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Terastas:

Life Aquatic: Bill Murray and Owen Wilson can't act, Wes Anderson can't write, and I haven't seen stop animation since Beetlejuice.

It was intended to look that way. The mix of stop motion and obviously digitally rendered effects were intentional. The cheesy Casio keyboard soundtrack was also intentional. It was designed to look like a low budget documentary of fake biology. It's a quirky independant film styled comedy, that's best enjoyed while hyped on caffiene at two in the morning. That off-kilter quality was entirely planned, and I for one loved it. It relied heavily on subtle things that would go over a lot of people's heads, like having the guitar-player singing David Bowie songs in a foreign language, or having their submarine painted a bright yellow--an obvious Beatles tribute. And, I thought Bill Murray's comedic dead-pan and Owen Wilson's demeanor were both excellent.

But, that's just me. It's more a quirky, off-kilter comedy than a slapstick, and the marketing of the movie focused too much on its revenge story, which, while being a main plot, took a back seat to all the subplots throughout most of the movie.

Howling Fan wrote:I actually liked "Super Mario Bros." for, like, the first five minutes when they were plumbers in Brooklyn. That followed the video game's storyline pretty well. Then, as soon as they entered that stupid dino-alternate universe-whatever-world, it didn't exactly adhere to the game. How far did it stray? About 5 seconds in upon arriving at said ridiculous world, Mario bumps into a nice, sweet, kindly looking old lady. And then.....immediatley produces a huge rifle from her purse, blasting away at anything that moves. I'm not sure I remember gun-toting grandmas in my childhood heyday of playing "Super Mario Bros." Must have been taken from a secret room in the original game. I mean, did the screenwriters ever play the game at all? Maybe they got it confused with "Doom."

Well... I understand your sentiments, but... Well, first and foremost, Maripland has undergone quite a few changes over the years.

Second, have you ever noticed that Mario's always right at home in the Mushroom and/or Koopa kingdom like he's been through this thing a hundred times before, even in the original 8-bit game? Sooner or later, there had to be some kind of point where Mario and Luigi first discovered the portal and looked around at everything like they thought this was a sign to stop drinking... But they did say something along the lines of "what the hell?" a lot in the movie. Therefore, the Mario movie must've been the prequel.

And finally, apart from Yoshi (who did appear in the movie), Mario's allies are a bunch of anthro mushrooms. Can you imagine them trying to make that work? Even if they could make it happen, you know the same bastards that got Father of the Pride canned and are trying to do the same to Pokemon and Harry Potter would have been up in arms accusing them of selling drugs to their children.
So yeah, it was corny, but as a movie based on one of the oldest video games in the history of home entertainment, what'd you expect?

Scott Gardener wrote:It was intended to look that way. The mix of stop motion and obviously digitally rendered effects were intentional. The cheesy Casio keyboard soundtrack was also intentional. It was designed to look like a low budget documentary of fake biology. It's a quirky independant film styled comedy, that's best enjoyed while hyped on caffiene at two in the morning.

Well... Okay, I'll give it to you... But for some reason, quirky low-budget independent film style comedy is more enjoyable when produced by independent filmakers. It's one thing to have horrible acting, scriptwork or special effects, but it's another thing to have intentionally horrible acting, scriptwork or special effects because, when you don't give a flying crap, it shows.

Like in the scene where that kid shows Zissou the seahorse in the plastic bag, but you only see it during the zoom shot and not when he holds the bag up right in front of the camera. And all the director would have had to do to fix that would be to tell Bill to take a step to the left so his shoulder's partially blocking the view of the bag.

So sure, I can tolerate poor visual effects every now and then, but not when their so obviously bad it looks like their either making fun of their viewers or don't give a crap. That's why it made the list for me.

you want to bad movie watch Cyber Mutt. plot sucks, science sucks, acters sucks, everything about that movie sucked. how ever made that movie sould be hung up side down from the ceiling by thier nut suck!!

thats saying a lot!! because usaly like any ANY movie.

i like alot of the movies mentioned in this thread

starwars episode 1: some people will deffend it............................ screw you!!!

also, the action movie nemesis realy sucked a**(altho i think there are two movies with that name)
it had some nice special effects inspired by the first terminator movie, but thats all.
there was no plot in sight.

