Movies that everyone hated but you really liked

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-14 02:28am

Slartibartfast wrote:I always thought the way they did the animations in the LoTR cartoon (rotoscoping) was pretty awesome. Also there was blood n stuff, which for a cartoon is very impressive.

Lemme see... Wo hu cang long was very good, most people complained about the unrealistic physics but they missed the point that it was supposed to be a damn fairy tale/folk story thingy or whatever. Just like a girl being born from a lotus flower isn't very realistic either.

Pleasantville was nice.

I don't really go to the movies that much. Oh wait Ghosts of Mars was fun, in a cheesy B-movie sort of way.

Uh, Wu hu cang long wasn't exactly hated by everyone. It didn't do as well in Asia, specifically China, but it didn't do badly either.

Falkenhorst · Post by **Falkenhorst** » 2002-11-14 03:43am

OK, I didn's see the very beginning of Dark City either and I liked the movie just fine. So by all means don't tell me the shitty part at the beginning.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 03:59am

Dunno if someone said it already, but Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-11-14 04:16am

Since when was CTHD a hated movie?

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 04:18am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Since when was CTHD a hated movie?

When a lot of people down here despised it.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-11-14 04:22am

Considering how well it did in the US, I beg to differ.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 04:51am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Considering how well it did in the US, I beg to differ.

Well, New Mexico is full of idiots, to put it lightly. And I am in the US. I know it did well, but my community didn't like it too much.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-11-14 05:35am

My ex-roomates all have hated my collection of "subs", I have LaFemme Nakita, Rashomon, Cereno DeBerjerac, Seven Samurai, Kagemusha, Ran, Yojimbo, and more anime and Jackie Chan then you can shake a stick at all in subtitled format. I even have Das Boot on DVD, so I could see it in Widescreen, in German, with English subtitles.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-11-14 05:37am

verilon wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Considering how well it did in the US, I beg to differ.
Well, New Mexico is full of idiots, to put it lightly. And I am in the US. I know it did well, but my community didn't like it too much.

Considering my history with friends in Yosemite, Oh I have Iron Monkey in subs, and CTHD as well.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 05:39am

Just keep the Jackie Chan away from me...I might hurt myself trying to kill it.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-11-14 05:58am

Actually I have sub versions of most "Golden Harvest" action adventure movies.

I love martial arts flicks, and I love Chow Yun-Fat flicks....

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 05:59am

I liked The Power of One (dunno if nobody liked it or not) and Seven Years in Tibet (same deal....some people just don't like it) and other various Chinese/Tibetan movies.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-11-14 06:01am

Power of one is Good, the book is so much better

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 06:01am

THe Yosemite Bear wrote:Power of one is Good, the book is so much better

Who's it by?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-11-14 06:05am

Fuck I will have to look it up.

It's mostly autobiographical

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 06:09am

THe Yosemite Bear wrote:Fuck I will have to look it up.

It's mostly autobiographical

Grr....I figured as much.

Rathark · Post by **Rathark** » 2002-11-14 08:48am

verilon wrote:
THe Yosemite Bear wrote:Power of one is Good, the book is so much better
Who's it by?

Bryce Courtney. An Aussie, BTW

I haven't read it yet, but it once rated 2nd after Lord of the Rings on an Australian reader's poll in 1997.

Sparkticus · Post by **Sparkticus** » 2002-11-14 08:55am

Ahem... Bryce was born and spent his formative years in South Africa, and then came to Australia in the sixtys as an Autralian citizen. One of my pet hates about my own country is the fact that if anyone spent even a year of their life growing up of living here, they become 'our' property. Let's face it, Russel Crowe is a Kiwi, and part of me thinks it'd be good if he stayed a Kiwi.

Rathark · Post by **Rathark** » 2002-11-14 08:56am

I saw through the plot holes in Jurassic Park 1 and 2, ID4 and Armageddon, but I enjoyed them for what they were.

Any critic who didn't understand Dark City can't handle real science fiction.

The Neverending Story (ONLY the first film) was something I couldn't get out of my head for weeks afterward. That Falkor renewed my interest in dragons in a big way.

Dargos · Post by **Dargos** » 2002-11-14 08:57am

PLAN 9 FROM OUTERSPACE

Its so horrible that you just HAVE to like it!!

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 08:57am

I liked the other one(s) too....Neverending story, that is....

Rathark · Post by **Rathark** » 2002-11-14 09:01am

Sparkticus wrote:Ahem... Bryce was born and spent his formative years in South Africa, and then came to Australia in the sixtys as an Autralian citizen. One of my pet hates about my own country is the fact that if anyone spent even a year of their life growing up of living here, they become 'our' property. Let's face it, Russel Crowe is a Kiwi, and part of me thinks it'd be good if he stayed a Kiwi.

I knew most of that. But he has been there quite a while now, compared to other "Aussie icons".

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-11-14 09:01am

I'll admit it now...

I really like:

Cannibal: The Musical

*awaits beration*

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-11-14 10:05am

Lagmonster wrote:I must have some seriously bad taste or something. There are a lot of movies that I loved, but everyone else hates for some reason. And my friends think, subsequently, that *I'm* crazy for liking any of these:

Fletch Lives
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
The Ice Pirates
Jake Speed
Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

I love these shows! They might suck, but I just can't see it. Anyone care to share any titles that they really loved but that everyone else thinks sucked rabid donkey?

Actually I like Fletch Lives better than Fletch. Ice Pirates was pretty good as well. Jake Speed was okay. Haven't seen the others.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-11-14 10:16am

End of Days
Escape from L.A.
Devil's Advocate
Supernova (this one's pushing it a bit though)
Godzilla (1998)
Lost In Space (it came free with my DVD player and I thought it was okay. Plus Heather Graham and Mimi Rogers in form-fitting space suits

I really like Starship Troopers and The Fifth Element

StarDestroyer.Net BBS

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