Name your "Stupid Movies" - Page 3

Dis · November 18, 2003, 17:56

hey!

Star Trek 5 is on HBO right now!

talk about stupid movies

old men climbing mountains. mmm, yeah that is realistic.

The special effects are horrible. It's a step back from earlier works. Start Trek 2 had better effects. Even The Next Generation (which was on air at the time I believe) had better special effects.

Sprayber · November 18, 2003, 18:10

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Originally posted by Spec
--Independence Day (Ooooh....America saves the earth and no one else could!!

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Spec.

It was made in the US. What do you expect. If you want a movie where the UK, France, San Marino, or any number of countries save the world then perhaps they should make one.

Besides how much sepension of disbelief would be required to see anyone but the USA save the world. I mean really, it just cant happen.

Even 007 had the CIA helping out every now and then.

Dis · November 18, 2003, 19:28

hey, I just watched Star Trek V all the way through.

I guess I'm one of those people who like watching stupid movies.

Imran Siddiqui · November 18, 2003, 21:21

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'The Avengers'.

Someone thought that was good?

I'm so going to flamed for this one, but 'Shawshank Redemption'.

Lord Merciless · November 18, 2003, 21:31

Independence Day - Yeah, space traveling aliens have Mac interface.

Starship Troopers - Today's US military can wipe out these guys (mobile infantry) in 10 minutes or less.

Gladiator, Braveheart, U571, Pearl Harbor = Raping History.

Clear and Present Danger - Turned a nice piece of Tom Clancy into MIA.

Boris Godunov · November 18, 2003, 23:16

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Originally posted by Sikander
I found the Indiana Jones series, Independance Day, the first Batman movie all to be horrible.

Ok, while I've disagreed with a few, I am baffled at people who don't like Indiana Jones. I mean, what isn't to like about Raiders? It's a great old fashioned adventure story that doesn't pretend to be anything other than that. It does its job convincingly and, IMO, brilliantly.

Guynemer · November 18, 2003, 23:23

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Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
2) Any movie based on an old TV show

The Fugitive?

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7) Any John Grisham adaptation

Actually, the latest--Runaway Jury--is quite good.

Dis · November 18, 2003, 23:25

also Naked gun is based off an old tv show.

while it is stupid, it is funny stupid

Boris Godunov · November 18, 2003, 23:29

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Originally posted by Guynemer
The Fugitive?

Doesn't count, as it was itself based on a book, Les Miserables.

Guynemer · November 18, 2003, 23:35

Touche.

Frankly, I found "Titanic" to be completely abyssmal. The two main characters were, by far, the least interesting characters in the entire film. The love story was utterly inane. The fact that this piece of dreck beat "L.A. Confidential" for Best Picture still makes my skin crawl.

Boris Godunov · November 18, 2003, 23:40

"Titanic" really must be taken as two separate movies: The pukey, hokey love story and the recreation of the actual events of the sinking.

On the later, Cameron does a decent job, particularly in the physical depictions. His accuracy in terms of events and characters ranges from good to really lame (depicting Ismay as an idiot who didn't know who Sigmund Freud was really irked me). He certainly created, IMO, some breathtakingly vivid moments during the sinking (in particular, the moments when Jack and Rose aren't around).

Guynemer · November 18, 2003, 23:47

That's very true. The "other movie" is pretty darn good; I enjoyed that movie. I would have loved to have gotten the chance to spend more time with the ship's designer, owners, etc. And the wreck itself is astonishing--in fact, I didn't have a problem with Cameron winning best director; the wreck alone earned him that much.

But I just wanted to punch Leonardo DiCaprio right in his pretty face every time he was on the screen. Annoying bugger. As for Kate Winslet... a very good actress. She didn't show it in that film, however.

Boris Godunov · November 18, 2003, 23:56

Go watch A Night to Remember. While the special effects are pretty bad (though not for 1958), the movie is so well done and meticulous it puts Cameron to shame. And you can see how many scenes he outright lifted.

Zkribbler · November 19, 2003, 00:09

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I know I'm going to catch heck from a couple of posters we all know, but I'd also like to add: "Gods and Generals" as one of the stupidest movies ever made.

Dwarfed by "They Died With Their Boots On," where Errol Flynn plays an Indian-loving George Armstrong Custer.

Datajack Franit · November 19, 2003, 00:12

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Hey, that was one of the best movies ever made, where the story takes place in outer space...

PLEASE tell me you were kidding.. Lost in space...

Titanic was completely screwed up by DiCaprio

Another terrible movie: everything produced by Disney after Beauty and the Beast

Datajack Franit · November 19, 2003, 00:21

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Doesn't count, as it was itself based on a book, Les Miserables

Hmmmm?

Boris Godunov · November 19, 2003, 00:28

Mmmmhmmm!

Datajack Franit · November 19, 2003, 00:40

LOL you really have a point!

Explain yourself!

Sikander · November 19, 2003, 03:58

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov

Ok, while I've disagreed with a few, I am baffled at people who don't like Indiana Jones. I mean, what isn't to like about Raiders? It's a great old fashioned adventure story that doesn't pretend to be anything other than that. It does its job convincingly and, IMO, brilliantly.

