theacademy
10.12.11 | reference guide for you guys
recents:
the thing (3/5)
thor (3.5/5)
tron legacy (4/5)
drive (3.5/5)
state of play (3.5/5)
most recent 5/5 rating : Attack the Block (2011)
first movie ever (estimated): Jaws (5/5)
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theacademy
10.12.11 | please note the "recent" the thing is a (3/5)
the original is a (4.5/5) |
theacademy
10.12.11 | also please note that when i say "original" i mean carpenters (which technically isnt the original but its the source for the remake) |
Hyperion1001
10.12.11 | the thing is my favorite horror/sci-fi flick
will i hate the remake? |
Trebor.
10.12.11 | remake trailer kills the movie |
Satellite
10.12.11 | have you seen the mr. plinkett review of baby's day out cad?
the 6 films i've seen this year...
drive - 4/5
moneyball - 4.5/5
cowboys & aliens - 3.5/5
the hangover pt. 2 - 1/5
super - 3.5/5
rise of the planet of the apes - 3/5 |
theacademy
10.12.11 | i almost always enjoy remakes of my favorite films (despite the fact that they are almost always inferior).
I felt that the new one respected the carpenter version very much. If you would generally like to see a cleaner, by the books re-telling of one of your favorite movies, definitely see it.
If you're going to get pissed about CGI monsters and a really inconsequential/undereveloped introduction to the actual "Thing," then I'd pass. |
theacademy
10.12.11 | "remake trailer kills the movie"
it's not like you didn't know what was going to happen it's a prequel dude. |
theacademy
10.12.11 | @satty wow we have insane compatibility
drive 3.5/5
cowboys and aliens 3.5/5
super 3.5/5
rise of the planet of the apes 3/5
want to see moneyball, waiting for hangover bc i didnt want to pay money to see it |
Trebor.
10.12.11 | Why you hate on Garden State and Little Miss Sunshine? |
Hyperion1001
10.12.11 | yeah the special effects in the original the thing have yet to be topped (in my opinion) and i hate CGI so i'll probably pass
the only remake i've ever liked was the dawn of the dead one |
Satellite
10.12.11 | garden state is one of my favorite films, but i understand people not liking it.
yeah man moneyball is my foty, although i obviously haven't seen a ton of shit. |
theacademy
10.12.11 | dawn 2004 was incredible
@trebor because they're schlock |
loveisamixtape
10.12.11 | totally agree with12 and 13
and why Little Miss Sunshine? i loved that movie, haha |
Inveigh
10.12.11 | lol Captivity was so bad |
Trebor.
10.12.11 | I've only seen like 4 movies this year and they were all decent
I really want to see Attack The Block |
Blaizend
10.12.11 | you 3.5'd drive (foty) and didnt think descent was a good film so you have no credibility |
Trebor.
10.12.11 | Worst movie ever is Mr. 3000 |
tiesthatbind
10.12.11 | Shrek 3 was awful |
Satellite
10.12.11 | worst films i've ever seen that i remember seeing...
battlefield earth
transformers
star wars prequels
grandma's boy
little nicky
...pretty much every happy madison film
avatar
bruce almighty
the matrix 3
godzilla 1998
deep impact/armageddon
volcano/dante's inferno
pretty much every film that people like
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AsoTamaki
10.12.11 | Haha, what is this? 100 Girls is hilarious, man. A solid 6/10. Offensive? Get out of here...
I sure do agree with the inclusion of Date Movie though. Horrid. Also, any worst movie list without Alone in the Dark can't be taken seriously. |
Trebor.
10.12.11 | I agree with all of those that I've seen except I though Avatar was decent |
Satellite
10.12.11 | it was decent apart from being pocahontas in space |
Hyperion1001
10.12.11 | blue kitties in space was retarded |
foxblood
10.12.11 | what's wrong with Little Miss Sunshine? |
Trebor.
10.12.11 | I generally avoid watching shitty movies so I don't have many to share
Batman and Robin scarred me as a kid |
foxblood
10.12.11 | tim burton's batman and robin movies were better than the new ones i don't give two fucks |
Trebor.
10.12.11 | tim burton didn't make the ones with robin dude
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foxblood
10.12.11 | he produced batman forever, whatever |
Trebor.
