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Old 08-09-2019, 12:11 PM
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Cringing domino effect

My eldest daughter LOVES the series Stranger Things (must admit, I enjoyed it too). There is an AWFUL consequence of it though - she heard the theme from The Never Ending Story...

So, now we have had to watch the bloody thing. I never could sit through it as a kid, and as much as I tried this time around 35 years later, I found something else to do instead (cutting my toenails, cleaning the toilet and poking sticks in my eyes and ears). My daughter had the most amusing face after watching it...if you have ever seen a WTF look in an 11 year olds face you know what I mean.

What is your most cringe-worthy film? Let's keep them all pre-2000. TNES ranks Nr. 1 for me, followed by The Dark Crystal (the Netflix remake is horrid too) and in third is Dune (I know, you fanboys are gonna scream LOL)
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Old 08-09-2019, 01:35 PM
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American Ninja (It is just bad, but was so cool when I was a kid)
Highlander
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Old 08-09-2019, 02:09 PM
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Thankyou Lewis for bringing this one up. Ok, here goes <cracks knuckles>

Anything with try hard "2-kool-4-skool" types:
Fast and Furious (yeah, 2001 - stay with me here),
8 Mile, other "gangsta" crap, etc

"Bleeding heart" Captains of the Enterprise - (run along Pickard)

Anything with Jim Carrey (aside from possibly, The Truman Show)

Anything "Pre-Forest Gump" Tom Hanks.

Any movie made from a computer game, e.g. Mortal Combat, Street Fighter (live action version).

Sorry, I'm not answering the question... Although it's well outside of your time frame, my single vote goes to Prometheus. How anybody could assemble such a whingey group of disagreeable fools for THE most expensive undertaking in history, simply demolished the story experience for me. Perhaps a new thread: "Most destructive plot holes in modern cinema"?

On another note, there is "good" cringe, and "bad" cringe. 80's action films and dramas, with Arnie, Stallone, Carl Weathers, etc are Good cringe.
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American Ninja (It is just bad, but was so cool when I was a kid)
Highlander
Highlander is classic good cringe.
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Old 08-09-2019, 02:15 PM
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Also Lewis, here's a more in-depth explanation of why Never Ending Story is so bad. Something that I saw a while back puts it nicely...
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My eldest daughter LOVES the series Stranger Things (must admit, I enjoyed it too). There is an AWFUL consequence of it though - she heard the theme from The Never Ending Story...

So, now we have had to watch the bloody thing. I never could sit through it as a kid, and as much as I tried this time around 35 years later, I found something else to do instead (cutting my toenails, cleaning the toilet and poking sticks in my eyes and ears). My daughter had the most amusing face after watching it...if you have ever seen a WTF look in an 11 year olds face you know what I mean.

What is your most cringe-worthy film? Let's keep them all pre-2000. TNES ranks Nr. 1 for me, followed by The Dark Crystal (the Netflix remake is horrid too) and in third is Dune (I know, you fanboys are gonna scream LOL)
I am crushed The Never Ending Story is one of favorites.

My real pet dislike is/are the Fast and Furious rubbish.

Also any of the biblical fair tales with Charlton Heston.

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Sorry Lewis, this ones post 2000 but,

Napolean Dynamite... worst movie EVER!!

A younger friend insisted I watch it, its cool he said... (it's not)....

That man still owes me two hours of my life back!!

If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favour.... DON'T
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Highlander is classic good cringe.
Highlander isn't that bad, but its sequel, Highlander II: The Quickening , THAT film is VERY cringeworthy.
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OK, seeing we have diverged into post-2000, I recently watched Australian made "Occupation" the other day.

Holy sweet mother of boredom, pathetic acting, nil comprehensible story line and plot that doesn't line up with anything. Not to mention alien masks bought off AliExpress and an Alien that speaks english with a voice like Bud Tingwell (RIP).

If that passes for entertainment these days, it is a very stark picture of humanity today.
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Given that 'reality TV' seems to excite a large number of the viewing public these days, its little wonder the rest on offer is usually carp!!
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The Phantom Menace ... That was the day I no longer acknowledged being a Star Wars fan.

Spaceballs.

Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ... Why did they keeping making them? Why do they keep showing them? They put them on TV to taunt me, I tell you.

Invaders from Mars (the 80's version).

Showgirls ... She talked me into watching it, I swear.
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I loved the Never Ending Story and can just see the smile on you 11 year old girl.

It was a great movie
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The Phantom Menace ...
Showgirls ... She talked me into watching it, I swear.
Phantom Menace was not a movie. It was a war crime. I wasn't even going to mention that one in public.

Coyote Ugly - the token chick flick that you see to appease the girlfriend at the time, only to deny it's existence for the rest of your days...
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That Village People promo film "Can't stop the music", some one in the 7 studio must love it cause it's on every new years eve after midnight, I made the mistake of watching it once.
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> My eldest daughter LOVES the series Stranger Things (must admit, I enjoyed it too). There is an AWFUL consequence of it though - she heard the theme from The Never Ending Story...
So, now we have had to watch the bloody thing.


off topic, but The Never Ending Story was also a tv series. And there, in the program guide in the newspaper, was printed: Never Ending Story - Final Episode.
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"The Lone Ranger" plus anything else that has Jonny Depp in it . Garbage.
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[QUOTE

Showgirls ... She talked me into watching it, I swear.[/QUOTE]


was gonna throw this one up too. For a movie with lots of gratuitous female nudity, which I'm totally down with, this was one of the worst movies every made.



I thought the original Highlander was a cult favourite - I watched it again just a few nights ago and got a kick out of it. Fun fact - the huge main bad guy in Highlander also provides the voice of Mr Krabs on Spongebob Squarepants.
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I've watched Highlander several times and love it (great music score). Christopher Lambert (and others) always considered Highlander 2 to be a one-off stand-alone movie and H3 was the logical sequel.



If you want to see a really bad film try War of the Worlds 2. It's bad.
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If you want to see a really bad film try War of the Worlds 2. It's bad.
There was one?

Or do you mean the Tom Cruise rehash of the original?
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Don't you love Tom Cruise. Unfortunately my son is like his twin but that's not the reason I don't talk to him..my son that is. He got a lot of modeling work because of that unfortunate situation...me I would never do modelling work ..I mean having the ladies mentally undressing you and just wanting you because they like your looks is just wrong... I just want to be loved because of my intellect and pleasant manner with mosquitos.
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But he is into science I believe..Tom Cruise not my son ...I would like him less if he was some religious freak..Tom Cruise not my son.
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