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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 18, 2018 2:15:51 GMT
Inspired by the thread below...
Choose your favorite directors, actors, writers, etc., and post the worst movie each of them did, with a few comments on why you think it’s the worst.
This should be interesting.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 18, 2018 2:19:37 GMT
Tarantino - Death Proof. Dialogue is often Tarantino's greatest asset but it works against him here. Film is electric when Kurt Russell is on-screen but a total bore when he isn't.
Spielberg - Hook. Even as a kid I didn't like this. Haven't seen it since the early 90s and no interest to revisit it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 2:22:11 GMT
Alfred Hitchcock - Topaz, Torn Curtain and Family Plot. All snooze fests.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 18, 2018 2:48:49 GMT
Interesting choices, fellas. Thanks for responding so quickly!
@nxnwrocks, I was going to choose Hitchcock as well, but I suppose I’d rather defend Torn Curtain and Family Plot. (I still haven’t seen Topaz)—the former if only for the “silently kill the spy” scene alone. Family Plot isn’t particularly good, and it’s not particularly well-acted, but it’s OK… I think that if any other director had done it, it would have been forgotten quickly but not really hated as much. I tend to agree with Donald Spoto, who (in The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, an excellent guide) considered it a pleasant soufflé after the extravagant but appetizing meal of Frenzy (an excellent work which, as I’ve argued before, brings Hitch’s oeuvre full-circle).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 2:53:07 GMT
Tarantino - Death Proof. Dialogue is often Tarantino's greatest asset but it works against him here. Film is electric when Kurt Russell is on-screen but a total bore when he isn't.
Spielberg - Hook. Even as a kid I didn't like this. Haven't seen it since the early 90s and no interest to revisit it.
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Post by ck100 on Jan 18, 2018 3:01:02 GMT
I'd agree with those Hitchcock choices as well. |
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Post by politicidal on Jan 18, 2018 4:20:04 GMT
Steven Spielberg - The Terminal (2004). I just can't figure out what he was going for. The comedic bits, the romance that goes nowhere, and the surprisingly grim dramatic moments never feel like they're the same movie. Then you find out Tom Hanks' reason for being there at all, you're like "really, that's it?".
Hitchcock - 1st post beat me to the punch. Hated Frenzy on top of that.
Tim Burton - Alice in Wonderland (2010). I don't exactly hate it like many people do but it's not so much the unfaithfulness to the material but rather Tim Burton seems to be on auto-pilot the whole time. Like he's settling to be a emo Peter Jackson or something.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 18, 2018 4:37:13 GMT
Hook--that was so painful.
"You can crow!"
I guess Robocop 2 surprised me. Since Kershner had done TESB I figured a much better Robocop sequel.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 18, 2018 12:32:11 GMT
Director: David Fincher - Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Or more like "Curious Case of Forrest Gump". Manipulative cheese, of which Fincher is so not right for.
Actor: Gary Oldman - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Okay, there are clearly worse movies in his filmography, only I haven't seen them. I have seen this weak adaptation of my favorite HP book, though.
Writer: Quentin Tarantino - Natural Born Killers. Fine script eviscerated onscreen by a ball-tripping Oliver Stone.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jan 18, 2018 14:18:43 GMT
Tarantino - Death Proof. Dialogue is often Tarantino's greatest asset but it works against him here. Film is electric when Kurt Russell is on-screen but a total bore when he isn't.
Spielberg - Hook. Even as a kid I didn't like this. Haven't seen it since the early 90s and no interest to revisit it.
Well you took both my examples, and I agree 100% with your reasons on Death Proof. I remember thinking the same thing while I was watching it, that his dialogue is the highlight of his movies but in this case listening to the assorted women prattle on and on and on would have put me to sleep if it hadn't been for the migraine it gave me first. As for Hook, to me it represents the worst Spielberg tendencies all wrapped up into one insufferable movie. And Robin Williams was always hit-or-miss for me to begin with. |
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