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I'd like to add one to my list of "shouldn't like":Last Action Hero.
I watch a tonne of action movies. I admit that it occasionally doesn't know what it wants to be, but otherwise I love it as a comedy/parody of one of my favorite genres. "You can't trust him, he killed Mozart!" and the scene with the dynamite. Classic parody.
I loved that scene and the one where he gets out of the tar pit. Starts wiping his face with this little towel, it cuts to the kid, and cuts back and he suddenly all clean. It was awesome.
I loved that scene and the one where he gets out of the tar pit. Starts wiping his face with this little towel, it cuts to the kid, and cuts back and he suddenly all clean. It was awesome.
I'd like to add one to my list of "shouldn't like":Last Action Hero.
I watch a tonne of action movies. I admit that it occasionally doesn't know what it wants to be, but otherwise I love it as a comedy/parody of one of my favorite genres. "You can't trust him, he killed Mozart!" and the scene with the dynamite. Classic parody.
Even better is the kid's line, "you know, tar sticks to some people."
Even better is the kid's line, "you know, tar sticks to some people."I loved that scene and the one where he gets out of the tar pit. Starts wiping his face with this little towel, it cuts to the kid, and cuts back and he suddenly all clean. It was awesome.
I'd like to add one to my list of "shouldn't like":Last Action Hero.
I watch a tonne of action movies. I admit that it occasionally doesn't know what it wants to be, but otherwise I love it as a comedy/parody of one of my favorite genres. "You can't trust him, he killed Mozart!" and the scene with the dynamite. Classic parody.
Then his daughter shows up with fresh clothes.
Commando.
Any Jean-Claude VanDamme movie.
Any Steven Segal movie.
Two moon junction.
Red Dawn.
Any kinky movie with Mickey Rourke as a romantic lead.
I live in Asia, and get to see some truly awful Hong Kong made movies.
Any movie where the make-up is visible.
Another shout to Showgirls.
Star Wars, ep 1 to 3. (Love-hate defined.)
Night Watch, and Day Watch.
Oliver Stone's Alexander.
Underworld 1 and 2
Thai action movies.
Blaxploitaion. Sexploitation. Russ Miller.
I love bad movies, and see them as a psychological lens on their creators.
I often really like films that are hated by critics.
Is Legally Blonde bad?It taught me everything I have ever needed to know about practicing law...
(okay, I picked up some stuff from Ally McBeal too - judges love short skirts)
I have a mental image of a guy who looks like your avatar (which is how I imagine you as a person) in court wearing a short skirt.
I have a mental image of a guy who looks like your avatar (which is how I imagine you as a person) in court wearing a short skirt.Is Legally Blonde bad?It taught me everything I have ever needed to know about practicing law...
(okay, I picked up some stuff from Ally McBeal too - judges love short skirts)
Ugh. That's a wretched sight.
I saw the first Michael Keating Batman movie around 1990. it played in the amphiteater at my college and cost $2.50. Eighteen years later I am still bitter over spending that much to see such drek. Jack Nicholson was terrible as the joker. I did not expect much from Keating as Batman because he is not right for the role, not that he is a terrible actor.
um, seriously? i thought nicholson was electric as the joker.
and btw, it's "keaton." :-)
messy
and aparently I'm not supposed to like them from this thread but I loved batman 1 & 2 with Tim Burton directing
ya...i'm getting that feeling too... but i loved the Nicholson Joker, and watching Batman is my first memory of watching a movie with my Dad, so that may be clouding my judgement, but i thought the Burton movies were great.
I saw the first Michael Keating Batman movie around 1990. it played in the amphiteater at my college and cost $2.50. Eighteen years later I am still bitter over spending that much to see such drek. Jack Nicholson was terrible as the joker. I did not expect much from Keating as Batman because he is not right for the role, not that he is a terrible actor.um, seriously? i thought nicholson was electric as the joker.
and btw, it's "keaton." :-)
messy
I agree I think both "big" movie protrayals of Joker have been amazing. Then again I could never get into batman comics so I don't really know the comic portrayal which is where I think a lot of the haters come from.
I know one person who refuses to see the new Batman because in his opinion "Joker isn't some psychopath that just shoots people" I told him that it's an amazing portrayal but all he can say is that the cartoon joker (from the early 90s I think was when that was on) is the only way joker should be played and is considered more core than the comic books by DC... whatever that means.
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Hawk the Slayer IMDB link.
I loved it, from the cheese special effects, to the Renaissance fair reject costumes, to the Casio keyboard sound track.
Alice in Wonderland - the porn musical, it's cheesy but it's also the first porn movie I ever rented and thus holds a special place in my heart
Bakshi's Lord of the Rings - better, in some ways, than Jackson's
Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace - the only Star Wars prequel worth watching, it has the only 2 interesting characters of the whole prequel series (Darth Maul and Qui Gon Jin), best light saber duel of the whole series
Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame - a lot of it isn't as endearing as most other Disney cartoons, but Frollo is the most interesting villain in almost any Disney film.
Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace - the only Star Wars prequel worth watching, it has the only 2 interesting characters of the whole prequel series (Darth Maul and Qui Gon Jin), best light saber duel of the whole series
You know I have a theory about the star wars prequels, I firmly believe that he is a good director for a 2 hour film. After that he falls apart. The problem he made all the prequels 3 hours. I believe that if I knew someone capable of doing it I could edit out 1 hour from each of those films and they'd be great movies.
EDIT: obviously the place to start is Jar-jar and any mention of meta-chlorians, then any scene involving R2-D2 flying or the guy who plays anakin being too annoying. Half the lame chase scenes and a couple of other things that ruined the film like Death-sticks *rolls eyes*
You know I have a theory about the star wars prequels, I firmly believe that he is a good director for a 2 hour film. After that he falls apart. The problem he made all the prequels 3 hours. I believe that if I knew someone capable of doing it I could edit out 1 hour from each of those films and they'd be great movies.Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace - the only Star Wars prequel worth watching, it has the only 2 interesting characters of the whole prequel series (Darth Maul and Qui Gon Jin), best light saber duel of the whole series
I like Star Wars as much (or more) than the next person -- but the first episode was crap (IMO). Why was Darth Maul "interesting"? He didn't do anything (other than fight). Darth Maul may have been the most shallow character I have ever seen on the big screen.
I like Star Wars as much (or more) than the next person -- but the first episode was crap (IMO). Why was Darth Maul "interesting"? He didn't do anything (other than fight). Darth Maul may have been the most shallow character I have ever seen on the big screen.You know I have a theory about the star wars prequels, I firmly believe that he is a good director for a 2 hour film. After that he falls apart. The problem he made all the prequels 3 hours. I believe that if I knew someone capable of doing it I could edit out 1 hour from each of those films and they'd be great movies.Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace - the only Star Wars prequel worth watching, it has the only 2 interesting characters of the whole prequel series (Darth Maul and Qui Gon Jin), best light saber duel of the whole series
Three words
Dual ended lightsaber
I like Star Wars as much (or more) than the next person -- but the first episode was crap (IMO). Why was Darth Maul "interesting"? He didn't do anything (other than fight). Darth Maul may have been the most shallow character I have ever seen on the big screen.
I'd say that he was interesting because Lucas didn't tell us much about him and, Lucas being Lucas, ruin the hell out of it for us.
He's got panache, he's got a killer look, he's enigmatic. And he's 10x as interesting as EVERY OTHER CHARACTER IN THE PREQUELS with the singular exception of Qui Gon who is genuinely interesting.
