The WORST foreign flicks you've ever seen?

[James Logan]

Have fun. Let me suggest Christophe Lambert's VERCINGETORIX -- it's funny, real funny, just not on purpose. :)

[JCR]

I turned Baise moi off half way through- I could stand it no longer. That film should be in the dictionary under pretentious.

[Hannibal21]

Life is Beautiful. Complete schmaltzy manipultive drivel that totally failed me in every emotional level and I absolutely can't stand Roberto Benigni. I know many people liked it but I loathe it with a passion. 3/10

[Fisting Ackbar]

VIOLENT SHIT would be number one. An absolutely abominable work of celluloid.

Runner-up would be BELPHEGOR: LE FANTOME DU LOUVRE. It stars Sophie Marceau and it actually was filmed in the Louvre...but the whole thing is laughable.

[randythetool]

Yeah, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL was pretty trite, but I'm going to stick with the thousands of horrible horrible Kung-Fu movies I've seen over the years. I have yet to see one "martial arts" movie that wasn't a total piece of trash, yes, including the great Bruce Lee stuff.

[The Delfonics]

All those Sonny Chiba movies (bows head knowing he owns a 10 movie box set of him... purchased for 5 bucks)

[Hannibal21]

I almost forgot about Salo: 120 Days of Sodom, in a way I was glad that it didn't come to mind because it was just TOO bad a film to even think about. By far the worst Foreign movie I have ever seen, at least 'Life is Beautiful' had SOME redeeming qualities, but 'Salo' had none, I give it a big 0/10.

[Ren Hoek]

Originally posted by JCR
I turned Baise moi off half way through- I could stand it no longer. That film should be in the dictionary under pretentious.
Agreed. Same goes for À ma soeur, Romance X, and other pseudo-intellectual arthouse flicks which deal with issues such as rape and murder in an exploitative and pretentious way while pretending to make an important statement. Ugh! :mad:

FUNNY GAMES is also atrocious. I won't elaborate on this here. Everyone who's interested in my thoughts feel free to have a look at the respective thread.


P.S.:
I'm not a huge fan of LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, but I don't think that it is one of the worst films ever. Yes, I know, it's all about opinions ;)

[The 8 Ball]

Originally posted by The Delfonics
All those Sonny Chiba movies (bows head knowing he owns a 10 movie box set of him... purchased for 5 bucks)

I hated Sonny Chiba's The Bodyguard and I admit there is abunch of crap under his name. But the Street Fighter films were classic, and cool as shit.

I'll also have to disagree with the guy who said Bruce Lee. He gets all his reconition for Enter The Dragon. When The Big Boss, Fists of Fury, and Way of The Dragon were all better. Those films are also classics.

The worst foregin film I've ever seen is Ingmar Bergman's Hour of The Wolf from Sweden. It was very well directed, and I loved Liv Ullmann's performance. But it was one of the most shamelessly boring, pretentous films I've ever seen. It takes alot to bore me in a film too.

[TheAxeGrinder]

Seeing as I'm from Canada, I can get away with saying that Glitter is the worst movie I've ever seen. I know you're asking, 'Why in the hell did I see this movie?' Well, when you're babysitting kids who're too young to know what a real movie is supposed to be like, that's how.

[The Delfonics]

Originally posted by The 8 Ball
I hated Sonny Chiba's The Bodyguard and I admit there is abunch of crap under his name. But the Street Fighter films were classic, and cool as shit.

Yes, The Streetfighter is the only film worth watching. It is so hilarious to point out all the mistakes and the film is cool in general. However when you own 10, the bad movies weigh a little heavier.

[The Delfonics]

I cant believe people hated Life is Beautiful, ya its a slow start but the end is very touching. Its not as bad as you bums think. 7/10

[neco82]

I remember watching this movie from Spain called LUCIA AND SEX or something like that... two hours of pretentious philosophing, an incoherent storyline and sex scene after sex scene which bordered on porn. Absolute shit.

[randythetool]

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL is indeed touching, but in a way where I felt cheated.

and i forgot, I saw a bunch of independent foreign films at a film festival in february, and they were all infinitely shittier than LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, but it's still bad.

[Michael_myers]

A cheesy European flick called Vampyros Lesbos. In fact, Im not gay, it had about 3 minutes of lesbian sex and 2 hours of drivel.

