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I thought this movie was HORRIBLE...


Top 5 worst movies of All Time for me, I would definitely not recommend it.
my 2 cents...

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Word! But u gotta stop hookin' up that Loch Ness monsta! ;)

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damn, some of the people in this topic are so ridiculously stupid...corntoflakes...and one other bloke... don't care to remember the name.

You can like a movie or dislike it, but learn that it's just your opinion. Just your stupid, close minded opinion that you expressed in a way that makes you sound like a 12 year old who got dropped on his head.

http://www.youtube.com/chaztr0n

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your attempt at trying to make yourself look, smarter, more open minded, and not like a 12 year old who was dropped on his head... failed miserably. you came to a thread titled "I thought this movie was HORRIBLE" meaning it was mainly directed for people who shared the same feeling.. or to people who would like to legitimately find out why they thought so and maybe give their pov to shed some light on why they don't think it sucked.. you started your reply by name calling, and then tried to put people at a lower level you believe you are. at the same time you have made yourself out to be a hypocrite by telling people they can like or dislike a movie, but then come off as seeming like you are telling them their opinion is wrong. congrats..

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amen

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Hey great name, CornToTheFlakes!!!


The movie wasn't that bad - Cabin Boy, now THAT was bad.


What hump?

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Ha! Cabin Boy was so bad. I first watched it at a fairly young age, and didn't care for it then, so I re-watched it a couple years ago thinking maybe I didn't get it... Nope. At the age of 33, it still sucks! Works the other way, too. I hated the movie "Top Secret!" when I was a kid, but I watched it a few years ago and loved it!

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Yeah cabin boy - the movie not even a mother could love

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treefiddie,

What exactly did you not like about it?

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Honestly, Besides the opening dream/nightmare and fight scene...The whole movie. I kept hoping it would eventually pull me in and it never did. And when I realized it wasn't, I couldn't wait for it to be over.

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treefiddie,

Sooo . . . it was uninspiring? Uninteresting?

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Yes, It did nothing for me...AT ALL. Actually, Every time I come back to the ink message board to respond to you, It reminds me of how frustrating this movie was for me to watch...lol

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treefiddie,

I liked the movie, although I went in with few expectations and cut considerable slack to the production for its regional-y lowbudget-yness. I have been forced to watch "Yor, Hunter From the Future," which I maintain is the actual worst movie ever made, so I don't quite get why everyone is having such an extreme visceral negative response to this one. But your response is as valid as my "meh" one, and I do not wish to torment anyone in making them discuss what is so very painful to them any further, so go in peace and happy New Year

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Thank you, Because remembering it IS painful. And have a Happy New Year yourself...BTW, I'm just one persons opinion.

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Well not really, you're definitely not alone.
This movie was way too unrealistic for me too. Couldn't identify with the writing or the acting.

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I'm holding an 'I Don't Give A Sh*t'-o-meter and the needle's not moving. - D. Coupland

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Unrealistic? I hope I'm just misunderstanding you.

Might as well say that Harry Potter isn't that good because it's unrealistic...or Lord of the Rings.

And if you couldn't identify with the writing, you must be a saint and never felt shame, guilt, pride, or just never been insecure or self-conscious about anything ever.

I sure envy you.

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How so? The story is all about how someones feelings can turn them into something ugly. If you can't identify with it then you have no idea what those feelings are like.

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I get what you're saying, but I'm talking about the writing itself and the original person I was replying to said nothing about how it was delivered, just the writing.

If someone is going to argue about how the writing was delivered, then okay. The directing and some of the acting wasn't all that great, but the writing was done well enough to identify with.

Honestly, I think the writing is the strongest piece of the movie. Ink would have done much better as a book, I think.

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You are just trying to save face. As Stoic_Butt explained to you, someone doesn't identify with the writing of a movie just because it is a feeling someone has experienced. It is irrelevant if the poster you were replying to specified that he was talking about the script or execution. A script can be poor and leave you feeling with no sympathy at all for its characters, even if it is about something as natural and generic as a frustrated romance.

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So what you only watch documentaries?

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Tam, I find it hard to believe that you ...
sat through the entire movie, Yor, the hunter from the future.

:D

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and that puts it in your top 5 worst category? we must have really different standards for the lowest echelon of terrible film.... that's how id describe a disappointing film, not one of the five worst films I've ever seen. I've seen literally hundreds of indie efforts far worse than that.

What a lovely way to burn...

