"classic" movies that were actually really, really crappy

[sundog]

my vote goes to "sweet charity"

oh man, did that movie ever suck

ever so hard

i mostly wanted to see this musical because it was based on my fave fellini flick, "the nights of cabiria"

ok, "sc" had one (1) good musical number: "hey big spender"

other than that, it took an act of god to get me through it

i may or may not have finished watching the whole movie... i can't remember (it's one of those 6 hour musicals from the late 60's)

i think they may have also fucked up the ending or something

no, shirley maclaine can't even come close to guillietta masina

and fellini should have been given legal permission to bludgeon bob fosse for that mess



do you have any picks for shitty "classic" movies?

[terrya]

1. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"

Beyond the audience interaction in the theaters...

It IS a shitty movie.

I don't know how many people would call it a classic, but there you go.

[swimboy]

3. Exhibit A: It is a classic.

Exhibit B: It is shitty.

[AllegroRondo]

19. its a classic BECAUSE its shitty

just like Plan 9 from Outer Space

[jonnyblitz]

88. I like "Plan 9" better than "rocky horror".

susan sarandon can't sing. :P

[GrpCaptMandrake]

106. "Glen or Glenda?" n/t

[pokerfan]

136. susan sarandon can't sing?

I disagree. I found her rendition of 'Toucha Toucha Toucha Touch Me' to be quite stimulating. ;)

But, in defense of RHPS, it's fun, has some great songs, and an over the top performance by Tim Curry.

Michael Rennie was ill the day the earth stood still...

[FlaGranny]

169. Or how about "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." n/t

[sundog]

4. yes, i think it would be considered a classic

[tjdee]

15. That is easily the worst film I've ever seen.

After I saw the ending I felt mildly violent that I spent so long watching such an utter piece of crap.

The audience stuff might be fun, but it really is a bad film of the suckiest proportions. And at some point you have to go "Gee, I brought a newspaper, some toast, some rice, etc. etc. because this movie sucks so bad I couldn't possibly sit through it without that stuff."

[tigereye]

61. but it's a CAMP classic!

:hi:

[LeftyMom]

2. It's a Wonderful Life bores the shit out of me

actually most holiday movies do but that's the worst. :yawn:

[obxhead]

34. klink

:toast:

[Pool Hall Ace]

149. I'd like to join you.

:toast:

[NuttyFluffers]

162. and me, chin chin!

:toast:

[Beaverhausen]

39. Oh no...how can you say that???

:cry:

I love that one! I think it has a very deep message and some wonderfully funny and touching moments.

Oh well...

[LeftyMom]

43. See, that's why I never say it

People always look at me like I steamrolled thier puppy or something.

[Innoma]

42. How about...

A Christmas Story (1983) with Peter Billingsley. I cringe every time I see that kid!

[barb162]

89. I barely got through it once and will never watch it again

I can't figure out why it's a so-called classic

[CanuckAmok]

123. do you know how it became a "Holiday Classic"?

It was released theatrically, and it bombed.

It bombed so bad, in fact, that it was released to the new "television" for an unbelievably low screening fee.

TV stations began to air it during the Christmas season because it was cheaper than producing local programming and paying holiday pay for local crew members.

And a classic was born.

[mitchum]

158. People act as if I were some type of baby-eating ogre when I tell...

them that I can't stand the movie. Jimmy Stewart AND sentimental twaddle...BLAH

[faithnotgreed]

5. casablanca

so kidding

i adore old movies and am very picky about which ones get adored

off the top of my head i will say "bringing up baby"
it doesnt suck exactly but i never got why its so popular

but i will definitely take hepburn and grant in "holiday" - now thats a cool movie

[Shell Beau]

8. Unfortunately that is my pick!

:yoiks: I know it is classic. I appreciate that about it!

