Awful Movies That Are Almost Redeemed By One Thing

[The Hero]

Joe Dirt-As stupid as this movie is,it's insanely quotable.

The Stupids-Christopher Lee having a cameo in a Tom Arnold movie.It's like Anthony Hopkins in a film starring Mr.T.Plus,"Release the Drive Bee!" has sort of become a catchphrase of mine.:o

Underworld 1 & 2-Three words:Kate.****ing.Beckinsale.

[reggiebar]

Joe-Dirt is actually a very good comedy.

[Addendum]

The credits

[Carmine Falcone]

Anger Management - without Nicholson that movie would be completely forgettable. But he owns it.

[C.F. Kane]

Fantastic Four - Alba in a bikini

[Silver Sable]

FF wasn't that bad

[Octoberist]

but it was a frustrating movie because I knew it could of been better. It felt like a bunch of different ideas from different writers and it got mixed in by a blender. Also Dr. Doom sucked. I guess the plot twist was that his name was "Dr. Doom" not "Mr. Doom".

[Silver Sable]

It's true that Doom did sucked but at least the movie had it's moments

[ToddIsDead]

Old Cajun Man: [In a muffled back water accent] Home is where you make it.
Joe Dirt: What?
Old Cajun Man: Home is where you make it.
Joe Dirt: You like to see homos naked?
Old Cajun man: Home is where you make it.
Joe Dirt: Oh.
[Walks away]
Joe Dirt: Guy likes to see homos naked, that doesn't help me.

Joe Dirt rocks!

[PWN3R]

AVP

That movie is so awesome to watch, its the ULTIMATE DON'T DO THIS film.

Plot, characters...I mean its horrible!

Its so horrible its amazing....maybe I am crazy. ;)

[schillah]

underworld 2 wasn't bad :(

anyway

The Seed of Chucky redeemed by Jennifer Tilly's (.)(.)

[Silver Sable]

House Of Wax-Paris Hilton's death

[Octoberist]

It's a bad movie that film school should use in "What not to do". Cool idea, Pwn3er.

They had a character in whom gave out the backstory and then gets killed off. That was his entire purpose in the movie. He's not even a character; he was a plot device. You don't do that.

[Gamma Ray]

Star Wars 3 - Almost redeemed by two of the worst actors of the film dying (Padme and Anakin burning), but not quite. It still sucks even with that.

[BT18]

Kate Beckinsale is mediocre in every way, in terms of actresses. No way does she come within a million miles of even almost redeeming that crapfest of a franchise.

[The Hero]

Kate Beckinsale is mediocre in every way, in terms of actresses. No way does she come within a million miles of even almost redeeming that crapfest of a franchise.
I wasn't talking about her acting.:o

http://img113.exs.cx/img113/4337/KateCorset.jpg

[Carter]

Blade Trinity
by Ryan Reynolds and Parker Posey

[Ronny Shade]

Blade Trinity
by Ryan Reynolds and Parker Posey
You're kidding me, right? Ryan Reyonlds and Parker Posey are a big part of why that film sucked ballz.

[Calvin]

Steve Carell's scene in Bruce Almighty.

[Carter]

You're kidding me, right? Ryan Reyonlds and Parker Posey are a big part of why that film sucked ballz.

I'm not kidding.
Blade was tired after the second film, which I can't stand.

At least they brought some humor to the table

[That-Guy]

Superman 3 and 4 - anytime Christopher Reeve was wearing the big red "S," the film still had some charm, even if it totally sucked otherwise

Daredevil - Colin Farrell's performance almost made this film watchable

Ocean's 12 - A crap sequel to one of my favorite heist movies, the cast is still likeable enough that I didn't totally hate the film

The Jurassic Park films - The dinosaurs made up for the fact that Spielberg watered down and then butchered the story and the characters. (I'm not even including JP3 here because not only was that film not even remotely based on a Crichton novel but it didn't even have good effects... it was like CGI Carnosaur).

[That-Guy]

I'm not kidding.
Blade was tired after the second film, which I can't stand.

At least they brought some humor to the table


I agree with you here. Blade 2 had almost NO story... what little there was, was just a petty attempt to tie together a bunch of action sequences. And by the end of it, everything that made Blade himself interesting in the first film was virtually gone. Trinity, while still a bad movie, at least introduced a few new characters and Reynold's Hannibal King was at least interesting and funny (although I have to admit, I got sick of hearing him say "f**k" every 5 seconds... I'm all for cussing up a storm in movies but in B:T, it just felt excessive and silly).

[Carter]

Yeah, I'm not saying it's a great movie but I enjoy it more than Blade 2

[huskerwebhead]

Flash Gordon - The Queen Soundtrack - nuff said

[KingOfDreams]

Flash Gordon - The Queen Soundtrack - nuff said

Flash!...Ahhh Ahhhhhh!

:up:

[Ronny Shade]

Blade 2 is the best one.

[amazingfantasy15]

The ending of Terminator 3. Great ending to a horrible movie.

[Ronny Shade]

The Jurassic Park films - The dinosaurs made up for the fact that Spielberg watered down and then butchered the story and the characters. (I'm not even including JP3 here because not only was that film not even remotely based on a Crichton novel but it didn't even have good effects... it was like CGI Carnosaur).

Jurassic Park, while not the literary masterpiece that was the novel, was still a pretty damn good movie.

[Ronny Shade]

The ending of Terminator 3. Great ending to a horrible movie.
I like that movie....but you're right that the ending is definitely the best part.

[BT18]

I wasn't talking about her acting.:o


I wasn't just talking about her acting either.

She's mediocre in the looks department when it comes to working actresses. Planely "attractive" face, nothing special about anything around her midsection (waist, hips, abs, ass, thighs), Worst fake rack in show biz.

She's just always dolled up to the T most of the time you see her.

[That-Guy]

Jurassic Park, while not the literary masterpiece that was the novel, was still a pretty damn good movie.

Maybe I would have liked it better if I hadn't read the novel first, I don't know. It's just that the movie felt very cliche and juvenile to me (and bear in mind, I was 13 when I saw it first and I thought the same thing then). Dumbing down the scientific aspects so that they could be explained by a cartoon... switching the ages and intelligence levels of the two children so that the film could adhere to the "girls are always smarter than boys" rule Hollywood constantly shoves down our throats... casting Newman as Nedry and having him play Newman... changing Alan Grant from a bearded, friendly outdoorsman who likes kids to a stuck-up jerk who hates them and changing Ian Malcolm from John Nash to Keith Richards... and most unforgiveably... killing off half the characters who live in the book while letting live half the ones that die.

[reggiebar]

Flash Gordon - The Queen Soundtrack - nuff said
There is so much more goodness to Flash Gordon (the Queen soundtraxck is simply the icing on the cake).

This topic is "awful" movies that are "almost" redeemed by one thing - Flash Gordon is a GREAT movie.

[Philly Phanboy]

Neil Patrick Harris as an unrepentant version of himself from Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. It was a bad movie but every scene with NPH was great. :D

[The Apatow Crew]

harold and kumar thats just good stoner fun right there.

[Silver Sable]

I wasn't talking about her acting.:o

http://img113.exs.cx/img113/4337/KateCorset.jpg

Off topic but I can picture her playing Sable :up:

[Ronny Shade]

Maybe I would have liked it better if I hadn't read the novel first, I don't know. It's just that the movie felt very cliche and juvenile to me (and bear in mind, I was 13 when I saw it first and I thought the same thing then). Dumbing down the scientific aspects so that they could be explained by a cartoon... switching the ages and intelligence levels of the two children so that the film could adhere to the "girls are always smarter than boys" rule Hollywood constantly shoves down our throats... casting Newman as Nedry and having him play Newman... changing Alan Grant from a bearded, friendly outdoorsman who likes kids to a stuck-up jerk who hates them and changing Ian Malcolm from John Nash to Keith Richards... and most unforgiveably... killing off half the characters who live in the book while letting live half the ones that die.
All valid complaints. I saw the movie at 13 as well, but I hadnt read the book until after. Maybe that was why I liked it. "Hey this movie is great" ...a week later "hey this book is EVEN BETTER!" The ending of the book owned. I loved the egg thing that Grant did with the raptors.

[huskerwebhead]

There is so much more goodness to Flash Gordon (the Queen soundtraxck is simply the icing on the cake).

This topic is "awful" movies that are "almost" redeemed by one thing - Flash Gordon is a GREAT movie.

I suppose you are right. I, personally, love the movie. I'm just used to so many people telling me it sucked that I decided to throw it in there. I just seemed like the minority.

[The Hero]

Flash!...Ahhh Ahhhhhh!

:up:
He's gonna save every one of us!Every last one of us!Ahhh-ahhhhhh!

