I suspect Malcolm is behind this
I don’t use the word “sellout” often because the term itself has become so cliché, but George Lucas is the absolute definition of the word. He took one of the world’s most beloved science fiction universes and turned it into a goddamn farce: laughable racial caricatures; vile, unsympathetic protagonists who deliver ridiculous dialogue in a manner so stilted that it makes Tara Reid look like Spencer Tracy;
Possibly one of the best insults I've read in some time. There's definitely some flicks that need to be added to that list, though. & Robin Williams didn't make 2.5 good films. EVERY SINGLE PART of "Dead Poets Society" absolutely sucked.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
"The Rock" was watchable. Subjecting "Armageddon" to scrutiny even by a five-year old would result in MAJOR script rewrites.Hey, I liked Rock and Armageddon.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
That list sucks.
While reading the article one word kept running through my head: "Pretentious."
I don't know or care who the Pajiba staff is made up of, but I do know that they're the type of people who shit on everything to make themselves look intelligent and cultured.
I admit to being a really tough critic when it comes to films, but I know that sometimes you just have to let a movie be a movie and not take it seriously, especially if it isn't taking itself too seriously. These Pajiba people don't seem to get that at all.
Their criteria sucks too. They want to say blockbusters are only films that made over $100 million. Why? A lot of those films cost $100 million+ to make, if they don't break even why are they blockbusters? The Blair Witch Project is a blockbuster and I'm not positive that reached $100 million (domestic).
Why their list sucked:
10. The Rock - Has no business being on this list. The Rock was made as a tongue-in-cheek, fish-out-of-water story with over the top action. They didn't try to make Citizen Kane (the most overrated movie ever) here and that's where regular critics always fuck up. They need to critique based on the film's purpose and tone.
9. Van Helsing - This movie sucked and was simply made to make money and hopefully spawn sequels.
8. Pearl Harbor - Took itself really seriously and got a lot of facts wrong. That's always a negative. It was an obvious effort to make Titanic into an action flick.
7. Meet the Fockers - I have yet to see it because Barbara Streisand is in it. She's a cunt (pardon my French).
6. Armageddon - Belongs on every list about "worst science in film", but it was still entertaining as hell. Thus, it doesn't belong here.
5. Patch Adams - Not a blockbuster by definition due to its lower budget, it was a successful film though, so I guess if that's how they classify a blockbuster I can accept it here.
4. Titanic - A big budget story about the tragic deaths of thousands that nobody would have cared about if it weren't for the made up love story. I've always thought there was something very telling about that fact.
3. SW: Ep1 - Lucas sucks. This was his attempt to make money by anally raping his own creation and its fans.
2. Big Momma's House - Why is this on any list besides "Films people don't give a shit about"?
1. Batman & Robin - Yeah, this is shit, but pointing this out as shit is like beating up the crippled kids in school.
Finally, and this is really simple, any list of this sort that doesn't have Godzilla (US version) at the top of the list is immediately thrown out as uncredible. Sorry. That's not just an opinion either.
Hollywood spend a LOT of money buying the rights for Godzilla, making the film, and then marketing it. It hit $99 million on the first weekend and then plummeted as word got out about how terrible it was and how it had NOTHING to do with Godzilla. If I remember, Godzilla may still have the biggest drop in ticket sales from opening weekend to the second weekend.
While reading the article one word kept running through my head: "Pretentious."
I don't know or care who the Pajiba staff is made up of, but I do know that they're the type of people who shit on everything to make themselves look intelligent and cultured.
I admit to being a really tough critic when it comes to films, but I know that sometimes you just have to let a movie be a movie and not take it seriously, especially if it isn't taking itself too seriously. These Pajiba people don't seem to get that at all.
Their criteria sucks too. They want to say blockbusters are only films that made over $100 million. Why? A lot of those films cost $100 million+ to make, if they don't break even why are they blockbusters? The Blair Witch Project is a blockbuster and I'm not positive that reached $100 million (domestic).
Why their list sucked:
10. The Rock - Has no business being on this list. The Rock was made as a tongue-in-cheek, fish-out-of-water story with over the top action. They didn't try to make Citizen Kane (the most overrated movie ever) here and that's where regular critics always fuck up. They need to critique based on the film's purpose and tone.
9. Van Helsing - This movie sucked and was simply made to make money and hopefully spawn sequels.
8. Pearl Harbor - Took itself really seriously and got a lot of facts wrong. That's always a negative. It was an obvious effort to make Titanic into an action flick.
