[His Dudeness]

...and avoid seeing Van Helsing at the movies. The most agonizingly painful movie since How The Grinch Stole Christmas... simply horrible. I didn't know that they could make a movie two and a half hours long and have it suck the whole time...

[Lateralus]

Worst movie I have ever seen: Wing Commander.

No words to describe it. You would have to see it to understand. I think it would have actually been impossible for me to find a worse way to spend the money that I spent to see it.

[wataru]

"Manos" The Hands of Fate

[Gankdawg]

Less than zero interest in seeing that one anyway. Thanks for the warning though.

[Oisín]

Originally posted by His Dudeness:
...and avoid seeing Van Helsing at the movies. The most agonizingly painful movie since How The Grinch Stole Christmas... simply horrible. I didn't know that they could make a movie two and a half hours long and have it suck the whole time...

But... Kate Beckinsale...

[this is what everybody else seems to say in response to how much that movie sucks. I wouldn't know, I haven't seen the movie and I don't know who Kate Beckinsale is]

[gorickey]

Originally posted by Ois�n:
But... Kate Beckinsale...

Yummy...

P.S. Movies where I am are $9.00...but I will definitely not see VanHorrible...

[OwlBoy]

Originally posted by wataru:
"Manos" The Hands of Fate

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

"Uh yes, Ladies and Gentlemen... Manos... the hands of fate."

Your sig kicks ass

-Owl

[Jaey]

Anyone here seen Leprechaun?

[Lateralus]

Originally posted by Jaey:
Anyone here seen Leprechaun?

Back off f00. That movie was pimpin'.

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Star Wars Ep1. It doesn't get any worse.

Well, maybe Jerry Maguire

[Cheesy McBadger]

[ajprice]

It has one joke... really!

"There's man-eating sharks in there!"

"Really? Do they eat yer 'ole?"

"Nah, they spit that bit out!"

[Mithras]

I'll see your $9 and raise you to $10, here in the city.
And of course everything always sells out hours in advance, so that means usually we have to use Moviefone or another advance ticket sale site, so tack on another $2.50 "service charge", argh.

I mean, if Apple can spend 10 cents to sell me a $1 song that it had to rip, store on a server, and download over a huge bandwidth pipe, how does it really cost $2.50 to sell me a friggin' piece of paper with a movie and a time stamped on it? Anyway.

[d4nth3m4n]

Originally posted by His Dudeness:
...and avoid seeing Van Helsing at the movies. The most agonizingly painful movie since How The Grinch Stole Christmas... simply horrible. I didn't know that they could make a movie two and a half hours long and have it suck the whole time...

HOW THE CRAP DOES THIS GUY NOT HAVE A LEBOWSKI SIG??

[voodoo]

Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:
Star Wars Ep1. It doesn't get any worse.

Well, maybe Jerry Maguire

You had me at hello..

Seriosly I've had a crush on Kate Beckinsale since I saw her in Shooting Fish.. Mmmm.

[BrunoBruin]

Originally posted by His Dudeness:
The most agonizingly painful movie since How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

That's actually a very apt comparison, and one I hadn't thought of...

I only paid $5.75, and sat through most of it thinking "I will NOT be buying the DVD."

$160 million and they couldn't hire a writer who could come up with a coherent story? There were, what, EIGHT scenes that relied on a conveniently-placed wire or vine or trapeze that just happened to carry a character to exactly where he or she needed to be?

And what the hell were those weird troll-like things that were working for Dracula?

[fireside]

Originally posted by Ois�n:
But... Kate Beckinsale...

thanks gorickey for that link. now i know she smokes. damn brits.

[olePigeon]

I'm saving my $9.75 for Day After Tomorrow, Alien Vs. Predator, and The Chroincles of Riddick.

[ghost_flash]

gigli. < Worse movie in history.

Ben Aflac sux ass.

[mitchell_pgh]

But was it better then Flubber!

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally posted by ghost_flash:
gigli. < Worse movie in history.

Ben Aflac sux ass.

And in that movie he had a co-worker with a lot of ass for him to suck.

[deej5871]

I saw it and I'll admit some of it was kind of stupid, like the machine gun crossbow. I mean, what is this, a Bond film? But overall, I actually thought it was okay. a 2.75 out of 4.

Plus, I really liked the music. Especially some of the choir-type stuff and the stuff when they were riding the horses.

Originally posted by BrunoBruin:
There were, what, EIGHT scenes that relied on a conveniently-placed wire or vine or trapeze that just happened to carry a character to exactly where he or she needed to be?

And what the hell were those weird troll-like things that were working for Dracula?

As for the wires being conveniently there, I thought of that as well then disregarded it since they were in a castle that had tons of wires that were trying to channel the lightning energy to the little vampires..

The troll things though, I admit, those were pretty stupid.

[Jihad on Tap]

I'll go in the afternoon and see it for $4.75. Maybe it's not worth $8.50, but it's worth <$5 for me.

