Originally posted by markk I have never seen EPIC MOVIE, but after what you guys are saying, I dont think i'll bother. It'll help to save me some money.

That's cool, man. That's what the Razzies are all about, helping the movie going public from seeing bad movies and wasting their money on them, thus more bad movies won't be made (in theory).

Just saw Prime...and liked it. 

I got more tales of kids with bad taste! Today in TV Production, I was getting grilled by kids on movies. I got all of my questions right. I also gave my opinions of the movies. Most of the kids were girls, and all they mentioned were insipid chick flicks. The aforemented "The Lake House", "Prime", "You've Got Mail", "While You Were Sleeping", and "The Family Stone" were all mentioned. But, my favorite reaction was for the Keanu Reeves/Charlize Theron remake of "Sweet November". A girl said that was her favorite movie. I mentioned that I thought it was horrific. I, also, mentioned the film's three Razzie nominations. She seemed mad.

Also, "Meet The Spartans" is gonna blow big time!

Originally posted by SchumacherH8ter Not to bash on my peers, but they have bad taste. A bunch of kids say that the movie currently under disscussion is the "funniest movie of the year". Then, there was the girl that sat next to me in Math. She loved "The Lake House" and is a big fan of the Wayans. Note: she was failing Math. I sat next to her and graded a lot of the Problems Of The Day, and she usually got a 0 or a 1, while I got a 3 (the maximum score). Then, there's the kids that thought that "Freddy Got Fingered" was "the bomb". Well it was a bomb! Note: I mean no ill will to my peers, except one of the "Epic Movie" kids. She annoyed the hell out of me.

                                                                                                ]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:03:48 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1648&PID=14227#14227 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1648&PID=13997#13997 Author: moviewizguy
Subject: 1648
Posted: October 29 2007 at 1:44pm

BIG NEWS. These guys are making "Meet the Spartans". Here's the trailer and link in IMDb: http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&am p;videoid= 20263260

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1073498/

BIG PROBLEM: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1059887/

Now that's pretty awkward....ANYWAY, my thoughts on the trailer: VERY FUNNY! Can't wait to see your reactions...

I guess you could say this was an "EPICLY "BAD" MOVIE"!!!

I bet there's gonna be 150 more sequels!

Admittedly, there were some movies that I  thought were pretty cool when I was 15 that I can't believe I even sat through. Oh sure, Raquel Welch looked pretty hot in that sea-shell bikini in One Million B.C. (that was the name of the movie, not the year it was made, you whippersnappers), but it was still dreadful. So I don't want to be too hard on the younger participants here, but I would certainly challenge moviewizguy to copy down that top fifty he created above, seal it away in a lock box, and look at it again in, say 30 years. The bet here is that three decades from now, he'll spend a lot of time shaking his head in disbelief!

Some people can't handle silent movies, while others hate science fiction.  The fact that she liked Casablanca, Sweet Home Alabama and Sandra Bullock movies means she likes romance.  Run with it.  Show her Roman Holiday, Father Goose, The Apartment, Breakfast at Tiffany's, An American in Paris and other movies that, if they're not outright romances, have a strong element of romance in them. 

There's one more peer of mine with bad taste that I forgot to mention. She had, arguably, the worst taste of anyone I've meet, save for my dad. She liked every single Sandra Bullock movie, especially "The Lake House" and "Hope Floats". She's also, a fan of "Catwoman" and "Spice World". From what I gather, the oldest movie that she saw on her own was "Scarface". The class we were taking was Communications, and the teacher showed us several movies. Five movies older than "Scarface" that we watched that were: "Modern Times", "Casablanca", and the original "Star Wars" trilogy. With the exception, of "Casablanca", she hated all of them. Her favorite movie is "Sweet Home Alabama"! 

I actually liked Lemony Snicket - But I've never read the original books (that may be why). I went into the movie with no preconceptions and, while it wasn't amazing, it was different and entertaining...

Coming at moviewizguy's list from a different angle.

MWG, of the movies I've seen on your list, I found Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and the recent War of the Worlds to be weak.  We already discussed Lemony Snicket--to put it another way, it so bastardized the stories it was on the verge of being a totally different movie altogether.  The other two suffered from very weak (or in the case of WotW, non-existent) plots. 

The ones on your list I saw that I really liked are Titanic, Signs, Crash, King Kong (2005) (except for the scene of stampeding brontosauruses, which stank), Million Dollar Baby, Finding Nemo, Minority Report, The Bridge on the River Kwai (good choice), Fargo, House of Flying Daggers, Shrek, Spirited Away (love this movie), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Apollo 13, Blood Diamond, Gangs of New York, The Incredibles, Spider-Man 2 (I was looking forward to Doc Ock, and except for the drag in the beginning, this movie was great), Batman Begins, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and 300.

I agree with many here, though, that you need to watch more older movies.  I see you liked The Bridge on the River Kwai.  Have you watched Casablanca?  Gone with the Wind?  The Godfather?  The Godfather Part II?  The Shawshank Redemption?  The Apartment?   The Graduate?  High Noon?  Inherit the Wind?   A Night at the Opera?  North by Northwest?  Singin' in the Rain?  The Sting?  Thelma & Louise?  To Catch a Thief?  To Have and Have Not?  These are among some of my favorite movies.  If you haven't, rent them.  If you have, what do you think?

I see you list It's a Wonderful Life by Frank Capra.  May I also recommend other movies by Capra, like It Happened One Night, where you'll see Clark Gable turn in possibly his best performance.  And if you like that one, check out Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.  I found these movies to be delightful.  Maybe you can compare that last one with Adam Sandler's Mr. Deeds, and let us know which one you think is funnier...

I'm slowly suffering through White Chicks currently.  After all the great movies about men pretending to be women (like Some Like It Hot and Tootsie), you'd think the Wayans could have come up with something better than White Chicks.  And then there's the dreadful Little Man.

So, am I hearing you right?  With the exception of a few like you, most 15 year olds where you live think Epic Movie, The Lake House, White Chicks, Little Man and Freddy Got Fingered are great movies?  I'm glad none of these movies grossed more than $65 million, and with the exception of Little Man, none of the others grossed more than $50 million.  That means that their parents didn't give them money to see these movies on first release, so they had to see them at the cheap theatres, wait for the rentals or watched them on cable.  Then again, I wonder what's going to happen to movie-going when they become adults?

My brain hurts just thinking about it! 

Originally posted by SchumacherH8ter Not to bash on my peers, but they have bad taste. A bunch of kids say that the movie currently under disscussion is the "funniest movie of the year". Then, there was the girl that sat next to me in Math. She loved "The Lake House" and is a big fan of the Wayans. Note: she was failing Math. I sat next to her and graded a lot of the Problems Of The Day, and she usually got a 0 or a 1, while I got a 3 (the maximum score). Then, there's the kids that thought that "Freddy Got Fingered" was "the bomb". Well it was a bomb! Note: I mean no ill will to my peers, except one of the "Epic Movie" kids. She annoyed the hell out of me.