[faithnotgreed]

11. your choice is casablanca

really
hmmm

its not the top of my list by any stretch but the message and the intensity are cool
though im not a humphrey bogart fan at all

[Shell Beau]

16. It is one of my choices. I guess

I heard a lot of hype about it (I mean it is a classic) and when I build my expectations up really high like that, there is usually only one way for the movie to go and that is down!! x(

[faithnotgreed]

28. usually true yes

you do have to be in the right mode for an old movie - that i do know
often people are so tuned to current styles and tone that an old movie doesnt often fit in very well
and of course there is always the second time around thing

but i love old movies and rarely see anything current so im backwards

[Fenris]

6. Anything by Frank Capra...

:hide:

[faithnotgreed]

12. boooooo

you cant take it with you is a bit messy but i love jean arthur and its weird so that earns points right there

[flamingyouth]

53. Hisssss......

:spank:

[Fenris]

55. Oh, what?

:P

[flamingyouth]

56. "It Happened One Night" is a classic!

Heathen! :P

[Fenris]

58. You're so maudlin!

:P

[flamingyouth]

59. You should sleep on the futon tonight

Just for making such a comment. ;)

[progmom]

7. shirley made a handful of not-so-great movies around that time

fer instance....i really wanted to like Irma la Douce. But I couldn't. And My Geisha? Yikes.

[terrya]

10. She sure did.

Within a 5 year period, Shirley made some hideous movies. "What a Way to Go!" was probably the worst of them.

[Shell Beau]

9. Even though I LOVE Alfred Hitchcock and I own this movie,

I am going with Vertigo!! :yoiks:

[faithnotgreed]

13. out of several notsoquality hitchcock films

you choose vertigo
i do respect you speaking up about it though

i remember one of his last movies (was it frenzy) - now that deserves more of an ugh though it may not qualify since i dont think it was considered a classic

[Shell Beau]

20. Well, I just think Vertigo could use some

improving upon! I wouldn't call it crappy though!

[faithnotgreed]

26. ok - gotcha

i think its a pretty good movie and compared to some of his other stuff it looks especially good

[Lydia Leftcoast]

101. Oh, Frenzy was terrible

With the end of censorship, Hitchcock could stop employing the subtle techniques of implying horror (the feature that made his movies masterpieces) and go straight for the close-ups of strangled women and other grotesque stuff.

[sundog]

14. no way, that's my fave

the tone of that film is so perfect

[Shell Beau]

17. I wouldn't really call it crappy, but

it wasn't what it could have been. I loved the whole point of the movie, but it was really slow.

[sundog]

23. ok, but the pace it one of its greatest strengths

[Shell Beau]

30. I just really loved his

"Hitchcock Presents" so much. And I wanted it to be as creepy as they are and it was but at a slower pace! :)

[Hardrada]

71. That's a movie that gets better

over time.

[tjdee]

18. I *really* didn't dig Jim Stewart as a psycho creep.

I also hated the story, overall. I hate movies that basically end where they started.

But I don't know if I'd say it was bad. Jim did some good acting, Kim did passably....

Of course, I've not seen it in a looonnnnng time.

[Shell Beau]

22. It is hard for me to put these movies into the time

period in which they came out!

[El Fuego]

21. I hated "Sweet Charity" too

I think in the 60s, everyone was on drugs and they just thought it was good.

[sundog]

24. it was a big budget film trying too hard to be "hip" & "groovy" in parts

yuck

[Hardrada]

90. Sweet Charity came out before we were on drugs.

It was one of the reasons we were on drugs!

[tjdee]

25. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly... why can't I think of any more??

God in heaven how I HATE that first one. I saw it, was all ready for it to rock....and it never, ever did. It's a good thing I saw it for free.

There are tons of sucky "classics" so I have to wait for others to bring up ones I didn't like. My original answer would have been Rocky Horror, but someone already said that.

HEY BIG SPENDA!! Bum bum bum bum!

Now that's stuck in my head!