[Ratm]

Originally posted by gorickey:
Yummy...

P.S. Movies where I am are $9.00...but I will definitely not see VanHorrible...

$10.00 in NY

[dtriska]

$14 here. That's a little more than U$10.

I remember when $5 got you into an evening showing.

[funkboy]

I really wanted to see it, was up for a good action film... and it disappointed me.

* There's way too much lightning. People are bound to get seizures from this film.
* It's way too dark. Consequently, too much schkitzy lightning is used to light up the actor's faces.
* Story was overall weak.
* I didn't really care about any character, even though I love love *loved* Hugh Jackman's Wolverine.
* Kate Beckinsale is abso-smokin'-freakin'-lutely hot. Which is great. Except she's married. Oh well.

Just not fun, the opening-night audience was totally not into it. No reaction at all.

[funkboy]

Originally posted by PowerMacMan:
Worst movie I have ever seen: Wing Commander.

No words to describe it. You would have to see it to understand. I think it would have actually been impossible for me to find a worse way to spend the money that I spent to see it.

I got to see the Star Wars Ep. 1 trailer with it, so I didn't really pay attention to the movie. Meh.

I disliked Van Helsing more than any movie I've seen recently in the theaters... blech.

$7.00 here, by the way. Seems movie prices are stinkin' crazy ni some places.

[Oisín]

New movies are usually DKK 80 where I come from - that's about USD 12.75... but that's in a small town crappy cinema...

If I go to Copenhagen to a good cinema, it's usually DKK 100 (about USD 16)...

Older movies are cheaper, of course...

[His Dudeness]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
HOW THE CRAP DOES THIS GUY NOT HAVE A LEBOWSKI SIG??

My sig is from that movie on another forum I visit, I just haven't gotten around to that here yet. But what a great movie!

[His Dudeness]

Originally posted by olePigeon:
I'm saving my $9.75 for Day After Tomorrow, Alien Vs. Predator, and The Chroincles of Riddick.

All three great movies, for sure. But I saw a preview for I Robot, with Will Smith. That looks great, too.

[cszar2001]

Berardinelli (my favorite movie critic) gave it half a star-it doesn`t get lower than that: Van Helsing

[voodoo]

Bill Muller (my fav. movie critic) gave it the thumbsdown. Read here

[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by PowerMacMan:
Worst movie I have ever seen: Wing Commander.

No words to describe it. You would have to see it to understand. I think it would have actually been impossible for me to find a worse way to spend the money that I spent to see it.

Teenwolf II from blockbuster?

[ryju]

Originally posted by dtriska:
$14 here. That's a little more than U$10.

I remember when $5 got you into an evening showing.

I only pay 9.75 here in Barrie...

[Meneldil]

Originally posted by Ois�n:
But... Kate Beckinsale...

[this is what everybody else seems to say in response to how much that movie sucks. I wouldn't know, I haven't seen the movie and I don't know who Kate Beckinsale is]

Well, you can always pick up the DVD in a week or so for a buck. Speaking of which, has Hellboy shown up on DVD yet? I'll be back in civilization in a week or so, and I want to pick that one up.

[AppleCello]

It was terrible. And i usually am very tolerant of bad films. At least Paris Cinema is cheap for students: 5.50euros Weekdays, 6.50 weekends.

I think that the normal price is around 9 euros?

Patrick

[Oisín]

Originally posted by Meneldil:
Well, you can always pick up the DVD in a week or so for a buck. Speaking of which, has Hellboy shown up on DVD yet? I'll be back in civilization in a week or so, and I want to pick that one up.

I can - but I won't

I've never heard of Hellboy... it might have, I don't know... if it has, I just haven't noticed it...

IMDB'ed it - I don't think I've seen that cover here...

(Oh, and I just have to say it: Civilization? In Shandong??? )

[ghost_flash]

Shhh.

I'm a secret shopper for movies.

I can't say what company, but I am going to see at least 8 movies this year for free,
and they'll buy my popcorn, candy, and soda as well.

Eat your hearts out!

Cheers!
GF

[Turias]

This excellent review gave it a 3.8 out of 10. Blech.

[Meneldil]

Originally posted by Ois�n:
I can - but I won't

I've never heard of Hellboy... it might have, I don't know... if it has, I just haven't noticed it...

IMDB'ed it - I don't think I've seen that cover here...

(Oh, and I just have to say it: Civilization? In Shandong??? )

It's got Qingdao, at least. I'm going to Shanghai, then ending up in Beijing before I get back here. That's what I meant by civilization. I'll probably spend most of my time in Beijing in Half and Half or On Off, though. Need to recharge after all these attempts to get me a Chinese girlfriend.

[Oisín]

Originally posted by Meneldil:
It's got Qingdao, at least. I'm going to Shanghai, then ending up in Beijing before I get back here. That's what I meant by civilization. I'll probably spend most of my time in Beijing in Half and Half or On Off, though. Need to recharge after all these attempts to get me a Chinese girlfriend.

