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Film Discussion => In Front of the Camera => Topic started by: El Duderino on March 17, 2004, 07:49:06 PM

Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: El Duderino on March 17, 2004, 07:49:06 PM
you know there are a lot of bad movies with good casts.

my picks:
Hurly Burly
Life of David Gale
Domestic Disturbance
Mona Lisa Smile
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: pete on March 17, 2004, 07:55:00 PM
masked and anonymous
cradle will rock
north
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: El Duderino on March 17, 2004, 07:55:57 PM
Quote from: petemasked and anonymous

wow, i forgot how bad that movie was, good call
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: NEON MERCURY on March 17, 2004, 10:07:09 PM
BATMAN FOREVER
-Jim Carrey
-Nicole Kidman
-Val Kilmer
-Tommy Lee Jones-Drew Barrymore
-Chris o' Donnell
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: mogwai on March 17, 2004, 11:04:47 PM
Quote from: NEON MERCURYChris o' Donnell
:?:
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: rustinglass on March 18, 2004, 08:42:22 AM
con air
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: NEON MERCURY on March 18, 2004, 01:46:24 PM
Quote from: mogwai
Quote from: NEON MERCURYChris o' Donnell
:?:

hahahahahaha... i know what you mean Mog...... i was just trying to find as many "sorta well known names" to beat out masked and anonymous..:wink:
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Find Your Magali on April 10, 2004, 01:15:00 PM
Quote from: rustinglasscon air

:shock:

No you didn't!!

Con-Air is a pure popcorn classic.

Here are some bad movies with good casts:

Hook
Dick Tracy
Deep Impact

And one ultimately disappointing movie with a great cast:

State and Main
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Pubrick on April 10, 2004, 01:19:36 PM
batman begins.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: rustinglass on April 10, 2004, 01:32:04 PM
con air is just a pot of bad jokes

AIRPLANE GUY: Cy........
MALKOVICH: ...onara!
boom

and only a good one.

STUPID GUY: What is this?
MALKOVIC:  This is a rock.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Find Your Magali on April 10, 2004, 02:25:08 PM
Quote from: rustinglasscon air is just a pot of bad jokes

AIRPLANE GUY: Cy........
MALKOVICH: ...onara!
boom

and only a good one.

STUPID GUY: What is this?
MALKOVIC:  This is a rock.

Rule of Cinema #3234: No film that casts Steve Buscemi as a serial killer can be entirely bad.

Buscemi's best quote: "Define irony: a bunch of idiots dancing around on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash."

That screenplay deserved an Oscar nomination.  :wink:
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: molly on April 10, 2004, 04:30:19 PM
The Rock - so much unused potential
also My Big Fat Greek Wedding - somebody else could have done more with that script, at least the first half
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: El Duderino on April 10, 2004, 04:31:51 PM
the alamo...yes, i saw it :oops:
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Kal on April 10, 2004, 06:15:55 PM
Quote from: mollyMy Big Fat Greek Wedding - somebody else could have done more with that script, at least the first half

are you crazy? people wouldnt even consider doing that script... and nobody in their lives expected the kind of success it had... the movie was perfect as it was... that is why it was such a success and a once in a lifetime thing for nia vardalos
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Post by: godardian on April 11, 2004, 04:10:19 PM
The House of the Spirits. also based on a good novel. Just a bad movie.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Pas on April 11, 2004, 04:46:41 PM
Quote from: molly
also My Big Fat Greek Wedding - somebody else could have done more with that script, at least the first half

We're talking good casts in a bad movie, why do you say 'someone else would have done better with the script'  :?
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Find Your Magali on April 17, 2004, 10:56:15 AM
I have, in fact, seen "Here on Earth," and it belongs in this thread.

Michael Rooker, Annette O'Toole and Bruce Greenwood are wasted as the parental figures of the angst-ridden kids.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Alethia on April 28, 2004, 09:46:02 PM
bonfire of the vanities
full frontal
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: ElPandaRoyal on April 29, 2004, 05:54:04 AM
Pay It Forward...