[Jim H]

Originally posted by randythetool
Yeah, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL was pretty trite, but I'm going to stick with the thousands of horrible horrible Kung-Fu movies I've seen over the years. I have yet to see one "martial arts" movie that wasn't a total piece of trash, yes, including the great Bruce Lee stuff.

You watch kung fu movies for entertaining, well choreographed kung fu. Can you truthfully say none of those provided that? 99% of the time, that's all they shoot for. Dissing them for that is like dissing a Godzilla movie for men in rubber monster suits.

I would have to say MD Geist, if that counts. If you ask anyone who's seen more then a handful of anime (which I barely have, I'd guess I've seen 9 or 10 total, movies and TV series combined.), you will often get this told to you as the worst they have seen.

Badly animated, horrible storytelling, horrible action scenes, horrible dialogue, badly drawn, stupid story for the most part, terrible pacing, way too short for what it tries to do and a terrible ending. 1/10, and that is the ONLY 1/10 I can ever recall giving.

[randythetool]

You watch kung fu movies for entertaining, well choreographed kung fu.

Yes, but a kung fu movie is a movie before it's kung fu. If I wanted to watch just kung fu, I'd go to competitions, etc. If I'm watching a kung fu movie, I'm wanting a movie that also features kung fu. And when I said I hadn't seen one that wasn't absolute trash, I was incorrect - IRON MONKEY and ZU WARRIORS are good movies. Other than that, every kung fu movie I've seen has been a waste of my time.

[Jim H]

Originally posted by randythetool
Yes, but a kung fu movie is a movie before it's kung fu. If I wanted to watch just kung fu, I'd go to competitions, etc. If I'm watching a kung fu movie, I'm wanting a movie that also features kung fu. And when I said I hadn't seen one that wasn't absolute trash, I was incorrect - IRON MONKEY and ZU WARRIORS are good movies. Other than that, every kung fu movie I've seen has been a waste of my time.

Kung Fu competitions are not as entertaining as movie kung fu. It's a very different thing. And how often can you actually go to one anyways? So I take it you won't like, say, a different kind of action movie that is pretty bad in other ways but has great action scenes?

[Nate6]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
Life is Beautiful. Complete schmaltzy manipultive drivel that totally failed me in every emotional level and I absolutely can't stand Roberto Benigni. I know many people liked it but I loathe it with a passion. 3/10

Completely agreed. And the sad thing is, this thing actually won 1998's Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar against Brazil's infinitely superior Central Station. The Academy just wanted him to jump over the seats, I think.

[The 8 Ball]

Originally posted by randythetool
Yes, but a kung fu movie is a movie before it's kung fu. If I wanted to watch just kung fu, I'd go to competitions, etc. If I'm watching a kung fu movie, I'm wanting a movie that also features kung fu. And when I said I hadn't seen one that wasn't absolute trash, I was incorrect - IRON MONKEY and ZU WARRIORS are good movies. Other than that, every kung fu movie I've seen has been a waste of my time.

Zu Warriors was shit, absolute shit. It's a joke, really. It's basically 2 hours of Tsui Hark embarrassing himself.

Iron Monkey was good, not great. Yuen Woo Ping does a good job as director and you can't lose with the two leads in the film. 8/10. It's defintiely not a film to repersent Chinese film or martial art film as a whole though.

If you want to see martial art films with artistic merit and are all around good films....I suggest you check out the following:

Police Story - The best action film ever made. Jackie Chan gives great performance. It features star making performances by Maggie Cheung and Bridgitte Lin.

Police Story 2 -......Seque to best action film ever made.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Everyone knows about this film, but it changed my life.

Hero - The most visually beautiful film you'll ever see. The fight scenes will knock your socks off. Features great performances by Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi, Daoming Chen and Donnie Yen, despite his short role. The finale hits you like a bullet.

Ashes of Time - Though more of a drama, than a martial arts film. The fight scenes are shot in a blurry Sam Rami type way. They are still cool though, nothing genre-defining though. But it features great characters played by great actors. It's a mind fuck, it's visual poetry. It's a dark look into regret and love. A film you'll never forget.

