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-Newcloud- said:

i havent seen The Last Airbender and the ads make it look good plus there no way it can be as bad as the dragon ball movie


I hate to break it to you but The Last Airbender makes Dragon Ball: Evolution look like Inception.



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Seece said:

Wow, 20 is gonna be hard to beat, do you know his next movie?


Well I think it was supposed to be Avatar: Book of Earth and then Avatar: Book of Fire but...



rocketpig said:
Boutros said:
rocketpig said:

I have a hard time believing that any movie could suck more than The Happening. God, that movie was terrible.

"We have to stay ahead of the wind!" That line pretty much sums up the entire movie.

I liked Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense. They're one trick pony movies but I enjoyed them for what they were. Everything else was fucking horrible, particularly Signs with the Grand Canyon-sized plothole of "why would aliens that are susceptible to water invade a planet that is 70% water and rains constantly?"

Perhaps because they don't know they are susceptible to water?

Right. They can break the speed of light and have the technology to travel millions of light years, yet they didn't realize they are vulnerable to a not terribly uncommon molecule.


Yeah, Signs was pretty awful.  I probably but it somewhere near the Happening just because of stupid little details like that.

They're weak to water yet they invade a planet where everything is made of water?

They run around in dew covered fields.

They can run at incredible speeds and jump on top of two story houses, yet a wooden door stops them dead in their tracks.

I'm sure if I had seen the movie recently I could go on but it's not really worth it.  Usually when movies have those type of flaws they're the type of movies you can just turn you brain off, like Bio-Dome, but the problem with things like Signs is it's a movie where you are supposed to be thinking.

I mean Hell, have they never heard of a simple body suit?



Darc Requiem said:
-Newcloud- said:

i havent seen The Last Airbender and the ads make it look good plus there no way it can be as bad as the dragon ball movie


I hate to break it to you but The Last Airbender makes Dragon Ball: Evolution look like Inception.


No. You can't be serious. NOO



Boutros said:
Chrizum said:
Boutros said:
Chrizum said:

I have only seen The Sixth Sense, Signs and the Village. All three were among the worst films I've ever seen.

Yet one of your favorite movie is The Little Mermaid. Different taste I guess.

The Little Mermaid is fantastic. Absolutely a high point in modern cinema.

Well same goes with The Sixth Sense. It really pushed twisted endings to a new step.

A twist at the ending isn't really a good thing on its own.  It's usually a slap in the face.  Good twists are like the endings of 12 Monkeys,where it ties everything together in a good way instead of just canceling it out.  Or the big twist in Fight Club, which is only the ending of the 2nd Act, and then leads to more progress in the story, changing the pace and the plot.  Or the big twist in Psycho, which is only the ending of the 1st Act, and then it practically starts over as a new movie.  When the whole point of the movie is intentionally hidden from the audience, it should be revealed at some point to change everything, but not 5 seconds before the credits.

But hey, not everybody can write like the genius Peter Chimaera:

DOOM: Repercussions of Evil

John Stalvern waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway.
John was a space marine for fourteen years. When he was young he watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy."
Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS"
There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the space station base of the UAC he knew there were demons.
"This is Joson" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!"
So John gotted his palsma rifle and blew up the wall.
"HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons
"I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired the rocket missiles. John plasmaed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill.
"No! I must kill the demons" he shouted
The radio said "No, John. You are the demons"
And then John was a zombie.


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Boutros said:
Chrizum said:

I have only seen The Sixth Sense, Signs and the Village. All three were among the worst films I've ever seen.


Yet one of your favorite movie is The Little Mermaid. Different taste I guess.


Woah!  I completely missed that, why are you hating on The Little Mermaid?  It came out in Disney's prime and is probably one of the best ones!

Are you sure you didn't watch The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning?

Also, from what I've heard The Last Airbender wasn't that terrible of a movie.  It wasn't good, but if you like the series it's apparently a decent ride (I haven't had a chance to see it, I'll have to wait until it comes to DVD).



I agree with the order except I thought Unbreakable was his best work. Everything after The Village has been complete and utter garbage. When i watched The Happening I felt like I was devouring feces with my eyes.



I sort of agree/disagree.

Six sense and signs were really good.

While rest have been below these and below many other movies, I was entertained and generally enjoyed watching them. The only one I haven't seen is Airbender and I really do want to as I loved the cartoon.

While I do think I'll be a little disappointed, I'm sure it will be worth my 2hrs of time and overall enjoyable.



twesterm said:
Boutros said:
Chrizum said:

I have only seen The Sixth Sense, Signs and the Village. All three were among the worst films I've ever seen.


Yet one of your favorite movie is The Little Mermaid. Different taste I guess.


Woah!  I completely missed that, why are you hating on The Little Mermaid?  It came out in Disney's prime and is probably one of the best ones!

Are you sure you didn't watch The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning?

Also, from what I've heard The Last Airbender wasn't that terrible of a movie.  It wasn't good, but if you like the series it's apparently a decent ride (I haven't had a chance to see it, I'll have to wait until it comes to DVD).

lol I actually love The Little Mermaid (although I would never put it in my fav list) but it's just to show that his taste is vastly different so he might simply not be into Shyamalan's genre of movies.



indodude said:
Darc Requiem said:
-Newcloud- said:

i havent seen The Last Airbender and the ads make it look good plus there no way it can be as bad as the dragon ball movie


I hate to break it to you but The Last Airbender makes Dragon Ball: Evolution look like Inception.


No. You can't be serious. NOO

Quite serious and at least half of the main cast in Dragon Ball was Asian. (Master Roshi, Yamcha, and Chi Chi)