistic -- fits with Coppola's interpretation of the time... It *is* slow and languorous. Not a great deal happens. And ultimately, it's really deeply sad -- and not so much because of the ending we all know is coming, but because there really isn't much meaning to be found in wardrobe. I agree completely! I think there is enough of the essence of Marie Antoinette in the movie for me to completely love it even though there is a lack of dialogue. These movies give me something visual to attach what I know about these historical figures and Versailles is beautiful. Tragic story but I enjoyed it!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary in KS Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Did you see that episode of Seinfeld with Elaine having to go see that movie! Hahahahahahahahaha :lol: "Quit telling your stupid story, about the stupid desert, and just die already! Die!!" LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 What a fun thread...I've gotten many laughs over your suggestions. I do like Bull Durham and Field of Dreams, but nothing else with KC. I love baseball and baseball movies. :D Movies I intensely dislike...gee, the list is long, but here are my tops in the bottom department. Napoleon Dynamite. Couldn't sit through it. White Men Can't Jump. Gag. Best friend and I sat through it thinking it HAD to get better. It didn't. Children of Men. Dark, depressing, violent, and pointless. The Accidental Tourist. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz The only thing I like Nicolas Cage in are the National Treasure movies. In the beginning of his acting career he sounded as if he were reading the words off a cue card. He was a poor reader, too. :D There are so many more bad movies than good ones. Too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 "Quit telling your stupid story, about the stupid desert, and just die already! Die!!" LOL! :lol: I had forgotten that part! Thanks for the reminder and the BIG laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 The Accidental Tourist. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz I watched that one a long, long time ago and don't really know if I felt one way or another. Then my mother told me she thought I was like Geena Davis in that movie -- that pretty much nixed it right there. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntergirlnc21 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Toys with Robin Williams and LL Cool J. My high school boyfriend and I went to see it at the theatre. It was beyond awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 From Dusk Til Dawn - left the theater. More recently, Semi-Pro w/Will Ferrell was terrible (as we had expected). I know there are more, most of which have already been mentioned, but those are the two that stick out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Wasn't this the movie where most of the world was covered in water but everybody smoked cigarettes. My mil saw it and said she kept wondering where they grew all that tobacco!!!!!They didn't grow it; IIRC they either dove for cigarettes in sunken containers or there were some on cargo ships or a combination of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 The worst movie I ever saw was Alien. The only film I ever walked out on was Alien. Although "Sing in the Rain' really got on my nerves. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 And for the I-can't stand-Richard-Gere anti-fan club, one of the worst films ever made was the 1983 "remake" of Jean-Luc Godard's 1959 French New Wave classic "Breathless" (one of my favorite films) with Gere and Valérie Kaprisky. This one was beyond AWFUL. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabola Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Which Midnight Movie person were you? Rocky Horror Picture Show or The Wall? :lol: OOoooo, the Wall without a doubt! I cannot watch people shave any part of their body now because of this movie, which I first saw 20 years ago. Worst movie I have seen: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (again Jim Carrey). I also really hate 2001, Space Odyssey (saw it in college , the only movie that I have walked out of the movie theatre). I really LOVE both those movies. Really. I thought "The Golden Compass" fell far short of it's hype. Dh and I previewed it (we were thinking of watching it with our children as an incentive to discuss the Phillip Pullman/anti God phenomena), and we were surprised at the thought of so much money going into this film, only for it to fall short. We were hoping for great special effects, but none seemed to catch our fancy. I was really disappointed in this one too. I should have known better, Waterworld being a Kevin Costner vehicle. However, it had a promising start, what with the urine and all, but, even before it started to get ridiculous, DH leaned over and asked me why everyone was so dirty. It was all I could think about for the rest of the movie. :lol::lol::lol::lol: I ambivalent towards both Kevin Costner and Nicholas Cage, sometimes I like them, sometimes I don't, depends on the movie. The actor I really can't stand AT ALL is Michael McConaughey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 The actor I really can't stand AT ALL is Michael McConaughey. Ugh. Yes. Totally agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 ...Queen of the ****ed. I love vampire flicks, but this was just--it doesn't even dignify description. Yuck.:ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Zoinks! I was bleeped! How funny--I didn't even think about the fact that the title might be construed as vulgarity. :tongue_smilie: Well, that's a first for me. Anyway, the bleeped word rhymes with crammed. Starring Stuart Townsend. Avoid at all costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I think it came out in the 80's. It was just awful. "Terms of Endearment" is also on the top of my awful list, along with "Hope Floats"; that movie is so depressing. It's even worse than "Terms of Endearment". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Ok, I actually liked "The Royal Tennenbaums". :) I must of watched it on an off day. I must have been in the mood for something really dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabola Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Terms of Endearment is my favorite chick flick. I love Debra Winger, and Jack Nicholson, and John Lithgow. I think the characters are great. Yes its sad, but the usual chick movies bore me to pieces, this is one of the exceptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabola Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Ok, I actually liked "The Royal Tennenbaums". :) I must of watched it on an off day. I must have been in the mood for something really dry. I liked it too, its really not that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabrina Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Napoleon Dynamite - Worst. Movie. Ever. :ducks and runs: I second that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill- OK Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. I don't know what we were thinking when we rented this. Well, my guess is that poor dh is so starved for a good action movie, that he got desperate. At least we had the wherewithal to stop when it got about twenty minutes or so into it. (It's hard to convince my dh to stop watching something when he's paid five good American dollars for the privilege. The fact that he didn't argue with me should tell you something big.) But that's twenty minutes of my life I won't ever get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 But that's twenty minutes of my life I won't ever get back. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Ok, I actually liked "The Royal Tennenbaums". :) I must of watched it on an off day. I must have been in the mood for something really dry.Aw, I liked it. :) Not even Gwyneth Paltrow could ruin it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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