What Movie was Popular but really Sucked?

[GoreFollower]

I have a mighty long list but I'll pick out the top 5.
"The Ring"
"The Sweetest Thing"
"Secrets of the YA-YA-Sisterhood"
"Batman and Robin"
"The Amityville Horror"
I feel a weight has been lifted off my chest. What are your thoughts?

"No thanks, I already had a wife."- George Clooney- From Dusk Till Dawn

[ratm1966]

I think I have to disagree with you on The Ring and Amityville Horror. However, there is one popular movie out there right now, which is the suckiest movie ever made. The HULK.

[GoreFollower]

If I had cybercomputer abilities, I would make your mouse bite your hand off. "The Hulk" was awesome!!

Hey, wanna visit a site!
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[ratm1966]

Well, I am not trying to copy from a quote in another thread, but......like they say, opinions are like ass holes, and I have been accused of being an ass hole before.

[Zens_7s]

I thought the Hulk was boring, so boring I cannot come up with any better argument than that. Bite me, oh mouse.

At this point, I would like to insert the following answer:

What Movie was Popular but really Sucked? _______ Anything by Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay

[psychofiend]

I loved the Sweetest Thing, although it was the most DISGUSTING thing I have ever seen.

[Denyse]

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the most DISGUSTING thing I have ever seen

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Refresh my memory...What planet are you from?

In any case...

The Grinch, Home Alone 2 and XXX all get my votes.

[Omaru]

ring sucked but the original was actually quite good, they didn't ruin it by showing a stupid laughable blue face at the end.
Fast and the furious: I hate this so much
2 fast 2 furious: I havent seen this but I've heard its worse than the first so excuse me.
Dude wheres my car. more watchable than fast and the furious if only just.
Evolution: I think I am the only person that didn't like it, but where was the wit and humour and most importantly, action. Ghostbusters 1 &amp; 2 are far greater.
Mars attacks, it was watchable and likeable but I dispised it after 2 viewings.

[code6enterprises]

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ring sucked but the original was actually quite good

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I better say this beore someone else comes in and yells 'There was no original The Ring!' The Ring was based on a movie called Ringu.

[Omaru]

must u get all title-technical on me, u know what I meant. besides over here the japanese film "ringu" was released as "the ring" with "the ring 2" and "ring 0" as its repsective srequal and prequals. So I was not being Inacurrate.

[ratm1966]

So, of the 3, which one was the original?

[Omaru]

That depends on what u mean by "original" in terms of release it was "The Ring" which came out in 1998, plotwise would be the most recent Ring 0 which came out in 2000 but the events took place before those of The Ring.

[towelie99]

You rock, Zens_7s! /forums/images/icons/cool.gif

Nice response. Subtle, yet biting. You're like the velvet hammer! /forums/images/icons/smirk.gif

[Zens_7s]

Thank you dear /forums/images/icons/wink.gif If I could find a velvet hammer picture, I would use it in my avatar.

[Razorback]

You people have mentioned movies that didn't even make it out of the red.

RB

[ratm1966]

Just because they didn't make it out of the red, doesn't mean they weren't popular. It just means they spent too much money in making a piece of sh!t film.

[Denyse]

Far be it from me to deprive you of this...

http://www.hostmysig.com/data/denyse/velvet_hammer.jpg

[towelie99]

That's awesome! That's just freakin' awesome! /forums/images/icons/shocked.gif

[ratm1966]

Is that from The Velvet Hammer Burlesque?

[Zens_7s]

Heck yeah! That one is better than...
http://www.maths.dundee.ac.uk/~sanderso/music/vunico.gif Speaking of that, I think Robbo still has my velvet Velvet Underground t-shirt. Those are hard to come by.

[Denyse]

Si, senor...

[DillytheMonkey]

Now I would say that the worst most popular movie was Titantic, but then again I never did see it myself. I have a big hate for Romeo and Juliet too... god damn Leo. How about the Episode one? How about Dirty Dancing? How about Moulin Rouge? Or Legally Blonde? Or any movie they assume "chicks" will like?

[Efexeye]

I thought Shakespeare in Love was a steaming pile of doodoo.....

[psychofiend]

I think Titanic was awful.

[Zens_7s]

Wait. Where did I say anything about Shakespere in Love? Oh I get it, Efexeye was reading my mind and determined that I loved Shakespere in Love. Very crafty little fecker he is.

[brycejmcewen]

I agree with you Razor, most of these movies aren't what I would call "popular". I'm sure thier mom's think they're cool, but that's about it.

[karmattack]

I know Zens already covered this, but I have to say that Con Air ate Fromunda cheese.

Also, and hate me at will, Scarface.

[psychofiend]

I didn't even bother wityh Shakespeare in love after one of the trailers I just said "Uh... no."

[DangerSeeker]

Seeing the "reviews" come in on Tomb Raider 2, and based on the crowd at the screening, it looks to be fairly popular, but what a steaming mess.

Here's what I think. (http://danger-seekers.com/2003/tomb2.htm)

[Razorback]

I like how some people think that a movie they have not seen sucks. That is very funny.

RB

[Zens_7s]

Had you followed the link, you would realize he has seen it.