7. Meet the Fockers - I have yet to see it because Barbara Streisand is in it. She's a cunt (pardon my French).
6. Armageddon - Belongs on every list about "worst science in film", but it was still entertaining as hell. Thus, it doesn't belong here.
5. Patch Adams - Not a blockbuster by definition due to its lower budget, it was a successful film though, so I guess if that's how they classify a blockbuster I can accept it here.
4. Titanic - A big budget story about the tragic deaths of thousands that nobody would have cared about if it weren't for the made up love story. I've always thought there was something very telling about that fact.
3. SW: Ep1 - Lucas sucks. This was his attempt to make money by anally raping his own creation and its fans.
2. Big Momma's House - Why is this on any list besides "Films people don't give a shit about"?
1. Batman & Robin - Yeah, this is shit, but pointing this out as shit is like beating up the crippled kids in school.
Finally, and this is really simple, any list of this sort that doesn't have Godzilla (US version) at the top of the list is immediately thrown out as uncredible. Sorry. That's not just an opinion either.
Hollywood spend a LOT of money buying the rights for Godzilla, making the film, and then marketing it. It hit $99 million on the first weekend and then plummeted as word got out about how terrible it was and how it had NOTHING to do with Godzilla. If I remember, Godzilla may still have the biggest drop in ticket sales from opening weekend to the second weekend.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
How in the fuck was Armageddon entertaining?
& yea, I was thinking of Roland Emmerich's Godzilla & why it wasn't on there. Alien 3? Alien vs. Predator? Pluto Nash? The Island? Plenty of films that should be on that list. If you read the site, though, they DO have positive reviews for flicks in there. Just none happen to be on that list.
& yea, I was thinking of Roland Emmerich's Godzilla & why it wasn't on there. Alien 3? Alien vs. Predator? Pluto Nash? The Island? Plenty of films that should be on that list. If you read the site, though, they DO have positive reviews for flicks in there. Just none happen to be on that list.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
How in the fuck was Armageddon entertaining?
It was dumb, mindless entertainment. Hell, they set the tone for the movie right away with the opening salvo on New York.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Robin Williams was great in The Fisher King, that alone gets him off the hook for alot of shit, but I never subjected myself to Patch Adams.
And yeah I enjoyed the hell out of The Rock, fuck that list. Armagedon had Buschemi so that makes it ok in my book, loses points for not killing Affleck though.
And yeah I enjoyed the hell out of The Rock, fuck that list. Armagedon had Buschemi so that makes it ok in my book, loses points for not killing Affleck though.
Make your own list
In no particular order:
Star Wars Episode I-III
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Pearl Harbor
The Bourne Supremacy
Batman Forever
Fantastic Four
The Blair Witch Project
Dumb and Dumber
Ocean's Twelve
I have a feeling others would have made the list, if only I had seen them. (Looks Who's Talking 2, Sister Act, The Santa Clause 2, etc, etc, etc)
In no particular order:
Star Wars Episode I-III
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Pearl Harbor
The Bourne Supremacy
Batman Forever
Fantastic Four
The Blair Witch Project
Dumb and Dumber
Ocean's Twelve
I have a feeling others would have made the list, if only I had seen them. (Looks Who's Talking 2, Sister Act, The Santa Clause 2, etc, etc, etc)
It's not me, it's someone else.
Titanic
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Independence Day
If people ask I usually say Independence Day is the worst film I have even seen.
Can't make a very big list because if I even think the movie might suck I don't watch.
Titanic is on there even though I haven't seen the whole thing and was playing a game while it was on but the gist of it sucked.
Of the top 100, these are the ones I think were way overhyped and were total crap:
Titanic
Star Wars Ep I
Passion of the Christ
Home Alone
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Signs
Mrs. Doubtfire
Austin Powers in Goldmember
The Day After Tomorrow
Dances with Wolves
There's Something About Mary
The Polar Express
Elf
Titanic
Star Wars Ep I
Passion of the Christ
Home Alone
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Signs
Mrs. Doubtfire
Austin Powers in Goldmember
The Day After Tomorrow
Dances with Wolves
There's Something About Mary
The Polar Express
Elf
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I really liked something about mary... but I also saw it before the hyper machine built it up, which always helps.
Titanic escapes from my worst 10 prolly just cuz my expectations for it were so low, and i thought it'd be so painful, that by comparison it wasn't that bad.
Titanic escapes from my worst 10 prolly just cuz my expectations for it were so low, and i thought it'd be so painful, that by comparison it wasn't that bad.
It's not me, it's someone else.