Bad Films I watched this weekend

[Melman Giraffe]

Mutant Ninja Turtles

Had to switch it off half way through

[brockovrs]

Sabotage - the latest (I think!) Arnie film.

I normally like a bit of mindless action, especially with Arnie in it, but by god this is utterly awful

Avoid!

[irocfan]

brockovrs said:

Sabotage - the latest (I think!) Arnie film.

I normally like a bit of mindless action, especially with Arnie in it, but by god this is utterly awful

Avoid!

yes - there were some good bits but overall an unsatisfying watch

[BryanC]

'St Vincent' starring Bill Murray as a grumpy old fella. Tipped for an Oscar nomination but I thought it tedious. On general release from tonite but I suggest you don't fall over yourself to see it. 5/10 but a bit mushy and totally predictable.
The best part was BM singing 'Shelter from the Storm' over the closing credits but you can save your money and see that bit on YouTube.

Slightly spoilt by 'My Old Lady' which I saw last night, Maggie Smith and Kristen Scott Thomas ( who can do no wrong - sigh...).It got some poor Press reviews surprisingly. Funny in parts and a good night out. 7/10.

Looking forward to seeing 'West World' ( Yul Brynner ) a freebie in the cinema lounge on Sunday afternoon to restore a bit of proportion.

[irocfan]

BryanC said:

Looking forward to seeing 'West World' ( Yul Brynner ) a freebie in the cinema lounge on Sunday afternoon to restore a bit of proportion.

haven't seen that for a while, may have to dig it out

[fathomfive]

I put myself through Skyline again last night.

A nice idea ruined by putting it into production.

[BryanC]

ash73 said:

irocfan said:

BryanC said:

Looking forward to seeing 'West World' ( Yul Brynner ) a freebie in the cinema lounge on Sunday afternoon to restore a bit of proportion.

haven't seen that for a while, may have to dig it out

What the heck's that doing in the bad film thread?!

Agreed - Not a Bad Film by any means but mentioned by way of proportion that the other films just don't measure up to it in my own judgement.
This thread is about personal judgement. St Vincent = Bad / WestWorld = Far better + Good.

[BraveSirRobin]

Just had the misfortune to sit through some of Battleship. Like the b*****d child of Independence Day & Transformers, with added CGI.

[poing]

BraveSirRobin said:

Just had the misfortune to sit through some of Battleship. Like the b*****d child of Independence Day & Transformers, with added CGI.

You forgot to mention some of the worst scripts and acting in the history of film making.

[renmure]

BraveSirRobin said:

Just had the misfortune to sit through some of Battleship. Like the b*****d child of Independence Day & Transformers, with added CGI.

Just did the same thing. Oh dear!!
Another one of these movies where you can't believe it's not better.

[Negative Creep]

renmure said:

BraveSirRobin said:

Just had the misfortune to sit through some of Battleship. Like the b*****d child of Independence Day & Transformers, with added CGI.

Just did the same thing. Oh dear!!
Another one of these movies where you can't believe it's not better.

It would have been much better if they'd set it in the 1950's, when we still used actual Battleships, and made it a homage to the alien invasion b-movies of the time

[james_tigerwoods]

Hmm, I recorded Battleship - not worth watching then?

[KrazyIvan]

james_tigerwoods said:

Hmm, I recorded Battleship - not worth watching then?

I loved it brain out action movie, not exactly sure what the rest of you expected.

[Sophiefatale]

Just watched Interstellar.

Could have been a good film but half way through, the plot becomes so ridiculous it would be laughable had I not been in actual pain. The films too long so my neck was aching and the music score is deafening, it was so loud, my brain was vibrating.

Any film that relies on someone interpreting a second hand on a watch moving backwards and forwards to be a message from a presumed dead father, missing for over 23 years is really trying it on.

[Pesty]

Red 2

Missed all the charm of the original. Obvious by the numbers crap.

4/10

[Pommygranite]

james_tigerwoods said:

Hmm, I recorded Battleship - not worth watching then?

Only if you want to see Rihanna handbrake turn a 1940's Aircraft Carrier.

[Riley Blue]

Negative Creep said:

renmure said:

BraveSirRobin said:

Just had the misfortune to sit through some of Battleship. Like the b*****d child of Independence Day & Transformers, with added CGI.

Just did the same thing. Oh dear!!
Another one of these movies where you can't believe it's not better.

It would have been much better if they'd set it in the 1950's, when we still used actual Battleships, and made it a homage to the alien invasion b-movies of the time

It would have been better still if it had never been made. I seldom watch films, even on TV, but that was one of the worst I've seen in decades.

[james_tigerwoods]

Pommygranite said:

james_tigerwoods said:

Hmm, I recorded Battleship - not worth watching then?

Only if you want to see Rihanna handbrake turn a 1940's Aircraft Carrier.

Would that not qualify as assume as awesome?

[Johnnytheboy]

james_tigerwoods said:

Pommygranite said:

james_tigerwoods said:

Hmm, I recorded Battleship - not worth watching then?

Only if you want to see Rihanna handbrake turn a 1940's Aircraft Carrier.

Would that not qualify as assume as awesome?

It wasn't "good" in the beard-stroking film aficionado sense, but it was harmless fun.

If you like watching bits of military hardware do their thing (e.g the Phalanx CIWS anti-missile guns) it's for you.

It _was_ an amalgam of lots of other films, though, for sure.

The nerd on the hill was Jeff Goldblum from ID

The bit where someone got a telepathic image of what the aliens intended to do to Earth was equally straight out of ID.

The bit was where the Missouri was handbrake-turned was straight out of one of the Pirates of the Caribbean films


I can kind of see the Transformers similarity, but at least you didn't have the robots talking to each other in voices like they were desperate for the loo.

[james_tigerwoods]

It's a "die hard" brain in neutral film then.

I approve

But then again I both love deeply and hate all 4 transformers films....