Biggest waste of celluloid ever?

Matblack said:
He's Penski, thats what he does, besides hes entitled to an opinion, I didn't like the sequels much either tbh

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Hey that was my point. The sequels were dire in comparison to the first, which is still one of (if not) my favourite film ever. And i wont have no namby-pamby arty-farty wannabe film critic tell me otherwise! ;)

Not aimed at anyone here, living with a 'film-student' i get fed up of being told its a crap film :p
 
Agr3sive said:
Got to be Cube, that really was awful.
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I thought about Cube but I couldn't honestly class it as the biggest waste of celluloid ever. It isn't all that bad a film once you get round the fact that you have no idea to begin with how or why they are there, it does get better although I still couldn't help hoping that none of them would make it out.
 
nutcase_1uk said:
Blair Witch Project. The only lasting memory was a headache. Build up the tension. Then don't even use it!
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Wasn't it filmed on HI8 video? :p

Alright, I won't take "waste of celluoid" literally. I agree.


Scam said:
I'm probably going to cause a fuss here, but i'd have to say Platoon. Boring, nonsensical rubbish consisting of 2hrs of watching guys talk in the jungle. Boring as hell and totally over-rated!
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:confused:

You don't like Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket either? Just interested.

Platoon is the definitive Vietnam movie in my opinion. Apocalypse Now is the one I just didn't get(have tried to watch it twice, both on tv and dropped off at some point on each occasion).

I nominate Santa with Muscles for biggest waste of celluloid.
 
I'd say Jeepers Creepers.

I started to Mystery Science Theatre 3000 it about 10 minutes in, had the randoms around me in stiches :D
 
Waterworld: I don't mind the odd plot hole, especially in sci-fi, but that was just stupid. The closest I've ever come to walking out of the cinema.

Mystery Men: Pathetic. A guy with super farts? Amazingly even less funny than it sounds.

The Fly 2: "Hmmmm, we seem to be making a rubbish movie......better throw loads of gore in and hope nobody notices the rest of it....".
 
Belmit said:
I couldn't stand Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Absolutely terrible I thought.
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For the truth...would not have been so bad if they actually explained why they were able to do all the stuff they could :(

What was the story again?
 
Raikiri said:
For the truth...would not have been so bad if they actually explained why they were able to do all the stuff they could :(

What was the story again?
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I suggest you don't watch many kung fu films then, you will hate them I reckon :)

My understanding of it goes they could do those amazing stunts as expert practioners of their respective martial arts, the idea of being able to do improbable stunts is quite strong in kung fu films with spinning or even floating on air being prevalent. Wire-work being quite a large part of many of these films anyway and you have to remember this isn't designed primarily for a western audience. It was a beautiful film and I thoroughly enjoyed it but that might just be because I like films like that anyway.

For more 'realism' you could try Ong Bak which has no wire-work but no story really either and overdone slow-mo but still quite entertaining and impressive for the altheticism of Tony Jaa. For comedy I'd suggest Kung Fu Hustle, just suspend disbelief and enjoy a real feel-good film which is so over the top it is brilliant. :)
 
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