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Okay a little work boredom here (but what else is new)

Recently i acquired from netflix david cronenbergs history of violence. As a big fan of cronenbergs films I could not wait to watch it. After seeing it thought i must say it is the biggest dissappointment of a movie I've seen since the Chronicles of Narnia (yes, Narnia sucked balls get over it).

Anyone else have any other sad tales of great expectations in films they saw recently...or ever really.

Please discuss, my sanity depends on it. :p

EDIT: also since i have little money and time to be wasting on future disappointments, anyone recommend any good films that have come out recently whether on DVD or theaters????

an American HAunting plane sucked, saw that the other day

Hostel. 'nuff said.

I long for the day when they make scarey movies scarey again. Hostel didn't even have good gore effects. Such obvious prosthetics should be a criminal offense.

Hostel. 'nuff said.

I long for the day when they make scarey movies scarey again. Hostel didn't even have good gore effects. Such obvious prosthetics should be a criminal offense.

I've heard a lot about hostel being horrible, and it's sad. How can you make a torture movie horrible???

I can't remember the last time a genuinely scary film was released.

War of the worlds.

Well, this isn't a recent movie, but I've been on a Western kick recently in my rental purchases, and I was fairly disappointed by Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider. I've heard good things about it, and I've liked Eastwood's directorial efforts in other movies. This movie, however, was just all off. While Eastwood himself is very good, most of the other characters are poorly-acted and act without much in the way of motivation or even foreshadowing. Even worse, the ending gunfight was only one because Eastwood's dangerous and despicable opponents could very will make stormtroopers and red-shirt extras look like Mensa members by comparison. I suppose I'll look it over again, but I've seen far better gunfights, better acting, and better scenery before.

I can't remember the last time a genuinely scary film was released.

"They" came close, very close, in my mind. Also, the original "The Ring" (Ringu) was pretty damn creepy ... not scarey, but damn creepy.

"Meet the Deedles" was pretty bad, but the worst movie I've seen recently was "The Benchwarmers."

"The Benchwarmers."

Wait ... did any part of you think that would be good? :p

"They" came close, very close, in my mind. Also, the original "The Ring" (Ringu) was pretty damn creepy ... not scarey, but damn creepy.

that one veggie tales movie scared the crap out of me

that one veggie tales movie scared the crap out of me

Ahahaha .... Christian cucumbers.

"They" came close, very close, in my mind. Also, the original "The Ring" (Ringu) was pretty damn creepy ... not scarey, but damn creepy.


They as in wes cravens they? I didnt know he made a decent film since Nightmare.

Ahahaha .... Christian cucumbers.

thats the cucumber that mary (motehr of jesus) used as her ....

ill keep it work/ children safe

"Meet the Deedles" was pretty bad, but the worst movie I've seen recently was "The Benchwarmers."


Since when would Spade + Napoleon Dynamite(dont know real name and dont care) + Schneider = funny???

Has anyone seen The Hills Have Eyes remake? is that any good?

They as in wes cravens they? I didnt know he made a decent film since Nightmare.

He hasn't. Craven only "presented" it - meaning it was some indie film thrown in his lap that he said, "Yeah, I'll pay for it."

It was written by Brendan Hood and directed by Harmon/Bota.

It came close. But still not close enough to count. It had a lot of potential and I'd love to see it remade properly.

thats the cucumber that mary (motehr of jesus) used as her ....

personal massage device?

Has anyone seen The Hills Have Eyes remake? is that any good?

Ooh forgot about that one. Guess I'll add it to the rental list for when it comes out (unless it already has). The original was such campy good fun, gonna be hard to top.

Since when would Spade + Napoleon Dynamite(dont know real name and dont care) + Schneider = funny???

that was another terrible move that was over popularized

wasnt even funny, wasted my time and money when i was dragged to see it

that movie should be burned and outlawed

personal massage device?

sure that keeps it safe i guess

Hostel is quite bad.

He hasn't. Craven only "presented" it - meaning it was some indie film thrown in his lap that he said, "Yeah, I'll pay for it."

It was written by Brendan Hood and directed by Harmon/Bota.

It came close. But still not close enough to count. It had a lot of potential and I'd love to see it remade properly.


maybe I'll give it a look

also i guess i've seen one decent horror film in the past couple years. I enjoyed haute tension, alejandre(sp?) aja's (hills have eyes remake) first movie.

Narnia, History of Violence, Hostel, and War of the Worlds all sucked ass, tis true.

But I was more dissappointed in Sin City. I heard that it was SO GREAT, and it turned out to be a piece of crap.

