That’s a recurring pattern with Paul Verhoeven. The late, great film Canadian critic Jay Scott recounted in his review of Basic Instinct that when The 4th Man premiered at the Toronto FIlm Festival, Verhoeven was angrily pacing the theatre lobby, ranting because the audience was laughing so much. Later, he would claim that the Toronto festival crowd were the first to clue in that it was a satire. I think he tried doing the retroactive switcheroo with Showgirls as well.
Here’s a movie Roger Ebert thought occupied a world where the stars don’t shine.
A snippet from the article…
“The late film critic Roger Ebert loved movies. He also hated quite a few of them, enough to fill up a book of reviews titled I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie.”
Did you think he was much taller than in real life? Must’ve been the shoes.
To be honest, nor did I. Yes, some good acting from Curry, and a couple good songs. I dont hate it, but…
For those born after the 1950s- you used to go see a movie. Movie times were not a thing- you just walked in, sat thru it, then watched it again up to that point… There was the main film, the B film, a serial, a cartoon, a newsreel, a sort of Bingo game, and maybe a sing along set to the organ. There were ushers and people selling stuff.
On the other hand, Oscar material compared to the 76 version.
There used to be a very, very funny video on YouTube I cannot now find, about a group of people staging an intervention for a friend whose favorite version of King Kong is the 76 version.
Friend of mine calls it the “Dwan-- and that’s all you need to know about it-- version.”
I enjoyed it when I first saw it-- in a theater-- because I was only 10, and gullible enough to believe I was seeing a giant mechanical ape the whole time.
It’s on my list of low-rated movies, but it has a certain “Plan 9” watchability. Especially knowing how many people in it went on to solid careers.
That book is a great read.
I remember hearing that wasn’t allowed for the Alfred Hitchcock movie Psycho, that the ushers wouldn’t allow people to enter the theater once the film started. I think that was because the female lead, played by Janet Leigh, died so early in the film.
Here is the poster he had displayed in theaters for Psycho, mentioning that you need to see it from the beginning.
- Huge twist.
- Uh, Janet Leight was the main star they advertised and if you showed up a bit late, she isn’t in it.
Hey! No spoilers! /s
I haven’t read the whole thread yet, so I don’t know if this has already made the list, but I doubt many people have ever even heard of it.
Macon County Jail with David Carradine and Ally Sheedy is so bad. It’s rated 4.3 on IMDB and I can’t imagine why. It’s so horrible. I remember very little about the movie anymore, just that I hated it.
I’m glad I didn’t pay for it.
Yeah, it was the shoes. They were hugely tall.
Yes, he seemed like a really tall guy in RHPS.
Believe it or not I am currently reading that book right now ( I am in the middle of the "D"s) and I just read that passage about an hour ago!
According to my mother, (born, 1940), it was normal until about 1970 to show up for a movie at whatever time was convenient for you, and then stay through the beginning of the next show, and leave when it got to the point where you’d come in (from whence, the expression, “This is where we came in,” when a conversation, situation, or something, got repetitive). Thus the need for Hitchcock to discourage the practice.
Don’t know why the practice changed. By the time I was seeing movies in the early 70s, it wasn’t done, even at children’s shows.
Yes, watch 12 Angry Men and you will see one of the minor plot points is that a juror went to the movies the night before. He could not remember the name of the movies he and his wife saw.
This confused me as a kid, but it was less confusing when the movie was made. He and his wife bought entry to the theater and simply saw whatever movies were showing on different screens. He may have seen half of a movie and possibly an entire second one.
It was like watching TV. Much less likely to remember details than I would going to see a big movie on a weekend.
Little OT, but reminded me of a recent conversation: I was talking to someone about the fact that I don’t even know anymore when most of the shows I watch air new, and even what station airs some of them. Just set the DVR to record them by title, and when I have some free time, or some laundry to fold, check to see what’s new on the recorder.
What a coinkydink! Are you enjoying it as much as Dr. Deth did? I might need to read it.
It is very entertaining and (so far) I have seen every movie reviewed.
How interesting! Do you agree with Ebert so far, or do you like some of his hated movies? If so, which ones did you like that he did not?
Here is a brief list of his most hated movies. I would say I probably most liked:
Stargate <–I agree it makes zero sense
Constantine <–How dare he. This is a good movie!
Halloween III <–The one with the masks. Great movie.