Worst movie-going experience was seeing The Rainmaker while sitting in the movie with both little kids up too late AND Snoring Drunk Guy. But I did actually like the movie.
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
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erikaj - Nov 28, 2009 4:30:23 pm PST #5189 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
megan walker - Nov 28, 2009 4:33:24 pm PST #5190 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
how many of those top 10 movies have y'all seen?
I've seen the Death Proof part of Grindhouse. I liked it okay.
So what are your least favorite movie viewing experience ever?
Dune
Last Action Hero
The second
Star Wars
sequel/prequel/whatever
and also
Last Tango in Paris
Tom Scola - Nov 28, 2009 4:33:25 pm PST #5191 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Comic book fans don't even have the power to get Spider-Man's web shooters done correctly.
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2009 4:36:51 pm PST #5192 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We're a weak lot.
Wow. I really thought Glitter was mid-nineties.
le nubian - Nov 28, 2009 4:45:15 pm PST #5193 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So, I read reviews ahead of time because I don't like seeing bad movies in the theater. So I don't really have a "bad movie experience" tale. However, there are two negative viewing experiences that come to mind:
a) The Pillow Book which is a movie I absolutely HATED. OMG. That is one movie I wish I could unwatch. A couple of professional colleagues asked me to see the movie, so I couldn't leave at the halfway mark.
b) in 1987, I went on a first date to a double feature of Near Dark and The Living Daylights and I learned through conversation before the movie that I did not like the man I was on a date with (at all, he was a pig) and would have preferred never to speak to him again, but I had to sit through 2 movies and find a way for him not to touch me the whole evening.
I never ever went on a movie on a first date again because of this. Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen a double feature since.
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2009 4:58:43 pm PST #5194 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I saw Santa Sangre on what might have started out as a date, but the movie addled my brain so much I couldn't bear the thought of physical contact. Dreamy guy, too. But he was always the Santa Sangre boy.
I'd totally see a comic movie on a first date, if I dated. I can talk about those forever even if they suck.
Jessica - Nov 29, 2009 4:13:58 am PST #5195 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Pillow Book which is a movie I absolutely HATED. OMG. That is one movie I wish I could unwatch. A couple of professional colleagues asked me to see the movie, so I couldn't leave at the halfway mark.
If I'm thinking of the right movie, I did turn this one off at the halfway mark.
Last night's post-dinner DVD was Capitalism: A Love Story, which was about what I expected. I have decided that Michael Moore is the left-wing equivalent of Glen Beck. He finds these little snippets of footage, goes "OOH!" and then jams them into his preconstructed narrative whether or not they actually support his point. (Unfortunately, working in broadcast footage sales means I know exactly where most of his clips come from, and I know what the original context was. I also know how much of a cheapskate he is both in terms of footage and labor, so for him to claim capitalism is the root of all evils and we should all work for socialist coops is pretty fucking hilarious.)
Hayden - Nov 29, 2009 12:25:22 pm PST #5196 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Michael Moore is the left-wing equivalent of Glen Beck
Oh my, yes.
erikaj - Nov 29, 2009 12:56:59 pm PST #5197 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I think it started out differently, but maybe Glenn did too?
bon bon - Nov 29, 2009 1:07:09 pm PST #5198 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
erika, Beck was on Y95, of all things. [link]