OT: Hit Movies that Blow Chunks - Page 6

Ack · #51 October 10th, 2003, 04:10 AM

Personally I can't stand Hollywood insider or movies like Traffic. They are pompous, preachy POSs. Or even better, remakes of old classics. The most recent offender is the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Actually a harder question would be to name a recent movie that you WERE NOT disappointed by. It really seems that movies, and music, are being dumbed down to be unoffensive to the widest possible audience. Try a movie like Pearl Harbor where the Japanese really weren't the bad guys, just honorably misguided. It is really hard to make a good movie when the director has no opinion what-so-ever.

narf poit chez BOOM · #52 October 10th, 2003, 05:05 AM

the lord of the rings is good. but it helps that i was expecting it to be at least twice as good as the average movie and wasn't expecting it to be as good as the book...though i was hoping.

General Woundwort · #53 October 10th, 2003, 11:26 AM

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Originally posted by Erax:
Baron, you'd be surprised. We got all the Irwin Allen series down here. Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel, Voyage Beneath the Sea (some of these names may be off because I know them by their names in Portuguese), all of which I watched as a kid. We got just about every series that ever was on American television, from the Muppets to Dallas, except the Brady Bunch and Beaver.

Ugh. Why couldn't we export something useful and worthwhile... like football?

Fyron · #54 October 10th, 2003, 03:50 PM

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Originally posted by Ack:
Try a movie like Pearl Harbor where the Japanese really weren't the bad guys, just honorably misguided. It is really hard to make a good movie when the director has no opinion what-so-ever.

Cause you know that being honorably misguided leads to things like the Nanking massacre and probably murdering more innocent civilians overall than the Nazis did...

Loser · #55 October 10th, 2003, 04:03 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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Originally posted by Ack:
Try a movie like Pearl Harbor where the Japanese really weren't the bad guys, just honorably misguided. It is really hard to make a good movie when the director has no opinion what-so-ever.

Cause you know that being honorably misguided leads to things like the Nanking massacre and probably murdering more innocent civilians overall than the Nazis did...

Not to derail the thread, but let's not forget Stalin while we're making such a list...

gregebowman · #56 October 10th, 2003, 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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Originally posted by Ack:
Try a movie like Pearl Harbor where the Japanese really weren't the bad guys, just honorably misguided. It is really hard to make a good movie when the director has no opinion what-so-ever.

Cause you know that being honorably misguided leads to things like the Nanking massacre and probably murdering more innocent civilians overall than the Nazis did...

What really ticked me off about Pearl Harbor is that they weren't even trying to be historically accurate. I read or heard Michael Bay say that if you want to see an accurate portrayal of the attack, go see Tora!Tora!Tora! Why even make the movie then if that's your atttitude?

Also, call me crazy, call me mad, but after growing up watchint the Lost in Space series, I loved the movie. That's the kind of Lost in Space I've been wanting to see for over 30 years. None of that campy crap that the series had, but at least an attempt to put real drama into the franchise. I hope they make another movie.

narf poit chez BOOM · #57 October 10th, 2003, 09:52 PM

I don't think so, hitler was making a concerted attempt to kill civilians.

Loser · #58 October 10th, 2003, 11:50 PM

Check your history. Hitler was focused and that is worth noting, but he was not the only monster.

Hell, forget history. Check current events or the events of the Last two decades. Genocide is still happening.

narf poit chez BOOM · #59 October 10th, 2003, 11:57 PM

yes, i know genocide is still happening. the current comparison is between hitler and the japenese in ww2.

Puke · #60 October 11th, 2003, 12:28 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
yes, i know genocide is still happening. the current comparison is between hitler and the japenese in ww2.

and its not an arguement worth having. suffice to say that the world is an ugly place, and people will continue to do ugly things to each other. nothing will be gained here by inciting people with comments about the behavior of the national socialist party or the largely anti-forigner attitude of the Japanese through history.

This is a perfectly good thread about bad movies, lets take the politics and history debates somewhere else.

and on-off-on topic, the bridge over the river kwai was a crappy movie and a poor historical representation. Last of the Mohegans, on the other hand, was great (though probably had a few inaccuracies of its own).