Best and Worst films
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Just interested in people's favourite and most disliked films. For me, my favourite would have to be the German film, Das Boot. My most disliked film would have to be the Real Cancun (if you could call it a film).
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Favorite all-time - Spartacus
Least favorite all-time - Battlefield Earth
Favorite this year (haven't seen Return of the King yet) - Master and Commander
Least favorite this year - Alex and Emma (dragged there by the wife) - least fave seen on my own - Timeline
Least favorite all-time - Battlefield Earth
Favorite this year (haven't seen Return of the King yet) - Master and Commander
Least favorite this year - Alex and Emma (dragged there by the wife) - least fave seen on my own - Timeline
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Favorite? It's very hard to pick just one. Still, I can cheat and say the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Well, I can say it next week, for sure.
Least favorite? Starship Troopers, hands down.
Least favorite? Starship Troopers, hands down.
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Let's see...favorite....
Oh I know !! "The emperors new Groove"
Least favorite: "Joan of Arc" ( the slaughter of both the history and a good story )
Oh I know !! "The emperors new Groove"
Least favorite: "Joan of Arc" ( the slaughter of both the history and a good story )
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Wow! I thought the Emperor's New Grove was terrific. It is among my favorite animated stories.Ermingard wrote:Let's see...favorite....
Oh I know !! "The emperors new Groove"
Least favorite: "Joan of Arc" ( the slaughter of both the history and a good story )
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I think "The emperors new groove" is great because it's the one and only full length (well almost anyway) animated movie I know that uses cartoon stuff. I simply love it!
Unlike my least favorite film it doesn't take itself seriously, much more fun that way!
Unlike my least favorite film it doesn't take itself seriously, much more fun that way!
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Ermingard, are you speaking of the Joan of Arc mini-series from television (starring Leelee Sobieski, the Helen Hunt lookalike) or The Messenger, the Joan of Arc theatrical movie starring the woman who was the female lead in The Fifth Element (her name escapes me)?
Or maybe you didn't like either one?
Or maybe you didn't like either one?
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I'm happy to say I haven't (and will never see) From Justin to Kelly.Lord Foul wrote:All-time favorite: A Clockwork Orange or Apocalypse Now
Least favorite: From Justin to Kelly
Ugh!
If I actually watched that or Battlefield Earth they might change my mind aobut the worst film ever.
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I haven't seen the miniseries so I can't comment on that.
I mean the movie (and her name is Milla Jovovitch (spelling?))
Blearg!
She takes one of the strongest women in medeival history and turns her into a bubbleheaded, trembling excuse for a human beeing.
And she's a model, and she can look cool, but she sure can't act!
I mean the movie (and her name is Milla Jovovitch (spelling?))
Blearg!
She takes one of the strongest women in medeival history and turns her into a bubbleheaded, trembling excuse for a human beeing.
And she's a model, and she can look cool, but she sure can't act!
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Heh, I've never actually watched From Justin to Kelly]. I mean, come on! I'm not suicidal! But fact is, at IMDB.com, From Justin to Kelly is ranked #1 in the BOTTOM 100--100 worst movies. And over 50,000 people vote there, so I think that's a HUGE indicator of the movie's crap-factor.Cromas Tummins wrote:I'm happy to say I haven't (and will never see) From Justin to Kelly.Lord Foul wrote:All-time favorite: A Clockwork Orange or Apocalypse Now
Least favorite: From Justin to Kelly
Ugh!
If I actually watched that or Battlefield Earth they might change my mind aobut the worst film ever.
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ALSO:
'Manos' the Hands of Fate
That is the title of the worst movie of all time. That is not my opinion. That is simple, unadulterated fact--period. Manos is the worst ever and has been hailed by the most people and for the longest time as the worst ever. Worst. Ever.
Two wow-inducing facts about Manos:
1) Directed by a fertilizer salesman . . .
2) Three of the actors committed suicide the year the movie was made.
'Manos' the Hands of Fate
That is the title of the worst movie of all time. That is not my opinion. That is simple, unadulterated fact--period. Manos is the worst ever and has been hailed by the most people and for the longest time as the worst ever. Worst. Ever.
Two wow-inducing facts about Manos:
1) Directed by a fertilizer salesman . . .
2) Three of the actors committed suicide the year the movie was made.
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Favorite - Fight Club
Least - Natural Born Killers (now, I know there are worse movies than this, but this is the one that always comes to mind).
Least - Natural Born Killers (now, I know there are worse movies than this, but this is the one that always comes to mind).
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Ah, but MST3K made it very good! (to watch)Lord Foul wrote:ALSO:
'Manos' the Hands of Fate
That is the title of the worst movie of all time. That is not my opinion. That is simple, unadulterated fact--period. Manos is the worst ever and has been hailed by the most people and for the longest time as the worst ever. Worst. Ever.
Two wow-inducing facts about Manos:
1) Directed by a fertilizer salesman . . .
2) Three of the actors committed suicide the year the movie was made.
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My favorite movie of all time:
2001: A Space Odyssey
-A film that proves more than any other that you don't need verbose dialogue or much dialogue at all to tell a deeply philosophical story. Just let the images do the talking, and 2001 has some of the best in all of cinema.
My least favorite movie:
Where to begin?? How about anything starring Jim Belushi?
2001: A Space Odyssey
-A film that proves more than any other that you don't need verbose dialogue or much dialogue at all to tell a deeply philosophical story. Just let the images do the talking, and 2001 has some of the best in all of cinema.
My least favorite movie:
Where to begin?? How about anything starring Jim Belushi?
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Oh man, I know what you mean, Matrixman, but funnily enough this has to do with a semi-movie: a DVD of Pink Floyd playing live as Pompeii. Anyway, the director either did these LONG-ARSE shots that panned from faraway, taking about two minutes to focus in on the band, or he always focused on the drummer Nick Mason, or he used crappy 70s special effects. I was like, "For god's sake stop looking at the bubbling volcano and FILM THE BAND! Let their MUSIC speak for itself! It doesn't need your camera tricks!"
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It scares me to think 50,000 people even watched that.Lord Foul wrote:Least favorite: From Justin to Kelly
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Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
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