Haha! Know what you mean!!! (Although having a female flatmate did kind of take the top off)

Feel free to drop a line when you're here, I live about 15 minutes' walk from Half&Half and On/Off (although strangely enough, I've never been inside either...)

[Millennium]

Go see Troy instead. Opening on the 14th, and it promises to be much better. But hey, I married a classicist, so maybe that's just me.

As for worst movie ever, I'm surprised that Battlefield Earth has not yet been mentioned. And then there's Grey: Digital Target, which is very hard to find nowadays but takes it for worst anime ever made, hands down and bar none.

[ghost_flash]

Anyone worried about all the historical innacuracies of "Troy"?

I know many railed against Mel Gibson's movie "Braveheart"...

[Oisín]

Originally posted by Millennium:
Go see Troy instead. Opening on the 14th, and it promises to be much better. But hey, I married a classicist, so maybe that's just me.

As for worst movie ever, I'm surprised that Battlefield Earth has not yet been mentioned. And then there's Grey: Digital Target, which is very hard to find nowadays but takes it for worst anime ever made, hands down and bar none.

"Reptilicus" has, I believe, won awards for being the world's worst movie. I haven't personally seen it, though...

Reptilicus

[voodoo]

Originally posted by ghost_flash:
Anyone worried about all the historical innacuracies of "Troy"?

I know many railed against Mel Gibson's movie "Braveheart"...

Historical inaccuracies??

You crack me up

[ghost_flash]

Originally posted by voodoo:
Historical inaccuracies??

You crack me up

Edit:

HERE.

"Was There a Real Trojan War?


Until the 19th century it was widely believed that Troy and the Trojan war were imaginary. Then, in 1871, a German-born American citizen named Heinrich Schliemann began excavating an ancient city in Turkey. To the amazement of many, this retired businessman had discovered the lost city of Troy (also called Ilion, or Ilium in Latin).


Nine cities have been found at the site, one on top of the other. The seventh city was destroyed around 1250 BC and appears to be the Troy of legend. You can still see the ruins of its towers and its walls, which were sixteen feet thick.


Schliemann identified Troy's location through clues he found in the Iliad, the epic attributed to the Greek poet Homer. Little is known about Homer except that he was blind. In ancient times it was believed that he had lived during the Trojan War, but most modern scholars think that he lived in the 8th or 9th century B.C. His poems weren't written down when they were first composed, but were transmitted orally for many years. Some people suspect that the poems were actually the work of successive generations of poets, and that Homer didn't exist.


Of course, the same thing was once said about Troy. Thanks to the work of Heinrich Schilemann, virtually everyone today agrees that the city whose seige Homer described was quite real. The eccentric Schliemann is often belittled as an amateur, even a fraud, but there is no denying the importance of his discovery. Without him we might still regard the Trojan War as nothing more than myth.


What started the Trojan War? It has been suggested that the Greeks may have been fighting to gain control of the Dardanelles, a water passage between the Mediterranean and Black seas, near Troy. Or perhaps the war truly was fought over a woman named Helen. The truth is lost in the past."


Also, other Scholars believe based on the descriptions of those in the stories, that they were representative not of GREEKS bot other cultures. Vikings to be specific.

Later.

[MindFad]

Originally posted by ghost_flash:
Anyone worried about all the historical innacuracies of "Troy"?

I know many railed against Mel Gibson's movie "Braveheart"...

The first thing most people consider when going to be entertained at a movie theatre! I'm surprised there isn't more outrage! If I were Brad Pitt, I would kill myself*!









*Only after doing Jennifer Aniston.

[Meneldil]

Since there were some mentions, I have to put up Carnosaur for worst movie ever.

Here's a couple of bits from user comments on imdb:

As solid as swiss cheese, as scary as Toy Story, as dumb as "Dude, Where's my Car", as cheesy as "godzilla versus the ice gnomes" and as about as confusing as the people who liked it.

Blatant product placement (a nice shiny coke is in the middle of the screen at one point) as well- i think pepsi might have paid roger corman (the producer) to put coke in this rancid piece of celluloid to damage coke's credibility.

Only to be watched while intoxicated with a group of friends.

Follow that last piece of advice or face the consequences, trust me.

[Oisín]

Originally posted by ghost_flash:
Also, other Scholars believe based on the descriptions of those in the stories, that they were representative not of GREEKS bot other cultures. Vikings to be specific.

Maybe it's just me... but I can't make any sort of sense out of that...

What descriptions? In what stories? Who was representative of other cultures? Vikings? In the Trojan War???

[Meneldil]

Originally posted by voodoo:
Historical inaccuracies??

You crack me up

Even if you ignore the possible historical basis, the story is an old one, and they changed quite a bit; some of the changes, in my opinion, detract from the story, but I'm far too interested in mythology for my own good.