VABills Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 I saw Bewitched. Wow, talking about bad acting, bad screne play, bad everything. Holy crap 3 movies this summer SW, MR and MRs Smith and Bewitched. All terrible. How can they put this crap out?
Brandon Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 I saw Bewitched. Wow, talking about bad acting, bad screne play, bad everything. Holy crap 3 movies this summer SW, MR and MRs Smith and Bewitched. All terrible. How can they put this crap out? 367717[/snapback] You paid money to see it, didn't you? That's how they can put bad movies in theaters. They know people will show up to watch regardless of the quality of the movie (and in the last 10 years, its been like TV...nonstop crap).
Fezmid Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 You paid money to see it, didn't you? That's how they can put bad movies in theaters. They know people will show up to watch regardless of the quality of the movie (and in the last 10 years, its been like TV...nonstop crap). 367719[/snapback] That's not entirely fair. There's been a TON of good movies that have come out in the last 10 years. For example: Fight Club Saving Private Ryan Hey... Stop Stabbing Me Lord of the Rings Pirates of the Carribean Spider Man (1 and 2) Shrek etc. And the soon to be released, Serenity http://www.serenitymovie.com There are always going to be crappy books, crappy movies, crappy games. Always has been, that's nothing new. You just have to learn to find the good stuff. CW
VABills Posted June 26, 2005 Author Posted June 26, 2005 That's not entirely fair. There's been a TON of good movies that have come out in the last 10 years. For example: Fight Club Saving Private Ryan Hey... Stop Stabbing Me Lord of the Rings Pirates of the Carribean Spider Man (1 and 2) Shrek etc. And the soon to be released, Serenity http://www.serenitymovie.com There are always going to be crappy books, crappy movies, crappy games. Always has been, that's nothing new. You just have to learn to find the good stuff. CW 367721[/snapback] So in 10 years you came up with a list of about 8 movies. Of which only about 4 were good movies. A couple sucked IMHO and a few were barely watchable. Like I said, very little ability seem to be coming to the theatre any more.
Fezmid Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 So in 10 years you came up with a list of about 8 movies. Of which only about 4 were good movies. A couple sucked IMHO and a few were barely watchable. Like I said, very little ability seem to be coming to the theatre any more. 367725[/snapback] No, I didn't actually go through and list every movie over the past 10 years. Did you not notice the "etc" at the end? And only 4 were good, two sucked, and a few were barely watchable? Care to label each for me? EDIT: You may want to read this thread - plenty of movies listed that are great, all released in the last 10 years. http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=25615 CW
VABills Posted June 26, 2005 Author Posted June 26, 2005 No, I didn't actually go through and list every movie over the past 10 years. And only 4 were good, two sucked, and a few were barely watchable? Care to label each for me? CW 367727[/snapback] Pirates was a great movie Shreak was good (no acting involved however) LOTR were for the most part good Spider man was watchable Private Ryan was watchable, but too be honest really not that good of a movie Fight Club, sucked and was a horrible movie Never even heard of the other one. Think about it there really has only been one great movie probably in 10 years.
Fezmid Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 Pirates was a great movieShreak was good (no acting involved however) LOTR were for the most part good Spider man was watchable Private Ryan was watchable, but too be honest really not that good of a movie Fight Club, sucked and was a horrible movie Never even heard of the other one. Think about it there really has only been one great movie probably in 10 years. 367728[/snapback] Just because it's animation, doesn't mean there's no acting. Voice acting is, in a lot of ways, more difficult than "real" acting. LOTR is 3 movies, so there's five that you consider good/great. I have no idea how you can say Fight Club sucked... To each their own though. And "Hey... Stop Stabbing Me!" I threw in there to see if people were reading -- but it IS really funny, for a no-budget movie. So you're saying Pirates is the only great movie created in the last ten yeras? CW
