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Avatar 2. It's rare we turn a film off not even half way through but what a steaming pile.
There's been a few other Netflix ones but they were so poor I can't remember the title...one had Mark Wahlberg in it so it was never going to be brilliant.
Real Steel. One of the most thumbed up films on Netflix, apparently. Heartwarming, apparently. Actually soulless, schmaltzy toss.
There’s been a few other Netflix ones but they were so poor I can’t remember the title…one had Mark Wahlberg in it so it was never going to be brilliant.
The Union.... it was utter carp
Anything with Jason Statham in it, avoid if it’s the last thing you do.
montylikesbeer
Full Member
Anything with Jason Statham in it, avoid if it’s the last thing you do.
Ordinarily is agree but I actually like the Crank films. 😐
antichrist (not due to the controversial nature of the film) or any film by lars von trier for that matter as i thought they were all terrible. (pretentious/self indulgent tosh imho).
Deadpool vs Wolverine. A true turd
This proves monsters are real. They are real. 😉
The Expendables
Time I won’t get back.
Just as well you haven't seen the sequels then 🙂
I really struggled with the schmaltz of Its A Wonderful Life
George Bailey loses his hearing in one ear, is forced out of business, and seriously contemplates suicide. You may not like the film but the idea of it being Christmas schmaltz doesn't quite fit the film's plot IMO.
montylikesbeerFull Member
Anything with Jason Statham in it, avoid if it’s the last thing you do.
Nooo... They're not good films, but perfect on a Sunday night with some wine as you try to distract yourself from the impending Monday
Batman is hardly in it, and in the occasion when he does arrive, he has the mobility of a Dalek and all of the brooding menace of Bungle the Bear. Good job he only had to go up against Jack Nicholson doing his panto dame routine and not Tom Hardy’s Bane.
If your reference point is Tom Hardy and not Adam West then you're never going to get that film, regardless of whether it's good or not. 😀
Also, The Road.
Great film but I couldn’t watch it again, think I’d need counselling.
It's the same with his (Cormac McCarthy) books. I have to mentally prepare myself before I start reading them, and then wonder whether I need counselling once I've finished them. Some of them are utterly fantastic, though.
I’d say any sequel, or franchise after the first film, is likely to be crap. In general they are taking what was probably a decent original idea and leaching the last few million dollars from it. There may be the occasional honourable exception, but I can’t think of any.
Amy (Amy Winehouse story)
I thought that wasn’t too bad. Especially compared to Mission Impossible 437 or the Bourne [insert random word here].
Get Out.
Really bigged up. Absolutely cringe.
We went as a family, Mum Dad and teen twins. A unanimous verdict of utter, utter shite. And as you say, hyped up beyond hype.
Hmm now ya see - I enjoyed Get Out. A mad idea but at the same time creepy and crazy.
I recently watched 10 minutes of Fresh - that horrible thing has been in my head for weeks now and I can't get rid of it. Nor can I get rid of the idea that maybe I should watch the whole film!
Get Out was great (not sure it's a "family trip to the cinema" sort of film though!) As is '89 Batman (at least, it has a lot of good points, the best Batmobile ever being one of them!)
Finally got around to watching "cult classic" Nightbreed the other day. Now that is a bad movie. Decent idea & great makeup effects though!
I recently rewatched an 80’s film called ‘No Retreat No Surrender’ and god that was awful.
I once had a sleepover off of the '90s where we watched No Retreat No Surrender 3. I've no desire to ever see any of the series, it was so poor. The continuity was... Spectacular.
I am probably going to get flamed to within an inch of my virtual life here but the 2 films I wish I had never bothered watching, but which nearly everybody in the universe (or so it seems) raves on about how good they are, are :
Withnail and I
and
Blade Runner.
Hours of utter boredom that I will never get back.
not sure it’s a “family trip to the cinema” sort of film though!
I think the kids were 19 or 20......
