Quoted from Nomad I just want to make sure I understand this correctly, Jeff.   You'll bail on page 1 of a 5 page script.  Yet you'll watch the entirety of this Nicholas Cage masterpiece?

I couldn't believe what I was watching.  I knew within seconds it was going to suck, long before Nic entered the [ic.

It was a rental, so I had to continue!!!

Quoted from Nomad I just want to make sure I understand this correctly, Jeff.   You'll bail on page 1 of a 5 page script.  Yet you'll watch the entirety of this Nicholas Cage masterpiece?

On the whole, bad films far more entertaining than bad reads

Quoted from Dreamscale It was a rental, so I had to continue!!!

Oh!  I didn't know it was a rental.  That changes everything.

Quoted from Toby_E On the whole, bad films far more entertaining than bad reads

Good point, but I can breeze through a 5 page "bad read" and at least come up with a clever way of critiquing the script.  To force yourself to watch an atrocity like this takes willpower beyond my comprehension.

Jordan

Quoted from Nomad Good point, but I can breeze through a 5 page "bad read" and at least come up with a clever way of critiquing the script.  To force yourself to watch an atrocity like this takes willpower beyond my comprehension.Jordan

I have willpower!!!

Remember, we had 49 scripts to read in the OWC, so yes, as soon as I knew I wasn't gong to be pleased, I baled, in hopes of giving the better written scripts their opportunity.

A movie like this is something you don't come across very often.  I've said it many times before, but IMO, it's very important to watch movies that utterly fail, as there's so much to learn.

In this thing, even if you completely take Nic Cage out of the equation, it's still a miss on every level, as the writing is just so poor all the way around.

Surely it can’t be worse than Howard The Duck?

Quoted from CoopBazinga Surely it can’t be worse than Howard The Duck?

Watch the youtube segments above and see for yourself...

It's a tricky thing with calling movies the "worst," because I'd take Deadfall over Torque, Stealth, Catwoman, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Covenant, the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, The Last Airbender, I Love You Man, Saws 2 through 7 or whatever...

But those movies are still all "better" made. Deadfall is ludicrous. I'm glad you mentioned this little gem, Jeff, because it's definitely one people should see, haha.

I think Nicolas Cage is one of the greatest actors of our time (I'm not kidding). Always daring, always original, always memorable, usually hilarious; in short, always entertaining. People can say he's a bad actor all they want -- what criteria for "good" acting does he not meet by being the above things?

Here is the Harry Hanrahan montage that someone mentioned above. Tell me that this is not the legacy of a great, innovative entertainer:

No one has mentioned Lara Croft: Tomb Raider yet.

Or The Phantom Menace.

They would be up there among the worst ever films on anyone's list, lol

Quoted from stevie No one has mentioned Lara Croft: Tomb Raider yet.

I didn't mind Laura Croft:  Tomb Raider.  That was back when Angie was smoking HOT!!!

Might be another Nick Cage gem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeking_Justice#Reception


Budget $30 million
Box office $12,355,798

""Seeking Justice is nothing more than a typical potboiler with another phoned-in performance from Nicolas Cage." The film earned a Razzie Award nomination for Cage as Worst Actor."

Quoted from RayW Might be another Nick Cage gem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeking_Justice#Reception Budget $30 million Box office $12,355,798 ""Seeking Justice is nothing more than a typical potboiler with another phoned-in performance from Nicolas Cage." The film earned a Razzie Award nomination for Cage as Worst Actor."

Saw it...not nearly as bad. Not good, by any mens. but not terrible.

I thought troll 2 had the honors of being called the worst movie of all time. Didn't it win an award or something, or was voted worst movie?

I've stopped watching nick cage movies for some time now. Somewhere along this past decade, I started to like him and not like him at the same time. I think I'm at the point where I don't like him.

But that losing his shit video...haha. It doesn't feel like a nick Cage movie if he's not at one point snapping the fuck out...lol

Troll 2 was rad! Man, I love that movie.

But to me the worst movie ever is Birdemic. I don't think anything can touch it... not even Plan 9 or Manos: The Hands of Fate.

Saw it. Total shit.

Bland, cliche, stupid, and played completely straight. Nicolas Cage's performance, as terrible as it is (and it is terrible) is the only reason to even think about seeing this but is absolutely in no way representative of what the rest of it is like. The guy's in a whole 'nother movie altogether. He's also not in this one for very long. There's still 40 excruciating minutes left after he makes his exit.

Everything not Cage-related is basically a catastrophic attempt to make a legitimate throwback noir film. Everything single thing about it fails.

Quoted from CoopBazinga Surely it can't be worse than Howard The Duck?

It is. At least Howard The Duck gets you worked up and angry (and occasionally creeped out). There's even a couple of laughs here and there to be had.

This coming from someone who considers Howard The Duck among the worst ever.

Caught a montage of Nic's performance in this (thanks to this thread.) W.T.F?!?

Seriously.