StrangerRandy's Movie List Thread!!

[StrangerRandy]

10 Directors That I Hate…

1. M. Night Shyamalan
2. Eli Roth
3. Harmony Korine
4. Larry Clark
5. The Wackowski Brothers
6. McG
7. Kevin Costner
8. Joel Schumacher
9. Uwe Boll
10. Robert Redford


10 Best Rock n’ Roll Movies…

1. Gimme Shelter
2. Woodstock
3. Hard Day’s Night
4. The Kids Are Alright
5. Stop Making Sense
6. Monterrey Pop
7. This Is Spinal Tap
8. Purple Rain
9. Pink Floyd The Wall
10. The Last Waltz


10 Most Disturbing Films I Have Ever Seen…

1. Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom
2. Pink Flamingos
3. Audition
4. Irreversible
5. Man Bites Dog
6. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
7. Cannibal Holocaust
8. In the Realm of the Senses
9. Visitor Q
10. Combat Shock


16* Sequels That Are Better Than Their Original…

Aliens
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo
The Dark Knight
Dawn of the Dead
The Devil’s Rejects
The Empire Strikes Back
Freddy vs. Jason
The Godfather Part II
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The Road Warrior
Spiderman 2
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal*
X2: X-Men United
*(the original one wasn’t too impressive to begin with, you’ll get your money’s worth with this train wreck)

[Jesusabdullah]

"The Happening" was an awecinine title, though.

What's so bad about the Wachowskis? I mean, yeah, Matrox's 2 and 3 were letdown-ish, but they haven't done anything to outright infuriate me and Teh Matrox was pretty good.

Also, this is a lot of lists; Maybe a single, "DudeGuy's Lists" thread would be better?

[Jim North]

Or at least go into some detail about each item in the list. And frankly, I was half-afraid to look into one of these threads due to the chance of nasty icky spam.

Also, Reloaded is my fave-o-right Matrix movie. The other two are at best "okay".

But there's always the lovely and talented. V for Vendetta to consider as well.

[Killbert-Robby]

NO MORE LISTS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

[Keffria]

Merged the threads, except for the Top 50 Movies one, as that has generated enough discussion on its own. And seriously, buddy, at least post your reasoning or something. Your OPs read like the output of a spambot.

[Dotty]

NO MORE LISTS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

<3

[KWill]

16* Sequels That Are Better Than Their Original…

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Freddy vs. Jason
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No, just no.

[Rkolter]

StrangerRandy, welcome to Comic Genesis.

Not an Auspicious start.

[McDuffies]

What's so bad about the Wachowskis? I mean, yeah, Matrox's 2 and 3 were letdown-ish, but they haven't done anything to outright infuriate me and Teh Matrox was pretty good.

I dunno, they irk me too sometimes, I get an impression that for the most part of their career they've been milking the same cow. It seemed like, when their second film was a success, they were ready to make spinoffs of that film for the rest of their lives - which of course didn't happen since spinoffs wheren't as successful as they thought would be.

I personally wouldn't include Joel Schumaher and Robert Redford. First one has made some grand flops, but he's also made some very good movies, if he's included there only for almost killing off the Batman franchise, then that's a very geeky choice. Also unfair, he's made many films over the years, clinging onto one disaster from long time ago... Redford has also made some good films ("Quiz show") and is a sort of patron to american independend film, so he definitely doesn't deserve to be there.

The list of most disturbing films is interesting, but where are iconic films like "Calligula" and "The day of the woman"? Anyways, I've seen four of them.

[Killbert-Robby]

I don't know, I like the Wachowskis. I mean, their whole "The way we ended The Matrix was because of our limited resources, so here's a NEW ending, the way we REALLY wanted it to end" in "Path of Neo" was hilarious. Even though they don't really "do comedy", their own sense of humor is quite good, and personally I like that in celebs.

[McDuffies]

It's not a list of the worst directors, I think, it's a list of directors that are for some reason the most annoying. Shalaman, for instance, his blatant, egoistic self-insertion in "Lady in the water" would make him near the top of the list instantly. Korine and Clark are pretty much acclaimed directors, but there's always an underlying feeling that what they do is a pure exploitation, that they're making teenagers perform sex scenes for them just for kicks (well, Clark does at least. Korine seems to be there mostly for connection with Clark). So I don't think that it says that Wachovskys are bad directors, it just says that it was annoying how they jump-started to milk out one successful movie they made to date.