WereDog wrote:i like alot of the movies mentioned in this thread

Well, you probably don't want to hear this, then, but the distinction of being the worst movie I've ever seen goes effortlessly to Kung-pow.

-- Vilkacis

Vilkacis wrote:

WereDog wrote:i like alot of the movies mentioned in this thread

Well, you probably don't want to hear this, then, but the distinction of being the worst movie I've ever seen goes effortlessly to Kung-pow.

-- Vilkacis

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that is one of the funniest movies ever to be created...... and the director is a genius!

Vilkacis wrote:

WereDog wrote:i like alot of the movies mentioned in this thread

Well, you probably don't want to hear this, then, but the distinction of being the worst movie I've ever seen goes effortlessly to Kung-pow.

-- Vilkacis

Agreed

Vilkacis wrote:

WereDog wrote:i like alot of the movies mentioned in this thread

Well, you probably don't want to hear this, then, but the distinction of being the worst movie I've ever seen goes effortlessly to Kung-pow.

-- Vilkacis

You mean you actually saw Kung-pow Enter the fist?

*faints*

Figarou wrote:You mean you actually saw Kung-pow Enter the fist?

*faints*

It wasn't my idea...

-- Vilkacis

WereDog wrote:i like alot of the movies mentioned in this thread

starwars episode 1: some people will deffend it............................ screw you!!!

So your sad that people mentioned movies in here as being horible while you liked them, then go off calling a movie bad when you know there are others out there that like it.

Hmmmm...

Vilkacis wrote:Well, you probably don't want to hear this, then, but the distinction of being the worst movie I've ever seen goes effortlessly to Kung-pow.

-- Vilkacis

Never seen it myself, but I've heard that there is a support group for KP:ETF viewers similar to the one we have been suggesting forming for the viewers of DarkWolf.

And I mean no offense to any Pack members by saying this, but... Well, I've met quite a few people that liked Kung-Pow, and well, lets just say I'm glad I didn't grow up to be like any of them (come to think of it, their the same people that liked Harold & Kumar too).

Terastas wrote:

Vilkacis wrote:Well, you probably don't want to hear this, then, but the distinction of being the worst movie I've ever seen goes effortlessly to Kung-pow.

-- Vilkacis

Never seen it myself, but I've heard that there is a support group for KP:ETF viewers similar to the one we have been suggesting forming for the viewers of DarkWolf.

And I mean no offense to any Pack members by saying this, but... Well, I've met quite a few people that liked Kung-Pow, and well, lets just say I'm glad I didn't grow up to be like any of them (come to think of it, their the same people that liked Harold & Kumar too).

I never seen Kung-Pow. But a friend of mine did. He warned me not to see it.

outwarddoodles wrote:

WereDog wrote:i like alot of the movies mentioned in this thread

starwars episode 1: some people will deffend it............................ screw you!!!

So your sad that people mentioned movies in here as being horible while you liked them, then go off calling a movie bad when you know there are others out there that like it.

Hmmmm...

the irony




kung pow has the same style of humour as the old jim carrey movies, if you dont like them, you dont like kung-pow.

....i liked Kung-Pow. I found it to be amusing, even if its something one could only convince after watching too many bad Kung-fu movies while stoned and/or drunk.

So nyeh.

whew!! The sprite! it belongs to me!!! ha

outwarddoodles wrote:

WereDog wrote:i like alot of the movies mentioned in this thread

starwars episode 1: some people will deffend it............................ screw you!!!

So your sad that people mentioned movies in here as being horible while you liked them, then go off calling a movie bad when you know there are others out there that like it.

