Bad Films I watched this weekend

[pidsy]

irocfan said:

Adam B said:

I am on a roll this weekend and the missus is questioning not only my taste but my sanity

R.I.P.D. (just out on Sky Movies)

Cops, big guns, sci-fi and monsters, Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges - on the face of it promising

oh boy

Tries so bad to be MIB and fails miserably, copies the most of the plot of MIB 1, copies the lead characters, and the "monsters" are all like the possessed hick from MIB 1

but none of MIB's wit, imagination or charm

2/10

couldn't agree with you more, IMO it had all the right ingredients (though I had problems understand WTF Jeff B was trying to say), some lovely visuals, a couple of neat lines in humour and yet I'd rather go to the dentist than watch it again

Could have been good.

But wasn't!

Wtf was Jeff bridges accent about!?

[Tyy]

Need for speed, quite possibly the worst movie I have watched in my entire life...

[Negative Creep]

toppstuff said:

chris watton said:

skilly1 said:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Fantastic CGI but predicable story line. No dramatic plot twists and did not engage with any characters so could not care what happened to them.

I may go against the grain here, but I do not like the Planet of the Apes movies so much, I find them quite depressing. It seems Hollywood relishes in the kind of movie that depicts mother nature and all other species as good, and humans irredeemably bad - so bad that we're expected to cheer as CGI effects wipe us out....

I agree with this sentiment. These films seem to have been created by people full of self loathing for humankind. They are bleakly cynical IMO. Clumsy and heavy handed, too.

Do not interest me at all.

Rather that than happy ever after faireytales or America fk yeah type films?

[chris watton]

Negative Creep said:

toppstuff said:

chris watton said:

skilly1 said:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Fantastic CGI but predicable story line. No dramatic plot twists and did not engage with any characters so could not care what happened to them.

I may go against the grain here, but I do not like the Planet of the Apes movies so much, I find them quite depressing. It seems Hollywood relishes in the kind of movie that depicts mother nature and all other species as good, and humans irredeemably bad - so bad that we're expected to cheer as CGI effects wipe us out....

I agree with this sentiment. These films seem to have been created by people full of self loathing for humankind. They are bleakly cynical IMO. Clumsy and heavy handed, too.

Do not interest me at all.

Rather that than happy ever after faireytales or America fk yeah type films?

Really!

You typed that?

[Negative Creep]

Yes. Do you have an aversion to anything with a downbeat ending?

[chris watton]

Negative Creep said:

Yes. Do you have an aversion to anything with a downbeat ending?

No - I just don't like the Planet of the Apes movies too much. I am sorry if this opinion offends you.

[Negative Creep]

chris watton said:

Negative Creep said:

Yes. Do you have an aversion to anything with a downbeat ending?

No - I just don't like the Planet of the Apes movies too much. I am sorry if this opinion offends you.

Not in the slightest. Although seeing as it's an origin story for a scenario where Apes become the dominant species on Earth I'm not entirely sure what you were expecting? Humanity getting its comeuppance for messing with nature has always been a very common theme in films - you could go right back to the likes of Frankenstein, Godzilla or The Day The Earth Stood Still as evidence.

[vladcjelli]

Just flicked on Sharknado 2 to see a guy chainsawing a falling shark in twain, from nose to tail.

Do I need to watch more, or should I go back to the commonwealth games?

[sanguinary]

Go back to the games and wait for the repeat so you can watch all of it! It's going to be a classic.

[Asterix]

chris watton said:

Negative Creep said:

Yes. Do you have an aversion to anything with a downbeat ending?

No - I just don't like the Planet of the Apes movies too much. I am sorry if this opinion offends you.

You'd love 'The Road'.

A cheery tale of a boy and his dad on a road trip full of fun.

[chris watton]

Asterix said:

You'd love 'The Road'.

A cheery tale of a boy and his dad on a road trip full of fun.

Have seen it - we had a double bill of misery including Winters Bone!

[El Guapo]

I watched The Good Shepherd last night. De Niro took a great cast and a potentially interesting story and turned it into a long, tedious mess.
The worst thing about this movie was the relentless, intrusive background music, which meant that I was straining to hear the dialogue much of the time.

[Langweilig]

The Immortals. 45 minutes in and I can say, "BORRRIIING!"

[ajprice]

After watching 2 Headed Shark Attack the other night, I'm on the hunt for Asylum/SyFy and similar crappy b movies. I've got Jurassic Shark saved on Blinkbox, it was 99p to buy it (that offer might still be on), the others on there are £2.50 rentals, and I'm not paying that much for them .

No I don't have Sky.

[MiniMan64]

chris watton said:

skilly1 said:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Fantastic CGI but predicable story line. No dramatic plot twists and did not engage with any characters so could not care what happened to them.

I may go against the grain here, but I do not like the Planet of the Apes movies so much, I find them quite depressing. It seems Hollywood relishes in the kind of movie that depicts mother nature and all other species as good, and humans irredeemably bad - so bad that we're expected to cheer as CGI effects wipe us out....

Don't watch Terminator 3

[ExV8]

Total Recall 2013

I really tried to like it and it did have references to the original but it just could not compare.

[irocfan]

Langweilig said:

The Immortals. 45 minutes in and I can say, "BORRRIIING!"

yup - I was really looking forward to this and the best thing I can say about it is 'meh'. Quite how they can turn in something that turgid is beyond me

[Timbergiant]

Under The Skin, what a pile of crap, not quite as bad as Only God Forgives but it was close.

[Pistom]

How did I manage to get 20 minutes into The Holiday before I turned over?

[renmure]

Hercules: The Legend Begins.

Oh dear!! Definitely up there with some of the worst movies I have watched.