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Author Topic: The 100 Worst Movies Ever (Orlando Sentinel) Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 06-12-2008 12:09 AM                     I also loved Xanadu..I've been a huge fan of ELO and Olivia for many years,,,but I must say that the lead actor was HORRIBLE and couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag. Very flat and one-dimensional. Kinda like another actor, who I love his hot body, but he still can't act: Hayden Christiansen (Anakin Skywalker in Ep. 2 and 3) As for Xanadu, one of my big questions is: how did they convince Gene Kelly to be in it? But it did have some unique dialog ("Tuesday's Wednesday") and some cool dance/skate sequences.  |  IP: Logged Robert Crabtree Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Largo, FL Registered: May 2008 posted 06-12-2008 02:01 AM                     I second you on both counts regarding Hayden (Body and Acting). He was in Awake as well, which was shiteous to say the least. Interesting idea, but crappy movie.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-12-2008 02:23 AM                  quote: Mike Blakesley quote: Phil Hill I'd bet if someone did a list of "The 100 Worst Newspapers Ever", The Orlando Sentinel would rank in the top ten. I guess it would depend on who does the list! Mike, that's exactly my point! My post was a tongue-in-cheek metaphor of the worthlessness of ALL of those types of lists since they are biased to (and by) the listers and based on THEIR (and usually un-scientific)polls and preferences. [ 06-12-2008, 09:09 AM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 06-12-2008 10:47 AM                     Hi, Todd; I thought Zardoz was so bad; maybe I was too used to seeing him in decently budgeted films like 'Bond' and this was too much for me! It is the only film that, even though I got in for free, I still walked out of!  |  IP: Logged Andy Frodsham Expert Film Handler Posts: 238 From: Stoke on Trent, Staffs, UK Registered: Nov 2006 posted 06-12-2008 11:28 AM                     I know it's not on the list (should be) but 'Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory' holds special memories for me! Thirty odd screenings (20 minute changeovers) to screaming schoolchildren in the mid seventies! I still feel sick when I hear any music from the film!  |  IP: Logged Stephen Brown Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Newcastle, NSW, Australia Registered: Jan 2000 posted 06-13-2008 05:09 AM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer I got so good with the film is that I knew exactly where both set of cues were without looking. all I had to do was HEAR the damned film to know when the cues were. Yeah, I got that way with Xanadu and Grease. Oh the amount of times I screened those two together...  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 06-15-2008 11:54 PM                     quote: Robert Crabtree I second you on both counts regarding Hayden (Body and Acting). He was in Awake as well, which was shiteous to say the least. Interesting idea, but crappy movie. And yet I wouldn't kick him out of my bed though.. And how about "Jumper"? As of this posting I hadn't looked at the reviews thread....comments anyone? Hayden was also in the film "Life As A House" with Keven Kline. A n excellent movie, but Hayden's performance was ..um, interesting. Check out the scene when he's in the shower with the neighbor's daughter..even my straight friends said that Hayden's got to be gay, since he wasn't really looking at the (very hot) girl he was "naked" with.  |  IP: Logged Robert Crabtree Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Largo, FL Registered: May 2008 posted 06-16-2008 12:25 AM                     Jumper was ish- I walked out of it halfway, but it was one of those movies most people appraise higher than I would. It wasn't R, so Samuel L. Jackson wasn't going to be dropping enough lyrical, silky F-bombs to make the stay worthwhile. Here's a steaming pile that I would slap onto that list: Darkness, with Anna Paquin. To this day, I still think that the shiteous audio only improved that horrible crapfest.  |  IP: Logged Chad M Calpito Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 06-16-2008 12:26 AM                        Xanadu and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo were awesome. So, I disagree with the Orlando Sentinel with regards to those two films.  |  IP: Logged John Lasher Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Newark, DE Registered: Aug 2001 posted 06-16-2008 07:17 PM                        Let's see... Seen on DVD: *Last Action Hero Flash Gordon (the 1980s one) Island of Dr. Moreau *Maverick Corky Romano Reefer Madness *Wild Wild West *Christmas with the Kranks +*Plan 9 from Outer Space *Speed 2: Cruise Control +*Xanadu *Snakes on a Plane +Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Popeye *Krull Seen on Cable: Zorro the Gay Blade *Waterworld Spice World Battlefield Earth Seen on VHS: Kazaam *Little Nicky Look Who's Talking Now *Toys Seen in a Theater: *Dude Where's My Car? +*From Justin to Kelly *=Enjoyed on some level. +=Spent my own money on this. Hyperlinked=Reviewed on FT. It should be noted that a) I'm a geek who sometimes watches a film because of the lenses it was shot with, or some other non-plot related reason (read my review of "27 Dresses") and b) some of the DVDs I saw for free as a Hollywood Video employee. [edited to fix bold tag] [ 06-20-2008, 10:42 PM: Message edited by: John Lasher ]  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-16-2008 10:21 PM                     I think someone should do an article..."The 100 Worst Newspapers"!! Mark  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-16-2008 11:07 PM                        OK, but who'd publish it?  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 06-17-2008 07:33 AM                     Turner had "The Oscar" (1966) on last night. It should be on the list. Several good actors forced to recite bad lines. However, the lead, Stephen Boyd, overacted so badly he makes William Shatner look good. Written by Harlan Ellison - go figure!  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-17-2008 12:09 PM                    Add me as one of the ones who enjoyed Zorro The Gay Blade. There were a couple of goofy off the wall movies I enjoyed as a kid, and for some stupid reason, this was one of them. It still entertains me when I watch it. A couple of others that as a kid I thought were great were Saturday The 14th (I just dug out the VHS of that a few months ago, and still enjoyed sitting all the way through it), and Super Fuzz. But anyway, I'm looking over this list. It looks like I have shown about 12 of these, and seen about 29 of them. The ones that stand out to me are: Robot Monster (Saw it in dual strip 3D TWICE - AWESOME fun in a full theater!) Zorro the Gay Blade (Saw it, loved it, but I think I'm in the minority) Last Action Hero (Showed it, saw it, loved it) Flash Gordon (the 1980s one) (Saw it, it was ok) Cheaper By The Dozen 2 (Saw it, it was ok) Plan 9 from Outer Space (Saw it, liked it) Cat Women of the Moon (Saw it in dual strip 3D - Great Fun in a sold out theater! Great lines in this movie. Example: "You're too smart for me, baby. I like 'em stupid.") Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (Saw it, actually liked it for some reason. Can't remember why, and don't think I would like it today if I saw it again.) Ernest Goes to Camp (Saw it, and really liked it) Popeye (I liked this movie a lot!) Krull (Saw it, expected to like it, don't remember it. Loved the Atari 2600 game though!)  |  IP: Logged

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