[randythetool]

So I take it you won't like, say, a different kind of action movie that is pretty bad in other ways but has great action scenes?

the same rule applies - action movies are movies before they're action, and if they fail in the non-action areas, the action must be phenomenal to make up for it.

examples: EQUILIBRIUM was entertaining until they stopped shooting stuff, and the next sequence wasn't enough to make me forget about the bad excuse for a plot. THE MATRIX had great action sequences, and a story to match. THE ROCK has some fun action, and the story moves along at that kind of breakneck pace. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON has phenomenal action, but when i saw it the first time, at the end i had forgotten there was action, because it's a story so beautiful and well-told that the action is punctuation more than anything.

I have seen HERO and POLICE STORY, and I was quite disappointed in them. I don't consider CROUCHING TIGER to be a martial arts movie in the strict sense of the word, because it gives so much more than fast-paced action, but it is still one of the best movies ever made.

I'm not saying I'm completely turned off to martial arts film, but I've been disappointed so many times - I have to be in a certain mood that only comes around every year or so, and usually I just pop in CROUCHING TIGER because I don't want to deal with the disappointment.

[Jim H]

Originally posted by randythetool
the same rule applies - action movies are movies before they're action, and if they fail in the non-action areas, the action must be phenomenal to make up for it.

examples: EQUILIBRIUM was entertaining until they stopped shooting stuff, and the next sequence wasn't enough to make me forget about the bad excuse for a plot. THE MATRIX had great action sequences, and a story to match. THE ROCK has some fun action, and the story moves along at that kind of breakneck pace. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON has phenomenal action, but when i saw it the first time, at the end i had forgotten there was action, because it's a story so beautiful and well-told that the action is punctuation more than anything.

I have seen HERO and POLICE STORY, and I was quite disappointed in them. I don't consider CROUCHING TIGER to be a martial arts movie in the strict sense of the word, because it gives so much more than fast-paced action, but it is still one of the best movies ever made.

I'm not saying I'm completely turned off to martial arts film, but I've been disappointed so many times - I have to be in a certain mood that only comes around every year or so, and usually I just pop in CROUCHING TIGER because I don't want to deal with the disappointment.

Alright. I understand your point of view better now. Thanks for clearing that up. :)

[Jerk Shapiro]

Some of those MST3K'd flicks...like the Russian "Jack Frost", or the European Pumaman. That stuff's bad! BAD!

[The 8 Ball]

Originally posted by randythetool
the same rule applies - action movies are movies before they're action, and if they fail in the non-action areas, the action must be phenomenal to make up for it.

examples: EQUILIBRIUM was entertaining until they stopped shooting stuff, and the next sequence wasn't enough to make me forget about the bad excuse for a plot. THE MATRIX had great action sequences, and a story to match. THE ROCK has some fun action, and the story moves along at that kind of breakneck pace. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON has phenomenal action, but when i saw it the first time, at the end i had forgotten there was action, because it's a story so beautiful and well-told that the action is punctuation more than anything.

I have seen HERO and POLICE STORY, and I was quite disappointed in them. I don't consider CROUCHING TIGER to be a martial arts movie in the strict sense of the word, because it gives so much more than fast-paced action, but it is still one of the best movies ever made.

I'm not saying I'm completely turned off to martial arts film, but I've been disappointed so many times - I have to be in a certain mood that only comes around every year or so, and usually I just pop in CROUCHING TIGER because I don't want to deal with the disappointment.

I respect your opinion. But above all the films I've mentioned, see Ashes of Time. I cannot stress enough. SEE ASHES OF TIME. You don't have to be a martial arts fan to like it. It's more of a drama, as I've said. I don't care if you've seen the other films, but you did, and I mentioned them just in case you haven't. BUT SEE ASHES OF TIME.

[flowrchild]

I hated the movie Audition. I know my fellow schmoes love it but I just found it extremely boring and annoying to sit through. It changed tone about 2 or 3 different times, and none of them held my interest. It was either being slow-paced and tedious, or over the top and gross. Not my thang.

[notchreturns]

Originally posted by flowrchild
I hated the movie Audition. I know my fellow schmoes love it but I just found it extremely boring and annoying to sit through. It changed tone about 2 or 3 different times, and none of them held my interest. It was either being slow-paced and tedious, or over the top and gross. Not my thang.

