Movies that aren't as great as they are hyped to be

[Cyke]

Cyke, the joy of Asylum ScFi movies is seeing how bad they can make the special effects. It is amazing that you can see amateurs on YouTube creating better FX on their PC that they do for a "professional" movie.

I don't see the joy in that or anyone putting forth that challenge (or how there's any heart in that challenge). But hey, whatever floats your boat, which is the point of this whole thread.

[Kirby101]

I don't see the joy in that or anyone putting forth that challenge (or how there's any heart in that challenge). But hey, whatever floats your boat, which is the point of this whole thread.

Well, it's not like I sit there and watch an entire movie on ScFy, it's more like catching the parts with the bad FX. Unless it involves sharks of course.

[GozertheGozarian]

Not even Rifftrax can make an Asylum movie watchable.

[Speed Force League Unlimited]

The Empire Strikes Back:
Commander Skywalker leaves his troops and friends mid-battle to go training on a planet far from the battle cause the ghost of Obi Wan told him to do so, and he chose that time to do that, and then he deserts his training in favor of saving his friends from another peril they got into with the empire.

I never got the impression that any Star Wars movie is great, especially not the original trilogy that is bizarrely inferior to the average prequels, but this movie in particular hits the hardest on being overhyped as one of the best movies ever made.

[jetengine]

James Cameron in general is a pretty overhyped director whom just rests on the tech he incorporates to get shit done whilst the stories tend to be weak.

[Cyke]

Not even Rifftrax can make an Asylum movie watchable.

The Asylum movie that MST3k covered this season was bad/terrible/time I'll never get back. Jonah and the bots heroically did their best, but it was both not enough and maybe they were worn out by the movie itself.

I mean, some movies are just so bad that no amount of riffing can help it; while the jokes were on par for the show, this is likely the only episode of the season that I won't rewatch anytime soon.

[GozertheGozarian]

Atlantic Rim. A friend told me outright to skip it.

[Kirby101]

Do you mean Pacific Rim.

[Cyke]

Do you mean Pacific Rim.

No, Atlantic Rim was the Asylum ripoff that MST3K covered this year.

But that's exactly what I mean about how they prey on ignorance and piggy back off the success of other, genuinely-made movies.

[Kirby101]

No, Atlantic Rim was the Asylum ripoff that MST3K covered this year.

But that's exactly what I mean about how they prey on ignorance and piggy back off the success of other, genuinely-made movies.

Thanks for explaining. No doubt Asylum makes atrocious films.

[Jackalope89]

The Nolan Trilogy.

*dodges the rotten fruit tossed*

It has some decent moments, sure. But the Batman voice (Adam West Batman had intentional funny moments, this was unintentionally funny every time he spoke), Bane being a kind of big guy with a ridiculous voice, Joker not feeling like Joker (just an anarchist with makeup), the forgettable first film...

I just don't feel as awed by them as so many others do.

[Midvillian1322]

The Nolan Trilogy.

*dodges the rotten fruit tossed*

It has some decent moments, sure. But the Batman voice (Adam West Batman had intentional funny moments, this was unintentionally funny every time he spoke), Bane being a kind of big guy with a ridiculous voice, Joker not feeling like Joker (just an anarchist with makeup), the forgettable first film...

I just don't feel as awed by them as so many others do.

I'm with you with everything outside of Ledgers performance it was a different take on the Joker and I thought it worked well.

I am firmly in the Bale is a great actor but a bad Bruce/Batman. Same with Toby as Spiderman/Peter.

[Alan2099]

The Nolan Trilogy.

*dodges the rotten fruit tossed*

It has some decent moments, sure. But the Batman voice (Adam West Batman had intentional funny moments, this was unintentionally funny every time he spoke), Bane being a kind of big guy with a ridiculous voice, Joker not feeling like Joker (just an anarchist with makeup), the forgettable first film...

I just don't feel as awed by them as so many others do.

With you, 100% of the way.

Nolan gave us one of the worst takes on Batman I've ever seen. His Batman was a quitter that constantly had to be told what to do and receive peptalks to keep going.

[Arsenal]

The Nolan Trilogy.

*dodges the rotten fruit tossed*

It has some decent moments, sure. But the Batman voice (Adam West Batman had intentional funny moments, this was unintentionally funny every time he spoke), Bane being a kind of big guy with a ridiculous voice, Joker not feeling like Joker (just an anarchist with makeup), the forgettable first film...

I just don't feel as awed by them as so many others do.

I agree with a lot of this. Except the forgettable first film part since I think its the best of the trilogy

[skyvolt2000]

Thanks for explaining. No doubt Asylum makes atrocious films.

In their defense the budget of those films is about $1-2 million.