Blockbuster Hell

[Ash!]

Ok so youve seen the hype, got the poster, somebody bought you the official mug etce etc etc.

Which film was so hyped up it was cack beyond belief. Yet you still had to watch it to the end just to make sure it maintained its own standards of cackness throughout ?

I'll start the ball rolling with Independence Day. The scene with the British Pilots in the dessert still makes me piss. All they needed was a leather flying Helmet, Waxed Moustache and a glass of Creme De Menth to make it truly one of the best comedy moments in American Cinematic History

Discuss

 

[xane]

Lord of the Rings

 

[Testin da Cable]

Spiderman...oh and Silence of the Lambs II

 

[Ash!]

Originally posted by Testin da Cable
Spiderman...oh and Silence of the Lambs II

So I guess you didnt agree with the Pundits who said Spiderman Raised the bar on the modern action film

 

[Testin da Cable]

no sir, I did not

 

[jake cop]

Batman and Robin, how can something so painful make so much money?

One shot of Alicia Silverstone sliding into her Batgirl suit does not make a film worth watching.

 

[whipped]

The Thin Red Line.

Two good action scenes and Woody Harrelson blowing his arse off, does not a good film make. When I saw that the guy from Game On was in it I was aprehensive. One of only 2 films I have contemplated walking out in the middle of.

The other being Natural Born Killers. Thank God Rage Against the Machine turned up and saved the film from obsure hell.

 

[ECA]

LoTR - true crap, how come so many people bought the hype.

PS: One shot of alicia silverstone a film does not make, two however......

 

[legendario]

SW ep1 and ep2

Both shit.

 

[Testin da Cable]

heh how could I forget starwars heh heh and doubleheh

 

[ECA]

ep 2 wasnt that bad, but they dont have the charisma of the original movies I agree.

They feel more like cash-ins, oh wait, they are.

 

[Moving Target]

LoTR, Die Another Day

 

[Lester]

showtime
collateral damage
triple x
pretty much anything with arnold in these days
" " " " sylvester " "
Bowfinger
life
fast and the furious
planet of the apes


in fact, don't get me started.

 

[Moving Target]

Bowfinger is good, bitch :/

 

[Lester]

That's just your opinion, dear chap. Mine is to the contrary.

Vive la difference!

 

[Testin da Cable]

XxX is only bearable if you loudly compare it to the A-Team during the film and then start a popcorn fight

 

[Scouse]

....

Titanic - the only good bit was when the bloke fell off the back of the ship and hit the propeller on his journey into the Atlantic. The rest of the film was monkey wank.

Die Another Day. (Invisible cars???? Arse.....)



Not really suprised by LOTR appearing so much though - even though its a cracking good film. It's kinda popular to knock it nowadays...

 

[FatBusinessman]

I'll have to pop in another vote for Star Wars 1 & 2. Rather like Alicia Silverstone, one or 2 lightsaber fights do not a film make (not even if they have Yoda jumping around like a rabid monkey in them)

 

[Sir Frizz]

Harry Potter - People my age absoulutely love it :/
American Pie 2 - 1 scene wonder
The Exorcist - Just not up to standard
Rocky series - :/

 

[.Cask]

American Psycho - 'nuff said.
Urban Legends - First film I ever walked out of (and didn't return with edibles).
Anything with James Bond in the title - I don't understand how people enjoy this stuff.

 

[Lester]

Excorcist was and still is an excellent film. (Good book too)


And Urban Legends doesn't qualify as it wasn't hyped out of all proportion. Its just shit.

 

[mank!]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. You're all going to call me a shit cunt for nominating that, but c'est la vie!

 

[jake cop]

Originally posted by the-frizz
Rocky series - :/

Now hold on a mo! No one disses Rocky when I'm around. You take that back you hear!

Rocky four had less than thirty pages of dialogue, and no less than three training montages. Pure genius. Crap don't get better than that.

And who said American Psycho??? All Rocky gags aside, that was a great film, and pissed on by its awful William Shatner starring sequel. Some people have no respect.

 

[xane]

I only just realised this is not restricted to 2002 films, so I'd like to add:

Shawshank Redemption
Fight Club
The Matrix

 

[adams901]

The Matrix? OMG you are mad... I bet you're a harry potter fan arn't you?

 

[mank!]

Originally posted by adams901
The Matrix? OMG you are mad... I bet you're a harry potter fan arn't you?

Nah, he's just an old man

 

[legendario]

Originally posted by xane
I only just realised this is not restricted to 2002 films, so I'd like to add:

Shawshank Redemption
Fight Club
The Matrix

Wow 3 of my favourite films :/

 

[Sir Frizz]

Let's call him xanezotz from now! It's sure to set him off heh

 

[adams901]

ok from now on he is offically known as Barry Norman

 

[jake cop]

The Sixth Sense!

Now there's an absolute stinker. Full of plot holes, ham fisted direction and a really obvious twist that you can see coming right from the first reel.

The morons in the cinema who were engrossed in that crap, I wanted to slap every one of them.