And I finally caved, and gave in to everyone saying it was so wonderful, and saw Napoleon Dynamite. I can't walk outside without seeing "vote for Pedro" T-shirts. The whole world seems to be in love with this movie. Yet that piece of shit was the absolute worst movie I have ever seen. Bar none.

that was another terrible move that was over popularized

wasnt even funny, wasted my time and money when i was dragged to see it

that movie should be burned and outlawed
Young man, you have horrid taste.

I was under the impression that 'The New World' might have some redeeming value.

Nope. Boring... as... shit....

Couldn't bear to watch it all.

I, too, wasted money by going to see "An American Haunting".
It was seriously the worst movie I have ever seen.
EVER!!!

Ultraviolet- First time I have ever even been tempted to walk out in the middle of a movie.

Horrible acting
Crap plot
Utterly horrid SFX

And the trailers looked so damned good too!

Pi... erm...

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It wasn't that good. It was like they tried everything in their power to make it look like an independent indie-film thriller... and they ended up oversaturating it with stereotypical "different" independent indie-film ....

.... things...

Young man, you have horrid taste.

your right, guess im not into the whole being stupid is cool thing now days

But I was more dissappointed in Sin City. I heard that it was SO GREAT, and it turned out to be a piece of crap.

I like any movie where Elijah Wood gets mutilated.

Edit: "Everything's Illuminated" is a superb film that I reccomend everyone see immediately. While Elijah Wood does not get mutilated, it is proof that brilliant writing can overcome sub-par talent.

your right, guess im not into the whole being stupid is cool thing now days
Vote for Pedro and you will see the sign of the Gods.

Narnia, History of Violence, Hostel, and War of the Worlds all sucked ass, tis true.

But I was more dissappointed in Sin City. I heard that it was SO GREAT, and it turned out to be a piece of crap.

And I finally caved, and gave in to everyone saying it was so wonderful, and saw Napoleon Dynamite. I can't walk outside without seeing "vote for Pedro" T-shirts. The whole world seems to be in love with this movie. Yet that piece of shit was the absolute worst movie I have ever seen. Bar none.


I agree with all you say there, except that sin city was worse than narnia, HoV, WoW, etc. Sin city was disappointing (and there will be a sequel) but definitely better than the previous mentioned.

Ultraviolet- First time I have ever even been tempted to walk out in the middle of a movie.

Horrible acting
Crap plot
Utterly horrid SFX

And the trailers looked so damned good too!


wow i finally know someone who attempted to see that aeon flux wanna be movie.


Ooh forgot about that one. Guess I'll add it to the rental list for when it comes out (unless it already has). The original was such campy good fun, gonna be hard to top.


Yeah I loved the original, the glory years of horror were sadly times i was not alive during...the 70s. Well i guess the early to mid 80s too, but i was alive for that....Toxic Avenger anyone?

I like any movie where Elijah Wood gets mutilated.

Edit: "Everything's Illuminated" is a superb film that I reccomend everyone see immediately. While Elijah Wood does not get mutilated, it is proof that brilliant writing can overcome sub-par talent.
Really? I've read the book and didn't find it particularly good.

Vote for Pedro and you will see the sign of the Gods.


and which gods are these?

Donnie Darko. Sub-par acting meets trying-too-hard-to-be-cult director meets metaphysical bullshit that they apparently nailed together from a mixture of bad Japanese cartoons and marijuana. Not to mention that around here it seems to be the equivalent of Napoleon Dynamite wherever AllCoolNamesAreTaken lives.

Well i guess the early to mid 80s too, but i was alive for that....Toxic Avenger anyone?

AHA! The Troma years. :) Gave the world Trey Parker and Matt Stone. FSM bless Troma.

Really? I've read the book and didn't find it particularly good.

See the movie. It is one of the rare examples of the film being better than the book.

If you want a good Foer book, read "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close". He's getting better at his work.

Mission Impossible 3.
Well, I didn't expect it to be good in the first place, but I discovered I had some personal reasons that make me hate it that much more ;)

AHA! The Troma years. :) Gave the world Trey Parker and Matt Stone. FSM bless Troma.

Cannibal the Musical: one of the finest films in existence.

The most recent movies I've seen (which won't fit in here at all, LOL) were Brokeback Mountain and Memoirs of a Geisha. Maybe its just because I expected both to be really good, but I must say I was dissapointed. I wouldn't call either of them "crap", just dissappointing.

And I, for one, really enjoyed Sin City. So there. hehe

"They" came close, very close, in my mind. Also, the original "The Ring" (Ringu) was pretty damn creepy ... not scarey, but damn creepy.

Haha, whoo. I remember seeing "They" and for some reason I was really taken with it. As in I watched it several times over the course of several days. I'm not sure why, everyone else thought it was kind of crappy.

As for worst movie... hm... I know I've seen something recently, can't remember... oh well, I'll just say, ah, Ice Age 2. Because it was kind of disappointing.