[painted_black]

27. Last House on the Left

Stupid dialogue, stupid writing, stupid revenge plot that contains alot of things that don't work

Devil's Rejects did the whole torture thing a whole lot better

[bertha katzenengel]

29. The Wizard of Oz

:puke:

[Shell Beau]

32. Awww,

I loved it! But that's okay!! :)

[zanne]

118. But.....but.....

The Munchkins! Toto! The Yellow Brick Road! The witches! And OMG, the cowardly lion! What's not to like?

[Sanity Claws]

31. Seven Year Itch

It is just plain stupid. I suppose Marilyn's presence made the movie a classic but the movice is not worth sitting through.

[tigereye]

65. I love that movie

very witty. I think modern audiences have a hard time appreciating the context. Curtis and Lemmon are hysterical. We love to rewatch it.

[Sanity Claws]

69. Are you thinking of Some Like It Hot?

That's the one with Curtis, Lemon, and Marilyn.
I forgot the name of the male lead in Seven Year Itch but it's not Curtis or Lemon.

[tigereye]

104. whoops!

unlike Mr. Bush, I will admit my mistake. ;)

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

75. I really like it - although the very beginning is lame

but I know a couple of huge Marilyn fans who hate it.

[Beaverhausen]

33. I don't think Sweet Charity is ever on anyone's top classic movie list

Here is a link to AFI's top 100 list
http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx

[sundog]

35. but as a director, bob fosse would

be lumped with some of the heavyweights

but you're right

maybe i should have just said "old movies" :P

[Beaverhausen]

38. As a choreographer, yes, but as a director?

I don't mean to argue with you or anything but...what else did he even direct?
Ok I looked it up... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002080/

He also directed Cabaret, All That Jazz and a few others.

I think the choreography in all those films was great! And look at the others he did.

[sundog]

46. i was mostly thinking of cabaret,

for which he received the most accolades

also sweet charity was nominated for several oscars, which i don't understand :shrug:

then again, oscars don't often make much sense at all

of course choreography was his forte, you're right

classic... semantics are the original issue which sparked this discussion - when i first said "classic," i mostly meant well-known films of a certain age

it's a tricky word & in retrospect i said it too quickly

i appreciate afi's list, but i don't like to have such things too narrowly defined

take for example "saturday night fever" - essentially the film is trash, but by the same token it has specific pop-culture reference points that make it quite relevant to that time period - therefore in some aspects it would be a "classic" for a segment of the population

you can also have a contemporary cultural surge that may make a previously disregarded film (to the masses) enter into socially accepted "classic" territory - a recent example is depalma's "scarface" & the gangsta re-issue

then of course you have camp classics

all in all essentially, "sweet charity" should be on no classic list

i was just pissed top see my fave fellini film get so mercilessly butchered & americanized... fosse is merely feeling the brunt of my frustration today :P

[mitchum]

159. And the criminally underrated "Star 80"...

Pauline Kael was wrong...its slickness perfectly complements the world it documents.
Fosse also deals with troubling notions about men and women, the lust for fame and success, and the similarities between Paul Schnieder, Hugh Hefner, Peter Bogdonavich, and presumably himself.

I consider Fosse a true American Genius for both his choreography and his film work.
Terrible casting of Hoffman in "Lenny", though.

[Orsino]

36. Olivier's Henry V

Good God, what a stinker. Dull, dull, dull.

Ditto for his Pride And Prejudice. Terrible period acting, and the only good performance--Lady Catherine's--crushed by a horrid Hollywood ending.

[Lavender Brown]

48. and then there's his version of Othello

x(

[Orsino]

60. I want to see it. Really I do.

I loved the way he wrote of it, and of his preparation for the role, in his On Acting. But, golly, won't it suck like the others?

I loved his '82 Lear. He really had some acting chops. But he was a product of his time, too.

[Lavender Brown]

64. Some people really like his performance...

but he wears blackface in it, and I find that unwatchable.

