I walked out of a movie with Debra Winger once [eta: the movie was "Betrayed"]. I don't remember which one--it was so incredibly ugly and racist and unwatchable. I'm sure the point of the movie was supposed to be the opposite of those things, but I couldn't stomach the badness of the movie and racism.
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
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javachik - Aug 05, 2009 2:21:09 pm PDT #3331 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Tom Scola - Aug 05, 2009 2:25:20 pm PDT #3332 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I walked out of Clan of the Cave Bear. I was getting a whole Aryan superirority vibe from it. I also walked out if Ocean's Twelve, because it sucked.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 05, 2009 2:56:07 pm PDT #3333 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And for the record, while Dune had major problems, it still looked wonderful and the visually the casting was mostly spot on.
Lynch's Dune is INSANE. Which is why I love it. Too many good actor's playing interesting characters who have an intro scene followed by a death scene, however. But I love the craziness of it, and wish he had gotten his way with final cut (the extended version they show isn't really his - I think it's just an early cut of the movie, which you can tell because the eyes for the Dune-natives change from shot-to-shot depending on if they were optically done for the final cut or not). Sadly, unlike Flash Gordon, it's not campy fun in quite the same way as Dino usually pulled off with his "demands".
Also, since Blue Velvet got made in return for Lynch doing this (despite the box-office disaster of Dune), I give it many a pass on meta levels.
DavidS - Aug 05, 2009 2:59:47 pm PDT #3334 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lynch's Dune is INSANE. Which is why I love it.
Ditto for me. I enjoy it for these reasons. I love it's lush pustulence. That it is a failed conventional space opera and Not The Book is not a worry for me.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 05, 2009 3:31:09 pm PDT #3335 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Ditto for me. I enjoy it for these reasons. I love it's lush pustulence. That it is a failed conventional space opera and Not The Book is not a worry for me.
I still have the glossary of terms they handed out when I went to see it in the theater back in the day (I think - must go digging in archives).
He really did do just about everything in the book, but he ended up having to do it by shorthand (against his will, I believe).
megan walker - Aug 05, 2009 3:34:10 pm PDT #3336 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
To be clear, I have never read Dune. I think it is a bad film completely on its own merits.
Dana - Aug 05, 2009 3:37:03 pm PDT #3337 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's a pretty bad book on its own merits too. And they only get worse.
quester - Aug 05, 2009 3:40:39 pm PDT #3338 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I loved the books, but you're right they were pretty bad.
Steph L. - Aug 05, 2009 3:55:58 pm PDT #3339 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dune had Sting in metal underwear.
That was good enough for my $5. (Or whatever it was when I was 13.)
(Hey, I was *13.* Sting in metal underwear was AWESOME.)
megan walker - Aug 05, 2009 3:59:27 pm PDT #3340 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Sting was in some horrific movies in the early 80s.
I saw them all.