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LOL!! Gotta love how 'The Usual Suspects' have immediately jumped on

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In Reply to: RE: Worst film/movie you ever watched posted by Marduk on January 20, 2008 at 19:35:07

this thread to show off their level of Trenchant Sophistication. As in, 'I'll be sure to list Popular Movies as my Worst Ever, to immediately separate myself from those Wallowing in the Wretched Filth of the Unwashed Masses!

The OP's subject line was 'worst film/movie you've ever watched.

So, 'The Usual Suspects' was the tip-top, worst film you've ever seen?

'The English Patient'-the worst of the worst?

'Lawrence of Arabia', for chrissakes!

Pauline Kael once said something to the effect of 'If I was headed to the altar, and found out my fiance' liked 'Forest Gump', I'd run screaming from the church' (very much paraphrasing here). However, I doubt even she would have said it was the worst movie/film she's ever watched!

Hard to imagine the Level of Intellect required to have listed 'Atonement' as the worst movie ever seen, because it's, quote, 'an elegant lie'.

Fascinating stuff-

Oh, and thanks to the 'PhilJs' of the thread, who aren't afraid to admit that they tried to sit through 'Norbit'. I think that's what the OP had in mind.

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Well done - WinthorpeIII 15:16:04 01/25/08 (2)
My sentiments exactly. Mucho prententious-o!

I don't rule out the possibility that to some individuals, certain movies might be particulary painful. Still, it certainly doesn't ring true.

My list would certainly NOT include Usual Suspects etc.

Gone Fishin'
Message in a Bottle
Shakes the Clown
Swept Away
Bio-Dome
Leonard Part 6
Rhinestone
The Postman
Wild Wild West
Drop Dead Fred
Flintstones Viva Rock Vegas
House of Wax
Haunted Honeymoon
Heaven's Gate

These are legitimate stinkers. Hmmm Bomb-o.

There are some made for cable films that are even worse than these. It's tough to pick a worst, maybe Message in a Bottle was the most painful.
- good list until you added Heaven's Gate.......(nt) - TWB 10:24:58 01/28/08 (0)
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- Excellent list. But shouldn't 'Lawrence of Arabia' be sitting right below 'Shakes the Clown? /nt/ - powermatic 15:54:57 01/25/08 (0)
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The bigger they are the harder they fall - manerac 15:07:01 01/25/08 (1)
There's no satisfaction in picking on Ed Wood and other small-timers who didn't really have any negative effect on the state of the film industry.

My personal peeve is "Star Wars" which gets a surprising amount of respect even among this bunch of cynics. Besides being just dumb, it created the franchise mentality that has stifled originality in film-making ever since. It also derailed the science fiction genre from its cerebral roots (think 2001, The Day the Earth Stood Still, etc.) into a mishmash of medieval hokum and spaceship shootemups.
- When the subject line reads 'Generally Well-Thought- of-Movies That I Think Suck' - powermatic 15:49:45 01/25/08 (0)
  I'll be right there with you on the 'Star Wars' bandwagon (calling the acting 'wooden' is to give a 2x4 a hard time).
  
  But given the topic of the thread, and notwithstanding the Ed Wood library, where are the 'Showgirls' or 'Driven' (that Stallone pic-yikes!) or 'Speed II'(my excuse-we were wandering the rental aisles, picked up the box,saw it had received a S&E '2 thumbs up'. "How bad can it be?" we said in unison. We then proceeded to find out.)

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