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Just saw Mystic River, what a pile of shit. Horrible movie, the acting was totally schizophrenic, at times decent to good, at times absolutely comical. The scene near the end with Sean Penn and his wife in their bedroom is one of the funniest scenes in movie history.
Feel free to respond, unless its to take up for that piece o shit.
I thought Crash (best picture Oscar in 2005) was a shit movie. Shit acting, melodramatic, shit storylines, exxagerated ideas. All those accolades jut for telling us that racists exist? Hollywood gives itself a political pat on the back.
To be fair most of Clint Eastwoods directorial efforts suck. I didn't much like this film either I have to say, and Million Dollar Baby was the flat out most depressing, miserable movie experience I've ever endured, it was like an exocet missile homed at the Oscars with a nuclear sized warhead of melodrama and despair to get the critics weeping and wailing and telling us how great it was.
I'm a big fan of Eastwood's older stuff, his Westerns etc, but all of his films now are just gloom and depression with characters loaded down with guilt, shame, suicidal tendencies and hopelessness.
He needs a hug.
I kind of liked the first hour or so of Million Dollar Baby but it quickly became shoot me in the head please. Not to mention how silly the boxing was.
Crash was ok I guess I didn't love it. Mystic River was shit, Gone baby Gone was a lot better, different director, same author though.
know what you mean re some Eastwood movies - depressing and dull : Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River
I also find some of the Coen brothers stuff shite (Intolerable Cruelty, Barton Fink, Burn After Reading) - others excellent mind.
I think maybe you just have to 'get' some of them ?? Bit like Monty Python - I just didn't get that either :-\
There really wasn't much to get with Python. Basically it was slapstick humour, not much to it, you either liked it or didn't. Certainly there is nothing I as a fan can explain to you to make you understand. That being said, some Python had a clever message to it. Life of Brian for example, was quite excellent satire.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
Easy. Rider. I was so glad when those two douchebags got dashed in the end.
Total agreementQuote:
Originally Posted by Killface
#1 Broke back mountain.
Should be erased totally from the mainstream,me and the misses just looked at each other and and shook our heads in disbelife. No story line, no nothing, just two cowgirlboys sneaking off for a bum.
Crap movie, just for gays I imagine.
Titanic....what a pile.
that made me laugh ! ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre
hah i thought i was the only one who hated it. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bilbo
the second medea family reunion movie sukked ass to me..... i hate tyler perry.
I blame our wifes and girlfriends for half the crap we have to sit through.
Theres no way a group of blokes would go out to watch some of this crap.
Van Wilder. people thought it was hilarious. pure garbage.
i had to watch Gigli with my girlfriend when i was in the 9th or 10th grade i cant remember but it was the worst movie i ever saw :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
The only and I mean ONLY thing good in that movie was that hhhhhhhot girl they kept getting to bend over to fish beer out of the bottom of the cooler. That girl was like a 10+.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingfrnkhah i thought i was the only one who hated it. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bilbo
the second medea family reunion movie sukked ass to me..... i hate tyler perry.
Found her. Jennifer Sears: Photos of Jennifer Sears
Love Guru comes to mind instantly.
Cold Mountain was rubbish.. Literally hired it when it first came out and didn't even bother finishing it..
Maybe it's just Nicole Kidman's horrible acting... Anyone that says she's a great actor that even deserves to be on screen, let alone win an Oscar, needs their head checked...
I heard an interview with her just after "Australia" came out, and the interviewer was saying "Is there any parts in the movie where you watch and be like, "okay, that was pretty good acting"" etc??
She replies "Oh no! I hardly ever watch my movies and when I do I just cringe (so do us all Nicole)" she then goes on saying "My whole career i've had to turn to people and go "Was that really horrible?" and they'd say it was great, but I always feel like i'm doing a terrible job"...
Well here is how I see it, literally because she IS doing a bad job..
But, if you're in a career.. A career you've chosen.. You work hard at it and are supposed to even be world class at it, you should at LEAST feel like you're doing a decent job.. Like, I have a pretty mundane job, but I can still look at things and go, "hey, i'm pretty proud of that.. Or, I worked well here"... The fact Nicole has never been proud of any acting she's done or ever felt like she's done a good job is evidence in itself that she's probably doing a shit job....
Although some critics can't stand her and see her wooden one note performance for what it is, a lot still think she's brilliant...
F'n shits me.. And she's ruined a tonne of potentially good movies..
:o Well, you've certainly let your thoughts be known in clear and certain terms. I kinda liked Cold Mountain, so I guess I need my head checked.;) Call me a sucker for a good romance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dizaster
I didn't think she was that bad, thought she did a decent job of playing a sheltered, pampered, naive girl who suddenly had to rely on herself in the cold cruel world. No accounting for taste I guess.