I love that in the third act they use it for every single scene.

[Kevin Roegele]

Steve Carell's scene in Bruce Almighty.

His deleted scene of the possesed news reading is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. On the DVD.

[Kevin Roegele]

Flash Gordon - The Queen Soundtrack - nuff said

And Ming's daughter.

[thealiasman2000]

Great things that saved otherwise awful movies:

-The giantess scene in "Dude, Where's My Car?" (I'm a GTS fan).

-The sex scene in "Cool World".

-"Batman Forever" being produced by Tim Burton.

-Richard Pryor in "Superman 3".

-The ausence of Jar-Jar Binks in Episode II and III

-The glorious titty shot at the beginning of "Freddy Vs Jason".

-Marie's death in "The Bourne Supremacy"

-The death of The Fairy Godmother in "Shrek 2".

-The death of Paris Hilton in "House of Wax"

-The death of Sarah Michelle Gellar in both "Scream 2" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (SMG should be killed more often).

-The upcoming "Superman Returns" movie being a sequel to parts 1 and 2.

-When I don't know or haven't seen the movie a remake is based on, thus not spoiling the movie-going experience for me.

-Kate Winslet's nude scene in "Titanic".

-The giantess scene in "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid".

-"Highlander: The Sorcerer"and "Highlander: Endgame" ignoring the events of "Highlander 2: The Quickening".

-"Halloween H20" and "Halloween: Resurrection" ignoring the events of "Halloween 6: Curse of Michael Myers".

-"The Mask" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" being fun family movies instead of the gore-filled actionfest the fanboys wanted them to be.

[The Chairman]

Anger Management - without Nicholson that movie would be completely forgettable. But he owns it.

I love that movie, but I probably wouldn't like it nearly as much if he wasn't in it. Jack rules.

Tommy- Ann-Margret rolling around in chocolate sauce, which is cool just for its camp value. Also, Elton John was insanely awesome.

[The Question]

-"The Mask" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" being fun family movies instead of the gore-filled actionfest the fanboys wanted them to be.



Why is that a good thing? The Mask and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are gore filled action fests. And I wouldn't call the origional TMNT very family friendly. The first one was pretty damn dark.

[The Phantom]

You're kidding me, right? Ryan Reyonlds and Parker Posey are a big part of why that film sucked ballz.
Are you kidding? I'd love to see a movie just featuring Hannibal King, that's how awesome I thought he was in the movie. He's like, what if a geek became a vampire slayer?

[The Question]

Are you kidding? I'd love to see a movie just featuring Hannibal King, that's how awesome I thought he was in the movie. He's like, what if a geek became a vampire slayer?


It's been done:


http://www.vampy.tv/tv/xandertitolis1.jpg

[thealiasman2000]

1-Excuse me, but aren't all vampire slayers in the Jossverse supposed to be female?

Xander Harris is a MALE.

2-"The Mask" is a wacky, fun-loving guy, like Beetlejuice, and he would be degared if he resorted to gore and blood. He's a clown, basically.

The TMNT movies managed to be dark without showcasing too much gore and guts. And it's OK, because the Ninja Turtles are children icons, and the childhood heroes of many '80s kids 8like me).

[The Hero]

I wasn't just talking about her acting either.

She's mediocre in the looks department when it comes to working actresses. Planely "attractive" face, nothing special about anything around her midsection (waist, hips, abs, ass, thighs), Worst fake rack in show biz.

She's just always dolled up to the T most of the time you see her.
I'm going to have to respectively disagree.Different tastes,I guess.

[Immortalfire]

Liam Neeson in The Phantom Menace

[The Question]

1-Excuse me, but aren't all vampire slayers in the Jossverse supposed to be female?

Xander Harris is a MALE.

He still killed vamps from time to time.

2-"The Mask" is a wacky, fun-loving guy, like Beetlejuice, and he would be degared if he resorted to gore and blood. He's a clown, basically.

The mask is a sardonically witty comic who's main character is an insane shapeshifter who borderlines (and often crosses over) on being homicidal. It's full of blood and gore.

The TMNT movies managed to be dark without showcasing too much gore and guts. And it's OK, because the Ninja Turtles are children icons, and the childhood heroes of many '80s kids 8like me).

TMNT was origionally very heavy on the violence and gore. The fact that they made a cartoon like the one from the 80s is an insult to the origional stories.

[Ronny Shade]

Are you kidding? I'd love to see a movie just featuring Hannibal King, that's how awesome I thought he was in the movie. He's like, what if a geek became a vampire slayer?

"What if a geek became a vampire slayer. "


First of all, well, in the Blade Universe...um ....oh yeah, thats right










.... HE'D DIE

[SPIDER-MAN-ROX]

Jason getting blown up & Jason going to hell in "Jason Goes To Hell".

[The Phantom]

"What if a geek became a vampire slayer. "


First of all, well, in the Blade Universe...um ....oh yeah, thats right










.... HE'D DIE
I would like to retort, but I'm too busy laughing!

[Lazlo Panaflex]

Staying Alive (yeah I liked it), great songs and cool ending with Travolta strutting to the Bee Gee's Staying Alive song.

[Lt. Figgnuts]

Call me weird, but I really liked the Superbrawl at the end of The Matrix Revolutions, even though the film was essentially a giant war flick.

[The Question]

Anyway, for my picks:



Star Wars: Episode One was redeemed by the sheer badassery that was Darth Maul.

Fantastic Four was redeemed by Micheal Chiklis' portrayal of The Thing.

Batman and Robin, while the idiotic camp fest it was, actually had a few moments with Bruce and Alfred, and Mr. Freeze when he was by himself and not spouting the bad puns, that were rather touching. Shows that it could have been a great movie if the WB execs hadn't wanted it to be one giant toy comercial.

[The Hero]

Steve Buscemi as the homeless guy in Big Daddy.Hell,Steve Buscemi makes any bad film watchable.

[Ronny Shade]

Star Wars: Episode One was redeemed by the sheer badassery that was Darth Maul.
"Badassery"


excellent...:up: :up:

[rdh007]

Beckinsale is very above average.

[The Question]

"Badassery"


excellent...:up: :up:


It's worth watching that movie just for Darth Maul. He's ****ing badass in that flick.

[The Hero]

I wish they would have Robocop-ed him into General Grievous,like his creator intended.

[The Question]

Why didn't they?

[The Hero]

Lucas shot it down,I have no idea why.I think they still gave him Maul's eyes,though.

http://www.canmag.com/images/front/starwars/nrots29.jpg

[Alexia Dark]

Elektra - The sai twirling and rare good music.

[The Question]

Lucas shot it down,I have no idea why.I think they still gave him Maul's eyes,though.







That would have been cool. Would have redeemed a bit more of Episode Three.

[The Hero]

Woops.On further research(aka:Google Image Search),Dath Maul's Eyes are completely different.Damn Lucas can't even let his artists drop hints.:o

[The Question]

Curse him an his prequels. The concept was interesting, but the exicution? Not so much.

[Super_Ludacris]

Jim Carrey in Batman Forever

Kristin Kreuk in Earthsea (I'm not saying her acting was great.....I'm saying it's Kristin Kreuk :) I like her heh heh)
Jennifer Love Hewitt in I Still Know what you did Last Summer
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle in I know what you did Last Summer
Jessica Biel, Ryan Renoylds in Blade Trinity
The music in Belly and the cinematography
Jessica Alba's dance moves in Honey

[The Hero]

Curse him an his prequels. The concept was interesting, but the exicution? Not so much.

Why was Grevious even in the prequels just to give him a cheesy death without fleshing him out one bit?All three films introduce potentialy interesting villians that he does absolutly nothing with and kills of uneventfully(Maul,Dooku,Grevious).

Great.I've turned this into a Force.Net thread.:(

[The Question]

Why was Grevious even in the prequels just to give him a cheesy death without fleshing him out one bit?All three films introduce potentialy interesting villians that he does absolutly nothing with and kills of uneventfully(Maul,Dooku,Grevious).

At least Greivious was fleshed out in the cartoon somewhat.

[The Hero]

I need to check that out sometime.Thanks,Youtube.com!*Youtube logo flies onto the screen*:up:

[ToddIsDead]

Neil Patrick Harris as an unrepentant version of himself from Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. It was a bad movie but every scene with NPH was great. :D
I live in Cherry Hill, New Jersy, but there's no White Castle here. That made me lose complete faith in the movie, not to mention that every thing else about it is the film equivalent of dog crap.

[Lt. Figgnuts]

Why was Grevious even in the prequels just to give him a cheesy death without fleshing him out one bit?All three films introduce potentialy interesting villians that he does absolutly nothing with and kills of uneventfully(Maul,Dooku,Grevious).