Well for starters the star of the series is a block of wood by the name of Harrison Ford. I don't think I have ever bought a single character that he has played in a film, with the possible exception of the hot rod as$hole in American Graffitti. No, not him either when I consider it.

The first IJ had a good reputation amongst my friends. I saw it in a USO in the St. Louis airport. They introduce the "love interest" character by having her win a drinking contest in a dive somewhere in the Himalayas. Ok, she looks like the sort of woman who could be a good match for Indiana Jones. Then she puts on a red dress, heels, makeup, and screams for help for the rest of the entire movie. Great. So with no characters to develop or care about that leaves a bunch of mediocre action. I'd rather watch a Kung Fu rerun.

Elok · November 19, 2003, 11:42

Pulp Fiction is FUNNY. Shut up, you peons...

"What country are you from?"
"What?"
"'What' ain't no country I ever heard of! Do they speak English in what?"
"W-what?"
"ENGLISH, mother ******! Do you speak it?"
"Yes!"
"Then tell me what Marcellus Wallace looks like!"
"What?"
"Describe him, fool!"
"Wh-what?"
"Say 'what' again! I dare you-I DOUBLE dare you, mother ******! Say 'what' one more time!"

That scene's just a classic. Plus the foot massage argument, Personality Goes a Long Way, the argument about who's gonna give her the shot...hysterical squabbles are just elevated to an art form.

As for what movie I don't like, well, do I really have to say it by now?

MrFun · November 19, 2003, 11:47

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Originally posted by ADG

Hey, that was one of the best movies ever made, where the story takes place in outer space...

...unless you're talking about the old movie, which I've never seen, and probably never will...

PULEEZ . . . .

Lost in Space was nothing but a revved up version of the Brady Bunch family set in the far future.

MrFun · November 19, 2003, 11:50

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Originally posted by Guynemer
That's very true. The "other movie" is pretty darn good; I enjoyed that movie. I would have loved to have gotten the chance to spend more time with the ship's designer, owners, etc. And the wreck itself is astonishing--in fact, I didn't have a problem with Cameron winning best director; the wreck alone earned him that much.

But I just wanted to punch Leonardo DiCaprio right in his pretty face every time he was on the screen. Annoying bugger. As for Kate Winslet... a very good actress. She didn't show it in that film, however.

So all you nay-sayers towards Titanic hate what you perceive to be excess melodrama??

Sorry -- you haven't changed my mind. One of the best movies -- ever, in my opinion.

So what if you're too cold-hearted to confront emotional issues such as forbidden love -- doesn't make it a bad movie.

JohnT · November 19, 2003, 11:51

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Lost in Space was nothing but a revved up version of the Brady Bunch family set in the far future.

Given that LiS appeared long before the Brady Bunch, it would make more sense to say that the BB is just LiS set in today's world.

MrFun · November 19, 2003, 11:52

JohnT -- don't be such a technical jackass.

JohnT · November 19, 2003, 11:53

By "technical jackass" you mean "correct", don't you?

MrFun · November 19, 2003, 11:54

No -- I mean, "out to ruin other people's fun" jackass.

shmily_dana · November 19, 2003, 19:37

"28 days later"

It was scary up till they met the soldiers. Then it was obvious what was going to happen.

"Here is our pet zombie"..."He'll be chasing us around in the dark later"

There were several times I was amazed no one was infected. Stuff splatters all over the soldiers during one explosion. They laugh it off. At least they should have had goggles.

Why was the hospital so clean when the hero wakes up. Did the zombies mop up? Ditto on the street. No blood stains. No body parts.

I do have one question. What are the other endings? In the version I saw, they all survive the car crash with the gate and are our in some field signaling a French jet.

Datajack Franit · November 19, 2003, 19:53

Oh I almost forgot... every single movie featuring Jennifer Lopez

My, she can't sing, dance, act or pretend anymore she's a poor latin girl anymore. She just moves her ass around. period

Dis · November 19, 2003, 20:46

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Originally posted by shmily_dana
"28 days later"

It was scary up till they met the soldiers. Then it was obvious what was going to happen.

"Here is our pet zombie"..."He'll be chasing us around in the dark later"

There were several times I was amazed no one was infected. Stuff splatters all over the soldiers during one explosion. They laugh it off. At least they should have had goggles.

Why was the hospital so clean when the hero wakes up. Did the zombies mop up? Ditto on the street. No blood stains. No body parts.

I do have one question. What are the other endings? In the version I saw, they all survive the car crash with the gate and are our in some field signaling a French jet.

the alternate ending they showed in the U.S. after the credits was this:

Spoiler:

That's it. Nothing spetacular. Just a darker ending.

Jac de Molay · November 19, 2003, 21:35

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Well for starters the star of the series is a block of wood by the name of Harrison Ford. I don't think I have ever bought a single character that he has played in a film, with the possible exception of the hot rod as$hole in American Graffitti. No, not him either when I consider it.

Well that's his schtick, I guess. I would argue that Jack Nicholson or Al Pacino essentially plays the same character over and over, too.

Raiders was a great movie, though, especially the whole religious/occult thing with the Ark itself and the opening scene in South America. The other two sequels I could take or leave.