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Post by BlackCatWhiteCat on Oct 28, 2008 11:16:21 GMT -5
Grave of the Fireflies- I had to put out a pretty penny to get this one, and then-snore! I did wake up near the end, but I couldn't have cared less what happened to annoying brother and little mutant sister. Don't think I'll ever slip this one in the player again. Too bad you didn't catch Sue's review. Any time I even slightly consider watching that, the back of my mind whispers "maggots". Works every time! Where did you buy it, perchance, and how much was it? I've wanted to check this out some time. Not on the top of my list, but I pause in front of the case every time I walk by it in the video store. Awww.....I love this movie! I also really like the play, but I've heard a lot of Shakespeare fans trash it so...I dunno. Me likey. Gah! Did you catch any of his scenes? If so, how'd that work out for your crush? I never thought much of him either way before, but now I can't hear his name without seeing his creepy, CREEPY face in that movie. Brrrrr.... |
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Post by helioseclipsed on Oct 28, 2008 13:50:22 GMT -5
My friends say I have a sixth sense for bad movies that allows me to avoid them. There are so many movies on this list that I just had the good sense never to see (Napoleon Dynamite for one. I finally caught a piece of that on TV and felt better about myself as a human being while changing the channel).
However, even I can't dodge them forever.
The only movie I've ever walked out on in the theatre was Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life (or whatever title they gave to the sequel, I honestly can't be bothered to check). I had never even seen the first one (again, good pre-judgement), but some friends pushed me into it, ignoring my pleading for some semblance of sanity. They hadn't seen the original either, but they figured that since I was a video game nut, that I would love it. I think my friend's girlfriend wanted to see a woman kicking butt in a movie instead of a guy, and my friend was just happy that his girlfriend wanted to see a movie that didn't involve American actors faking French accents to talk about "luv at the louvre" or something, so he was signed up.
I completely checked out of the movie at 10 minute mark. Well, whenever she punched the shark. That might only have been 3-5 minutes in, but it felt longer. I started reciting songs in my head to pass the time, though some terrible Jolie dialogue did seep in through my imagination's cracks. Around 45 minutes in, and I will love them forever for this, my friends leaned over and said "Do you want to get out of here?"
"I thought you'd never ask," was my heartfelt reply. Upon reaching the parking lot, they broke into laughter at the awfulness of the movie, while I just kept repeating "Guys... she PUNCHED the SHARK!" The moral of the story is that they paid me back for my ticket price, so I didn't lose anything but a little bit of my soul (which has basically been mortgaged at this point anyway).
Mostly, though, when I watch a movie, I watch it through. I mean, I'll quit on a lot of movies that I just happen to catch on TV, but not one that I actually set down to watch. That's why I turn to movie reviewers so much, as it saves me both time and money chasing down bad movies.
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Post by StarOpal on Oct 28, 2008 15:21:02 GMT -5
Blood for Dracula is a new one to add to my list. I admit I didn't watch it from the beginning, but about five minutes was enough for me. And it was five minutes because I couldn't find the controller and had to make my way, with my eyes mostly closed, to the television. Usually if I turn off a movie (I've never actually walked out of one) it's really really boring. Stupid I can handle, bad I can handle, disgusting, violent, even slow or slightly boring I can handle, so it takes a lot to make me turn off a movie.
Blood for Dracula is not boring, it is (along with, also Andy Warhol made, partner in crime Flesh for Frankenstein [yeah I tried it after Blood, I'm a masochist, I lasted just as long]) just kinda meanspirited trash, with bad acting, and garbage quality. But what sets it apart is it is the first time in a long time I've gagged watching a movie. I'd describe the scene, but I'm fairly sure I'd get in trouble. Let me put it this way: I've seen Dead Alive many times and enjoyed it, this made me gag.
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eatmyshorts
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Post by eatmyshorts on Oct 28, 2008 19:22:00 GMT -5
I love dumb comedies and I am one of 4 people in the world who really enjoy Rob Schneider (yeah, I love Rob Schneider AND Tom Green, sue me) but I could not get through Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalo. It did not make me laugh at all.
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Post by BlackCatWhiteCat on Oct 28, 2008 21:27:03 GMT -5
55 minutes in and it's looking like I might have 2001: A Space Odyssey to add to my list. I've seen enough space ship hulls and planet surfaces to write an intricately detailed book on their anatomies. Also if I ever hear Blue Danube again I will scream. Yes, scream. Or maybe I'll imitate that hideously annoying choir/ghost noise Kubrick seemed to love so much.
GAH
*awaits the inevitable evisceration from the sci-fi geek crew*
EDIT: I stand by my decision on the first half of the movie. I GET what was trying to be accomplished. I appreciate it. BUT really...some of that could have been cut out and the message still gotten across minus the eyeball-numbing boredom.
But the reason for an edit: I liked it. Really liked it. AFTER the first hour. I'll probably watch it again to understand it better, though I know the ending is really something more to be pondered over than "figured out".