[Orsino]

66. Hmm. As he described it...

...he wanted to be not merely black, but proudly, gloriously black. He deepened his voice and went barefoot, designing himself a new walk.

Sounds like more than blackface, and--for its time, especially--rather revolutionary. If he managed to carry it off, anyway.

[Lavender Brown]

68. That's cool. I've never read what he has to say about it

I guess some of it comes from it being in the sixties, and there were so many great black actors who could have played the part. Not that he didn't have a right to do his version... I dunno, I just can't get past the usual implications of blackface. :shrug:

[mitchum]

161. I expected him to break into "Ol' Man River" at any moment

[Onlooker]

37. Gone With the Wind

Too long, too racist, mediocre acting, and a story that doesn't get interesting until the end.

[mduffy31]

41. Too racist...

It was about the civil war south, so I think that it was pretty much on point.

[LisaLynne]

113. I totally agree.

It's so racist, IMHO.

[kwassa]

116. who could possibly like Scarlett O'Hara?

self-centered woman who is oblivious to the world around her, and shows no growth of any kind

[underpants]

143. You fail to appreciate it in the correct context

see here.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3011855

[mduffy31]

40. I always thought that Citzen Kane was overrated

[Rowdyboy]

51. So there is at least ONE other person in the world who shares my opinion

Citizen Kane is grossly over-rated IMO.

[tigereye]

63. uh

what?

It was pioneering cinema for it's time. No one had done what Welles did cinematically before. T

[Rowdyboy]

70. Its just an opinion....The movie puts me to sleep...It always has, every

miserable time I've ever tried to sit through it. I understand its considered brilliant and ahead of its time but it simply puts me to sleep. I appreciate other serious films but somehow this one just bores me to tears. There's just no accounting for people's taste. :shrug:

[mduffy31]

78. Too bad

The didn't burn that damn sled earlier.

[yellowdogintexas]

151. you are not alone. Totally over rated. nt

[sundog]

54. no way!

i love that movie :7

[Strong Atheist]

111. Agreed nt.

[nickgutierrez]

44. I like Kubrick... but 2001: A Space Odyssey sucked, IMO. n/t

[XemaSab]

85. Agreed

After the part with the monkeys, the plot just died.

[Hardrada]

92. What plot??

I ask you.

[XemaSab]

102. My point exactly

n/t

[driver8]

95. Try watching it in Portugese when you don't speak Portugese!!

I work at Warner Bros. and our department re-masters the Warner Bros., MGM, and Turner movies for domestic and overseas distribution. I am a sound editor and had to do a version of 2001 in Portugese. If you think it sucks in English...you ain't seen nothin' yet!!

[distantearlywarning]

45. I actually really hated The Graduate.

I thought it was completely overrated. Wouldn't see it again.

[PittPoliSci]

126. oh i agree.

i was more or less forced (guilt tripped) into watching it by an ex. wanted to die the whole time.

[annonymous]

139. The Graduate is overrrated.

I hated the lead character. He was a whiny rich kid. Maybe this is a guy movie because it involves an affair with an older woman. I didn't find it funny at all.

[dback]

145. I agree too--it was fricking #7 on the AFI's Top 100 movies!

You want verification that the baby boomers were a bunch of navel-gazing, self-absorbed twits, here you are. The stupid movie was made in 1967, but seems to take place in an alternate universe with no politics, no racial issues, no war in Vietnam, etc.

I'll also agree on a lot of Kubrick films--all technique, no emotional hook. None, zip, nada.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

47. Taxi Driver

I think maybe it's a guy flick. I just didn't get it.

[Midnight Rambler]

120. It's all about isolation, loss of sanity, and the post-Vietnam effect

It also speaks volumes about the freeper mentaility, towards sex, race, and society in general. There's some excellent essays analyzing the film, I'll find some links if you're interested. Not slamming you for not liking the movie, but maybe they'll help you at least get it.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

137. Well it has been many years since I saw it

and I'm willing to give it another go round. Perhaps it just wasn't what I was used to: entertainmnet. If it has a real message, I missed it at the time.