:roll:
Title: Re: bad movies with good casts
Post by: coffeebeetle on April 29, 2004, 10:30:54 AM
Quote from: El Duderinoyou know there are a lot of bad movies with good casts.

my picks:
Hurly Burly

Please explain this further.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: molly on April 29, 2004, 12:34:37 PM
Quote from: Pas Rapport
Quote from: molly
also My Big Fat Greek Wedding - somebody else could have done more with that script, at least the first half

We're talking good casts in a bad movie, why do you say 'someone else would have done better with the script'  :?


are you mad at me because i didn't respond on this question?
I've read this post, but then i didn't know how exactly to compose my answer, so i left it aside untill i figure it out. But, i completely forgot about it, sorry, my bad.
I still can't be more specific than this - i have a feeling, while watching this movie, that jokes and lines were delivered badly, like the director didn't have a sense of humor. Timing of the lines on some places is very bad, as if director directed a sitcom with recorded laugh, but the final version went out without that laugh, and in the end the audience was left with scenes that have awkward silence after funny places. This is more an impression, can't shape it different.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: SoNowThen on April 29, 2004, 12:39:43 PM
Quote from: mollylines were delivered badly

Wouldn't that mean that the cast wasn't all that good?
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: molly on April 29, 2004, 12:49:31 PM
Quote from: SoNowThen
Quote from: mollylines were delivered badly

Wouldn't that mean that the cast wasn't all that good?

i think they were ok. I have an impression that the director thought it's an easy job, and that there is nothing to be careful about - a different angle, a different arrangement could have been better.The characters weren't persuasive, but that's not blame of the actors, but it's like director expected the audience to laugh every 2 minutes. In most of the good comedies, you giggle, not laugh.
Title: Re: bad movies with good casts
Post by: El Duderino on April 29, 2004, 06:16:05 PM
Quote from: coffeebeetle
Quote from: El Duderinoyou know there are a lot of bad movies with good casts.

my picks:
Hurly Burly

Please explain this further.

umm....it was a bad movie with a potentially good cast?
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: sciphex on April 29, 2004, 06:21:44 PM
Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty gets my vote...
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Tictacbk on May 01, 2004, 10:52:36 AM
Mars Attacks!
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: cine on May 01, 2004, 10:55:43 AM
Quote from: TictacbkMars Attacks!
Good one.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on May 01, 2004, 11:18:02 AM
Mystic River.
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Post by: rustinglass on May 01, 2004, 11:40:43 AM
aw, come on! that was great!
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Post by: molly on May 01, 2004, 11:57:25 AM
Quote from: Cinephile
Quote from: TictacbkMars Attacks!
Good one.

this is the only movie where i really liked Pierce Brosnan. He's to neat in James Bond. Irritating neat.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: El Duderino on May 01, 2004, 08:53:06 PM
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanMystic River.

YES!
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: The Silver Bullet on May 01, 2004, 10:30:58 PM
Quote from: ewardfull frontal
Full Frontal is a wonderful movie.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: ElPandaRoyal on May 02, 2004, 06:15:39 AM
Quote from: sciphexMorgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty gets my vote...

Morgan Freeman is in a lot of shitty movies.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: rustinglass on May 02, 2004, 06:18:49 AM
Damn! why are people shitting on mystic river? it's so good!
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Alethia on May 02, 2004, 11:03:59 AM
Quote from: The Silver Bullet
Quote from: ewardfull frontal
Full Frontal is a wonderful movie.

i wanted to like it, but i just...just couldn't

if it helps its the only soderbergh film i dont like  :)
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: El Duderino on May 02, 2004, 02:18:54 PM
Quote from: rustinglassDamn! why are people shitting on mystic river? it's so good!


WTF?! SPOILERS BEFORE THE SPOLER WARNING DAMMIT ALL TO HACK





i'm not going to lie, i thought the acting and directing were both amazing, but i thought the movie, all in all, wasnt good. i think i didnt like it because of the story of it, with the whole Tim Robbins child molestation thing and it was very predictable that:
*SPOILERS*


he didnt kill the girl and that he knew that people thought he did, so he tried to cover it up. but i'm not "shitting" on mystic river, i just think it's overrated and could have been a lot better, i dont know how, but yeah.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: rustinglass on May 02, 2004, 04:04:10 PM
I think that you should abstract yourself from the story and realize what, for me, is one of the best aspects of the film, it's about: violent lives. I like that you don't get to see violent flashbacks of sean penns past (which I think a common director would try to insert in the film), but his ticks and his instinct excellently portray that person.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Pubrick on May 02, 2004, 11:03:51 PM
Quote from: rustinglassI think that you should abstract yourself from the story and realize what, for me, is one of the best aspects of the film, it's about: violent lives.
some ppl don't think about movies like that.
Title: bad movies with good casts
Post by: Ravi on May 02, 2004, 11:56:40 PM
I suppose we can add Laws of Attraction to the list.