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Golden compass wasn't bad, other than being a knock off of Harry Potter, the Lion Witch & Wardrobe, and choose your favorite animated CGI film (final fantasy, perhaps?)wrestler1ump wrote:What are some really bad movies that you have seen that were really popular and were supposed to be big hits when they came out? I Am Legend was garbage, and the Golden Compass was absolute horse shit.
Wow wow wow. Where do I startgdeangel wrote:Golden compass wasn't bad, other than being a knock off of Harry Potter, the Lion Witch & Wardrobe, and choose your favorite animated CGI film (final fantasy, perhaps?)wrestler1ump wrote:What are some really bad movies that you have seen that were really popular and were supposed to be big hits when they came out? I Am Legend was garbage, and the Golden Compass was absolute horse shit.
I am Legend sucked floppy donkey dick. This guy is a major in the army and his idea of how to hunt deer is to chase them in a Mustang through the city.... come on people!
Harry Potter 5 sucked slightly less floppy donkey dick, but it was lame.
Lord of the Rings 3 definitely sucked the balls that were castrated from the donkey with the floppy donkey dick, but I know my opinion is in the minority on that one.
Aside from this being QFT, I have to say that there is now way that The Golden Compass movie could be a knock-off, because it is based off a book which as Iliad said was totally anti-church, thus the opposite of the Narnia books.Iliad wrote:Wow wow wow. Where do I start
Golden compass was not a knock off a harry potter. And it is the POLAR OPPOSITE of the Narnia chronicles. Golden compass was the Anti-Narnia, the antidose of anti-Church messages opposed to Lewis pro-Christianity messages. Cannot believe that you thought it was a knock off. Harry potter I can agree with, I am legend was awesome(notice how he had enough food anyway, it was more for fun than for actual food).
And lords of the rings were absolutely fucking brilliant. Just orgasmic. Enough blaspheming from you

Blasphemy!Nobunaga wrote:... Snakes on a Plane.
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The last 2 of those were pretty bad, especially after all the hype and waiting created after the first one.suggs wrote:The final Matrix film was really dull.
Prophet of Evil!InkL0sed wrote:Blasphemy!Nobunaga wrote:... Snakes on a Plane.
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The first AvP was terrible in all the senses of what you would think a movie should be, but somehow still enjoyable. However, AvPR was three different kinds of suck and four kinds of shit.gdeangel wrote:I am always amazed at how people pan AvP (the first one). It was schlock, but enjoyable schlock. Anyone see the sequel?
Then you are very shallow and missed out a lot. Granted btoh the movies toned down the books messages but you can still see them. And http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiveManBand. That is a very common setup.gdeangel wrote:I am always amazed at how people pan AvP (the first one). It was schlock, but enjoyable schlock. Anyone see the sequel?
Also, whether CS Lewis sodomized himself with a cresche in his basement while writing the Narnia books, I don't see the relevance. Narnia: talking animals. Golden compass: talking animals. And noone even mentioned the obvious Star Wars parrallel, i.e., Star Wars: Pirate (Han), Prince (Luke), Princess (Lea), Brute (Chewie) and comic relief (Droids). Golden Compass: Pirate (Sam Eliot), Princess (the girl), Princes (TBD - maybe the boy with the knocky knees), Brute (Polar Bear). And to top it off, we get the "I am your father Luke" line right there in the first movie. It's like a second life for the great things from Star Wars before Jar Jar and that annoying "Ani" and "Princess Amatildeo, Amadilidodido, Amealia... a...a... Amadinijad... whatever" were even a twinkle in George Lucas's eye.
I think I just had an intellectu-gasm. If you can't see the slighty less blatantly obvious stuff then you obviously have an IQ of around room temperature.Iliad wrote:Then you are very shallow and missed out a lot. Granted btoh the movies toned down the books messages but you can still see them. And http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiveManBand. That is a very common setup.gdeangel wrote:I am always amazed at how people pan AvP (the first one). It was schlock, but enjoyable schlock. Anyone see the sequel?
Also, whether CS Lewis sodomized himself with a cresche in his basement while writing the Narnia books, I don't see the relevance. Narnia: talking animals. Golden compass: talking animals. And noone even mentioned the obvious Star Wars parrallel, i.e., Star Wars: Pirate (Han), Prince (Luke), Princess (Lea), Brute (Chewie) and comic relief (Droids). Golden Compass: Pirate (Sam Eliot), Princess (the girl), Princes (TBD - maybe the boy with the knocky knees), Brute (Polar Bear). And to top it off, we get the "I am your father Luke" line right there in the first movie. It's like a second life for the great things from Star Wars before Jar Jar and that annoying "Ani" and "Princess Amatildeo, Amadilidodido, Amealia... a...a... Amadinijad... whatever" were even a twinkle in George Lucas's eye.
It was not a copy of Star Wars or Narnia. You should read the books and the anti-Narnianess really comes through. If you just look and think "talking animals" then you're generalising and going to miss a shitload in movies.
Was Lady in the Water the worst movie shrouded in "mystery" that built up this hype and then was complete fizzle!Juan_Bottom wrote:M. Night's best days are behind him.
AvP?gdeangel wrote:I am always amazed at how people pan AvP (the first one). It was schlock, but enjoyable schlock. Anyone see the sequel?