The longest trail of sh*t.

Started by NEON MERCURY, March 02, 2004, 10:18:16 PM

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NEON MERCURY

..here a swell game we can all play ..pick one "'well know mainstream" actor and find the longest streak of "univerally" garbage films he/she was in
.......my choice is for john travolta..damn, and it s long trail of sh*t....
since face/off travolta has done leading roles in these sh*tty films...

mad city
primary colors
a civil action
generals' daughter
battlefield earth(that should count as 2 films)
lucky numbers
swordfish
domestic disturbance
basic

.as you can see that 9 (!) sh*tty   films...i bet noone can find a streeak that bad.........****b-movies don't count

if this has been done before..please insult me and redirect my dumb phucking ass..
thank you

modage

okay, forgive me anyone who likes one of these movies.  i havent seen them all.  kevin costner after making the untouchables, bull durham, field of dreams, dances with wolves, robin hood, jfk and the bodyguard inside of 5 years.  almost all huge critical/commercial hits in 5 years!  followed them up with ...

the war
waterworld
tin cup
the postman
message in a bottle
for love of the game
13 days
3000 miles to graceland
dragonfly

thats 9.  do all of those count?  if not 3000 miles to graceland should count as two.
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

NEON MERCURY

damnit ..thats a good one....you tied me..... :)

El Duderino

'd have to choose Nicolas Cage...though he's a great actor..he's done some bad shit....all in sequence too...

The Rock
Con Air
Face/Off

then he did some good movies....then he went back to some shit....

Gone in 60 Seconds
The Family Man
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Windtalkers (i think it's shit, but i still like it...somewhat)
Did I just get cock-blocked by Bob Saget?

El Duderino

yeah, Kevin Costner i think would win the trophy.
Did I just get cock-blocked by Bob Saget?

NEON MERCURY

Quote from: Cinephilliac
The Rock
Con Air
Face/Off
..i actually think those are "solid action flicks"....

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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
..hahaha...thats worth 2

modage

wait heres another one.  between hitting it big with Die Hard and his comeback in Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis made the following films consecutively...

Die Hard 2
Bonfire of the Vanities
Mortal Thoughts
Hudson Hawk
Billy Bathgate
The Last Boyscout
Death Becomes Her
Striking Distance
North
Color of Night
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

Pubrick

sumone can check how long these trails are..
burt reynolds in the 80s.
f murray abraham
demi moore had about 7 after Disclosure
charlie sheen, emilio estevez.
kevin spacey is going for the record...
under the paving stones.

MacGuffin

"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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pete

but WAIT.
Dan Akroyd.  BOOYA.
"Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot."
- Buster Keaton

Pubrick

stallone

Copland (1997)
Daylight (1996)  
Assassins (1995)  
Judge Dredd (1995)
Specialist, The (1994)
Demolition Man (1993)  
Cliffhanger (1993)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)  
Oscar (1991)  
Man Called... Rainbo, A (1990)
Rocky V (1990)
Tango & Cash (1989)  
Lock Up (1989)
Rambo III (1988)  
Over the Top (1987)  
Cobra (1986)  
Rocky IV (1985)  
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)  
Rhinestone (1984)  
First Blood (1982)  
Rocky III (1982)  
Victory (1981)
Nighthawks (1981)
Rocky II (1979)  
Rocky (1976)

the lines are optional..
under the paving stones.

SoNowThen

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the war
waterworld
tin cup
the postman
message in a bottle
for love of the game
13 days
3000 miles to graceland
dragonfly

thats 9.  do all of those count?  if not 3000 miles to graceland should count as two.

Take 3000 for two, because Tin Cup is great.
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Gold Trumpet

Quote from: SoNowThen
Quote from: themodernage02
the war
waterworld
tin cup
the postman
message in a bottle
for love of the game
13 days
3000 miles to graceland
dragonfly

thats 9.  do all of those count?  if not 3000 miles to graceland should count as two.

Take 3000 for two, because Tin Cup is great.

Fucking eh'. Tin Cup is one of my favorite Costner movies and Costner is one of my favorite Hollywood actors right now. Also, The War is adaquete (at least Costner's performance is) while Thirteen Days is a very good film that seems only handicapped by the fact that books have detailed its story better.

P got it right, Stallone is the real victor for this category.

SoNowThen

!!! First movie we both really like, GT!

(spoilers!?)

Y'know what makes that movie really great? Besides the fact that I was so into golf when I first watched it, and all my golf buddies love it, it was the perfect ending. As he took that swing and the music started to swell, I thought "oh man, another cheesy stupid ending", but then PLUNK in the water. And over. And over. If I were Paul  Schrader, and I wrote an essay on Tin Cup, I would say the ending got "transcendent". Hehe.
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Gold Trumpet

Quote from: SoNowThen!!! First movie we both really like, GT!

(spoilers!?)

Y'know what makes that movie really great? Besides the fact that I was so into golf when I first watched it, and all my golf buddies love it, it was the perfect ending. As he took that swing and the music started to swell, I thought "oh man, another cheesy stupid ending", but then PLUNK in the water. And over. And over. If I were Paul  Schrader, and I wrote an essay on Tin Cup, I would say the ending got "transcendent". Hehe.

Definitely. I'm a slacker golfer myself, the kind of golfer who hasn't paid to golf in 3 years and just sneaks in or jumps the fence when the weather isn't yet dry enough for golf season but still adaquete enough to golf on. Tin Cup is a seasonal movie I watch at the end of every winter a few times to get myself pumped for golf in the spring. I've watched it 3 times in the last month and look forward to watching it again.