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Rocktopus 
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 Posted: July 10 2006 at 04:13 |
 Jim Garten wrote:
One thing I forgot when posting above - I cannot
leave this thread without defending Tim Burton (a previous posting was
extremely scathing...); it's true, he doesn't always hit the mark (Big
Fish and Planet Of The Apes come to mind), but when he does (Ed Wood,
Edward Scissorhands, The Corpse Bride, Charlie & The Chocolate
Factory), he can take dark fantasy/fairy tales to a new level - he gave
Johnny Depp his first major break in movies (barring his awful
appearance in A Nightmare On Elm Street  ), and their collaboration has continued ever since, with Depp going from strength to strength. |
He's one of the few contemporary directors with a strong signature, and
always manages to create a unique atmosphere in all his films (except
for Planet of the Apes). I'm moer than willing to forgive his minor
flaws. Ed Wood is fantastic, but my personal favorite is Nightmare
Before Christmas. Jack Skellington dramatizes the words a bit like
Peter Hammill.
BTW:Forgot a really revoltingly terrible film: Signs. A strong top ten contender for my second list.
Edited by Rocktopus - July 10 2006 at 04:14
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Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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Sean Trane
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 07:55 |
Worse movie?: Easily that one just coming out (in Europe it is only hityting the screen now) about the Flight 93
Pure fantasy and complete BS
Edited by Sean Trane - July 10 2006 at 07:56
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 11:26 |
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Magnolia, but only because there's no story and it is about 1 hour too long.
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 13:00 |
Sean Trane wrote:
Worse movie?: Easily that one just coming out (in Europe it is only hityting the screen now) about the Flight 93
Pure fantasy and complete BS |
Please don't get the stupid 9/11 conspiracies going again...
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crimson thing
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 13:50 |
........the animated emoticon fights back........
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"Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS 
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chimera
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 15:49 |
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worst movie => question mirror image: hollywood movies
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video vertigo
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 16:10 |
Australian wrote:
Here is the list so far (Disputed list)
The Fog (2005 version)
Harry Potter Movies
Jurassic Park 3
Titanic
Terminator 3
Kung Pow! - Enter the Fist
all "chick flicks"
Daredevil
The Princess Diaries
The Da Vinci Code
Fast and the Furious Tokyo drift
Dukes of Hazard
Lethal Weapon 3
The Pacifier
Hercules in New York
Popeye
Love Story
Police Academy
Friday 13
Rocky V
Dumb & Dumber
Ace Ventura Pėt Detective
Jaws The Revenge
8 Mile
Rich or die tryin'
Fun with Dick and Jane
I Robot
Pride And Prejudice
Murder She Wrote
Colombo
Buffy
Angel
Veronica Mars
Charmed
Mortal Kombat
Donnie Darko (disputed)
Taken
The Scary Movies
Saw 1 & 2 (disputed)
Elizabethtown
Jersey Girl
Van Helsing
Planet of the Apes (remade version)
Life is Beautiful
Rekviem For a Dream
Magnolia
The Double Life of Veronique
Blue (Kieslovski)
Cinema Paradiso
Breathless (Godard)
Narnia
Eyes Wide Shut
Everyone Says I Love You
Plan nine from Outerspace
Queen of the Damned
Eyes wide shut
Charlies angels 1 & 2
The first Fast and Furious
Blade
The Howling
Jeepers Creepers
Witch Blair Project
Mission to Mars
Tremors 4
Master of Disguise
Event Horizon
28 Days Later
Snakes on a Plane
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now we need to narrow this down to 20 for a poll
Edited by video vertigo - July 10 2006 at 16:10
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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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chamberry
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 22:01 |
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Catwoman anyone?
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 22:41 |
crimson thing wrote:
........the animated emoticon fights back........ |
Haha. I was talking about those infernal thumbs up/thumbs down/clappie emoticons that people use so often; they're unecessary and annoy the hell out of me. The approve, laughing, and some of the others annoy me just because they are annoying. Circular logic FTW. I don't know why, but the approve smilie especially makes me want to break something. However, you bring up a good point; I don't like all of the graphic emoticons (and some of them are not animated), so I will change it and put it in a nicer font and color.
