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44. They Live, maybe? One of the best low budget movies ever made. Piper was great, he was so clueless about movie acting ..

Reply to doc03 (Reply #33)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 04:48 PM

Feb 2024

... he understated his part so well. I watched that one almost at gunpoint. I knew it was going to be bad. But then it was a pretty good movie.

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WHAT IS THE WORST MOVIE YOU EVER SAW? [View all] Stuart G Feb 2024 OP

in what way was it worst? nt msongs Feb 2024 #1

i didn't like it and made me anxious and also depressed. It was awful. Stuart G Feb 2024 #3

That's a shame because I thought Psycho was brilliant. ificandream Feb 2024 #66

I hated "Training Day". You would think any thing with Denzel Washington would be good but it wasn't Walleye Feb 2024 #2

Zuma Beach with Suzanne Sommers. LakeArenal Feb 2024 #4

That looks HORRIBLE. I skipped through it over 5 minutes Ilsa Feb 2024 #12

Give My Regards to Broad Street Hstch05 Feb 2024 #5

I adore McCartney Freddie Feb 2024 #58

My friend and I went to a preview screening of this movie. ificandream Feb 2024 #59

Yeah, That's Pretty Bad ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #90

Forest Gump always comes to mind first, with... 3catwoman3 Feb 2024 #6

I never did understand why The Deer Hunter was popular Redleg Feb 2024 #38

I bought a VCR tape of it while I was in the Army underpants Feb 2024 #45

I watched it with some army buddies Redleg Feb 2024 #49

Just curious. Did anyone here ever ask for your money back? efhmc Feb 2024 #7

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Cable Guy oswaldactedalone Feb 2024 #9

Blair Witch Project DBoon Feb 2024 #10

I never understood what was supposed to be frightening about it. av8rdave Feb 2024 #19

Running around in non-scary woods...houses were feet away Demovictory9 Feb 2024 #34

Yup - so overhyped for a guy with a shaky VCR camera rurallib Feb 2024 #64

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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) BOSSHOG Feb 2024 #13

I was just going to say it was hilarious!! ailsagirl Feb 2024 #81

On further contemplation BOSSHOG Feb 2024 #94

I've never seen it. betsuni Feb 22 #118

It's all things to all people BOSSHOG Feb 22 #120

No, I don't mean the movie, I mean the friend making a joke by sending the poster betsuni Feb 22 #121

Zardoz comes to mind. Earth-shine Feb 2024 #14

😄 I never saw it, and I thought he looked terrible! electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #15

Every woman whom I ever heard voice an opinion about Mr. Connery thought he was f*cking gorgeous. Earth-shine Feb 2024 #16

Well, 😄 not This woman. Ugh, as far as the slapping thing goes. Eff that! electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #17

Like John Wayne putting Maureen O'Hara over his knee and spanking her. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #28

I noticed this for the first time just recently Redleg Feb 2024 #36

And you know what? Just about every man who sees that Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #42

Lot's of misogyny seemed to receive little notice in those days Redleg Feb 2024 #51

Sounds about right 👍 electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #72

He never did anything for me... whathehell Feb 22 #111

You beat me to it. SharonAnn Feb 2024 #18

I loved it. If they'd spent less on the domes and a little more on the script it'd be a classic. marble falls Feb 2024 #37

I liked it too. Ohiya Feb 2024 #105

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Tootsie Alpeduez21 Feb 2024 #24

I thought it was pretty hilarious in parts ailsagirl Feb 2024 #82

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Attack! of the Killer Tomatoes bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #26

Same here -- and I loved it! Wicked Blue Feb 2024 #30

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"The Boondock Saints" Itchinjim Feb 2024 #27

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That is hard question, so many choices. I watched one doc03 Feb 2024 #33

They Live, maybe? One of the best low budget movies ever made. Piper was great, he was so clueless about movie acting .. marble falls Feb 2024 #44

Agreed! ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #91

The Aristocrats - a movie featuring many famous Ninga Feb 2024 #35

Maybe "The English Patient." barbaraann Feb 2024 #40

Nope, nothing wrong with you! Blue Owl Feb 2024 #67

Thank you. barbaraann Feb 2024 #68

Nothing wrong with you!! For me, it was one of the most boring... ailsagirl Feb 2024 #83

Boxing Helena Lochloosa Feb 2024 #43

Ray Milland and Rosie Greer in, "The Thing With No Head". marble falls Feb 2024 #46

I think you win, just wow! Celerity Feb 2024 #89

It was trainwreck into a lake of acid bad. marble falls Feb 2024 #93

Probably Pearl Harbor underpants Feb 2024 #47

The Green Berets. thucythucy Feb 2024 #48

Yep, anything with John Wayne. And Charleston Heston too. brush Feb 2024 #69

Superman ? Dear_Prudence Feb 2024 #50

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ZARDOZ lastlib Feb 2024 #53

Melancholia beaglelover Feb 2024 #54

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1984. I saw it in a big downtown theater soon after it was released. hunter Feb 2024 #56

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Flash dance, Shakespeare in Love Freethinker65 Feb 2024 #62

Great Balls of Fire with Randy Quaid ificandream Feb 2024 #63

Apocalypse Now WestMichRad Feb 2024 #70

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Spy Smasher (1942) quaint Feb 2024 #71

Devil's Rain limbicnuminousity Feb 2024 #73

Casablanca av8rdave Feb 2024 #75

Joe vs the Volcano marmar Feb 2024 #76

ET is the worst popular movie I ever saw... TrunKated Feb 2024 #77

My thought was ET was one of a group of explorers accidentally left behind... Beartracks Feb 22 #123

A toss up Beatlelvr Feb 2024 #78

Did you see "Give My Regards to Broad Street"? ificandream Feb 2024 #99

Don't remember the movie but do remember the price. 35 cents on base 1969. Walked out. keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #79

Independence Day (nt) Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #80

Agreed. LudwigPastorius Feb 2024 #85

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Most Woody Allen films. Most overrated director ever IMHO, and a POS human being on top of that. Celerity Feb 2024 #88

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betsuni..... Upthevibe Feb 24 #132

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Night of the Lepus VGNonly Feb 2024 #95

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The Matrix. debm55 Feb 2024 #97

Liquid Sky mucifer Feb 2024 #106

Another one ... "The Three Stooges," the Fennelly Brothers disaster. ificandream Feb 2024 #98

oy. i forgot jurasic park. encounters of a 3rd kind? pansypoo53219 Feb 2024 #100

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Eraser Head Ohiya Feb 2024 #107

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Pocket Money, which should have been good: Paul Newman, Lee Marvin & Strother Martin yellowdogintexas Feb 23 #125

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Santa & the Ice Cream Bunny. BBbats Feb 23 #131

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