worst of 2004

[Hugomarink]

No way! "Saw" was a lot of fun. As long as you didn't go in expecting "Seven" (as some idiots compared it to) then you should've enjoyed it. And the ending truly fooled me, which rarely happens. (Hell, I even guessed the ending to "The Sixth Sense"!)

[Kory]

The pacing was slow, the acting was HORRIBLE, the ending was, yes, predictable, and the promise of all the gore & suspense was never met.

[blkrider]

I didn't say Spiderman wasn't strong, I said he wasn't any more resistant to injury than a regular person.  The comic book Spiderman would have been killed if he'd tried to stop a speeding subway car with his legs.  Anyone who's read the comic knows that he's been injured numerous times, especially in situations when the villains have managed to mess up his Spider-sense.   The movie just didn't work for me at all, and I think it failed to follow up on the promise of the first film [which had its problems too but was more true to the character.]  

God, I've hit a new low, I'm having "comic book guy" discussions.  Barf.

[Fearless Freep]

God, I've hit a new low, I'm having "comic book guy" discussions. Barf.

Worst...post...ever

[Hugomarink]

I'll respect your opinion. I know others who had problems with the film and I'll agree that the acting was not the greatest and that the overall plot was ludicrous. But I was still entertained. I went in with fairly low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. And if you found that wacky, twisted ending to be predictable then you are truly gifted at spotting unexpected story turns. I guessed the "Sixth Sense" and "Crying Game" endings halfway through those "surprise ending" films. but "Saw" completely fooled me.

[ulthar]

Guessing the twist I think is partially in response to how engaged in the story you are.  If you let the story take you away, you tend to miss those little cues.  The story is either hitting or it's not.

Sadly, I've come to find myself looking for twists in movies where there are none.  I find myself getting distracted looking for the cues of 'okay, where's the twist going to be.'  This is the extent at which Hollywood has overused the 'twist' device, and a statement to how weak many of the stories are.



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[Menard]

I will agree with that; with regard to expecting a twist in a story. What should it be called: the expected unexpected twist?

[Joe]

The Villiage has my vote. I've never been so bored at a suspense movie in my life. The setup wasn't too bad, but once the audiance figures it all out (about 10 to 15 minutes in) the rest just seems like a long, uphill climb for nothing.

[Kory]

Maybe my problem was that my expectations were too high.

[Cawdor]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Van Helsing yet!   Am I in the minority in thinking that this was an absolute abortion of a movie?

[blkrider]

Still haven't seen it....

I've gotten to the point where I just won't take a chance on a movie if I have misgivings about it.  Tickets are too expensive and audiences are too annoying to put up with for the sake of a mediocre movie.  

The place we live in now has air conditioning so we'll probably see fewer movies next summer.  The only reason we saw DAY AFTER TOMORROW, EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, and RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE was to escape the heat for a few hours.

[Kory]

Ah- Van Helsing.  I forgot to mention it because, thankfully, that 2 hours of my life had been blacked out of my brain.  I'll have to agree.

[Hugomarink]

Actually, I didn't think it was that bad. Of course I went in with very low expectations since all I heard from the critics was how bad it was. It's not that bad. It's a big budget action thriller popcorn movie and I think it basically succeeds as that type of movie. I've certainly seen worse in that genre.

[Hugomarink]

I know what you're saying. In both "The Sixth Sense" and "Crying Game" I went in knowing there was some big twist so I was looking for it and figured it out before the twist was revealed. Same goes for any M. Night Shyamalan film. You go in wondering what the twist will be. I did not realize that "Saw" had a twist ending so I was not looking for it. I suspended my belief, got sucked up in the story, and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

[Master Blaster]

I'm behind you. Rubbing my own feces on the screen would have made for a better movie. I didnt even find it mildly entertaining. It was so stupid I was actually rendered a little dumber for having watched it.