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  • M Matt Gullett

    The worst film I have every watched was Trainspotting. By far, the most miserable 10 years of my life were spent watching that film.

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    Paul Watson
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    You are definitely going to have to explain what was wrong with Trainspotting then. Quite a cult film that, I have both soundtracks and wouldn't mind the DVD :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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      Traffic rocked! How can you knock it? It was a masterpiece I thought. The whole style was just awesome. At least Wing Commander the movie was more entertaining than the game. No idea what my friends saw in that deathly boring series of games. Privateer and the like were far better. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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      Ryan_Roberts
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      The wing command series was good, until Chris Roberts started wanting to be a film director.. The Kilrathi were a bit crap too, because they looked like the honey monster[^]. Ryan

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      • M Michael P Butler

        Paul Watson wrote: The Avengers was just fun. Have you seen much of the original Avengers television series? In comparision the movie was a complete pile of donkey droppings! Michael 'Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.' - The Doctor: The Wheel in Space

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        Totally agreed, whatever the series (with Mrs Peel, Tara King and even Purdey)! The characters lost their british charm, and the story of the movie was something seen and seen again in Hollywood crappy production.


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        • P Paul Watson

          >Privateer was also a wing commander game though. If you mean they were both set in space, then sure. But Privateer was not part of the WC series, it was a really awesome space game with you as a, wait for it, privateer and not part of an army or anything like WC. They release a sequel some time back, the darkening or something. It is more like Elite. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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          Paul Watson wrote: But Privateer was not part of the WC series If you wanna be pedantic about it then yes it wasn't part of the WC 1, 2 and 3 story line but it was based in the SC universe. ;P


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          • M Matt Gullett

            The worst film I have every watched was Trainspotting. By far, the most miserable 10 years of my life were spent watching that film.

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            :eek: I would put Trainspotting in my top 20! What didn't you like?


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            • P pseudonym67

              I always said after watching the worst one that I wouldn't insult my backside by forcing it to sit through it again but everyone else seemed to think it was brilliant. Apparently not http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/film_2003/worst_film_ever/top_ten.shtml[^] pseudonym67 Neural Dot Net Articles 1-11 Start Here Fuzzy Dot Net Articles 1-4 Start Here PathFinder Game Of Life 2 Life Wars

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              Niall Barr
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              I must manage to forget bad films - I only recall having seen two of these (Batman and Robin and Highlander II) and have successfully wiped all further details of them from my memory...

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                I always said after watching the worst one that I wouldn't insult my backside by forcing it to sit through it again but everyone else seemed to think it was brilliant. Apparently not http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/film_2003/worst_film_ever/top_ten.shtml[^] pseudonym67 Neural Dot Net Articles 1-11 Start Here Fuzzy Dot Net Articles 1-4 Start Here PathFinder Game Of Life 2 Life Wars

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                Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles X| X| I try to think but nothing happens.

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                  >Did you like 2001? Loved it. The problem is that Vanilla Sky is explained at the end - everything becomes clear on the roof. However, the ending to 2001 is quite baffling unless you have read the book! >Many movie gowers don't want an experience, they want a rigid story with beautiful people. Yep. Why Armageddon didn't make the top 10 in this list I'll never know. It was simply Pearl Harbour in space after all - great effects, really awful plot and more cheesy moments than you can shake a stick at. Saw Kill Bill this weekend and it blew my t*ts off. Can't wait for Vol 2. Saw "The Pledge" on Sky the other night too (starring Jack Nicholson, directed by Sean Penn) and thought it was excellent. Very under-rated movie. No happy ending though, so hence ignored by the vast majority of the cinema-going public.


