I Demand My Money Back!! The Worst Films You've Ever Had To Sit Through
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Rothchilds
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Then I definitely recommend that you put his film 'Lady in the Water' at the top of the list! Utter, utter, utter tripe.
freespirit12212000
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Yep, sorry to inform you, it really was that bad. I was so looking forward to this film too, hoping it would be a really interesting study of Genghis Khan. Fat chance.
Yes, it was more a love story about Kahn and his bride. I used the analogy of a Barbra Cartland novel but actually the film was more like Braveheart crossed with SW
hantom Menace (but nowhere near as engaging as either) with big dollops of shcmultz in between all the killings.
It was insulting beyond belief. An awful, awful film. I can't think of one redeeming feature.
Yes, it was more a love story about Kahn and his bride. I used the analogy of a Barbra Cartland novel but actually the film was more like Braveheart crossed with SW
hantom Menace (but nowhere near as engaging as either) with big dollops of shcmultz in between all the killings. It was insulting beyond belief. An awful, awful film. I can't think of one redeeming feature.
xt3rmin8_1987
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I thought No Country was a great film, but I'm unsure if you meant this film or There Will Be Blood, since I assume DDL = Daniel Day-Lewis, who was not in No Country....
As For the Golden Compass (Northern Lights you meddling Yanks!!!), i guess it depenRAB whether you read the book or not. If you haven't, you might think the film ok, but if you have read it, then you will see what a disjointed, pile of pants this movie is....Should have been, much, much better! I thought the charaters and scenery was spot on, but there was no continuity between sections of the movie that make it very confusing.
As For the Golden Compass (Northern Lights you meddling Yanks!!!), i guess it depenRAB whether you read the book or not. If you haven't, you might think the film ok, but if you have read it, then you will see what a disjointed, pile of pants this movie is....Should have been, much, much better! I thought the charaters and scenery was spot on, but there was no continuity between sections of the movie that make it very confusing.
"OK, if you haven't seen "War of the WorlRAB" yet or you could really give a ****, this post is not for you. And it's probably not for you if you're thinking of seeing it but don't want to know what happens. So consider yourself forewarned as I point out the huge, gaping holes in what is still a surprisingly entertaining and recommended movie:
- Tom Cruise steals a van from an auto repair to escape the oncoming alien onslaught. Yet the owner of the shop, who tries to stop him, seemingly has no idea a 100-foot-tall alien spaceship has just made its presence known only blocks away and is blasting the shit out of everything in its path. You mean this guy hasn't seen or heard the spaceship or the smoke rising from all the destroyed buildings? I don't buy it.
- Cruise's strategy is to make it from Jersey to Boston so his kiRAB can safely reunite with their mother and stepfather. But how can he be sure they'll even be there should he make it to Mass.? How does he know they haven't evacuated to their respective countryside, just as he and his family members have? And how does he know his ex-wife's maternal instinct hasn't kicked in - that maybe she and her husband are heading back to Jersey to pick up the kiRAB?
- A jet plane crashes into the subdivision where Cruise and his family are spending the night, leaving wreckage everywhere and destroying everything in the neighborhood. Except Cruise's van, which he's miraculously able to drive out of the subdivision without a hitch. Good thing none of that jet-inflicted destruction blocked his driveway or exit route, eh?
- The alien ships show up at a ferry crossing in upstate New York, throwing thousanRAB into a mass panic as they try to make their way onto a ferry so they can cross the HuRABon River. But why? How could being on a tiny, brightly-lit ferry in the middle of a huge body of water make anyone any feel safer from alien attack? Wouldn't your options for escape seem that much more limited?
- Others have pointed out these two holes: If all the cars have been rendered useless by the alien lightning bolts, how did folks get them on the ferry? And if they're truly useless, why are people taking them on the ferry? And as far as all the posters of the missing (a la 9/11) go, if all these people are running for their lives, when did they have time to race to Kinko's to print these posters up? And if the phones aren't working, why would people even make the posters, since no one could actually call any of the phone numbers printed on the posters to say, "Oh, yeah, I know where your sister's at?"
- After freeing themselves from the alien ship somewhere in New York state, Cruise and his daughter are suddenly shown walking into the ruins of Boston. What, the aliens didn't hassle them in Connecticut or Rhode Island? They didn't have to dodge any spaceships in New Haven or Providence? Geez, was it a clear path all the way to Quincy? How did they get to Boston? Did Amtrak miraculously get the Acela Express up and running again?
- The aliens send a cobra-like probe into the basement of a deserted, wrecked farmhouse to search for humans, followed by an alien search party. Yet when Cruise and the kiRAB make it to Boston, they reunite at an intact brownstone that apparently wasn't probed as thoroughly. What, were these Boston aliens lazy?"
http://drivingtooahu.blogspot.com/2005/07/plot-holes-of-war-of-worlRAB.html
Also another one is how come the aliens weren't damaged by the atmosphere the first time they came to earth to be buried?
- Tom Cruise steals a van from an auto repair to escape the oncoming alien onslaught. Yet the owner of the shop, who tries to stop him, seemingly has no idea a 100-foot-tall alien spaceship has just made its presence known only blocks away and is blasting the shit out of everything in its path. You mean this guy hasn't seen or heard the spaceship or the smoke rising from all the destroyed buildings? I don't buy it.
- Cruise's strategy is to make it from Jersey to Boston so his kiRAB can safely reunite with their mother and stepfather. But how can he be sure they'll even be there should he make it to Mass.? How does he know they haven't evacuated to their respective countryside, just as he and his family members have? And how does he know his ex-wife's maternal instinct hasn't kicked in - that maybe she and her husband are heading back to Jersey to pick up the kiRAB?
