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Viewed The Worse Movie I have ever seen tonight

by discrat
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or at least my Top 3 of all time.

"Dirty grandpa" with Bobby De Niro ( Bobby cause we're good like that lol)

I cannot recall in recent memory where I have seen such unbelievably bad writing. If you watch it you will see it from the gitgo how horrific it was

The humor was not even "stupid funny" ( which I like). It was just bizarrely stupid

The delivery of the jokes were totally disorganized , the timing and context of them were way off, and it was very forced and just all over the place, like a 12 year old boy going through puberty would write.

I cannot believe that De Niro would stake his incredible Rep on a movie like this.

Claude and some of you other guys here, you might want to see this Movie. Just because it has such unbelievably, bad writing, and it is actually extraordinarily intriguing to see how this could make it to the big screen
  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
    Originally Posted by discrat View Post

    or at least my Top 3 of all time.

    "Dirty grandpa" with Bobby De Niro ( Bobby cause we're good like that lol)

    I cannot recall in recent memory where I have seen such unbelievably bad writing. If you watch it you will see it from the gitgo how horrific it was

    The humor was not even "stupid funny" ( which I like). It was just bizarrely stupid

    The delivery of the jokes were totally disorganized , the timing and context of them were way off, and it was very forced and just all over the place, like a 12 year old boy going through puberty would write.

    I cannot believe that De Niro would stake his incredible Rep on a movie like this.

    Claude and some of you other guys here, you might want to see this Movie. Just because it has such unbelievably, bad writing, and it is actually extraordinarily intriguing to see how this could make it to the big screen
    Dr Niro will do anything for money these days, no matter how bad it is. And yep, he's doing lemon after lemon.
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    • Profile picture of the author Midnight Oil
      Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

      Dr Niro will do anything for money these days, no matter how bad it is. And yep, he's doing lemon after lemon.
      The Family was great. Last Vegas was fun. The Intern had a good premise, but poorly written and executed.

      I still want a good Midnight Run sequel.
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  • Profile picture of the author irawr
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    Originally Posted by discrat View Post

    "Dirty grandpa" with Bobby De Niro ( Bobby cause we're good like that lol)
    It can not be as bad as Buried.

    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/buried/

    Apparently according to RT, some people liked this movie? Wow. Well, I hated it, absolutely wanted every second of my life back. After it ended, I've never felt so disappointed and unsatisfied.

    I'm really struggling to think of something that's really awful and nobody likes doing, to say I would rather have done that instead of watching that. I really can't think of anything. Saying that I would have rather watched paint dry or grass grow doesn't really work because well, at least those activities are relaxing.

    Watching that movie, for me, felt like repeatedly getting rug burn on the same part of my body and the ending felt like somebody pouring grain alcohol on the raw skin.

    From reading the reviews, it seems to me that it's a love it or hate it kind of thing. But I seriously can not understand why anybody would want to watch that.

    If somebody gave me the option of getting a tattoo (I don't have any and I really hate needles) or watching that movie again, I'd go get a large dragon on my back. I'm sure it would be less painful.

    I completely agree with this review -> http://www.colesmithey.com/capsules/...9/buried-.html
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    • Profile picture of the author alistair
      Originally Posted by irawr View Post

      It can not be as bad as Buried.

      http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/buried/
      Sounds like a good film, I'm going to watch it now and then come back with an opinion.
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      • Profile picture of the author irawr
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        Originally Posted by alistair View Post

        Sounds like a good film, I'm going to watch it now and then come back with an opinion.
        None of my friends liked it either, if you end up watching it and you do like it. Please give a detailed explanation of why you liked it. Personally, I would rather watch surgical procedure videos. I'm not a doctor and I'm definitely not into that kind of stuff, but at least I would learn something.

        I'm serious most of the good reviews I read, I think "did we even watch the same movie?"
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        • Profile picture of the author alistair
          Originally Posted by irawr View Post

          None of my friends liked it either, if you end up watching it and you do like it. Please give a detailed explanation of why you liked it. Personally, I would rather watch surgical procedure videos. I'm not a doctor and I'm definitely not into that kind of stuff, but at least I would learn something.

          I'm serious most of the good reviews I read, I think "did we even watch the same movie?"
          Just finished watching it, but I can't really give a detailed explanation of what I thought.

          Anyway, I thought it was quite good. I suppose some of it was because you can relate to his frustration trying to talk to people on the phone and actually get them to listen. And it was kind of keeping you in suspense at what was going to happen.

          I didn't get the feeling that it was boring and I'm just going to turn it off, I wanted to see what happened. I'd probably give it 7 out of 10. Maybe it's just my type of film.
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          • Profile picture of the author irawr
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            Originally Posted by alistair View Post

            Anyway, I thought it was quite good. I suppose some of it was because you can relate to his frustration trying to talk to people on the phone and actually get them to listen. And it was kind of keeping you in suspense at what was going to happen.

            I didn't get the feeling that it was boring and I'm just going to turn it off, I wanted to see what happened. I'd probably give it 7 out of 10. Maybe it's just my type of film.
            Yeah, it definitely didn't rub me that way. I knew with in a few minutes of the movie starting that there was only a handful of outcomes. I didn't find somebody struggling to survive in that situation to be suspenseful, it was frustrating to watch, not entertaining. There's definitely a balance point between suspense and frustration and for me personally, I thought it went way too far.

            I probably put too much thought into it as well. So he's basically a nobody, who likely had to take a job that nobody wanted, only to end up in one of the worst situations possible, basically nobody even cared or believed him when it happened, and the only person who could help him really couldn't. There's just nothing redeeming about it.

            There's a specific event that did not happen, that I really thought would. If that event would have happened, even in the absolute lamest way possible. I would have felt like it was an "OK movie," but I would never want to see it again. There was one point near the end where I thought "OK great, now I can turn it off. Wait seriously? Come on... Sigh..."

            If you could summarize that movie in one sentence, I think you might understand what I mean. It just doesn't strike me as a story worth telling.

            (Trying not to spoil here)
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  • Profile picture of the author alistair
    It's not one of those films I'd probably bother watching again, but I much prefer a film like that compared to something like James Bond, or any superhero type films. If somebody gave me the choice of watching that or the new Star Wars film (haven't seen it) then I would have chosen Buried.
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