stanton heck
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You know a movie is going to be bad when?
More times than not "John Travolta" is in it.
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When itsa sequel without the orignal stars.
I generally find that the more trailers a theater runs before the feature the worse the movie is going to be. If you're getting six, seven, eight trailers before the movie starts set the snooze alarm.
If it stars Steven Segeal.
Can we stick to movies that DO SHOW in the cinemas. We all know there's a lot of movies going straight to video are no good anyway.
I would say you know it's going to be bad, from the trailers, who is starring in the film, what the premise(storyline) is, and of course the U.S. Box Office figures (this can help me decide if a new movie is worth getting on Dvd, especially if it comes out in R1 before Aus cinemas!)
I would say you know it's going to be bad, from the trailers, who is starring in the film, what the premise(storyline) is, and of course the U.S. Box Office figures (this can help me decide if a new movie is worth getting on Dvd, especially if it comes out in R1 before Aus cinemas!)
Obvious, but has to be stated. When it says "Uwe Boll" or "Paul W.S. Anderson" as director or producer or writer.
Boll can't even make good trailers whilst Anderson's stuff is almost always mediocre; it's so aggravating to see the material go to waste. It should be law that anything by these two be automatically considered for a remake.
Boll can't even make good trailers whilst Anderson's stuff is almost always mediocre; it's so aggravating to see the material go to waste. It should be law that anything by these two be automatically considered for a remake.
You know a movie is going to be bad when...
'Co-Produced by Sigourney Weaver' appears onscreen.
'Co-Produced by Sigourney Weaver' appears onscreen.
The name NOra Ephron is on it
When Richard Gere attempts any sort of accent.
If it has anything to do with Adam Sandler (Punch Drunk Love not withstanding).
Or acting. Internal Affairs aside.
When the previews end and says from Director X and I have no idea who he is. I've seen more movies than most people and if I can't identify what Director X is done, I doubt the general public can either.
Besides, Mal beat us to the most obvious indicator that a movie is bad. Two Words.....Uwe Boll........How could Ben Kingsley sink that low?
Besides, Mal beat us to the most obvious indicator that a movie is bad. Two Words.....Uwe Boll........How could Ben Kingsley sink that low?
He had to prove that Species wasn't a mistake. It was deliberate.
Tony DeFrancisco wrote: If it stars Steven Segeal.
I concur
I concur
SPECIES!!! How could I forget Species! That has one of the worst and most hysterical movie moments in the history of cinema! Forest Whitaker plays the PSYCHIC member of the team hunting the monster. A woman has been killed in a train compartment. Whitaker walks into the compartment where the woman's body is hanging, which is drenched in blood a viscera, and as he stands ankle deep in the woman's blood he ominously says, "I feel that something bad has happened here." Well, he wasn't wrong.
...If it has a scene in the first 10 minutes establishing the fact that there is no mobile phone signal in a particular place.
James Tully wrote: ...If it has a scene in the first 10 minutes establishing the fact that there is no mobile phone signal in a particular place.
Actually, most movies need this to make the movie plausable. Things like Breakdown wouldn't be very good if you don't rule out mobile phones.
Actually, most movies need this to make the movie plausable. Things like Breakdown wouldn't be very good if you don't rule out mobile phones.
if its directed by Uwe Boll or stars Hilary Duff.. or her sister
...when the glowing reviews are from critics and/or publications you've never heard of.
"...in a world..."
"In a Time"
Adrian wrote: James Tully wrote: ...If it has a scene in the first 10 minutes establishing the fact that there is no mobile phone signal in a particular place.
Actually, most movies need this to make the movie plausable. Things like Breakdown wouldn't be very good if you don't rule out mobile phones.
Thats my point. Its a sure fire sign of lazy film-making.
Actually, most movies need this to make the movie plausable. Things like Breakdown wouldn't be very good if you don't rule out mobile phones.
Thats my point. Its a sure fire sign of lazy film-making.
Not really. There are places where cell phones do not work. Until we go to satellite phones, there will never be complete coverage.
It has "Lawerence Kasdan" directing.
So you are saying that "Body Heat", "The Big Chill", "Silverado", and "The Accidental Tourist" were bad movies?
He lost it after "Grand Canyon"
The only truly bad movie he has done was Dreamcatcher and I am not sure that movie is truly his fault.
Adrian wrote: The only truly bad movie he has done was Dreamcatcher and I am not sure that movie is truly his fault.
TRUST ME ON THIS IT WAS.
TRUST ME ON THIS IT WAS.
A remake.
simply-haley wrote: if its directed by Uwe Boll or stars Hilary Duff.. or her sisterUnless of course she's in a porn film
simply-haley wrote: if its directed by Uwe Boll or stars Hilary Duff.. or her sisterUnless of course she's in a porn film
When they use a a quote from Paul Ross or someone else from News of the World to promote a movie.
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