10.12.11 | That doesn't mean shit |
ZippaThaRippa
10.12.11 | Go see Drive. Holy fuck. |
Satellite
10.12.11 | yeah, drive is amazing. when it was over i was just like, "man, they don't make films like this anymore."
some dumb ho in michigan is suing because she thought it'd be similar to fast & the furious but instead it's an intelligent crime film that doesn't pander or use ludacris songs. |
Trebor.
10.12.11 | I heard about that story
Dumb as fuck |
thelonelycanvass
10.12.11 | i loved little miss sunshine. garden state was alright too. |
acad
10.12.11 | they were both pretty condescending. i didn't need that smug bullshit when i was in my teens and i sure as shit don't need it in my 20's
lms is an unforgivable wes anderson rip.
and garden state? "Good luck exploring the infinite abyss"??? pleaze |
acad
10.12.11 | also i am astounded that someone liked 100 Girls
im sure most of you passed on it (im pretty sure it didn't even get a theatrical release because it was so fucking horrid) but if you want to check it out, here's the premise:
"It tells the story of a college student's efforts to find a mystery girl with whom he had sex on an elevator during a black out."
Sounds harmless enough, but the entire film is basically a disgusting treatise on gender roles delivered whiny voiceover after whiny voiceover after whiny voiceover. It will offend you if you're a woman, but it will probably offend you more if you're a guy who is supposed to identify with the main character. |
theacademy
10.12.11 | never watched it |
theacademy
10.12.11 | ouch |
Ire
10.12.11 | worst movie ever is prob national lampoon's pledge this |
theacademy
10.12.11 | straight to dvd? |
Scoot
10.12.11 | drive was not that good |
Ire
10.12.11 | yeah
saw it on netflix
awfulawfulawful |
foreverendeared
10.12.11 | The only ones I like out of these are Little Miss Sunshine, Spanglish, and Garden Sate.
Did The Things remake have the famous blood sample scene? |
Sanders
10.12.11 | Little Miss Sunshine is harmless enough. What do you think of Dogma? |
AsoTamaki
10.12.11 | 100 Girls. Really, man? I could understand not liking it because it wasn't funny, but offensive? In what way? Because the dialogue was far more intelligent than what you usually get in the average disposable teen comedy? Maybe that caused you to take it too seriously. I was 18 when I watched this movie, but I knew what to take from it and didn't try too hard to "identify" with any character. You must be a hardcore feminist.
Still baffles me that you could possibly think of it as more offensive than stuff like Porky's or any of the dozens of American Pie clones. |
foreverendeared
10.12.11 | lol at people that get offended by any form of mass media |
TheNotrap
10.12.11 | The worst recent movie I saw was Red Riding Hood.
Catherine Hardwicke is the worst director of the XXI century.
The Twilight Saga is also the worst trilogy ever made
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feedhertothesharks
10.12.11 | drive is a 5/5 love that movie |
bloc
10.12.11 | Looking forward to the new Thing although it probably won't be anywhere near as good as the John Carpenter one. |
Yotimi
10.12.11 | 18's not bad. Worst I've seen are Fool's Gold and Waterboy. First bad movie I ever saw was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3. |
acad
10.12.11 | The entire movie: "hey, did you ever notice how girls want to be treated as equals but they want you to hold the door for them? hey, did you ever notice how girls don't want you to care about their looks but they always ask you if they got fat?"
how the fuck are you going to give that a 6/10 its that stupidest fucking bullshit over and over
What's OFFENSIVE is not its sexual content but its presentation. The American Pie movies DO NOT TO PRETEND TO BE SELF-AWARE. They do not elevate themselves above boobage and slapstick. Why would I get offended about booobs?? are you a fucking faggot?
I get offended when somebody who is demonstrably idiotic tries to teach me something. Starting to get offended in this thread... |
acad
10.12.11 | fool's gold LOL |
Yotimi
10.12.11 | Troll 2 and Manos Hands of Fate are legitimately better |
BigHans
10.12.11 | Yes there are some horrendously shitty movies on here |
AsoTamaki
10.12.11 | Yep, it's just like I said. You heard some semi-intelligent dialogue and then forgot you were watching a comedy focused on "a college student's efforts to find a mystery girl with whom he had sex on an elevator during a black out."
Including something other than fart jokes and random nudity doesn't make the movie into the worst thing ever. It also doesn't automatically change the movie into an insightful look at gender roles in modern society. Again, I don't see how anyone could hear things like what you quoted and get offended unless they are an extreme feminist.
