The unofficial NSC worst film you've EVER seen thread

[Uncle Spielberg]

They aren't are they? I'm not surprised but you just know it will be bobbins.

Lets hope not

 

[seagully]

Lets hope not

Genuine question- obviously you are a big Spielberg fan, are there any of his films you really dislike/hate?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Genuine question- obviously you are a big Spielberg fan, are there any of his films you really dislike/hate?

No, lol

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I think his weakest film is Always but even that had Audrey Hepburn in it and a superb scene with the planes and trying to put out the engine fire. Not that keen on The Terminal either

 

[seagully]

No, lol

Ok, which is your least favourite?

Genuinely curious!

For me, I couldn't stand A.I. and also Crystal Skull was fairly ridiculous in parts.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Ok, which is your least favourite?

Genuinely curious!

For me, I couldn't stand A.I. and also Crystal Skull was fairly ridiculous in parts.

AI is superb for me. Crystal Skull is not even in his top 30

 

[seagully]

AI is superb for me. Crystal Skull is not even in his top 30

What's your top 5?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I enjoyed AI, but it was definitely fairly poor. Spielberg ruined what should have been a great movie with his sentimental crap, completely missing the point.

I think the final act of the film is infact the best, the sentimental crap as you put it

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

What's your top 5?

1. Schindler's List
2. ET - The Extraterrestrial
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. War Horse

 

[keaton]

1. Schindler's List
2. ET - The Extraterrestrial
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. War Horse

I've not read the whole thread but I agree Close Encounters would definately be one of the worst films i've ever seen

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I've not read the whole thread but I agree Close Encounters would definately be one of the worst films i've ever seen

fair enough

 

[Nibble]

I bought a film for 3 quid from HMV having never seen it before called He Was A Quiet Man with Christian Slater. A very odd mix between Office Space and Fight Club. It had an imaginary, animated talking fish in it and it was absolutely terrible in EVERY way. Just awful.

 

[keaton]

I really like a lot of films in this thread (Inception, Solaris, 2001, Public Enemies).

I think the worst films i've seen are:
Sharknado
Tree of Life
Sex and the City 2
Transformers

 

[seagully]

I bought a film for 3 quid from HMV having never seen it before called He Was A Quiet Man with Christian Slater. A very odd mix between Office Space and Fight Club. It had an imaginary, animated talking fish in it and it was absolutely terrible in EVERY way. Just awful.

I think I caught that film half way in on TV once. Incredibly strange!

 

[brakespear]

No, lol

What about if you include his exec producer gigs such as 'The Flintstones', a patently terrible film? I know exec producer means he didn't really have anything to do with it but it's (almost) got his name on it.

Ones I forgot earlier - 'A Clockwork Orange', which people went on about for ages but when I finally got to see it, it was utterly tedious. And the second half of 'Apocalypse Now'. And if we're going to add in films because of the sense of disappointment they caused me then 'SW: The Phantom Menace' and also 'ST: Into Darkness' (the disappointment for that one came when I realised it was just a so-so remake ).

 

[looney]

I loved them, 1 and 2.

 

[Easy 10]

I thought The Deer Hunter was utter shit. There I said it.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I enjoyed AI, but it was definitely fairly poor. Spielberg ruined what should have been a great movie with his sentimental crap, completely missing the point.

That is what you would think, however apparently in reading an article about this it was actually Kubrick that developed most of the sentimentally through the film which was shaping up to be in his usual meandering style and it was Spielberg who introduced the darker vision and more exciting elements.

I actually think it's an underrated film that suffered from criticism based on Spielberg adapting a Kubrick project rather than the film itself.

edit, yes I found a quote:

Screenwriter Ian Watson has speculated, "Worldwide, A.I. was very successful (and the 4th highest earner of the year) but it didn't do quite so well in America, because the film, so I'm told, was too poetical and intellectual in general for American tastes. Plus, quite a few critics in America misunderstood the film, thinking for instance that the Giacometti-style beings in the final 20 minutes were aliens (whereas they were robots of the future who had evolved themselves from the robots in the earlier part of the film) and also thinking that the final 20 minutes were a sentimental addition by Spielberg, whereas those scenes were exactly what I wrote for Stanley and exactly what he wanted, filmed faithfully by Spielberg."

 

[Bold Seagull]

A lot of people's worse films are ones I've really enjoyed: Mars Attacks, A.I., The Trueman Show…

Swordfish was the worse film I can ever remember seeing at the cinema. Truly awful.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

A lot of people's worse films are ones I've really enjoyed: Mars Attacks, A.I., The Trueman Show…

Swordfish was the worse film I can ever remember seeing at the cinema. Truly awful.

Any film where Halle Berry gets her Wobblers out is fine by me.