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RedJed
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I just commented on it in the box office thread, but it was quite a mess of a film, that I would certainly consider a bad movie. I fell out three times as the action nor the dialogue was very engaging at all. And one of the most drab endings I've seen in these types of films in forever.
RedJed
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Here comes the shit for 2022.....
Moonfall: Holy fuck, this was something else. The effects were pretty impressive as seems commonplace with Emmerich films, but this one was easily the more nonsensical and hyper-narrative than anything this same crew as 2012, Independance Day, etc has ever done. No shock this got released in the early months of the year (usual dump of bad movies). The verbiage was probably the most god awful I've seen in an action flick in years, and there was so many cliche character tropes that it was maddening. For a 2 hour film, this moved at the fastest pace ever for that length. And don't get me started on how the filmmakers decided to create this ridiculous backstory on why and how things were happening how they were. There was some moments of so fucking bad this was funny, but it was kinda few and far between. Some dude was trying his best Nick Frost characterization in this, which made me think he had to have been cast at some point?
Shattered: Now this wonky ass movie was absolutely so abysmally absurd that it was not only entertaining as fuck, but I laughed my ass off at just how terrible the execution was. How they got Frank Grillo and John Malkovich (who played a totally creepy and unlikable landlord to the point where you were just begging for this character to get killed off) not only to play bit roles, but have producing credits attached was a bit of a headscratcher. The main antagonist was a woman who was basically using her sexuality to do a very sneaky and sly home invasion/identify theft thing on rich dudes (this felt like Misery meets Panic Room kinda), it made for really over the top and hard to believe situations but that's what made this fucking movie so outrageous in a good way. Also, I'm sure it wont happen since this is so far out of the mainstream, but the main actress/antagonist Lilly Krug perhaps had some of the worst acting I've seen in a major studio film (this was a Lionsgate production) that is so absolutely worthy of a Razzie.
Moonfall: Holy fuck, this was something else. The effects were pretty impressive as seems commonplace with Emmerich films, but this one was easily the more nonsensical and hyper-narrative than anything this same crew as 2012, Independance Day, etc has ever done. No shock this got released in the early months of the year (usual dump of bad movies). The verbiage was probably the most god awful I've seen in an action flick in years, and there was so many cliche character tropes that it was maddening. For a 2 hour film, this moved at the fastest pace ever for that length. And don't get me started on how the filmmakers decided to create this ridiculous backstory on why and how things were happening how they were. There was some moments of so fucking bad this was funny, but it was kinda few and far between. Some dude was trying his best Nick Frost characterization in this, which made me think he had to have been cast at some point?
Shattered: Now this wonky ass movie was absolutely so abysmally absurd that it was not only entertaining as fuck, but I laughed my ass off at just how terrible the execution was. How they got Frank Grillo and John Malkovich (who played a totally creepy and unlikable landlord to the point where you were just begging for this character to get killed off) not only to play bit roles, but have producing credits attached was a bit of a headscratcher. The main antagonist was a woman who was basically using her sexuality to do a very sneaky and sly home invasion/identify theft thing on rich dudes (this felt like Misery meets Panic Room kinda), it made for really over the top and hard to believe situations but that's what made this fucking movie so outrageous in a good way. Also, I'm sure it wont happen since this is so far out of the mainstream, but the main actress/antagonist Lilly Krug perhaps had some of the worst acting I've seen in a major studio film (this was a Lionsgate production) that is so absolutely worthy of a Razzie.
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RedJed
Rasslin' Rambler
Blacklight: So this one was all over the fucking place. Halfway through it (or maybe into the third act or so), it became Taken 4 as well with Liam Neeson trying to find his captured family members. Before that, it was a terribly scripted action conspiracy thriller that was not thrilling, nor action packed. I actually left this one about an hour in when I was not being entertained at all, in fact the whole story gave me a headache that I wasn't ready to finish. I can't say this was worthwhile at all, in fact it was a total waste of time.
