Alone in the Dark

[dalekboy]

On a whim, just checked. I've seen 104 of the Internet Movie Database Top 250 and only 12 of the IMDB Bottom 100.

It's amazing how many of the bottom 100 I had decided I wasn't going to waste my time on, though I do have a couple on them still on my 'to see' list.

What prompted this was voluntarily watching Alone in the Dark last night.

I watched it because it was a reasonable computer game that I helped Sharon out with. Shaz likes puzzle based games. This had puzzles but also bits where you had to fight the monsters, so when a monster bit would come up, she'd save the game and wait for me to visit, I'd kill the monster then she'd continue with the game. It was from way back before we got married.

I knew Sharon would have been curious to see the film. I knew it was going to be bad, and she doesn't share me appreciation of crap cinema. So I hired it for $1 and watched it last night.

When I watch a film for the first time, generally I like to concentrate on it fully. If I have to do something, I will pause it. I texted Sharon halfway through the film, telling her 'Alone in the Dark is less fun than a rectal exam performed by someone wearing large metal gauntlets, boring and non-sensical in that special way that belongs only to people on lithium & bad Italian SciFi. You need *never* see this film.'

That goes for all of you, too, though I know I'm too late for some of you.

This film is not so-bad-it's-good. It is dull, very dull, Solaris-remake dull. And it's meant to be an action film. It makes less sense than Underworld with the sound turned up.

There are films where I say they are so bad, you should wait until they get down to $1 a week and then get someone else to pay for it. No-one should ever part with money for this film. No-one should lose time to this film.

Comments

[leebattersby.livejournal.com]

My clount stands at 116/5, which either proves that I have better taste in movies than you, or we should get together and watch more of the bad ones, with popcorn and friends :)

On the other hand, I'm leery of a list that doesn't include the first fantastic Four movie in the bad column...

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

I did try to warn people that Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land was actually bad, not so-bad-it's-good. But not only did no one believe me, but they got it out of the video library and complained about my 'recommendation'. grr.

I enjoyed the Resident Evil movie. But then, I liked the Solaris remake, too..

[rachelholkner.livejournal.com]

I've seen 106 from the top 250 and 1 from the bottom 100.
I'm so ashamed.
It was Spice World.

*runs and hides*

[(Anonymous)]

110 good, 6 bad. Frankly, I thought I would have seen more bad ones, given how many crap movies Peter makes me watch! There are also a few good ones I haven't seen but I have bought the DVD and now just need to find time to watch them. And it is a reminder that there's a few more I've been meaning to see! (although there was also plenty I'd not heard of, surprisingly). Jenny

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

I appear to be at 58 of the top 250 (And that's after checking some of the ones listed under their original non english titles (CTHD for one))
But I haven't seen any of the bottom 100 at all. Whew.

[possbert.livejournal.com]

I've seen 111 in the Top list and, apart from those that have been Mystied and therefore haven't been seen in their own right, 0.

Not sure how I managed this.

[angriest.livejournal.com]

143 good. 11 bad.

[(Anonymous)]

I've only seen 76 of the top 250, which is less than I'd thought.

I note that all 6 of the Star Wars films are listed.

Of the bottom 100, definately 2, maybe 3. Can't remember if I've actually seen 'Leonard Part 6'. I'm not sure that 'Spice World' deserves to be on that list. Sure, it's no masterpiece (and I can't see how anyone would have expected that it would be), but I remember it being quite fun.


Simon