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cmk418What are your ten worst films of all time? Anyone can play - just post your answer here as well as in your own LJ.
These may not be all-time baddies, but these were the first ten (or so) unwatchable films that came to mind (I've included explanations here for some, you don't need to do that)
Titanic - I was praying for the boat to sink
Tristan & Isolde - girl throws over Rufus Sewell for some pretty boy (window of disbelief does not raise that high)
Batman & Robin - Considering I snuck into the theater playing this, Schumacher owes me 2+ hours of my life
All Over the Guy - I can be in a relationship if I just work on it? Wow gee (F**k you where you stand, buddy). And who's your audience? Gay men? I seriously wanted to shoot myself after this film
Bowling for Columbine - I seriously wanted to purchase a gun just to shoot Michael Moore after watching this
Notting Hill - Forced to watch this mess.
Gerry - Van Sant has two guys wandering the desert for about 90 minutes (it felt longer). That's it. Two guys walking. Proof that even the masters make mistakes.
Full Frontal/Ocean's Twelve - Part two and three of the masters make mistakes series. This time it's Soderbergh's turn. Technically, Full Frontal is a deliberate mess, and as for Ocean's Twelve - the guys should never have left Vegas.
Adaptation/Shakespeare in Love - I'm Charlie Kaufman/I'm William Shakespeare. Have pity on me. (No.)
The Producers (the musical remake) - Some originals should never be tampered with.
Ooh, I forgot one - First Knight - From the moment Richard Gere (Lancelot) entered the palace and looked at the obviously round table and made the comment "The Round Table", I knew I was in trouble. It only got funnier after that (and I don't think it was meant to be a comedy).
These may not be all-time baddies, but these were the first ten (or so) unwatchable films that came to mind (I've included explanations here for some, you don't need to do that)
Titanic - I was praying for the boat to sink
Tristan & Isolde - girl throws over Rufus Sewell for some pretty boy (window of disbelief does not raise that high)
Batman & Robin - Considering I snuck into the theater playing this, Schumacher owes me 2+ hours of my life
All Over the Guy - I can be in a relationship if I just work on it? Wow gee (F**k you where you stand, buddy). And who's your audience? Gay men? I seriously wanted to shoot myself after this film
Bowling for Columbine - I seriously wanted to purchase a gun just to shoot Michael Moore after watching this
Notting Hill - Forced to watch this mess.
Gerry - Van Sant has two guys wandering the desert for about 90 minutes (it felt longer). That's it. Two guys walking. Proof that even the masters make mistakes.
Full Frontal/Ocean's Twelve - Part two and three of the masters make mistakes series. This time it's Soderbergh's turn. Technically, Full Frontal is a deliberate mess, and as for Ocean's Twelve - the guys should never have left Vegas.
Adaptation/Shakespeare in Love - I'm Charlie Kaufman/I'm William Shakespeare. Have pity on me. (No.)
The Producers (the musical remake) - Some originals should never be tampered with.
Ooh, I forgot one - First Knight - From the moment Richard Gere (Lancelot) entered the palace and looked at the obviously round table and made the comment "The Round Table", I knew I was in trouble. It only got funnier after that (and I don't think it was meant to be a comedy).
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Date: 2007-12-09 05:03 pm (UTC)Didn't I tell you there would be more as I thought of them. And you just reminded me with your description of the eagle how much I hated Gladiator. I had so much hope (Russell Crowe in leather!), but the plot of this was just silliness and the main point of it was when they gave him his gladiator name - the New Zealander playing a Roman nicknamed "The Spaniard". At that point, the girl (Russell should have had more scenes with Joaquin's character, the UST there was great) had been annoying up to that point, but that Spaniard thing pushed me over the edge.
You also reminded me how bad hair can impact a film - all during "Presumed Innocent" I wasn't thinking about whodunit, but rather how the heck Harrison Ford could let anything like that be done to his head.
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Date: 2007-12-14 06:15 pm (UTC)LOL! Is that the one where he's got shaggy hair extensions so he can look "scientific"? You know, like "Einstein".
"Gladiator" - giggle. I took it with a pinch of salt and focused on the costumes and scenes of Rome. But I did wonder why they chose Russel Crowe. Why not a more Mediterranean-looking fellow, who looked, you know, like a Spaniard? Mmmmmmm, Chris Meloni doing dark, brooding intensity in leather...