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Cannes: Uwe Boll Plans Return to Filmmaking With ‘Ness’ (Exclusive)
The notorious director of 'Rampage,' 'Postal' and 'Far Cry' is planning a $25 million film on legendary 'The Untouchables' agent Eliot Ness post-'The Untouchables.'
www.hollywoodreporter.com
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Looking up local movie showtimes to see if there's any indie bullshit that I want to see and I was taken aback to see a few showtimes for Morbius. I was like "Huh. That's still in theaters? I thought it left theaters."
It did! Extremely online nerds pretending to like the movie prompted Sony to rerelease the movie to a 1000 theaters this weekend
www.buzzfeednews.com
These are the times in which I think the internet is very bad.
It did! Extremely online nerds pretending to like the movie prompted Sony to rerelease the movie to a 1000 theaters this weekend
We Might Have Accidentally Memed “Morbius” Back Into Theaters And It's All Our Fault
It's Morbin' time. Again.
www.buzzfeednews.com
These are the times in which I think the internet is very bad.
tricking a mega-corporation into doing something silly is pretty great.
King Kamala
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Oh, how droll! Jared Leto is now participating in your "Morbin' Time" memes
The "living vampire" actor posted a video of himself holding a fake script referencing the internet's latest new ironic obsession
www.avclub.com
It's not very funny but he's taking the time to try to salvage his terrible movie and interact with his fanbase, I can think of worse things honestly.
King Kamala
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can you believe this capeshit apologist? Anyway let's go back to talking about wanting to see the new Louis CK movie, @Incandenza .
King Kamala
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Go to Hell CWM!
that makes it funnier.
King Kamala
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I'm probably being too harsh. It's nice GenZ has their own Snakes on a Plane.
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Not gonna go see it, but it's kinda nice when you have a movie theater all to yourself. If anyone reading this has never experienced that before, run, don't walk to the next screening of Morbius.
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Anyway, it's funny the rerelease has been met with indifference, but however good or bad the movie is, Morbius made back double its budget, which is usually the standard for whether a film is a commercial success. Far be it from me to say anything remotely non-disparaging about a Marvel product, but here we are.
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The only downside is when this happens, I always nearly crap my pants when the usher walks down the aisles during the movie.
That’s probably less of a problem now considering how short staffed movie theaters are now. I’ve almost wondered who is to stop me to just wander into a theater without paying.
RedJed
Rasslin' Rambler
New candidate for potentially worst movie ever just dropped today, a film about the invention of the fucking POP TART. I can't think of a lead cast that I dislike more, with the exception of Gaffigan. Jerry Seinfeld is apparently not only starring, but writing and directing? WTF?
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Melissa McCarthy, Hugh Grant Among A-List Cast for Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story’
Seinfeld is making his feature directorial debut on the Netflix project.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
RedJed
Rasslin' Rambler
The Forgiven: Jessica Chastain has been on a fucking roll with bad movies these past few years (besides the Oscar winning role as Tammy Faye Bakker). There was the 355, and also some other one that came out during 2020 called Ava that was pretty terrible as well. And then came this one.
I felt like the themes were on point here (elitism, white privilege, islamophobia) but the way they went about presenting them was terrible. The performances were weird, everyone involved basically were acting on their worst behaviors which can lead to strange execution....Ralph Fiennes had the only character arc that was of substance, the rest were just downright badly put together. Chastain played a kinda floosy adultress, as an example. Just didn't connect well. Matt Smith also was in this, phoning it in.
I think the Moroccan government may have had some financial stake and influence in this as well as it felt a bit heavy handed in showcasing the landscape of the area. Sad to say, this was probably the highlight of the film really.
I felt like the themes were on point here (elitism, white privilege, islamophobia) but the way they went about presenting them was terrible. The performances were weird, everyone involved basically were acting on their worst behaviors which can lead to strange execution....Ralph Fiennes had the only character arc that was of substance, the rest were just downright badly put together. Chastain played a kinda floosy adultress, as an example. Just didn't connect well. Matt Smith also was in this, phoning it in.