One thing is for sure. You should definitely stop looking at characters in low budget teen flicks and expecting them to teach you all the intricacies of the relationships between men and women. |
theacademy
10.12.11 | what if i'm just a regular feminist and not an extreme one you stupid faggot |
theacademy
10.12.11 | there's nothing "semi-intelligent" in that script. nothing that even comes close |
AsoTamaki
10.12.11 | Lol, you. If you were a "regular" feminist, you'd simply either chuckle or shake your head at those things and leave it at that. |
theacademy
10.13.11 | "Lol, you" |
Satellite
10.13.11 | trntbl time cad |
pedro70512
10.13.11 | agree with most of this...well, all the ones i've seen. I loved the Carpenter version so I'm not really sure how I feel about this prequel/remake. also, Jaws 4 and Ballistic are my picks for worst movie ever, the former for hilarity and the latter for total incompetence. |
theacademy
10.13.11 | jaws 4 is sooooooooooooo bad |
toxin.
10.13.11 | I've seen like three of these, which definitely did suck. Needs more parody shit movies like "Epic Movie" |
DeathByDaydream
10.13.11 | um. little miss sunshine? |
PurpleDino
10.13.11 | i liked Little Miss Sunshine |
theacademy
10.13.11 | jaws 4 is more like the latter friday the 13th sequels than the first 3 jaws movies |
Hyperbore
10.13.11 | never heard of this 100 Girls thing before but asotamaki fellow has already convinced me it's self-indulgent bullshit
agreed on Little Miss Sunshine too(not "worst ever" but definitely not "good," at all), can you say maudlin |
omnipanzer
10.13.11 | I love 6, 9 and 24 |
omnipanzer
10.13.11 | 9 is Crossroads (1986) right? |
TheNotrap
10.13.11 | With Steve Vai
m/ |
pedro70512
10.13.11 | has anyone else seen the "original" ending to Jaws 4 where they ram the shark and it explodes like it's full of dynamite? it's totally worth watching for that scene. |
omnipanzer
10.13.11 | TheNotrap knows whats up. |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | I agree with most of these that I've seen except I like The Descent.
However...
"tron legacy (4/5)"
What the hell is this!? |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | Super is foty |
theacademy
10.13.11 | tron legacy was one of the best looking/coolest flicks ive ever seen |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | oh hai andcas
yeah it looked really cool, and the daft punk soundtrack was awesome
so dumb though |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | Also I'd like to mention the 2001 Tim Burton remake of Planet of the Apes |
theacademy
10.13.11 | what was so dumb
i mean, it wasn't anything special but I thought it was a serviceable story |
omnipanzer
10.13.11 | It was fine, not great but fine. |
theacademy
10.13.11 | yea exactly "fine" story + sick visuals and sound = great movie |
Ire
10.13.11 | the 1986 crossroads rules
i hope you're talking about the britney movie |
theacademy
10.13.11 | yea i was lol |
Ire
10.13.11 | the 86 movie had a black guy who plays blues and the karate kid
(and steve vai before he turned gay) |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | "what was so dumb
i mean, it wasn't anything special but I thought it was a serviceable story"
Well the horrible plastic Jeff Bridges as Clu and that awful awful awful awful awful awful David Bowie wannabe are what I remember jumping out at me.
Plus some stupid plot holes, like Clu's guys say they can't follow Dr Thirteen into the wasteland place in their vehicles but then less than 10 minutes later they are taking their vehicles out there. Retarded stuff like that; nitpicky, yes, but still retarded |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | yeah any of those are awful; epic movie is particularly bad as well |
ziroth
10.13.11 | Drive was legit as hell. |
Piglet
10.13.11 | worst movie has to disaster movie
that thing is an incarnation of the devil's shit |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | I've only seen the ending song of Disaster Movie which somehow is so unfunny that it loops all the way around funny and then back to unfunny again |
lucasjcockcroft
10.13.11 | 50/50 suprsised me a whole bunch. |
theacademy
10.13.11 | wait i thought they just couldn't follow in THOSE vehicles not that they didn't have any vehicles that were capable of following thirteen |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | That's definitely possible, albeit badly conveyed |
Adabelle
10.13.11 | Ctrl + F: Crank 2...
No results found, wtf? |
Strider
10.13.11 | Why aren't Green Lantern and Batman & robin on this list?