A similar film to me was "Lost in Translation." I got the concept that life on business trips is boring, but it bored the heck out of me getting that message out.

[AlCzervik]

49. "White Christmas" i HATE that movie.

[sundog]

72. no kidding

i think it's actually *christmas* for like 10 minutes of its 4 hour running length

:boring:

not very christmasy at all, actually

no need to endure that one again

[AlCzervik]

74. exactly, way too long, doesn't remind me of Christmas at all

and it contains Bing Crosby, i do not enjoy his work.

[RazzleDazzle]

84. I was thinking about what a klutz of a movie that was the other day

for some reason. I didn't see it til maybe last year, and the absolutely only good thing about it is the song. Period. Stupid premise and plot, mediocre acting, poor script, uninspired directing. It's a bomb. With a great song.

[Love Bug]

119. White Christmas is a great song, but

In the movie White Christmas Bing sounded like a parody of himself. He sang it much better in the movie Holiday Inn.

I actually like both movies even though Holiday Inn has that stupid "Abraham" black-face number. What is it with black-face numbers in musicals prior to 1950? Geeze. Even Fred Astaire did one in Swing Time -- his tribute to Bojangles Robinson.

[lakemonster11]

152. At least the black-face number in Holiday Inn has a point

(plot-wise, I mean). Bing Crosby puts her in black-face so that Fred Astaire won't recognize her. Of course, it's still offensive.

I grew up watching Holiday Inn and I think it's a great movie (although I really wish it could have been made without the black-face number). We watch it every year just before Christmas.

White Christmas, on the other hand, is just sort of a mediocre movie musical in my opinion. It's entertaining enough, but I wouldn't want to watch it every year. It's just not as well done.

I have arguments about this with my best friend who believes exactly the opposite. :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

50. 'Love Story'

I win. :bounce:

[raccoon]

108. My money says you do! nt

[Rowdyboy]

52. "Little Orphan Annie" and "My Fair Lady"

Hearing a quavering childish voice do "The sun will come out, tomorrow...."is like sugar shock. The whole movie is so insipidly sweet as to make my teeth hurt.

And Audrey Hepburn is wasted as Eliza Doolittle. I adore Audrey, but the cockney accent grates on my nerves like fingernails on a chalkboard. And the damn singing housemaids who break out into "Poor Professor Higgins" over and over and over make me want to throw up.

[RazzleDazzle]

86. I usually think musicals don't translate well to cinema

To me, the stage is made for fantasy and unreality, and breaking into song and dance spontaneously, and even insipid sweetness throughout.

But cinema is for verite. Reality, or some version of it that absolutely precludes people breaking into song and dance together.

There have been exceptions for me. Man of La Mancha was one, and there was at least one other but I can't think of it right now. Oh, Chicago, I think it was. I rather liked that a lot -- it was very rich, very compelling for a movie musical. For some reason it drew me in at the very beginning and never let me go. That's saying something, whether a movie or a stage production.

[Rowdyboy]

103. Quite right. most musicals don't translate well to cinema....

Haven't seen the film version of Chicago yet. I think the film version of "West Side Story" with Natalie Wood was fabulous, "Jesus Christ, Superstar" was very well done, and Julie Amdrews in "The Sound of Music" is a wonderful childhood memory (though she was a good 20 years too old to play Maria).

"Man of LaMancha" was also well worth watching and I enjoyed Richard Harris's "Camelot" (for sentimental reasons, mostly).

Okay, so maybe I like movie musicals more than I thought. :shrug:

[RazzleDazzle]

147. Well, you get the right musical(s)

(as you have), and it's easy to like them.

I think you're right on Camelot too. I'd forgotten about that. I had the pleasure of seeing some of these wonderful musicals on the stage back in the mid-60s, which I consider a real Renaissance time for musicals especially but probably theater in general.

