Reply to: Movies to avoid

[norrahe]

Oh I really liked Kingdom of Heaven. But then I guess you either like that kind of historical genre or not.

One of the baddies, Reynald de Chatillon, looked the splitting image of the Marquess of Bath, and his multi-coloured dyed hair made it look as if he'd just painted another wall at Longleat.

Love the genre, just didn't love the choice of actors.

Another film for my list is underworld awakening, I think I spent most of the film wondering when the plot would start.

[sirja]

The Bob Identity.

'A gripping story of a Bob Programmer who has lost his memory. Who is he? Is he a Java Programer?, .NET? Are his certifications real????'

[OwlHoot]

Watched Absentia (2011) last night. Had bad vibes about it to start with, due to its "fly on the wall" feel at the outset and interminable inconsequential twittering of the two women, but it developed quite well. Wasn't too impressed with the ending though, which left everything hanging in limbo. So I can't recommend that one unreservedly.

[OwlHoot]

Troy and Kingdom of Heaven were awful, I think I sent most of the time in the cinema looking at my watch I was sooooo bored.

Would have left only for the fact I went with a group of mates.

Oh I really liked Kingdom of Heaven. But then I guess you either like that kind of historical genre or not.

One of the baddies, Reynald de Chatillon, looked the splitting image of the Marquess of Bath, and his multi-coloured dyed hair made it look as if he'd just painted another wall at Longleat.

[norrahe]

Troy and Kingdom of Heaven were awful, I think I sent most of the time in the cinema looking at my watch I was sooooo bored.

Would have left only for the fact I went with a group of mates.

[OwlHoot]

My rule of thumb is 6.5 and below on IMDB and it gets avoided.

I would say this is the case 95% of the time but there rare exceptions, both ways.

The snag is that weenies (in taste if not age), mostly in the US I imagine, sometimes mark down and disparage gems unless these are Hollywood mainstream.

I'd go a bit lower if the plot sounds promising, down to 5 say. But admittedly I've rarely if ever seen a 3.5 or 4 IMDB-rated film that'll vote for Christmas.

Oh and another turkey I downloaded yesterday The Innkeepers (2011) - Shyte from start to (almost) end, until I gave up on it.

[Diver]

Are you a fan of Judy Garland films as well?

She should have been taken out and shot at a very early age

You know it makes sense

[MarillionFan]

I quite liked Highlander 3

Highlander: Endgame on the other hand...

I prefer the Highlander-Hybrid. More miles to the gallon.

[northernladyuk]

I watched her in pretty woman (I was guilt pinned alongside my wife so no choice) and developed a bit of a schoolboy crush on her

I met her in 2010 at a UNICEF charity event and talked with her for about 10 minutes, she is really a very nice person.

Are you a fan of Judy Garland films as well?

[Diver]

So the closet rumours were true....

I watched her in pretty woman (I was guilt pinned alongside my wife so no choice) and developed a bit of a schoolboy crush on her

I met her in 2010 at a UNICEF charity event and talked with her for about 10 minutes, she is really a very nice person.

[OwlHoot]

The Last Templar. Bought it in Sainsburys last weekend.

A couple of guys in white sheets trot into a building on horseback, and that's practically it. As far as I could tell, it's set in the present and is like an episode of Charlies Angels. I stopped watching after five minutes.

Watched the first half hour in my lodgings, to give it a fair chance.

Charlies Angels is something of an exaggeration. More like Murder She Wrote, one of the later more soporific episodes

[Lockhouse]

I liked;
Pretty Woman
Runaway bride
Notting Hill
Erin Brockovich

Hey!

Maybe I like Julia Roberts! d'ya think?

So the closet rumours were true....

[Scrag Meister]

Movies to avoid

My rule of thumb is 6.5 and below on IMDB and it gets avoided.

I would say this is the case 95% of the time but there rare exceptions, both ways.

[Spacecadet]

I liked it, though I cannot for some reason stop hearing South African as a 'joke' accent. Not used to hearing it probably, a whole film was rather weird personally.

for some reason that made me think of this:
youtube - spitting image never met a nice south african.mp4 - YouTube

[d000hg]

District 9. Given the story, that could have been sooo good but they ended up making an appallingly dull movie.

Sill bizzarely gets 8.1 on IMDB, how????

I liked it, though I cannot for some reason stop hearing South African as a 'joke' accent. Not used to hearing it probably, a whole film was rather weird personally.