Yeah, they totally should have eliminated Dooku. He was entirely pointless except to set up a bit of ambiguity as to whether or not he was really evil.

[The Master]

Star Wars:The Phantom Menace-the "Duel of the Fates" scene

Street Fighter:The Movie-ending credits

Blade:Trinity-Wesley Snipes

[Cyclops]

Armageddon - Bruce Willis beating the piss out of Ben Affleck - what? What do you mean that never happened? Oh well. It's still my favorite part of the movie.

The Village - The best part of this movie was "Walk The Line" when Joaquin Phoenix redeemed himself.

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

the end of sleepaway camp. if you don't know you have to watch it no one will tell you.

[Super_Ludacris]

Even though I liked it most people didnt so I'mma say:

Neo vs. all the Agent Smiths in Matrix Reloaded

The final showdown in the rain in Matrix Revolutions

[The Hurricane]

Anger Management - without Nicholson that movie would be completely forgettable. But he owns it. haha... yeah.. terrible movie. A couple great lines in there "I said overeasy"

[Mr. Credible]

House of the Dead - Erica Durance's boo-bahs.

[Edward Brock]

I know this is gonna get me a lot of ***** but I have to mention it.

Batman & Robin. Once you completely forget that it's supposed to be a Batman movie, this movie has some pretty impressive visuals, most of them made without CGI. It really used the budget to it's best.

Also Stone's Alexander, despite being a mess of a movie is pretty impressive on the visuals.

[Mr. Credible]

I know this is gonna get me a lot of ***** but I have to mention it.

Batman & Robin. Once you completely forget that it's supposed to be a Batman movie, this movie has some pretty impressive visuals, most of them made without CGI. It really used the budget to it's best.

Also Stone's Alexander, despite being a mess of a movie is pretty impressive on the visuals.

i agree with the batman and robin part (never saw alexander) that part with robin sky surfing on freeze's spaceship's door was particuarly well done for it's time. correct me if i'm wrong, but did they use a CGi stuntman in that part?

[The Question]

Stunt wise, Batman and Robin was very well done. And also, as I said earlyer, there were a few moments with Freeze or Bruce and Alfred that were actually quite touching and befitting a Batman film. They were just surrounded by a quagmire of camp.

[hitmanyr2k]

The Wraith - Turbo Interceptor. The only reason this movie was made was because of that car.

Lethal Weapon 4 - Jet Li...period.

The One - Jet vs. Jet fight, the prison scene with the "I'm nobody's ******" line.

Titanic - the whole sequence with the ship going down.

[The Hero]

The One - Jet vs. Jet fight, the prison scene with the "I'm nobody's ******" line. Damn,you beat me to it.

"I am Yu-Law!I am nobody's *****!":up:

[The Hero]

There was also another character in the Star Wars prequels that could have redeemed he series,had he been allowed at least one scene of "badassery".

If I had written The Phantom Menace,this would have been the first scene:

Darth Maul:Who the hell are you?

Sammy:MACE!*cuts off Maul's arm hand*

Sammy:****ING!*punches Maul in the face*

Sammy:WINDU!!!*impales Maul with lightsaber*

And it would only go uphill from there.

[Edward Brock]

i agree with the batman and robin part (never saw alexander) that part with robin sky surfing on freeze's spaceship's door was particuarly well done for it's time. correct me if i'm wrong, but did they use a CGi stuntman in that part?Yeah, they used CGI in a few parts.

Stunt wise, Batman and Robin was very well done. And also, as I said earlyer, there were a few moments with Freeze or Bruce and Alfred that were actually quite touching and befitting a Batman film. They were just surrounded by a quagmire of camp.Makes me wonder about that fan cut that was reviewed on batman-on-film.com last year.

[hitmanyr2k]

Damn,you beat me to it.

"I am Yu-Law!I am nobody's *****!":up:

I probably never laughed so hard because I never expected Jet to say such a thing. And his cocky expressions were priceless. Almost saved that movie for me.

[The Question]

There was also another character in the Star Wars prequels that could have redeemed he series,had he been allowed at least one scene of "badassery".

If I had written The Phantom Menace,this would have been the first scene:



And it would only go uphill from there.


Mace Windu could have made those movies better. He was way better in the cartoon. In the cartoon, he took on an army of a few hundred droids and a giant earth quake machine by himself and won.

[The Hero]

Mace Windu could have made those movies better. He was way better in the cartoon. In the cartoon, he took on an army of a few hundred droids and a giant earth quake machine by himself and won.
Honestly,how do you cast Samuel L. Jackson as a jedi and only give him one major fight scene?

[Super_Ludacris]

When your scared he would kick everyone's ass and need just one film to do it

[Spidey-Bat]

Honestly,how do you cast Samuel L. Jackson as a jedi and only give him one major fight scene?

George Lucas is racist:o

[The Hero]

Well,there's Jar Jar.And Watto did come off as a stereotypical Jew....plus,the "Sand People" are up to interpretation...

[jaydawg]

The twist in The Village. Really made me wish I didnt fastforward the whole film just to see what the twist was.

Oh and to hell with anyone who doesnt like Harold and Kumar. It's impossible not to quote the hell out of that movie.

[~†~§iX~†~]

The Smooth Criminal sequence in Moonwalker!......

[Mr. Credible]

The twist in The Village. Really made me wish I didnt fastforward the whole film just to see what the twist was.

Oh and to hell with anyone who doesnt like Harold and Kumar. It's impossible not to quote the hell out of that movie.

i forgot about the village... that movie bored me to tears, but i watched it because of all the hype.

the "twist" at the end was pretty good, though... even if you could see it coming about half way through the movie.

[reggiebar]

I live in Cherry Hill, New Jersy, but there's no White Castle here. That made me lose complete faith in the movie, not to mention that every thing else about it is the film equivalent of dog crap.

I grew up in Bergen County, NJ and, as anyone from Jersey knows, the closest White Castle from Hobokon (where Harold & Kumar lived in the movie) is the Castle in North Bergen. Why they headed to New Brunswick which is super far from Hobokon is the only problem with the film. This is actually a very witty film.

[Ronny Shade]

Mace Windu could have made those movies better. He was way better in the cartoon. In the cartoon, he took on an army of a few hundred droids and a giant earth quake machine by himself and won.
Everybody was better in that cartoon. I was very excited about seeing General Grievous in Episode 3 because he was so awesome in the cartoon, but then he was an asthmatic sissy.

I wish they had either not killed Darth Maul in 1 or cloned him in Ep 2

[Super_Ludacris]

I grew up in Bergen County, NJ and, as anyone from Jersey knows, the closest White Castle from Hobokon (where Harold & Kumar lived in the movie) is the Castle in North Bergen. Why they headed to New Brunswick which is super far from Hobokon is the only problem with the film. This is actually a very witty film.



It was a film that had an indian and chinese dude smoking blunts and riding cheetahs.........and y'all are worried about geographic facts and continuity errors?:o

[Ronny Shade]

Elektra...by Stick. Stick rocked.

[Armand Z Trip]

The Wraith - Turbo Interceptor. The only reason this movie was made was because of that car.

Lethal Weapon 4 - Jet Li...period.

The One - Jet vs. Jet fight, the prison scene with the "I'm nobody's ******" line.

Titanic - the whole sequence with the ship going down.


God I haven't thought of The Wraith in years!

I've seen his eyes man!!!!:)

[reggiebar]

It was a film that had an indian and chinese dude smoking blunts and riding cheetahs.........and y'all are worried about geographic facts and continuity errors?:o
Not worried....(if you read what I wrote, I said I thought the film was a very witty film)..I love the film, but, if you grew up in Jersey and burned like my friends and I, you can't help but know where all the White Castles in the area are located. I was simply sharing a little in-the-know with as fellow cat from Jersey.

[Savage]

It was a film that had an indian and chinese dude smoking blunts and riding cheetahs.........and y'all are worried about geographic facts and continuity errors?:o
lol. EXACTLY!:D

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation was almost redeemable for it's action...almostThat asian chick just REALLY got on my nerves...I won't mention Street Fighter because managed to screw up the action for a FIGHTING GAME so screw that.

[KenK]

It was a film that had an indian and chinese dude smoking blunts and riding cheetahs.........and y'all are worried about geographic facts and continuity errors?:o

Ya know?!?

[LadyVader]

Terminator 3, almost saved by it's ending.

[TheSumOfGod]

It's true that Doom did sucked but at least the movie had it's moments

Read the "Books of Doom" mini-series going on right now, the complete retelling of Doctor Doom's origin story. Then you will feel like hijacking a plane and crashing it into FOX studios. :o

[Ronny Shade]

Read the "Books of Doom" mini-series going on right now, the complete retelling of Doctor Doom's origin story. Then you will feel like hijacking a plane and crashing it into FOX studios. :o
Don't we already want to do that?

