What is the latest BAD film you watched?

[Mr. Daystar]

I watched "The Many Saints Of Brooklyn", The Soprano's prequel. I didn't really think it was great. I was expecting a lot more. I've only watched it once, and my buddy has suggested watching it again. He said it took him 3 times to decide he liked it, picking up little things here and there he missed previously.

 

[Pornfan99]

Suicide Squad. The recent one, from 2021. This was absolutely a waste of two-plus hours of my life. The extra terrestrial was a .. starfish?! One of the main characters was a shark humanoid, who apparently breathed oxygen outside of water for HOURS AT A TIME.. Another character "fired" polka dots which had acidic reactions to anything they touched. BUT .. the character that used them stored them in canvas bags, and wrist devices that propelled them. I can't imagine paying $15+ to see THAT, in a movie theater.

 

[Bunga bunga]

Jeepers Creepers: Reborn.
It was quite crappy. The first one was and will remain the best of the series.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

I watched a flick on Netflix called "The Baker". It starred Ron Perlman, whom I do like, but he's just not action movie material. The movie was about a retired badass, that has a shithead son that gets himself in trouble, and leaves his daughter with Perlman. What ensues seems tome, to be a geriatric version of a slow moving action movie. I thought it it was slow moving, and not action packed, but it at the same time, was not a deep thinker either.

 

[Orban89]

 

[tvstrip]

What was bad about it?

 

[Bluejaye]

Blue Beetle.

The "hero" and his family spent a fair chunk of the movie incoherently screaming. The comic relief character played by George Lopez was everything but funny, while the good guys all appeared to be some variation on a stereotypical South American living in the USA. Right down to the dodgy visa status and being the cleaners for the, again stereotypical rich evil, racist white bitch, baddie played by Susan Sarandon. They even threw in for good measure the racist, ignorant receptionist just to push home the "white people are bad" message.

And they spent so much time talking about family that I expected Vin Diesel to appear and remind everyone that "Family is their true super power".

 

[Bluejaye]

Dune part two.

Petulant Chani, storming off into the desert at the end in a huff was bad. I sense the hand of Brian Herbert or Kevin J Anderson in that. For anyone that doesn't know, they wrote the sequels and the prequels.
No Young Alia freaking out the Fremen and killing wounded invaders. Margot Fenring without her husband, the royal assassin.
Paul's comment to start off the holy war and turning Stilgar into a raving religious nut job.
The Emperor was to put it plainly a pussy who the Bene Gesserit conned into destroying house Atredies.
The movies ran for a total of 321 minutes, and in that time they only progressed about 8 months instead of the years in the books, I think leaving out a chunk of character, plot development.

Waiting for Paul to drink the water of life before learning he was half Harkonnen instead of working it out himself, lessens the intended intelligence of the character. He could spot that his mother was pregnant, but not that she was Harkonnen?

On the plus side, the combat was good and fit with the books.


I was thinking throughout the movie that it was too bad, right until the end. They took one hell of a left turn right at the end.
The people I have talked to about the movie, all had similar thoughts. Good story, ruined by an at best mediocre adaption.

 

[tvstrip]

I went into this with an open mind since the trailer seemed interesting. It's 3 separate stories using the same actors in different roles. In theory, it could be interesting.

But I just found it nonsensical and just pretty fucked up & violent. If you're into

Spoiler: The fucked up stuff you'll see

cannibalism, coerced murder without any real explanation, licking sweat off of dehydrated people, self-mutilation, shooting hands off of people

.... then this might be your movie.

There is a quick orgy scene with Emma Stone and several topless shots of some girls, but probably not enough to prevent you from wondering "What the fuck did I just watch?" after it's over.

 

[Torre82]

Dune part two.

Petulant Chani, storming off into the desert at the end in a huff was bad. I sense the hand of Brian Herbert or Kevin J Anderson in that. For anyone that doesn't know, they wrote the sequels and the prequels.
No Young Alia freaking out the Fremen and killing wounded invaders. Margot Fenring without her husband, the royal assassin.
Paul's comment to start off the holy war and turning Stilgar into a raving religious nut job.
The Emperor was to put it plainly a pussy who the Bene Gesserit conned into destroying house Atredies.
The movies ran for a total of 321 minutes, and in that time they only progressed about 8 months instead of the years in the books, I think leaving out a chunk of character, plot development.

Waiting for Paul to drink the water of life before learning he was half Harkonnen instead of working it out himself, lessens the intended intelligence of the character. He could spot that his mother was pregnant, but not that she was Harkonnen?

On the plus side, the combat was good and fit with the books.


I was thinking throughout the movie that it was too bad, right until the end. They took one hell of a left turn right at the end.
The people I have talked to about the movie, all had similar thoughts. Good story, ruined by an at best mediocre adaption.

I cant fully agree with disappointment, but I was definitely.. watching each scene with the book fresh in my mind.

I feel like this is a game of thrones complaint, because we've got an hour of show to portray what was months/years in the book. (I know, it wasnt an hour long. But to condense and .. mutilate the source material for the sake of time constraints)

Mua'dib had a logical and cautious journey to his destination and nothing can replace the text, other than 'ON THE NOSE' exposition and perhaps CGI (unnecessary, IMO) of him analyzing the poison, seeing the dna, feeling the Jedi's influence.. (hah) and showcasing Harkonnen as either intensely cruel or brutally simple in their execution of daily duties.
IMO it was more than artistic choice, but a misstep to spend so much time on the confrontation at the arena. I get that Hollywood requires such closure, but any fan would tell you that it isnt even about the climax.. Mua'dib still has BOOKS/MOVIES to go on his trip into (madness) ruling the galaxy with a jaded heart.