Bad films that should have been good...

Gashman · 24 Feb 2011 at 01:25

4T5 said:
War of the Worlds.

+1 million to this, all I will say is GOD DAMN YOU STEVEN SPEILBERG! to be honest though I don't think Tom Cruise was too bad in the movie, at least for his role in the plot, the kids were so freaking annoying though! the Tripods are simply the coolest looking movie 'villains' period in my opinion, it should have been an 18 rated, eerie, science-fiction / horror masterpiece, much longer than two hours long, bring back the heat-ray, its horrible and disturbing! bring the black-smoke from the book, the list for me goes on and on with this movie!

would personally of filmed it from a handheld style point of view if I was directing it, think it would give the story a terrifying and eerie perspective, to see it from street level if you will!

Flibster · 24 Feb 2011 at 01:27

Star Wars - Holiday Special.

There is no way to fix it.

Castiel · 24 Feb 2011 at 01:32

Gashman said:
+1 million to this, all I will say is GOD DAMN YOU STEVEN SPEILBERG! to be honest though I don't think Tom Cruise was too bad in the movie, at least for his role in the plot, the kids were so freaking annoying though! the Tripods are simply the coolest looking movie 'villains' period in my opinion, it should have been an 18 rated, eerie, science-fiction / horror masterpiece, much longer than two hours long, bring back the heat-ray, its horrible and disturbing! bring the black-smoke from the book, the list for me goes on and on with this movie!

would personally of filmed it from a handheld style point of view if I was directing it, think it would give the story a terrifying and eerie perspective, to see it from street level if you will!

God no!

Handheld camera filming sucks.

Gashman · 24 Feb 2011 at 01:37

Castiel said:
God no!

Handheld camera filming sucks.

think it has potential in certain circumstances, depends on the style and theme of the movie for me, I think there are parts of WOTW that could have been really eerie and shocking if witnessed from a first person point of view rather than the disjointed point of view it was seen in. I reckon combined with good sound effects the 'emergance' scene in the movie could have been done with much more 'impact' if witnessed from ground level, from the perspective of those seeing it, sometimes its what you don't see that makes the difference as opposed to what you do see, Cloverfield was very powerful in that respect even though so many people dislike it. the fact in the cinema we go from simply walking down a street to almost deafening screaming and gunfire is pretty incredible moment, imagine that but with Tripods and that horrible horn / black smoke!

tom91x91 · 24 Feb 2011 at 01:40

inception, great concept but just ruined by a garbage story and overall crappyness.

robgmun · 24 Feb 2011 at 07:35

Streeteh said:
Oooo and, Alien Resurrection - Got rid of the entire band of 'lovable rogues'. Just had Ripley, the android and that marine guy who helped them out. The premise was great, it's just that band of pirates were utterly cringe worthy and considering they were the majority of the main cast, the film was doomed.

Nothing wrong with Alien Resurrection until the last 10mins, then a half-decent film turned to a steaming pile of turd with the arrival of the alien baby

Plunk13 · 24 Feb 2011 at 09:26

Judge Dredd. Fingers crossed for the remake.

jp_bl_68 · 24 Feb 2011 at 09:55

I quite like Judge Dredd

J.T · 24 Feb 2011 at 10:13

"Superman Returns" I so wanted this to be the Superman film I had always hoped for being a big fan of the comics for many years!!!

I have hope for the next Superman film seeing as Nolan is involved and Henry Cavil is taking over lead roll, but still have a dark feeling inside me its going to stink.

Participant · 24 Feb 2011 at 10:17

-Ad- said:
The Departed, had Infernal affairs never existed.

Stupid departed is a stupid hollywood aids fail!

*slap*

The Departed is brilliant.

My nomination goes to I Am Legend. Could have been so much better

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daz · 24 Feb 2011 at 10:24

Some great trolling in here.

Having a go at 'The Departed' and 'Inception' is pretty laughable. If you think they're bad films you obviously don't watch many films.

arknor · 24 Feb 2011 at 10:41

Castiel said:
Scarface!

wtf

most people seem to like it only 10.5% of votes rate it below a 7 out of 165,287 people which surely puts you in a minority seeing as 77.2% rate it 8 or higher

Pate · 24 Feb 2011 at 13:01

arknor said:
wtf

most people seem to like it only 10.5% of votes rate it below a 7 out of 165,287 people which surely puts you in a minority seeing as 77.2% rate it 8 or higher

Scarface is the kinda film teenagers like and have the obligatory tony montana poster on their wall.

It was a crap film imo.

arknor · 24 Feb 2011 at 13:08

kenmare said:
Scarface is the kinda film teenagers like and have the obligatory tony montana poster on their wall.

It was a crap film imo.

wierd cost the majority of votes on the imdb site are from people aged 18-29

im guessing most of them are above twenteen seeing as the next biggest age group of voters for the film is the 30-39 age range

-Ad- · 24 Feb 2011 at 14:17

Robbie G said:
*slap*

The Departed is brilliant.

My nomination goes to I Am Legend. Could have been so much better .

It's crap hollywood remake rubbish!

Buy the Infernal Affairs trilogy and watch them, you shall be educated

£23 for the dvd or £30 for the blu-ray set, stunning films and should be in any film lovers collection.

Participant · 24 Feb 2011 at 14:22

Trilogy?! I've seen Infernal Affairs (yes it was good), had no idea there were two more films.

Grandmaster Fap! · 24 Feb 2011 at 14:28

jp_bl_68 said:
I quite like Judge Dredd

Christ no! Stalone + annoying sidekick + removal of helmet = FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!

Hopefully the new one makes it all better *rocks gently in corner*

utajoker · 24 Feb 2011 at 18:34

Jeepers Creepers - why oh why a monster.

war of the worlds - why oh why Tom Cruise

AVP - why oh why.

starship troopers 2/3 - just make more of the first, thats all it needed.

zootfloot · 24 Feb 2011 at 18:41

utajoker said:
starship troopers 2/3 - just make more of the first, thats all it needed.

Never has a truer statement been made.

PermaBanned · 24 Feb 2011 at 18:45

Chicken #16 said:
Johnny Depp's musical version of Sweeny Todd. Cut out the singing for a start

I loved it personally.

A lot of 'bad' films seem to be adaptations of 'good' books, like The Golden Compass and Eragon. I guess the only things to do about it would be to have a director that really appreciates what made the book good and can capture that, and make sure the writing stays as close to the book as possible.