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For me, it was Vampires Suck. I did not willingly see it (being already acquainted with Seltzer & Friedberg's work), my date did (we're both Twilight haters, although that's a completely different discussion I'd rather stay away from), and we ended up leaving early.

Pretty much everything I feel about it I already put in a user review for Rotten Tomatoes:

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My date and I were the only ones in the theater, and we left early. Now, this was at about 9:00 on a Sunday night, and there's very little to do during the day in the town I live in, let alone on a Sunday night, so yes, we would have rather ended the date early than watched this film in its entirety.

I could imagine being able to tolerate the bad elements of the film if it at least provided a witty or sharp satire of today's vampire craze or the genre as a whole, but the filmmakers weren't even trying to pull THAT off. While the film is certainly more coherent than Seltzer & Friedberg's previous films (Epic Movie and Disaster Movie come to mind), it's like comparing a bag of crap with a bag of slightly less crap, if you'll pardon the crappy (Hahaha.) analogy.

What's perhaps saddest about this is that Seltzer & Friedberg don't need to make a good vampire satire film - all they have to do is market it as a goofy spoof and people - whether they adore the vampire craze or abhor it - will come see it. Seltzer & Friedberg then just laugh at all of the bad reviews - all the way to the bank.

On a positive note, though, Jenn Proske's performance was livelier, more convincing, and all-around superior to Kristen Stewart's in the Twilight films.

The film was standard Seltzer/Friedberg fare: stupid & pointless pop culture references, overdrawn potty humor, too many former MadTV cast members, overly violent slapstick, etc.

Okay, I'd just like to say something about that last one. Slapstick has great comedy potential (The Three Stooges). Gratuitous bodily harm also has great comedy potential (Jackass). Combining the two does not equal comedic gold.

One..."joke", if that's what it could be called, has the main character's father complementing her breasts early in the film. (The girl has an understandable "WTF" reaction.) I am not a parent, nor am I anybody's daughter, but that...that just made me feel unclean. I want to find Seltzer and Friedberg and punch them for even thinking that there might even be a possibility that that might get a laugh out of someone.

This post has been edited by Insegredious on 8th January 2011 23:33

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I thought every film I saw this year was good. I would've thought the choice for me would be between Tamara Drewe and Love and Other Drugs. Neither were bad by any means but nothing on the heights of Social Network and Scott Pilgrim.

However, that was me forgetting Harry Potter 7.1. I find Harry Potter films are judged alongside other HP films, or sometimes the book, not film-making in general. We had a good HP response thread going here and I still stand by what I said then. It's the best HP film, but it's also the poorest film I saw all year.

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Devil. A film that was so close to being good if only M. Night's terrible, terrible, ABYSMAL quality dialogue was shunted out of it. It actually made me angry that the film would have been good if the 'auteur' was far, far away from it. Seeing it has convinced me what I suspect I knew all along, that Shyamalan is the worst writer in Hollywood.* However, it WAS well-directed, so maybe the director can come up with another good gig with someone who understands pathos and emotion.

* I know that, ostensibly, Shyamalan didn't write the script. But he did come up with the idea, and I'd recognise those embarrassing, cookie-cutter characters from a mile away. If he didn't actually put the words to paper, he was hovering over the guy who did the entire time.

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Last Airbender by a wiiiiide friggin margin. More than just being a ludicrously bad movie, it was an adaptation of a show I hold near 'n dear as a primo example of animation as a storytelling medium and just a damn good show.

It's the sheer ineptitude of Shyguy's writing that really pissed me off, but really this movie has him failing in every aspect of even the most basic fundamentals of storytelling.

The rifftrax version though is one of the most entertaining things I've heard this year!

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Quote (Narratorway @ 9th January 2011 15:13)

Last Airbender by a wiiiiide friggin margin. More than just being a ludicrously bad movie, it was an adaptation of a show I hold near 'n dear as a primo example of animation as a storytelling medium and just a damn good show.

It's the sheer ineptitude of Shyguy's writing that really pissed me off, but really this movie has him failing in every aspect of even the most basic fundamentals of storytelling.

The rifftrax version though is one of the most entertaining things I've heard this year!

This pretty much sums up how I feel. There were a bunch of mediocre flicks throughout the year, but none that got under my skin the way Shamalamadingdong's complete mishandling of the Airbender series did. It was, in every sense of the word, awful and just downright painful to watch.

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Shamalamadingdong's

Oh, I forgot he directed that. Yep, that's the worst film... Didn't even have to see it.

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Out of the movies I saw in 2010, I would probably say Robin Hood, it just doesn't stand up to everything else I saw. Everything else I saw was decent or awesome.

