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"Mulholland Drive" hands down. A movie's a mess when even the director doesn't know what's going on. Amazed this filmed was relatively well-recieved. To me, the Emperor has no clothes.
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| Posts: 2 | Location: Chicago | Registered: 29 May 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by GHowe65:
To me, the Emperor has no clothes.
You must have laughed a lot in Return of the jedi
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| Posts: 577 | Location: Kent | Registered: 29 September 2005 | |
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Death Ship (1980)
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Right! A while back I mentioned a film called Slugs. It's SO BAD it's hilarious. Some of you may remember Shaun Hutson's gory little novel on which the film is based. Thing is, I have unearthed the classic trailer for the film - You have to see this. I love the bit where the narrator says it's 'The most shocking film you will ever see'. Those words are very well chosen. Link - Slugs film trailerEnjoy!
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| Posts: 577 | Location: Kent | Registered: 29 September 2005 | |
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Flash Gordon (1980). Keep in mind I saw it a few months ago, so it's so outrageously cheesy and bad that it's pretty funny.
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| Posts: 1071 | Location: Back, after an eternal hiatus | Registered: 24 April 2007 | |
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Oh come on! Don't be dissing the mighty Flash! That film is great and the soundtrack rocks. Star Wars can fuck off.
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| Posts: 577 | Location: Kent | Registered: 29 September 2005 | |
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Misremembering Flash Gordon: Ming the Merciless 'Titus, I'm bored. What plaything can you offer me today?' Titus 'An obscure type 3 planet in the delta sector. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet Eaaartth (word drawn out contemptously) Titus 'Shall you destroy this...Earth, your majesty?' Ming the Merciless 'Not yet. I like to play with things a while before obliteration...ha ha ha ha ha' Go, Flash Go!!
'for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until I die.'
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| Posts: 2110 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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Eaaaaarth... Classic - I love that film so much. It's stupid, sexy, funny and has occasional gore. And did I mention the soundtrack ROCKS?! (again). Anyways - getting back to the matter in hand. did anyone check out Slugs? If you haven't, please click on the link a few posts back. Even the premise of the film is bad. How can anyone die from a slug attack? You'd have to be a very slow runner. In fact you'd have to be in a coma before slugs had time to eat you. Isn't anyone remotely interested in a film about killer slugs? How can it fail to be anything less than preposterously amusing?
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| Posts: 577 | Location: Kent | Registered: 29 September 2005 | |
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anyone who moves slowly enuf to be devoured by slugs deserves it.
"give me ambiguity or give me something else."
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| Posts: 1050 | Location: somewhere flyfishing | Registered: 03 December 2006 | |
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Dats the worst "horror" movie ive seen in ages
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hey there #1 tsotsi, welcome to the forums. But do you really have to write 'dats', instead of thats? Hmmm?
'for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until I die.'
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| Posts: 2110 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Duncan Black:
Eaaaaarth...
Classic - I love that film so much. It's stupid, sexy, funny and has occasional gore. And did I mention the soundtrack ROCKS?! (again).
Anyways - getting back to the matter in hand. did anyone check out Slugs?
If you haven't, please click on the link a few posts back. Even the premise of the film is bad. How can anyone die from a slug attack? You'd have to be a very slow runner. In fact you'd have to be in a coma before slugs had time to eat you.
Isn't anyone remotely interested in a film about killer slugs? How can it fail to be anything less than preposterously amusing?
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| Posts: 693 | Location: Tampa, FL | Registered: 22 October 2005 | |
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Moulin Rouge with Nicole Kidman. There are many worst movies, but this is one. Too many are tied for first place.
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Posted 25 August 2007 08:05 PM
Moulin Rouge with Nicole Kidman. There are many worst movies, but this is one. Too many are tied for first place.
Moulin Rouge (2001) is among my top favorite movies and was inspiring as this generation's first musical to really become a classic hit since All That Jazz was nominated for the Academy's best picture, best actor, best direction, and best cinematography in 1979 and Cabaret was won best actress awards for Liza Minnelli, best supporting actor for Joel Gray, best direction for Bobe Fosse, and best cinematography even while The Godfather would win best picture that same year, and Fiddler on the Roof received similar recognition as Moulin Rouge in 1971. Hello Dolly and Sweet Charity would receive Academy nominations in 1979 while Funny Girl and Oliver would be similarly recognized a year before in 1968, Camelot and Throughly Modern Millie in 1967. The Sound of Music won best pciture in 1965 while My Fair Lady won best picture just a year before that in 1964. And of course the classic West Side Story in 1961 would become a legend as one of the best movies of the sixties. Moulin Rouge brought a refreshing, new contemporary update to the Hollywood musical while incorporating great music, song, and eternal romance. In fact in myu opinion, such a new generational phenomenon, the Academy Awards had to wait until the next year 2002 to recognize musicals as a legitmate cinema artform once again when Chicago would win a best supporting actor nomination for John C. Reilly and a best actress nomination for Renee Zellweger, as well as best supporting actress award for Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah. That same year, Nicole Kidman would win belatedly her best actress award for The Hours and Renee Zellwegger would win her belately best supporting actress award the next year in 2003 for Cold Mountain. In one way, Moulin Rouge made such a positive impact as a musical on the movie industry that it could be argued that it influenced the Academy award nominations and awards for the next two years. It would be hard to consider this movie as the worst movie based on the aesthetic impact it had on the movie industry opening the door for Chicago the next year. |
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| Posts: 955 | Location: Utah, United States | Registered: 22 July 2005 | |
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quote: GHowe65 Slacker
Posted 29 May 2007 09:34 AM
"Mulholland Drive" hands down. A movie's a mess when even the director doesn't know what's going on. Amazed this filmed was relatively well-recieved. To me, the Emperor has no clothes.
