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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 07:32 PM
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Movies made/based/created on the ego of a "star" - that sucked.
I'll start:

Kevin Costner - Waterworld (which didn't have to suck but it did)
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Dr Morbius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 07:36 PM
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1. Mike Myers: The Love Guru (nt)
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 08:08 PM
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7. Even the trailers looked stupid. nt.
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:39 PM
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18. I'll take your word on that one
:)
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 07:40 PM
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2. Bennifer.
Gigli.
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 08:09 PM
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8. That one really bombed didn't it?
It's amazing that either actor can get a job now outside of cameos on CSI.
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 07:40 PM
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3. Glitter
I didn't even see it but I heard enough about it
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 07:42 PM
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4. Last Action Hero - Schwarzenegger
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:20 PM
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39. That was a good satire.
A lot of people went expecting a lampoon, but it was more of a satire about our culture, and people weren't expecting that. I thought it was well done.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 07:46 PM
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5. Barbra Streisand: The Prince of Tides
Horrible film adaptation of a deep, interesting novel
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:17 PM
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13. Amen!
I loved that book and hated the movie from the first five minutes on. Totally missed the thrust of the novel. Totally.

:hi:
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mochajava666 Donating Member (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:05 PM
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37. Barbara Steisand: Yentl
I would watch Price of Tides 3 times over seeing Yentl again
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 08:02 PM
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6. Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
No one in their sixties should be playing an action hero.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 08:19 PM
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10. I blame that failure on George Lucas
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:16 PM
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11. He's no doubt the principal perp, but Ford went along
It's not like he's on the D list.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:57 PM
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22. I think there's more to the story than we know
Ford could have signed on before there was a finished script. Probably had no insight/say on the final cut. And why wouldn't he place 100% trust in Spielberg and Lucas?

I loved the concept of a fourth Indiana Jones. But the execution was bad and the script was worse.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:19 PM
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14. I don't like most of the Indiana Jones movies
but I don't think him being in his sixties has much bearing on it. He's a pretty awesome 60-something.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:27 PM
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17. In a couple of action scenes I was waiting for him to clutch at his chest.
He still looks good, but he doesn't have the moves any more.

The Jones movies have a reverse Trek curse -- odd numbered, great, not bad. Even, god-awful, boring.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 10:42 PM
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26. Of all the problems with that movie...
Ford's age was the least.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:22 PM
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40. Come on, that was the second best movie of that series.
Okay, yeah, that's not high praise, but why some people trash it as though it ruined Shakespeare, I don't know. After the first, the others were all big drops.
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betharina Donating Member (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 08:10 PM
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9. travolta--battlefield earth nt
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:55 PM
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21. That's the one I was thinking of. It's so obvious!
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wickerwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:17 PM
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12. Mel Gibson's torture porn period
before studios stopped backing it.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:22 PM
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15. Actually, his newest movie looks like more of the same.
Daughter gets murdered, so he goes nutso and runs around killing all the people responsible. Ho-hum. At least Mad Max had a cool outfit.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:24 PM
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16. Like Apocalypto? I saw that on cable a few months ago.
Actually thought it was pretty good.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 10:44 PM
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28. It was the Ewoks sequence from Return of the Jedi with more gore.
Shit film was shit.
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 01:40 AM
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31. !!!

:rofl:

:spray:

That is an awesome and dead on balls accurate description. Well done!
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:42 PM
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19. Master of Disguise with Dana Carvey
Among the worst movies I've ever seen.
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 09:53 PM
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20. Sucked, but I recall after his cancer scare he wanted to do a movie his kids would like.
Maybe we should give him a pasadena on that one.
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 10:37 PM
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25. ah, don't know if I'd heard that, but
it makes some sense (though, to be honest, I'm not sure the movie hit that mark, either ;)).

Anyway, I'll still likely never watch it again, but maybe I won't hold it against him quite so much :)
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Dr Morbius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 10:09 PM
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23. Here are two: Bruce Willis.
The Return of Bruno & Hudson Hawk.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 10:10 PM
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24. "Heaven's Gate". Of course the ego belonged to director Michael Cimino...
...truly one of the historic flops of all time.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 03:48 PM
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44. Actually it's not too bad.
I recently saw the version without the studio cuts.
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 03:49 PM
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45. I too like the movie despite its flaws
Cimino was nuts during the making of it but there is a good movie there.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 10:43 PM
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27. Every Tom Cruise film.
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Dr Morbius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 10:46 PM
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29. That's not really fair.
Rain Man was a pretty good flick, and I hear this Tropic Thunder is good. And I strongly recommend Eyes Wide Shut, despite the presence of Mr. Cruise.

My wife used to be a fan. Now even she says he creeps her out! :rofl:
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 01:42 AM
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32. Eyes Wide Shut could have been great ...

... if the two main characters had been almost anyone else.
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wickerwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 02:55 AM
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33. Neither of those are "Tom Cruise" films though
honestly, I didn't realize it *was* Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder until the third time I watched it. I just thought "who is this obnoxious twit and why is he getting so much screen time?"

And Rain Man was all about Dustin Hoffman.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 11:31 AM
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36. Nope. Jerry Maguire was a fantastic movie
Though Cuba Gooding, jr. stole the show.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:31 PM
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41. You didn't like Magnolia? Born on the Fourth of July? Rainman? The Color of Money?
Valkyrie? Collateral? Interview With a Vampire? Jerry Maguire? Risky Business?

I swear, the guy did Top Gun and Days of Thunder, and everyone formed their opinion and never saw another film. If they'd given up on Johnny Depp that quickly, they'd still see him as a cheap horror flick star. And Cruise never, ever, ever did a film that sucked as bad as Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 04:14 PM
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47. I don't think he's a great actor by any stretch, but
I think he's been in quite a few good movies over the years. And, I think he usually knows what sort of role is a good fit for his limited acting ability.

Risky Business
A Few Good Men
Born on the 4th of July
The Color of Money
Jerry Maguire
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 10:48 PM
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30. Sylvester Stallone: Judge Dredd
Of course I kind of take the view that everything Stallone did after Rocky and First Blood was ego driven.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:32 PM
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42. Stallone EPIC FAIL: Rocky Balboa
Who knew Rocky was a fundie? :shrug: Well, he certainly has the IQ for it, anyway. :eyes:
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 11:25 AM
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34. Yentl.
She was TOO OLD.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 11:30 AM
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35. I liked Waterworld. nt
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mochajava666 Donating Member (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:11 PM
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38. Sorry, but Waterworld did suck
I think we can agree that Costner's "The Postman" sucked so bad it made Waterworld look like a masterpiece.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 03:44 PM
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43. Steve McQueen -- Le Mans
A bad movie at great personal cost: His bank account, his marraige, and he napalmed half of his bridges in Hollywood
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 03:59 PM
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46. robert redford - pretty much everything after 'all the presidents men'.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 04:15 PM
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48. Costner as Robin Hood
Before getting into the fact that he's not English and his accent sucked in the movie, the guy was all wrong for Robin Hood in terms of his acting.

He was perfect as Eliot Ness in The Untouchables, though.
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MicaelS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 07:22 PM
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49. Tom Cruise - Valkyrie n/t
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