As for the interview, well there's lots of insecure artist types out there, I wouldn't put too much weight on answers like the ones she gave.
Come to think of it, I don't think she's a very good actress either
Boardering on Ginger too.Quote:
Originally Posted by OumaFan
Call me crazy but I have a few movies that I think are meh!...
Pirates of the Caribbean - Just didn't get the whole thing I mean it was a good movie but I not great.
Babel - Fuck me! was this a long movie.
Master and Commander - Just didn't get greatness from it.
I kind of liked Master and Commander :confused: Have thought about renting Babel like 43 times but never care enough to do so.
Technically I meant "great" in the sense of critics slobbering over it, Oscar nominations, kind of like Love Guru, but it doesn't matter I guess.
Crouching tiger hidden dragon is the worst movie I have ever seen, how many awards did that win?
Um the Bourne movies the camera shook soooo much it is impossible to watch, I don't get how any human on this planet can deal with that shakeycam.
Babel has been mentioned and is spot on.
Most pure action movies, really they all bore me. Die Hard included.
Ducking under the desk.......The Matrix.By the mid point of the 2nd one at least,Just done....ok we get it.
Really?Quote:
Originally Posted by amat
Sure you're not confused? With Bruce Willis, terrorists taking over the Nakatomi plaza?
I'm not even angry, just sad.
OumaFan you remind me of my brother. He shared very similar sentiments. Maybe if I was of the Die Hard era? I don't know.
Never seen it but I'm not sure the Love Guru counts.
Come out to the coast, have a few laughs
I may have butchered that.
Pomona?
Erkel's dad playing the disillusioned cop who ends up pulling his gun for the first time since he murdered a child who just had a play gun
you need to watch it again.
LOL I'm with you bud. Yes it was a neat concept, but you need a little more than a good idea to keep things going.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins
I never even saw the second or third Matrix movies, its not like I hated the first, just didn't have any interest in seeing them for some reason.
Erkel's dad? Wasn't it Laura's dad?Quote:
Originally Posted by OumaFan
and I'm glad you decided I must watch it again, maybe if I need to sleep one of these nights.
yea the Bourne movies sucked really bad. I only watched the 1st one, but that was all i needed to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by amat
and the Matrix movies suck too. like Spicoli said after the 1st one there was really no need for anymore like really.
Myself, I'm bever sure who to blame for a movie I dislike. Take most of the Rocky Movies, or Rambo movies for example. Is it just Stallone's acting that's shit, or is it the story, or the direction, or what?
Anyways, obviously I have little use for Stallone as an actor. Or is it just his characters I hate? :confused:
fuck you're right, Erkel wasn't a direct descendant was he? Good job remembering the daughters name.Quote:
Originally Posted by amatErkel's dad? Wasn't it Laura's dad?Quote:
Originally Posted by OumaFan
and I'm glad you decided I must watch it again, maybe if I need to sleep one of these nights.
As wrong as you generally are in this thread, the Bourne camera was a bit annoying, I only saw the first.
Reeves almost entered his David carusso phase...just playing it over the top,forcing it not to mention Laurence "don't call me Larry" Fishburn in 'super sci-fi ultra wise tough guy mode':kar:
Oh thank God someone else hates this movie!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins
I seen it one time, and that was one time too many. That movie was soooooooooo overrated.
It is one movie that I truly hate.
Two of mine
The Matrix-Great,Butthead as a sci fi star,huh huh huh huh,like what is the Matrix Beavis
Gladiator-Im a brooding General,now Im a brooding slave,now Im a brooding Gladiator,now Im a brooding................ According to this film,noone in the Roman Empire ever laughed. I can hear the director now,"Russell,now what we want for this scene,is the exact same facial expression youve had in the last 35 scenes.
I did like one scene in Titanic,the one where Dicaprio's character slips in to a watery grave
Ah mate I agree completely. I watched the first one and thought it was utter crapness I still can't believe that they managed to get a trilogy of blockbuster films and a whole range of kids toys out of that shit. I couldn never even bear to watch the second two.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
I know I'll be in a minority here too but the Dark Knight completely went over my head as well. Everyone I know told me how amazing it was but I had to stop watching after 30 minutes just becuase it's the campest, most ridiculous film I've ever seen.
I mean they tried to make it dark and realistic, but you just can't do that with a man who wears a black cape and dresses like a bat, with a stupid synthesized voice. It is by definition, campy, comic book fun for nerds, trying to dress it up as a serious dark fantasy is doomed to fail and only emphasises how ridiculous it really is.