What I saw this year:
Drive (4.5/5)
Transformers 3 (2/5)
Green Lantern (1/5)
Thor (3.5/5)
X-Men: First Class (4/5)
Scream 4 (2.5/5)
Pirates of the Carribean 4 (2.5/5)
Source Code (2.5/5)
Harry Potter 7 pt.2 (4.5/5)
I Am number 4 (2/5)
Captain America (3.5/5)
Sucker Punch (3/5)
Super 8 (4/5)
Planet of the Apes (4/5)
Cowboys and Aliens (1.5/5 soooo boring)
Unknown (3.5/5)
Hangover 2 (carbon copy of the first, but a little more trashier, between a 3.5/5 and a 4/5)
Battle Los Angeles (1.5/5)
Red Riding Hood (2.5/5)
Green Hornet (3.5/5)
Season of the Witch (in between 2.5/5 and 3/5)
The Rite (2/5)
Tron legacy (a very solid 3.5/5)
and more...
Wow, such a good year in movies.... /facepalm |
Iamthe Nightstars
10.13.11 | Where did people get the impression that the 2011 Thing is supposed to be a prequel? |
theacademy
10.13.11 | its disguised as a prequel because it takes place at the norwegian camp (that they visit in the carpenter movie)
green lantern and crank 2 aren't on this list because i didnt see either of them
batman & robin isn't because thats like a 1/5... these are all .5/5 or below
i want to see sucker punch and captain america
i can't believe you only gave source code a 2.5 i thought it was great |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | Because it's about the Norwegian team from Carpenter's remake. Or so I hear.
EDIT: Nevermind |
Hyperion1001
10.13.11 | do yourself a favor and dont see sucker punch it blows |
Ire
10.13.11 | i don't see the starwars prequels on this list
also fuck u all cowboys and aliens was awesome
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Strider
10.13.11 | "i can't believe you only gave source code a 2.5 i thought it was great"
It really lost all credibility once it started, I was actually expecting a really good film. I found it so annoying...
"also fuck u all cowboys and aliens was awesome"
god no... |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | The movies I saw in theaters this year:
Take Me Home Tonight - 3/5
Scre4m - 4/5
X:Men First Class - 1.5/5
Green Lantern - 3/5
Transformers 3 - 3/5
HP 7 Part 2 - 2.5/5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - 3/5
Super - 5/5
30 Minutes or Less - 1/5
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - 2.5/5
Real Steel - 3.5/5 |
Strider
10.13.11 | "Green Lantern - 3/5"
Blake Lively isn't that hot bro |
robertsona
10.13.11 | i dont remember seeing many movies this year but why not a list!!
no strings attached - 2/5
source code - 2.5/5
kung fu panda 2 - 2/5. don't even remember this, really. sure it wasn't insufferable but, yeah
the tree of life - 3.5/5
super 8 - 3/5
cars 2 - 2/5
harry potter 7 pt. 2 - 2.5/5
the smurfs - 1/5
spy kids: all the time in the world - 2/5
drive - 4/5
moneyball - 4/5
real steel - 2/5
i.e. all i saw was kids movies
i also saw part of "just go with it" and "insidious" |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | "Blake Lively isn't that hot bro"
No she isn't |
robertsona
10.13.11 | ok so i guess google chrome doesnt like psacing things but |
Ire
10.13.11 | "god no..."
Thor (3.5/5)
X-Men: First Class (4/5)
Harry Potter 7 pt.2 (4.5/5) |
Sanders
10.13.11 | Sucker Punch was a fucking massive let-down. |
theacademy
10.13.11 | why only part of insidious? i wanna see that |
YetAnotherBrick
10.13.11 | fuck you so hard for 18
Replace 18 with like, a bad movie, you know. Like The Cat In the Hat, or Battlefield Earth, or fucking...Hot Tub Time Machine. What the hell is not to like about Little Miss Sunshine? |
Crymsonblaze
10.13.11 | Insidious is good, the 20 minutes of Sucker Punch I watched might be the 20 worst minutes of film I've ever seen...unless you like a girl version of Marilyn Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams |
Strider
10.13.11 | Anyone who doesn't beleive first Class is at least a 3.5 can suck cock
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robertsona
10.13.11 | "why only part of insidious? i wanna see that"
birthday party, went home and stuff. i liked the way it was shot (i'm a sucker for that "style," sort of hard to describe) and found it effective for about 2/3rds of how much i watched. but for whatever reasons when scary movies start being, like, -forthrightly- scary (e.g. things jumping out at you, WHOA what was that, whatever) rather than just creepy i start to lose interest. same thing here |
IleftyspankedU
10.13.11 | Drive made me wanna go watch more of Cranston in Breaking Bad. Anyone seen any of Refn's Pusher trilogy? Heard they're pretty great as well. Loved Bronson & Valhalla Rising wasn't bad. |
Ire
10.13.11 | and anyone who gives first class a 3.5 is already sucking cock |
Ire
10.13.11 | YAH AH WENT THERE |
Strider
10.13.11 | oh hell no |
Sanders
10.13.11 | I liked insidious, but the final act steps into fairly cheesy territory. First 3/4 are pretty creepy though. |
Ire
10.13.11 | but srsly daniel craig was awesome in that movie and "what did the aliens do with the gold" is not a plot hole
all hail plinkett |
JWT155
10.13.11 | In the Name of the King |
aok
10.14.11 | i somewhat embarassingly am very much looking forward to harold and kumar 3.
