Great movies that actually suck... (to you!)

[bironi]

My go to on "I hate your award winning movie" is Forrest Gump. Awful awful awful movie.

Me too. I would add Cast Away also. They are both directed by Zemeckis. That guy sucks.

[-HvA-]

OOooh. I'm gonna 2nd the Nicholas Cage thing too.

Everything from Birdy + Rumble Fish to Adaptation has been ruined by Nick. Worst possible choice Ghost Rider.

Leaving Las Vegas.

Fantastic acting by NC, made me fall in love with Elizabeth Shue forever as well.

[-HvA-]

BTW, they already rebooted the Spiderman franchise:


Looks craptascular.

[dgaddis]

BTW, they already rebooted the Spiderman franchise:

Looks craptascular.

Still looks waaaaaaay better than the last one.

[acotts]

Me too. I would add Cast Away also. They are both directed by Zemeckis. That guy sucks.

wait, you dont like Cast Away?

I thought, like Forest Gump, that everyone liked that movie. Whats there not to like?

I listed my reasons as to why American History X is the megasuck. Whats wrong with Cast Away?

[HorsCat]

Me too. I would add Cast Away also. They are both directed by Zemeckis. That guy sucks.

cast away is a really good flick but i can appreciate why some might not like it. but zemeckis sucks? dude directed back to the future. like tarantino and pulp fiction, you make a movie that good, and you're an immortal legend, irrespective of anything you might do afterwards.

[acotts]

^^ see, I dont know why folks would hate Cast Away. There was nothing controversial in it. Nothing there to really make one really like or hate. Its like hating toast with cheddar.

[RickM]

OOooh. I'm gonna 2nd the Nicholas Cage thing too.

Everything from Birdy + Rumble Fish to Adaptation has been ruined by Nick. Worst possible choice Ghost Rider.

Leaving Las Vegas. Cage's best,(?) movie. Nice work by Elizabeth Shue also.

[Brandon White]

wait, you dont like Cast Away?

I thought, like Forest Gump, that everyone liked that movie. Whats there not to like?

I listed my reasons as to why American History X is the megasuck. Whats wrong with Cast Away?

I like Forrest Gump. I dislike Cast Away.

How about The Green Mile? Dislike, kind of. Maybe just really bored when I watched it.

[acotts]

Meh...Green Mile like a lot of King's stuff is pretty toast and chedder to me. Its not great, its not bad...its predictable and okay. I do think the actors/directors and screen writers did a great job keeping the film together.

I think Tom Hanks is an awesome actor.

[ChristopherG]

The Hurt Locker. It won six Oscars, and did nothing but disappoint me, apart from the tension-filled opening sequence, which was awesome.

[al415]

The sacred cow I hated was Lost in Translation. It’s been a long time since I saw it, so I don’t remember all my grievances but I do remember thinking that it relied on very lazy stereotypes to create the alienation felt by the Johannson / Murray.

[dnades]

hmm. I liked Hurt Locker. got it by mistake as the video guy gave me the wrong disc. No idea what it was about. Loved the scene in the supermarket.

I'd nominate Brick for this category. Some good scenes but the high school thing got old really fast.

[false_aesthetic]

The sacred cow I hated was Lost in Translation. It’s been a long time since I saw it, so I don’t remember all my grievances but I do remember thinking that it relied on very lazy stereotypes to create the alienation felt by the Johannson / Murray.

you mean there was another scene besides the one of S.J's ass?

[C.Dyer]

I think Tom Hanks is an awesome actor.

I'm convinced he's the antichrist.

[bironi]

wait, you dont like Cast Away?

I thought, like Forest Gump, that everyone liked that movie. Whats there not to like?

I listed my reasons as to why American History X is the megasuck. Whats wrong with Cast Away?

It's been a while since I've seen the films, I'll make my list short.
Cast Away was an extended FedEx commercial. Forest Gump was unbelievable on so many levels.

I know that Tom Hanks has to be happy with the bucks, but should be ashamed of his association to such insipid writing.

[Brandon White]

It's been a while since I've seen the films, I'll make my list short.
Cast Away was an extended FedEx commercial. Forest Gump was unbelievable on so many levels.

I know that Tom Hanks has to be happy with the bucks, but should be ashamed of his association to such insipid writing.

The word on Cast Away was (and I worked at UPS when it came out). They (producers) approached UPS for the movie but they turned it down because they thought a plane crash would negatively affect the customer's perception of the company. And then they came out with "What can Brown do for You?" - a couple of bad moves in a row.

[chasea]

Tom Hanks is a fucking national treasure.

[Jayme]

... national treasure

Now that's a whole other thread!

[Nierman]

The word on Cast Away was (and I worked at UPS when it came out). They (producers) approached UPS for the movie but they turned it down because they thought a plane crash would negatively affect the customer's perception of the company. And then they came out with "What can Brown do for You?" - a couple of bad moves in a row.

I'm a slobbery, Pavlovian mess every time the brown truck rolls down my street. FedEx, not so much.