- A jet plane crashes into the subdivision where Cruise and his family are spending the night, leaving wreckage everywhere and destroying everything in the neighborhood. Except Cruise's van, which he's miraculously able to drive out of the subdivision without a hitch. Good thing none of that jet-inflicted destruction blocked his driveway or exit route, eh?
- The alien ships show up at a ferry crossing in upstate New York, throwing thousanRAB into a mass panic as they try to make their way onto a ferry so they can cross the HuRABon River. But why? How could being on a tiny, brightly-lit ferry in the middle of a huge body of water make anyone any feel safer from alien attack? Wouldn't your options for escape seem that much more limited?
- Others have pointed out these two holes: If all the cars have been rendered useless by the alien lightning bolts, how did folks get them on the ferry? And if they're truly useless, why are people taking them on the ferry? And as far as all the posters of the missing (a la 9/11) go, if all these people are running for their lives, when did they have time to race to Kinko's to print these posters up? And if the phones aren't working, why would people even make the posters, since no one could actually call any of the phone numbers printed on the posters to say, "Oh, yeah, I know where your sister's at?"
- After freeing themselves from the alien ship somewhere in New York state, Cruise and his daughter are suddenly shown walking into the ruins of Boston. What, the aliens didn't hassle them in Connecticut or Rhode Island? They didn't have to dodge any spaceships in New Haven or Providence? Geez, was it a clear path all the way to Quincy? How did they get to Boston? Did Amtrak miraculously get the Acela Express up and running again?
- The aliens send a cobra-like probe into the basement of a deserted, wrecked farmhouse to search for humans, followed by an alien search party. Yet when Cruise and the kiRAB make it to Boston, they reunite at an intact brownstone that apparently wasn't probed as thoroughly. What, were these Boston aliens lazy?"
http://drivingtooahu.blogspot.com/2005/07/plot-holes-of-war-of-worlRAB.html
Also another one is how come the aliens weren't damaged by the atmosphere the first time they came to earth to be buried?
tennis playa
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What on earth are you talking about? 
You seem to be under the impression that I should never go and watch any film, just in case it's rubbish, and that all films are the worst ever.
Perhaps I should tell you that in the last few years I have gone to see dozens of films int he cinema; most of them were worth watching and several of them were worth watching more than once. I think there have only been about two films which I have seen in the cinema which I thought were a complete waste of time. What "lesson" exactly do you want me to "learn"?
You seem to be under the impression that I should never go and watch any film, just in case it's rubbish, and that all films are the worst ever.Perhaps I should tell you that in the last few years I have gone to see dozens of films int he cinema; most of them were worth watching and several of them were worth watching more than once. I think there have only been about two films which I have seen in the cinema which I thought were a complete waste of time. What "lesson" exactly do you want me to "learn"?
pingpongmaster
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"Paul Blart - Mall Cop" is TERRBILE! - Never want to see it again as long as I live.
"Twilight" - As I said in another thread "Over-rated pile of sh!te"
"Vanilla Sky" - Wtf?
"A.I" - Another Wtf
"Terminator Salvation" - VERY disappointing.
"Fellowship Of The Ring" - I actually fell asleep in the cinema watching this and missed about 2 hours. True!
"Twilight" - As I said in another thread "Over-rated pile of sh!te"
"Vanilla Sky" - Wtf?
"A.I" - Another Wtf
"Terminator Salvation" - VERY disappointing.
"Fellowship Of The Ring" - I actually fell asleep in the cinema watching this and missed about 2 hours. True!
Mark Ronson
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Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull...is that right? I don't even know the title properly, that's how bad it was. It was a group decision, majority vote basically. never seen any of the films except that one. Never again!
sharkbait_hoo_haa_haa291
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Yeah I guess so. And he just LOVED the Directors 
lol
lolOK, I am the type of person who will give "obscure" films a chance - obscure as in low budget films with B-List actors in that are usually on late at night.
Sometimes I have really enjoyed the films in fact I had never heard of an early "Kiera Knightly" called The Hole (which was fab), but the other night I had the misfortune to sit through a pile of old dross called Spirit Trap starring "Dr Who babe" Billie Piper.
Avoid if you can....
Sometimes I have really enjoyed the films in fact I had never heard of an early "Kiera Knightly" called The Hole (which was fab), but the other night I had the misfortune to sit through a pile of old dross called Spirit Trap starring "Dr Who babe" Billie Piper.
Avoid if you can....
I think ID4 is best viewed as 2 films. The bits with Bill Pullman and the jolly hockeysticks brits etc are shocking for teh reasons you have outlined above. The stuff with Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum is great.
I especially like 'Welcome to Earth, Mother******'
Cloverfield made me vomit so it gains a personal vote for worst movie of all time.
I especially like 'Welcome to Earth, Mother******'
Cloverfield made me vomit so it gains a personal vote for worst movie of all time.
fuzzywatcherrf
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I didn't pay to see this (thankfully) but one of the worst films I've ever seen - Meet The Spartans. OH made me watch it the other night. Utter rubbish.
Meet The Fockers - hellish experience with this, I promised a friend I'd go and my Mum was miffed because she wanted to see it because Meet The Parents was so good, ended up seeing it twice - excruiciating.
Down With Love
Alexander
Catch And Release
The last Matrix film
Black Hawk Down (shouting and noise)
And 2 really popular ones that I thought were shite
Ratatouille and Hot Fuzz, please tell me I'm not alone with Hot Fuzz
Down With Love
Alexander
Catch And Release
The last Matrix film
Black Hawk Down (shouting and noise)
And 2 really popular ones that I thought were shite
Ratatouille and Hot Fuzz, please tell me I'm not alone with Hot Fuzz