Comments on: 5 Movies that you probably hate

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:30:45 +0000

WOAH WOAH WOAH! HOLD UP! I did not say these were my two favorite movies. In fact, none of these movies would probably make my top 10. I just enjoyed them! That’s all! As for my ten favorite flicks… welll, that’s another post altogether.

Also, I agree with pat! There is no way these would go on a list of the worst movies ever, and I can prove it! Seriously, I just checked the IMDB bottom 100, none of these are on there.

By: patrick

patrick — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:41:56 +0000

What worst movies ever made list are you talking about? I doubt any of these movies could be considered worse than any of the Uwe Boll films.

By: Emma Barnum

Emma Barnum — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:19:23 +0000

Yeah, real life torture porn sucks. I saw Faces of Death once… Worst movie ever! It started like “this is gonna scare the pants off you!” and ended (literally) with the narrator having a monologue about the preciousness of life and the credits rolling over footage of a woman walking on the beach with doves taking off behind her and “Jesus doesn’t live here anymore” playing… LAME

And just because I’m a film major and like Todd Solendz doesn’t mean I’m uppity… I just think it’s funny that your two favorite movies are, on the worst movies ever made list, topped only by The Village and The Nutty Professor 2: Christmas with the Klumps…

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:47:53 +0000

Emma- YES! I am glad someone agrees with me about at least two of these! I think you’re right about Van Hellsing, and I think Underworld successfully did what Van Helsing was trying to do. As for Hellboy 2, I am very excited! I didn’t know there was Rammstein in the trailer though, that kind of makes me sad, I feel like they could be a little classier. Anyway, it looks like Del Toro is gonna take all the crazy imagery of Pan’s Labyrinth and inject it into a brand new Hellboy story! Sounds like cinematic gold!

Pat- Maybe I should recuse myself a little, since I haven’t seen Hostel 1, nor have I seen any of the Saw movies at all, but it’s like I said, I don’t think the majority of the people who go see these movies like watching the torture, because it makes you squirm and feel an intense emotional reaction. However, that reaction can be very frightening and exhilarating in the context of an interesting narrative. (Which I think movies like Severance, Hostel 2 and Rejects have.) Also, I think these, movies are all intensely self-aware. I mean, if filmmakers only cared about getting off on watching horrible things happen to people, then they could just edit together real life videos of death and destruction into feature length films, and the movie studios would probably release them in one format or another. Instead, by faking the violence, and making it a part of a narrative, a lot of these movies (at least the ones that I enjoyed) make a statement about the kind of intense violence that happens everyday. I think Hostel 2 served as a kind of modern Lord of the Flies, Severance was a politically charged commentary aimed at war profiteers, and Rejects was about the charisma of evil.

By: patrick

patrick — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:20:31 +0000

Here’s what I have to say, I’ve only seen two of those movies, Hellboy and The Devils Reject. It’s not that I hate Hellboy, but it just seems like a waste of talent especially since Del Toro is doing the sequel. Then again I hear he’s a huge fan of the comic, so who am I to judge if he loves making them.

As for torture porn, I am definitely in the hate it camp. I really hope Eli Roth and Rob Zombie aren’t the future of horror movies. Otherwise we’ll get to look forward to Saw 10 and Hostel 5! Also I do think torture porn is an good way to describe the genre. It certainly isn’t the first genre to be fascinated with gruesome destruction of the body, splatter has been around forever. I like the way splatter shows the weakness of the body, often in a humorous over the top manner. That being said, I feel like the current crop of torture porn approaches the subject of bodily injury the same way a traditional pornography approaches the subject of sex.

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:46:39 +0000

I frickin’ loved Hellboy and Underworld. I probably watched Underworld with a friend of mine from high school (she shall go unnamed) a good 5 times after it came out on DVD, if not more. I like those movies for the same reason I liked Van Helsing (which really is the biggest piece of crap EVERRR): they’re fun! Horror fantasy movies that take themselves seriously can be good, but I like having fun once in awhile. Actually, I like having fun at the movies a LOT. I’ve gotta make up for uppity, stanley kubrick watching ex-film-major boyfriend.

Are you excited for the next Hellboy? I SURE AM – it’s got FRICKIN RAMMESTEIN in the trailer. WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED??!?!?