VABills Posted June 26, 2005 Author Posted June 26, 2005 Look at the top 10 from the last few years, I will highlight what I consider good films. 2004 1 Shrek 2 DreamWorks $441,226,247 2 Spider-Man 2 Sony $373,585,825 3 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket $370,274,604 4 Meet the Fockers Universal $277,206,540 5 The Incredibles Buena Vista $261,044,492 6 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $249,541,069 7 The Day After Tomorrow Fox $186,740,799 8 The Bourne Supremacy Universal $176,241,941 9 National Treasure Buena Vista $170,642,906 10 The Polar Express Warner Bros. $162,775,358 2003 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line $377,027,325 2 Finding Nemo Buena Vista $339,714,978 3 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Buena Vista $305,413,918 4 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. $281,576,461 5 Bruce Almighty Universal $242,829,261 6 X2: X-Men United Fox $214,949,694 7 Elf New Line $173,398,518 8 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Warner Bros. $150,371,112 9 The Matrix Revolutions Warner Bros. $139,270,910 10 Cheaper by the Dozen Fox $138,614,544 2002 1 Spider-Man Sony $403,706,375 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line $339,789,881 3 Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones Fox $302,191,252 4 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. $261,988,482 5 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC $241,438,208 6 Signs Buena Vista $227,966,634 7 Austin Powers in Goldmember New Line $213,307,889 8 Men in Black II Sony $190,418,803 9 Ice Age Fox $176,387,405 10 Chicago Miramax $170,687,518 2001 1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Warner Bros. $317,575,550 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line $313,364,114 3 Shrek DreamWorks $267,665,011 4 Monsters, Inc. Buena Vista $255,873,250 5 Rush Hour 2 New Line $226,164,286 6 Mummy Returns, The Universal $202,019,785 7 Pearl Harbor Buena Vista $198,542,554 8 Ocean's Eleven Warner Bros. $183,417,150 9 Jurassic Park III Universal $181,171,875 10 Planet of the Apes Fox $180,011,740 2000 1 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Universal $260,044,825 2 Cast Away Fox $233,632,142 3 Mission: Impossible 2 Paramount $215,409,889 4 Gladiator DreamWorks $187,705,427 5 What Women Want Paramount $182,811,707 6 The Perfect Storm Warner Bros. $182,618,434 7 Meet the Parents Universal $166,244,045 8 X-Men Fox $157,299,717 9 Scary Movie Miramax $157,019,771 10 What Lies Beneath DreamWorks $155,464,351 1999 1 Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace Fox $431,088,301 2 The Sixth Sense Buena Vista $293,506,292 3 Toy Story 2 Buena Vista $245,852,179 4 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me New Line $206,040,086 5 The Matrix Warner Bros. $171,479,930 6 Tarzan Buena Vista $171,091,819 7 Big Daddy Sony $163,479,795 8 The Mummy Universal $155,385,488 9 Runaway Bride Paramount $152,257,509 10 The Blair Witch Project Artisan $140,539,099 Note - The Green Mile was 12th in 1999, and I think that was a great movie. So what that, 11 or 12 in about 7 years that are good-great. Not very good odds.
VABills Posted June 26, 2005 Author Posted June 26, 2005 I'll extend it a little: 1998 1 Saving Private Ryan DreamWorks $216,540,909 2 Armageddon Buena Vista $201,578,182 3 There's Something About Mary Fox $176,484,651 4 A Bug's Life Buena Vista $162,798,565 5 Waterboy, The Buena Vista $161,491,646 6 Dr. Dolittle Fox $144,156,605 7 Rush Hour New Line $141,186,864 8 Deep Impact Paramount $140,464,664 9 Godzilla Sony $136,314,294 10 Patch Adams Universal $135,026,902 1997 1 Titanic Paramount $600,788,188 2 Men in Black Sony $250,690,539 3 Lost World, The Universal $229,086,679 4 Liar Liar Universal $181,410,615 5 Air Force One Sony $172,956,409 6 As Good as It Gets Sony $148,478,011 7 Good Will Hunting Miramax $138,433,435 8 Star Wars: Special Edition Fox $138,257,865 9 My Best Friend's Wedding Sony $127,120,029 10 Tomorrow Never Dies MGM $125,304,276 1996 1 Independence Day Fox $306,169,268 2 Twister Warner Bros. $241,721,524 3 Mission: Impossible Paramount $180,981,886 4 Jerry Maguire Sony $153,952,592 5 Ransom Buena Vista $136,492,681 6 101 Dalmatians Buena Vista $136,189,294 7 The Rock Buena Vista $134,069,511 8 The Nutty Professor Universal $128,814,019 9 The Birdcage MGM $124,060,553 10 A Time to Kill Warner Bros. $108,766,007 1995 1 Toy Story Buena Vista $191,796,233 2 Batman Forever Warner Bros. $184,031,112 3 Apollo 13 Universal $172,071,312 4 Pocahontas Buena Vista $141,579,773 5 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Warner Bros. $108,385,533 6 GoldenEye MGM $106,429,941 7 Jumanji Sony $100,475,249 8 Casper Universal $100,328,194 9 Seven New Line $100,125,643 10 Die Hard With a Vengeance Fox $100,012,499
VABills Posted June 26, 2005 Author Posted June 26, 2005 Daddy Day Care also didn't make a top 10 list but I thought it was a good movie as well.