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I agree with the OP. Worst movie ever. Random scenes, no connection, no storyline, low budget, bad acting, bad music. Ewww.

I had to actually stop watching it, it was that painful.
I want those 20 minutes of my life back.

This is not 6.8 material by far. Maybe 2.0 tops.

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So you saw 20 minutes?! And still has an opinion about the whole movie? Amazing.

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I thought IMDB had an imbecile filter, apparently not.

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You are proof that it does NOT have this feature, but feel free to continue embarrassing yourself. We're all rooting for ya!

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IMDB must certainly not have an imbecile filter. Your replies are posted.

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These are some of the most pathetic attempts at insults...Half this thread needs to calm their *beep* nerves.

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"imbecile filter" - Good one! I argued for years that the comments should be divided into those written by people born before 1970 and those born later. MTV and Miami Vice changed the viewing habits and attention spans of millions of people.
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Just as every cop is a criminal, And all the sinners saints As heads is tails Just call me Lucifer..

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Well I watched the whole thing and it was really BAD!!

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im 31 mins in, and there is absolutly no reason in my mind why i should carry on watching this film other than a few people on here say it gets better after the 35th min.

The rest of the film may make up for the uninspiring 1st half hour which has very little substance other than a bit of nicely done fx for the budjet and a bit of artistic eye candy.

There is absolutly nothing given about any character so far which makes me want to know more about them.

The 1st quarter of the film is painfully slow and obviously ruined it for a portion of the audience it almost acheived. This is not a 6+ movie by any means because of that fact.

Maybe the rest is better any worthy of a 6+ but as far as im concerned, i've got a choice of other films to watch tonight and id prefer to try another one than potentially waste good viewing time on this.

Style over substance does not make a good movie of any kind

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You, sir, have chosen wisely. props.

CttF

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You are right that you aren't given much information about most of the characters.
I'm sure you've either finished watching or decided not to at this point, but I want to comment for others.
There are only two real characters in this movie--John and Ink. Everyone else is just a prop. Yes, even the little girl. Focus on the actions and experiences of these two characters when looking for character development.
Hope this helps people with their viewing experiences.

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haha, I'm with this guy.

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If you only watched 20min of the movie, OF COURSE THERE IS NO CONNECTION!!! The movie comes full round at the end and tells you how everything is connected!
The music is so much a part of the storyline as to be a character in itself!!

God, seriously? You totally missed out. I would recommend going back to watch the entire thing, but I don't really have any hope for you in understanding anything about this film.

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I ain't your friend, palooka.

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I have to disagree:

First, many movies are intriguing from the beginning. They grab the audience and make them interested in the story. This one fails miserably at that. Why does anyone care if Darth Maul is getting his a** kicked by suspenders-man from the 1920s? Answer: we DON'T!

Second, the "connection" you are talking about is at best weak and is, more realistically, nonsense. The ridiculous debates people have been having about parallel time lines and paradoxes (though I admit no one seems to have been astute enough to even _use_ that word until now) shows that even you zealots find the both the plot and the point unclear.

Basically, this movie throws nonsense at the audience and allows them to invent their own movie on top of it's incoherence...

CttF

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Ok, we disagree. I enjoyed the film and found it to be fairly reminscent of a Cirque de Soleil performance where the soundtrack played a vital part in setting the scene and the lyrical quality of the story supports the character development.
If you gave it a fair chance (sitting through more than just the opening) and still found it unenjoyable, I'm sorry that we do not agree.

As far as debating continuity, I think your argument is with someone else. I accepted this movie as fantasy taking place in a dreamworld where time and reality were relative. Whether or not you agree will not change how I viewed the movie so it's sort of pointless to argue over that.

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I ain't your friend, palooka.

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@cinemsjunky






gay

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Your powers of observation are astounding! Did you deduce that I'm a homosexual because I speak in full sentences and use correct grammar or do you just have a sixth sense?

You know what I find hilarious? The American deaf community uses "SK" as a way to end a conversation. SK stands for "Stop Keying". Perhaps you should take their advice since you don't seem to have anything of any importance to say.

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I ain't your friend, palooka.

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Palooka your gayness was apparent when you used lines like, "...lyrical quality of the story supports the character development..."

And I said gay, not homosexual. To clarify,

homosexual = attracted to members of same sex

gay = witless tool (i.e., you)

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Perhaps you can clear something up for me - if I hit ignore, do you disappear completely along with all your posts or do I still see your name, but your ignorant statements are fuzzed out?

