films that just dont get better
 

u know when u watch a film and u realise immediately that its gonna be shit but u keep watching anyway cos u think it MUST get better but it just doesnt and thats 2 hours of yr life yr never gonna get back? eg. mullholland drive, that was so wank i nearly cried, and also

anything by joe d'amato

(woops hadnt finished) and also 'in the name of the king' has anyone seen that? what the fuck happened there? i used to trust implicitly anything with statham in it but he let me down, what was the deal with that film why did it have so many cool actors in it and still manage to be unbelievable shit???

here was your first mistake

but he's awesome i refuse to admit my mistake :|

I saw a terrible one a few weeks ago and it was so bad that I can't even the title to warn you not to waste any precious time watching it. :o

Ponyo

blood and chocolate
the collector
tropic thunder
role models
armageddon
30 days of night

et cetera
et cetera

I avoid these kinds of movies like the plague. I guess I'm successful enough because I can't think of any right now.

WTF ? Mulholland Dr. is a masterpiece, Lynch is one of the greatest directors ever.

Most films.

Also, Mulholland Drive is easily in the top 10 best films ever.

I think MD is a good movie (or it could have been), but the actors are SO bad, I can't watch it again.
They would fit in The Young and the Restless.

godfather III

Huh.

Just curious, have you seen any of Lynch's other films? He has them act that way in most of his films... probably to accentuate the more surreal qualities of the film.

Yes: Eraserhead, Elephant Man, and Dune.
I did enjoy EM and Dune.
But the actors in these movies are good to me (especially Kyle McLachlan), it's not the question whether they're superstar or not.

Let's see. Broken Flowers. Though I kind of liked the ending, I was really disappointed.

Also, Black Dahlia. Fuck that movie.

the bit in mullholand dr with the woman singing 'crying' is one of the most brilliant things i've seen in a film

That new sci fi remake, I forget, was it the day the earth stood still? Keanu Reeves was in it. Saw it with my folks. I figured it would be shit, and then, it got so shitty I thought this has to be a joke, and then it got even shittier...

napoleon dynamite sucks every time.

the departed

Heh. Well, Dune and Elephant Man are his worst and least Lynch-like films. But to each their own!

Pineapple Express
Death Proof

^^^ Two of the worst films I've ever seen in theaters.

I thought Pineapple Express was ok but I heard so much damn hype & it was meh

Death Proof is totally unforgivable though. I do not want to watch 30 minutes of 4 girls talking to each other in a car.

Yeah, I read a recent Tarantino article where even he admitted the film "didn't work", though I kinda think he only said that because it didn't make any money and he didn't want people to think that's the direction he was going in for his new movies.

• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Death Race 2000
• Burn After Reading
• Death Proof
• Fun With Dick & Jane

.... and most of the recent comedy and horror movies!

The fifteen-minute mark of any film seems to be at the point I decide whether it's too dull to continue or keep watching. So I don't usually reach the point that I think it's going to get better. I turned off After Hours, though, after a very short time because it turned us all off.

ANTICHRIST.

oh my god i was really willing that film to get better. it didn't.

...hmm.

After Hours rules, btw.

As much as I adore Lynch and know where you're coming from, I disagree.

Mulholland Drive was supposed to have been a tv series,
but got turned down by the big boys when Lynch showed them a mockup.
Diehard Lynch fans were quite disappointed when it eventually came out as a feature film.
Not surprising, the film is so incomplete, it hurts.

I'd also like to add that Lost Highway has the worst actors Lynch ever used.
They just don't suit his films - and by 'they' I mean Bill Pullman and Patricia Arquette.
Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE in Wild at Heart, blows them both away.

eraserhead was really good, but no mullholland drive i think i made it to within 15 mins of the end and had to stop.
and the departed is a good film!!!!
what about blood diamond, thats the only film ive thought dicaprio was any good in but many people slap me when i say that

Slap!
Have you seen What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
In my opinion, that's his best performance to date.

This isn't something I dwell on much, so I can't really participate in this thread. Sorry.

Something else I'd like to point out is that there are very rarely "actors" in Lynch's films. In fact, it's probably more accurate to call them "reactors"... they react to bizarre situations.

Rewatched Eraserhead for the hundredth time today btw.

THAT SOUND!

The Island.

Actually, you can add "all movies by Michael Bay" into this thread. Except maybe Armageddon.

No, DEFINITELY add Armageddon. That has to be the stupidest film I've ever seen.

Michael Bay ? Who is Michael Bay ? Oh sorry I'm living in a world where bad directors don't exist.

I actually like Armageddon. Maybe it's because I went to see it expecting to loathe it and I still can't honestly think of anything particularly good about it. I suppose Michael Bay is just one of those filmmakers that I dislike in principal but usually find myself quite enjoying.