Great movies that actually suck... (to you!)

[Human Epic Jolt]

Can we put another spin on it

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Name one film you walked out of the cinema.

Or one play.

Or a cinema you puked in. (barbican)

[Mabouya]

I'm sure some folks walked out of "Into Great Silence."

I didn't - watched it to the end. Perhaps not a great movie, but certainly a very good one, that made you contemplate life in a different way.

[PGSmith]

I'm loving this thread.

Can we put another spin on it .... I basically hate anything with Travolta for some reason. Horrible actor.

Ok, I'll jump on this one. Nicholas Cage. Outstanding work in Leaving Las Vegas and awful in everything else. I can't even count the number of movies that he single-handedly ruined.

[acotts]

John Carter. It should have been a good movie but it was too long with meaningless scenes that stretched it out. Works in a book, not so much on the big screen.

Don't think anyone really considers that a great movie. I put it in the Avatar, Battleship section of you shudda known better.

[joosttx]

Wow, the Big Lebowski, never got it, never knew anyone else felt the same. This is a dead poets, standing on the desk moment for me.

Mine has to be Ghost Busters.

[chasea]

Wow, the Big Lebowski, never got it, never knew anyone else felt the same. This is a dead poets, standing on the desk moment for me.

Mine has to be Ghost Busters.

What? WHAT?!?!?!

I don't.... I can't....

[acotts]

I walked out of a number of movies.

Team America was the last. I love south park, I love all of the Stone Parker stuff... but after the doll anal sex scene, I knew the movie had peaked and I had better stuff to do.

I would have walked if it wasn't the end of the film, but when Yoda started flipping around in his fight against the bad dood, I knew I would ever watch any Star Wars film again. That must have been ten years ago.

[acotts]

Wow, the Big Lebowski, never got it, never knew anyone else felt the same. This is a dead poets, standing on the desk moment for me.

Mine has to be Ghost Busters.

Some things you should really keep to yourself.

Just sayin. We are a pretty accepting crowd and all... But sheesh.

Have you seen it as an adult, or are you harboring scary dog nightmares from your youth.

...they just wanted to find their gate keeper. Poor things.

[-HvA-]

Anything by Lars von Trier, except for Dogville maybe.

[R.Liverman]

Terminator 2 is way better than you realize.

[R.Liverman]

as is predator.

[crispyflotilla]

Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago. But then, doesn't everybody hate these great movies?

[Mabouya]

Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago. But then, doesn't everybody hate these great movies?

Philistine! ;)

[VA_MEL]

Not saying they're supposed to be great, but a lot of people loved the Austin Powers movies. I was so bored watching the first one on DVD that I turned it off in the middle and returned the DVD rather than continue wasting my time. Of course, other than Waynes World, I'm not thinking of a lot of former SNL cast movies that I have liked.

[VA_MEL]

Oh, and the Blues Brothers on the SNL lovin side of town.

[Luke]

I've really grown tired of the long line of computer generated Uber-action flicks. They seem to be a string of fantastic explosions, littered with comic book heroes. (Avengers,Thor, Green Lantern,Iron Man,Hulk,etc.etc.) Scene after scene of unbelievable action, magnified with an unlimited budget. (not much of that budget actually spent on WRITING)
Transformers, Battleships, and reinvinted childhood heroes...with sequals added regularly...just in case that you didn't get enough in round one and two.

What happened to the great films? The ones where you leave the theatre with your mouth dropped wide open...and you contemplate for days afterwards,rethinking the puzzle.

Money does not equal good film!

I want a film <<hands Quintin a million bucks>> that takes place in a field, with THREE characters...with a knife, a bottle,a book, and a bag.
No effects.
Grrrrrrreat dialog. (remember that stuff)
And a twist that blows your effing mind.

I hope its shot anachronistically, so that the brainless people can say, "It was all out of order!"

FADE IN: setting, a field.
("Willin' from Little Feat starts playing as the grainy film rolls by.)

Razor blade edits are few and far between.

My two cents,
Luke

[rec head]

The Avengers was one of the best comic movies ever.

Walking out on a movie is a huge deal for me. I usually won't even go to the bathroom after drinking a gallon of pop but I did get a popcorn refill during Jeff Who Lives at Home or whatever it is called. I went to see some Woody Allen movie on a date once, I wish I could have left. I won't watch anything with his name in the credits.

[962]

Repo Man and Big Lebowski (need to watch them again to make sure...)

[Jaq]

Titanic
This Is Spinal Tap
Top Gun

[cs124]

Slumdog Millionaire.

Worthy protagonist, beautiful girl, evil villain. Meh.