[TheSumOfGod]

Don't we already want to do that?

Yeah, but this will actually make you do it. I've already got my flight ticket, I'm just waiting for issue 6 to come out before I sacrifice my life for the greater cause. :o

[Ronny Shade]

maybe we can teleport you out before the crash

[The Hero]

The scene in The Punisher where he tortures a guy with a popsicle.For a few brief moments,movie Punisher was a badass.

[Ronny Shade]

The scene in The Punisher where he tortures a guy with a popsicle.For a few brief moments,movie Punisher was a badass.
I thought that plus the scene where he puts the gravestone on the golf course plus the scene where he pulls a f***ing fire hydrant out of a gym bag all add up to ALMOST saving the film.

[The Lizard]

The Relic - cool monster design

[C.F. Kane]

The movie Eegah.

The only thing that redeems it? The awesome episode of MST3K that sprang from it.

[The Hero]

"Watch out for snakes!"

[thealiasman2000]

-the tit shot of that teen girl with the big hooters in "Final Destination 3"

-when an actor from a movie reprises the role for the sequel, no matter how bad it is.

-watching Michelle Tratchtenberg in a sex scene in "Eurotrip"

-the giantess that falls in love with the elf in "Ella Enchanted"

-the fact that the upcoming CGI Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be a continuation of the first two live action movies

-when all those cartoon characters from the '80s met in "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue"

-the tits of Dracula's brides in "Van Helsing"

-Richard Pryor in "Superman 3"

-the fact that, following the continuty of the cartoon, Slimer was living in the firehouse in "Ghostbusters 2", and even helps Louis Tully defeat Vigo the Carpatian

-when Jason officially turned into a zombie in "Friday the 13th part 6: Jason Lives"

-the ORIGINAL ending of the "Stepford Wives" remake

-the ORIGINAL ending of "Freddy Vs Jason", where both Freddy aned Jason go to hell. They see each other, they charge into each other... and they are both immediately killed by Pinhead from the "Hellraiser" movies.

[The Hero]

Another giantress reference?You're a sick mo-fo,alias.:eek:

The original ending to Freddy vs. Jason does sound good,though.

[thealiasman2000]

1-I'm a macrophile. Giantesses turn me on.

2-Yeah, they should have used that one instead of the one that ended up on film.

[The Hero]

I like to keep my fetishes to myself.

But that's just me.

[thealiasman2000]

Hey, like that commercial for an Argetninian TV channel used to say, "We all have our bizarre side".

[Cyclops]

In the real world, you keep your fetishes to yourself. Online, you let everybody know what they are because... uh... well, I haven't really figured out a "why" yet.

[The Hero]

Because we can't press charges.Yet.

[The Hero]

Ben Stiller as Tony Perkis in Heavy Weights.There is no way Uncle Tony didn't inspire Stiller's character in Dodgeball.

[Super_Ludacris]

Hey, like that commercial for an Argetninian TV channel used to say, "We all have our bizarre side".

Yes because we've all seen that..........:confused:

[Obi-Ron]

Uber-cute Allyson Hannigan in Date Movie

[MaskedManJRK]

Damn,you beat me to it.

"I am Yu-Law!I am nobody's *****!":up:

I am Yu-Law! I am nobody's b***h! You...are MINE!

:D:up:

[The Hero]

Uber-cute Allyson Hannigan in Date Movie
It's sad that her first starring role had to be in that pile of complete and utter merde.:down

[Ronny Shade]

-the fact that, following the continuty of the cartoon, Slimer was living in the firehouse in "Ghostbusters 2", and even helps Louis Tully defeat Vigo the Carpatian
Ghostbusters II is an amazing movie. It does NOT belong in this thread.

[The Question]

Ben Stiller as Tony Perkis in Heavy Weights.There is no way Uncle Tony didn't inspire Stiller's character in Dodgeball.


It was kind of the same character, really. Insane fitness instructor and all.

[Phoney Bone]

Yeah, Ben Stiller kicked all kinds of ass in "Heavy Weights"......Yeah his character in "Dodgeball" IS exactly the same.:D

[hitmanyr2k]

Yeah, Ben Stiller kicked all kinds of ass in "Heavy Weights"......Yeah his character in "Dodgeball" IS exactly the same.:D

The only thing that saved Dodgeball for me was....

"I won that tournament....Fookin' Chuck Norris" - Ben Stiller

Everytime I see Chuck Norris on TV I say that line.

[The Question]

I actually use "****ing Chuck Norris" as an explative. Example:


I'm late for something and can't find any clothes. "****ing Chuck Norris."

[Ronny Shade]

Chuck Norris owned that movie.

[The Lumberjack]

Chuck Norris owned that movie.
Between Shatner, Hasselhoff, Norris, and Tony Perkis (White Goodman doesn't exist), I'm torn.

[Spidey-Bat]

Yeah, Ben Stiller kicked all kinds of ass in "Heavy Weights"......Yeah his character in "Dodgeball" IS exactly the same.:D

Stiller is awesome in Heavyweights. He's completely insane the way he jumped down from the ceiling in that mess hall.

[SpHinX]

Quentin Tarantino's blind preacher in Little Nicky :) Atleast, I found him funny lol

Heavyweights is an awesome movie lol Ben Stiller did kick ass in it though :)

[Phoney Bone]

Stiller is awesome in Heavyweights. He's completely insane the way he jumped down from the ceiling in that mess hall.
**** that, when he hung over the cliff on that little branch. That was crazy!

[The Hero]

Quentin Tarantino's blind preacher in Little Nicky :) Atleast, I found him funny lol

"You...make the Lord very nervous!"

[SpHinX]

"Why do you taunt me with your darkness? Your evil is stinkin' up our streets! The end is near! We are all gonna die!"

My favorite line :) lol

[The Hero]

Another redeeming moment from Little Nicky:

"I'd like to present a very nice man,Mister Henry Winkler......COVERED IN BEES!!!"

[Positor]

Ultraviolet was almost redeemed by Milla Jovovich's sheer hotness.

But that wasn't enough from being the only movie I came close to leaving within the first hour.

Dungeons & Dragons was redeemed, just barely, by Jeremy Irons.

Mortal Kombat Annialation was... never mind. This was never redeemed. Even with Ray Park doing stunts for just about everyone.

[Mr. Socko]

Batman & Robin was saved by Joel Schumacher....opps, did I say "saved" I meant completely destroyed.

[The Hero]

Dickie Roberts:Former Child Star

Any scene where David Spade hurts himself.Actually,this applies to all of his movies.:o

[thealiasman2000]

-the comic book adaptation of the "Catwoman" movie, that is better than the actual movie

-the nudity in "Mrs. Henderson Presents"

-when Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny battle The Metaluna Mutant, the Fiend Without a Face, Ro-Man, the Triffid and the Dalek in "Looney Tunes: Back in Action"

-also, that movie making fun of the AWFUL live-action "Scooby-Doo" movies

-He-Man rasing the Sword of Power high in the air and saying "I HAVE THE POWER!" in "Masters of the Universe".

-"Spy Hard" making fun of Macauley Culkin

-the nudity in "Original Sin"

-"Dick Tracy" having pretty much all the characters from the comic books

-the nudity in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines"

-the mirror scene in "Hulk"

-the 2000 "Shaft" featuring the ORIGINAL John Shaft

[The Hero]

-also, that movie making fun of the AWFUL live-action "Scooby-Doo" movies

Which one is that?

[Tsunulia]

Armegeddon - the death of Bruce Willis

[Wilhelm-Scream]

For Spy Hard I would say the theme song by Weird Al where he says "You're WATCH ING Spy HaaAAAaard!" and the end when he says, "It's the END OF Spy HaaaAAard!".

[The Kid]

the cool web swinging at the end almost saved spider-man for me.

[Sandman138]

Sooby-Doo was almost redeemed for me when they made Scrappy-Doo the villian.

[thealiasman2000]

-the fact that "The Crow: City of Angels" brought back the character of Sarah

-the fact that Samuel L. Jackson and Agent Toby Lee Shavers bothered to come back for "XXX: State of the Union"

-the sex scenes at the very end of "American Pie" (involving both scorching-hot ladies: Allyson Hannigan and Jennifer Coolidge!)