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                  Heath Stewart
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                  Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: Why Armageddon didn't make the top 10 in this list I'll never know. It was simply Pearl Harbour in space after all... Except that Armageddon came long before Pearl Harbour, which, of course, is based in part to an historical event. The rest is pretty much a sappy love story like that which was found previously in Armageddon. While I don't mind a sappy love story from time to time (if nothing else, it earns points with my wife), Armageddon at least plagued the mind with the inevitable fact that someday we will be hit by an asteroid. At least half-way decent movies do something to stir up emotions in the viewers. It may not provoke a lot of thought like the first Matrix, leave the viewer in wonderment like Total Recall, or raise the hairs on the back of their necks like The 6th Sense, but it had its merits. Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: No happy ending though, so hence ignored by the vast majority of the cinema-going public. My kind of movie! People complain how life sucks and then they're fine with a happy ending? Yeah, that's realistic. Isn't it funny how the fantasy films like most sci-fi are unrealistic but have realistic endings? I.e., we don't win when faced with an armadda of highly advanced alien warships and a seemingly endless supply of highly evolved and much bigger alien warriors. On the big screen, we always win - be it a brave suicide mission up the corn-hole of a saucer or a glass of water.

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                    Why oh why weren't any of the umpteen Pokemon movies on that list? I've had the unfortunate task of sitting through 2 and would rather have been watching paint dry. Debbie

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                    Debs wrote: Why oh why weren't any of the umpteen Pokemon movies on that list? Prolly cause not many people are daft enough to watch them in the first place. I mean it is Pokemon.!!! U know what you're going to get. pseudonym67 Neural Dot Net Articles 1-11 Start Here Fuzzy Dot Net Articles 1-4 Start Here PathFinder Game Of Life 2 Life Wars

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                    • P Paul Watson

                      What does it mean if I enjoyed quite a few of their top ten worst films? A.I had beautiful moments though it was a let down overall. Pearl Harbour was cool for the battles, nice entertainment and anyone who was expecting a historical docu should have their heads checked. Vanilla Sky was just freaky man, but it had Diaz in it, how could I not like it? :blush: The Avengers was just fun. But yes, Battle Field Earth and Highlander were just utterly horrendous. Titanic, Eyes Wide Shut and the Blair Witch I have not watched. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                      It means you're not a ritzy, queer (define that word however you want) Hollywood wanna-be and you have a mind of your own! Congratulations! :)

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                      • P ProffK

                        That's a real pitty, because I thought Battlefield Earth, the novel, had real movie potential, to rival Dune and Starwars as epics. I hope nobody butchers Greg Bear's Eon. Hallelucination - when you think you see God

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                        > I hope nobody butchers Greg Bear's Eon. Great book. Really, really, really great in fact. It would make an awesome movie in the right hands... but I don't know who could get away with it...


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                        • P pseudonym67

                          I always said after watching the worst one that I wouldn't insult my backside by forcing it to sit through it again but everyone else seemed to think it was brilliant. Apparently not http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/film_2003/worst_film_ever/top_ten.shtml[^] pseudonym67 Neural Dot Net Articles 1-11 Start Here Fuzzy Dot Net Articles 1-4 Start Here PathFinder Game Of Life 2 Life Wars

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                          I can't argue with the top pick or most of the other ones, but how is it that "Glengarry Glen Ross" was missed? The likes of Al Pacino couldn't save it. Thank you. Jeff Varszegi

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                            Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: Why Armageddon didn't make the top 10 in this list I'll never know. It was simply Pearl Harbour in space after all... Except that Armageddon came long before Pearl Harbour, which, of course, is based in part to an historical event. The rest is pretty much a sappy love story like that which was found previously in Armageddon. While I don't mind a sappy love story from time to time (if nothing else, it earns points with my wife), Armageddon at least plagued the mind with the inevitable fact that someday we will be hit by an asteroid. At least half-way decent movies do something to stir up emotions in the viewers. It may not provoke a lot of thought like the first Matrix, leave the viewer in wonderment like Total Recall, or raise the hairs on the back of their necks like The 6th Sense, but it had its merits. Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: No happy ending though, so hence ignored by the vast majority of the cinema-going public. My kind of movie! People complain how life sucks and then they're fine with a happy ending? Yeah, that's realistic. Isn't it funny how the fantasy films like most sci-fi are unrealistic but have realistic endings? I.e., we don't win when faced with an armadda of highly advanced alien warships and a seemingly endless supply of highly evolved and much bigger alien warriors. On the big screen, we always win - be it a brave suicide mission up the corn-hole of a saucer or a glass of water.