Blasphemy! Deeper, deeper, deeper, deeper...


:D

[BadCoverVersion]

Originally posted by flowrchild
I hated the movie Audition. I know my fellow schmoes love it but I just found it extremely boring and annoying to sit through. It changed tone about 2 or 3 different times, and none of them held my interest. It was either being slow-paced and tedious, or over the top and gross. Not my thang.

This one saddens me...

*tear*


I'm still trying to come up with something.

[scottish-movie-freak]

Originally posted by flowrchild
I hated the movie Audition. I know my fellow schmoes love it but I just found it extremely boring and annoying to sit through. It changed tone about 2 or 3 different times, and none of them held my interest. It was either being slow-paced and tedious, or over the top and gross. Not my thang.

Yay! This is a minor celebration, I didn't think much of Audition either! Overrated pish if you ask me, I wouldn't say its the very worst foreign film I've ever seen (I'll have to give that some consideration)- just not very good.

[movies35]

Crounching Tiger Hidden Dragon hands down.

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by movies35
Crounching Tiger Hidden Dragon hands down.

I liked this one quite a lot meself. What didn't you like about it?

[Jim H]

Originally posted by movies35
Crounching Tiger Hidden Dragon hands down.

How many foreign movies have you seen?

[James Logan]

Originally posted by movies35
Crounching Tiger Hidden Dragon hands down.

I'd have to say I found CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON fairly disappointing too. Nowhere near being the worst flick I've ever seen (actually I'd rate it 6.5/10 or 7/10), but it just felt very long and boring at times. It had its very poetic and beautiful moments, though.

[Slim]

Originally posted by movies35
Crounching Tiger Hidden Dragon hands down.

You're lucky if that's the worst you've ever seen...

[Jon Lyrik]

Amelie
Life is Beautiful
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Run Lola Run

[scottish-movie-freak]

Originally posted by Jon Lyrik
Amelie

Your just being cruel...:(

[ze424]

I didn't enjoy...

Yi- Yi
La Pianiste
Sonatine
Of Love And Shadows
Je Rentre A La Maison

[James Logan]

Originally posted by scottish-movie-freak
Your just being cruel...:(

AMELIE is overrated if you ask me. Too mushy and cutesy, and just plain boring.

[ze424]

Originally posted by James Logan
AMELIE is overrated if you ask me. Too mushy and cutesy, and just plain boring.


agree...6/10

[Voodoodoll]

Reykjavik 101 - I don't think that this has any redeeming features: it's both pretentious and boring. To cap it all off there's a Damon Albarn soundtrack which consists of him playing "Lola" one-fingetred on a moog whenever the character Lola appears.

The Piano Teacher - 2 great performances don't make up for the sheer annoyance of this film. IMO it was shocking for the sake of being shocking and was confused as to it's purpose (it certainly didn't seem to be to entertain).

Nice vent - am feeling much better now :)

[Paterfamilias]

I'd probably have to say Life is Beautiful. I haven't seen nearly as many foreign films as some of you schmoes (although i'm trying to catch up :D , so perhaps i'll encounter one that is worse, but for now, this is it.

I found it pretty cheesy and Roberto Begnini just bugged the crap outta me.
I did like the idea of him trying to make the best of the situation for his son, that was touching, but I felt like it went a little over the top with it.

[BadCoverVersion]

Originally posted by Voodoodoll
To cap it all off there's a Damon Albarn soundtrack which consists of him playing "Lola" one-fingetred on a moog whenever the character Lola appears.

This frightens me.

Jesus H...leave the moog to the Pulpster's...Mockney arsewipe.

[pat00139]

Man if those are the worst foreign movies you guys've seen, count yourselves lucky.

Demon Hunter
Black Mask 2
Atom Age Vampire
Iron Monkey 2
MD Geist
ESP-Y
The Vampire Raiders

Those are the worst I've seen and probably some of the worst made. There's nothing wrong with Life is Beautiful, Belphegor, Crouching Tiger..., Zu Warriors, Amelie or Audition. If you want proof, then watch the movies above (although I'd advise against it...).

[Jim H]

Originally posted by pat00139
Man if those are the worst foreign movies you guys've seen, count yourselves lucky.