Of course, the one who would always make the top of my list is Sodebergh. He's a leecher to clings to things that have some quality (Kafka, Tarkovsky, original Ocean's eleven) and hopes that some of that quality would wear off on him, but what he actually does is suck out all that quality and kill all the fun. And just remember how he was explaining to us that we didn't like his "Solaris" because we didn't understand it... yeah sure.
Then there is Greg Araki, who is very persistant in making extremely violent and pointless films. More than Clark, he is pretending to be talking about youth problems, but he's just using them to present us a freak show.
There is also Neil LaBute. When I saw his "In the company of men" I was impressed by the strength of negativity and emotional pain represented. I thought it was impressive that he doesn't look away from that pain and that he shows you the scenes you would rather not witness. Later I realised that every film of his is exactly the same, and that he doesn't look at pain because he's brave - but because he's a sadist.

[Killbert-Robby]

Shyalaman DOES annoy me, I will admit without a second's hesitation. "Nobody expects twist endings from ME anymore, lololololol"

[McDuffies]

Oooh, I thought of a funny list myself:

Anyways, I thought of one interesting list:

TOP 4 WORST SCREENWRITERS OF ALL TIMES:
1. Joe Eszterhas - nearly all his films are about a femme fatale accused of murder and a cop who gets involved with her
2. Nora Ephron - responsible for 50% of soppy, unwatchable romantic comedies that you hate
3. Gore Vidal - every script is instantly better when you add some paedophillia, incest and cannibalism, isn't it?
4. Paddy Chayefsky - he wrote some of the most ambicious scripts of all times - and he's really not that good a writer. He also disowned the best film he was involved with.

[Yeahduff]

The Wall?!?

[Rkolter]

Shyalaman DOES annoy me, I will admit without a second's hesitation. "Nobody expects twist endings from ME anymore, lololololol"

I liked him, at first. But now it's like he uses the same script over and over.

I found a writer like that, whose name I couldn't remember now. His script was "Persecuted man with intelligent dog meets very smart woman and they overcome a psychotic member of the otherwise not really bad guys to win in the end." I hit his third book and said, uhm... wait. Another super-smart dog and a brilliant lady he meets along the way?

Shyalaman is like that guy to me. "Engaging story at first is altered by twist that really doesn't make sense from the perspective of the story or of reality or common sense."

[Killbert-Robby]

On the list of films that disturb ME : Dreamcatcher. Anyone else read the book? Movie was a fucking TRAVESTY.

[McDuffies]

I couldn't eat for a day after watching "Tromeo and Juliet". And it's not like it was the first Troma movie I saw.

[Rkolter]

On the list of films that disturb ME : Dreamcatcher. Anyone else read the book? Movie was a fucking TRAVESTY.

My favorite actor is Morgan Freeman. Dreamcatcher made me vomit live frogs.

Cool idea though, the powers the three guys had.

Never read the book. Figured if the movie was even 25% like the book, the book would be crap. Was it?

[Killbert-Robby]

The first 5 minutes or so are similar to the book. Then, to say they took "creative liberties" would be too much of a euphemism. They raped the damn material. Dreamcatcher is actually one of my favorite King books. The writing, pacing, character development (And the depth, wow the depth, deepest characters he's ever bothered with I think, maybe outside of The Stand), and just the overall feel of the book make it one of those that once a year or so I'll pick up and power-read through again in a day. But the MOVIE... oh God. I still remember thinking "Ok, this is getting a bit off..... ok this is getting way off.... WHAT THE FUCK DID DUDS JUST DO? DID HE JUST... WHAT? NO. NO THATS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO HOW IT IS IN THE BOOK"
I speak in full honesty when I say that if I popped into the movie halfway through, I wouldn't be able to tell you which book it was based on. Horrible horrible stuff. I'm not usually one of these "Thats not how it is in the book, gaaaaaay" type of people, but I think they really did take great source material and just rape the damn thing.

[Jim North]

I found a writer like that, whose name I couldn't remember now. His script was "Persecuted man with intelligent dog meets very smart woman and they overcome a psychotic member of the otherwise not really bad guys to win in the end." I hit his third book and said, uhm... wait. Another super-smart dog and a brilliant lady he meets along the way?

I'm pretty sure you can't be talking about Dean Koontz, even though he does have one book like that.

Though they did manage to make three movies out of that single book, reusing that exact same plot all three times.