Mark Long Beach Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 Well looking at that topten list only, I have to say I thought most of them sucked too. However there's lots of good movies that aren't on that list. A few of them are great. as for your highlighted ones... I think I'm even harsher than you. although I'd have included "My big fat greek wedding," and "Saving Pvt Ryan".
MDH Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 Daddy Day Care also didn't make a top 10 list but I thought it was a good movie as well. 367737[/snapback] Why do you care what's in the top 10? Is this the extent of the films you go to see? There are TONS of good films made every year. You just need to seek them out instead of having the Hollywood marketing department decide what's worth seeing for you. There's an entire world of cinema out there, if you're tired of Hollywood check out what the rest of the world is producing (or hell, check out what's coming from the US outside of the top 10 lists).
Smoker2Buffalo Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 Well, you can say you thought those movies were good, but that doesn't make the other ones not good. I agree with some of your bolded ones, but a few I don't consider good movies at all. And some of the ones you considered not good, I think are great movies. It's all a matter of opinion. I could go through those lists, and we'd disagree on over half of them.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 Look at the top 10 from the last few years, I will highlight what I consider good films. 2004 1 Shrek 2 DreamWorks $441,226,247 2 Spider-Man 2 Sony $373,585,825 3 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket $370,274,604 4 Meet the Fockers Universal $277,206,540 5 The Incredibles Buena Vista $261,044,492 6 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $249,541,069 7 The Day After Tomorrow Fox $186,740,799 8 The Bourne Supremacy Universal $176,241,941 9 National Treasure Buena Vista $170,642,906 10 The Polar Express Warner Bros. $162,775,358 2003 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line $377,027,325 2 Finding Nemo Buena Vista $339,714,978 3 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Buena Vista $305,413,918 4 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. $281,576,461 5 Bruce Almighty Universal $242,829,261 6 X2: X-Men United Fox $214,949,694 7 Elf New Line $173,398,518 8 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Warner Bros. $150,371,112 9 The Matrix Revolutions Warner Bros. $139,270,910 10 Cheaper by the Dozen Fox $138,614,544 2002 1 Spider-Man Sony $403,706,375 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line $339,789,881 3 Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones Fox $302,191,252 4 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. $261,988,482 5 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC $241,438,208 6 Signs Buena Vista $227,966,634 7 Austin Powers in Goldmember New Line $213,307,889 8 Men in Black II Sony $190,418,803 9 Ice Age Fox $176,387,405 10 Chicago Miramax $170,687,518 2001 1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Warner Bros. $317,575,550 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line $313,364,114 3 Shrek DreamWorks $267,665,011 4 Monsters, Inc. Buena Vista $255,873,250 5 Rush Hour 2 New Line $226,164,286 6 Mummy Returns, The Universal $202,019,785 7 Pearl Harbor Buena Vista $198,542,554 8 Ocean's Eleven Warner Bros. $183,417,150 9 Jurassic Park III Universal $181,171,875 10 Planet of the Apes Fox $180,011,740 2000 1 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Universal $260,044,825 2 Cast Away Fox $233,632,142 3 Mission: Impossible 2 Paramount $215,409,889 4 Gladiator DreamWorks $187,705,427 5 What Women Want Paramount $182,811,707 6 The Perfect Storm Warner Bros. $182,618,434 7 Meet the Parents Universal $166,244,045 8 X-Men Fox $157,299,717 9 Scary Movie Miramax $157,019,771 10 What Lies Beneath DreamWorks $155,464,351 1999 1 Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace Fox $431,088,301 2 The Sixth Sense Buena Vista $293,506,292 3 Toy Story 2 Buena Vista $245,852,179 4 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me New Line $206,040,086 5 The Matrix Warner Bros. $171,479,930 6 Tarzan Buena Vista $171,091,819 7 Big Daddy Sony $163,479,795 8 The Mummy Universal $155,385,488 9 Runaway Bride Paramount $152,257,509 10 The Blair Witch Project Artisan $140,539,099 Note - The Green Mile was 12th in 1999, and I think that was a great movie. So what that, 11 or 12 in about 7 years that are good-great. Not very good odds. 367734[/snapback] Okay...now tell us how many of those you've actually seen. I mean, if you haven't seen the Passion of the Christ and don't think it's good, your opinion's hardly an informed one then...
