The worst film of 2005.

Post by **jamie** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:53 am

Just been looking back at the films from the last 12 months, so good, some bad. 1 of them fills me with rage thinking about how bad it turned out. HHGTTG. Looked forwards to it for absolutely ages, then ended up feeling pretty bad after watching it. Think Bob and the matrix. :/
So what else did you find rubbish from last years films?

Post by **Barracuda** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:37 am

HHGTTG????????????????????????????

Post by **KillJoy** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:49 am

one notable film, which was really hyped up and turned out to be a big load of pap for me was.. Wolf Creek

Post by **Wintermute** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:49 am

KillJoy wrote:one notable film, which was really hyped up and turned out to be a big load of pap for me was.. Wolf Creek

Hmm, funnily enough this is one film I missed and really wanted to see having heard very good things about it.

FWIW, I thought the HHGTTG was disappointing too, as was "The Forty Year Old Virgin".
May remember some more when I've woken up a bit.

Post by **-ReHaB-** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:39 am

Barracuda wrote:HHGTTG????????????????????????????

Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy

And I agree. This was the most disappointing movie of the year....So much promise, a real missed opportunity.

Post by **BournE** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:53 am

not sure if this is 2005 or not but watched it on sky box office the other night..

Alexander

what a pile of shite, not wasting anymore words on it

Post by **Bob_The_Engineer** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:52 am

Don't get me started on The Matrix ...

But HHGTTG was absolute bollcks, one huge hairy testicle from beginning to end.

They took a fantastic novel and removed all the good jokes and put their own in ... which weren't funny and actually incorporated slap-stick!!!!

InnerCitySumo · Post by **InnerCitySumo** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:53 am

Yeah wasn't a very consistent year. Films I've seen in the last year which were crap:

Hitch-Hikers Guide
Broken Flowers
Star Wars 3
Sin City
War of the Worlds
Hitch
The Interpreter
Madagascar
Chronicles of Narnia
The Amityville Horror

And the ones which I enjoyed:

Batman Begins
King Kong
Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire
Serenity
Kingdom of Heaven
40 Year Old Virgin (well, I liked it!)
The Jacket
Wallace & Gromit and the Were-Rabbit
Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Descent
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

That's not from memory, by the way - I used this list from IMDB.

Post by **jamie** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:17 pm

War of the Worlds, was very enjoyable, right the way up to the last minute. Then it turned into the secondd biggest piece of shit of the year.

Post by **Rascal** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:44 pm

I thought WoW was poop, only good thing about it was the WARRRRRRRRGHGWARGHHHHHHHHH noise he ships made.

Have kept meaning to buy HHGTTG in the sales, seeing this thread I probably won't.

Post by **jamie** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:20 pm

Just buy the book instead. On a different note, I have been looking for the fan edit of star wars TPM, the one with all the jar jar binks crap cut out. Anyone got a copy of this at all?

Post by **KillJoy** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:26 pm

What?

War of the worlds was good, and amityville horror was excellent!

another outstandingly Crap film - House of wax

Post by **Woz** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:43 pm

I don't think I've actually seen a film I've not enjoyed this year.
Didn't bother with Hitchhikers based on Bob_The_Critic's advice.

I quite enjoyed Hitch - it did exactly what it says on the tin.

Post by **KillJoy** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:49 pm

The descent
The Grudge

My fave films from 2005

InnerCitySumo · Post by **InnerCitySumo** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:23 pm

Oh yeah, the Grudge. Forgot to mention that one.

Liked it, and the Japanese one (to a lesser extent).

Night wing / joe king · Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:08 am

the grudge is the only move i've ever been truly frightened off...had to sleep with the TV for like 4 days. What didn't help was my mates ringing me up at 3am and making the weird noise.

i agree that hitch hikers ghuide was poo..as was star wars 3 and alexander but i've enjoyed some of the others mentioned. i really liked narnia for example..as it was fairly close to the cartoon movie i watched as a kid. i saw my one of my favourite animated movies brought to life.

Post by **-ReHaB-** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:41 am

Night wing / joe king wrote: i really liked narnia for example..as it was fairly close to the cartoon movie i watched as a kid.

I think the reason it was like the cartoon movie was because that movie was based on a book by C.S Lewis and oh...look...so was the recent film ...what a coincidence.

[sarcasm mode=off]

Having said that I can't say a word against the movie as I haven't seen it. My 9 year old, however, report's that it is the greatest movie of all time. And she never lies...ever!

Night wing / joe king · Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:11 am

I think the reason it was like the cartoon movie was because that movie was based on a book by C.S Lewis and oh...look...so was the recent film ...what a coincidence.

OMG REALLY? nah you must be telling a fib. I mean who is C.S Lewis anyway?!?

[sarcasm mode=off]

i haven't myself read the book in a long time and i can't really remember much of it. however i've been told recently that both movies are only 'based' on the book. The director could have stayed close to the story but made the world, various scenes and lots of other things look completely different.

however its almost an exact conversion...the altar scene...edmond meeting the queen...the queens castle....etc etc are all very similar in both movies.

Post by **Bob_The_Engineer** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:11 am

I felt TLTWATW was a watch once film. I can imagine the second time being a bore-fest.

Post by **DE-G@vnor** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:55 pm

InnerCitySumo wrote:Oh yeah, the Grudge. Forgot to mention that one.

Liked it, and the Japanese one (to a lesser extent).

DEATH TO YOU FOR THAT COMMENT

Arrrrggggghhhh

(not a fanboy of these american RIP OFF (wheres the credit??) remakes, lack the atmosphere of the "different culture" if you ask me).

I enjoyed War Of The Worlds though, wouldn't say it was excellent (in fact, im hard pushed to pick one that was this year) - so maybe I'm the one thats off my tree.