Posted on 01/06/2010 9:42:42 AM PST by ctdonath2
In the spirit of the current thread "Best Films of all Time?", I just have to ask for the other end of the spectrum.
I don't mean "Night of the Lupus", "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", or other standard bad/forgettable films. I don't mean just box-office flops. I want to see tour-de-force bad.
That is indeed the Playtime I speak of. If you map “subtlety and style” to vast sets wherein the most mundane of human experience is scaled to prolonged in-your-face portrayals of minutia and passing amusement, thus squeezing all but the extremes out of existence, then yes indeed I am a philistine. In a mad attempt to rescue this grand debacle, I can only explain the content as a view of the world thru an autistic’s eyes: when mental filters are removed and the totality of human perception is unavoidable, the normal range of social experience is lost amid the noise.
:-)
Now, what’s your excuse for liking it? Seriously, I’m trying to get why it’s such a big deal.
I really enjoyed The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
I can’t believe there’s been 300+ posts and no one’s mentioned “North” yet....
The Hollywood obamanistas took everything that is great about the GI Joe storyline, and twisted it into a politically correct bunch of BS.
There was absolutely no American patriotism, and it even took a few swipes at our military in the process.
It is the complete and total manifestation of EVERYTHING that is wrong with Hollywood today.
I had the same reaction. It's the only movie I've rented (at the insistence of a friend), and turned off before it finished.
I didn't care for District 9, either. I nearly walked out, but ultimately stayed because I wondered how it would end.
I can't believe that no one has mentioned Dark Star yet.
THE GIANT CLAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I actually saw that on television when I was really little, and I had a nightmare about it! I forgot about it, until recently I saw the preview for it on youtube, and about fell out of my chair! OMG...could there have been a hokier movie! I am almost ashamed to admit even though I was something like three or four that it had that effect on me! OMG.
Of course, I am well known in my circle of friends for going with them while in high school to see a really, really bad movie years ago at the drive-in called “Galaxina” which had the positive attribute of having a poster with a busty girl on it.
I was led to believe that we were going to see more than her skin-tight space wear, and when the movie was obviously winding down, I involuntarily announce to the group in indignation: “I don’t think we are going to get to see her t*ts!”
I think it was my genuine indignation at being sold on the sex in the movie, and have to settle for less than full frontal nudity that made them laugh...
CADDYSHACK II !
Director:Peter Bogdanovich
Writers:Peter Bogdanovich (writer)
Blaine Novak (writer)
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The only movie where the audience was more entertaining than the movie.
Waterworld, one word: STINKER.
“The Men Who Stare at Goats”
Hands down stupidest movie I’ve ever seen.
I liked Cleopatra a lot, and I recommend it, a stunningly beautiful film.
Sharkey’s Machine
Midnight Cowboy
Completely Unwatchable
Another one no-one has mentioned is “Putney Swope.”
Aside from the actual TV commercials they made, the movie was pretty silly.
On second thought, it’s a prophetic metaphor of the Obama administration.
The Pirate Movie with Kristy McNichol, Bubba Ho-Tep (walked out on it to throw myself in front of a moving truck, but survived anyway), Last Married Couple, Chariots of Fire (Zzzzzzzz), Lonely Guy with Steve Martin, Independence Day with Will Smith, or just about anything with Will Smith.
OK...I’ve got THE worst of the worst here....an attempt at a 3-D movie from 1981...
The very forgetable “Comin’ at Ya”
http://www.dvdcult.com/rev_CominAtYa.htm
1: It looks at modern life without wallowing in nihilism.
It’s not got a mean bone in it’s body. All the characters
are treated with dignity, even the ridiculous ones.
2: It’s infinitely watchable. I’ll admit that the “gags”
aren’t in-your-face Mel Brooks style, but there’s one
happening every minute. It’s not shock comedy. It’s the
quiet humour inherent in the little absurdities of everyday
life.
3: Related to 2, it rewards paying attention. Films today
are visually busy, but you check your brain at the door. As
a heavy reader, I find them deeply unsatisfying and hard to
watch. In Play Time, I find a new sight gag, a new visual
echo, everytime I watch it.
4: Pacing. I admit, it’s a slow movie. It’s not a sprint,
it’s not even a marathon: it’s a stroll through Everyman’s
day. It doesn’t invoke any extreme emotion- laughter or
tears or anger. In Play Time, Tati doesn’t push his
audience’s buttons. I find it a refreshing contrast to most
films, where the director unnaturally manipulates timing,
soundtrack, and script to provoke the desired response and
has no compunction in doing so. It’s a film thrown up in the
air, as it were, to be taken as we find it.
I think it might help to watch the film in conjunction with
“Mon Oncle”, as Play Time is very much an extension of the
themes in that film, pared down to their essence. The
ultimate message of Play Time is that, no matter how the
world tries to cram us in a modernist mold, the human spirit
will out.
Blues Brothers.... One of only 2 movies I walked out of, stupid.
Heck, you don't watch the Blues Brothers for the movie or the plot ...
... you watch it for the music!
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