The worst movie I saw was definitely Cop-Out. It definitely had funny moments, but overall it was just not good. Far and away the worst Kevin Smith movie.

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Little Fockers. Urgh. It was the exact same kind of almost-humor as the last one, Meet the Fockers. It had Ben Stiller (and I'm just not a fan of his). It brought up a big plot point (the Early Human school thing), spent 20 minutes on it, and NEVER RESOLVED IT. And, as always, I really do not want to think about Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand as having to do with anything sexual.

Urrrrgh.

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It had Ben Stiller (and I'm just not a fan of his).

I would probably dislike Ben Stiller as well if it weren't for Heavyweights, Dodgeball, and Tropic Thunder. But those three are worthy comedies that I could watch over and over.

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I would probably dislike Ben Stiller as well if it weren't for Heavyweights, Dodgeball, and Tropic Thunder. But those three are worthy comedies that I could watch over and over.

Was Heavyweights the fat camp one? I swear that used to be on the Disney Channel like every other day when I was in my teen years...

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I would probably dislike Ben Stiller as well if it weren't for Heavyweights, Dodgeball, and Tropic Thunder.  But those three are worthy comedies that I could watch over and over.

Was Heavyweights the fat camp one? I swear that used to be on the Disney Channel like every other day when I was in my teen years...

Yup. One of my favorite movies from my elementary school years. Judd Apatow's first writing credit. Ben Stiller plays the evil camp owner and his real-life parents (who are both actors; Jerry Stiller is pretty famous for his role in Seinfeld) play the nice former camp owners in the movie.

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Legion was good for a laugh... It was supposed to be dramatic. haha. "Fantasy-Sci Fi- Thriller?" Yeah right!

Frozen was probably a great thriller, but it was so gruesome I couldn't exactly stomach it It made me cringe mostly the whole time.

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It had Ben Stiller (and I'm just not a fan of his).

I would probably dislike Ben Stiller as well if it weren't for Heavyweights, Dodgeball, and Tropic Thunder. But those three are worthy comedies that I could watch over and over.

I forgot about Dodgeball, that's a great movie, but it was made before he was in EVERY MOVIE. Never seen the other two.

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FFIV
FFVI
FFVII
FFIX
FFX
FF Tactics: Advance 2
Chrono Trigger
Dragon Quest 8
Dragon Quest 11
Super Mario RPG

Last Airbender takes the cake--it's turning me to the unforgiving world of internet reviewer (soon to come).

Scott Pilgrim sucked too, and you'll also see the video on that eventually.

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Out of the movies I saw in 2010, I would probably say Robin Hood, it just doesn't stand up to everything else I saw.

Wow I can't believe I forgot about that disaster of a film. It started out fairly well then nosedived in every single area. I'll still stay true to my choice of HP 7.1 because it's memorably weak while Robin Hood is more forgettable.

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Out of the movies I saw in 2010, I would probably say Robin Hood, it just doesn't stand up to everything else I saw.

Wow I can't believe I forgot about that disaster of a film. It started out fairly well then nosedived in every single area. I'll still stay true to my choice of HP 7.1 because it's memorably weak while Robin Hood is more forgettable.

Personally, this is the only Robin Hood movie that exists, lol.

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Quote (GamblingCat @ 10th January 2011 22:08)

Out of the movies I saw in 2010, I would probably say Robin Hood, it just doesn't stand up to everything else I saw.

Wow I can't believe I forgot about that disaster of a film. It started out fairly well then nosedived in every single area. I'll still stay true to my choice of HP 7.1 because it's memorably weak while Robin Hood is more forgettable.

Personally, this is the only Robin Hood movie that exists, lol.

I agree on that. Mel Brooks films (particularly Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs) are awesome.

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Quote (GamblingCat @ 10th January 2011 22:08)

Out of the movies I saw in 2010, I would probably say Robin Hood, it just doesn't stand up to everything else I saw.

Wow I can't believe I forgot about that disaster of a film. It started out fairly well then nosedived in every single area. I'll still stay true to my choice of HP 7.1 because it's memorably weak while Robin Hood is more forgettable.

Personally, this is the only Robin Hood movie that exists, lol.

I agree on that. Mel Brooks films (particularly Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs) are awesome.

Yeah, I grew up with Men In Tights, but Young Frankenstein is my favorite.

Also, if you like Mel Brooks, look for the animated special, The 200 Year Old Man, with him and Carl Reiner. It's hilarious.

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The Last Airbender.



Because you don't ruin my favorite show ever and get away with it.

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