You may think I'm crazy, but I have noticed that since I adopted my signature, I have seen very, very few abuses of "it's", so perhaps I can also encourage people to use words to express themselves. Since, after all, this is a forum, not a picture posting repository.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 23:21 |
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Oh I quite agree with you Ghandi. I try not to post that many emoticons, but I have been using them more often than I used too (which was never!). That approve smiley annoys me too. It's more like "smug" than "approve" and makes me want to hit something as well. I even imagine the person at the other end, who is posting said smiley, actually looking like that!
You're not alone. An admin on another forum I frequent also dislikes emoticons.
At one point in my life, I even boycotted the use of apostrophised words altogether! I also do not use words like "Ok", "won't" and "ain't" as they infuriate me. I use "all right" instead of "alright" as well.
Sometimes I also use emoticons for effect only; say in reply to someone else who has used them.
Edited by Geck0 - July 10 2006 at 23:22
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 00:49 |
"Ain't" is annoying, as it's not a real word, but I don't have a problem with contractions, provided they are used correctly.
Oh yeah, it's very annoying when people use the clappie/thumbs up/etc. for their message icon. I would love it if that were removed, since it really serves no purpose at all.
There, this one is better. That first font made it look like I was shouting, which was not what I intended.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 01:08 |
Jim Garten wrote:
One thing I forgot when posting above - I cannot leave this thread without defending Tim Burton (a previous posting was extremely scathing...); it's true, he doesn't always hit the mark (Big Fish and Planet Of The Apes come to mind), but when he does (Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, The Corpse Bride, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory), he can take dark fantasy/fairy tales to a new level - he gave Johnny Depp his first major break in movies (barring his awful appearance in A Nightmare On Elm Street ), and their collaboration has continued ever since, with Depp going from strength to strength. |
He uses the same atmosphere for every movie he directs. You can instantly tell a Tim Burton film from 3 seconds of a preview. His obsession with snow and apparent belief that it makes any scene worth shooting really annoys me. I'm sorry but besides Edward Scissorhands all of those films you mentioned I found terrible. Especially in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I found one shot in that movie that didn't annoy me.
I can't believe to see people negative reactions to Eyes Wide Shut. It's a must see in my book.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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NutterAlert
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 04:11 |
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Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005
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edible_buddha
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 07:07 |
Rocktopus wrote:
edible_buddha wrote:
To Rocktopus: Remind me not to go to a cinema show with u... Life is Beautiful and Requeum for a Dream are two of my fave movies.... Oh Well.. |
OK, remember not to go to a cinema with me. Only exception: Plan Nine From Outer Space, of course.
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I really like this jacket, but the sleeves are much too long.
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crimson thing
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 09:30 |
for Ghandi 2:
Well, I like at least some of the emoticons/smileys.........of course they can be overused by the lazy, but on balance they're more good than bad.......and they're one of many internet ummmmmmmmmm....flavours, shall we say?.....that inevitably will (and already have) changed the way we communicate, whether we like it or not. I'm old school, I still think there's a place for good grammar & accurate spelling......BTW, I double check my posts for its & it's, so maybe your (sic  ) having an affect after orl.....but "ain't" is a word I like to use.......it shows the common touch, & emphasis, but the (correct !) apostrophe shows that one knows the rules, too......"aint" would be just common....
incidentally, I get my extra smileys from:
PS - why not start a thread on the use & misuse of our little animated friends?
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"Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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billbuckner
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 10:55 |
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The Trojan Woman, with Katherine Hepburn as Queen Melodrama.
"Up......... up from the groooooound....... oooooooh weeeeeeary head...... ooooooh breaking neck......."