I've heard a lot about hostel being horrible, and it's sad. How can you make a torture movie horrible??? How could a torture movie not be horrible?

They as in wes cravens they? I didnt know he made a decent film since Nightmare.He did: Scream.

Ultraviolet- First time I have ever even been tempted to walk out in the middle of a movie.

Horrible acting
Crap plot
Utterly horrid SFX

And the trailers looked so damned good too!

Oh right! Now I remember what movies I've seen recently.

Yeah, Ultraviolet was pretty bad as a movie. It did okay as an extended music video with fighting.

Scary Movie 4 sucked.

Scary Movie 4 sucked.

did you actually expect it to be good?

As to the whole Napoleon Dynamite issue, that movie has the worst piece of crap I have ever seen....ever. Thank god I watched it at home and I didnt waste my money going to the movies to see it.

History of Violence

I for one really liked this.

One i really got my hopes up for was Kingdom of Heaven...

oh well... history gets put by the wayside once again.

I know it's not a recent movie by a longshot, but I only saw it two weeks ago.

2001: A Space Odyssey was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. The book was amazing, so I was naturally excited to see the movie. I think Kubrick just wanted to test how long people would look at blank screens or listen to monotone machine hums.

Fortunately, Kubrick has Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, and The Shining to save him.

Mission Impossible 3.
Well, I didn't expect it to be good in the first place, but I discovered I had some personal reasons that make me hate it that much more ;)

Saw that this afternoon; aside from the ATROCIOUSLY HUGE plot hole in the abduction sequence, I didn't find it too bad.

Not that I was expecting much, mind, just some snazzy effects and nice set-piece action sequences.

Scary Movie 4 sucked.

Were you expecting it not to?

did you actually expect it to be good?

As to the whole Napoleon Dynamite issue, that movie has the worst piece of crap I have ever seen....ever. Thank god I watched it at home and I didnt waste my money going to the movies to see it.Good? No. I expected it to be funny. The other three made me laugh.

As to the whole Napoleon Dynamite issue, that movie has the worst piece of crap I have ever seen....ever. Thank god I watched it at home and I didnt waste my money going to the movies to see it.
I did one better and got it from the library, thus preventing me from dropping so much as a dime on that abortion on film. There were two gags in that worth seeing, but if that is the standard for a good movie then Cabin Fever was decent too.

My most recent dissapointment was Silent Hill. I sort of got my hopes up before going (Ebert hated, after all, and he is the biggest tool to fool someone into thinking he had good taste in movies), and was hoping to see the Hellraiser 2 of this decade. Regretfully, the good gore/horror was sparingly used, the director kept cutting away from the interesting bits, and there was far too much exposition/plot.

What the hell is with all the Sin City hate? That movie fucking owns. I mean, it's not as good as Pulp Fiction--that's a pretty tall order-- but it's not like the acting, story, or cinematography [quite the contrary!] can possibly be described as "crap." Plus, seeing an enormous Mickey Rourke was amusing, to say the least.

A History of Violence wasn't quite as good as I thought it would be, but I can't say I was disappointed per se. I think a lot of people expected more action and less heavy family business. Understandable.

I quite enjoyed a History of Violence.

Though, I can't say I was a huge Cronenberg fan based on his previous work. Videodrome? Dead Ringers? Crash? Not great films.

Ultraviolet was awful, but we really should have expected that.

MI3, I think was better than MI2, which I hated. The first one - the one that wasn't an action movie - was the only good one, though. MI3 wasn't good. It just wasn't as bad as MI2.

Transporter 2 is the worst movie I've ever seen, and I've seen some real crap.

What the hell is with all the Sin City hate? That movie fucking owns. I mean, it's not as good as Pulp Fiction--that's a pretty tall order-- but it's not like the acting, story, or cinematography [quite the contrary!] can possibly be described as "crap." Plus, seeing an enormous Mickey Rourke was amusing, to say the least.

Sin City was masturbatory and pointlessly gruesome. Pulp Ficton is a vastly superior film.

Sin City was masturbatory and pointlessly gruesome. Pulp Ficton is a vastly superior film.
How constructive. Any actual complaints with the movie or do you just want to hurl playground language at it for no apparent reason?

How constructive. Any actual complaints with the movie or do you just want to hurl playground language at it for no apparent reason?

For me, I don't know why I don't like it, i just don't think it lived up to the hype. I've got the Sin City comics and I was hoping for a lot more from the movie, but it was just a film version of the comics which was kinda dissappointing as nothing was new really.

The way it was filmed was excellent and the acting was exactly how i pictured it when I read the comics.

I just didn't think it lived up to the hype. Maybe because I fell for the hype and expected it to be the best thing ever, but it wasn't. As I've already said, I prefered A History of Violence.

I guess its because I knew what was going to happen and therefore it didn't provide any shocks for me.