-the fact that the upcoming "Ghost Rider" movie will feature the Penance Stare

-"Batman Forever" taking itself seriously and having powerful character development lines , UNLIKE the awful "Batman & Robin"

-the fact that "Pocahontas" poke fun at the fact that Disney animated movies of that time were all musicals

-the GTS scene in "Honey I Blew Up the Kid"

-Salma Hayek in her underwear in "Wild Wild West"

-Penelope Cruz nude in "Vanilla Sky" (the only good thing about that stupid movie)

-the fact that, despite the end results, the title fights in both "Freddy Vs Jason" and "Alien Vs Predator" were pretty good

-the fact that, with this being the era of CGI and digital effects, George Lucas still bothered to cast Kenny Baker as R2-D2 for Episodes II and III

-the fact that all the ludicrous, irrealistic feats in "Hero" were just figments of The Hero's imagination

[Sandman138]

Dude, Hero ruled. It was Rashomon with awesome VFX, what's not to like? And they weren't figments of his imagination, they were a visual expression of the way the truth is embellished through the act of storytelling.

[thealiasman2000]

they were a visual expression of the way the truth is embellished through the act of storytelling.

That's a fancy cultural way of sating "The man lied to get close to his victim but I won't acknowledge it because I like unrealistic movies"

[Sandman138]

That's a fancy cultural way of sating "The man lied to get close to his victim but I won't acknowledge it because I like unrealistic movies"

Oh, such wit and how original.

It's not as simple as the man lying. The nature of truth is fragile at best. For example, early childhood memories are not episodic memories, but narrative memories, constructed more through other people's accounts of the event rather than our own. Still, we accept them as true because it is in our nature to do so. The Epic Of Gilgamesh is most likely based on true events, but it is obviously embellished. Same with the Illiad.

Since when did every movie ever made have to be realistic? Is German Expressionism crap because it focused on representing feelings rather than events? Why does a movie have to be bound to your notion of reality?

[thealiasman2000]

1-Historical samurai movies should NOT have guys flying into the air like Superman.

2-I don't know if we watched the same movie, but wasn't the whole point that The Hero lied to The Emperor so he could get close enough for him to perform the Death at Ten Paces Move?

[Sandman138]

1-Historical samurai movies should NOT have guys flying into the air like Superman.

2-I don't know if we watched the same movie, but wasn't the whole point that The Hero lied to The Emperor so he could get close enough for him to perform the Death at Ten Paces Move?

1. Historical Samurai Movie? Hero was based on a Chinese legened. A legened is not historical fact and the movie never claimed that it was. This was a story about stories, like Rashomon.

2. He lied, but how much of what he said was a lie is where you enter the gray zone. It's not like the Emporer's account of what happened was any more true than the other accounts. There is no true account of what actually happened, and as such, everything is true and everything is a lie (Rashomon).

[Obi-Ron]

-the fact that the upcoming "Ghost Rider" movie will feature the Penance Stare


A little early to be calling it an awful movie.

[Scott Free]

Batman & Robin was saved by Joel Schumacher....opps, did I say "saved" I meant completely destroyed.

this is excessive:down

[Tsunulia]

When that girl got hit by the bus in Mean Girls - ARRRRGH I DESPISE THAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!

[Savage]

1. Historical Samurai Movie? Hero was based on a Chinese legened. A legened is not historical fact and the movie never claimed that it was. This was a story about stories, like Rashomon.

2. He lied, but how much of what he said was a lie is where you enter the gray zone. It's not like the Emporer's account of what happened was any more true than the other accounts. There is no true account of what actually happened, and as such, everything is true and everything is a lie (Rashomon).
Yup. You nailed it. Just a story. Complete fantasy and exhageration. I mean really. Does anyone really think Bodhi Dharmi sat under a tree for hundreds of years (or was it in a cave...I don't remember)? It's jus a part of their culture to embelish the truth a little in order to create a more interesting story or folk tail...People need to stop looking at these movies as fact and start seeing them as bloody, chinese, Peter Pan flicks or what have you. Bedtime stories...Depressing bedtime stories but still.:D

[thealiasman2000]

1-I can tell you this: the part with guys flying and surviving a rain of arrows was definetly a lie.

2-So, when it comes to samurai movies (something that actually happened on the history of the world and is based on reality), you like it unrealistic and imaginative, but when it comes to Batman (a story of fiction that could never happen in real life), you want a realitic, credible portrayal? WTF?

[Savage]

It's all about what works for the story. Comparing apples to oranges man.

[The Hero]

The desert battle in The Hulk.Well,no,it didn't come close to redeeming the movie.Still cool to see Hulk toss that tank,though.:up:

[Sandman138]

1-I can tell you this: the part with guys flying and surviving a rain of arrows was definetly a lie.

2-So, when it comes to samurai movies (something that actually happened on the history of the world and is based on reality), you like it unrealistic and imaginative, but when it comes to Batman (a story of fiction that could never happen in real life), you want a realitic, credible portrayal? WTF?

1. Or was it an embelishment of the truth? There's a huge differance.

2. I don't know who you're talking to here, but I love more minimalist Samurai movies (like Throne Of Blood, Yojimbo, and The Hidden Fortress. None of which ever happened either) and I also liked Tim Burton's Batman movies much more than Nolan's contrived mess. However, I would have liked to see Nolan take it farther with BB, because that's what he said he was going for: realism. That movie was not realistic in the least, and it's verismiltude came from cultural pedegodgy (in America, everyone seems to think it's perfectly beleivable that a man can go to Tibet and become a ninja) than from any actual sense of realism.

[Sandman138]

The desert battle in The Hulk.Well,no,it didn't come close to redeeming the movie.Still cool to see Hulk toss that tank,though.:up:

I think Elfman's score and the scene in San Fransisco came close to what I wanted from a Hulk movie. The mirror scene, the lichen, and the way that baby Bruce started playing with his toys were all great too.

The problem was mainly that Ang Lee doesn't have enough of a narrative sense to link all these great moments together in a convincing manner, that they didn't take enough passes at the script to eliminate the absurd stuff and fix the half-written characters, that there were too many antagonists for one story, the Hulk was too bright for convincing CGI, and a lot of the art direction just left me scratching my head.

[The Hero]

You.....don't like Batman Begins?*puts Sandman138 on ignore list*

I agree,the shade of green they picked really hurt the CGI.No "Hulk Smash" was disappointing,too.How do you make a Hulk movie and not have him talk?You'd think that would have been the most fun part of the screenwriting process.

[Sandman138]

No, I don't and I have stated my reasons ad naseum. I doubt you really care, but they were in the review thread on the BB forum.

[pyromaniac]

1. Or was it an embelishment of the truth? There's a huge differance.

2. I don't know who you're talking to here, but I love more minimalist Samurai movies (like Throne Of Blood, Yojimbo, and The Hidden Fortress. None of which ever happened either) and I also liked Tim Burton's Batman movies much more than Nolan's contrived mess. However, I would have liked to see Nolan take it farther with BB, because that's what he said he was going for: realism. That movie was not realistic in the least, and it's verismiltude came from cultural pedegodgy (in America, everyone seems to think it's perfectly beleivable that a man can go to Tibet and become a ninja) than from any actual sense of realism.

Ironic if you have to believe it.

You believed, because you were shown, that Bruce Wayne only went to Tibet and came back a ninja?

If you reviewed a little more carefully - he had been globetrotting for some time, and actually picked up variegated martial arts skills from other countries; Tibet was simply the source from where Ducard was based, who influenced him heavily, and from where Wayne could used as a springboard to further himself on every level on other continents.

There was going to a montage, but for reasons of narrative and pace and relevance, it became reduced to a 'throw-away line'.

[pyromaniac]

1. Or was it an embelishment of the truth? There's a huge differance.

2. I don't know who you're talking to here, but I love more minimalist Samurai movies (like Throne Of Blood, Yojimbo, and The Hidden Fortress. None of which ever happened either) and I also liked Tim Burton's Batman movies much more than Nolan's contrived mess. However, I would have liked to see Nolan take it farther with BB, because that's what he said he was going for: realism. That movie was not realistic in the least, and it's verissimilitude came from cultural pedagogy (in America, everyone seems to think it's perfectly believable that a man can go to Tibet and become a ninja) than from any actual sense of realism.

Ironic if you have to believe it.

You believed, because you were shown, that Bruce Wayne only went to Tibet and came back a ninja?

If you reviewed a little more carefully - he had been globetrotting for some time, and actually picked up variegated martial arts skills from other countries; Tibet was simply the source from where Ducard was based, who influenced him heavily, and from where Wayne could used as a springboard to further himself on every level on other continents.

There was going to be a montage, but for reasons of narrative and pace and relevance, it became reduced to a 'throw-away line'.

[Sandman138]

Ironic if you have to believe it.

You believed, because you were shown, that Bruce Wayne only went to Tibet and came back a ninja?

If you reviewed a little more carefully - he had been globetrotting for some time, and actually picked up variegated martial arts skills from other countries; Tibet was simply the source from where Ducard was based, who influenced him heavily, and from where Wayne could used as a springboard to further himself on every level on other continents.

