truly terrible films

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come on, what films do you think are over rated, over hyped and just plain vile? these two spring to my mind immediately. {especially after seeing them on someones fav films list ) icht.

lord of the rings films
casablanca

But Peter Greenaway is an artist expat. Surely anyone enjoying A Zed and Two Noughts would agree!

bp, fair point. Big was a really charming film, as was Splash. But latterly! I think I prefer the CGI version of him with the dead eyes in that weird Polar Express...

Artist, my ass! He's a demented twit who should be locked up. Worthless piece of s*(t. I saw Two Noughts and a Zed whilst a stoned university student and it turned me off so much I left.

He may not be in prison but he doesn't seem to get the work these days!
I did like Prospero's Books though.

Drowning by Numbers, that was a bit more than watchable too

Moulin Rouge. Everyone I know loved this film and I so wanted to see it, but it just bombed for me.

Fight Club - dross

Sorry TG, I'm with everyone you know on Moulin Rouge. But I liked Romeo & Juliet even more.

oh, wartybosoms, did you pay MONEY to see it?

I watched about 10 minutes of Moulin cos everyone said how great it was, how wrong they were, I agree its catpoo!

Nah! Don't frequent cinemas anymore, if I want a burger (and I don't) I'd go to MacDonalds (yuk)! I don't use box office either I wait for them to come on the usual Sky channels

I'd rather watch old Margaret Thatcher speeches than anything of Peter Greenway's.

I wish I had seen Moulin Rouge in a BIG cinema with a good sound system. You can tell Baz Luhrmann's theatrical roots, his wonderful films are too compressed on TV...

I used to think Titanic was the worst film ever till I saw Love Actually - I don't think I've ever seen such a bad script/acting. I actually had to stop watching it was so bad - what I can't understand is why and how it did so well.

Richard Curtis has LOADS of influential friends in the UK (I think he is probably a nice enough chap, it's just his films stink) and gets astonishingly favourable press for his work. It's like everyone dons rose-tinted specs whenever his name is mentioned. Anyone who gives Hugh Grant work on a regular basis is clearly a half-wit, for starters. The man has been pants since Maurice.

yes I suppose it (theoretically!) had a big bill cast - even on imb.com it actually has a rating of 7.8! But it was truly dire! It is amazing what a bit of influence can do though (it's like those Dan Brown books - I just can't see the attraction - but all it took was a bit of good publicity and the man's a millionaire).

Richard Curtis = mawkish shite

Natural Born Killers

never again will I subject myself to this pile of tosh.

Kill Bill

Agree with Girl with a pearl earring - most slow plot ever, waiting for something to happen, then "fin".

Closer! Just watched it. Crap.

Aw, GDG! Wish I could've warned you in time. Closer was pants.

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my list of terrible (but in a good way) films has to feature:

bruno mattei's 'classic' 'after death'
jesus vs. dracula (70's mexican wrestling flik)
children of the living dead (even tom savini couldnt save it)
liquid sky
geek maggot bingo
the day the clown cried (the 'lost jerry lewis epic)
pinnochio on mars (hmmmm.....cheap animation)
turkish star wars (even tho it stars cuneyt arkin, star of 'lionman')

more later (if anyones interested lol)

Meet the Fockers was dire
Wolf Creek
Pulse
Freddy got Fingered (couldn't even watch till the end)
The English Patient (we had to sit through it one Christmas day with the inlaws it was soooo long and sooo boring)
The Grudge (the american version the Japanese version was better)