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Fafnir wrote:Well, it's not like the actors had much help to begin with. In addition to horrible dialogue and direction, all they ever had was a blue wall to interact with (and I guess for those really emotional scenes, they got a green wall).

I recall an interview with Liam Neeson in which basically said just that, only not as nicely as you did.

Fierce Creatures with Michael Palin and John Cleese. Wasn't fantastic, but was reasonably entertaining.

rubiksnoob wrote:Fierce Creatures with Michael Palin and John Cleese. Wasn't fantastic, but was reasonably entertaining.

Yes..but basically anything with John Cleese is entertaining.

FITZZ wrote:

rubiksnoob wrote:Fierce Creatures with Michael Palin and John Cleese. Wasn't fantastic, but was reasonably entertaining.

Yes..but basically anything with John Cleese is entertaining.

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I recall a film called "The Out of Towners" with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, John Cleese played a Hotel Concierge and he was the ONLY thing funny about that film.

Event horizon is a film that I think should have got better reviews then it did. The concept was brilliant and it was pretty freaky.

A damn good sci-fi film in my books. And Sam Neil showed a darker side in this film you dont see in many of his other films

The Island? I've seen that movie twice and enjoyed it alot better the second time. I know it's Bayhem but hey, on that note i second all the people that have mentioned how Transformers 2 is a good popcorn movie. Ps i hate the bad boys Movies so i am not a michael Bay fanboy by any means.
On the star wars note George lucas DID write all the good dialogue in the first films but in the prequels because of his complete creative control he went too far. All the dialogue and ideas (apart from the rare comic relief. On that note Jarjar was merely an Ewok-like misfire) are highly indulgent in the prequels. In the originals certain concessions to commercial success had to be made hence the witty dialogue and general banter. Lucas probably wanted to make 'The Star Wars' like his dystopian (commercial) flop THX 1138. The producers didnt like this idea so persuaded him to include the chummy banter from his more successful American graffitti.

Just saw part of it today, but I always enjoyed "Sneakers".


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I also understand the annoyance of JarJar, but when I saw the movie the first time I was sitting next to a family with younger kids (probably around 7 yrs old) and I understood immediately the draw of JarJar when those kids would laugh at everything he did. He wasn't in the movie for those of us that grew up on Star Wars or the older kids/younger adults that wanted all the cool science fiction action, he was there for those kids.

Couple movies come to my mind, one has been said before.

Men Who Stare at Goats. and Burn After Reading.

Another one that has received cult status that i enjoy from time to time is Dark City.

FITZZ wrote: .

I recall a film called "The Out of Towners" with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, John Cleese played a Hotel Concierge and he was the ONLY thing funny about that film.

FITZZ wrote:
I recall a film called "The Out of Towners" with Steve Martin

FITZZ wrote:Steve Martin

Do not mention Steve Martin's name. Cheaper by the Dozen, the Pink Panther remakes. . . . these things can not be forgiven.

Ultramarines Movie.

I said it.

The rock was always fun for me

"1941" from what I know the movie wasn't well received but hell I thought it was funny at least =P.

rubiksnoob wrote:
Do not mention Steve Martin's name. Cheaper by the Dozen, the Pink Panther remakes. . . . these things can not be forgiven.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles too!!!? '0.0'

Perkustin wrote:The Island? I've seen that movie twice and enjoyed it alot better the second time. I know it's Bayhem but hey, on that note i second all the people that have mentioned how Transformers 2 is a good popcorn movie. Ps i hate the bad boys Movies so i am not a michael Bay fanboy by any means.
On the star wars note George lucas DID write all the good dialogue in the first films but in the prequels because of his complete creative control he went too far. All the dialogue and ideas (apart from the rare comic relief. On that note Jarjar was merely an Ewok-like misfire) are highly indulgent in the prequels. In the originals certain concessions to commercial success had to be made hence the witty dialogue and general banter. Lucas probably wanted to make 'The Star Wars' like his dystopian (commercial) flop THX 1138. The producers didnt like this idea so persuaded him to include the chummy banter from his more successful American graffitti.

Excuse me?

In the words of Tim from Spaced...'Jar Jar Binks makes the Ewoks look like fething SHAFT'

"A Complete History of my Sexual Failures", and" Frequently Asked Questions about Time Travel" are a pair of films that are little known, but either really quite touching (for the former at least, even though the guy is a complete prat) and funny, in that British sence of humour way. "Yeah, well I really thought that interview with ***** was going to go alright...till I remembered that she was a complete psychopath", after meeting an ex girlfriend to discuss how she fealt about their relationship (she was behind a screen typing her words into a speaker hook to a laptop¬¬).

Ghost Rider.

Hahaahaahaahaaa!

Who am I kidding? That movie was horrible.

There was this one movie... it was Dragons, Fire and Ice... or some name like that.

Personally I was expecting it to be terrible, but it wasn't to bad of a film considering it was an animated film based off a line of mega-blocks.

Gitkikka wrote:Ghost Rider.

Hahaahaahaahaaa!

Who am I kidding? That movie was horrible.

Short as the scene might be, where the old and new Ghostriders are riding together, to the refrains of Ghostriders In The Sky...makes that movie Win all on it's own.

That, and I'm looking forward to the sequel!

+1 to Howard the Duck. That movie is basically the definition of guilty pleasure.

Outlander! Oh wait.. that movie is just awesome

Ultramarines. It's not as ropy as everyone says.

Ice Pirates.

because its cool when your freighter gets infected with space herpes.

Guitardian wrote:Ice Pirates.

because its cool when your freighter gets infected with space herpes.

+1

Van Helsing

It's by no means a good movie, but it's a fun, stupid action movie that pays homage to the old monster movie greats. For a guy who tends to hate action movies, I really don't mind this one. It's just so filled with camp that it's hard not to like in one way or another.

I'll second "Van Helsing" and add in "A league of Extraordinary Gentlemen".

Oh I can't forget about "The Crow" either.

I think this counts as it did not do well at the box office, but it is a great movie "The Shawshank Redemption".

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Controversial! Really didn't like some bits of that one. Others were cool.

Fafnir wrote:Van Helsing

It's by no means a good movie, but it's a fun, stupid action movie that pays homage to the old monster movie greats. For a guy who tends to hate action movies, I really don't mind this one. It's just so filled with camp that it's hard not to like in one way or another.

+1. I never expected it to be a cinematic masterpiece, but it was fun and entertaining.

Equilibrium wasn't all that bad either, but man it got slammed hard by critics.

I really liked Equilbrium. Worked nicely if you ask me.

As for Van Helsing.... It has it's moments!

Zardoz, also +1 for Equilibrium.