There was going to be a montage, but for reasons of narrative and pace and relevance, it became reduced to a 'throw-away line'.

I read the script, there was never a montage. Talk about his offstage globetrotting all you like, doesn't change the fact that what was on screen was Lost Horizon for the millenium action crowd.

[The Hero]

I read the script, there was never a montage. Talk about his offstage globetrotting all you like, doesn't change the fact that what was on screen was Lost Horizen for the millenium action crowd.
Don't make me IMDb that.:mad:

[Sandman138]

Don't make me IMDb that.:mad:

Frank Capra film, based on the book, invented Shangri-La and brought it into common knowledge in the West. It helped to continue the notion in the West that Tibet is a mystical land where people attain "powers" beyond those of mere mortals. Baisically the same thing happens in Begins. Ra's temple is more or less Shangri-La, where a man can learn ancient, almost esoteric, secrets of the ninja to become "a legend". None of this is remotely realistic, but due to cultural pedegodgy it is accepted as plausible by a majority of people.

[thealiasman2000]

I thought I would never find any other human being who would see "Batman Begins" for what it is: an unrealitic, un-Batman-like mess.

For that, Sandman, you got my respect.

[matt2324]

Ultraviolet. The only thing good about that movie was the amzing fighting scenes!

[Warhammer]

I really didn't see Batman Begins being that unrealistic.
Besides, Batman (1989) wasn't really realistic either.

Don't bash me, it's only my opinion.

:cool:

[Sandman138]

I really didn't see Batman Begins being that unrealistic.
Besides, Batman (1989) wasn't really realistic either.

Don't bash me, it's only my opinion.

:cool:

What was so realistic about it?

The differance is that Batman '89 didn't claim to be realistic. I don't need my movies to be realistic. I do, however, expect them to live up to their claims.

[Warhammer]

Well, what was so unrealistic and I'll answer from there.

:cool:

[Warhammer]

The really big unrealstic thing though is that if Batman existed in our world, he'd be dead in no time.
You got me there.

:cool:

[Octoberist]

I think Batman Begins was a more believelable movie than the previous 4, but not realistic. That was a term overused by fans, honestly.

A secret ninja society bent on destroying Gotham? A man dressed as a bat fighting crime? A man who wears bag over his head and sprays 'fear' gas?

No...but all of these elements are acceptable in the movie's enviorment. Hence, it was 'believable' not realistic.

I thought Nolan did a great job balancing things out, but I felt he should of used another terminology than 'realism'. How about that one word that Donner used for Superman? Vermuiltitude?

PS

BATMAN BEGINS RULES! :) :) :) :)

[Carter]

Ultraviolet. The only thing good about that movie was the amzing fighting scenes!




Don't forget Milla's ass

[Sandman138]

I think Batman Begins was a more believelable movie than the previous 4, but not realistic. That was a term overused by fans, honestly.

A secret ninja society bent on destroying Gotham? A man dressed as a bat fighting crime? A man who wears bag over his head and sprays 'fear' gas?

No...but all of these elements are acceptable in the movie's enviorment. Hence, it was 'believable' not realistic.

I thought Nolan did a great job balancing things out, but I felt he should of used another terminology than 'realism'. How about that one word that Donner used for Superman? Vermuiltitude?

PS

BATMAN BEGINS RULES! :) :) :) :)

Well, using a secret ninja society to make the idea of a man dressing up as bat more beleivable doesn't strike me as the best use of common sense, but hey, that's just me. Nolan said he wanted to show how Batman could exist in a world like ours, I don't think he did at all.

[Warhammer]

Batman's existance in our world = Caught Dead or Alive.

:cool:

[Sandman138]

Yes, I know. But secret Tibetan ninjas aren't a beleivable justification for why he wouldn't be.

[Sandman138]

It would have been more beleivable if he trained with the Zapatistas and the Isreali Army under a false name.

[Warhammer]

Well, I can't argue with that.
I gotta give you your respect.

:cool:

[Savage]

It wasn't the training with ninjas part that made him come up with the idea but what Ra's told him about theatrics. Putting on a show to scare your opponent which is what The Batman is essentially all about. He doesn't have to be able to beat you, just make you believe that he can. There's a reason the JLA is terrified of that paranoid bastard.

[Sandman138]

Yes, but that is essentialy the secret of the uber amazing ninjas, so same differance. He could have learned that from the Zapatistas. They've known that for years.

[LEX]

Napoleon Dynamite, the scene where Napoleon was dancing on the stage

[TheSaintofKillers]

Any giant monsters movies. Even the very bad ones. Why ? Because they have Giant monsters, heh. :)

[The Hero]

Constantine-I liked the way it was shot,and the style of special effects used.Basically,everything in the movie was good...except the script.And the casting.And the acting.And the name.:o

[The Kid]

I might be alone in saying this but Sin City was almost redeemed by the boob shots.

[Johnichi Chiba]

Constantine-I liked the way it was shot,and the style of special effects used.Basically,everything in the movie was good...except the script.And the casting.And the acting.And the name.:o

I totally agree with you.:up:

[Carter]

I want to add the abortion that is Star Wars Episode 1.

Darth Maul is just insanely cool, they shouldn't have killed him

[Sandman138]

Honestly, Maul just looked really cool. Other than that, there wasn't anything too him. No where near as menacing as Vader in either presence or look (Grim Reaper meets German facism).

[Carter]

He had way more presence than Dooku or Jango Fett

[Sandman138]

He had way more presence than Dooku or Jango Fett

Too true (how the guy who played Toad managed to have more presence than Christopher ****ing Lee is beyond me):( :( :(

He was also more intimidating than the robot with the bad russian accent and emphazima.

[Carter]

haha I forgot about General Grevious. Yeah, he sucked too

[The Hero]

Don't forget Milla's ass
I now have a small urge to see Ultraviolet.

Damn my loneliness.:(:o

[Calvin]

I'm gonna add Once Upon a Time in Mexico being redeemed by Depp's awesomeness. How this ended up being so far below Desperado's level, I don't know. Giving it an awesomely epic title and one of the best trailers ever only made the disappointment hurt more.

[Mr. Credible]

I'm gonna add Once Upon a Time in Mexico being redeemed by Depp's awesomeness. How this ended up being so far below Desperado's level, I don't know. Giving it an awesomely epic title and one of the best trailers ever only made the disappointment hurt more.

Depp was 'the awesome' in that movie... especially at the end.

[~†~§iX~†~]

I'm gonna add Once Upon a Time in Mexico being redeemed by Depp's awesomeness. How this ended up being so far below Desperado's level, I don't know. Giving it an awesomely epic title and one of the best trailers ever only made the disappointment hurt more.
I thought I was the only one who found this film to be an utter disappointment. yes, Depp is fantastic, but the plot is about five or six streams of mini plot woven together to make a movie that makes no sense whatsoever. Revenge, betrayl, drug dealing, revolution. All of this as the finale of a series about a man solely set on avenging his love, killing anyone who gets in the way. Overcomplicated it and made it too much. Willem Dafoe couldn't save it. Depp, as amazing as he was, couldn't save it. Still, I know many liked it, I just don't know why. Rant over!......

[Dr. Fate]

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - almost redeemed by the Thunderdome fight

Highlander 3 - almost redeemed by showing actress Deborah Kara Unger naked

Superman 3 - almost redeemed by the mere presence of the delicious Annette O'Toole

Superman 4: The Quest for Peace - almost redeemed by the fact that it has a slightly more coherent story than Superman 3, the late Chris Reeve's struggle to still imbue Superman with unabashed sincerity despite the fact that even he knew the whole thing had turned into a pile of crap, and a scene in the Fortress of Solitude between Supes and the ghostly elders of Krypton.

Eurotrip - almost redeemed by the confessional sex scene showing a very naked Jessica Boehrs

King Kong 1976 - almost redeemed by scenes of a nude or nearly nude young Jessica Lange

Supergirl - almost redeemed by the sight of Helen Slater's hot body in the classic Supergirl costume.

Terminator 3 - almost redeemed by the sight of Kristanna Loken nude.

1941 - an uneven war comedy almost redeemed by the scenes where a much younger Nancy Allen is coming to orgasm on an airplane.

Robocop 2 - almost redeemed by a few competent, well executed action sequences, particularly the fight between Peter Weller's Robocop/Murphy and the giant cyborg Cain-Robocop, and some decent music by Leonard Rosenman.

Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets - almost redeemed by the late Richard Harris's portrayal of Albus Dumbledore and some decent music by John Williams.

Jaws 2 - almost redeemed by the very brief use of John Williams original Jaws theme.

Diamonds Are Forever - a less than inspiring Bond film almost redeemed by the sight of Lana Wood wearing nothing but purple high heels and transparent pink panties outlined with frilly blue lace.

