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Old 01-20-2005, 05:14 AM
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Great Idea: Bad Movie

This is sort of along the lines of the "Guilty pleasure" threads. There are movies out there that have a great concept, or have parts that are absolute genius, but they are tied to a basically bullshit movie.

My example:
Virtuosity. I like denzel Washington, a lot. I like Russel Crowe.

I always loved how they handled the idea of a sentient program, and how he was able to get out of a computer into the real world (no lame-ass lawnmower man shit...)

Thge ideas and the description of the technology was way ahead of it's time. The problem was, it basically becomes a silly sci-fi action cop movie. now dont get me wrong, i even own the soundtrack to this movie, it is one of my all time favorites, but it has several fatal flaws that prevent it from having wide appeal.

Plus, it had kelly lynch.
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Old 01-20-2005, 05:17 AM
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i actually never minded that film .. i just thought it was a weird vehicle for Denzel.


Coppola's Dracula probably looked good on paper too ..
I've never seen a worse collection of more unappealing leads in one movie. (yes - in this case I'm including Oldman - i thought he looked like a weasle)
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Old 01-20-2005, 05:31 AM
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i actually never minded that film .. i just thought it was a weird vehicle for Denzel.


Coppola's Dracula probably looked good on paper too ..
I've never seen a worse collection of more unappealing leads in one movie. (yes - in this case I'm including Oldman - i thought he looked like a weasle)
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Old 01-20-2005, 08:23 AM
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Old 01-20-2005, 08:24 AM
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I've never seen it (the wife HATES Kate beckinwhatever), but judging by what i have heard, that is one of the greatest single-word answers ever. :) So little can say so much.
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Old 01-21-2005, 05:38 PM
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Could have been a good movie...if it wasn't made out to be like a pre-teen hero movie. Puke.
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Old 01-21-2005, 06:00 PM
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Hollow Man, it could have been good but it failed.
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Old 01-21-2005, 06:00 PM
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Every movie that has ever depicted Fairy Tales...I love the idea of twisting fairy tales, and taking them back to the 'darkness' that they originally possessed...But, the way that they have been done has truly sucked...Snow White was the only one that was even HALFWAY decent...











*Hmm...Thinking about pulling up old 'Twisted Fairy Tales' thread for some fresh new ideas*
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Old 01-21-2005, 06:08 PM
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I remember going on a violent rampage of words after I saw Unbreakable about how utterly pointless it was. I've never forgiven M. Night for that horrible use of celluloid and my time....but that movie could have been really, really cool.

I have finally found a movie that, while not quite surpassing Unbreakable's utter lack of a point, it has most definetly matched it. The Village. I finally watched it tonight. It could have been good....really really really good. But ever since 6th Sense, Shyamalan has been trying to re-create it with 'twist endings' that surprise everyone. Not only did this movie not suprise me, it simply did not have a point. I may never trust M. Night Shyamalan with my use of 2 hours ever again


anyway....enough about movies that I hate.

Cherry Falls is really a pretty bad movie, but it is a big guilty pleasure of mine, along with Valentine, Scream, IKWYDLS, and the subsequent sequals.
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Old 01-21-2005, 06:18 PM
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I remember going on a violent rampage of words after I saw Unbreakable about how utterly pointless it was. I've never forgiven M. Night for that horrible use of celluloid and my time....but that movie could have been really, really cool.

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i totally agree with the village ... but unbreakable is one of my favorite movies ..
I think its awsome in every way possible ..

And i seem to be the only person on the planet who thinks so.
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