The Stupidest Movie I Ever Saw

[Chrissy]

Yes, I did go with my daughter and I knew the true target was not adults, BUT I've seen many movies not targeted for adults, yet they put adult humor in and make it funny and enjoyable for adults as well since they know we have to sit through it too.  Movies like Shrek (NATURALLY    ) are awesome for all ages but there are many others as well such as Finding Nemo, Shark Tales, etc.

I also did my research and checked reviews from other movie goers before deciding which movie to see.  So many people said it was great for kids AND adults, that the adult humor in it was good, the characters were likeable - I found none of this.  Characters seemed shallow and I only laughed once when the monkey was eating his poop.  Maybe it's just me.....

[Scout26]

A clip from Spaceship.  This was the point at which we stopped the film and took it back to the video store.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNbhGEPHm_Y&feature=related

I dare you to watch the entire thing.....

[HankB]

. . . I've seen many movies not targeted for adults, yet they put adult humor in and make it funny and enjoyable for adults as well . . .

This reminds me of a quote from Robert Heinlein; someone asked him how he went about writing what was at the time referred to as "juvenile" science fiction books. His reply was something along the lines of "Write the best novel you can, and then take out the sex."

(A lot - and I do mean a lot - of his later work was decidedly non-juvenile science fiction.)

[robear]

I haven't seen it for years (on purpose!) but I think Surf II was the worst movie I've ever seen.

[MechAg94]

The book was worse.

Oh come on.  The book was a little crazy in parts, but I thought was decent.  At least it explained why he ended up posing as a "postman" instead of making him look like a lying con man. 

[griz]

I dare you to watch the entire thing.....

YOU WIN...I just couldn't do it.   Please don't do that to me again!!!

[AJ Dual]

This reminds me of a quote from Robert Heinlein; someone asked him how he went about writing what was at the time referred to as "juvenile" science fiction books. His reply was something along the lines of "Write the best novel you can, and then take out the sex."

(A lot - and I do mean a lot - of his later work was decidedly non-juvenile science fiction.)

Yeah, you can pretty much peg Henlein's juvenile works as any story that doesn't have incest or polyarmory in it.  

As he got further and further into his future history, Heinlien was always dropping hints that Earth was a place of absolute squalor. I always thought revisiting Earth would have made for a good story.

[StopTheGrays]

MegaForce.

It has bad acting, bad plot, bad directing and....Barry Bostwick (Spin City) in a *shudder* body hugging spandex costume.

[roo_ster]

The book was worse.

Agreed.

I was able to sit through the movie.  I tossed the book in disgust down soon after he found the postman get-up.

[Perd Hapley]

I dare you to watch the entire thing.....

I watched the whole clip, if that's what you mean.  Pretty good rug-cuttin' for a jelly monster. 

[freedom lover]

A clip from Spaceship.  This was the point at which we stopped the film and took it back to the video store.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNbhGEPHm_Y&feature=related

I dare you to watch the entire thing.....

If you mean the clip I listened to the whole thing and watches maybe 10 seconds. I laughed twice. If I had been in a different mood I would have laughed more. If that seen had been done differently it would have been funny as hell. I like absurd and morbid humor alot.

[Strings]

>I dare you to watch the entire thing.....<

I made it 9 seconds: do I get some kind of prize?

>or polyarmory in it<

Term is "polyamory": literally, "many loves". "Polyarmory is something that most people here would absolutely LOVE.

Seriously... who here wouldn't want several armories at their disposal?

[RaspberrySurprise]

>I dare you to watch the entire thing.....<

I made it 9 seconds: do I get some kind of prize?

>or polyarmory in it<

Term is "polyamory": literally, "many loves". "Polyarmory is something that most people here would absolutely LOVE.

Seriously... who here wouldn't want several armories at their disposal?

Can I have both? Pwease??

[makattak]

A clip from Spaceship.  This was the point at which we stopped the film and took it back to the video store.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNbhGEPHm_Y&feature=related

I dare you to watch the entire thing.....

You didn't mention Leslie Nielsen!!!

It looks absolutely awful...







I have to find this movie.

[MicroBalrog]

Agreed.

I was able to sit through the movie.  I tossed the book in disgust down soon after he found the postman get-up.

Don't forget the whole bit where the destruction of civilization was caused by gun nut survivalists that had to be exterminated to the man - and our intrepid hero is a veteran of that mighty struggle.

[bedlamite]

A clip from Spaceship.  This was the point at which we stopped the film and took it back to the video store.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNbhGEPHm_Y&feature=related

I dare you to watch the entire thing.....

21 seconds.

[freakazoid]

The Postman is one of my favorite movies, haven't read the book yet. And I love movies with Kevin Costner in it.

[seeker_two]

I dare you to watch the entire thing.....

What does it say about me that I watched all 3:49?....and didn't think it was all that bad?....

Something about '70's-era comedy entertainment....maybe the fact that every sitcom and game show seemed to be conceived in and enacted by people under the influence of alcohol and other substances....good times..... 

[coppertales]

Wife made me go see Yentle..............I left about a third of the way through the movie and went to the bar next door.  I also slept on the couch for a week too.......chris3

[MechAg94]

Don't forget the whole bit where the destruction of civilization was caused by gun nut survivalists that had to be exterminated to the man - and our intrepid hero is a veteran of that mighty struggle.

More like feudalistic anarchists who wanted to lord it over everyone.  Everyone has their own viewpoint though.

[AJ Dual]

Wife made me go see Yentle..............I left about a third of the way through the movie and went to the bar next door.  I also slept on the couch for a week too.......chris3

Papa... can you hear me?

YES! All the way over here at the F%&#!ng bar!

[Viking]

Yeah, you can pretty much peg Henlein's juvenile works as any story that doesn't have incest or polyarmory in it.  

As he got further and further into his future history, Heinlien was always dropping hints that Earth was a place of absolute squalor. I always thought revisiting Earth would have made for a good story.

Polyarmory? Is that having more than one gun?

[MechAg94]

MegaForce.

It has bad acting, bad plot, bad directing and....Barry Bostwick (Spin City) in a *shudder* body hugging spandex costume.

I forgot about that one.  That was bad.  

[White Horseradish]

Don't forget the whole bit where the destruction of civilization was caused by gun nut survivalists that had to be exterminated to the man - and our intrepid hero is a veteran of that mighty struggle.

Really? I didn't see it that way. I kinda liked the line about "harboring a harmless passion for rifles".

[MicroBalrog]

The novel is rife with this sort of stuff:

Survivalists. Gordon felt a wave of revulsion.

Once upon a time, before the War, the word had had several meanings, ranging from common sense, community-conscious preparedness all the way to antisocial paranoid gun nuts. By one way of looking at things, perhaps Gordon himself could be called a “survivalist.” But it was the latter connotation that had stuck, after the ruin the worst sort had caused.

But there weren’t supposed to be any survivalists anymore in the valley of the Willamette! In Cottage Grove, Gordon had been told that the last big bunch had been driven south of Roseburg years ago, into the wilderness of the Rogue River country!

It goes on in this vein.

The Wiki describes it further:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postman