Post by christopher on Feb 14, 2006 14:40:45 GMT -8
While the Oscars are alway fun to follow, I actually prefer the Raspberries awards for terrible movies. In that vein, and because this section of the forum probably feels a little neglected, I would love to know what are your least favorite films of last year. Films that were just bad, or films that promised a lot but delivered a litte. Hear are mine:
The Winner:
Elizabethtown--proof that directors should never make films when they feel too strongly about the material. Crowe tried so hard to make a profound, thought-provoking movie, but it just turned out horribly boring and proved to show that Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst still aren't very experienced actors. Everytime the camera stayed on them for longer than a few seconds I rolled my eyes. Some actors could be great to watch no matter how long the camera stayed on them. These two apparently are not like that. Avoid this film at all cost!
Runners up:
The Brother's Grimm--I rarely run into a Matt Damon movie I don't like these days (not true of his whole career, but lately). This was a very unpleasant surprise. I know there are some people that liked it, or at least didn't hate it, but I am not one of those people.
The Fantastic Four--okay so it wasn't terrible, but a huge let-down. Let's sit around and argue about what to do with our powers the whole film and then beat the invincible villain without breaking a sweat! Silly climax to a silly movie.
A Sound of Thunder--only saw parts of this film, but what I saw was bad, bad, bad. It was shelved after they first made it (a few years ago, I think) with the intent to redo some of the things, but it was eventually released without tweaking, and we can see why it was shelved.
And a special nod to two films I didn't see which are worth mentioning simply because they lost so much money: Stealth and The Island.
Thought anyone?
--Chris
The Winner:
Elizabethtown--proof that directors should never make films when they feel too strongly about the material. Crowe tried so hard to make a profound, thought-provoking movie, but it just turned out horribly boring and proved to show that Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst still aren't very experienced actors. Everytime the camera stayed on them for longer than a few seconds I rolled my eyes. Some actors could be great to watch no matter how long the camera stayed on them. These two apparently are not like that. Avoid this film at all cost!
Runners up:
The Brother's Grimm--I rarely run into a Matt Damon movie I don't like these days (not true of his whole career, but lately). This was a very unpleasant surprise. I know there are some people that liked it, or at least didn't hate it, but I am not one of those people.
The Fantastic Four--okay so it wasn't terrible, but a huge let-down. Let's sit around and argue about what to do with our powers the whole film and then beat the invincible villain without breaking a sweat! Silly climax to a silly movie.
A Sound of Thunder--only saw parts of this film, but what I saw was bad, bad, bad. It was shelved after they first made it (a few years ago, I think) with the intent to redo some of the things, but it was eventually released without tweaking, and we can see why it was shelved.
And a special nod to two films I didn't see which are worth mentioning simply because they lost so much money: Stealth and The Island.
Thought anyone?
--Chris