O_o … Tot… shakes head sadly
You enjoy Total Recall, so clearly you can turn your mind off, yet you can’t appriciate a goofy movie like Super Mario Brothers?
And Final Fantasy: The Spirits within is just good.
Further ‘exceptions’:
Universal and Hammer Dracula films.
Ginger Snaps. (Haven’t seen the sequel, yet.)
The Lost Boys (Very 80s, but pretty good if that’s not going to bother you.)
Any movie that advertises “featuring Walter Koenig - ‘Chekov’ of Star Trek”.
About werewolves and vampire movies - Yes there are good movies out there. But I have to say that the last one that I actually enjoyed was “Blade”. It’s a genre that’s been done to death without offering anything new.
Super Mario Bros? Street Fighter? I was thinking how I can’t sit though Tomb Raider without falling asleep.
Oh and let me add any direct to DVD sequal to a theatrical release - American Psycho 2, Bring it on Again, The Skulls II, Cruel Intentions II etc
I movie that combines two unrelated concepts. Example: “Cheerleading Ninjas” (I shit you not, that’s a movie. The tagline was "They’re out for revenge, just don’t ask them to spell it. I was tempted to rent it.)
Another example would be “Surf Nazi’s Must Die.”
Re: SNL
Mike Meyers: Shrek, Wayne’s World, Austin Powers vs. Wayne’s World 2, So I Married and Axe Murderer, Austin Powers 2, Austin Powers 3.
Will Farrell: never seen him, don’t know him.
Eddie Murphy: Trading Places, Raw, Dr. Doolittle vs. Beverly Hills Cop, BHC 2, BHC 3, 48 Hours, Another 48 Hours, Delirious, Dr, Doolittle 2, Daddy Day Care, Haunted House, Pluto Nash.
Adam Sandler: The only thing I would ever pay to watch this man do is ram his head inside a running blender.
Chevy Chase & Dan Ackroyd: good up through the Reagan administration, but the last 15 years have been pure toxic waste (Nothing but Trouble)
I’d still say the SNL rule holds pretty well, with the exception of Meyers (and even in his case, I’d beware of sequels).
Other than the stuff he’s done in the various Kevin Smith films, and his impression of GeeDubya during the “Election 2000” debacle, you haven’t missed much as far as I can tell.
Chevy Chase did one hysterical segment on his talk show (of course, he stole it from someone else, but it was still funny).
The movie that manages to be really cool DESPITE the presence of Corey Feldman, Corey Haim AND Jami Gertz, three actors who are usually reliable “this is a bad movie, please run away” indicators.
I used to like Mike Myers. Both Wayne’s World movies were good, So I Married an Axe Murderer is okay, Austin Powers was funny, and the first time I saw it most of the second one was very funny. It falls apart on repeat viewings and the third one was complete shit, and then you look at movies like The Cat in the Hat… I think he’s gotten really ingratiating and stopped being funny.
Will Farrell: death is too good for him.
Eddie Murphy: also hit and miss.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
If you counted it, there has to be more in the ‘bad SNL’ column than the good, especially if you restrict it to movies made out of recurring characters (Night at the Roxbury, anybody?). But there are some really good ones in there, and at least one great one: The Blues Brothers.
That’s the example I couldn’t remember. A PERFECT example. Thanks 
Sandler was pretty good in The Wedding Singer, but that was a movie that featured Adam Sandler, rather than An Adam Sandler Movie. Other than that ‘inoffensive’ is the best I can say for any of his movies.
I agree with Meyers and Murphy being hit or miss, but both Shrek movies featured both and kicked ass, so they’re someone you just need to be sure you know what the movie is.
Aykroyd tanked in the early-mid nineties. Chevy Chase…about when he left SNL, actually, altough the first Vacation film was good.
Will Ferrel clearly has made a deal with Satan in order to have a carreer.
Ingratiating? Since when has that been a bad thing?
Really? I thought he was great in “Elf.” Could have been better in “Old School” though. I’m looking forward to “Anchorman.”
Every time I see his face, I want to punch him in the mouth, so clearly, we disagree on this point.
If The Spirits Within had been titled something other than Final Fantasy, I would have liked it.
That movie was in no way Final Fantasy.
It’s negative in the sense that he seems to desperately want me to like him, which is unfunny and makes me uncomfortable. Comedians need personality, and some of the bad ones come off like puppy dogs who’ll do anything to please you.
Day-glo Abortion? Band name!
Pluto Nash wasn’t “released” - it “escaped”!
Also thought I’d bring up a situation when a movie is so bad that the studio attaches it to another, more popular movie. The perfect example:
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
It’s being billed as a sequel to the (moderately) popular Anaconda, yet the film - set in Borneo - was originally written as a separate, stand-alone movie. The studio - apparently not knowing that anaconda snakes are only found in South America - decided to re-brand it to take advantage of whatever Anaconda had going for it.
Anybody heard about the new Exorcist film? Paul Schrader directed it and had a final print ready to go, but the studio “didn’t like it” and hired (gasp!) RENNY HARLIN to remake it. Yeah, I know… Anyway, the interesting thing about it is that while Harlin’s version will be shown in theatres, the DVD is supposed to include both versions of the movie, which marks the first time that Hollywood has released two completely different versions of the same film! Can anyone think of another example?
It’s really good. As good as the first one, I thought.