The SOund of Music, however, is one I despise in every possible way, whether on stage or film. I just hated the saccharine sweetness. Ewwwwww. Not saying others should despise it, only that I do.

[lakemonster11]

153. After years of watching "My Fair Lady" in movie form,

I never understood why Eliza didn't just run off and marry Freddy.

Then I saw the musical on stage and it all made sense---he's nice enough, but he doesn't have a brain in his head.

I don't think the movie was clear enough about this.

[SmileyBoy]

57. "Field Of Dreams"

SUCKED.

[tigereye]

62. read the book

it's really good.

[lakemonster11]

154. That's actually the one circumstance in which

I think that the movie was better than the book. :)

The book does have some gorgeous poetic passages, though.

[Awsi Dooger]

127. Finally a nomination I can agree with

I attended that movie with my family and they were all transfixed and in tears while I was desperately trying to hold back laughter at all the mush and terrible dialogue. Admittedly, I'm not a baseball guy so anything that tries to glorify an activity that is basically group loitering doesn't work for me.

[pokerfan]

135. FoD improves with repeated viewings

First time I saw Field of Dreams, I thought it was stupid. For one thing, a baseball diamond is what, two and half acres? Hardly enough land to doom a farmer unless he was already on the brink.

I saw it a second time and it moved me, especially But Lancaster's performance.

Then I lost my father and now I can't watch it without opening the waterworks at the end.

"Hey, Dad? wanna have a catch?"

[tjwash]

67. A Clockwork Orange.

Boring drivel...

[AlCzervik]

83. agreed, hated it.

[smirkymonkey]

148. I have never see "A Clockwork Orange" because I was afraid it

would be too disturbingly violent. Is it really that bad, or is it just the reputation?

[bettyellen]

150. not by todays standards.

but it's got a really mean edgy spirit and an apocolyptic mod nihilist vibe that combines to be sort of disturbing.
and well, gene kelly never forgave malcom mc dowell for that scene.

[lakemonster11]

155. I've never seen the movie, but the book kicked ass.

[Hardrada]

73. The Sound of Music

Unreal characters, treacly music, best part was when everybody was getting off stage. I guess the Nazis were accurately played but jeeze!! Also any nuns sabotaging Gestapo cars would get shipped out by train pretty fast.

[sundog]

76. ...

:spray:

[kskiska]

124. Sound of Music was Harriet Miers' favorite movie.

Poor Harriet.

[Beware the Beast Man]

77. "Forrest Gump."

I absolutely HATED that movie.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

82. Not my words, but I endorse the sentiment

"I hate this film with a white-hot intensity because it endorses -- not implicitly, mind you, but with big fucking capital letters -- the reactionary idea that ‘tis better to coast through life without an education, the power of reason, or a social conscience, lest you get AIDS and die like the atheistic, egghead dog that you are."

http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/movies/w/wor/wor1.html

[Hardrada]

93. And it really rubbed one's face in obviousness

Obvious humor,etc. It is a freeper flick.

[Mad_Dem_X]

107. "a Freeper flick" - LOL!

That's a great description of it.

[Shell Beau]

109. I wouldn't call it a freeper flick at all.

I loved the movie, I loved Tom Hanks in the movie and I am by no means a freeper.

[indigo32]

115. I like Tom Hanks

but that movie was bad.

[jayctravis]

128. Thank you...

I guess Mr. Gump enlightened a good deal of the populace, but to me it seemed like a Saturday Night Live skit gone wrong and taking itself seriously.

[henslee]

138. Totally totally agree. I was shocked at how shitty it was when I finally

saw it.

[Skittles]

165. I SECOND THAT - F***ING ANNOYING CRAP

COULD NOT MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE END

[StellaBlue]

79. I HATED 'Citizen Kane'

Seriously.

Blah blah blah.

:popcorn:

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

80. Titanic.

I don't think it qualifies as a classic since it's too new, but it won a shitload of oscars & it sucked, sucked, sucked.

