Worst Movies of All Time

Valvalis said:
No Country For Old Men was pretty bad, imo. It was uninteresting, and though it pretended it was going to lead somewhere, it never did. I can't stand movies that don't have a satisfying resolution at the end, so this one is definitely on my crap list. Even trying to sit there and psychoanalyze it for a while, to find some deeper meaning to the plot events, it just didn't work for me.
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I was all set to nominate this film for "Worst Movie of All Time" and it looks as if I'm not alone with this sentiment, except to say that I would take it a step further and declare it as the "Worst Acclaimed Movie that is Misrepresented in Reviews of All Time". Ouch right? :dry:

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We got this movie on DVD a little while ago. Reading the back it sounded pretty cool. Words like "gripping" and "sizzling" instantly grabbing my attention convinced me to look beyond the cowboyish, period drama that the cover had first conveyed to me; my mind doing an inward groan seeing Tommy Lee Jones kitted out in "wild west" gear yet again. At any rate, after seeing that the movie was the recipient of four Oscar Awards I was damned impressed; "Hell!, I thought, "perhaps the guy with the piss pot ala-Beatles 60s hairdo stole the show". Suitably happy enough with this choice we bought it.

Fast forward a month or so and there we are, after a few drinks, sitting in the living room looking for something to do. Brainiac that I am, I suggest a DVD (as you will) and what do you know No Country for Old Men is selected. I figure "Fine, let Tommy Lee Jones redeem himself after that last travesty of his" (I'll get to that later). DVD is loaded and ready for action...except, all these thrills and the promised "sizzling" action just never happened. The film opens up with beloved Tommy muttering something that would probably require an audio identifier to discern and that pretty much sets the tone for the entire movie. The scenes are disjointed (deliberately going for an artsy fartsy feel I think) and the characters motives behind each and every event contradict and defy the logic of even the most brain-dead of humans. The high point of the movie; piss pot Beatles dude kills people with pressurised air, the end. Oh, and just in case you were wondering about that heart-stopping final moment and don't worry about any spoilers here, there just simply isn't any; unless the cup of tea on the table was laced with crack :wacky: Sadly this wasn't so and the end came

....well, just like that; abrupt doesn't even begin

...get my meaning, it's just bad leaving a train of thought or sentence or say, an entire movie incompleted like that. The aim of telling any story is to achieve something, so that the person you are divulging it to, leaves just that little bit more enriched. However, with the way the story of No Country for Old Men was told, the "ending" didn't show how everything that was previously disclosed was particularly relevent to each other, in fact it tore apart the only semblence of sense it had. With each scene I was hoping that some light would be shed as to the reason of the previous ones, particularly on why Tommy was there in the first place since his character seemed pretty inconsequential. I too spent a long time analysing every detail attempting to find a reason or hidden meanings in this story, and just like the ending I was left with nothing.

What gets me is, this movie is held up as one of those classic great "films you must see before you die" kind of things. The disjointed scenes are supposed to give an air of gravitas and suggest some hidden agenda, provoking people to think and consider. Looking wise and speculative we are supposed to look on and nod sagely as the "plot unfolds" amd inevitably when the story just stops we are to purse our lips in thought then smile appreciatively at the clever and skillful way the producers crafted the movie. One of those. The kind of movie your mother made you watch when you were a youngster in an attempt to broaden your horizons. The long drawn out dramatic classics where nothing is actually happening but people are getting worked up none-the-less type that you have to sit through during Christmas. Those ones. They are supposed to mean and be something but rather leave you feeling like some Biafran case who was just given five grams of candy floss.

Then again, I should have known better. The all star cast featured Tommy Lee Jones, that should have been the big tell that not all was as it seemed. The man starred in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and for that, he's going to hell. :wacky: Mark my words.
 
Coldrun said:
Just replying here to say how much I'm looking forward to seeing the real world/FFVI crossover fic. I'll probably get to playing FFVI in a couple of months once I finish FFIV and FFV, but the idea sounds awesome. :)
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I didnt think the end felt incomplete at all. He knows he cant take down the guy . Even if he somehow could hes likely end up dead. So he decides its no coutnry for old men and leaves it be. The bad guy wins.
 
The lack of attempt on Tommy's part to take out piss pot hairdo guy makes that conclusion both hollow and disappointing. I'm not questioning your conclusion @Big Casino, on the contrary, I understand and agree with you. To make a whole film where a baddie wins by default due to the others rolling over and giving up could be different and thought provoking in a way (maybe), however, the way this film dealt with it seemed lazy and ultimately half baked. The protagonist spends his time eating, talking and looking on from a distance, I got no emotion least of all an ounce of caring from Tommy Lee Jones' character. This is why the "ending" was lukewarm and dissatisfying. If the film was heading in the direction of piss pot hairdo guy winning, then there should have been more evidence of the futility of Tommy's actions rather than having the one character who did feck all throw up his hands and say "I'm old, you win!".
 
Yeah i think you bring up a fair point. Its just something that never bothered me personally at the time. I really liked the film. I dont think its quite the cinematic masterpiece that IMDB and moreover the RT critics make it out to be but i really enjoyed it :hmmm:

I do agree though that the ''piss pot haircut'' :lew: Made him look a bit silly. :lew:
 
Zoolander 2.

My friends wanted to see it so I tagged along (regrettably). Bout half n hr into it I told them I was going to the bathroom n walked straight out of the theatre n into one of the nearby cafes n had a coffee n read my book. My friends began txting me asking where I was n I just told em I needed to buy tampons lol. Had I told them I couldnt stand the movie they would've walked out as well n wasted their money.

I loved the first one tho:
 
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