Top 10 Blockbusters that sucked

[garbon]

My point was that the fighting was just for a Hollywood audience, the single 1vs1 fight scenes ridiculous, kind of lame actually, and far too unrealistic, which wound up ruining the immersion into the movie for me.

Again, that was seemed to be the point. It was sort of like a more masculine-oriented Marie Antoinette as styled by Ms. Coppola. Visual splendor in all its ridiculousness.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Nope. The term originated to describe financially successful movies. They had costumers lined all the down the block waiting for tickets.

I'll let you debate the definition with the Time Magazine journalists

Because It takes a genius to write for Time.

[Agelastus]

The only one I saw from the list was Battlefield Earth; which was so bad that it was enthralling.   

So bad that it put me to sleep...fast...

[Eddie Teach]

My point was that the fighting was just for a Hollywood audience, the single 1vs1 fight scenes ridiculous, kind of lame actually, and far too unrealistic, which wound up ruining the immersion into the movie for me.

Immersion? You're talking about 300, right? 

[Savonarola]

The only one I saw from the list was Battlefield Earth; which was so bad that it was enthralling.   

So bad that it put me to sleep...fast...

You missed out; John Travolta and Forest Whitaker acting alone was amazing.  It was like the Futurama aliens from Omicron Persei 8 come to life.

[Agelastus]

The only one I saw from the list was Battlefield Earth; which was so bad that it was enthralling.   

So bad that it put me to sleep...fast...

You missed out; John Travolta and Forest Whitaker acting alone was amazing.  It was like the Futurama aliens from Omicron Persei 8 come to life.

I actually liked the original book (I couldn't abide anything else by that author, but I read this book when I was ten, so I still possess a soft spot for it.) So the thought of "John Travolta = Terl" made me shudder.

And then the film actually started...and I was asleep.

Just like that.

[KRonn]

My point was that the fighting was just for a Hollywood audience, the single 1vs1 fight scenes ridiculous, kind of lame actually, and far too unrealistic, which wound up ruining the immersion into the movie for me.

Immersion? You're talking about 300, right? 

The movie did pretty well starting out showing how the kids were trained, and about Spartan life. So yeah, some kind of immersion, or "getting into" the movie, is always good. Rather than watch it all get tossed away in dumb ass fight scenes, like a hyped up Rambo movie.

But I guess I was expecting/hoping for a deeper story than what it was made to be.

[The Brain]

Didn't you read about the ninja rhinos etc on Languish before you saw it?

[Darth Wagtaros]

The only one I saw from the list was Battlefield Earth; which was so bad that it was enthralling.  

So bad that it put me to sleep...fast...

You missed out; John Travolta and Forest Whitaker acting alone was amazing.  It was like the Futurama aliens from Omicron Persei 8 come to life.

I actually liked the original book (I couldn't abide anything else by that author, but I read this book when I was ten, so I still possess a soft spot for it.) So the thought of "John Travolta = Terl" made me shudder.

And then the film actually started...and I was asleep.

Just like that.

Chunks of the book were OK.  Most of the first half could have been edited down considerably.  Things improved with the second section and the interplanetary politics.

[Ed Anger]

Chunks of the book were OK.  Most of the first half could have been edited down considerably.  Things improved with the second section and the interplanetary politics.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Chunks of the book were OK.  Most of the first half could have been edited down considerably.  Things improved with the second section and the interplanetary politics.

Well I didn't say they improved a lot! 

[Agelastus]

The only one I saw from the list was Battlefield Earth; which was so bad that it was enthralling.   

So bad that it put me to sleep...fast...

You missed out; John Travolta and Forest Whitaker acting alone was amazing.  It was like the Futurama aliens from Omicron Persei 8 come to life.

I actually liked the original book (I couldn't abide anything else by that author, but I read this book when I was ten, so I still possess a soft spot for it.) So the thought of "John Travolta = Terl" made me shudder.

And then the film actually started...and I was asleep.

Just like that.

Chunks of the book were OK.  Most of the first half could have been edited down considerably.  Things improved with the second section and the interplanetary politics.

I would agree with you - the first 400 pages could be reduced to 150 without materially affecting the book.

[Korea]

I've got a confession:

I sorta liked Wild Wild West. 

Me too.

[Ancient Demon]

Am I the only one here who liked Waterworld?

[Alatriste]

Am I the only one here who liked Waterworld?

It was watchable. Not great, but it certainly wasn't a modern 'Plan 9 from Outer Space'. Sometimes one wonders if film critics have secret yearly meetings in which they decide who's going to be unfairly massacred and who's going to be undeservedly praised to heaven and beyond during the next 12 months.