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                            OK, I worded that badly - but Armageddon and Pearl Harbour are pretty much the same story in my book. They are both pretty awful and only the CGI makes them bearable. As for asteroid movies, I enjoyed Deep Impact more - a lot less gung-ho and a bit more realistic. One thing that annoys me is the amount of cheesy moments in Armageddon - all that standing in front of huge, slowly flapping US flags, etc. Puke-a-hontas. Still nothing can match the speech given by the Pres in Independence Day ("today ... is our INDEPENDENCE DAY!") - that would make even the sappiest cinema-goer reach for a popcorn barrel to hurl into. First Matrix. Awesome. Right up my street (like Vanilla Sky in that respect) and I must have watched the hotel lobby -> crashing helicopter bit a 100 times. he he. Total Recall - haven't seen that in a while but it's one of those movies where I remember where and when I saw it (Sheffield, 1990) because I came out of the cinema with my head spinning. ha ha.


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                              Did you like 2001? I think VS had the same kind of 'what the truck is going on?' feel to it that a lot of people don't like. Many movie gowers don't want an experience, they want a rigid story with beautiful people. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                              Many movie gowers don't want an experience, they want a rigid story with beautiful people. Passing a kidney stone is an experience, but I wouldn't call it living. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                Yeh, I was disappointed to see Vanilla Sky in tje list too, as I think it's a great moview. Perhaps there was an anti Tom Cruise vote!?


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                                Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: Perhaps there was an anti Tom Cruise vote!? Well, i didn't vote, but that would have been my reason. The movie began, and i had fond hopes of seeing Tom in agonizing pain, perhaps even dying a horrible death... but it just wasn't enough. :sigh: Maybe in the sequel, there'll be sharks waiting for him after he drives off the bridge... :hopeful:

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                                  Did you like 2001? I think VS had the same kind of 'what the truck is going on?' feel to it that a lot of people don't like. Many movie gowers don't want an experience, they want a rigid story with beautiful people. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                  Paul Watson wrote: they want a rigid story with beautiful people. Oh, sigh. Why can't people just appreciate the overly drawn-out stories with beautiful people? :rolleyes:

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                                    Many movie gowers don't want an experience, they want a rigid story with beautiful people. Passing a kidney stone is an experience, but I wouldn't call it living. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                    I never passed judgement on which was wrong and which was right. Neither are either, merely personal preference. p.s. If they could make a movie that was not to arty farty on the experience of passing a kidney stone, I would probably watch it. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                      Agreed with all of them, except Vanilla Sky. I thought it was a brilliant movie, even though it was a direct rip off of the original. Why, oh why, didn't Pearl Harbour get to the first (or even second) spot? **I Dream of Absolute Zero


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                                      I agree and so did Johnathan Ross when he read em out on Film 2003 :) Perhaps Cameron Diaz saying 'f*ck buddy' was too much for some people...

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                                        I always said after watching the worst one that I wouldn't insult my backside by forcing it to sit through it again but everyone else seemed to think it was brilliant. Apparently not http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/film_2003/worst_film_ever/top_ten.shtml[^] pseudonym67 Neural Dot Net Articles 1-11 Start Here Fuzzy Dot Net Articles 1-4 Start Here PathFinder Game Of Life 2 Life Wars

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                                        Speaking of really bad movies, my wife and I recently rented the latest encarnation of Charlie's Angels. Twenty minutes into the "film" and we couldn't take it anymore. What a pile of dung! Regards, Alvaro


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                                          I always said after watching the worst one that I wouldn't insult my backside by forcing it to sit through it again but everyone else seemed to think it was brilliant. Apparently not http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/film_2003/worst_film_ever/top_ten.shtml[^] pseudonym67 Neural Dot Net Articles 1-11 Start Here Fuzzy Dot Net Articles 1-4 Start Here PathFinder Game Of Life 2 Life Wars

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                                          Mmm... guess Gigli is so horrific that it was wiped from everyone's memory. Unless they're just referring to movies that a good number of people have actually watched.

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