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1.9 is too generous!!!!!!!


One of the worst movies I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of movies

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Man, I wish I was you.

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I agree. Its score is disturbingly high.

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Not the worst movie ever.

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I agree the movie is garbage but you can't go lower than one star.

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I gave this a 2-star because the production values keep it up and it isn't boring. Remember that 1-star is the lowest. There are other movies that are more deserving of a lesser score. Manos Hands of Fate deserves a 1-star because it's so incoherent and boring.

If the camera work is good then it gets a 2 in my books, lol. But that's it.

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In what way would you say it's not boring?

Not causing a debate I just don't see how in anyway the plot is fun or interesting.

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I'd say the subtle jokes and political satire that populate this make it a must watch!

I could literally go on for hours about how the minutiae in each scene gets better on every re-watch.

For instance, in one scene, Will is banding with 3 people, on the brink of death via tornado, and they all start cheering for a hero to show up. As soon as Iron Man shows up to rescue them, he gets squashed by a falling cow, which turns him into a metal can. This is like Mother Earth is saying "Enough with the industrial military complex that gave birth to war machines like Iron Man! Bring about peace and start recycling!" A strong element of Dadaism is antiwar, and this is a blatantly anti-war joke, so it comes as no surprise that the war-mongering, rich Republican film critics hate these films so much.



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I don't hate it for that reason. I just don't think it's funny.

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You'd think it was funny if you were more well-versed in literature and fine arts.

The 'haters' of this film are the same people that troll Mozart's operas on youtube, saying "Speak English. Youtube is 'merican."

It is a great shame that independent, thought-provoking films like Disaster Movie get derided by the ignoramuses, but big budget trash like Transformers succeeds and people lap it up.

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Whatever you say. I'll take The Godfather over this anyday. For the record I hate movies like Transformers.

Movies like Caddyshack, Groundhog Day and Ghost Town are far superior to this rubbish.

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The Godfather is a completely different genre, so your comparison is unfair.

Also, it's just your opinion.

Many people, including myself, would make a compelling case as to why Disaster Movie is far superior to The Godfather.


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The Godfather is a completely different genre, so your comparison is unfair.


Except that "The Godfather" is well regarded in its genre (drama) while "Disaster Movie" is not.

Many people, including myself, would make a compelling case as to why Disaster Movie is far superior to The Godfather.


Alright, let's see it. How many iconic scenes originated in each movie? How many iconic lines originated in each movie? How many tropes were popularized by each movie?

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How many iconic lines originated in each movie? How many tropes were popularized by each movie?


When you put it like that, Disaster Movie is definitely on a much higher level than the Godfather.

Just look at the classic items:

Kim Kardashian went from a relatively unknown in 2008 (when this movie came out) to being the most famous woman in the world.

Miley Cyrus had a net worth of $8 million...now she's making $200 mil a year.

The Iron Man series had only made $580 million...now it's made over $2.5 billion!

The Matt Damon video now has hundreds of million of more views.


I could go on, but this is probably the definitive movie of our time. Much like Citizen Kane wasn't initially well received, I'm sure this film will be taught in cinema classes.



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Everybody in it did their best to spoof big pop culture types.

I mean, you had your:
Superbad
Dr.Phil (and he did Phil you up)
Juno
High School Musical
white comics
*beep*


A couple of real good *beep* comics, whose respective names completely and entirely elude me, were there with others doing the High School Musical stuff.
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The disaster part reminded me of M.Night Symanlan's (and Zooey Deschanel's rare dramatic turn) "The Happening" (not the 1967 film to those of my generaiton and older reading this) and "Cloverfield", an admitted spoof. Then there were the chipmunks, really feral (and really--with THEIR *beep* turn as gangstas in the then-one movie, "Alvin/Chipmunks",2007 was just a short step to being vicsious0 and the Enchanted/Amy Adams princess, whose flick also came out the year (2007) before,too. By the way, did DIsney just decide to BURY this very successful princess..?))

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When you put it like that, Disaster Movie is definitely on a much higher level than the Godfather.

Just look at the classic items:

Kim Kardashian went from a relatively unknown in 2008 (when this movie came out) to being the most famous woman in the world.

Miley Cyrus had a net worth of $8 million...now she's making $200 mil a year.

The Iron Man series had only made $580 million...now it's made over $2.5 billion!

The Matt Damon video now has hundreds of million of more views.


I could go on, but this is probably the definitive movie of our time. Much like Citizen Kane wasn't initially well received, I'm sure this film will be taught in cinema classes.


Kudos on your trolling skills, sir.

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