VABills Posted June 26, 2005 Author Posted June 26, 2005 Okay...now tell us how many of those you've actually seen. I mean, if you haven't seen the Passion of the Christ and don't think it's good, your opinion's hardly an informed one then... 367754[/snapback] I have seen it. I own it. However, I struggle watching it. Not because it is a bad movie, but because of the subject matter. I have probably seen most of them.
OGTEleven Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 I have seen it. I own it. However, I struggle watching it. Not because it is a bad movie, but because of the subject matter. I have probably seen most of them. 367774[/snapback] I know it is animated, but how does "The Incredibles", not count as a good movie?
mtdoak Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 You people really don't like Movies..... In the past 10 years... Memento City of God Collateral Gladiator Black Hawk Down Saving Private Ryan Schindlers List Se7en Kill Bill Vol 1 Kill Bill Vol 2 Pulp Fiction The Game Fight Club Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Being John Malcovich Adaptation The Matrix The Aviator American Splendor Sideways The Virgin Suicides Lost in Translation Rushmore Royal Tennebaums I can keep going. Yes, there are alot of sh------- movies out there, esp in the summertime, but you need to remember that there are alot of quality American Films put out every year.
Smoker2Buffalo Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 I'm being picky, but Schindler's List was 12 years ago. Still, one of the greatest films of all time. The greatest in my mind.
justnzane Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 I'll extend it a little: 1998 1 Saving Private Ryan DreamWorks $216,540,909 2 Armageddon Buena Vista $201,578,182 3 There's Something About Mary Fox $176,484,651 4 A Bug's Life Buena Vista $162,798,565 5 Waterboy, The Buena Vista $161,491,646 6 Dr. Dolittle Fox $144,156,605 7 Rush Hour New Line $141,186,864 8 Deep Impact Paramount $140,464,664 9 Godzilla Sony $136,314,294 10 Patch Adams Universal $135,026,902 1997 1 Titanic Paramount $600,788,188 2 Men in Black Sony $250,690,539 3 Lost World, The Universal $229,086,679 4 Liar Liar Universal $181,410,615 5 Air Force One Sony $172,956,409 6 As Good as It Gets Sony $148,478,011 7 Good Will Hunting Miramax $138,433,435 8 Star Wars: Special Edition Fox $138,257,865 9 My Best Friend's Wedding Sony $127,120,029 10 Tomorrow Never Dies MGM $125,304,276 1996 1 Independence Day Fox $306,169,268 2 Twister Warner Bros. $241,721,524 3 Mission: Impossible Paramount $180,981,886 4 Jerry Maguire Sony $153,952,592 5 Ransom Buena Vista $136,492,681 6 101 Dalmatians Buena Vista $136,189,294 7 The Rock Buena Vista $134,069,511 8 The Nutty Professor Universal $128,814,019 9 The Birdcage MGM $124,060,553 10 A Time to Kill Warner Bros. $108,766,007 1995 1 Toy Story Buena Vista $191,796,233 2 Batman Forever Warner Bros. $184,031,112 3 Apollo 13 Universal $172,071,312 4 Pocahontas Buena Vista $141,579,773 5 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Warner Bros. $108,385,533 6 GoldenEye MGM $106,429,941 7 Jumanji Sony $100,475,249 8 Casper Universal $100,328,194 9 Seven New Line $100,125,643 10 Die Hard With a Vengeance Fox $100,012,499 367735[/snapback] Wow, you definitely seem to have a bias against the comedies. Also, I do not see how you can say that Saving Private Ryan, Good Will Hunting, There is Something About Mary are not great movies. Besides, the movies that are in the top 10 typically are there because many like those films.
jarthur31 Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 That's not entirely fair. There's been a TON of good movies that have come out in the last 10 years. For example: Fight Club Saving Private Ryan Hey... Stop Stabbing Me Lord of the Rings Pirates of the Carribean Spider Man (1 and 2) Shrek etc. And the soon to be released, Serenity http://www.serenitymovie.com There are always going to be crappy books, crappy movies, crappy games. Always has been, that's nothing new. You just have to learn to find the good stuff. CW 367721[/snapback] Sorry, dude but Spidey 2 was as bad as they come. It was nice of the director to take some time off the wishy washy stuff to put a little action in there.
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