btw 6 and 18 rule and 24 wasn't bad (then again as a bilingual los angelino whose first gf lived in malibu, i perhaps had a personal connection). |
Crymsonblaze
10.14.11 | "Anyone who doesn't beleive first Class is at least a 3.5 can suck cock"
i guess it's true that i CAN
also. believe* |
Ire
10.14.11 | the new harold and kumar movie is either going to amazing or so awful that it becomes an instant cult classic |
theacademy
10.14.11 | i lol'd a bunch at the trailer but the second one was sooooooooo bad |
aok
10.14.11 | 2nd harold and kumar wasn't thaat bad |
Crymsonblaze
10.16.11 | Just got back from The Thing. It was alright. Kinda wish they would have put more effort into making it dirtier like Carpenter's, I didn't like the overuse of CGI, and no one really stood out other than Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Eric Christian Olsen.
But it was ok. |
Crymsonblaze
10.16.11 | Definitely. The CGI was pretty good but it was still noticeable. Tt would have been difficult but they didn't do anything that couldn't be done without CGI |
Crymsonblaze
10.16.11 | Agreed
although that's nowhere near the worst thing about Star Wars prequels |
Relinquished
10.17.11 | hahaha the ninja turtle thing in band is back |
IrishJay91
10.17.11 | what's 18 doing here...? |
Hyperion1001
10.17.11 | i hate cgi, the only movie ive ever seen that used cgi tastefully was jurassic park |
Crymsonblaze
10.17.11 | "CGI is a huge part. everything is CGI. they can't even run in the scenes."
true but all the running in the world can't save horrible writing and direction. |
Satellite
10.17.11 | "Real Steel - 3.5/5"
lol |
Satellite
10.17.11 | point taken 5/5 |
Crymsonblaze
10.17.11 | it's pretty fun
not foty
that would be super |
Satellite
10.17.11 | super's top 5 for sure |
theacademy
10.17.11 | re-watching tron legacy on blu ray
only a total fag wud not think this movie is super cool and awesome cool |
aok
10.17.11 | original tron was so good (new one sucked though man) |
omnipanzer
10.17.11 | Nah, new one was good imo.
