posted January 28, 2009 08:32 AM         

"Untamed Heart" starring Christian Slater and Marisa Tomei.

He's a man who has a baboon's heart in a man's body. Yeah, I know.... it was never fully explained. She "acts" every sentence with a breathy voice like she's about to have an orgasm. It is singularly the most diabolical film ever committed to celluloid.

The DVD is going to become a bird-frightener on my bloke's allotment. It frightened this bird alright. PANTS! UTTER PANTS!

posted January 28, 2009 08:51 AM         

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A hot property before it went into production, stars like Geena Davis, Demi Moore and Brad Pitt were all vying for roles. Madonna had been particularly interested in the film, lobbying hard for Jason Patric to land the male lead. However, she finally quit trying when the studio decided to go with William Baldwin instead, although ironically Christian Slater has the part in the finished film.

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posted January 28, 2009 09:01 AM         

I quite liked George and the Dragon though the Godzalan crew had a little moan about it a while back.

There was a shocking as in very, very bad, not outrageous one I saw about 20 years, weird stuff about people turning themselves inside out, I can't remember the name of it though, long time ago. Friend I was with loved it, heh, horses for courses. Some people like pretentious shite, their affair.

posted January 28, 2009 01:51 PM         

I've occasionally rented movies I couldn't sit through.

posted January 28, 2009 01:56 PM         

"The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior"
total crap

"What The Bleep"
no comment

"Disaster Movie"
beyond moronic.
not remotely funny.

Old ones?

"The Exorcist"
stupid

posted January 28, 2009 06:45 PM         

Twilight was terrible, obviously.

posted January 29, 2009 01:41 AM         

This movie absolutely SUCKED!!!

"Ultraviolet" with Milla Jovovich. Holy smoley this movie was crap!!! I had to fight the urge to leave the theatre early the entire time! Pure trash truck juice I tell you!

"Cabin Fever" Oh my goodness... This dvd became a coaster 1 hour into that rubbish. It was a waste of dvds and ink for the cases.

posted January 30, 2009 12:39 AM         

Epic Movie. I regret not giving in to the temptation to walk out of this one.

Battlefield Earth.

That's all that come to mind instantly. I'm not counting movies I couldn't stand but I recognize some artistic or other merit within them anyway.

posted January 30, 2009 04:27 AM         

And at the time, no I didn't know who Tarantino was. If I had, I wouldn't have seen it. Fact is, I don't watch movies by him now. After Kill Bill, and finding out he also made Pulp Fiction (which I hated), I swore off his flicks.

posted January 30, 2009 04:43 AM         

After a long while, I decided to be brave and see it. After all, I am fond of satires. And it's nice to hear the Texan accent from time to time (as I have one myself, which singles me out at times). I was--at least at first--comforted by all the children there (later I became downright disturbed by their presence, especially as the content didn't seem to bother them at all).

Whoa. Bad, BAD mistake. I broke out in tears when one character had to kill her friend who was on a meat hook so that he couldn't be tortured anymore, felt such utter homicidal rage at an evil deputy (and his getting run over several times by his own squad car was NOT enough to make up for it), and at some point I actually got up to run because I was so freaked. The only reason I didn't was because the guy who brought me grabbed me and I just buried my face in his chest and covered my ears until I calmed down. I have no idea if this was his plan or if he really believed that this movie was COMEDY. (I can't help but wonder given that real life beatings are recorded and put up on YT as "comedy.")

I never, ever trusted him to recommend a movie again. Yeah, I blame myself for having believed him the first time. But believe me when I say it took a lot for him to convince me.

I also got some small amount of revenge by eating hot, spicy food (being raised in Texas and having eaten a lot of cajun and tex mex, I have a high tolerance), assuring him it wasn't that hot, and then insinuating he was a wimp (in front of others) because he couldn't handle "a little pepper" as I casually ate it (though it burned even me--I still wasn't tearing up like he was). Didn't fully make up for it, but at least it was something.

posted January 30, 2009 04:57 AM         

but, this Spanish movie El Orfanato was GREAT (which i watched accidentally with a friend who also never watches horror). REALLY well done. it received and was nominated to over 60 awards. Me, who never ever ever ever like any horror movies, saying this. so if you are into these movies you should watch it. my friends said they were more freaked out by my suddenly grabbing them and screaming though.

posted January 30, 2009 11:48 AM         

ok, in my opinion the movie was... shocking but rather mediocre. it started very enigmatic, and the opening scene didn't ring with the rest of the movie in an effective way. and, yes the way the story is told is intriguing, but honestly, there would have been better plots that suited the technique better. i really didn't see much point in the director telling the story the way he did. it was interesting, but it sort of stopped there, don't you think?

posted January 30, 2009 02:30 PM         

funny too cuz as soon as you mentioned slater i remembered bed of roses. the story was okay enough and cute, but his acting was just awful, in this way that you really just wanted to reach through the screen and tell him he was gonna be okay. like he was super nervous and self-conscious the whole time.

posted January 30, 2009 04:03 PM         

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"Cabin Fever" Oh my goodness... This dvd became a coaster 1 hour into that rubbish. It was a waste of dvds and ink for the cases.

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I agree with you, GotGemini; that was the most retarded thriller/suspense flick I have ever seen. I cannot believe I wasted nine dollars to see that in theaters some years back.