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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 17:38:54 GMT -5
I guess no one's seen "The Postman". I've watched it countless times, just to marvel at the sheer relentless utter failure of a film it is. It's 3 hours long. 3 LONG hours. The dialogue couldn't be worse. Dramatwist , you may lose your mind it's so bad. The dialog in The Postman is embarrassingly bad, but I've seen it a number of times too. We must be gluttons for punishment. I do like playing "what's that firearm" during this movie.  |
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Post by toshtego on May 13, 2019 17:41:22 GMT -5
The Blob, The Thing and that entire genre helped the Duck and Cover generation to take their minds off Nuclear Annihilation. So true! There was a reason James Arness, aka "The Thing" was costumed in a Russian style tunic uniform. |
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Post by toshtego on May 13, 2019 17:42:54 GMT -5
I guess no one's seen "The Postman". I've watched it countless times, just to marvel at the sheer relentless utter failure of a film it is. It's 3 hours long. 3 LONG hours. The dialogue couldn't be worse. Dramatwist , you may lose your mind it's so bad. The dialog in The Postman is embarrassing bad, but I've seen it a number of times too. Kevin should stick to Horse Operas. That is what he is good at. |
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Post by Cramptholomew on May 13, 2019 17:49:52 GMT -5
The dialog in The Postman is embarrassing bad, but I've seen it a number of times too. Kevin should stick to Horse Operas. That is what he is good at. This was a horse opera of a different nature. It started out as him being a traveling Shakespeare guy with a donkey as his sidekick. It always makes me squirm when he says "cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war". |
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Post by Dramatwist on May 13, 2019 17:55:59 GMT -5
Kevin should stick to Horse Operas. That is what he is good at. This was a horse opera of a different nature. It started out as him being a traveling Shakespeare guy with a donkey as his sidekick. It always makes me squirm when he says "cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war". I watched it once. I won't watch it again. |
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Post by toshtego on May 13, 2019 18:09:11 GMT -5
Kevin should stick to Horse Operas. That is what he is good at. This was a horse opera of a different nature. It started out as him being a traveling Shakespeare guy with a donkey as his sidekick. It always makes me squirm when he says "cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war". True. Kevin needs to stay away from Shakespeare. I do not see him performing the Band of Brothers speech from "Henry V". He is better at lines like, "You the one killed our friend?", from "Open Range". |
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Post by kb7get on May 13, 2019 18:47:28 GMT -5
L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth is my favorite book. John Travolta's movie of it is my worst movie.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 19:56:09 GMT -5
L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth is my favorite book. John Travolta's movie of it is my worst movie. Add another poor book adaptation, Vince Flynn's American Assassin. The books are absolute page turners. The movie was an abomination |
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Post by toshtego on May 13, 2019 20:03:43 GMT -5
L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth is my favorite book. John Travolta's movie of it is my worst movie. That was a real stinker of a movie. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 13, 2019 22:09:30 GMT -5
I guess no one's seen "The Postman". I've watched it countless times, just to marvel at the sheer relentless utter failure of a film it is. It's 3 hours long. 3 LONG hours. The dialogue couldn't be worse. Dramatwist , you may lose your mind it's so bad. The dialog in The Postman is embarrassingly bad, but I've seen it a number of times too. We must be gluttons for punishment. I do like pl8aying "what's that firearm" during this movie. The book that The Postman is based on is one of David Brin's first efforts. Unfortunately, the classic book, A Canticle for Leibowitz, cannot be translated into a movie. It requires thought and consideration. I think most everyone will agree that Waterworld and The Postman suck. Still, I have to admire someone who continues to strive beyond his reach. |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 22:54:22 GMT -5
I liked both movies they both had their moments and besides you got to love Tom Petty in the Postman as the mayor of the dam or when they dive into the world of skyscrapers covered by water. While not Dances with Wolves people are still talking about his films years later when many films have been forgotten. I will watch Water World ten more times before I ever waste time again with Sweeny Todd or pick your God forbid Avatar the adult version of the Smurfs gone green.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 23:14:01 GMT -5
The dialog in The Postman is embarrassingly bad, but I've seen it a number of times too. We must be gluttons for punishment. I do like pl8aying "what's that firearm" during this movie. The book that The Postman is based on is one of David Brin's first efforts. Unfortunately, the classic book, A Canticle for Leibowitz, cannot be translated into a movie. It requires thought and consideration. I think most everyone will agree that Waterworld and The Postman suck. Still, I have to admire someone who continues to strive beyond his reach. I read The Postman by Brin before I saw the movie, which was quite different. A Canticle for Leibowitz is a classic and has been on my reading list for some time. I'll get to it eventually. |
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Post by briarpipenyc on May 14, 2019 7:45:34 GMT -5
"Saturday Night Fever".....absolutely the worst cinematic crap that I ever sat through. Utterly, and hysterically funny dancing and prancing.....the "dialog" and those over-the-top fake New Yawk accents were ridiculous. But a perfect setting for the Bee Gee's insipid score. Travolta's Vinny Barbarino-style acting could make Francis the Talking Mule seem like Lawrence Olivier.