I think the Moroccan government may have had some financial stake and influence in this as well as it felt a bit heavy handed in showcasing the landscape of the area. Sad to say, this was probably the highlight of the film really.
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Kevin Sorbo thinks "pedophile terrorist" role would get Oscar nom
Kevin Sorbo appeared on a talk show to share his thoughts on Hollywood's fear of conservative Christians and jokes that playing "a radical Islamic pedophile terrorist" would get him an Oscar nomination.
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The Day Jerry Lewis (Finally) Talked About 'The Day the Clown Cried'
Jerry Lewis discussed his never-before-seen film 'The Day the Clown Cried' in 2009.
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King Kamala
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At least they got actual ret- (gets punched in stomach) adults with intellectual disabilities instead of having neurotypical actors go full on adult with intellectual disability.
It's a remake of a very well received Spanish Film with the same title. I doubt this will get the reviews the original got and Bobby Farrelly hasn't made anything good in years, but a lot of people I like are in it (Woody, Sweet Dee, Cheech, Ernie Hudson, Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys) so I'll probably end up watching it.
Watching the trailer and maybe I'm turning into a big softee, but I've seen way worse. Not original at all, but I have a soft spot for sappy underdog sports movies.
Watching the trailer and maybe I'm turning into a big softee, but I've seen way worse. Not original at all, but I have a soft spot for sappy underdog sports movies.
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Bad Movies 1995
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Razzies get slammed for Ryan Kiera Armstrong's Firestarter nod
The Razzies are under scrutiny yet again after nominating Firestarter's 11-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong for Worst Actress.
www.joblo.com
Point is The Razzies are butt.
RedJed
Rasslin' Rambler
I dont fully get the issue of contention with all this, since other kids in the past were also nominated before. And calling a spade a fucking spade, that film and everything about it was fucking atrocious. Not her fault really though, but still....the performance was terrible for a mainstream film. If I recall, McCauly Culkin got numerous noms many years in a row even. I didn't see this huge backlash over it then so this is a new thing that probably the people who are harking about it are not even getting the whole point of the Razzies. It's not to devalue actors, or shun them for being terrible either really. It's just to make fun of how bad (and maybe so bad its good) things can be in film.
To me, the Razzies is simply fun stuff and not to be taken seriously, nor be offended by anything involved in it but that's just me.
To me, the Razzies is simply fun stuff and not to be taken seriously, nor be offended by anything involved in it but that's just me.
I'm one of the 11 people that saw Firestarter and she wasn't that bad or memorable. Zac Efron kind of was though.
I stopped giving a shit about the Razzies decades ago. Would be more interesting if they actually found some real trash cinema to nominate instead of picking on the easiest of targets.
I stopped giving a shit about the Razzies decades ago. Would be more interesting if they actually found some real trash cinema to nominate instead of picking on the easiest of targets.
Youth N Asia
Boners, and farts.
The Razzies are just kinda pathetic, and tired. Have been for some time now. Did Stallone do anything this year? Ok. Just nominate every performance.
A nomination for worst on screen couple, and I quote: “ Tom Hanks & His Latex-Laden Face (and Ludicrous Accent) ELVIS” …that’s really funny.
A nomination for worst on screen couple, and I quote: “ Tom Hanks & His Latex-Laden Face (and Ludicrous Accent) ELVIS” …that’s really funny.
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Every year when I read about the Razzies, I'm always amazed their still around. They peaked when Sandra Bullock unexpectedly showed up to sincerely accept her reward for Worst Actress.
Gary
None So Vile
Seeing Tom Hanks being nominated for "Elvis" isn't surprising, but his performance-while not good per se-is at least interesting and entertaining. Plus, really fun to imitate.