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Just because I'm assuming you don't know what's going on in the movie doesn't necessarily mean that the director doesn't know. The director, David Lynch, has excelled in the mysterious, twisted style of confusion in most of his movies and just because the audience might be confused doesn't mean that Lynch hasn't deliberately made this movie into some chaotic mess. Instead, this movie has been praised for its twisted and convoluted storyline that leaves much open to interpretation and fantastic imaginative ruminations. Unlike Lost in Translation (2003) which was scripted and directed in a most literal, slice of life style, Mulholland Drive and its beauty and power comes from its layer upon layer of dense and dark murkiness that requires the audience to move beyond simple sensory experience and actually become engaged as to what's going on. |
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| Posts: 955 | Location: Utah, United States | Registered: 22 July 2005 | |
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quote: Originally posted by tabuno:
Moulin Rouge brought a refreshing, new contemporary update to the Hollywood musical while incorporating great music, song, and eternal romance. In fact in myu opinion, such a new generational phenomenon, the Academy Awards had to wait until the next year 2002 to recognize musicals as a legitmate cinema artform once again when Chicago would win a best supporting actor nomination for John C. Reilly and a best actress nomination for Renee Zellweger, as well as best supporting actress award for Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah. That same year, Nicole Kidman would win belatedly her best actress award for The Hours and Renee Zellwegger would win her belately best supporting actress award the next year in 2003 for Cold Mountain.
In one way, Moulin Rouge made such a positive impact as a musical on the movie industry that it could be argued that it influenced the Academy award nominations and awards for the next two years. It would be hard to consider this movie as the worst movie based on the aesthetic impact it had on the movie industry opening the door for Chicago the next year.
I like these last two points you made tabuno. I don't think that Moulin Rouge is anywhere near one of the worst movies of all time at all. That doesn't mean that I love it but I certainly don't dislike it by any means. That happens to be one of my girlfriend's favorite movies and she is a bug musical buff. I also agree with you that Moulin Rouge did in fact open the doors for many musicals for years to follow and that it is the reason that Chicago won the Oscar for Best Picture. I also just wanted to say that I also agree with you that My Fair Lady is great, I consider it to be one of the best movies of the 60s and yes, that is mostly due to my girlfriend's love for that movie.
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| Posts: 5738 | Location: Texas | Registered: 27 December 2005 | |
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quote: FragileKidA
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Posted 26 August 2007 06:46 PM Hide Post
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Originally posted by tabuno:
Moulin Rouge brought a refreshing, new contemporary update to the Hollywood musical while incorporating great music, song, and eternal romance. In fact in myu opinion, such a new generational phenomenon, the Academy Awards had to wait until the next year 2002 to recognize musicals as a legitmate cinema artform once again when Chicago would win a best supporting actor nomination for John C. Reilly and a best actress nomination for Renee Zellweger, as well as best supporting actress award for Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah. That same year, Nicole Kidman would win belatedly her best actress award for The Hours and Renee Zellwegger would win her belately best supporting actress award the next year in 2003 for Cold Mountain.
In one way, Moulin Rouge made such a positive impact as a musical on the movie industry that it could be argued that it influenced the Academy award nominations and awards for the next two years. It would be hard to consider this movie as the worst movie based on the aesthetic impact it had on the movie industry opening the door for Chicago the next year.
I like these last two points you made tabuno. I don't think that Moulin Rouge is anywhere near one of the worst movies of all time at all. That doesn't mean that I love it but I certainly don't dislike it by any means. That happens to be one of my girlfriend's favorite movies and she is a bug musical buff. I also agree with you that Moulin Rouge did in fact open the doors for many musicals for years to follow and that it is the reason that Chicago won the Oscar for Best Picture.
I also just wanted to say that I also agree with you that My Fair Lady is great, I consider it to be one of the best movies of the 60s and yes, that is mostly due to my girlfriend's love for that movie.
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