Demon Hunter
Black Mask 2
Atom Age Vampire
Iron Monkey 2
MD Geist
ESP-Y
The Vampire Raiders

Those are the worst I've seen and probably some of the worst made. There's nothing wrong with Life is Beautiful, Belphegor, Crouching Tiger..., Zu Warriors, Amelie or Audition. If you want proof, then watch the movies above (although I'd advise against it...).

Was wondering how long it would take someone to also say MD Geist. GOd damn that film is awful. I said it already, but that is my ONLY 1/10.

[Romero&Juliet]

Originally posted by notchreturns
Deeper, deeper, deeper, deeper...

:D

well said!



I've seen some bad foreign stuff in my day, but Paul Naschy's.... oh, pick one! fuuuuuuuuck~!

[MacReady]

Originally posted by Jerk Shapiro
Some of those MST3K'd flicks...like the Russian "Jack Frost", or the European Pumaman. That stuff's bad! BAD!

Finally, somebody taking advantage of MST3K global scanning abilities for bad movies. I'd have to say Prince Of Space. After this movie I can assure you I will most definetely NOT be turning Japanese. Operation Double 007 was horrible as well.

[maria_901]

The worst film I've ever seen was this german film, which main actor was a dog, I don't really remember it's name. And then of course, all the kung- fu bruce-lee-style movies.
Life is beautiful, as many of you say, is a bad movie, but compared with the one of the dog, it's pretty good

[bob]

What is people's beef with Bruce Lee? He's not going to win any Oscars, but he's undoubtedly one of the most charismatic and cool actors of all time, and he's pretty funny in some films, particularly Game of Death. If you wanna see bad Kung-Fu movies, check out something by the Shaw Bros. Bruce Lee's films: The Big Boss, Fists of Fury, Way of the Dragon, Enter the Dragon, and (to a lesser extent), Game of Death are classics.

[Lynn Minmei]

Originally posted by flowrchild
I hated the movie Audition. I know my fellow schmoes love it but I just found it extremely boring and annoying to sit through. It changed tone about 2 or 3 different times, and none of them held my interest. It was either being slow-paced and tedious, or over the top and gross. Not my thang.


I enjoyed Audition because the endiing reminded me of a Greek tragedy, how a man really loved a woman, but she misunderstood the love...with fatal consequences. Brilliant, if you ask me.

[Reigh Kaufman]

I'm actually saddend by the inclusion of some of the films mentioned here:

Audition
Life Is Beautiful
Amelie
Run Lola Run

You guys have made me very sad. Very very sad.

Next you'll all be saying La Haine and Jules Et Jim are pants.

P.S Worst foreign film? Easy peasy - Brotherhood Of The Wolf. Utter pish. I turned it off and frisbeed the DVD across the living room so I could at least have some fun with it.

[Lynn Minmei]

Well, I didn'y GET Jules et Jim. A buncha miserable guys fawn over a woman who can't decide which one she loves more. I just don't get it.

[bowieee]

I just watched a movie my friend lent me called Naked weapon. Ugh, It was so extremely horrible I had to turn it off halfway through.

[Psychocandy]

Originally posted by bowieee
I just watched a movie my friend lent me called Naked weapon. Ugh, It was so extremely horrible I had to turn it off halfway through.

Yup!!! That's a bad 'un.

[Annie Hall]

Originally posted by Reigh Kaufman
P.S Worst foreign film? Easy peasy - Brotherhood Of The Wolf. Utter pish. I turned it off and frisbeed the DVD across the living room so I could at least have some fun with it.

Wellll put! Had it not been a rental I would've done a tap dance atop the video.

[Dead Halloween]

http://www.cinefantastico.com/santdmct.jpg

[Jim H]

Originally posted by Annie Hall
Wellll put! Had it not been a rental I would've done a tap dance atop the video.

I thought it had quite good fight scenes... Did you think those sucked to?

[vastlynne]

Originally posted by Reigh Kaufman
P.S Worst foreign film? Easy peasy - Brotherhood Of The Wolf. Utter pish. I turned it off and frisbeed the DVD across the living room so I could at least have some fun with it.

Gah! Finally someone who agrees with me!

