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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by claws - Today at 06:22:15 AM

#32

Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...

Last post by LordGraal - Today at 05:11:30 AM

Tonight's Stinker
The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
https://youtu.be/ORN5aT9Lxho?si=aLPZ6k6-OzLIN1UP

Pretty forgettable, as I've already forgotten most of it....
So there's an opening crawl about how Earth was abandoned after WW3, & the universe is dependent on an anti-radiation drug that's only found one place in the universe....
In a capital city on the moon, traffic controllers are watching a cargo ship that's ignoring attempts to contact while it's set on a crash course.... Meanwhile, a scientist & a politician are bickering over the need for a defense ship....
Everyone is safely evacuated from the dome as the cargo ship crashes into it.... The dome is immediately rebuilt by planes spraying chemtrails, while inspectors find a robot in the wreckage of the ship.... They decide to rebuild the robot & reprogram it to be friendly....
Then Jack Palance calls up & demands surrender of the universe, so the scientist, his son & his girlfriend decide to steal the defense ship & head for the planet he's on....

This is the movie I thought I was going to watch when I sat through that porno a few months ago, and somehow, less memorable.... Gets pretty slow & plodding.... Tries to insert "HG Wells" in the title, & even swipes the name JOHN CABAL, even though it has no relation to the Wells novel.....
Feels like it was supposed to be a TV movie or an unsold pilot.....

Not many films make me angry but this one does.  I think it's the worse Star Wars cash-in of the time.  At least films like War of the Robots tried to have some excitement in them.  This is so shoddily made in all departments I can't even call it so-bad-it's-good.  The effects are amateurish. They don't even bother with laser effects - any of the lame battles are fought using cattle prods.  The location used to represent various planets is just scrubland.  The writing and pacing is immensely childlike, lazy and boring and the cast clearly have problems mustering any enthusiasm - who could blame them.  Attaching Wells' name to it is the ultimate insult.

#33

Good Movies / Re: favourite mid 90s movies?

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 04:55:54 AM

Chasing Amy

think this might be the only Kevin Smith film apart from CLERKS that I actually enjoyed... gotta be honest I was really disappointed with MALLRATS

The Game (1997)

I recently found out The Game the rapper was named after this film. always thought that was a terrible rapper name.

9. 12 Monkeys 1995

ok enough of you have now mentioned this one for me to do a rewatch. I don't remember much about it tbh

#34

Good Movies / Re: favourite mid 90s movies?

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 04:50:25 AM

A personal favorite that I would contribute to the mix:
Hal Hartley's AMATEUR
I'd reckon that's my single favorite film from '94-'96. A beautiful object.

cool, never heard of it. just found Barry Norman's (I guess kind of our Roger Ebert circa 80s/90s?) review on youtube. (he liked it).

I'd nominate one that hasn't been mentioned yet:
THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD
...Probably the second greatest Christopher Walken performance after DEER HUNTER, and he never moves anything below his collarbone.
Also Oscar-worthy/career-best performances from Andy Garcia, Fairuza Balk, and Christopher Lloyd, with a serious contender from Treat Williams, in service of a screenplay that is more quotable than Tarantino & Avery's for PF.

  But that's just me, what do I know?

I know I've seen this, but back then I would watch a lot of films in.... an alternate state of mind. maybe a rewatch in order 

#35

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Thought Thread Part...

Last post by Trevor - Today at 03:12:26 AM

I was recently scanning some movie titles and misread "Tales of Terror" as "Tales of Trevor".  Now when I see anything with "Terror" in the title, I replace it with "Trevor" and chuckle.

😀😃😄😆😂😄😆🐢

I really needed that LOL, thanks.

#36

Good Movies / Re: favourite mid 90s movies?

Last post by claws - Today at 02:42:33 AM

1. The Shawshank Redemption 1994
2. Pulp Fiction 1994
3. Forrest Gump 1994
4. Se7en 1995
5. The Usual Suspects 1995
6. The Lion King 1994
7. Casino 1995
8. Fargo 1996
9. 12 Monkeys 1995
10. Ed Wood 1994

Never seen:

Heat 1995
Toy Story 1995
Trainspotting 1996
Sling Blade 1996

Seen, but didn't care much:

Léon: The Professional 1994
Braveheart 1995

#37

Good Movies / Re: favourite mid 90s movies?

Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 02:17:59 AM

The Game (1997)

[Clerks]

#38

Good Movies / Re: favourite mid 90s movies?

Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 12:46:07 AM

Some of these might be off a year or so, but

Clerks
Mallratsb
Pulp Fiction
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Scream
Fargo
Dumb and Dumber
Ace Ventura Pet DetectiveI
Shawshank Redemption
Mortal Kombat
Usual Suspects
Toy Story
Forrest Gump
Batman Forever
Showgirls
Street Fighter. For Raul Julia.

2Nominations from 1997: Chasing Amy and Scream 2. If there's a late 90s list, they'd be on mine.

There's others that I'm thinking about, but it's late here and I'm a bit tired

#39

Good Movies / Re: favourite mid 90s movies?

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 12:24:27 AM

This was a great era for film and some Great films have been mentioned.

A personal favorite that I would contribute to the mix:
Hal Hartley's AMATEUR
I'd reckon that's my single favorite film from '94-'96. A beautiful object.

Per ZNO's first post...
PULP FICTION aged a bit poorly, imho. It was epochal in that moment, but Tarantino made better films after PULP FICTION (and actually I think RESERVOIR DOGS is also probably better than PULP FICTION).

And other folks made films like PULP FICTIOM that were better than PULP FICTION.
I'd nominate one that hasn't been mentioned yet:
THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD
...Probably the second greatest Christopher Walken performance after DEER HUNTER, and he never moves anything below his collarbone.
Also Oscar-worthy/career-best performances from Andy Garcia, Fairuza Balk, and Christopher Lloyd, with a serious contender from Treat Williams, in service of a screenplay that is more quotable than Tarantino & Avery's for PF.

  But that's just me, what do I know?

#40

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Thought Thread Part...

Last post by Paquita - November 22, 2025, 11:37:10 PM

I was recently scanning some movie titles and misread "Tales of Terror" as "Tales of Trevor".  Now when I see anything with "Terror" in the title, I replace it with "Trevor" and chuckle.