films that just dont get better - Page 2

atsonicpark · 08.30.2009, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by gualbert

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.

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

TheDom · 08.30.2009, 08:10 PM

Pineapple Express
Death Proof

atsonicpark · 08.30.2009, 08:16 PM

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

TheDom · 08.30.2009, 08:24 PM

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.

atsonicpark · 08.30.2009, 08:29 PM

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.

FreshChops · 08.30.2009, 10:09 PM

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

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

dirty bunny · 08.30.2009, 10:14 PM

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.

lucyrulesok · 08.30.2009, 10:31 PM

ANTICHRIST.

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

atsonicpark · 08.31.2009, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by dirty bunny

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.

...hmm.

After Hours rules, btw.

Tokolosh · 08.31.2009, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

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

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.

sonicpixie · 08.31.2009, 05:10 AM

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

Tokolosh · 08.31.2009, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicpixie

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.

gmku · 08.31.2009, 07:16 AM

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

SONIC GAIL · 08.31.2009, 08:10 AM

Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

Stranger Than Fiction

I Heart Huckabees

THe Ballad of Ricky Bobby

What Just Happened

No Country For Old Men

atsonicpark · 09.02.2009, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gualbert

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.

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.

atsonicpark · 09.02.2009, 11:48 PM

Rewatched Eraserhead for the hundredth time today btw.

THAT SOUND!

jerf · 09.03.2009, 03:17 PM

The Island.

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

atsonicpark · 09.03.2009, 03:22 PM

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

TheFoxBen · 09.03.2009, 03:28 PM

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

demonrail666 · 09.03.2009, 03:40 PM

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.

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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	^^^ Two of the worst films I've ever seen in theaters. __________________
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TheDom expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville. Posts: 1,924	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.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	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. __________________
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dirty bunny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: oh, why Texas actually Posts: 1,680	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. __________________ kiss me kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Rewatched Eraserhead for the hundredth time today btw. THAT SOUND!
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	No, DEFINITELY add Armageddon. That has to be the stupidest film I've ever seen.
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	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.
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