Worst Movie you've seen all year?

[Big T]

Fantastic Four...this was purely hollywood trying to make money, there was no "film" feeling to this movie...more like a vehicle to sell toys, fast food etc

all the "cool stuff" we saw on tv

for you sociology fanatics...perfect example of big media using horizontal integration

[Ecstatic]

I disagree. I liked Fantastic Four--well, qualified liked. Ioan Gruffudd can't act his way out of a paperbag, or at least he came off that way. Mr Fantastic was so flat it was painful. Jessica Alba is so gorgeous I forgive her acting limitations, and she wasn't that bad. Chris Evans was excellent as the Torch, and Michael Chiklis as good as you could be wearing 75 lbs of laytex. Julian McMahon was fine, even if his character was changed almost beyond recognition from the comic. So 3 out of 5 stars for me.

Worst movie this year that I've actually paid to see: I don't know, I really haven't gone to that many. Sin City was bad in places but excellent in others. Batman Begins likewise: strong character development but pointless violence (chick is dying and he's racing his hot rod around like an idiot, right).

There are several that I've simply avoided: Betwitched. Longest Yawn. Missed Congeniality. Constantwined. Mr & Mrs Snorf. War of the Words (now showing at a Hung Angels near you, lol).

Revenge of the Sith was pretty good, if you overlook the "romantic" bits. Hitchhiker's Guide was OK, but I like the radio play and tv series more.

Not an impressive year thus far.

[Big T]

see I'd say some of the best movies I've seen this year were

War of the worlds
sin city
batman begins
Episode 3..the romantic bits were kept to a bare minimum

I kinda wanna see Constantine
heard great things about Mr and Mrs Smith

Charlie and the Chocolate factory....eh...if it was the first time I was introduced to this story it would have been amazing..unfortunately I prefer the original movie

[Ecstatic]

Well, I guess I should go see W of the W then: Cruise rubs me the wrong way, but if you rank it up there with sin city, it must have something going on. I just couldn't bear to see Constantine: I'm a diehard comics buff (Silver Age on) and Hellblazer (John Constantine) is one of the best characters ever developed in comics. Just couldn't bear to see K. Reeves mess with the character. Should have been played by James Marsters, who has the look and the attitude, and, hey, is a punk Brit to boot.

I never cared for the original Wonker; didn't have any of the life of the book by Dahl. I'm willing to give Depp at go at it.

[castabyss]

Cursed with Christina Ricci....beyond stupid.

[flabbybody]

Ocean's 11 or Ocean's 12, I forget what the fuck it was. Just a pathetic remake of a classic 1960's movie with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. about a casino rip-off. I sat there with my date and couldn't wait until the torture was over. (of course I got no action that night). The crap thet's coming out of the studios now is very sad.

[GroobySteven]

I've been reading Hellblazer (Constantine) since day one and converting it into an all-American Keanu Reeves with a little kid as his sidekick (Chas) was just a joke. Complete crap that alienated all the fans.

Batman Begins on the other hand was fantastic. Closer to "Legends of the Dark Knight" then the "Batman" comics all the characters were excellent although I didn't care for the chick much and giving a reasoning for everything was cool. Directed by the guy who done Memento so he's got some pedigree.
seanchai

[d]

kings ransom. horrible horrible horrible

[Ecstatic]

Wow, seanchai and Angela, you're both Hellblazer fans! Far out! I've been following the mystical and morally questionable antics of that chain smoking (Silk Cuts, mind you) post-punk charlatan, world-weary wizard, and original trenchcoat troubleshooter since Alan Moore first introduced him in the pages of Swamp Thing. Keanu Reeves? No way. I'll probably see the movie eventually out of morbid curiosity, but I refused to pay to see it in the theatre.

Now James Marsters (Spike on Buffy) would have made an excellent Constantine: in fact, I've always suspected that Joss Whedon (a big comix fan who's currently writing a couple of titles including the best X-men title in 20 years) based Spike in large part on Constantine, from the spiked blonde hair to the smokes to the big bad image.

seanchai, I bet you will know what I mean: casting Reeves as Constantine was as bad a move as the 90s Dr Who tv movie which recast the Doctor as half-human. Bad move! (However, I've read that there's already a season of new Dr Who episodes already aired on the BBC and another season with yet another Dr Who ready in the wings, so I'm waiting on their appearance on American TV).

FF may have been a flawed movie, but at least it gave--in fair measure--what fans of the comix expected (that is, the best bits were classic elements of the only real family in superhero comix: Johnny and Ben ragging on each other, Johnny acting without thinking (captured right to the line "I never do" as he leaps off the Baxter Bldg to lure the heat seeking missle away), Reed caught up in his research (though poorly acted), even Stan Lee as Willy Lumpkin the mailman). True, they severely altered Dr Doom's character (to his detriment), but as I say, flawed.

Batman Begins: excellent treatment of the backstory, with R'as al Ghul. Overplayed car chase scene and over the top violence, and a bit boring in the middle at times, but all-in-all the best Batman yet. But the best superhero movie ever remains a tie between Superman and Superman II. Oh, props to Hell Boy and X-2 as well.

[twowaybro]

Hustle & Flow....despite the critical hype, it was little more than a contemporary "blaxploitation" flick that furthers the sterotypes of life "in the hood" or the "inner city." Two Thumbs Down!!