help people avoid bad movies (and watch good ones)

[El Diablo]

I tend to watch or record most new movies that come out on HBO/showtime/etc.

Here are the ones I currently have on my DVR. Most of these movies suck, because most of the good ones I watch in the theater or watch right when they come out on cable. So these are mainly ones that I thought about seeing when they came out, but got crappy reviews, or maybe they have one actor I like or something (or were a bit obscure or i just missed them and sounded good or i heard were good).

Some don't even make it this far, like Step Up and John Tucker Must Die. But plenty of crappy ones do. Here's the list. Please share your opinions on how bad they really suck, and whether some are actually good.

I'm sure some of you have similarly crappy movies on your DVRs (or have wasted hours watching horrible movies on cable). Post your opinions here on what to catch/avoid:

invincible
last holiday
the da vinci code
waiting
lord of war
four brothers
the weather man
bubba ho-tep
the break-up
the omen
into the blue
find me guilty
capote
be here to love me: a film about townes van zandt
the assassination of richard nixon
this film is not yet rated
click
ong-bak the thai warrior
broken flowers
intacto
ghosts of abu ghirab
an inconvenient truth
y tu mama tambien
bus 174
posiedon
freedomland
the squid and the whale
constantine
kiss kiss, bang bang
the chronicles of narnia
shopgirl
the motorcyle diaries
north country
brokeback mountain

[NLSoldier]

you can record movies that are on HBO/showtime on demand?

i dont think time warner DVR lets you do that.

anyways, i have only seen da vinci code, lord of war, and break up, and I would say all are worth watching but not a shame if you miss them. lord of war is probably my favorite but only bc of how much cage just pwns ppl in it.

[Potvaliant]

Bubba Ho-Tep is very, very good. By far the best on the list that I've seen.

Broken Flowers is OK, if you like Jarmusch or liked Murray in Lost in Translation. Kind of slow and rambling with a few very good scenes mixed in.

Lord of War was fairly bad.

The Chronicles of Narnia was horrible.

Constantine was horrible - but you probably already strongly suspect this.

Capote was extremely well-acted, though there are plenty of other movies I'd rather watch.

[mikech]

i've seen 10 or 11 of the movies on this list, i'm pretty much "meh" on all of them to varying degrees. the only one i'd recommend with enthusiasm is ong-bak. that [censored] was awesome. the others:


invincible = meh

da vinci code = i thought it'd suck but i actually kinda liked it.

four brothers = meh

omen = original was better

click = not funny

y tu mama tambien = it was ok

constantine = another movie that got slammed but which i sorta enjoyed.

kiss kiss bang bang = really, really, really, really, really bad. please don't watch.

chronicles of narnia = sucked

brokeback mountain = meh

[jesusarenque]

Be Here to Love Me and Y Tu Mama Tambien are both really good.

[hanster]

samjones i enjoy reading your movie reviews. it's probably more interesting than some of the movies noted here. do more for the recent movies?

[samjjones]

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samjones i enjoy reading your movie reviews. it's probably more interesting than some of the movies noted here. do more for the recent movies?

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I have 3 month old kid so spring/summer movie-going is basically not happening for me. The last movie I saw was Ocean's 13 (which I liked, basically for Casey Affleck's viva la revolucion bit), and I posted a brief review in EDGD already. I haven't seen Pirates 3, Spider-Man 3, etc.

The only other movie which I'm going out of my way to see this summer is "Transformers", because I'm convinced it will be either ridiculously awesome or horrendously bad, and I often feel compelled to donate my $10 for such epics. The last time I was so psyched about this kind of scenario was "Waterworld".

[traz]

I just wanted to say that there's not enough Onk Bak love happening in this thread. It's a fun movie to watch with some buddies.

I've also seen the Posedion remake, and it was overall not too bad (i thought it would be horrible). A typial action movie, probably worth a go if you and your gf have nothing to watch.

[JMa]

omen is an incredibly good movie. watch it if you like horror movies in general and stuff like the exorcist in particular

[SmileyEH]

Definitely see,
waiting
lord of war
the squid and the whale
kiss, kiss, bang bang