Worst Films

[8den]

I watched Southland Tales delirious with the winter vomiting bug. I think it improved it.

 

[Orang Utan]

No, not in the slightest. Look at Clerks. It's not technically proficient but it's a wonderful film.

It's just getting annoyed by a "Time to Kill" or "Shakespeare in Love", when Hollywood have produced far worse films about racism (Crash) and worse historical romantic comedies (Kate and Leopold) both off the top of my head.

BUT MORE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE THAN THOSE OTHER MOVIES

 

[Poi E]

Forgot about LA Confidential. Not as good as the book of course but performance wise it's spot on. Spacey and Pearce are also excellent.
Mann is an overpaid lighting technician though. The Insider is his most dull film.

Son et lumiere, please.

 

[8den]

BUT MORE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE THAN THOSE OTHER MOVIES

Crash and SiL both won best picture. Shakespeare did better in box office. Is that the criteria, worst film to make the most money?

I have a confession I quite like SiL, there's far more offensive rom com fare out. Beside sTom Stoppard's Oscar acceptance speech was excellent.

 

[1927]

Crash and SiL both won best picture. Shakespeare did better in box office. Is that the criteria, worst film to make the most money?

I have a confession I quite like SiL, there's far more offensive rom com fare out. Beside sTom Stoppard's Oscar acceptance speech was excellent.

Rocky won an Oscar, so it's no guarantee of quality.

I thought 1976 must have been a poor year for film, then I looked up the films Rocky beat! OMG!

 

[8den]

Rocky won an Oscar, so it's no guarantee of quality.

I'm not saying it is. In fact it isn't When Goodfellas lost to Dances with Wolves, I think Harvey Keital quipped "Marty got what he deserved exclusion from mediocrity".

It's just I'm struggling to see why a Time to Kill or Shakespeare in Love are being called the worst films, when by any criteria there are worse films than either one of them.

I thought 1976 must have been a poor year for film, then I looked up the films Rocky beat! OMG!

See Dances with Wolves. And so many other years.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Nothing wrong with Shakespeare in Love. It's a very good romantic comedy, and that's quite a neglected genre when it comes to awards. Was Groundhog Day even nominated for an Oscar (not that anything was beating Schindler's List that year).

 

[8den]

Nothing wrong with Shakespeare in Love. It's a very good romantic comedy, and that's quite a neglected genre when it comes to awards. Was Groundhog Day even nominated for an Oscar (not that anything was beating Schindler's List that year).

Wasn't even nominated. Bill Murray didn't win the MTV award for "best comedic performance" (Robin Williams won for Aladdin)

 

[Sue]

Patch Adams, The Robin Williams comedy oncology film. A film so bad, that I tried to walk out on it, but the steward refused to open the door as we were 40,000 feet up. The bastard.

And Nicholas Cage's and Neil La Bute re-make of The Wicker Man. The original had some terrible, wonderful flaws, but had charm, intelligence and some wonderful performances (especially by Edward Woodward). The re-make carefully excised all that was (often unintentionally) good, but kept a few famous lines from the original to make a hammy, boring and misogynist piece of expensive pap.

I too have been unfortunate enough to see Patch Adams and absolutely agree.

 

[The39thStep]

Rocky won an Oscar, so it's no guarantee of quality.

I thought 1976 must have been a poor year for film, then I looked up the films Rocky beat! OMG!

Rocky was great

 

[Gingerman]

Dances with Wolves isn't actually a bad film but you never feel like watching it again whereas Goodfellas bears repeated viewings.

 

[Gingerman]

Rocky was great

Rocky is a good film but certainly didn't deserve best picture Oscar over All the President's Men,Taxi Driver or Network

 

[DotCommunist]

The best thing to come out of Alladin was the Gameboy tie in game. Incredibly fun platformer.

 

[SovietArmy]

95% Hollywood films are shit.

 

[Gingerman]

With the exception of Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels everything Guy Richie has ever directed.......

 

[DotCommunist]

The one where brad ptt did a terrible terrible traveller accent was pretty good, but mainly for Bricktop and his pig rant.

 

[1927]

Rocky is a good film but certainly didn't deserve best picture Oscar over All the President's Men,Taxi Driver or Network

Exactly!

 

[butcher]

We may have a future contender:



Supposed to be an ironic 80s style comedy but just looks shit

 

[rekil]

In Search of a Midnight Kiss - rotten mumblecore or whatever it is vapidity with repulsive thoroughbred wanker characters.

 

[8den]

The studio reshot the ending because they didn't like a asian hero and his black love interest kissing in the final scene.

 

[8den]

We may have a future contender:



Supposed to be an ironic 80s style comedy but just looks shit

Everyone involved must have haemochromatosis.

 

[rekil]

Aftershock - Spoiled brats caught up in earthquake drama that leads to rampaging rapey hordes of escaped prisoners (ie, working class people). This shit got a cinema release in Dublin. Valparaiso cable car fall scene is well done tbf. Eli Roth. what is to be done with you.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I bought a copy of Snowmageddon in the shit bin at HMV last year, because it looked so awful. I underestimated just how shit it was.

 

[Gingerman]

A big fat smelly shitty turd of a film......

 

[not-bono-ever]

London has fallen. Fucking Hell. its the worst thing since hitler

 

[YouSir]

London has fallen. Fucking Hell. its the worst thing since hitler

Does it manage to get up again in the end?

 

[not-bono-ever]

i dont know. i went to bed after an hour of central london terrorist carnage