Oh I forgot Crash (the Cronenberg one). I went with a friend who I was going through a bit of a rough patch with. I could feel both our moods sinking lower and lower as the movie got worse.
Zoe: Captain will come up with a plan. Kaylee: That's good. Right? Zoe: Possibly you're not recalling some of his previous plans.
'Safe'
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Sue - Nov 28, 2009 10:52:50 am PST #5177 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Jessica - Nov 28, 2009 11:21:45 am PST #5178 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've seen Grindhouse, Battlefield Earth, and Catwoman. I wish I could unsee all of them.
Kathy A - Nov 28, 2009 12:58:11 pm PST #5179 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
So what are your least favorite movie viewing experience ever?
The only time I ever walked out on a movie was a college midnight showing of Sid and Nancy, which I was talked into seeing with my friend and her boyfriend. I was already tired, there were obnoxious drunk party boys in the audience whooping it up, the print was lit really dimly, and I hated everyone I saw on the screen. Finally, after about 20-30 minutes of sheer detestation for the film and everyone in the theatre other than me and my friend, I leaned over to her and told her I had to leave. It was one of her favorite movies, so she didn't get my loathing of the film.
The only other time I ever wanted to walk out of a film was the really bad film about Kellog and the Battle Creek sanitarium whose title escapes me at the moment. I apologized to my mom for taking her.
DavidS - Nov 28, 2009 1:14:17 pm PST #5180 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
was the really bad film about Kellog and the Battle Creek sanitarium whose title escapes me at the moment.
The Road to Wellville? Matthew Broderick plus the hilarity of enemas?
-t - Nov 28, 2009 1:14:35 pm PST #5181 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Road to Wellness? x-post with misremembered title, woo!
Kathy A - Nov 28, 2009 1:35:24 pm PST #5182 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yes! The Road to Wellville. The only character that I really liked in that film was Camryn Mannheim, playing the woman who really loves to ride her bicycle.
erikaj - Nov 28, 2009 1:52:41 pm PST #5183 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
The book is really, well, clever-funny. They played the movie too broadly.
beekaytee - Nov 28, 2009 2:25:15 pm PST #5184 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Last Tango in ParisI don't regret much in this life, but wasting time on that steaming pile of inexcusably overhyped rubbish? Yeah. That's a regret.
I have seen all the flops except for Land of the Lost. Not sure what that says about me.
I've had many bad movie viewing experiences but the very worst was at Union Station when the ex-friend I was with screamed at, and then actually stood up and struck a mother struggling down the aisle with a baby carriage. Yes, I said 'struck' and 'ex'.
Jessica - Nov 28, 2009 2:49:19 pm PST #5185 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My least favorite moviegoing experience was probably The Blair Witch Project. I've certainly seen worse movies (see above, re: Battlefield Earth), but Blair Witch was the only one that made me literally sick to my stomach. I didn't walk out, but I had to take more than a few bathroom breaks.
Strega - Nov 28, 2009 4:13:26 pm PST #5186 of 30000
I think that list left out some obvious flops, like Glitter. And Basic Instinct 2. And this is an... odd interpretation:
[The Spirit] was killed by comic fans, who wanted Miller to go back to comics
I've seen Grindhouse (several times), but didn't catch it when it was in theaters.
Worst movie experience would probably be Jurassic Park, because I was ill and had to go curl up on a sofa in the bathroom/lounge for large portion of it. I saw it later and it was kind of interesting to go "Ah, that must have been what happened when I heard the whole theater gasp. Okay." But it worked out, since now I can say that the last Spielberg movie I saw made me sick.