I hated hated HATED that movie with every fiber of my being. I'd heard so many good things about that movie and I was utterly disappointed by my fellow movie-goers. I couldn't tell if the acting was bad because well, it was in a foreign language but from where I could see, the story went all over the place and some of the fight scenes were just laughable. Ah well, it was worth the experience of watching a bad movie for once. :D

And wtf was Vincent Cassell doing in that movie? Jeesus.

[Jim H]

I couldn't tell if the acting was bad because well, it was in a foreign language

Only vaguely related, but you can't judge how well they're acting if it's a foreign language film? In other words, if a movie were to be muted, Pauly Shore is the equal of Marlon Brando?

[JCR]

And wtf was Vincent Cassell doing in that movie? Jeesus.

Vincent Cassell is way overrated imo. Somehow I have actually managed to see most of his films, in spite of the fact I don't rate him, and dobermann was the only one I thought he was any good in.

[Reigh Kaufman]

I'm the exact opposite of that. JCR. I've seen most of his output ad think he is an absolute talent. Irreversible and La Haine are easily the finest of his canon (with the aforementioned Brotherhood...and The Crimson Rivers being the worst), but as much as I enjoyed Dobermann it was a cartoon movie and not exactly an enchanting perfomance. Ah, well, we will agree some time in the future...

[BadCoverVersion]

Originally posted by Reigh Kaufman
I'm the exact opposite of that. JCR. I've seen most of his output ad think he is an absolute talent. Irreversible and La Haine are easily the finest of his canon (with the aforementioned Brotherhood...and The Crimson Rivers being the worst), but as much as I enjoyed Dobermann it was a cartoon movie and not exactly an enchanting perfomance. Ah, well, we will agree some time in the future...

Not to mention he stole the show in Elizabeth.

[Damned Martian]

I guess i'm in the minority, cause i love movies like Amelie, Funny Games, Life is Beautiful, The Piano Teacher, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Crimson Rivers, Irreversible, and others that have been named here.


If you want bad, Bad, BAD spanish movies check "Killer Barbys", "Aqui llega Condemor, el pecador de la pradera" and "Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me queria a mi". UGH!

From other nationalities: Ourutsukidoji (killer giant penises aren't exactly what i call "good"), Land and Freedom, Bernie and Shopping are good (bad) examples.

[Psychocandy]

Originally posted by damned martian
I guess i'm in the minority, cause i love movies like Amelie, Funny Games, Life is Beautiful, The Piano Teacher, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Crimson Rivers, Irreversible, and others that have been named here.


If you want bad, Bad, BAD spanish movies check "Killer Barbys", "Aqui llega Condemor, el pecador de la pradera" and "Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me queria a mi". UGH!

From other nationalities: Ourutsukidoji (killer giant penises aren't exactly what i call "good"), Land and Freedom, Bernie and Shopping are good (bad) examples.

Hey...it's all about personal opinion. Everyone's personal opinion is as valid as the next person's.

Of the first bunch of movies you list...I think the are all good except for Life Is Beautiful.

Of the movies you hate I think Urotsukidoji is not without it's merits (giant demon cocks included) and Land And Freedom is fucking excellent.

See...it's all about personal opinion.

[ze424]

Originally posted by Psychocandy
Hey...it's all about personal opinion. Everyone's personal opinion is as valid as the next person's.

Of the first bunch of movies you list...I think the are all good except for Life Is Beautiful.

Of the movies you hate I think Urotsukidoji is not without it's merits (giant demon cocks included) and Land And Freedom is fucking excellent.

See...it's all about personal opinion.


The story in Urotsukidoji has an interesting concept. The movie is ok.

[Damned Martian]

Originally posted by ze424
The story in Urotsukidoji has an interesting concept. The movie is ok. Ugh. I found it one of the most disgusting experiences of my life.

And Psychocandy, I wasn't ranting about anyone, i was just explaining what i like and dislike and how i differ from some of the schmoes that had posted before. I know it's all about taste. Just wanted to point that my taste seemed a bit off the majority.

[cygnet74]

Originally posted by notchreturns
Blasphemy! Deeper, deeper, deeper, deeper...
i was told that the translation is inaccurate. she's not actually saying "deeper, deeper, deeper", rather vocalizing the sound effect for... what she's doing at that moment.

"kitty, kitty, kitty..." jesus. i need like a year before i see another takeshi miike film.

