For me it's THE BIG LEBOWSKI and THIS IS SPINAL TAP: I never really found them more than mildly amusing.
I also never quite understood the appeal of DISTRICT 9 but I did like CHAPPIE.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. I remember it being a decent enough movie but none of the details really stuck out in my mind. I can't understand why so many people think it's the greatest movie of all time. I might consider it one of the top 5 movies of 1994, but it's not even my favorite film released that year.
I do like SPINAL TAP a lot but I think it pales in comparison to WAITING FOR GUFFMAN and A MIGHTY WIND which are basically the same thing in a different setting.
BIG LEBOWSKI took me a few watches as I said recently. I can totally understand someone not getting it.
>>> JACKIE BROWN for me just never comes to life. I want to like it more than I do because 90s Tarantino.
SUSPIRIA (1977). I've heard people say it's Dario Argento's best film. Not to me. I though DEEP RED (1975) and PHENOMENA (1985) were heads above SUSPIRA. BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE (1970) as well.
The work of this glorified plagiarist fanboy:
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http://www.badmovies.org/movies/ninjawars/
Quote from: Cult_Moody_Movies on June 07, 2025, 03:19:10 PMThe work of this glorified plagiarist fanboy:
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I liked RESERVOIR DOGS and PLUMP FICTION: nothing after that.
Quote from: zombie no.one on June 07, 2025, 03:07:25 PMI do like SPINAL TAP a lot but I think it pales in comparison to WAITING FOR GUFFMAN and A MIGHTY WIND which are basically the same thing in a different setting.
BIG LEBOWSKI took me a few watches as I said recently. I can totally understand someone not getting it.
>>> JACKIE BROWN for me just never comes to life. I want to like it more than I do because 90s Tarantino.
I agree about JACKIE BROWN: aside from Pam Grier, the movie was meh.
Quote from: RCMerchant on June 07, 2025, 03:08:57 PMSUSPIRIA (1977). I've heard people say it's Dario Argento's best film. Not to me. I though DEEP RED (1975) and PHENOMENA (1985) were heads above SUSPIRA. BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE (1970) as well.
The remake of SUSPIRIA makes the original movie look great 😳.
I agree about DEEP RED: it was the first Argento film I saw.
I also think SUSPIRIA is overrated in the context of Argento's filmography, although it does have arguably the Best Death Ever™
Quote from: Trevor on June 07, 2025, 03:58:36 PMPLUMP FICTION
too much Royale with cheese? :smile:
I never saw what the big deal was with the Blair Witch. Buncha' people that can't hold a camera steady wandering around lost in the woods acting afraid.
Quote from: chainsaw midget on June 07, 2025, 04:54:47 PMI never saw what the big deal was with the Blair Witch. Buncha' people that can't hold a camera steady wandering around lost in the woods acting afraid.
Amazing word-of-mouth campaign, and found footage horror was a new concept when it came out. (Some gullible) people actually believed that they were watching real footage at the time. But as a movie, agreed, it's not that great. As a marketing ploy, it was genius.
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Well, not that I cared... :bouncegiggle:
Not a movie but I never "got" MST3K. This kind of making fun of bad movies didn't work for me. It's like watching a children's show aimed at adults?
I understand it has its place in American pop culture, but it's just too silly and annoying for my inner man child.
Quote from: zombie no.one on June 07, 2025, 04:40:14 PMI also think SUSPIRIA is overrated in the context of Argento's filmography, although it does have arguably the Best Death Ever™
Quote from: Trevor on June 07, 2025, 03:58:36 PMPLUMP FICTION
too much Royale with cheese? :smile:
😉😉😉🐢
Quote from: chainsaw midget on June 07, 2025, 04:54:47 PMI never saw what the big deal was with the Blair Witch. Buncha' people that can't hold a camera steady wandering around lost in the woods acting afraid.
You can put the blame for that on the South African born producer Robin Cowie 😳😉😉😉
Quote from: claws on June 07, 2025, 11:17:13 PMNot a movie but I never "got" MST3K. This kind of making fun of bad movies didn't work for me. It's like watching a children's show aimed at adults?
I understand it has its place in American pop culture, but it's just too silly and annoying for my inner man child.
I agree. Most of the 'Bad' films they mock are some of my favorite films of all time!
Quote from: Rev. Powell on June 07, 2025, 05:35:50 PMQuote from: chainsaw midget on June 07, 2025, 04:54:47 PMI never saw what the big deal was with the Blair Witch. Buncha' people that can't hold a camera steady wandering around lost in the woods acting afraid.
Amazing word-of-mouth campaign, and found footage horror was a new concept when it came out. (Some gullible) people actually believed that they were watching real footage at the time. But as a movie, agreed, it's not that great. As a marketing ploy, it was genius.
agreed. it was a perfect storm of the internet being enough of a thing that a massive buzz could be generated which sucked people in, but not enough of a thing that it could be easily debunked. (however I'm pretty sure that at no point did I believe it was real :teddyr: )
as for the film I think it's a solid one-watch... I have had zero desire to ever sit through it again.
Quote from: claws on June 07, 2025, 11:17:13 PMNot a movie but I never "got" MST3K. This kind of making fun of bad movies didn't work for me. It's like watching a children's show aimed at adults?
I understand it has its place in American pop culture, but it's just too silly and annoying for my inner man child.
I think I just don't like people talking over films I'm watching (although there's a handful of commentary tracks I do love). agreed though, the MST3K schtick is a very specific style of humour. you get it or you don't.
The only Rifftrax I never liked was the one done for KILL AND KILL AGAIN: riffing a movie stops being funny when (a) the movie you're riffing was funny in the first place and (b) you know most of the people who worked on the movie.
The Big Lebowski. Never watched it when it first came out. Recently sat down and gave it a shot and it just did nothing for me.
Predator. I can see a bit why it has fans, but I've never felt the need to watch it again, or it's sequels.
Quote from: zombie no.one on Today at 02:52:28 AMagreed though, the MST3K schtick is a very specific style of humour. you get it or you don't.
Pretty sure the theme song was intentionally "bad" but it is also one of, if not
the most annoying theme song for a TV show I have ever heard.
Quote from: claws on June 07, 2025, 11:17:13 PMNot a movie but I never "got" MST3K. This kind of making fun of bad movies didn't work for me. It's like watching a children's show aimed at adults?
I understand it has its place in American pop culture, but it's just too silly and annoying for my inner man child.
I get why some people might not dig it. I watched it a bunch as a kid in middle school and high school.