[XemaSab]

87. Well yeah

I've decided that the Oscars are a giant wank-fest.

[LisaLynne]

114. I think it qualifies ...

both as what some call a classic and ... it sucked! IMHO, of course. :)

[jayctravis]

129. Titanic seconded.

I will say it's the one movie where you can see every bit of the budget on screen. Then you saw every bit of the budget destroyed and sunk to the bottom of the ocean, including Leonardo DiCaprio.

Where I roll my eyes and give up is when one character begins shooting at another. On a ship that is sinking.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

81. Fantasia

[Deja Q]

91. Bedtime for Bonzo

[peekaloo]

94. Gone With The Wind

:shrug: Sorry but I don't know nuttin' about birthin' no classics.

[GalleryGod]

96. Tough Crowd.

:popcorn:

[swag]

97. "The Last Picture Show"

Probably the best thing Peter Bogdonavich ever did was fuck Dorothy Stratten. Let's hope he was a better fucker than he was a filmmaker.

"Rocky" - corny piece of macho-sensitive sporting shite that won the Oscar for Best Picture. I recall that "Titanic" later won the same prize.

"The Godfather" - though marginally better than its pulp paperback preincarnation, this movie's stilted dialogue teamed up with its oppressive monochromanic narrative to compose an ultimately pointless one-note dirge whose dramatic high points were the baring of Apollonia's tits and the bullet-piercing of Mo Green's eyeball. Oh the corn, how it ached. Perfect for the Junior High School set and voting members of the Academy. I'll draw you a Venn diagram.

[sundog]

100. alright mr. swag

don't go fuckin with "the last picture show" - i love that movie :P

but i will admit the bagdonovich was a one hit wonder of sorts (excluding paper moon - meh)

and rocky, yes... fuckin piece of shite... how the fuck that ever ended up in oscar territory is beyond me

[trackfan]

98. 2001: A Space Odyssey

really lousy. Sweet Charity was great though.

[Wetzelbill]

131. 2001: A Space Odyssey, I kinda liked it, however

I never quite felt it was as great as critics say it is. Kubrick has some great films though. I always thought "The Shining" didn't get it's just acclaim compared to other Kubrick joints. "The Killing" is a perfect film, imho.

[Oceansaway]

99. THEM !!!...&...HOUSE OF WAX, both older and in B&W....

[lpbk2713]

105. Sunset Boulevard

I just didn't care for it.

[Burma Jones]

110. Sound of Muzak, Gone With the Wind, 7 Brides 7 Bros,

The Music Man
Love Story
Kramer v Kramer

[Strong Atheist]

112. The Birth of A Nation .... Racist Drivel nt.

[MostlyLurks]

117. Not a "classic" yet, but will be due to awards:

"Gladiator" sucked. Mightily. Consistently. Heartily. Permanently. The fact that it won so many awards means it will be referred to as a classis in the next decade or so, and it will still suck.

Mostly

[Loonman]

121. Annie Hall

Pseudo-intellectual C R A P!

[Hardrada]

122. Out of Africa

I saw that lately and it seems very tedious indeed. And has M. Streep doing some more furrin accents. More than a little imperialist too.

[PittPoliSci]

125. Citizen Kane

BLEEEEECCHHH!!!

[Wetzelbill]

130. Barry Lyndon nearly made me put a bullet in my head it was so boring

Recent films that people practically sucked dick on were both "Kill Bills" Because they are Tarantino films they will both always have a cult classic following but each one was a bloated egofest. He should have cut them up and made one movie, they were so bad. Maybe then he could have salvaged it. I nearly walked out of the first one. Just a classic case of a director being out of control.

[Robeson]

132. I loved Barry Lyndon. Glad I didn't watch it with you....

...:P

[Wetzelbill]

133. liked it here and there, just drug on so damn long and

I couldn't get into the conflict resolution. Just didn't do it for me. But.... the one thing about that film is it is total eye candy. Kubrick's use of lighting, jacking up the aperture on a camera and long lenses was amazing. Highly innovative. Geniuses are never totally off, so when you got the kind of game that Stanley had you can always find something jaw dropping in their films.

