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Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: Alethia on January 16, 2005, 09:22:54 PM
tell of scenes from '04 releases that made you cringe they were so bad!  my few would be, oh...

SPOILERS

the scene where natalie portman tapdances in front of the fire in garden state, with that really shitty song swelling on the soundtrack AND the drug scene

most of the scenes between catherine zeta jones and tom hanks in the terminal, notably the ones where they discuss napoleon

almost everything in intimate strangers

the scene in the aviator where hughes compares breast sizes from different films in front of the mpaa (otherwise a pretty good movie)

that's it for me, i think
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: ono on January 16, 2005, 09:30:36 PM
Pretty much everything in Napoleon Dynamite and Closer.

'Nuff said.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: NEON MERCURY on January 16, 2005, 09:38:30 PM
the entire trailer for that awful looking will smith film, hitched
...i cant believe people still thinks its funny watching or making jokes about overly white peope trying to act hip.

emily rossums eyes and teeth

orlando bloom, michael jackson's toungue, everyline spoken in troy, the title of eastwoods' latest film, ditto on garden state, hot ticket, star jones..................
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: Gamblour. on January 17, 2005, 12:48:18 AM
That scene in The Aviator is hilarious! How could you not love it?
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: Alethia on January 17, 2005, 02:37:50 AM
i just didn't think it was funny.  i thought it was stupid personally, and i was kinda surprised marty thought it was anything of quality.  there were a coupla choice scenes of that nature in gangs too.

another cringe inducing moment from '04

uma's "before that strip turned blue" monologue in vol 2
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: cine on January 17, 2005, 02:44:21 AM
Quote from: ewardi just didn't think it was funny.  i thought it was stupid personally, and i was kinda surprised marty thought it was anything of quality.
Well that actually DID happen.. so what did you find unfunny about it? I'm thinking the comedy that comes out of that scene is the embarrassment and surprise from Ian Holm.. which are truthful emotions for being put in a position like that. What was stupid about it?
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: Alethia on January 17, 2005, 02:48:37 AM
there was something off about the way it was written...it just didn't sit right with me regardless of whether it really happened or not.  it just struck me as mediocre...the timing and execution of the scene seemed very "sitcom" to me.  i don't know, just didn't like it.  i know that's a shitty and unfulfilling answer, but it's all i got.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: UncleJoey on January 17, 2005, 01:26:07 PM
When that idiot saws his foot off in Saw. Well, pretty much everything in that movie made me cringe, not because it was gruesome, but because it was incredibly stupid and awkward.

Every Orlando Bloom scene in Troy. He needs to be stopped.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: brockly on January 17, 2005, 06:26:23 PM
July Deply immediatly jumping to conclusion that Hawke thought she was fat after he commented on her looking skinnier in Before Sunset. "You wrote a book about a fat french woman?"

"she deserved to be born with a clean slate" - Kill Bill Vol. 2

kate winslet and jim carry conversation on train at start of Eternal Sunhine (kate and carry are both terrific, tho)

kirsten dunst quoting Nietzsche before drinking Whisky in Eternal Sunshine
kirsten dunst dancing on bed in Eternal Sunshine
kirsten dunst prentending to be stoned in Eternal Sunshine

every scene that tried to be serious in shaun of the dead.... and many of the scenes that weren't
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: SHAFTR on January 17, 2005, 06:52:38 PM
Quote from: UncleJoeyWhen that idiot saws his foot off in Saw. Well, pretty much everything in that movie made me cringe, not because it was gruesome, but because it was incredibly stupid and awkward.

Every Orlando Bloom scene in Troy. He needs to be stopped.

along with this:
The Julia Roberts scene in Ocean's 12.
Dialogue between Peter & Mary outside of Peter's Aunts house in Spider-man 2.
The scene when Tea Leoni gives the woman the maid job in Spanglish.
The ending of The Passion.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: pete on January 17, 2005, 07:26:05 PM
spoiler

I didn't think troy was as bad as people said it was, until when orlando bloom started doing the arrows.
the CGI scenes in both zatoichi and house of flying daggers
the snow fight in house of flying daggers
all of house of flying daggers
the kinky old people in Kinsey
the lover quarrels in both shaun of the dead and open water
the short film in the documentary "the red trousers"
"The shins will change your life"
the none-dancing portion of You Got Served (but the dancing was so good!)
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: modage on January 17, 2005, 10:14:26 PM
Quote from: SHAFTRThe Julia Roberts scene in Ocean's 12.
this wins.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: El Duderino on January 17, 2005, 10:35:03 PM
Emmy Rossum in general.