[cygnet74]

Originally posted by vastlynne
Gah! Finally someone who agrees with me!

I hated hated HATED that movie with every fiber of my being. I'd heard so many good things about that movie and I was utterly disappointed by my fellow movie-goers. I couldn't tell if the acting was bad because well, it was in a foreign language but from where I could see, the story went all over the place and some of the fight scenes were just laughable. Ah well, it was worth the experience of watching a bad movie for once. :D

And wtf was Vincent Cassell doing in that movie? Jeesus.

i agree totally. i knew i was in trouble when the indian is surrounded by thugs that wanna fight him for no reason. they're all like, "i hate yooou! I wanna fight yooou!" dumb.

[Raoul Duke]

Fat Girl. This French film. It's really a disgusting piece of shit. With a stupid ass story. It really is just completly boardering on child pornography.

[Lynn Minmei]

Originally posted by cygnet74
i was told that the translation is inaccurate. she's not actually saying "deeper, deeper, deeper", rather vocalizing the sound effect for... what she's doing at that moment.

"kitty, kitty, kitty..." jesus. i need like a year before i see another takeshi miike film.

And yet it's still freakin' disturbing! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[lalex81]

Any movie from directors Emir Kusturica, Werner Herzog, or Eric Rohmer

[Ren Hoek]

Originally posted by Raoul Duke
Fat Girl [À Ma Soeur]. This French film. It's really a disgusting piece of shit. With a stupid ass story. It really is just completly boardering on child pornography.
I have voiced my dislike of this craptacular piece of shite a hundred times (see also page 1 of this thread) and almost got the impression that noone else has seen it. Good too know that I'm not the only one who had to suffer through this borderline-kiddie porn.

[Damned Martian]

Originally posted by RenHoek
I have voiced my dislike of this craptacular piece of shite a hundred times (see also page 1 of this thread) and almost got the impression that noone else has seen it. Good too know that I'm not the only one who had to suffer through this borderline-kiddie porn. Not only that. I'm not even sure that it has been released here, so i guess i'm lucky :D

[thedarklamb]

One of the worst flicks was VisitorQ, the highly recommended and praised Miike flick. I checked it out through a recommendation of a reliable friend, and I was in such a bad mood as I continued to watch this boring, badly directed, badly acted movie. What a complete waste.

[vastlynne]

Originally posted by thedarklamb
One of the worst flicks was VisitorQ, the highly recommended and praised Miike flick. I checked it out through a recommendation of a reliable friend, and I was in such a bad mood as I continued to watch this boring, badly directed, badly acted movie. What a complete waste.

I've heard about Visitor Q. Let's just say I wouldn't touch that movie with a ten foot pole. :eek: *vomit*

[the movie guy]

Originally posted by flowrchild
I hated the movie Audition. I know my fellow schmoes love it but I just found it extremely boring and annoying to sit through. It changed tone about 2 or 3 different times, and none of them held my interest. It was either being slow-paced and tedious, or over the top and gross. Not my thang. 100% agreed.

[Shakamaker]

Stay the fuck away from these. I support Aussie films - the next classic is just around the corner with the local writing talent we have - but how these were financed, I'll never know...

Take Away(2003) - Tried a similar theme to the Aussie cult classic, The Castle and failed on all fronts. Crapness.

Horseplay(2003) - Can only be technically labelled as a film. The less said about this mindless drivel, the better.

Fat Pizza(2003) - Enjoyed by lovers of the local tv show of the same name, but it's stereotypical ethnic jokes are tired and unfunny to most. Flopped quicker than a slice of greasy pizza.

[fransisca]

Originally posted by RenHoek
I have voiced my dislike of this craptacular piece of shite a hundred times (see also page 1 of this thread) and almost got the impression that noone else has seen it. Good too know that I'm not the only one who had to suffer through this borderline-kiddie porn.

I've seen it and I thought it wasn't that bad at all and I definatly don't see it as borderline-kiddie porn.

A film I saw recently and that I didn't like at all was the russian film Zmei (the Kite). It's about a executioner who does this job so he can save money to give his son a life saving operation. It's supposed to be arty and meaningfull but it ends up being pretentious and boring. Has anyone seen this film?

