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[AsianWithAFro]

All Hail the greatest film ever made

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[woopedazz]

Needs more Scientology.

 

[grizzlym]

Without a doubt one of the worst things ever made. No redeeming qualities about this piece of crap.

 

[Pumbi]

Without a doubt one of the worst things ever made. No redeeming qualities about this piece of crap. Thread Closed

Edited for what it should have been.

 

[woopedazz]

Without a doubt one of the worst things ever made. No redeeming qualities about this piece of crap.

This thread or the movie?

 

[grizzlym]

This thread or the movie?

Movie. I've tried to watch it twice but each time I've gone into a some sort of coma, waking hours later all drool-soaked. I hear that if you fly on John Travolta's jet that's the only film that's playing on in-flight.

 

[patsmith]

Movie. I've tried to watch it twice but each time I've gone into a some sort of coma, waking hours later all drool-soaked. I hear that if you fly on John Travolta's jet that's the only film that's playing on in-flight.

Dude, you tried to watch it... twice?

TWICE!?

 

[grizzlym]

Dude, you tried to watch it... twice?

TWICE!?

Passed out within seconds of the movie starting the first time.

The second time, I have a vague memory of some sort of spaceship before blacking out.

I did want to see at least a few minutes of a the worst movie ever, but, yes, sadly I didn't have it in me.

 

[Black Flag]

is it better than the planet of the apes remake?

 

[grizzlym]

is it better than the planet of the apes remake?

Mate, the 2 nanoseconds of Battlefield earth is the worst thing I've ever seen. Easily. And I spent 10 years in Fritzl's basement.

Planet of the Apes remake is like 2001 compared to Battlefield Earth.

 

[Tigerdrive]

I saw this when I was a kid and thought it was allright. Then a couple of years ago it was on FTA Tv and I realised how wrong I was.

 

[Black Flag]

i see... 2.4/10 stars on imdb isn't a great sign.

wtf, is that john travolta? haha.

 

[grizzlym]

i see... 2.4/10 stars on imdb isn't a great sign.

wtf, is that john travolta? haha.

.24/10 stars, more like it.

 

[Leon]

Without a doubt one of the worst things ever made. No redeeming qualities about this piece of crap.

This

When I watched this movie I could not believe my eyes. It is without a doubt the most appalling movie I have ever seen.

I haven't seen it for years and I don't plan to any time soon but I remember these details well:

- John Travolta looking like a Kiss castoff, cackling away bizarrely with a ridiculous 'evil' laugh in every scene

- Terrible special effects

- When the dialogue in movie is so bad you're trying not to laugh through most of it, it's kind of a bad sign

- Towards the end of the film the bunch of humans, who have essentially been cavemen their entire lives, somehow learn to fly jets and defeat the evil aliens


There's probably, no, in fact definitely more, I just can't remember, I've tried hard to repress the fact that actual money I had earned was spent watching this movie in the cinemas.

 

[AsianWithAFro]

For those who don't know the glorious L.Ron Hubbard wrote this piece of magic. I think this film is epci because of it's complete awfulness.

 

[woopedazz]

For those who don't know the glorious L.Ron Hubbard wrote this piece of magic. I think this film is epci because of it's complete awfulness.

Hence the Scientology comment. You'll find that the screenwriter made a hilarious open apology for the film after it was awarded the worst film of the decade in 2000 citing John Travolta and his Scientology wackos as the main cause for the disaster. A genuinely good read that I have posted below:

"It wasn't as I intended -- promise. No one sets out to make a train wreck. Actually, comparing it to a train wreck isn't really fair to train wrecks, because people actually want to watch those."

Shapiro runs down the whole experience, starting with a tour of a Scientology center and being approached to write a film, to having dinner with the film's future star John Travolta, to even taking some classes to bone up on the L. Ron Hubbard-created religion.

"I took a few courses, including the Purification Rundown, or Purif. You go to CC every day, take vitamins and go in and out of a sauna so toxins are released from your body. You're supposed to reach an 'End Point.' I never did, but I was bored so I told them I had a vision of L. Ron. They said, 'What did he say?' 'Pull my finger,' was my response. They said I was done."

He even got to take a ride on the super-exclusive cruise ship, the Freewind, where he stuck out by walking around in a robe, smoking and drinking scotch. Scientologists are not allowed to drink while taking classes.

Soon, he signed on and quickly got to work writing the film, based on Hubbard's book and set in the year 3000, where Earth is ruled by not-so-nice aliens called the Psyclos (take that, psychology!). Humans put up a fight and stand up to the bad guys (led by Travolta's Terl).

"A few days after I finished the script, a very excited Travolta called, told me he 'loved it,' and wanted to have dinner. At dinner, John said again how much he loved the script and called it 'The 'Schindler's List' of sci-fi.'"

Before long, he got a series of notes about the script that he just assumed were "a joke," but ended up being directly from Travolta himself.

"They changed the entire tone. I knew these notes would kill the movie. The notes wanted me to lose key scenes, add ridiculous scenes, take out some of the key characters. I asked Mike [Marcus, the president of MGM] where they came from. He said, 'From us.' But when I pressed him, he said, 'From John's camp, but we agree with them.'"

He refused to use the notes and was fired, but later accepted shared writing credit for the finished product at the urging of his agent.

About what made it to the big screen, Shapiro insists: "My script was very, VERY different than what ended up on the screen. My screenplay was darker, grittier and had a very compelling story with rich characters. What my screenplay didn't have was slow motion at every turn, Dutch tilts, campy dialog, aliens in KISS boots, and everyone wearing Bob Marley wigs."

"Now, looking back at the movie with fresh eyes, I can't help but be strangely proud of it. Because out of all the sucky movies, mine is the suckiest."

 

[AsianWithAFro]

Haha some epic quotes there

I kind of bummed they never made a sequel

 

[DB10]

the book itself isn't that bad.

 

[Black Flag]

might be worth a view for the lulz. planet of the apes had no lulz.

 

[charcoalchicken]

I like it how they are always trying to get 'leverage' on each other.

 

[Powerade 08]

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Megashark v Giant Octopus will always be best movie in my eyes.

 

[Black Flag]

lol, i had to check to made sure that was serious.

it was.

 

[MF]

Passed out within seconds of the movie starting the first time.

The second time, I have a vague memory of some sort of spaceship before blacking out.

I did want to see at least a few minutes of a the worst movie ever, but, yes, sadly I didn't have it in me.

The movie puts you into a scientology trance. Tom Cruise was inside of you..

TWICE.

 

[grizzlym]

The movie puts you into a scientology trance. Tom Cruise was inside of you..

TWICE.

So I was like Katie Holmes for a brief moment?

 

[King Elvis]

AsianwithaFro seems like a nice guy, but he's a terrible poster.