Originally Posted by Danimal16 (Post 12318399)

In Top Gun Maverick, the scene where they find the f14 made me flash back to Woodie Allen's "Sleeper" where they find the 100-year-old vw bug in the cave, that started right up. I laughed out loud.

Originally Posted by Cloggie (Post 12318267)

...one of the worst experiences of my life was being in Chippewa Falls, WI buying a supercomputer and one of my "colleagues" insisted we go watch this avant garden movie called "Caligula".

It was in a real questionable part of that town and I was not brave enough to leave after the first 15 minutes which was god-awful.

So I had to sit through the whole obscene thing...only good moment was when at a particular scene involving a flock of sheep...someone called out "No, no not the sheep...leave them alone".....which got a good laugh from the audience.

I have never come so close to punching a colleague in the head as after that travesty.

D.

PS - this was circa 1980...prior to the internet so no real way to check it out

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton (Post 12318726)

I think both movies did a great job.

Originally Posted by Danimal16 (Post 12318784)

Me too!

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton (Post 12318729)

Caligula ...snip... Bob Guccione (from Penthouse magazine) financed it and was largely responsible for destroying it.

Originally Posted by 911 Rod (Post 12318254)

This is part of the reason I've started watching award winning classics.
Watched "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" a few weeks ago.

Originally Posted by Dixie (Post 12317916)

I tried. I wanted to enjoy them. The problem is so many movies are just beyond bad.

I tried to watch The Fall Guy, Bikeriders, and Kingdom of Planet of the Apes, and couldn't make it past the first 30 minutes of any. I find that shocking. In my lifetime, the only movie I couldn't watch to the end was Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Now, in just one year, I've seen three more movies that are unwatchable.

Why is that? Am I just older and more demanding? Is Hollywood dying at the hands of Netflix, Prime, and such? Did they shoot all the writers? Are the effects of Covid still haunting the studios?

Seriously, there's got to be at least one person here that can tell me why movies have gone to hell in 2024.

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr (Post 12318054)

Not that long ago I enjoyed all sorts of movies. If they were well done then that was good enough.

Today it can be a real challenge to find something enjoyable. The last movie that did that for me was The Accountant (Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J. K. Simmons - 2016).

And I don't know why! It's not Woke content because that's never bothered me.

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 12317983)

Sean Connery in Zardoz!

Originally Posted by Devoz (Post 12319476)

Dynamite Chicken, Jaws 3, and even though so many like it.....Avatar

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 12317983)

Sean Connery in Zardoz!

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap (Post 12319361)

I was trapped captive on an airplane for 14 hours and forced to watch Zoolander............

Originally Posted by porsche930dude (Post 12319376)

I thought Sheena was an amazing movie. Though I only saw it once maybe 12 years ago or so. The opening scene anyway is in my top ten best scenes. As for unwatchable ones there are many. They were forgetable and iv forgot them. Thats the beauty of watching utube you can fast forward through them up to 2x speed. I see Sheena is free to watch on utube so im going to watch it again and see if its bad

Originally Posted by flatbutt (Post 12319470)

^This is the one that came to my mind immediately.

Then there is "Eyes Wide Shut"