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"Von Richtofen and Brown" 1970.
This stinker was supposed to recall the fatal day on 21 April 1918 when Brown shot down(?) Manfred Von Richtofen.
My brother had taken a close friend and I to the movies to see it. After the first 20 minutes, we found so many mistakes in the airplanes. They were mixing planes that were already taken off the line with planes that weren't in service yet. The markings on the planes were also wrong.
The actors were all wrong too. The actor who was Manfred was too tall (Manfred was only around 5' 6"). The actor was close to 6'.
The serial number on the DR-I (Dri-Decker) was incorrect. It was "425/17". They had the year "1918".
It bombed in a matter of weeks. I don't think it even made it to video.
My brother swore he would never take us to a movie again.
This stinker was supposed to recall the fatal day on 21 April 1918 when Brown shot down(?) Manfred Von Richtofen.
My brother had taken a close friend and I to the movies to see it. After the first 20 minutes, we found so many mistakes in the airplanes. They were mixing planes that were already taken off the line with planes that weren't in service yet. The markings on the planes were also wrong.
The actors were all wrong too. The actor who was Manfred was too tall (Manfred was only around 5' 6"). The actor was close to 6'.
The serial number on the DR-I (Dri-Decker) was incorrect. It was "425/17". They had the year "1918".
It bombed in a matter of weeks. I don't think it even made it to video.
My brother swore he would never take us to a movie again.
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The remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still"....had nothing in common with the original...made no sense whatsoever...when the earth did stand still, there didn't seem a point to it, like in the old version..utterly silly and dumb..and when i stood up at the end of the movie and said.."Well that sucked" David said "Be quiet"...i mean who was i insulting? We only went because it was New Year's Day...and practically had the whole theater to ourselves...
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That'd be Jake Speed. Keep in mind: I'm one of those mutants who loves a really bad movie that's still fun(think Robot Monster or Plan 9 from Outer Space). J.S. just blows, though. Derivative, self-indulgent nonsense. I was actually angry at myself for sticking with it all the way through.
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This one's always bugged me. I cannot, for the life of me, understand what all the cult-level praise is for Napolean Dynamite. That movie was a fuckin' abortion. On every level imaginable. The only reason I even watched it was because my mom came over one day and had it with her and wanted to watch it. I sat through that piece of unmitigated shit and never even cracked a smile. I like humor, smart humor...but will occasionally enjoy good fart humor or dark comedy or just "lowest-common-denominator" humor if it's actually funny on some level. But this abomination didn't even have one single moment, one single joke, one single anything that I could possibly say was the slightest bit entertaining.
Then again, it was an MTV "film", so what does one expect?
Then again, it was an MTV "film", so what does one expect?
Bloodrayne.
It should have been awesome; the fight scenes are incredible, but it's one of those movies where the parts just don't fit. It's not even laughably bad, it's just awful to watch....
The best "good" bad movie recently is "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon"
My friend and I are huge John Barrowman fans, and he did this incredibly awful B-movie to pay the bills just before he got famous....It's down there with the cheapest 50s drive-in shlock, with lousy CGI....the "Mexicans" are all played by Russians!!!...you just have to see it to believe it...
It should have been awesome; the fight scenes are incredible, but it's one of those movies where the parts just don't fit. It's not even laughably bad, it's just awful to watch....
The best "good" bad movie recently is "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon"
My friend and I are huge John Barrowman fans, and he did this incredibly awful B-movie to pay the bills just before he got famous....It's down there with the cheapest 50s drive-in shlock, with lousy CGI....the "Mexicans" are all played by Russians!!!...you just have to see it to believe it...
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Speed 2: Cruise Control.
Crazy/Beautiful
Crazy/Beautiful
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The original 'Haunting' is one of my favorites. Your imagination runs wild with seeing things in the shadows or hearing terrible moanings from the walls.
I never would want to see the latest serving of the new one.
Oh, yea. What I saw of previews of '300', I'm glad I never went to see it or rented the DVD. I would rather have the original '300 Spartans' from the 60's.
From what I gathered from a clerk at FYE, he said that most of the people over 40 wanted the original version.
I never would want to see the latest serving of the new one.
Oh, yea. What I saw of previews of '300', I'm glad I never went to see it or rented the DVD. I would rather have the original '300 Spartans' from the 60's.