^^
Right. simondbarnes is going on ze list. 😉
I once had a sleepover off of the ’90s where we watched No Retreat No Surrender 3. I’ve no desire to ever see any of the series, it was so poor. The continuity was… Spectacular.
No Retreat, No Surrender 2 is one of my all time faves. Cynthia Rothrock! Loren Avedon! So bad it's good.
ThePinkster
Full Member
I am probably going to get flamed to within an inch of my virtual life hereWithnail and I
and
Blade Runner.
My God. My God! I'll let you off Withnail but Blade Runner?!
Let me know if you ever need a blood transfusion.
😉
To be honest i've always thought of Blade Runner as a fairly boring run of the mill story wrapped in amazing visuals and soundtrack with one good monologue.
Anything with Jason Statham in it, avoid if it’s the last thing you do.
We did Meg and Meg2 recently... oh my... were they REAAAAAAALLLLY bad.
scammell
Free Member
To be honest i’ve always thought of Blade Runner as a fairly boring run of the mill story wrapped in amazing visuals and soundtrack with one good monologue.
I've always been utterly fascinated by it. Luke everything though, it's subjective.
I can't stand the sequel though. It's a competent SF film but it's just not a Blade Runner film/sequel to me. There is another film and even a TV series planned but I'm just going to pretend they don't exist.
Started watching Independence Day:Resurgence the other day.
It's rare that I actually turn a film off. I turned it off.
Absolute garbage.
LOL, cheers. :o)
I was afraid I might have taken the joke too far but I'm glad you took it the way it was meant. Lol
To be honest i’ve always thought of Blade Runner as a fairly boring run of the mill story wrapped in amazing visuals and soundtrack with one good monologue.
A killer hunts down some 'others'. I mean, it's a slight story, but, as you say, add in the great ancillaries and you get a great film. Isn't that the same as huge numbers of films though? I'm in the middle of watching The Holdovers - a few people stuck in a snowbound school over Xmas 1970. It would be a terrible film if it didn't have a good script and impeccable acting, but it does, so it's a good film. Take a few elements out of Alien and you end up a rubbish alien-horror B-movie and not a classic.
Lost in translation
Independence Day (post above reminded me.. aliens travel across the galaxy but we can hack there code...)
Rebel Moon.. we watched the first but couldn't finish the 2nd, and now I see there an extra 2hrs+ of directors cut we could watch...
Mad max furiosa, I kinda enjoyed fury rd
TBH I've given up on new films
6 Underground.
Actually, anything Michael Bay has directed with the exception of 'The Rock'
I’m in the middle of watching The Holdovers
Still not got around to that. Might wait till Christmas now.
I'd recommend you do, it's got a real Christmas vibe to it, I liked it a lot. Although if this thread illustrates anything, it's that any one person's opinion counts for nowt.
To be honest i’ve always thought of Blade Runner as a fairly boring run of the mill story wrapped in amazing visuals and soundtrack with one good monologue.
If you just take the story at face value then yeah, you've missed the point!! BR poses the question, "what does it mean to be human"? There is no definitive answer, thus various aspects of the film are up for interpretation. It's thinking-man's sci-fi, that is to say, proper sci-fi.
Lost in translation
I loved that
Strange - usually on threads about recommending stuff I can sort of nod along, but when it comes to films I seem to be living in anothe universe from the STW demographic.
I’m only an hour in but it’s excellent! Looking forward to finishing it tonight.
I’d recommend you do, it’s got a real Christmas vibe to it, I liked it a lot. Although if this thread illustrates anything, it’s that any one person’s opinion counts for nowt.
I'm a big Paul Giamatti fan ever since I saw him in Sideways. It's the sort of thing that's right up my street but I have to be in the "right" mood for certain genres. I can spend an hour looking through films and still not actually be happy with my choice for the night. It used to be embarrassing when I went to hire videos back in the day!
Revisiting my yoof I rewatched the Crow as I saw it was streaming. I recomend not bothering.
Where as I went to the cinema to watch it on Sunday and thought it was ace, as good as 30 years ago.