21-01-2003 20:26									#1
	Dumbest. Movie. Ever. Increase the size of your Attachments

So my wife and I finally went to see TTT this weekend (don't laugh, we have a baby) and the usual audience hubbub was going on pre-movie. When the trailers came on, people pretty much shut up and when the movie came on, everybody shut up.

Which was good. Except for the fact that I didn't shut up...

There were 4-6 trailers for various films. One of the trailers was (pretty lame for a trailer, imo) for the film "Dumb and Dumberer." OK, it's going to be quick knock-off w/o the original stars in it, no big deal.

Then the trailer after that was for this laugher called "The Core." My wife and I couldn't believe our eyes - this movie looks so dumb, it might make "Armageddon" look like... well, "Deep Impact" ("Armageddon" was pretty bad, so I couldn't exactly say "Citizen Kane".)

Anyway, my faux pas was this: when the trailer for "The Core" ended, during the two seconds that they show the credits, I said, IN A REALLY LOUD VOICE:

"Now that was Dumb and Dumberer!"

The entire audience broke up. My wife had to leave for a minute or two, she was laughing so hard. Everybody calmed down by the time the movie started, so all was good (luckily, there were a few trailers after that).

Was I wrong in doing that?

But, is there a dumber premise than the one in this movie? You thought Armageddon had bad science - my God!!!! This movie is horrible!

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0298814

"Scientists discover that the Earth's core is about to stop spinning. This will cause tremendous natural disasters, wiping out life as we know it. A team of scientists is recruited in a crash project to send a ship and bomb into the center of the Earth to prevent the catastrophe."

By the way, did you know the spinning Core protects us from harmful "microwaves"? Not UV, not high-energy solar rays, but microwaves.

	21-01-2003 20:32									#2
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what is TTT?

	21-01-2003 20:38									#3
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The Two Towers

You now have no cred with the geeks. None.

	21-01-2003 20:47									#4
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sounds like me at a movie theather

after final destination 2 preview i booed loudly and said "stop insulting us movie gods"

	21-01-2003 20:50									#5
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Final Destination 2? What should be the subtitles for that one?

Final Destination 2: Look - the map continues on the other side!

Final Destination 2: Oops. Took a wrong turn somewhere.

Final Destination 2: My plane got re-routed!

Final Destination 2: Final and Finaler.

	21-01-2003 20:53									#6
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Final Destination 2: The road less traveled

Final destination 2: Death's Incompetence Revealed

	21-01-2003 20:54									#7
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JohnT, well.. when you die and go to heavens gate.. and the God says 'The Core was my favourite movie of all times', what do you do then? What do you say? He KNOWS if you lie! That's right, straight to Hell.

Or, what if this would really happen? Would you say 'I saw a trailer about this and I laughed really hard because it was so stupid.. Jesus I never saw this coming!'.

	21-01-2003 20:57									#8
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Final destination 2 : Déjà vu all over again revisited once more (and back).

	21-01-2003 20:57									#9
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"God, your taste in movies suck. HARD."

	21-01-2003 20:58									#10
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"God, I think youre full of ****!"

	21-01-2003 21:04									#11
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JohnT, well.. I guess you're one tough son of a gun then!

	21-01-2003 21:10									#12
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Oh, those crazy Finns and their whacky drunken conversations!

	21-01-2003 21:17									#13
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT "Scientists discover that the Earth's core is about to stop spinning. This will cause tremendous natural disasters, wiping out life as we know it. A team of scientists is recruited in a crash project to send a ship and bomb into the center of the Earth to prevent the catastrophe."

	21-01-2003 21:20									#14
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Uhh....does the core of the Earth spin independently from the rest of the planet?

	21-01-2003 21:22									#15
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BOO-YAH! AMURRIKA IS GONNA NUKE THE EVILDOER EARTH'S CORE INTO SUBMISSION!

	21-01-2003 21:24									#16
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JohnT: ITA with you on that one. That observation of yours wasn't out of place at all.

Honestly, I think the movie industry is getting collectively stupider by the hour.

BTW: Who you think has the edge for the statuettes in March? I bet you're hoping I'll say LOTR again, but I'm thinking Chicago (though About Schmidt is far superior). I couldn't STAND The Hours...

	21-01-2003 21:27									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Uhh....does the core of the Earth spin independently from the rest of the planet?

YES!!! AND IT'S THE SIZE OF MARS!!!!!!!


A-hem. Sorry, got carried away by the memories...

	21-01-2003 21:28									#18
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Please tell me The Core is some kind of disaster-movie spoof....

it'd still be very lame, but at least it wouldn't be the most absurd premise for a movie ever.

	21-01-2003 21:29									#19
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Reismark: I hope TTT wins it - it's the only movie I've seen this year* that has even the slightest chance of winning B. Picture.

*See above, re: baby.

	21-01-2003 21:30									#20
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JohnT: So do I, so do I, but it probably won't. Everywhere I go, it's "They're saving it for Return of the King..." and then, of course, it'll probably have the luck of running into a surefire can't-miss lock next year...

	21-01-2003 21:31									#21
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet Please tell me The Core is some kind of disaster-movie spoof....

No spoof. The trailer was straight-up.

You can see it here: http://www.thecoremovie.com/

	21-01-2003 21:32									#22
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet Please tell me The Core is some kind of disaster-movie spoof.... it'd still be very lame, but at least it wouldn't be the most absurd premise for a movie ever.

If it's lame enough, it could become a cult classic

	21-01-2003 21:33									#23
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Please, its not "The warriors"

	21-01-2003 21:40									#24
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i'm a sucker for 'end of the world' movies, so i'll probably see it.

	21-01-2003 21:49									#25
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It's things like this that really make me wonder about the long term future of your country.

(Not just dissing either. I lived in America for 10 years and saw a lot of stuff first hand that worried me deeply. The failure of The Critic cartoon for example)

	21-01-2003 22:14									#26
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The Critic was brilliant. Its failure stands as a lasting indictment of American popular taste.

	21-01-2003 22:24									#27
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"You mean you want me to HACK THE PLANET?"

"What'll it take you to go down there?" "50 billion dollars." "Will you take a check?"

	21-01-2003 22:25									#28
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Oh come on, none of these can hold a candle to the most brainless premise ever inflicted upon the American Psyche.......Pretty Woman.


I hate to say it, but the women I see walking the Cass Corrider after dark look NOTHING like Julia Roberts.

	21-01-2003 22:31									#29
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"Pretty Woman" was based on Dumas' Camille and La traviata by Verdi. Don't blame the "stupid" premise on American movies. I, however, think the premise itself is a good one. Perhaps it was the execution that was the problem.

	21-01-2003 22:40									#30
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quote: Dumbest. Movie. Ever.

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