From what I gathered from a clerk at FYE, he said that most of the people over 40 wanted the original version.
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Captain America: made back in the late 70's or early 80's this movie was so bad I wouldn't have been surprised if Captain America had climed out of his comic book and beaten the crap out of everyone associated with the film.
The Punisher with Dolph Lungred, I'm actually ashamed to admit I watched this piece of crap.
Rest Stop: If I could I'd sue for the hour and a half of my life I wasted on this
The Punisher with Dolph Lungred, I'm actually ashamed to admit I watched this piece of crap.
Rest Stop: If I could I'd sue for the hour and a half of my life I wasted on this
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That was back before Marvel got smart,and hired real directors,like Sam Raimi who are also fans!!!!
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I liked Dolph's "Punisher"!!
The original B&W "The Haunting" (of Hill House) is a masterpiece- it's STILL scary, because you DON'T see things.
I can't sit through even a few minutes of the new CGI-fest "The Haunting" it totally goes against everything that made the original so great. The PARODY of the original from "Waxwork 2" is scarier than the CGI-remake!!!
The original B&W "The Haunting" (of Hill House) is a masterpiece- it's STILL scary, because you DON'T see things.
I can't sit through even a few minutes of the new CGI-fest "The Haunting" it totally goes against everything that made the original so great. The PARODY of the original from "Waxwork 2" is scarier than the CGI-remake!!!
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Do you mean "The Haunting of Hill House"? the original was good, however they changed it a bit..made the professor's wife out to be scared..which she wasn't at all..and had her darting among the trees when Eleanor drove off..which did not happen either...it was good, however i so wish a movie could follow the book more exactly...
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Sorta. The movie was titled simply, The Haunting (1963).
Some other differences(according to Wikipedia):
The film contains several deviations from the novel, these include:
* Dr. Montague of the novel becomes Dr. Markway.
* Dr. Markway appears much younger than the Dr. Montague described in the novel.
* Eleanor Vance's last name becomes Lance.
* Theodora introduces herself in the novel as "Just Theo" while in the film she says "Just Theodora."
* In the film, Elanor doesn't leave her room after the arrival of Mrs. Montague and begin laughing and knocking on the other's doors, awakening them from their sleep, resulting in the search for her where she is discovered on the spiral staircase in the library.
* The kitchen and all events which occurred therein, including Mrs. Montague's conversation with Mrs. Dudley, are not present in the film.
* Dr. Markway rescues Eleanor from the fragile spiral staircase in the Library, whereas Luke does so in the novel.
* Mrs. Montague is portrayed as an arrogant, flighty mystic in the book, whereas Mrs. Markway is a hard-nosed skeptic who wishes to convince her husband to give up his research and return home.
* Mrs. Montague doesn't disappear during the course of the novel.
* Eleanor's confession to Theodora that she is homeless occurs inside Hill House in the film. In the novel, Eleanor reveals this only after she is sitting in her car.
* Eleanor's ability to "feel" things going on in the house is absent in the film.
* Eleanor has some affections for Luke in the novel, who appears to favor the company of Theodora. The film version finds Dr. Markway carelessly forgetting to mention that he's married, and consequently Eleanor mistakes his academic interest in her, coupled with his kindness and charm, for genuine affection, which she returns.
* Dr. Markway has a key to the front gate but Dr. Montague doesn't.
* No one was to accompany Eleanor during her departure in the novel.
* In the novel, Theodora moves into Elanor's room after a message written in blood is found on the wall of Theodora's room. No such event occurs in the film, and Theodora moves into Eleanor's room at Dr. Markway's request.
* Eleanor does not struggle to regain control of her vehicle in the novel.
* The novel ends abruptly with Eleanor's implied suicide. The film lingers with the affirmation of Eleanor's death, the reappearance of Mrs. Markway and Dr. Markway's assertion that Hill House is haunted.
* Mrs. Montague's companion Arthur is not present in the film.
* Dr. Montague of the novel becomes Dr. Markway.
* Dr. Markway appears much younger than the Dr. Montague described in the novel.
* Eleanor Vance's last name becomes Lance.
* Theodora introduces herself in the novel as "Just Theo" while in the film she says "Just Theodora."
