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Thomas Balkcom
12/15/08, 09:45 PM
17. Smart People
16. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
15. The Eye
14. Soul Men
13. Nobel Son
12. The Life Before Her Eyes
11. Chapter 27
10. Religulous
9. Good Dick
8. In the Name of the King
7. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden
6. Fireproof
5. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
4. Meet Dave
3. The Hottie and the Nottie
2. The Happening
1. Witless Protection

What do y'all think of this?
Thomas Balkcom
12/15/08, 09:45 PM
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/there_appears_to_be_an_event/1

and tomorrow they are posting their top films of 2008
TJ Wells
12/16/08, 02:58 AM
I'd like to see one person make a worst films of 08 list that was not so obvious.
TJ Wells
12/16/08, 02:59 AM
i.e. give reasons for disliking movies that weren't necessarily universally panned. everyone knows how bad most of those movies were.
popdisaster00
12/16/08, 07:33 AM
Smart People did suck
a7xrockerangel
12/23/08, 12:16 AM
I have only seen 2 of those movies, but witless protection did suck pretty bad.
TheOtherAndrew
12/23/08, 01:28 AM
Love the explanations for Religulous and Witless Protection.
Jason Tate
12/23/08, 01:38 AM
Religulous was good.
TheOtherAndrew
12/23/08, 01:40 AM
I watch Bill Maher's show pretty regularly so the concepts didn't seem that new to me :shrug:
Jason Tate
12/23/08, 01:44 AM
I watch Bill Maher's show pretty regularly so the concepts didn't seem that new to me :shrug:
Which doesn't mean the movie wasn't good ...
TheOtherAndrew
12/23/08, 01:48 AM
Right. I didn't say the movie was bad or anything, I just chuckled at the explanation for why it was on the list.

But yeah I'm sure I would have liked it more if I didn't watch Real Time semi-regularly.
murrich
12/23/08, 02:37 AM
I can't believe Indiana Jones is in there and The Love Guru isn't.
Anthony Lutz
12/24/08, 10:46 PM
I can't believe Indiana Jones is in there and The Love Guru isn't.

Or You Don't Mess With The Zohan.
airik625
12/24/08, 10:58 PM
I haven't seen any of those.
Thomas Balkcom
12/25/08, 02:03 AM
I haven't seen any of those.

I have regrettably seen four of them
tait
12/25/08, 02:28 AM
I haven't seen any of those.
me neither :shrug:
TJ Wells
12/25/08, 04:38 AM
Religulous was good.
Half the movies on this list are at least watchable.
domotime2
12/25/08, 09:25 AM
bullt shit that happening was the 2nd worst movie of the year...thats seriously bull shit
AShannon04
12/25/08, 09:32 AM
Out of that list, I only saw Smart People, and I really didn't like it very much at all.
marrost
12/25/08, 09:33 AM
I've only seen In the Name of the King, and I'd put it as one of the funniest movies of the year. So good.
matt_rawlings
12/25/08, 09:34 AM
17. Smart People
16. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
15. The Eye
14. Soul Men
13. Nobel Son
12. The Life Before Her Eyes
11. Chapter 27
10. Religulous
9. Good Dick
8. In the Name of the King
7. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden
6. Fireproof
5. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
4. Meet Dave
3. The Hottie and the Nottie
2. The Happening
1. Witless Protection


I've heard all of these suck. I have only seen 'The Happening' (hilariously shit), 'Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden' (overwrought, patronising and scripted), 'Chapter 27' (mistakes getting fat for acting and chooses hype over a good script).
matt_rawlings
12/25/08, 09:36 AM
Oh, and I forgot the massive crippling let down that was Indy IV
matt_rawlings
12/25/08, 09:37 AM
I would also put 'Bangkok Dangerous' very high up the list. That movie was criminally shit
airik625
12/25/08, 11:32 AM
me neither :shrug:

I'm okay with it though.
DejaNew
12/25/08, 02:15 PM
they forgot disaster movie. rated worst of all time on imdb
WhoSaidThat?
12/25/08, 05:13 PM
they forgot disaster movie. rated worst of all time on imdb
You just beat me to the punch. And Superhero Movie, as well. And Meet the Spartans, I guess.
CubbyNick42
12/25/08, 07:49 PM
To its credit, Smart People wanted very badly to be a good movie.
You Vandal
12/25/08, 09:50 PM
I really liked Religulous.
AShannon04
12/26/08, 08:43 AM
To its credit, Smart People wanted very badly to be a good movie.

I think that's why it was so bad, haha. In my opinion, it tried way too hard to be a hip indie movie, but just came off as cliched, predictable, and over-the-top.
CubbyNick42
12/26/08, 10:16 AM
I think that's why it was so bad, haha. In my opinion, it tried way too hard to be a hip indie movie, but just came off as cliched, predictable, and over-the-top.
Absolutely.
a speedo model
12/26/08, 10:42 AM
Indiana Jones? Bullshit.