[Tuukka]

Originally posted by Raoul Duke
Fat Girl. This French film. It's really a disgusting piece of shit. With a stupid ass story. It really is just completly boardering on child pornography.

I also thought it was weak, just like Breillaut's previous film Romance. I did like the child pornography angle, thought. The anal sex scene was the only interesting scene in the film for me since I thought it was a fairly realistic and honest description of something that happens in real life, but which is rarely shown on screen.

[socknose2]

Freezer: Shocking for the sake of it, unsympathetic lead (who in their right mind would decide to do something so stupid?) and an abrupt ending.
Happiness Of The Katakuris: Wasn't funny, was confusing.
Tetsuo: Iron Man 2: Throws a load of surreal images your way and expects you to be entertained. Shite ending also
The Piano Teacher: I couldn't watch it all, t'was a bit dreary.
Kidz: I'm english and this is foreign to me. Was this kiddy porn or not? I know the director is obbsessed with the power of the male form and all but christ.

[Hot-Handed Fury]

Okay, this one's pretty nasty:


The Untold Story


I mean, I was actually trying to eat dinner while watching this one LOL.

Children, CHILDREN were be-headed, a man's buttocks were sliced off and turned into steamed buns, and a woman was violently raped with chopsticks, then murdered.

Those are only a few of the nastier scenes. What makes the whole ordeal even more disturbing is that this one is based on a true story! Anthony Wong is totally believeable and scary in this.

[Lynn Minmei]

Originally posted by socknose2

Kidz: I'm english and this is foreign to me. Was this kiddy porn or not? I know the director is obbsessed with the power of the male form and all but christ.

Indeed. Beware Lenny Clark. It can be considered "art", but I think the lights are flashing upstairs.

[Jim H]

Originally posted by Hot-Handed Fury
Okay, this one's pretty nasty:


The Untold Story


I mean, I was actually trying to eat dinner while watching this one LOL.

Children, CHILDREN were be-headed, a man's buttocks were sliced off and turned into steamed buns, and a woman was violently raped with chopsticks, then murdered.

Those are only a few of the nastier scenes. What makes the whole ordeal even more disturbing is that this one is based on a true story! Anthony Wong is totally believeable and scary in this.

Sounds like "most horrible" or "most offensive" film would be more appropriate. I'd heard of that film before, but had long forgotten about it - what happened in the TRUE story?

[ilovemovies]

I absolutely HATED Rumble in the Bronx. STUPID movie! And then there's all of those really cheesy Godzilla and King Kong movies. I will say, though, King Kong Vs. Godzilla is a riot. Terrible movie, but I suppose I can see a guilty pleasure quality to it.

[Jim H]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
I absolutely HATED Rumble in the Bronx. STUPID movie! And then there's all of those really cheesy Godzilla and King Kong movies. I will say, though, King Kong Vs. Godzilla is a riot. Terrible movie, but I suppose I can see a guilty pleasure quality to it.

You can see the guilty pleasure value of King Kong VS Godzilla but not Rumble in the Bronx? Think about when he runs everyone over with the (duct taped shut) hovercraft. Or the hilarious and beautifully choreographed fight scenes..

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by Jim H
You can see the guilty pleasure value of King Kong VS Godzilla but not Rumble in the Bronx? Think about when he runs everyone over with the (duct taped shut) hovercraft. Or the hilarious and beautifully choreographed fight scenes..

IMO the action started off alright and yeah, I suppose the stunts are impressive but the action got repetative and redundant and the movie became an utter bore. The so-called humor in the movie was embarrasingly AWFUL!! And then there is the awful dubbing. To me it wasn't a so bad it's good movie because it was too painful to sit through.

King Kong vs Godzilla on the otherhand has some huge unintentional laughs throughout the whole movie. It's still a very bad and cheesy movie but I suppose I could understand how some people would appreciate it in a guilty pleasure kinda way.

[Unicron]

OMG! Gigli!

What were they thinking?!?!?!!?

*its foreign to me ;-)*

[Shakamaker]

Is that out over here?!

[Unicron]

Saw it overseas. Im glad i didnt pay!

[Danny L]

A horrible Italian B-horror movie called NIGHTMARE CITY. It's truly embarrassing to watch. I have friend who tries to push this flick in our filmathons but he gets booed every time.