* In the film, Elanor doesn't leave her room after the arrival of Mrs. Montague and begin laughing and knocking on the other's doors, awakening them from their sleep, resulting in the search for her where she is discovered on the spiral staircase in the library.
* The kitchen and all events which occurred therein, including Mrs. Montague's conversation with Mrs. Dudley, are not present in the film.
* Dr. Markway rescues Eleanor from the fragile spiral staircase in the Library, whereas Luke does so in the novel.
* Mrs. Montague is portrayed as an arrogant, flighty mystic in the book, whereas Mrs. Markway is a hard-nosed skeptic who wishes to convince her husband to give up his research and return home.
* Mrs. Montague doesn't disappear during the course of the novel.
* Eleanor's confession to Theodora that she is homeless occurs inside Hill House in the film. In the novel, Eleanor reveals this only after she is sitting in her car.
* Eleanor's ability to "feel" things going on in the house is absent in the film.
* Eleanor has some affections for Luke in the novel, who appears to favor the company of Theodora. The film version finds Dr. Markway carelessly forgetting to mention that he's married, and consequently Eleanor mistakes his academic interest in her, coupled with his kindness and charm, for genuine affection, which she returns.
* Dr. Markway has a key to the front gate but Dr. Montague doesn't.
* No one was to accompany Eleanor during her departure in the novel.
* In the novel, Theodora moves into Elanor's room after a message written in blood is found on the wall of Theodora's room. No such event occurs in the film, and Theodora moves into Eleanor's room at Dr. Markway's request.
* Eleanor does not struggle to regain control of her vehicle in the novel.
* The novel ends abruptly with Eleanor's implied suicide. The film lingers with the affirmation of Eleanor's death, the reappearance of Mrs. Markway and Dr. Markway's assertion that Hill House is haunted.
* Mrs. Montague's companion Arthur is not present in the film.
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I have never read the Shirley Jackson novel(though I hear it is excellent). So I can't speak to how well the film carries over from the original work. From what I can gather, the film does a magnificent job of capturing the ominous "feel" of the novel.
Sort of in the same manner as Kubrick's The Shining movie does with King's original novel. He takes alot of liberties with the script, but it overall(I believe) still does a decent job of conveying the horror of the book.
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o yes Rick i agree with you there..the atmosphere setting in both movies was onimous, tense...and i've read The Shining lately..and yes there were liberties taken with the movie..but now i can watch it and not be terribly scared..i'll skip the bathtub scene however..as i always do lol...
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No offense to any of the cast and definitely no offense to the guy the films focused on... but it's the only film I've walked out on DURING the movie.
No offense to any of the cast and definitely no offense to the guy the films focused on... but it's the only film I've walked out on DURING the movie.
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As far as films I actually walked out on, there've only been a few. One was Broadway Danny Rose. I can't remember exactly why, as I never wound up watching it all, but I do remember standing up about thirty minutes into it and going "What the FUCK?!?" And I actually liked Woody Allen back when he was good.
One that I almost walked out on was The Passion of the Christ. My gf at the time actually did walk out, but I stayed 'cuz my mom went with us and I didn't want to leave her there alone. Plus, it was like a train wreck that you just couldn't turn away from. It was like "Ok, Jesus got the shit kicked out him...let's show that for three hours." Wow.
Another one I left was Reds. I was younger, went with mom, and about an hour into it I said "I gotta get out of here, this sucks. I'm going to the other theater and sneaking into Raiders of the Lost Ark." I'd already seen it three times...watched it all, then came back to the other theater and Reds was still going.
Then I got pizza.
One that I almost walked out on was The Passion of the Christ. My gf at the time actually did walk out, but I stayed 'cuz my mom went with us and I didn't want to leave her there alone. Plus, it was like a train wreck that you just couldn't turn away from. It was like "Ok, Jesus got the shit kicked out him...let's show that for three hours." Wow.
Another one I left was Reds. I was younger, went with mom, and about an hour into it I said "I gotta get out of here, this sucks. I'm going to the other theater and sneaking into Raiders of the Lost Ark." I'd already seen it three times...watched it all, then came back to the other theater and Reds was still going.
Then I got pizza.
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Shirley Jackson is up there with the greats in my book; the few things I've read by her have been intense, like everything by Richard Matheson...
