[QuickTidal]

jitsukerr, on 07 April 2011 - 03:19 PM, said:

I don't hate Nic Cage because he's bad. I hate him because he is.

Understood.

[Illuyankas]

This post has been edited by Illuyankas: 07 April 2011 - 03:28 PM

[cerveza_fiesta]

I refuse to watch movies with him anymore. I was dissappointed way too many times.

Classic Cage example: Face-off.

It was almost ludicrous enough to enjoy if it were satire, but just unsatirical enough to be absolutely mind-blowingly retarded.

[Coco with marshmallows]

cerveza_fiesta, on 07 April 2011 - 04:16 PM, said:

I refuse to watch movies with him anymore. I was dissappointed way too many times.

Classic Cage example: Face-off.

It was almost ludicrous enough to enjoy if it were satire, but just unsatirical enough to be absolutely mind-blowingly retarded.

Then you're honestly missing out something special with Kick-Ass.

[tiam]

M<eh Kick Ass was ok but Cage is not brilliant in it. hes just not terrible.

Im slightly biased as I accidentally watched Ghost Rider the other day...

[McLovin]

How the hell do you accidentally watch something?

A TV falls on your head, entrapping it, then while the paramedics are prying it off you, it magically comes on and shows you Ghost Rider?

[Gothos]

TBH I liked Cage's performance in Kiss of Death.


Not entirely on-topic, but I hate the fact that I just love Travolta's performances in pretty much every flick he appears in, especially Basic (I just love that film). Then otoh he's a scientologist douchebag.

[McLovin]

Y'know, funnily enough, I'm not a big Travolta fan either, but I also liked Basic. Which is weird bcs it's really a crap movie if you break it down.

[cerveza_fiesta]

I was watching "the pacific" last night.

Cliche one-liners.

Marines run around shooting japanese soldiers, cursing and swearing. They don't sit there in trenches with forlorn looks spouting poetry to each other.

[Grimjust Bearegular]

Knowing, on 03 April 2011 - 08:00 PM, said:

For everyone who hates action movies for their obvious flaws, I recommend you check out Arnold's Last Action Hero. Just about the entire movie is devoted to making fun of those examples.

Love that movie!



Everything about Skyline sucked....jeez.

What irritates me in some movies is wrong gun handling, and gun shot noises that don't even match the gun that's being fired ( Resident Evil: Afterlife, I'm looking at you). And people going on expeditions without being properly eqiupped at all...anyone seen Welcome to the Jungle? Probably the dumbest and most boring horror movie of all time.

Four Australians set off into the jungle, without proper maps, proper clothes, tiny backpacks and maybe enough water for a couple of hours. They plan on spending almost a week in the jungle...fucking stupid!

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 06 April 2011 - 04:33 PM, said:

Abyss, on 06 April 2011 - 04:13 PM, said:

Any time an action movie falls back on talking heads is fail. show me, don't tell me.

Or tell me reallyREALLY quickly before something 'splodes.

The exception or modification to this rule is evident in DEEP BLUE SEA with Sam Jackson:...

That's actually the exception that proves the rule. Plus that wasn't exposition, it was build-up to HUGE pay-off.

Macros, on 07 April 2011 - 08:01 AM, said:

Or loyal pet bullshit

You shut up. THE VOYAGE HOME is GENIUS.

Illuyankas, on 07 April 2011 - 02:55 PM, said:

I'm just going to say Armageddon and leave it at that.

Cold and dead inside, you are. Bruckheimer god turns his back to you, he does.

cerveza_fiesta, on 07 April 2011 - 03:01 PM, said:

jitsukerr, on 06 April 2011 - 11:51 AM, said:

Things I don't like:

Dogfights in space (BSG is the only time I've seen this done right)
Facemasks (aha! I am not who you think I am! Nor am I!)
Bad guys who aren't quite evil enough

The first 2 really get me. And you're right. BSG ... I loved BSG. ... how much I loved BSG for getting it right.

Facemasks are unbelievably stupid. ...Here's a new one for ye

Action TV shows that have entire seasons of WTF BORING. ...And another new one

Space shows that centre too much on planetside bullshit. ...I think Stargate is one of the only hardcore scifi shows I've ever enjoyed that went heavy on the planet-based scenes, and that's only because they made a whole theme of it.

Agreed on all fronts. And even STARGATE resorted to spaceships blowing shit up on a regular basis.

Facemasks are a blaring alarm bell that the writer didn't know what else to do.

And while i appreciate complex badguys, or the odd Xanatos now and then, i reallyt, really hate it when a perfectly good bad guy gets watered down for no good reason.

cerveza_fiesta, on 07 April 2011 - 04:16 PM, said:

I refuse to watch movies with him anymore. I was dissappointed way too many times.

Classic Cage example: Face-off.
...

Go join Illy in the 'cold and dead inside' line...

Grimface Insultbear, on 14 April 2011 - 12:56 PM, said:

...What irritates me in some movies is wrong gun handling, ...

What? You mean holding the gun sideways ISN'T the proper way to go for a kill shot?