Hmmmm...

yes, quite evil... dont say starwars sucks near me, im such a star wars nerd

Searif Bogard wrote:

outwarddoodles wrote:

WereDog wrote:i like alot of the movies mentioned in this thread

starwars episode 1: some people will deffend it............................ screw you!!!

So your sad that people mentioned movies in here as being horible while you liked them, then go off calling a movie bad when you know there are others out there that like it.

Hmmmm...

yes, quite evil... dont say starwars sucks near me, im such a star wars nerd

moves closer to searif bogard: STARWARS SUCKS!!!













but i dont realy mean that.

Be mauled by Wookies, you will. *feeds WereDog to Chewbacca*

I think I found a movie bad enough to be called one of the world's worst. Queen Of The Damned. I was so bored with it and it was just...bad.

Well, at least Aaliyah in jewelry looked really neat in the thing, so she gave you something to watch for the second half. Too bad she's dead, as I'd like to see how she'd do in a good movie.

Continuing my own list of worsts:

Savage Dawn: snore. I tried watching it, but got bored about 30 minutes into it. It's about as exciting as watching a tree grow. I don't say "as watching grass grow," because grass grows fairly quickly, and occasionally a mushroom will pop up overnight. It stars Richard Lynch and Lance Henrickson. So far, the only people I know who sat through it from one end to the other is my sister, a fan of Richard Lynch, and a good friend who is a fan of Lance Henrickson. I doubt either actor would be too eager to show off this one on his resume. (Granted, Lynch was in even worse things, like the 1996 movie Werewolf. He's a great actor who doesn't deserve this fate.) It's a classic example of a movie that has a more interesting cover than the movie itself; it's cover art suggests a post-apocalyptic high-tech thriller, when it turns out to be a badly done biker movie, set in a desert, in contemporary times.

Add The Pacifier.

I can't believe I sat through this film. Yuck.

WereDog wrote:kung pow has the same style of humour as the old jim carrey movies, if you dont like them, you dont like kung-pow.

By "old," do you mean before Ace Ventura? If not, that's not really a fair comparrison.

Although I have seen some of Jim's work on In Living Color, and yes, that does look more like Kung-Pow's style.

by golly, i just came up with two real suckaroonies.

the man from planet x: its a scifi from the early fifties(or mabe it was late forties) and thats never a bad thing is it? yes, yes it is. atleast on this movie that is soo badly done and slow and crappy effects and a metiorite that stands still in the air for the whole movie and then moves so damn fast you can hardly see it in the last seconds.

voodoo ritual aka ritual: i purchased this movie together with ginger snaps so i thought it would be of the same quality... man was i wrong!
i read on the back of the cover that it would be a movie about haitian zombies(the non flesh eating kind) and it was, but this sure is the stinkiest zombie movie i have ever seen. the story was boring and moved very slow. the 3d effects were almost as bad as in darkwolf(!).

stay away from those movies by all means nesessary . i know nobody could ever like them.

they wasted almost 3 hours of my life

Terastas wrote:

WereDog wrote:kung pow has the same style of humour as the old jim carrey movies, if you dont like them, you dont like kung-pow.

By "old," do you mean before Ace Ventura? If not, that's not really a fair comparrison.

Although I have seen some of Jim's work on In Living Color, and yes, that does look more like Kung-Pow's style.

i hope you are aware that ace2 and k-p has the same director.

Some of the movies that have been given awards like the Golden Turkey or Rasberry are actually pretty fun.

Catwoman was enjoyable, and not just to see Hale Barry slinking around in an overly cute outfit. She showed up to receive her Raz award in person, and gave a great speech.

And, Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space, the Golden Turkey Lifetime Achievement for "Worst Movie Ever Made," is actually very fun to watch. It's well paced and has many memorable moments. See for yourself; download the movie! (It's public domain.)

http://www.archive.org/details/Plan9FromOuterSpace

Did someone mention the life aquatic, watched the first fourty five minutes of it and took it out and burned all the proof it ever existed. Dont ever watch the movie!!!!!!!!