[Razorback]

I did not mean for that comment to be attributed to him. I meant that for someone else.

RB

[Zens_7s]

Ok then. I catch your drift now.

[DangerSeeker]

A part of me wishes I hadn't seen it, though, so that counts for, well, nothing, really.

[towelie99]

So, issues with Angelina, huh? She is a little odd, but you'd have to be to be married to Billy Bob (great actor, by the way).

[DangerSeeker]

The candle flame dances undisturbed before me, for I am not a fan.

[SecretArt]

Chicargo

[ELPARKINO]

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Chicargo

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HEHE..ITS LIKE CHICAGO AND FARGO ALL ROLLED IN TO ONE! there would be dancing, singing, and three times the murder...and the lead's spouse would be kidnapped! and it all happens in space, in a little town called chicargo, Illisota...where no one checks there messages before posting!

as pertaining to the subject...(haha wow, bring on the flaming) i think J&amp;SB SB was extremly over rated....i dont think it sucked par se...but it is my least favorite smith movie...it had its parts (and alot at that)...but enough is enough...im actually glad he is retiring the characters.

[SecretArt]

check what i'm posting first? what and miss the witty remarks about the typos i make?

[Denyse]

Everybody I know pronounces it that way, why not spell it that way?

Besides, I thought Secret was just being her usual clever and witty self, only to have the spelling-reality fairy come along and ruin the whole ambiance...

[Zens_7s]

I thought she was being clever also. As for the local pronouciation, it tends to have a hard 'k' sound. For example: "In ChicK-a-go, we dance around in da barse and drink beerse alot ya know." Most of us do not speak that way, and have the flat Midwestern dialect, but there are some.

[Tarantino_Fan]

Hulk was popular but it sucked.

[ratm1966]

Holy sh!t. Another person who agrees with me about the HULK movie. You da man!

[Razorback]

Both of your opinions in this matter suck worse than either of you thinks the movie sucked. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

RB

[Omaru]

RB I am shocked, 3 or 4 posts on this thread and you havent once said "The matrix sucks" maybe you're going soft on us.

[Razorback]

Huh? It is true that I hated, hated, hated the first one... but I really liked Reloaded.

RB

[brycejmcewen]

Was it the ending of "The Matrix" that made you hate it? I hated the ending, but not the movie.

[Omaru]

well thread says "movie" so I thought u would have contributed with saying how much the first sucked.

[Razorback]

I just did. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

And no, I did not hate the ending specifically. I just hated the whole movie. I understood the point of the movie (anyone who has taken a LOGY class and paid any attention would) but I thought it was presented in a very fanboy'ish kind of way that makes mindless drones worship its content.

My overall view of the movie can be found in many threads on this board so I won't dive into that again. However, Reloaded digs deeper into Sociology, specifically the idea of control and causation (they refer to it as "causality") which I find to be very interesting.

Those who loved the first one but did not like the second prove my reasoning for hating the first and liking the second. People just live on the surface of most things... they do not like digging into them. That is why the slomo's hated The Hulk; too much story and not enough action. People would rather not think too much when they see an "action" movie, and when they do they demand that the movie was bad or stupid or boring (or with respect to the new Star Wars movies, being directed by a man hell bent on destroying their childhood).

RB

[straitshooter11]

dumb and dumberer

[DangerSeeker]

Not popular.

Why are so many people picking unpopular movies? Didn't somebody say Batman &amp; Robin? Where was that popular?

Ooooh, I have one! Ghoulies 4! It sucked! It must have been popular, because it's on video!

[straitshooter11]

yea it was.. the sequal to dumb and dumber! thats gotta be popular, they advertised that like crazy

what the hell is Ghoulies 4?

[DangerSeeker]

Popular and publicized are different. OJ Simpson was not popular for (potentially) murdering his wife, but it was well publicized. Dumb &amp; Dumberer cost $19 mil to make, $20 mil to advertise, and pulled in only $25. It also got more bad reviews than good. I know it has it's fans, but when somebody has to defend themselves for liking a movie, usually that means it is not popular.

[Omaru]

I got one, 4 weddings and a funeral, recieved so much praise and whatnot, but I saw it and didn't like it. but am greatful that it somehow bput low budget brit films on the map.

[DangerSeeker]

Yep, lotta praise, decent box office, fits the definition. Although I haven't seen it. No date to take to the date movie at the time.

[Urban_Spaceman]

only one comes to mind: Daredevil. For a comic movie, it was on the same "ugh" level as Batman and Robin.

[towelie99]

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That is why the slomo's hated The Hulk; too much story and not enough action. People would rather not think too much when they see an "action" movie, and when they do they demand that the movie was bad or stupid or boring (or with respect to the new Star Wars movies, being directed by a man hell bent on destroying their childhood).


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You have a very broad definition of story. Unfortunately, I'm not sure that's what the Hulk had. I'd try and find out exactly what it had, but it makes me retch, and that clouds my judgment.

As for story, the Godfather I &amp; II had story; Pulp Fiction had story. In fact, Ang Lee should have called up Tarantino and asked if he could borrow some story, as the Fiction had more than enough to go around.