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Four Australians set off into the jungle, without proper maps, proper clothes, tiny backpacks and maybe enough water for a couple of hours. They plan on spending almost a week in the jungle...fucking stupid!

Moving along...


I DESPISE when a movie is so hamfistedly editted that you can see where they cut out an entire plot line, badly.

Moreso when scenes that were in the trailer don't make it into the movie, thus making it even more obvious.

[cerveza_fiesta]

Badly faked accents. Especially british ones. They're like the easiest ones of all too. How does a director hire an actor who can't fake a decent accent when they're casting a film requiring the actor to be a brit? Totally ruins it for me every time.


No 2 thing that i noticed on my LOTR rewatch.

Every time they arrive at a place, the camera zooms in on somebody's face and they're like "THE MINES OF MORIA" or "THE PLAINS OF ROHAN" or "MORDOR" to the other quest-mates with some idiotic awestruck expression on their face and a half-whispery voice inflection.

The line is just completely unnecessary and contrived....think if you were driving around with a buddy and you arrive at the mall and he's like "THE MALL" and you're like "yep, it sure is retard, let's go". Or you're on a trip to mexico and your wife gets off the plane and looks around saying "MEXICO" and you're like "yes honey, that's the name of the country we're in, anything else brilliant to say?"

A small subtitle is a perfectly legitimate way to circumvent lines like that.

This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 14 April 2011 - 06:44 PM

[Abyss]

Which raises another point of HATESES... the 'The Audience Is Stoopid' attitude that is so prevalent in movies, especially big Hollywood.

[Grimjust Bearegular]

Abyss, on 14 April 2011 - 02:13 PM, said:

What? You mean holding the gun sideways ISN'T the proper way to go for a kill shot?

hehe, you could try it, but I wouldn't recommend it

Along the same lines: people in movies who stick up their thumbs when they're using Glocks or the like...such a bad idea!

Also, dual-wielding. It is pointless really. You want hit jack shit. You'll look cool, but you'll be dead.

Also also, why do people always throw their guns away when they're out of ammo..you can probably find more on the way to wherever the hell it is you're going! And in movies, some guns seem to have a lot more ammo stored than what is physically possible. Like revolvers. Most of them are six-shooters, yet they often seem to be able to fire up ten to twelve rounds...which is a litte strange.Unless you're this guy:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=s3fgduPdH_Y



Also also also, why are people in zombie movies so damn retarded, and why the hell do they never loot or scavenge properly? And melee weapons is always a poor idea when dealing with zombies...I mean, the viurs is highly contagious. I would think that you would want to stay as far away from them as possible.



The Road. Oh so bleak movie...what makes me really annoyed is that they leave the bombshelter...why?


Ok, I'm done now

[Abyss]

Grimface Insultbear, on 14 April 2011 - 06:21 PM, said:

...why do people always throw their guns away when they're out of ammo...

Who needs more ammo when you already have MORE GUNS!!!!!

[King Bear]

Abyss, on 14 April 2011 - 06:38 PM, said:

Who needs more ammo when you already have MORE GUNS!!!!!

Or when you're the honey badger.

[cerveza_fiesta]

The way the movies, in general (with only a few exceptions) deal with pot.

Pot smokers are generally stunned, lazy and hungy. Full stop. It makes you feel happy, but you don't get blurry vision, time doesn't go into slow-mo, you don't hallucinate and it doesn't generally motivate people to go on massive adventures. They don't all talk like hippies from 1965 either. Get it right guys. C'mon now.

Isn't pot mainstream enough that folks can just put it in movies without it being completely over the top and stupid?

[KingTeholBeddict]

Harry Potter 6... I felt like shooting something after that movie...

well, actually all Harry Potter movies have been dissapointments, except maybe the seventh one...

[Aptorian]

Regarding the Nick Cage hate going on in this thread. Is it the actor you hate or the movies he stars in? Honestly, he's made a lot of shitty films, but despite how crappy they are I always enjoy watching Cage at work. The guy is entertaining and he steals the scene. Kicks Ass? He's only surpassed by Hit Girl. The Sorcerors Apprentice? Him and Molina made that crap fest enjoyable. The Wicker Man? The guy punches women in the face left and right, he's fucking awesome. And that "beeeeees!!!" scene was so fucking amazing.

And I will second Gothos mention of Kiss of Death. That was probably the first film I ever saw with him, if you haven't seen it you should. It also stars David Carusso and Samuel L Jackson from back before any of the two became proper stars. There's a scene in that film where Cage punches a guy to death. Like litterally paints the inside of a room red from the arterial spray of all the punching he is doing... Then there is the scene where he is benchpressing a stripper... or that scene where he is crying and dancing and going nuts because his father died. So knocks some random passer by the fuck out.

I will never forgive him for that shit fest "The Ghost Rider" but I love Nick Cage.

This post has been edited by Battle Plaptypus: 14 April 2011 - 08:16 PM

[Use Of Weapons]

For me it's the actor. I like films he's in despite him being in them. I liked Ghost Rider because they did the visuals so well and I'm a total sucker for comic adaptations