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crimson thing
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 11:17 |
Of course, one almost forgets, the staple really bad films from the 50s, 60s & 70s that are repeated on daytime TV:
The Conqueror - really, really, really bad......John Wayne as Genghis Khan.......say no more
The Vikings - Tony Curtis as - well, Tony Curtis actually.....his only role 
And another Genghis Khan, the Omar Sharif one - I caught it not long ago on TV here - but to know how bad it is, you need only see the cast list: Robert Morley as the Emperor of China........Ho Hum......(that's not the Emperor's name, BTW, just my comment...)
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"Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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man@arms
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 11:43 |
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Caddyshack 2
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Zadok
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 11:59 |
Sirs, your list is ass.
The Fog (2005 version) - Agreed
Harry Potter Movies - Agreed
Jurassic Park 3 - Agreed
Titanic - Kate Winslet naked and people bouncing off propellers? It's great!
Terminator 3 - Arnie powerbombing a woman into a toilet? Great!
Kung Pow! - Enter the Fist - Agreed
all "chick flicks" - Agreed
Daredevil - Agreed
The Princess Diaries - Julie Andrews, please go away. OR make Mary Poppins 2.
The Da Vinci Code - No, mad albino monks?
Fast and the Furious: Tokyo drift - Agreed
Dukes of Hazard - Agreed
Lethal Weapon 3 - Agreed
The Pacifier - It wasn't that bad.
Hercules in New York - Never even heard of!
Popeye - Agreed
Love Story - Agreed
Police Academy - Agreed
Friday 13 - Agreed
Rocky V - Agreed
Dumb & Dumber - Come on, it has its moments.
Ace Ventura Pėt Detective - Ditto
Jaws The Revenge - Agreed
8 Mile - Entertaining, even if you do hate Mathers.
Rich or die tryin' - Agreed
Fun with Dick and Jane - Agreed
I Robot - Good, brainless fun
Pride And Prejudice - No wai!!!
Murder She Wrote - Film?
Colombo - Ditto
Buffy - Ditto
Angel - Ditto
Veronica Mars - Ditto
Charmed - and, Ditto
Mortal Kombat - The first had its moments, and Christopher Lambert!1111
Donnie Darko (disputed) - Great film
Taken - Not seen
The Scary Movies - Have funny moments, not teh worst evar
Saw 1 & 2 (disputed) - Good films
Elizabethtown - Agreed
Jersey Girl - Agreed
Van Helsing - Come on, the vamps were cool
Planet of the Apes (remade version) - Agreed
Life is Beautiful - No wai!!!!
Reqiuem For a Dream - No wai!!!!
Magnolia - It's good!!
The Double Life of Veronique
Blue (Kieslovski) - not heard of
Cinema Paradiso- No wai!!!
Breathless (Godard) - not seen
Narnia - Agreed
Eyes Wide Shut - No wai!!!!
Everyone Says I Love You - not seen
Plan nine from Outerspace - No Wai!
Queen of the Damned - Agreed
Eyes wide shut - On twice!
Charlies angels 1 & 2 - Agreed. Cameron Diaz, please get cancer
The first Fast and Furious - Had its moments
Blade - Fun.
The Howling - not seen
Jeepers Creepers - not seen
Blair Witch Project - Good film
Mission to Mars - not seen
Tremors 4 - not seen
Master of Disguise - Agreed
Event Horizon -EH?!
28 Days Later- Good film
Snakes on a Plane
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Teaflax
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Posted: July 11 2006 at 13:18 |
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What a weird list you have there
Where is "Manos": the Hands of Fate? Curse of the Batwoman? Pumaman?
The Creeping Terror? Outlaw (of Gor)? Space Mutiny? Hobgoblins? Radar
Secret Service? Santa Claus Conquers the Martians? The Incredibly
Strange Creatures who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies?
Future War? Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell? Escape 2000? Time
Chasers? Night Train to Mundo Fine (aka Red Zone: Cuba - any Coleman
Francis movie would qualify)
And that's just a few actually from MST3K, all worse than the list above.
Outisde of that; Leonard Part 6, Braveheart, Highlander 2, Glitter, all
Police Academy films, Double Cross, Look at Me, For Da Love of Money
and Pure (the last four are extremely obscure, but I have subtitled
them into Swedish and they are truly hideous).
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