As for the Matrix, loved it. The second one, not as much, but still a good film. It had as much story as was required, no more, no less. Arguably, it was a repackaged Terminator, but that's not such a bad thing, and it was very nicely done. It would have been just fine as stand-alone film. True, the second digs deeper, takes you in directions you didn't think possible, and maybe that was the point: the first invites you in, sets the tone, while the second, now that they have your attention, takes you deeper. It's unfair to criticize the first the way you are, for not being deep or thought provoking; that wasn't the point. You want that, go watch 2001.

Oh, and it wasn't just the story (or lack thereof) in the Hulk that pissed me off; it was the Hulk himself. If you're going to give us a two and a half hour movie like this, at least give us something more than a Shrek knock-off for visual fx.

[ratm1966]

here here!

[THX1138]

I have one that was popular and I liked it but it didn't bank nearly enough in theaters. Final Fantasy: Spirits Within

[Efexeye]

I realize I will be pissing a lot of people off with this post but GOD, I hate Top Gun. What a sausage-fest. I HATE how popular this [censored] cheese-fest is.

[Razorback]

Good point. While I loved that movie when I was growing up and building up my love for flying, years later I discovered how silly that movie was and the total lack of realism in much of that movie.

RB

[Efexeye]

It's just 2 hours of latent [censored]-eroticism and cheesy one-shot lines. My roommate was flipping between that and The Man Show last night *shudder*. What a nightmare.

It's like Norm MacDonald's line in Dirty Work- "Ok, you guys go back to doing something latently [censored]-erotic."

[ratm1966]

Oh God, tell me about it. Top Gun sucks ass. I get so tired of movies that can't get their aircraft right (i.e. using a T-38/F-5 as a Russian Mig). I also didn't care for the characters or the actors they got to play them. The story line was cheesy and the way they portrayed pilots was cheesy. Let's not even go into the way they portrayed base security in the movie or lack there of (A pilot driving his motorcycle on the flightline?). Get real.

[Omaru]

kinda makes hot shots look like a more accurate film doesn't it?

[ratm1966]

Yup.

[Razorback]

I remember two Navy recruiters coming to my highschool and using Top Gun as a recruitment tool (they had it playing on a TV next to them). I walked up to them and said "man that movie is fake." They argued with me that it was very realistic except for the part where the cat doesn't work and they can't launch (they have more than one).

So I asked them "so the hard deck is 10,000 feet yet most of those shots seem show the aircrafts below 2,000 and lower. Mavrick can't eject because he can't reach the ejection handles... isn't there a backup ejection 'handle' inside the F-14 near the seat? Plus, enemy aircrafts are allowed to get within 200 miles of the fleet? Also, why is the carrier cruising alone? Where is the battle group?"

They did not like those question.

RB

[ratm1966]

One of the few movies/TV shows that I have seen that most resembles they things are in the military is Stargate SG-1. Their uniforms are very close, the way they use the rank structure is accurate, and their respect of the fact that in the military, subordinates can not have personal relationships with their superiors. They also do a great job in showing how politics plays a great part in military decisions.

[THX1138]

Yeah I don't care much for Top Gun or Hot Shots. When I went to theaters to see Hot Shots as a kid I left to the lobby ten mins into it to go play that kick ass Simpsons game. The one where Marge has a vaccuum and Bart has his skateboard. Man I miss that game.

[Efexeye]

I thought Old School was a steaming pile of crap too.

And people aren't going to like this, but I thought 8 Mile was pretty weak. It was just a Rocky remake and Eminem happens to be the flavor of the moment. Besides, the Academy Award song, which was barely in the movie (over the ending credits) seemed like a forced nod to recognize the growing market for hip-hop.

I'm from Detroit.
I like Eminem, a lot.
But come on, the movie was not that good!

[karmattack]

Just to let you know, your Taste Meter is broken and needs repair. I'm sure there are several people in the forums who will take a look at it for you, but for your health and wellbeing, and that of the people who read your posts, you really need to get that fixed!

[waves hand in front of face] Phew!!

[THX1138]

I never saw 8 mile all because I can't stand Eminem or Britney Murphey.

[karmattack]

Personally, I wasn't much of an Eminem fan until after I saw 8 Mile. It changed my tune. Good flick.

[psychofiend]

Okay too much Top Gun bashing here. I loved that movie and I think there must be more people who liked it. You have to admit the Kenny Loggins song from it was awesome, too.

[karmattack]

Kenny Loggins is the [censored]. The theme songs for Top Gun, Footloose, Caddyshack. Must I go on???

[psychofiend]

I know man, god I love the 80s, maybe because i only spent 3 years in the 80s...

[brycejmcewen]

"maybe it's the every other decade theory. You know, the 60's rocked, the 70's, well, they obviously suck. Who knows, maybe the 80's will be radical." - Cynthia Dunn, DAZED AND CONFUSED

[Efexeye]

karmattack-

I have a degree in media communications with a minor in film from a Big Ten university. I'm secure in my taste- where are your credentials?

[brycejmcewen]

6 years Tap, 3 years Jazz.

[DangerSeeker]

I have an a$$hole, came complete with opinion.