Originally posted by saturnwatcher Superman Returns sucked!

You know, it REALLY did.  I was sorely disappointed.  What an incredibly dumb storyline as well.  Singer should have stuck with Xmen.  Sorry moviewizguy, this was almost as bad as Superman 4. 

I am a lifelong animation fan who grew up watching Underdog and Alvin and the Chipmunks.  They weren't classics, but they were fun.

Their live action incarnations are totally charmless and unfunny...

I don't think they were even made with the intention of being shown to the general public. They were probably originally commissioned to be used as interrogation tools at Camp X-Ray!

Originally posted by moviewizguy Superman Returns was one of the best superhero movies ever made! What's wrong with you!!! Well, people have opinions for a reason...HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE SUPERMAN?!!!

Because it sucked?

I guess Superman doesn't qualify being a 2006 release (?)

Gotta be one of the most horrible superhero sequels made. It'd be the absolute worst, but Elektra and the remake of The Punisher share that dubious honor (who'd have thought a movie with Dolph Lundgren would actually be better?) 

I don't get it: merely adequete three-quels like "Spider-Man 3" and "Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End"

I think "Pirates" was worse than adequate. A true piece of sh*t, featuring a lame script, uninspired direction, and two very sh*tty "performances" from Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom.

If it weren't for the God-awful "Daddy Day Camp," "Are We Done Yet?" would get my vote as 2007's Worst Sequel. But "Done Yet" had only a handful of horrible child actors, while "Day Camp" had enough of them to haunt the dreams of the ENTIRE Osmond family for all eternity...

Funny, you defended "Are We Done Yet?" in another area of the forum, and now you don't like it. As for "The Hills Have Eyes 2", it's nowhere near as bad as the "original" "Hills Have Eyes 2", where Pluto and Jupiter came back from the grave (Why not just bring Mars and Mercury back as well?), german shepards have flashbacks (at this point, I was laughing hysterically), and annoying bikers filling in for the sympathetic Carter family...

Originally posted by moviewizguy Ok, I don't like Hills Have Eyes 2 and Are We Done Yet? Still, although they may be part of the bottom films of this year, well, they were not very bad. I rate them both 4/10. Both uneccessary sequels.

Not to mention Sylvester Stallone's entire career...

BTW, welcome to the board!

Originally posted by Fizzbin I guess that would explain why there were 7 "Police Academy" films, which starting with #3, proving you can make a worse film than its horrible predecessor

 As long as the rubes keep forking over the cash, keep dangling the bait in front of them...

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I guess that would explain why there were 7 "Police Academy" films, which starting with #3, proving you can make a worse film than its horrible predecessor

Originally posted by thomsonmg2000 Very good point. Speaking about Rush Hour 3, how come headrazz never had a forum topic for that movie while Pirates 3 did?

Maybe because nobody even bothered to see Rush Hour 3? There comes a point where you have to start hoping that if even we ignore it, it'll just go away.

Originally posted by Brierfox Quite frankly I would never be able to earn a living at being a movie critic as I would not review half the movies made!  Come to think of it, maybe that is the case with movie critics today?

I've long held the suspicion that some critics hand off their press passes to a friend now and then and write their reviews on the basis of second hand information. In another thread, I pointed to Roger Ebert's review of Gods and Generals. His review contained several mistakes so glaring that I have to seriously doubt that he watched the movie. Let's face it; the number of movies made in a given year generally falls in the neighborhood of 200-300, most of them are awful, and most of them are going to be about subjects that any given individual isn't going to be particularly interested in. Would anyone really be shocked to find out that there are celebrated professional reviewers out there that really aren't watching all those movies?

Originality and creativity are risky.

However, regurgitation and rumination possibly tastes good only the first few times around. . . .

Jon Voigt's winking at you! . . .

2007 will go down as one of the worst years ever for remakes and sequels. The Hitcher and Halloween were a discredit to the originals. Hostel 2 and Saw IV -- enough already! Hollywood continues it's downward spiral with talks of an Alice Sweet Alice remake(say it isn't so!) and Prom Night and Escape From New York remakes. Plus talk of a Wedding Crashers sequel!

Where is the originality and creativity in Hollywood? 

The $20 was for two tickets, since my wife usually accompanies me on my cinematic pilgramages. Toss in a large popcorn and a couple cokes, and it generally soars close to $40. Thank goodness we are both overpaid.

Incidentally, a quick note to applaud Head Razz's decision to limit final nominations to 5 in each category. I've pointed this out before, but even with 5, the possibility exists that two worthy candidates can split the vote and send the third most deserving nominee into the winner's circle (which I contend explains why some undeserving winners have walked away with Oscars in the past). Put 10 in the running, and that will become a highly likely outcome.

1) Why do people always complain about Galactus? Come on! If you have some sense, a giant with a purple hat does NOT, NOT look more frightening than a hurricane-looking, "The Day After Tomorrow-like" tornado. Maybe that's my opinion. It looks more threatening, I shall say?

2) If you expected FF2 to be so bad, why spend $20 on it? Why not watch it in the internet? $20?!!! I won't even spend that much on a great, fantastic masterpiece (unless it's IMAX).

Head Razz, just five nominees aren't enough with this, how about going to TEN, like the old Academy days?

Response from Head RAZZberry: Interesting suggestion. And, yes, there certainly ARE A Nawful Lot of Contenders this year -- Especially in these two categories. Actually, we DID have ten nominees in our top three categories (Worst Picture, Actor & Actress) our Berry First Year. Unfortunately, having that many choices dilutes the results, seems to confuse our Final Ballot voters, and makes tabulating the ballots (an already Herculean task) that much harder. One possible solution might be to expand our Nominating Ballot choices in over-crowded categories from the usual ten listings to an even dozen.

Bottom Line: Berry Sorry, but methinks for our Final Ballot, we'll stick with FIVE eventual nominees in each category. 

It would surprise me far more if Eli Roth was NOT familiar with Lights Out.  Take a look at his list of the best horror movies you never heard of over at Rotten Tomatoes.  He is familiar with every torture and gore film ever made.  That seems just a short step to a radio show.

Originally posted by Razzilla Hostel Part II seems to be a rip off of more than just the original Hostel...but of an old Lights Out episode on radio titled It Happened (dated 380511)... Makes you wonder if the writers were fans of the show...and if they weren't...WHY did they have to do it???