Not great but good. |
Crymsonblaze
10.17.11 | "only a total fag wud not think this movie is super cool and awesome cool"
i'm a total fag!!!! |
MalleusMaleficarum
10.17.11 | anyone here seen HOWARD THE DUCK ? |
theacademy
10.18.11 | new one was so fucking gorgeous man and it had olivia wilde and like, that soundtrack and it looked so cool |
aok
10.18.11 | def looked cool, had a solid soundtrack and olivia wilde but it was all image and absolutely no substance |
Vesper
10.18.11 | ^ Hey, look, we both went home and went right on Sputnik. *high-five* |
aok
10.18.11 | *hug* (yes, i'm sexist) |
Vesper
10.18.11 | LET ME SHAKE YOUR HAND LIKE A MAN, GODDAMNIT. |
Gyromania
10.18.11 | The Descent was a breath of fresh air given the mediocrity of theatrical horror films that make the big screen these days, so I think that's pretty unfair. I loved the direction and the setting of the film, it really drives tension perfectly and isn't ever too revealing, which is something that a lot of horror movies fail to do. Anonymity is what scares us all in horrors - not being able to see the thing in the dark, but rather not knowing what it is that's in the dark. Also, Little Miss Sunshine is delightful and at worst inoffensive. |
theacademy
10.18.11 | wait u guys met up
dam im bummed i was so bored in class today too |
robertsona
10.18.11 | new tron was cool looking but rly boring |
theacademy
10.18.11 | also the descent sucked ass what was fresh about it
the setting? it was in a cave
the monsters? all marshall did was photoshop in footage from blade II
the tension? what tension? there was more tension in max keeble's big move |
theacademy
10.18.11 | "new tron was cool looking but rly boring"
i thought it had the requisite amount of action... i mean it wasn't the fast furious 5 or anything but there was that motorcycle thing, and they threw the disks and they flew the planes and it was pretty cool |
Gyromania
10.18.11 | Yeah but the lighting was perfect and the uncertainty of their surroundings is what drives the film. There was a lot of tension throughout, occasionally you would see a glimpse of one of the cave-dwellers and hear noises here and there, never certain of when they would actually come out. It was a harrowing story of how one women literally loses everything valuable in her life. It was all shown at a steady pace and acted out well, and I know you can't comment on the acting as long as Thor is a 3.5. To call it one of the worst horror films you've ever seen or, better yet, one of the worst movies you've seen in general seems a little ridiculous to me. You must have watched a lot of outstanding films if you think The Descent is bad. I agree with the vast majority of this list, but putting that and Little Miss Sunshine seems a little attention seeking to me. |
Gyromania
10.18.11 | If you don't like 'em that's cool - we all have our preferences but, and this goes for the latter film: I think a lot of the truly negative reactions to Little Miss Sunshine were out of people hating the ardent praise for the film more so than the actual movie itself. |
theacademy
10.18.11 | "occasionally you would see a glimpse of one of the cave-dwellers and hear noises here and there, never certain of when they would actually come out."
this is a cheap, schlocky bullshit mark of a weak filmmaker and if you think its a positive then you must not be into horror
"I know you can't comment on the acting as long as Thor is a 3.5."
this doesn't make any sense to me. I'm not sure if I should be offended or pity you for thinking that good movies can't have shit acting.
"You must have watched a lot of outstanding films if you think The Descent is bad."
These are the 22/1295 films I have seen that I assigned a rating of a half star out of 5. I have given exactly 45/1295 films a perfect 5/5 rating. Whether or not that's "a lot" is up to you, but I don't see how this would affect how goddam terrible the Descent was. |
Hyperion1001
10.18.11 | "good movies can't have shit acting."
This is actually very true. I can think of tons of movies that have pretty shoddy acting that i love. |
Gyromania
10.18.11 | "this is a cheap, schlocky bullshit mark of a weak filmmaker and if you think its a positive then you must not be into horror "
How the hell did you miss my point there? A lot of contemporary horror films that meet the big screen rely on cheap thrills and overexposure. I think it's a positive because too many people fail to keep us suspended in anticipation and fear, and I've probably seen more horror films than you have, it's my favorite genre of film and I've seen more movies than you as it is. There are truly abominable horror films out there and I don't know if you just haven't seen them or what, but having The Descent among "Ring 2" and "When A Stranger Calls" on a list of the top 22 worst movies of all time is pretty insulting and tells me that you haven't seen a lot of bad horrors. If I took a while I could probably list off 50 movies that are insurmountably worse than The Descent.
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Gyromania
10.18.11 | ""good movies can't have shit acting."
This is actually very true. I can think of tons of movies that have pretty shoddy acting that i love."
As do I, and I was not trying to imply that movies with poor/cheesy acting aren't enjoyable. One of my favorite horrors films of all time (Hausu) is pretty campy, but I still love it. |
theacademy
10.18.11 | ramble off a few and ill let you know if i've seen em, what i rated em, and y the descent is either marginally or much worse |
AsoTamaki
10.18.11 | "If I took a while I could probably list off 50 movies that are insurmountably worse than The Descent."
