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Terrible Movies Thread
Jimmy the Squid:
--- Quote from: Bennett the Sage on 26 Jun 2008, 01:23 ---I hate Tim Burton movies with a passion...with a passion...
The only thing I like about Tim Burton is the fact that he made the Planet of the Apes remake, because when I meet his little fan boys/fan girls who, like mutts, wait for Burton to throw down whatever measly scraps of rotten food to them so he can delight in seeing them heartily devour the putrid filth, I can take the much indulgent pleasure of bringing up Planet of the Apes: the one scrap of said putrid filth they couldn't manage to choke down.
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I really liked that film actually. I like most of Burton's stuff. I mean, at least he's consistent, I've never walked out of a Burton film disappointed because he pretty much always delivers what you expect, ie: vaguely dark, kind of gothic and reasonably amusing. Sure it's usually tripe, but it's entertaining tripe. If you're looking to Burton expecting some semblance of high cinema, well I think you might be at best watching the wrong film and at worst a total moron. I'm going to be optimistic about this and hope it's the former.
Bennett the Sage:
I wouldn't mind Tim Burton so much if he actually made an original film. Ever since Nightmare before Christmas, all he does is draw from the proverbial well of remakes and fodder for goth tweens. Seriously, in the six films he directed since Mars Attacks back in '96, four of them are remakes: Sweeney Todd, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Sleepy Hollow. And now, he's remaking himself with Frankenweenie! You already made it Tim, you don't need to make it again. What was his mindset for doing this: "Damn it, there aren't any more films to remake any more. I know! I'll remake myself! But which film? Corpse Bride? Nah, too recent...I know! Frankenweenie! About five people saw that back in 1984, they'll never know!" Well, Timmy-Boy, you may fool the thirteen year old Goths, but you can't fool me!
Betagold:
Back on topic, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls was just awful. The acting wasn't bad, and the characters had good chemistry, it's just that the plot was the most awful thing in the movies this year.
jill the ripper:
It was Indiana Jones.
Frankly, the prior two had sort of dumb plots when you actually think about it, and nothing has been plausible since the very very first one.
That's the whole point of them. They're good American fun, and not meant to be taken seriously. In the Great Time of Absence, people forgot what Indiana Jones was.
Silly.
Betagold:
No, it's all about the suspension of disbelief. I could suspend my disbelief for the first two and most of the third one because they were engrossing. This one didn't make me believe it at all.
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