Tomorrow Never Dies - another less than inspiring Bond film almost redeemed by the sight of Teri Hatcher in her underwear.

The World Is Not Enough - and another less than inspiring Bond film almost redeemed by the sight of Serena Scott Thomas stripped down to her underwear.

Hollywood Homicide - almost redeemed by the amusing interrogation scene.

Star Wars Episode I - almost redeemed by the three-way duel between Liam Neeson, Ray Park and Ewan McGregor

Elektra - almost redeemed by the scene where Jennifer Garner gets her ass handed to her by General Zod, AKA: Terence Stamp

Van Helsing - almost redeemed by any scene where one of the central characters is enduring physical abuse of some sort

Pearl Harbor - almost redeemed by some good explosions

[Calvin]

I thought I was the only one who found this film to be an utter disappointment. yes, Depp is fantastic, but the plot is about five or six streams of mini plot woven together to make a movie that makes no sense whatsoever. Revenge, betrayl, drug dealing, revolution. All of this as the finale of a series about a man solely set on avenging his love, killing anyone who gets in the way. Overcomplicated it and made it too much. Willem Dafoe couldn't save it. Depp, as amazing as he was, couldn't save it. Still, I know many liked it, I just don't know why. Rant over!......
If you hadn't seen Desperado, I can understand liking it. It wasn't altogether bad. But compared to Desperado, and with who it has in it, it just feels like a completely wasted chance. And it sadly used up that awesome title. If you're going to use "Once Upon a Time" it better be somewhat epic.

[Sandman138]

If you hadn't seen Desperado, I can understand liking it. It wasn't altogether bad. But compared to Desperado, and with who it has in it, it just feels like a completely wasted chance. And it sadly used up that awesome title. If you're going to use "Once Upon a Time" it better be somewhat epic.

For some reason, my boss, who was one of Rodreguiz's teachers at UT, liked OUATIM best out of all of them. He said he thought that all of the movies were baisically tongue-in-cheek and that said movie was just more open about it. I never could understand that point of view, not when El Mariachi was just sooooo much better.

[Savage]

I found it good when I stopped comparing it to the others. I realized that this one wasn't really about El himself so I just sat back and enjoyed the action sequences.:) The way I saw it, El's story was already told so eh. This one isn't even really part of the series in my book. More like an odd spin-off that happens to have the character...To me it's like you have the X-men movies and you have a Wolverine movie (or in this case the Wolverine movies and an X-men movie).

[Savage]

And oh yeah, someone mentioned Superman 4. It was drunk Superman and Superman vs Clark Kent that almost saved it for me. :)

[thealiasman2000]

By the way, that was Superman 3, NOT 4.

-Michelle Trachtenberg's very first sex scene, in "Eurotrip".

-the "Lilo and Stitch" trailers making fun of the other Disney movies

-the beginning of "Chicken Little" making fun of both "The Lion King" and "Shrek"

-"Mission Impossible 3" using a version of Lalo Schiffrin's theme that is actually closer to the one in the TV series (and the first movie) than the "hard rock" one made by Limp Bizkit in the second movie

-the sex scenes (howerver ridiculous they may have been) in "The First Turn-On!"

-giving Frankenstein (the monster) speech in "Van Helsing", because nowadays people want an "intelligent" Frankenstein

-the GTS scenes in "The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock"

-the fact that "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is an excellent cure for insomnia

-the fact that poisoned people can just watch "Good Bye Lenin!", and barf the poison.

-not making Alan Quatermaine a drug addict in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"

-Jessica Alba in her underwear in "Fantastic Four"

-Jessica Alba in a bikini in "Into the Blue"

-the fact that "Life is a Miracle" got more serious and less bizarre once the war kicked in

-the strong theological and Catholic concepts in "Constantine"

-Christopher Lee in both "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory" and "Corpse Bride", playing a GOOD GUY for once

-the fact that the Slavic rapper guy in "Everything is Illuminated" is a Michael Jackson fan (I respect anyone who's a Michael Jackson fan)

[Dr. Fate]

And oh yeah, someone mentioned Superman 4. It was drunk Superman and Superman vs Clark Kent that almost saved it for me. :)
You're thinking of Superman 3.

[Savage]

Ah. Well then that just makes Superman 4 completely unsalvagable.

[Calvin]

For some reason, my boss, who was one of Rodreguiz's teachers at UT, liked OUATIM best out of all of them. He said he thought that all of the movies were baisically tongue-in-cheek and that said movie was just more open about it. I never could understand that point of view, not when El Mariachi was just sooooo much better.
Yeah, they're all tongue in cheek, but that's not why OUATIM was bad. It was rushed, the fight scenes were utterly inferior to Desperado, poorly edited, lazily choreographed, the characterizations of everyone except Depp (and that might just be all him) were very shoddy, ESPECIALLY El, who was utterly enthralling in Desperado. It was disjointed and sloppy, lots of uninteresting threads and characters that were hard to care about, etc. Horrible pacing, especially compared to Desperado.

[xwolverine2]

catwoman.....halle berry

[Sandman138]

Yeah, they're all tongue in cheek, but that's not why OUATIM was bad. It was rushed, the fight scenes were utterly inferior to Desperado, poorly edited, lazily choreographed, the characterizations of everyone except Depp (and that might just be all him) were very shoddy, ESPECIALLY El, who was utterly enthralling in Desperado. It was disjointed and sloppy, lots of uninteresting threads and characters that were hard to care about, etc. Horrible pacing, especially compared to Desperado.

I think its cause the jackass got it back into his head that he coulod and should fill every role on the set. Desperado actually had a cinematographer that knew about lighting. Rodreguiz has addmited many times that he knows nothing about lighting and just sets his f-stop wherever the lightmeter reads any cinematographer knows that's not controlling your equipment, it's the reverse. He's a really good editor, and he has a good eye, but untill he admits that he can't do everything (even with all the CGI in the world) he'll keep making bad movies. Callaboration is key.

[Sandman138]

-Michelle Trachtenberg's very first sex scene, in "Eurotrip".

I wanted more, and they didn't deliver. That's what ruined the movie for me. Otherwise, it's actually somewhat funny.

-the "Lilo and Stitch" trailers making fun of the other Disney movies

What? No love for the best Disney animated movie since The Lion King? What could you possibly have against this movie other than its spin-offs?

-the fact that "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is an excellent cure for insomnia

Ohnoyoudidn't!!!!!:mad: :mad: If you say you didn't like this movie because it wasn't realistic, I WILL... well... I'll do something bad.

-the fact that poisoned people can just watch "Good Bye Lenin!", and barf the poison.

Oh come on, Goodbye Lenin was a great dark comedy. One of the best concepts of the year.

[The Hero]

Robin unleashing his deadly kung-fu upon his unworthy laundry in Batman Forever provided a great unintentional laugh.

[The Hero]

-not making Alan Quatermaine a drug addict in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"
So you hate Nolan for making logical changes to Batman,but changing an integral part of Quatermaine's character is fine by you?

[Warhammer]

Edit.

[Warhammer]

Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter.

Just seeing Corey Feldman all happy that Jason is dead. Then he sees Jason's finger move and pushes his sister away. He goes crazy on him with the machete and is like ''Oh Hell No!, You aint coming back!''

[Super Flight]

catwoman.....halle berry

Here here :up:

[Spoarz™]

I always feel Superman III is a greatly missed opportunity IMO (what the bloody hell was with the opening sequence? When the f**k did Superman become a Carry On movie?) though whenever Christopher Reeve is even slightly in shot, it is great. And that fight between Clark and Bad Superman? Awesome, especially this moment. :supes: Love that bit.

[Super Flight]

i've never seen superman 3 or 4, only the first 2 and they were really good

[Furious Styles]

Superman III is the closest we ever got to Superman Vs. Bizarro, that is easily the best part of the whole film. And as someone already said, the parts with Reeve as Superman make the films somewhat barable.

[Dr. Fate]

I always feel Superman III is a greatly missed opportunity IMO (what the bloody hell was with the opening sequence? When the f**k did Superman become a Carry On movie?) though whenever Christopher Reeve is even slightly in shot, it is great. And that fight between Clark and Bad Superman? Awesome, especially this moment. :supes: Love that bit.
Plus Annette O'Toole. She was a lot hotter than Margot Kidder.

Isn't it interesting that both the Superman and Batman film franchises took what is generally viewed as a turn for the worst with their third installments...

[Hobgoblin]

-the ORIGINAL ending of "Freddy Vs Jason", where both Freddy aned Jason go to hell. They see each other, they charge into each other... and they are both immediately killed by Pinhead from the "Hellraiser" movies.

Wow, that is cool. :eek: :up:

[Savage]

Plus Annette O'Toole. She was a lot hotter than Margot Kidder.