Any scene in Sky Captain (good graphics, terrible terrible acting (especially paltrow))
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: grand theft sparrow on January 18, 2005, 11:30:20 AM
The trailers for White Chicks, Spanglish, The Polar Express, Catwoman and Meet the Fockers. I know I'm missing a few but I can't really think of them right now, thankfully.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: UncleJoey on January 18, 2005, 04:06:54 PM
Quote from: hacksparrowThe trailers for White Chicks, Spanglish, The Polar Express, Catwoman and Meet the Fockers. I know I'm missing a few but I can't really think of them right now, thankfully.

If we're going to bring up trailers, how about the one for Monster-in-Law?
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: NEON MERCURY on January 18, 2005, 04:16:08 PM
Quote from: brockly

kirsten dunst quoting Nietzsche before drinking Whisky in Eternal Sunshine
kirsten dunst dancing on bed in Eternal Sunshine
kirsten dunst prentending to be stoned in Eternal Sunshine

hahaha  ..that was awful
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: Pas on January 18, 2005, 06:02:44 PM
That part with the arrows not reaching the cliff and the ice breaking and most of what happens in King Arthur.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: Thrindle on January 18, 2005, 09:29:34 PM
The Polar Express becoming a cracked out train-wreck for frightened children everywhere.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: life_boy on January 19, 2005, 11:15:48 AM
Quote from: SHAFTRThe ending of The Passion.

To be even more precise:
-  The CGI nail-hole through the hand at the end of The Passion.

Also:

-  The nicknames "Spidey" and "Doc Ock" actually being used by characters in a movie (Spider-Man 2).

-  The main characters running away from the "killer cold" just-in-time scene ('thank god we closed the door!') in The Day After Tomorrow.

-  The wolves escaping from the zoo and trying to eat the main characters while they try and get some penecillian on board the frozen ship to bring back to save Jake Gyllanhall's girlfriend with the infected cut (that he won fair and square from annoying frat dude) in The Day After Tomorrow.

-  Dennis Quaid being the only person on the planet to figure out what the hell's going on in The Day After Tomorrow.

-  Nobody believing Dennis Quaid when he tries to tell everyone what the hell's going on in The Day After Tomorrow.

-  Bridget Jones ending up in a prison somewhere in Thailand (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason).

-  The "Somehow, 'I told ya so' just doesn't quite say it" scene from I, Robot.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: modage on January 19, 2005, 11:14:16 PM
Quote from: life_boy-  Bridget Jones ending up in a prison somewhere in Thailand (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason).
ah yes.  so bad i had, once again, blocked it from my memory.  this may actually take the cake although theres probably only about 3 of us here that can testify to it.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: Kal on January 20, 2005, 10:42:55 AM
Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon
Mel Gibson's success with that fucking movie
Everytime I see Ahsley Simpson on TV/Magazine/ANYWHERE
same with Michael Jackson
same with Jennifer Lopez (who by the way is my new neighbor)
Collin Farrel making faces in Alexander like Mugatu in Zoolander
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: meatball on January 20, 2005, 01:37:45 PM
Quote from: ewardthere was something off about the way it was written...it just didn't sit right with me regardless of whether it really happened or not.  it just struck me as mediocre...the timing and execution of the scene seemed very "sitcom" to me.  i don't know, just didn't like it.  i know that's a shitty and unfulfilling answer, but it's all i got.

What type of high comedy is there that would elevate it from being "sitcom"?

The scene wasn't cringe-inducing. Maybe if you were seated beside your grandmother, it would be.

The scene was like a breath of fresh air. A little moment of relaxation from all the Hughes dramatics.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: Alethia on January 20, 2005, 01:51:58 PM
well, i'm very happy you liked it.  i didn't, but i still thought the movie was great.  let's move on, please.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: meatball on January 20, 2005, 01:54:07 PM
Yeah, I'm just being a pain in the ass.
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: grand theft sparrow on January 21, 2005, 08:47:46 AM
Quote from: andykCollin Farrel making faces in Alexander like Mugatu in Zoolander

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I can sort of see that...
Title: cringe inducing moments '04
Post by: Find Your Magali on January 22, 2005, 10:16:25 PM
When I forked over $7.50 for "Laws of Attraction"  :shock: