The [worst] movies you're embarrassed to admit you've seen...

I hated Joe Versus the Volcano! Truly disappointing roles for Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, just like their partnership in their work to follow... ha ha. The story is of a hypochondriac named Joe who learns that he is dying so he decides to visit an exotic island where he will throw himself into an active volcano. Along the way, he meets three ladies, all played by Meg Ryan. One of Ryan's characters speaks with a pathetically and almost humorous southern accent, typical for Ryan's acting 'skill.' Anyhow, on his "adventure" to suicide, Joe learns the "meaning of life," or some variation thereof.

What was the WB thinking by fronting the funds for this horrendous flick? It's supposed to be a comedy and perhaps all of the outlandish events were intentional, but the details are so unbelievably dim-witted, it was practically unbarable. In retrospect, I feel embarrassed that I sat through the entire movie hoping for the happily-ever-after, aternative to the predictable finale that was it's ending.

 

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Fast and the furious!

 

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Judge Dread, Generation X

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Turd on celluloid....turd on celluloid indeed

 

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Mission Impossible 2. Crap.. pure crap.

 

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...that was a kickass movie...wha..what..but how could..you..but wha...*faints *

That movie kicked ass...great action... great music[HOMER]..mmmmm...Thandie...Newton...[/HOMER]

 

The movie was vile... hell it was worse than vile. The part when she wanted to commit suicide in the end was foul. She waited for an hour for a helicopter to come. The universal conclusion over here was it was like a damn bollywood movie. Now you know how much I loathe it

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I didn't watch the second because I saw the first one. yuck.

 

I would say forest gump adn titanic were the most overated movies of all time, although not the very worst.

 

I'm scandalized. The first one was really good.

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no way. they introduced all these cool characters, leading me to think it would be a good movie and then killed them all in like the first five minutes so that tom cruise could go through the (rather predictable) plot solo.

I should say here that I think probly 85% or more of hollywood movies suck.

 

battelfield earth.

though it might be funny now in a 'so freakin bad its hilarious' way. it wasn't at the theater though...just pure crap.

 

The 9th Gate.... it was just... pointless...

 

Tell me about it..i was so angry when that movie ended i wanted to scream. The movie was ...well as Persol put it best...Pointless

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I liked Ninth Gate. I agree that the plot was rather lacking, but the acting and atmosphere were fantastic through much of it.

 

Daredevil,Total Crap

 

Okay... Just when I thought I couldn't see anthing worse [see entry above], I saw "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist." Perhaps, I wasn't in the right state-of-mind of a lackidaisical, slap-stick type of humor. I found it to be grotesquely absurd to the point of bordem.

[edit:]Oh ya... and "The Royal Tenenbaums." Truly pointless. I hate this movie so much, I'm willing to give it to anyone who wants to wants it... mollyann812000-at-yahoo.

• Fast and the Furious - Hmm. Never seen it but it didn't appeal to me. It just looks like a typical, Hollywood-templated fast-paced action movie
• Judge Dread: Generation X - Never seen the original before,although Stallone looks like a muscled-up monkey-boy. LOL.
• Mission Impossible 2 - Yeah, I agree. That movie kinda sucked. It was too predictable. Tom Cruise is going downhill.
  We bought "Minority Report," thinking that it was going to be a good addition to our movie collection, and some of the ideas were cool like the self-operated cars that were powered over buildings, but the plot was too much like other movies I had seen. Dumb purchase on our part.
• The 9th Gate - Agreed. Pointless. If I recall, it ended kinda wierd, too, although, I don't remember the details. I think I was stoned just enough to where I could watch it. LOL. I kinda like Johnny Depp too. Too bad for him.
• Dare Devil - Hmm... Never seen that one either.

 

Hmm ...

Chantilly Lace. A chick flick beyond all chick flicks. Men: avoid this film as if it were a blistered, needle-marked, festering prostitute offering buy-one-get-the-other-two-free in the dumpster behind the local sports bar. Women, avoid this film as if he's the guy with the hairy chest and the leisure suit and the salesman grin, asking, "Hey, baby, if I told you your body was insanely beautiful, would you hold it against me?"

Patch Adams. 'Nuff said.

(Wesmorrisbabe: Joe Versus the Volcano is supposed to look like it does. It's supposed to operate the way it does. I propose that it is actually a very good film. By making the details so outlandish, Shanley freed himself to make more subtle commentaries with the film. Remember its era, the film is a 1990 release: it's responding directly to the ideology that drove the 1980s. Sure, we won the cold war, but at what cost? People sold their souls; it was a terrifying time to grow up. In its context, I assure you this is one of the finest and most underrated films of its time. And Hanks/Ryan hadn't become a sickening trend yet. Remember that Big was Hanks' crowning performance at that time. Have you ever seen, for instance, The Man With One Red Shoe? That was a good film in its day. Look at that hair! Edit: I notice your birthday ... yeah ... you remember that period, don't you? Cocaine and Wall Street? The Day After, Threads .... doesn't Joe Versus the Volcano open with "Sixteen Tons"?)

Oh, man ... Modern Problems ... I'd almost forgotten that one. Too bad I hadn't forgotten it entirely. But has anyone ever seen Chevy Chase in Funny Farm?

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Tiassa

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Mission Impossible 1!

It was like a grabbag of elements from 007 and Indiana Jones movies and the continious supposedly suspensefull music and above all that jerk Tom Cruise, who lacks the classy refinement of a true british 007, nor the adventerous spirit of Indiana Jones, meanwhile displaying an overly large ego and walking around at that time like he had feathers in his ass, well I am sure nicole kidman punched a nice hole in his hot air balloon . Actually the Austin Powers Shagadellic version of MI I found a rather good and amusing movie!

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[Tiassa]: Yeah, hehe... I'm aware that it's supposed to be stupidly obtuse, as per my earlier comment...

But I feel the same way towards the "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" series and I've come to the conclusion that I just can't appreciate the subtleness of the slap-stick humor. I enjoy the twisted absurdity of Farrelly brothers movies, with the exception of "Shallow Hal," which seemed to be 'diluted' from the eccentricity that IS the Farrely Brothers style... shrugs. But, that's just my opinion.

"Funny Farm" is a great, clean movie! There are so many funny parts too. Chevy Chase is one of my favorite comedic actors. (Too bad he's doing AFLAC Insurance commercials now. I loved him in the first "National Lampoon's: Vacation," movie, and the "National Lampoon's: European Vacation." I can picture him saying: "Big Ben, Parliment," and it cracks me up each time.

[edit:] Maybe there was an subtle comedic satire beneathe the plot of "Joe Vs. the Volcano" but to be honest, I was just a kid and didn't get it until later and when I did, I still had no interest in seeing it again... Hehe. Shrugs.

 

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