My score....4 snores.
"Plan 9 from Outer Space" was far better.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 14, 2019 12:58:59 GMT -5
"Saturday Night Fever".....absolutely the worst cinematic crap that I ever sat through. Utterly, and hysterically funny dancing and prancing.....the "dialog" and those over-the-top fake New Yawk accents were ridiculous. But a perfect setting for the Bee Gee's insipid score. Travolta's Vinny Barbarino-style acting could make Francis the Talking Mule seem like Lawrence Olivier. My score....4 snores. "Plan 9 from Outer Space" was far better. Loved SNF, and what it at least once a year. Love the music and have the soundtrack. 👍👍😁🤠 |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2019 21:12:24 GMT -5
Pirates of the Caribbean. Likely the worst 2 hours of my life wasted on that dumbass waste of human resources.
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Post by Cramptholomew on May 19, 2019 18:23:48 GMT -5
L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth is my favorite book. John Travolta's movie of it is my worst movie. Add another poor book adaptation, Vince Flynn's American Assassin. The books are absolute page turners. The movie was an abomination you know what are true book-movie abominations? Jack Reacher. I just cannot believe how Lee Child let them butcher his character like that. |
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Post by bigwoolie on May 19, 2019 18:51:32 GMT -5
Add another poor book adaptation, Vince Flynn's American Assassin. The books are absolute page turners. The movie was an abomination you know what are true book-movie abominations? Jack Reacher. I just cannot believe how Lee Child let them butcher his character like that. I'm with you on this one. I'm a big fan of Lee Child and Reacher, but when I see that diminutive Tom Cruise with his pretty posturing and smirking, I just wanna slit his sack and put his left foot in it. And anything with George Clooney in it. Don't even get me started on him. |
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Post by toshtego on May 19, 2019 20:01:50 GMT -5
"Saturday Night Fever".....absolutely the worst cinematic crap that I ever sat through. Utterly, and hysterically funny dancing and prancing.....the "dialog" and those over-the-top fake New Yawk accents were ridiculous. But a perfect setting for the Bee Gee's insipid score. Travolta's Vinny Barbarino-style acting could make Francis the Talking Mule seem like Lawrence Olivier. My score....4 snores. "Plan 9 from Outer Space" was far better. Loved SNF, and what it at least once a year. Love the music and have the soundtrack. 👍👍😁🤠 Never enjoyed or appreciated John Travolta UNTIL "Get Shorty". Thence, I love the guy! |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 19, 2019 21:25:08 GMT -5
Add another poor book adaptation, Vince Flynn's American Assassin. The books are absolute page turners. The movie was an abomination you know what are true book-movie abominations? Jack Reacher. I just cannot believe how Lee Child let them butcher his character like that. He's in the process of searching for the right actor for a new movie. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 19, 2019 22:21:18 GMT -5
 When I first saw Cruise play Reacher all I saw was a midget jump on Oprahs or Ellen's sofa. True True bad bad casting.