Isn't it interesting that both the Superman and Batman film franchises took what is generally viewed as a turn for the worst with their third installments...
And here I thought I was the only one who noticed. The general view of Blade Trinity doesn't help my theory either. :(

[Tsunulia]

Blade Trinity SUX!!!!!!!!! The only thing about that movie that made me happy was the death of that really annoying woman with the horrible hair.

[thealiasman2000]

1-Just for the record, Alan Moore didn't invent Alan Quatermain, H. Ridder Haggard did. And H. Ridder Haggar did NOT have Quatermaine smoking opium in ANY of his books.

That's why I liked LXG: the members where based on their original books rather than Moore's interpretation of them.

2-If "Seinfeld" is The Show About Nothing, then "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is The Movie About Nothing. Seriously, that what I call it, The Movie About Nothing.

It has no plot. There seriously isn't any conflict or anything like that in the entire movie. It's just George Clooney and sokme no-name actor reciting boring lines.

3-Disney movies annoys me (specially with all the singing), so I'm glasd someone makes fun of them.

The exception is "Alice in Wonderland", whichg I find to be the greatest Disney movie ever made.

Besides, it's fun when a company pokes fun at itself. It's nice to see they have a sense of humor.

4-Watching "Good Bye Lenin!" is like watching someone vomit: you think it's funny, but it's really disgusting and gross.

[Halcohol]

2-If "Seinfeld" is The Show About Nothing, then "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is The Movie About Nothing. Seriously, that what I call it, The Movie About Nothing.

It has no plot. There seriously isn't any conflict or anything like that in the entire movie. It's just George Clooney and sokme no-name actor reciting boring lines.

While I agree there really wasn't much to the story line other than Sam Rockwell going slightly nuts, the movie was worth it for me just to watch Rockwell's performance. He's always been kind of a favorite of mine, and I think Clooney, Roberts, and the rest of the supporting cast did an alright job moving his delusion along.

My pick for this thread is... Mortal Kombat... what a baaad movie. But it's *almost* redeemed by the references to the video games during the fights.

Almost. :D

[reggiebar]

2-If "Seinfeld" is The Show About Nothing, then "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is The Movie About Nothing. Seriously, that what I call it, The Movie About Nothing.

It has no plot. There seriously isn't any conflict or anything like that in the entire movie. It's just George Clooney and sokme no-name actor reciting boring lines.



The TRUE movie about NOTHING is "The Usual Suspects", but most people simply won't admit it because they have spent the last 8 years worshipping a film that has an ending that invalidates the rest of the movie (the end is a huge flaw in the movie and if you can't see that I don't care - please don't try and debate this as I have done it countless times at the Hype over the last 4 years).

[The Hero]

1-Just for the record, Alan Moore didn't invent Alan Quatermain, H. Ridder Haggard did. And H. Ridder Haggar did NOT have Quatermaine smoking opium in ANY of his books.

That's why I liked LXG: the members where based on their original books rather than Moore's interpretation of them.

By that logic you would love a Thor movie that turned him into a red-haired mass murderer.Or a Supreme or Deadpool movie that used their Liefeld characterizations.Or if you really want to get literal,a Batman movie that turned him into Zorro.

[The Question]

1-Just for the record, Alan Moore didn't invent Alan Quatermain, H. Ridder Haggard did. And H. Ridder Haggar did NOT have Quatermaine smoking opium in ANY of his books.

Actually, from what I understand, Moore has read all of the novels that his League comics are based on, and Quartermain did have an afinity for opium in the origional stories. Moore just had Quartermain being washed up and having fallen completely into an addiction.

That's why I liked LXG: the members where based on their original books rather than Moore's interpretation of them.

Except, you know, they weren't. Mr. Hyde was never even remotely nice as he was in LXG. He was a sadistic murderer. The Invisible Man was always a self serving manipulative prick. And Mina Murray was never a vampire.

[The Hero]

There were one or two funny moments that almost saved Not Another Teen Movie.

"Who would have thought that everyone here was a professional dancer?"

[The Hero]

Actually, from what I understand, Moore has read all of the novels that his League comics are based on, and Quartermain did have an afinity for opium in the origional stories. Moore just had Quartermain being washed up and having fallen completely into an addiction.



Except, you know, they weren't. Mr. Hyde was never even remotely nice as he was in LXG. He was a sadistic murderer. The Invisible Man was always a self serving manipulative prick. And Mina Murray was never a vampire.
Plus,I don't think Tom Sawyer was anybody's spunky crimefighting sidekick in the Mark Twain books.

[Savage]

The TRUE movie about NOTHING is "The Usual Suspects"
Eh. I say that title belongs to Napoleon Dynamite. That movie is one big WTF moment. :D

[hitmanyr2k]

I'm gonna add Once Upon a Time in Mexico being redeemed by Depp's awesomeness. How this ended up being so far below Desperado's level, I don't know. Giving it an awesomely epic title and one of the best trailers ever only made the disappointment hurt more.

Well said. The trailer for OUATIM is still in my Top 3 of all-time...I've watched it 100+ times...only seen the movie once lol.

[The Hero]

Eh. I say that title belongs to Napoleon Dynamite. That movie is one big WTF moment. :D
I liked it...but I agree with you 100%.

[Savage]

I liked it too but anyone arguing that that movie had anything resembling a plot has already lost.

[The Hero]

There were one or two funny moments that almost saved Not Another Teen Movie.

"Who would have thought that everyone here was a professional dancer?"
I would like to add that the pointless nudity also helped ease the pain.

*sigh*I hate being so easily manipulated.:(

[The Hero]

I liked it too but anyone arguing that that movie had anything resembling a plot has already lost.
Oddly,the lack of a plot is one of the reasons that I liked it.

[The Hero]

You know what?Screw Napoleon Dynamite.I just saw Coffee and Cigarettes,which now and forever holds the title of The Official Movie About Nothing.

I want those two hours back.:(

[Sandman138]

You know what?Screw Napoleon Dynamite.I just saw Coffee and Cigarettes,which now and forever holds the title of The Official Movie About Nothing.

I want those two hours back.:(

Yeah, Coffee and Cigarettes is definatly one of the top movies with no real plot. Waking Life is another one, but that movie does have some loose idea of a plot. C&C is just lotsa great akward humor.

[Calvin]

Coffee and Cigarettes is classic.

[Sandman138]

"Steven... I could go to the dentist for you..."
"You know the best thing about quitting is, now that I've quit... I can have one."
"See, that's where my theory comes in. I don't think Elvis said those things, see, I think it was his evil twin."

[Calvin]

"Bill Groundhog-Day, Ghostbustin'-ass Murray."

[The Hero]

Yeah,those shorts were great.Too bad you had to sit through a few too many bad ones to get to them.:o

[Calvin]

I liked pretty much all of them.

[Sandman138]

Yeah,those shorts were great.Too bad you had to sit through a few too many bad ones to get to them.:o

Meh, outside of the White Stripes, I thought they were all great.

[cerealkiller182]

B
-giving Frankenstein (the monster) speech in "Van Helsing", because nowadays people want an "intelligent" Frankenstein


I sense some sacrasm. Am i wrong? I hope so

[triplet]

Blade Trinity:

Mostly incomprehensible plot totally saved by Ryan Reynolds lucious abs and snarky dialogue...

Funny and sexy.. who can beat that?

I hate the story but bought the film on DVD anyway... Love Ryan in that film.

[green]

Blade Trinity:

Mostly incomprehensible plot totally saved by Ryan Reynolds lucious abs and snarky dialogue...

Funny and sexy.. who can beat that?

I hate the story but bought the film on DVD anyway... Love Ryan in that film.


I totally agree...
However, I can add two more things that redeemed this awful movie for me personally.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/markofort/blade_trinity_xl_03.jpg
I find Parker hysterical.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/markofort/trinitypreo.jpg
wow.

[Sandman138]

I sense some sacrasm. Am i wrong? I hope so

Well, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein was incredibly articulate.

[cerealkiller182]

Well, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein was incredibly articulate.

I know. Thats what i meant to imply.

[thealiasman2000]

Yep, is the truth: people in present day prefer a Frankenstein Monster that is monstrous but also intelligent and a fluent speaker.

Gone are the days of the Hulk-like Broris Karloff Frankenstein.

[cerealkiller182]

Blade Trinity:

Mostly incomprehensible plot totally saved by Ryan Reynolds lucious abs and snarky dialogue...

Funny and sexy.. who can beat that?

I hate the story but bought the film on DVD anyway... Love Ryan in that film.

As good as Ryan was, he was out of place. His humor was pretty wasted in the tone of that film

[The Apatow Crew]

i must be the only person who really liked blade trinity.