It’s almost hard to believe they intended this to be taken seriously; but the huge budget, the big stars, and everything I read about it indicates that it actually was so intended. And although the movie was generally (and justifiably) panned, Jones actually nabbed a Best Actress nom for this! :eek:
I rented this because it was Martin Scorsese’s first movie, and he still holds it in high regard. But holy crap, is it ever bad. Truly awful. Racist, sexist melodrama with absurdly overwrought dialogue and acting. Goes to show even a master can get an early impression of a movie and find it hard to shake after maturing.
Starship Troopers
Yeah, I know, but one of the reasons it was so bad is the death scene of the girl Dizzy.
“It’s ok… if I die… cuz I got to… sleep with you… first… <death>”
NOTE: This is kinda violent and in accordance with the site’s “2-click rule,” I have separated the last two characters of the link. Where the Spies Are (1966)
Françoise Dorléac’s death is certainly among the worst I’ve ever seen. Sadly, no VT vid. However, it was surpassed in Moonchild (2003) by the fact that intolerable pizza delivery man Toshi is still alive (and intolerable) even after doing his ridiculous death twitch (before dying for good).
Zhang Ziyi in* House of Flying Daggers* - possibly the longest, most overwrought death scene in movie history. She takes a flying dagger (natch) to the chest and just stands there, bleeding, for literally months. The seasons change, summer turns to fall, fall into winter, and still she stands there, mildly distraught look on her face and knife in her boob. It’s hilarious.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone heard Martin Scorsese just rip apart a movie? It seems he can find merit in nearly every film.
Incidentally, my father saw this movie when it was first released. He said it was by far the worst moviegoing experience he had in his then-young life.
On the topic of The Dark Knight Rises, Bane’s death was pretty disappointing. A villain as epic as him deserved a remarkable death, and all he died from was just getting shot by a big gun.
Uh, she just lost the will to live? Dude, at least have it be that Anakin damaged her by force-choking her. She has two babies and loses the will to live.
