Jason

I thought the nuke the fridge was a much better sequence than the ravenous ants.

Shazam

I rewatched TPM a little while ago and thought that it's aged terribly. Yeah, Duel of the Fates is still great, having Liam Neeson was great, but the pace is very slow, the pod race is a bore, the rest of the cast looks confused on screen, and the main plot is not at all engaging.

I also think the SFX look extremely dated now. Of the three, for some reason this movie's SFX are very poorly done.

starman9000

Yep, I love this one. I think a lot of the hate stems from how different it is from Pitch Black, but I don't care.

I enjoy Fantastic Four as well, for what it is.

indiephantom

Freddy Got Fingered
The Spirit
3000 Miles to Graceland
Cool World
Cruel Intentions (all 3 movies)
The Mangler
Norbit

Jason

The effects might look bad due to the large levels of edge enhancement on the DVD.

blueberrytree

Indy 4, all the way.

I STILL don't get any of the hate. What a fantastic, fun movie.

Bluelitespecial

Surviving Christmas- having just watched this on tv, everyone seems to hate it but I found it to be very funny.

Shazam

I thought that was the Force around everything

Actually, I watched it on Spike or one of those kinds of channels when they had one of those Star Wars marathons on.

Thing is, the second one looks really, really good, and it's only a couple of years later.

emachine

bad boys 2. it's bays only good film

johnnysd

To be honest I do not think that the Star Wars prequels get ENOUGH critisizm. They are totally horrible movies with ludicrous storylines that are not even faithful to themselves. Even in he third one, the turning of Anakin was ludicrous, the characters actions completely unbelievable and the movie just sucked. I love the original ones, but the prequels were INCREDIBLY BAD.

toddly6666

I agree with you, but from as movies for kids, they aren't that bad. But for adults, these films are just awful...


Here's another film that isn't that bad:


I thought the movie was absolutely boring when I saw it in the theaters, but I just watched it today (bought it used for 3 dollars), and strangely, it's not bad at all. It's a pretty good movie representation of the cartoon that I love. If it totally followed the cartoon exactly, it would just be too weird. I think I like action movies pre-Bourne 2 and 3/Quantum of Solace now - I give extra points for any action films that aren't as quick cut/awfully edited as those films. So maybe without the existance of those awfully directed/edited films, I can find a new appreciation for action films between the years of Matrix and Bournes/Quantum...

gmanca

Having just seen it again, Last Man Standing is one such film; it's an emotional downer, but it's got some great camera work.

Shazam

I'll throw AI into the ring.

tylergfoster

Oh yeah, Aeon Flux. Rented it when it came out cause I worked at Blockbuster and found it enjoyable. I know it was cut from the director's vision, maybe if her upcoming movie Jennifer's Body is a hit maybe they'll release a "Director's Cut" DVD.

But then again, is that worth hoping a horrible-sounding Diablo Cody written Megan Fox starring turd is a hit?

Mondo Kane

Fantastic Four-If you're willing to give it a 2nd look, please seek out the Extended Edition.

Sean O'Hara

I hate when people make this argument -- just because something is intended for kids doesn't mean it has to be mind-numbingly bad. The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island and The Little Lame Prince are children's books, but they're also among the great books of Western literature. There's no reason the Star Wars prequels couldn't've been as good as The Iron Giant or Watership Down -- but Lucas had such contempt for his audience that he thought Jar Jar and a kid with no talent yelling "Yippie" in the most unconvincing fashion possible, would be good enough.

tylergfoster

The Spirit is quickly climbing this list. It's no classic, but it doesn't deserve a fraction of the venom that's being flung at it. It's self-indulgent, a mangling of the source material, and all over the map, but it is far from a crime against humanity, which is what I keep seeing people exaggerate it to. The third Mummy sequel runs rings (of awfulness) around The Spirit with one hand tied behind its back.

toddly6666

It's true - there is no reason to ever make crappy movies, but it's amazing how kids can appreciate crappy movies more than adults...I just don't understand why people think Revenge of the Sith is the better one (Attack of the Clones is the best flowing prequel). Just because ROS is labeled as "dark", people love it...Watch the Star Wars cartoons, which are so much better than those prequels, all because Lucas isn't directing..

I made the mistake of watching Watership Down when I was a kid - I had nightmares from it...I wouldn't show that to a kid...

Dr Mabuse

'Ice Castles'.

This is a moving masterpiece with excellent acting all around, a plot that is 'real' and not predictable, and a hell of theme song.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

inri222

Terry Gilliam's Tideland

Excellent film

Doughboy

Agreed. TPM has aged terribly. I can't even watch it beginning-to-end anymore. I still like Episode II. It's the only decent entry in the prequel trilogy. But since I hate ROTS so much for its unrealized potential and the horrible handling of Anakin's turn, the 2nd prequel has been rendered meaningless. Hell, Lucas never even bothered resolving Obi-Wan's storyline in that movie with the erasing of Kamino from the Jedi archives(and don't tell me it was addressed in a book; that's a weak excuse).

As for my list of films that deserve more respect:

Terminator 3 - decent sequel with a killer truck chase and a ballsy ending
Licence To Kill - the general public seems to dismiss this movie as crap
Dick Tracy - other than Madonna's terrible performance, this is a great flick
Batman Forever - decent entry that could've been much better had it not been butchered in the editing room
Meet Joe Black - way too long, but I still love this movie
Eyes Wide Shut - I don't know why people rag on it so much; it's vintage Kubrick
The Thin Red Line - a love it or hate it movie that I personally love

inri222

Dr Mabuse

On a more serious note.

'Sorcerer' was a good movie. I appreciate it more with repeat viewings. It was panned as a failure by critics and the audience at the time.

I understand the reaction to the 'audacity', I guess, of taking Clouzot's masterpiece down 'off the shelf'. But it's a good movie that stands on it's own. I don't think Friedkin was trying to match 'Wages', just make more of an homage to a film that had inspired and affected him as a film maker.

inri222

David Cronenberg's Crash

Superboy

I thought people liked that movie.