Bad Films I watched this weekend
Discussion
The Other Woman.
I was told it was a reasonable film so it was downloaded and watched...
... for 15 minutes.
What a load of s
t! The wife of the guy (Jamie Lannister dude) was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying that when it got to the bit where they left the bar, after she was sick, that was the point we gave up.
It might have become better but the wife and I will never find out.
I was told it was a reasonable film so it was downloaded and watched...
... for 15 minutes.
What a load of s
t! The wife of the guy (Jamie Lannister dude) was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying that when it got to the bit where they left the bar, after she was sick, that was the point we gave up.It might have become better but the wife and I will never find out.
Kick Ass 2
God, what a disappointment. None of the charm, humour or tongue-in-cheek sense of fun of the first film. Lame main plot, stupid teen-angst sub-plot, fight scenes that took themselves seriously (and were a failure as a result), and overall just a terrible film.
The worst thing is that I actually bought it too - in a "3 for £20" deal on Blu-Rays. Oh well.
God, what a disappointment. None of the charm, humour or tongue-in-cheek sense of fun of the first film. Lame main plot, stupid teen-angst sub-plot, fight scenes that took themselves seriously (and were a failure as a result), and overall just a terrible film.
The worst thing is that I actually bought it too - in a "3 for £20" deal on Blu-Rays. Oh well.
Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 10th September 21:10
JonRB said:
Kick Ass 2
God, what a disappointment. None of the charm, humour or tongue-in-cheek sense of fun of the first film. Lame main plot, stupid teen-angst sub-plot, fight scenes that took themselves seriously (and were a failure as a result), and overall just a terrible film.
The worst thing is that I actually bought it too - in a "3 for £20" deal on Blu-Rays. Oh well.
The original felt fresh exciting and even dangerous, whereas the sequel just seemed to play it pretty safe and wasn't as engaging. A good example is the mugging scene early on, where Hit Girl just beats up the criminals and then spouts an awful one liner. Back in the first film she dropped the c-bomb then killed everyone there without hesitation, including a woman who wasn't any direct threat. Plus what was that cafeteria scene about? It looks like something out of Monty Python and doesn't fit at all with the tone of the film.God, what a disappointment. None of the charm, humour or tongue-in-cheek sense of fun of the first film. Lame main plot, stupid teen-angst sub-plot, fight scenes that took themselves seriously (and were a failure as a result), and overall just a terrible film.
The worst thing is that I actually bought it too - in a "3 for £20" deal on Blu-Rays. Oh well.
Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 10th September 21:10
Negative Creep said:
JonRB said:
Kick Ass 2
God, what a disappointment. None of the charm, humour or tongue-in-cheek sense of fun of the first film. Lame main plot, stupid teen-angst sub-plot, fight scenes that took themselves seriously (and were a failure as a result), and overall just a terrible film.
The worst thing is that I actually bought it too - in a "3 for £20" deal on Blu-Rays. Oh well.
The original felt fresh exciting and even dangerous, whereas the sequel just seemed to play it pretty safe and wasn't as engaging. A good example is the mugging scene early on, where Hit Girl just beats up the criminals and then spouts an awful one liner. Back in the first film she dropped the c-bomb then killed everyone there without hesitation, including a woman who wasn't any direct threat. Plus what was that cafeteria scene about? It looks like something out of Monty Python and doesn't fit at all with the tone of the film.God, what a disappointment. None of the charm, humour or tongue-in-cheek sense of fun of the first film. Lame main plot, stupid teen-angst sub-plot, fight scenes that took themselves seriously (and were a failure as a result), and overall just a terrible film.
The worst thing is that I actually bought it too - in a "3 for £20" deal on Blu-Rays. Oh well.
Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 10th September 21:10
Very disappointing.
Ace-T said:
Olympus has fallen. The only good thing I can say is that it wasnt as bad as Die Hard 5. However it was a shocking scene by scene rip off of the original Die Hard.
Apparently White house down is worse!
I actually quite enjoyed Olympus has Fallen. Throwback to the more violent action films of the late 80's and early 90's I thought. Utter tosh obviously, but kept me amused for 90 mins.Apparently White house down is worse!
White House Down on the other hand really was f*****g dreadful.
Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 10th September 23:09
SWoll said:
I actually quite enjoyed Olympus has Fallen. Throwback to the more violent action films of the late 80's and early 90's I thought. Utter tosh obviously, but kept me amused for 90 mins.
White House Down on the other hand really was f*****g dreadful.
I enjoyed OHF as well. Nice to see some actual violence, not the usual 12A cgi blood spurts and one f-bomb. WHD was complete rubbish though and whilst I appreciate neither are supposed to be realistic I didn't by the way the took over the White House, and the left wing message being smacked over your head got tiresome really quicklyWhite House Down on the other hand really was f*****g dreadful.
Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 10th September 23:09
Negative Creep said:
The original felt fresh exciting and even dangerous, whereas the sequel just seemed to play it pretty safe and wasn't as engaging. A good example is the mugging scene early on, where Hit Girl just beats up the criminals and then spouts an awful one liner. Back in the first film she dropped the c-bomb then killed everyone there without hesitation, including a woman who wasn't any direct threat. Plus what was that cafeteria scene about? It looks like something out of Monty Python and doesn't fit at all with the tone of the film.
Indeed. And the "Sick Stick" was stolen directly from Minority Report, of course. chris watton said:
I, Frankenstein.
Why was this even made?
It offered nothing new to this genre, but just re-hashes of Blade, Underworld, Van Helsing etc.
oh lord yes! There were some neat touches that made me hope that having Christopher Lambert wasn't an indicator of (lack of) quality... but I was left unsurprised at the dross it turned out to be Why was this even made?
It offered nothing new to this genre, but just re-hashes of Blade, Underworld, Van Helsing etc.
Still on the subject of Kick Ass 2, I thought this was quite an interesting article.
http://whatculture.com/film/kick-ass-2-5-changes-f...
It's sort of like our earlier discussion on the remake of RoboCop - it's a case of writer(s)/director(s) simply not *getting* what made a previous film good.
http://whatculture.com/film/kick-ass-2-5-changes-f...
It's sort of like our earlier discussion on the remake of RoboCop - it's a case of writer(s)/director(s) simply not *getting* what made a previous film good.
chris watton said:
I, Frankenstein.
Why was this even made?
It offered nothing new to this genre, but just re-hashes of Blade, Underworld, Van Helsing etc.
You would have thought that when a script writer said, 'I've got a great movie here, it's like Underworld but without Kate Beckinsale' some kind person would have led him away to a soft walled box.Why was this even made?
It offered nothing new to this genre, but just re-hashes of Blade, Underworld, Van Helsing etc.
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