OT: Hit Movies that Blow Chunks

[Grandpa Kim]

We've all seen them: Rave reviews, but something about them just doesn't sit right when we see the trailers. But based on those reviews, we take a chance.... and can't get back out of the theatre fast enough!

Well, here's my top two in this "genre".

The English Patient
Chicago

Feel free to add to this.

[DavidG]

A.I.

[sachmo]

Titanic*

Not a horrible movie, but the hype-to-enjoyment ratio was wayyyy out of whack. And then when it took home Best Picture, I was outraged.

I have to stick up for Chicago, though. I enjoyed it tremendously.

[parabolize]

A.I. was a good movie until steven spielberg got his hands on it.
stanley kubrick died befor he got around to filming.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by parabolize:
A.I. was a good movie until steven spielberg got his hands on it.
stanley kubrick died befor he got around to filming.

hehe guess we have different opinions on Kubrick. that reminds me on some more candidates for the list: Every movie every made by Stanley Kubrick. (like Full Metal Jacket and Clockwork Orange. and did he do Blue Velvet?)

[ October 05, 2003, 23:36: Message edited by: DavidG ]

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by DavidG:
hehe guess we have different opinions on Kubrick. that reminds me on some more candidates for the list: Every movie every made by Stanley Kubrick. (like Full Metal Jacket and Clockwork Orange. and did he do Blue Velvet?)

David Lynch did Blue Velvet. (Now there's a candidate for heavy psychosomatic drug therapy for you...). And I may have to grant you the listing of Kubrick's later stuff to this list, but I would definitely deny you one of his first and best. HINT - a quote from it is in my sig...

[dogscoff]

I enjoyed Full Metal Jacket. Well, not sure 'enjoyed' is the right word (much as I can't really claim to have 'enjoyed' the Shawshank redemption, but list it in my top 10 favourite films), but it was a damn good film.

Bad films?

Twister: (You know they're evil meteorologists because they drive a black car. Walked out of the cinema on this one it was so bad.)

The Thin Red Line: (Too long, too much angsty inner-monologue, wtf is going on anyway?)

Titanic: Just crap, really. Although you do get to see LdC drown at the end, so it does have at least one redeeming feature.

Anything with Sylvester Stallone in it. It's a sad state of affairs when the most enjoyable film of a person's career is "Stop or my Mom will shoot."

Anything (ie much of Disney's output) that takes a well-loved classic story that has stood the test of time (Winnie the Pooh, Hunchback of Notre Dam, Beauty & the Beast) then inserts a few cute, marketable comedy cartoon characters, lots of inappropriate accents, changes the original ending to bland, generic schmaltz and then flogs the result back to the world (the story's original owners), shrink wrapped and repackaged with a line of franchised Happy Meal toys.

Pretty much anything based on "a true story" or "true historical accounts" if it then goes on to disregard the truth and rewrite history completely.

Anything specifically designed to make small children pester their parents into buying them crap (pokemon et al)

Came across The TV.Cream top100 films list today. An interesting selection from an excellent website, and no Star Wars in sight. It's fairly UK-centric, but take a look. There's a few in there I'll be hooking out of the bargain bin.

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If I seem bad tempered today, it's because I am. It's Monday morning, for crying out loud.

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
Bad films?

Anything (ie much of Disney's output) that takes a well-loved classic story that has stood the test of time (Winnie the Pooh, Hunchback of Notre Dam, Beauty & the Beast) then inserts a few cute, marketable comedy cartoon characters, lots of inappropriate accents, changes the original ending to bland, generic schmaltz and then flogs the result back to the world (the story's original owners), shrink wrapped and repackaged with a line of franchised Happy Meal toys.

...

Anything specifically designed to make small children pester their parents into buying them crap (pokemon et al).

It must be Monday morning - you're repeating yourself.

[EDIT - I'm bucking for a promotion - can you tell? )

[ October 06, 2003, 10:24: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[David E. Gervais]

My vote goes for "The name of the Rose" (Sean Conery as a detective monk) I literally fell asleep during this movie due to it's total lack of action. (the trailer made it look like it had much more action than what was actually there.)

[Instar]

anything lifetime, but then again, everyone knows that stuff is usually not so great