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katiem
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Post by katiem on Oct 31, 2008 11:58:08 GMT -5
Too bad you didn't catch Sue's review. Any time I even slightly consider watching that, the back of my mind whispers "maggots". Works every time! Where did you buy it, perchance, and how much was it? I actually did read Sues review, and then still went out and bought it. Shame on me! The maggots weren't so bad though. I just thought it was dull. I had to order it from a movie liquidator shop (at this time e-bay and Katie did not get along), and it cost a good $60.00. I've wanted to check this out some time. Not on the top of my list, but I pause in front of the case every time I walk by it in the video store. Well, if you ever do get through it let me know how it is. I'm giving up on it. Gah! Did you catch any of his scenes? If so, how'd that work out for your crush? I never thought much of him either way before, but now I can't hear his name without seeing his creepy, CREEPY face in that movie. Brrrrr.... I did! Once he bit it I stopped paying attention. It didn't affect my crush at all. Any time you wanna eat me Elijah be my guest!  |
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Post by BlackCatWhiteCat on Oct 31, 2008 15:24:15 GMT -5
*coughchokehack* Eee! Aahhmmm....ermm....yeah I'm leaving that one alone. *whistles and looks away* |
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dex
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Post by dex on Oct 31, 2008 20:32:40 GMT -5
Eee! Aahhmmm....ermm....yeah I'm leaving that one alone. *whistles and looks away* Wasn't there a resolution after the Liberty Valance review to test Justin's PG-13 filters? ;-) But that's for staff only, so I say: Didn't he get bit in the end? Only movie I walked out on so far: Gangster No. 1. Critically acclaimed, I know, but the dialogue was so infuriatingly... just off, hard to describe. Might have been the dubbing. Anyway, 'twas a sneak preview, and after 15 minutes, we left. Edit: Just so you don't think I'm a wuss (and then I'll stop flooding the forum): In another sneak preview around that time (I gave them up, guess why), I sat through Gun Shy. *shudders* I seem to have dodged most the doozies you mention, though. |
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Post by sirgallahad2 on Nov 1, 2008 6:30:49 GMT -5
Gotta go with "The thin red line" on that one. I saw it in the theater and made it... 1/2...3/4.... who-gives-a-crap long into it. Right about the time anonymous dead-meat soldier and sean penn are sitting in the field hospital and dead-meat says "You know the worst part... I can sit here and watch that kid over there die and I feel nothing" Sean Penn replies "I wish I knew that bliss". I kind of threw my hands up and said "oh for FRACK's sake!!!" (I censored that by the way) and I walked out. Don't get me started on "3,000 miles to graceland".......
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katiem
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Post by katiem on Nov 3, 2008 16:01:42 GMT -5
Eee! Aahhmmm....ermm....yeah I'm leaving that one alone. *whistles and looks away* Wasn't there a resolution after the Liberty Valance review to test Justin's PG-13 filters? ;-) But that's for staff only, so I say: Didn't he get bit in the end? Hey, I didn't write anything un PG-13. He's a cannibal, he eats people! Not my fault if you all have dirty minds. Shame on you! |
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Post by sandrine on Nov 3, 2008 16:20:33 GMT -5
'Silent Hill'. I couldn't face it. Somewhere towards the end it stopped being a horror story about parallel universes and posession, and suddenly started being "hey look, let's kill people in as many sick ways as we can!". I actually had to leave the room ten minutes before the end because I just didn't want to see the people die for no reason, simple as that.
I don't often give up on things, although I did admit defeat with 'Black Hawk Down'.
My one regret is that I didn't leave during 'Closer'. I sat through the whole thing. At least now I know never to watch it again...
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Post by BlackCatWhiteCat on Nov 3, 2008 16:26:16 GMT -5
[ Hey, I didn't write anything un PG-13. He's a cannibal, he eats people! Not my fault if you all have dirty minds. Shame on you! Yes, but that's why you love us! |
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Post by StarOpal on Nov 3, 2008 23:15:10 GMT -5
My one regret is that I didn't leave during 'Closer'. I sat through the whole thing. At least now I know never to watch it again... Geeze I hear ya on that one. |
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Post by aargmematey on Nov 4, 2008 0:17:13 GMT -5
A Clockwork Orange. I fell asleep...probably during the middle, and then just never watched the rest.
Also, Jerry Maguire. I've tried to watch that movie approximately 80 gazillion times, and I just can't.
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Post by StarOpal on Nov 4, 2008 14:23:20 GMT -5
The only movie I've ever walked out on in the theatre was Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life (or whatever title they gave to the sequel, I honestly can't be bothered to check). Does it make me a bad person that I watched the whole thing for Gerard Butler? I mean, it wasn't my pick, I didn't pay for the rental, and I didn't watch the first one. I finished it because of my drooling fangirl lust high admiration of his talents. I know it makes me a shallow person, but does it make me a bad one? |
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