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I ain't your friend, palooka.

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Here's your clarification, palooka: if you hit ignore, then you're both a troll (for your previous flame) and a loser (for being a p*ssy).

All cleared up?

win

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Let's be clear- he's a p*ssy either way.

win

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Your reading comprehension needs some work. Your explanation failed to clarify anything. Please, reread and attempt again.

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I ain't your friend, palooka.

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I just want to point out that this clearly deranged, or at least socially invalid, individual has been trolling this board for the better part of a YEAR now.

A year! In just one board!

What a loon.

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Ha! this is an old thread, but these threads are often a lot better after they're water under the bridge.

You make a great point. There are all kinds of jackasses on the internet, but the ones who sign up for a message forum *just* to complain about *one* thing they didnt like (for whatever reason) and do it for *a year* without ever talking about *anything* else are the kinds that we can only hope are posting from a securely locked asylum somewhere.

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Actually, the poster sucked me into watching it. It definitely isn't on my favorites list, but if you would have watched the whole movie, you'd have seen that the scenes were not random, it all connected and there certainly was a storyline. No way is it possible to see this by only watching the first 20 minutes, anymore than watching 20 random minutes. For me, the music helped carry the movie. A little over half way, I almost gave up, but then the story got more interesting and I saw it through. It definitely was low-budget, but I think they were pretty creative with what they had. I've seen a lot worse that were praised both by movie critics and movie goers. A lot of those Cannes and Sundance award winners are crappier and certainly more pretentious than ink. I found it worth watching once, completely.

Under our clothes, we are all naked!

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Tell you the truth, I enjoyed it way more the second time I watched it. Not sure what it was, although at least part of it seemed to come from re-watching and understanding the plotpoints that only becomes clear after you know the whole story.

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That's like saying you enjoyed your taco bell the second time when you vurped it up... In both cases, that's just nasty.

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same here. i watched 5-6 minutes. it bored me right from the first minute. then i started going forward in the movie and it was the same.. so.

2/10 for effort :)


really boring. extremely bad acting. annoying sounds and just all in all an extremely low budget movie.

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Agreed.

Terrible movie. I can't believe I made it through the whole thing.

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I think that is because you watched like you would watch DIE HARD, watch it like life because that's what it is about really, the predicament of human life on planet earth. Best movie i've seen since Revolver maybe or Into the wild.
I'm not saying that is bad you don't like the movie please don't curse me out just yet:) i'm saying watch it again with an open heart and it will hit home

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You definitely need to have an appreciation for this type of movie to enjoy it. This movie isn't another $50 million summer Hollywood action flick with lots of big explosions. It's not competing for the attention of people whose attention spans are only minutes long.

Frankly, it's not a hard movie to understand if you watch it all the way through. The pieces of the story fall into place in the last half of the movie. It's the type of movie that rewards those with patience for it's dense (and I'll admit, at times overly so) atmosphere.

If this movie falls into the list of the 5 worst movies you've ever seen... you seriously need to see a lot more movies.

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Well, I watch a lot of movies, all kinds of genres, including arthousemovies and cultmovies, but this was by far one of the worst movies I've ever seen and I've seen a lot, 25 years of movies and televisionprogrammes, so to me you cán't say I didn't watch enough movies.

Besides a few cameratricks, it was awful to watch. Those actors, only the child did a good job, if you ask me. Still don't get what this movie is doing here, it's not like a David Lynch or Del Toro movie, it doesn't even come close. Terrible, terrible, terrible!!!

Dexter Morgan: I can't kill Dr. Meridien yet. I still need another therapy session

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Wow, that's probably the most empty conclusion I've heard for this film. Sure, I thought that some parts were cheezy at the beginning of the film, nothing seemed to have a connection. But was "Fight Club" any different? The opening to that was crazy! Nothing connected! But then by the end everything made sense! Don't try to tear this movie apart in a few words without sufficient support and definitely don't do it just because you didn't understand it. All this means is the genre is not for you. For anybody else reading this, give the film time and thought. It's extremely unique in just about every aspect and has a lot that future filmmakers can learn from. Hollywood likes to think its audience is stupid and needs everything explained to them, this film actually makes you think.

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loved the movie. Truly ambitious, great soundtrack (considering the fact that the director composed it), very interesting as far as story and concept.
Really liked the characters and the visual style of the film.
Great stuff.
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