[Robeson]

134. Yes, it was an orgy in cinematography.

[AntiFascist]

166. What was cool was, he recycled many of the actors from Clockwork Orange

Sorry, I'm a big Kubrick freak and this thread is trying my patience.

[HughBeaumont]

140. Pulp Fiction.

Over-wordy, over-pretentious, over-mean-spirited, over-hipster, over-Tarantino'd Piece. Of. SHIT. Didn't like a SINGLE character in that film. Who the hell TALKS like these people? While I'm pissing off 90% of the people who worship this guy and Pulp Fiction; frankly, I don't really like ANY of the guy's films after Reservoir Dogs, especially the vastly overrated and ripped-off Kill Bills.

Others -

American Beauty. Just really fucking annoying and smug. And I HATE smug. Every character is repellent and Ricky Fitts was an asshole. Same with every female character in that movie. Everybody on imdb.com masturbates over this POS and consider Quentin Tarantino to be a god; but then again, imdb houses a lot of freeptards as well, so that isn't saying much . . .

Shite-antic. Had to sit through this steaming cow pile in the theater. Leo DiCaprio is really NOT that good of an actor and James Cameron is really NOT that good of a director.

[Dastard Stepchild]

141. oh....thank.....you.....

I once posted similar thoughts about Tarantino. I likened his movies to actually being inside of his head, since every word of dialogue is something he would say to a friend he was holding hostage at a coffee shop at 3am. His "character" chatter is no doubt a rehashing of the many monologues he has tortured his friends with.
Tsk... I can't stand him. :)

[Hardrada]

146. They have it on cable TV every night.

That's how bad it is. And the plot is so predictable.

[MiniMandaRuth]

142. The Sound of Music.

:hide:

[Taverner]

144. "Dial M for Murder", "Singing in the Rain", "The Music Man"

IN fact...any musical, ESPECIALLY the shit written by Rodgers and Hammerstein or Rodgers and Hart.

Fuck musicals - if I wanted to see stupid white people sing, I'd go watch karaoke...

[Hardrada]

163. Pick a little, talk a little pick a little talk a little

Pick pick pick, talk a lot, pick a little more!

Goooood Night Ladeeeez, Gooood night ladeeeez!

That what you mean?

I'm an Iowan though and I have always had a soft spot for Music Man.

[PurityOfEssence]

156. Someone HAS to say "Mrs. Minniver"

It's a jaw-dropper.

[lonnniedem]

157. CABIN BOY

[elfrangel]

160. I LOVE musicals!!!!

Especially with Gene Kelly. He was so fun to watch, still is IMHO. Also love old Vincent Price films, he was the master of creepiness. Throughly enjoy seeing him do Edgar Allen Poe.

Now to answer the OP:

I absolutely despise "The Christmas Story". My hubby looks forward to Christmas every year so he can watch it - ALL DAY LONG!!! :banghead:

Also not too fond of Forrest Gump.

[Skittles]

164. that Wonka Chocolate factory thing

saw it for the first time a couple years ago and I was appalled - some lady slaving over a bunch of old f***s apparently crippled, in bed - then when her boy wins something, one of the old men SPRINGS out of bed and the boy takes HIM with him to the prize INSTEAD OF HIS HARDWORKING MOM. :thumbsdown:

[sundog]

167. ....

:spray:

[Enraged_Ape]

168. "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Don't know what anyone EVER saw in this movie. I couldn't give two craps about the love affair between George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn because their characters were so fucking self-absorbed. And the special guest performance by Mickey Rooney as the slant-eyed, bucktoothed, Coke-bottle bespectacled, camera-lovin' "Jap" makes my skin crawl. I can't believe people weren't horrified and disgusted by that even at the time.