This is a fact. And that's when limiting it only to major wide-release theatrical horror movies. |
theacademy
10.18.11 | "As do I, and I was not trying to imply that movies with poor/cheesy acting aren't enjoyable. One of my favorite horrors films of all time (Hausu) is pretty campy, but I still love it."
so then what did you mean by: "you can't comment on the acting as long as Thor is a 3.5" i dont get it please enlighten |
theacademy
10.18.11 | first paranormal activity was not that bad imo... good pacing and cool concept... shit acting and a lot of the cheap stuff but all in all worth my time. 3/5
didnt see the sequels heard they were terrible |
theacademy
10.18.11 | it reminded me of the first time i saw blair witch |
AsoTamaki
10.18.11 | Paranormal Activity was good to great depending on which ending you saw. Definitely above average. |
theacademy
10.18.11 | i actually don't know about the more than one ending |
BallsToTheWall
10.18.11 | Any dubbed Asian film. |
Gyromania
10.18.11 | I mean, it's entirely subjective really, but I'm always a little thrown when I see a negative list I strongly agree with including one, two, or more movies that I think are nowhere near bad. So many of these are without question some of the worst films of all time, and even if you were like 'So, The Descent fucking sucks' I wouldn't care in the slightest (it's not amazing by any stretch), but I don't think it's that offensive. You've seen over a thousand films and I'm nearing 1500 myself, I just imagined you would have seen some grotesquely bad films by comparison.
Anyways, here's a short list of horror films that are hilariously bad:
Thirteen Ghosts
Mirrors
Monster A Go-Go
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Every Resident Evil film
One Missed Call
White Noise |
Gyromania
10.18.11 | Oh, and of course the Paranormal Activity movies too. |
Gyromania
10.18.11 | "so then what did you mean by: "you can't comment on the acting as long as Thor is a 3.5" i dont get it please enlighten"
I was just saving some time in regard to responses in case you were going to say that the acting is shit, because I've seen a couple of people before say that the acting in The Descent was piss-poor. |
AsoTamaki
10.18.11 | The theatrical ending was nonsense. Hopefully, you didn't witness that one. About the sequels, I've only seen the Japanese sequel and yeah it sucked. |
RooseveltsGhost
10.18.11 | The Descent is a fantastic movie in a genre that is well over 90% trash. |
Gyromania
10.18.11 | I'm not normally engaged when I go to see horror films on the big screen which is why (at the time) The Descent was such a breath of fresh air.
These are my top 3 favorite horror films, one French, one Japanese, and one Swedish:
1) Martyrs
2) Hausu
3) Let the Right One In |
Gyromania
10.18.11 | Also, anyone interested in the genre should look into a film called Suspiria. |
Deviant.
10.18.11 | "I stand by the strangers being the biggest pleasant surprise in awhile."
Was that the Liv Tyler one? Wasn't bad |
AsoTamaki
10.18.11 | Martyrs was one of the most boring things I've ever seen. I was really enjoying it until about halfway through then it just got tiresome. I didn't care for the ending either. |
theacademy
10.18.11 | i haven't seen:
Monster A Go-Go
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Every Resident Evil film
i am going to assume that you aren't referring to the originals where it would be applicable. Under that assumption:
White Noise is the only film I'd call good out of those, although I have to say it's borderline sci-fi and although it has a lot in common with the crappy wave of asian techno-horror remakes, for some reason I still found the film's plot interesting (not all that scary tho). 3.5/5
Mirrors is a fucking disaster (also, now seems like a good time to admit that I own on DVD both Mirrors 2 (for the A+ boobage) and White Noise 2: The Light (for the A+ Nathan Fillion). Anyway, Mirrors... I had it in my head that Aja was going to be the next big deal after High Tension and The Hills Have Eyes Remake but this was pretty bad... I was really pumped from the trailers too, because it looked sick, but that whole fire-hospital backstory was fucking retarded and I just wanted it to end. 1.5/5
Thirteen Ghosts was pretty bad but i loved that house and shannon elizabeth (it was right after american pie and i had just paid 40 bucks to an older kid for the playboy she had been in) and when I first saw it, i hadn't yet seen the 1960 version, so I thought the plot was cool as fuck 2/5
One Missed Call was not worth my time but 1) i made that ringtone and if more people had seen the flick (which really nobody did) it had great potential for practical jokery 2) the poster is cool with the fucked up face 3) i like shannyn sossamon always thought she was a cutie would totally hit. also + for meagan good 1/5 |
theacademy
10.18.11 | (i havent seen any resident evil film) |
Trebor.
10.18.11 | You're lucky |
RooseveltsGhost
10.18.11 | The chick in the Resident Evil movies is a goddamn superhero, so she's never in any real danger. No danger= no suspense. |
RooseveltsGhost
10.18.11 | Silent Hill > alllllll the Resident Evils |
Gyromania
10.18.11 | "Silent Hill > alllllll the Resident Evils"
Without a doubt |
