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[Rolling Stone] 50 Terrible Movies by Great Directors
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Maybe I will have to give the Fountain another chance one of these days, but I definitely didn't enjoy it the first time.
TLW has exactly one scene where the movie comes to life, the RV over the cliff sequence. And even the optics to get to that scene are beyond stupid.
One good action setpiece doesn't make up for how nonsensical the entire movie is. The movie makes dinosaurs boring!
We had a thread a few months ago where I learned. Blew my mind. I think it's absolutely fantastic. Incredible art design and sets, Jim Carrey at some of his absolute best, tons of laughs.
Pretty well sums up what I was going to say about Aronofsky and the seemingly random choice of The Fountain. It's a turkey, but he's had bigger ones.
Different strokes for different folks I guess. I saw an advanced screening of it, and was one of the few people who didn't walk out on it. Once I figured out what the entire movie was an allegory about, I just couldn't stand it.
Bicentennial Man is an unbelievably great film. Fuck this list.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGrcFp9kJCM
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGrcFp9kJCM
I feel like I fell into an alternate universe with how many people are saying the fountain shouldn't be on the list.
Did people start liking that film over the weekend or something?
Did people start liking that film over the weekend or something?
The Lost World: Jurassic Park I think is definitely Spielberg's worst film. I haven't seen 1941 to confirm. Also, Star Wars Episode II is way worse than Episode I.
I also wonder why I'm so weird in thinking that Alien 3 is not a bad movie. It has some of the most iconic imagery in the entire franchise.
I also wonder why I'm so weird in thinking that Alien 3 is not a bad movie. It has some of the most iconic imagery in the entire franchise.
Seriously, that movie is Spielberg going, "so you think I've lost a step? Watch this." It's an unnecessary remake and all, but it's outrageously beautiful.
This thread is reminding me of how much I love Bruce Willis in Death Becomes Her. He certainly didn't do unhinged very often, but he grabbed that role with both hands and went bananas.
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Seeing so many people point out Death Becomes Her doesn't belong on this list makes me happy. Such a good film.
I vaguely remember it getting bad reviews when it came out though
I vaguely remember it getting bad reviews when it came out though
Seriously, that and Fableman's.... It's crazy how much control he has, everything is directed so smoothly and beautiful. He's so good that he makes it look easy.
All the folks in this thread saying The Fountain doesn't belong on this list.
Meanwhile you can kinda read the graphic novel and see the film version is really incomplete due to budget.
I really like The Fountain but it is a deeply flawed film that doesn't achieve what it tries to do and the creators behind it would probably be the first people to admit that.
edit - I wouldn't call it "terrible" though. That's a poor choice of adjective.
Meanwhile you can kinda read the graphic novel and see the film version is really incomplete due to budget.
I really like The Fountain but it is a deeply flawed film that doesn't achieve what it tries to do and the creators behind it would probably be the first people to admit that.
edit - I wouldn't call it "terrible" though. That's a poor choice of adjective.
Honestly, it feels like a list I would expect the (modern) Razzies voting board to come up with. Films selected as "truly terrible" works more so of the basis of them either being popular to hate/dunk on, or (concerning films with mixed or even mildly positive reception) because the author had a strong personal dislike of a feature that disagrees with the broader consensus.
Especially since the article even opens with the admission that there are different variables and/or circumstances in play as to how a film can turn out bad; but still goes on to compile a fairly random list of "cinematic disasters" without any criteria going in as to what would or wouldn't make the list (and accompanying reasons as to why).
The fountain is a cult classic, way better than Aronofsky's last three films. Death Becomes Her is another cult classic.
Downsizing is just misunderstood, it's a very good movie.
Downsizing is just misunderstood, it's a very good movie.
Aronofsky (who also wrote the graphic novel) did an interview a couple a years ago where he said that if he had redone The Fountain, he would've made it smaller and less flashy. I'm not sure what more The Fountain would've needed to be a better movie. It feels perfectly complete and magnificent as it is.
Robert Altman is one of my favorite directors and I was delighted to discover that he made a movie with Jeff Goldblum. Then I watched it and what an absolutely awful movie it is. I'm glad they didn't put Popeye on here instead. That movie is actually weirdly fun and charming as hell.
And, to top it off, he shoots quick and keeps budgets in check. It's crazy what a number 1941 did on him- he got away with extended, out of control productions with Jaws and CE3K but it bit him in the ass hard on 1941. So with Raiders he reigned it in, especially because he was spending his best friend's money, and has pretty much stuck with that ever since. A movie like War of the Worlds has no business looking that good having started principal photography 8 months before release.
It has its moments (like the humanity montage) but it's def his weakest film imo
God, yeah. I generally haven't been huge on Spielberg's more recent work but West Side Story and Fabelmans back to back made me fall in love with him all over again.
Rolling Stone is a trash newspaper, but I feel like lists are commonly in this type of "format" pretty frequently nowadays.
Bicentennial Man shouldn't be in that list..
1. it's not a bad movie.
2. Chris Columbus is not a great director.
1. it's not a bad movie.
2. Chris Columbus is not a great director.
I knew it was going to be on the list, but seeing Jack at #1 seems ridiculous to me.
Maybe it's because I was young when I saw it, but I remember it being pretty alright?
Maybe it's because I was young when I saw it, but I remember it being pretty alright?