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Post by PhantomWolf on May 19, 2019 22:58:47 GMT -5
-Anything with the name "Madea" in the title
-Son of the Mask
-Any Wayans brother spoof movie like Meet the Spartans, Scary Movie, or Epic Movie- "I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka" being the only exception!
-Pink Flamingos
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Post by Wolfman on May 20, 2019 6:52:02 GMT -5
At the moment, ‘Soapdish’ comes to mind. That was an awful film.
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Post by ben888 on May 20, 2019 7:12:40 GMT -5
Avengers: Endgame. Two and a half hours of talking and crying (shout-out to Bollywood) and fifteen minutes of mediocre action. Five thumbs down)))
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Post by Cramptholomew on May 20, 2019 7:18:50 GMT -5
-Anything with the name "Madea" in the title -Son of the Mask -Any Wayans brother spoof movie like Meet the Spartans, Scary Movie, or Epic Movie- "I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka" being the only exception! -Pink Flamingos I take exception to Pink Flamingos. That movie was an exercise in pure shock value (at the time). All John Waters films we're back then. Female Trouble being the best of the bunch, IMO. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 20, 2019 9:41:11 GMT -5
When I first saw Cruise play Reacher all I saw was a midget jump on Oprahs or Ellen's sofa. True True bad bad casting. He paid millions for the rights. What can you do? When I am tempted to see a Jack Reacher movie with Cruise, I read a book. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on May 20, 2019 11:24:10 GMT -5
-Anything with the name "Madea" in the title -Son of the Mask -Any Wayans brother spoof movie like Meet the Spartans, Scary Movie, or Epic Movie- "I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka" being the only exception! -Pink Flamingos I take exception to Pink Flamingos. That movie was an exercise in pure shock value (at the time). All John Waters films we're back then. Female Trouble being the best of the bunch, IMO. I like John Waters. I've seen biopics and shite on him. He's a cool guy and I get what he was going for, but I can't stand to watch it(which makes it a success). I hate the people's faces and their voices. It rages me out. I have to leave the room when that grandma is talking.
Cry Baby was okay, I guess. Hatchet Face almost ruined the entire movie for me. haha I just don't have that sense of humour. I could barely watch TV as a kid cause I wanted to kick the screen every time Urkel said "Did I do that?" or those babies on Full House said "How Wude"
Pink Flamingos is essentially a chair covered in nails and broken glass and Steve Urkels. The idea is to see how long people will sit in that chair. To make the squares squirm. I respect the idea, but I'm not going to sit in the chair myself. haha
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 19:12:07 GMT -5
Add another poor book adaptation, Vince Flynn's American Assassin. The books are absolute page turners. The movie was an abomination you know what are true book-movie abominations? Jack Reacher. I just cannot believe how Lee Child let them butcher his character like that. Agreed. Add injury to insult they cast Tom Cruise. Another in that vein of bad casting was Defoe as Clark in Clear and Present Danger. Does Defoe look like a bad arse Marine to you? |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 20:46:51 GMT -5
 He does in Platoon. |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 8:59:35 GMT -5
He does in Platoon. Marines don't die, they go to hell and regroup |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 10:55:51 GMT -5
A Marines Final Inspection
The Marine stood and faced God Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining Just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward Marine, How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek? To My Church have you been true?"
The Marine squared his shoulders and said, "No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns Can't always be a saint.
I've had to work most Sundays And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent, Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny That wasn't mine to keep...
Though I worked a lot of overtime When the bills got just too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help, Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place Among the people here,
They never wanted me around Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here, Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much, But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was a silence all around the throne Where the saints had often trod
As the Marine waited quietly, For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward Marine, You've borne your burdens well,
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets, You've done your time in Hell."
Author: Sgt Joshua Helterbran
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When I first saw Cruise play Reacher all I saw was a midget jump on Oprahs or Ellen's sofa. True True bad bad casting. 
