The worst film ever?
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Sandwich_Boy — 20 years ago(July 19, 2005 03:03 AM)
"Incidentally, I've heard it proposed a number of times that Peter Sellers was a comedy genius. I am not sure there is really enough evidence to support this idea, he really wasnt that funny often enough to warrant the label."
Have u never heard of the goons?! Its a radio show he used to with spike milligan and harry secombe. pure genious! -
argonical — 20 years ago(August 18, 2005 04:37 PM)
Actually it's funny in the opening scene when Peter Seller's character takes forever to die. As a simple gag it's not that funny; but when you push it and push it and push it again then it's funny. Sort of like Mike Myers in the Austin Powers movies.
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arvstor_00 — 20 years ago(November 22, 2005 04:14 PM)
Obviously you've never watched paint dry on Abu Ghraib prisoners guarded by West Virginians with camcorders. Now that is funny! (Not the prisoner part, but the West Virginian with camcorders part - a bit like how meticulously the Germans documented their experiments on their prisoners. At least the Japanese wrote 'monkey' when they were experimenting on Koreans and Russians.)
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therealsachin — 20 years ago(September 26, 2005 01:30 PM)
I hate it when people start praising or critisizing movies without actually seeing it completely.
Some movies are like roller coaster ride. It starts slow, climbs even slower, but it finally thrills. One needs to be patient and wait till the end of the movie before jumping the guns (and writing a review in imdb). So I guess this outright critisicm of the movie and of the actor does not hold any water. -
scotbpens — 16 years ago(February 13, 2010 12:02 AM)
The hjr2000 bloke talks a lot about dry paint. I think he's been eating it.
Yeah, the old-fashioned kind that has lead in it.
All the universe . . . or nothingness. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be? -
arvstor_00 — 20 years ago(November 22, 2005 04:06 PM)
Apparently you did give this film an additional ten minutes before doing more interesting things, presumably not watching paint dry or listening to paint dry. However if this film actually bored off your underwear it accomplished something that should at least be filmed by a bunch of teenagers with a camcorder. I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult for that to be arranged. If you do have yourself filmed having your underwear bored off by watching "The Party" please provide a link - especially if there are a bunch of teenagers recording you with a camcorder.
Could you provide the necessary criterion for comedic genius? Certainly you wouldn't propose that any specific group of individuals determine for all people for all time what constitutes comedic genius. I could state that I find someone to be absurdly brilliant and state why, but could I speak for all people for all time? Certainly not. -
nnenad — 20 years ago(June 13, 2005 04:09 AM)
to hjr2000:"I saw the first half an hour of this film and switched it off"
I always admired people who "stand up and get out of the theater". I guess you are one of them, aren't you? You need to make a scene and "show them" that you do not like it, and are prepared to "back it up" with a speedy walk out.
Well, it's good that you have your oppinion about the movie. Only thing that I can recommend to you is to try to watch (any) movie to the end, and I guarantee that your oppinion on it would be much more valid and respected.
And one more thing - have you ever tried to use "a camcorder and an editing desk" and made "something more watchable"?
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hjr2000 — 20 years ago(June 13, 2005 05:48 AM)
It was showing on ordinary TV. Therefore I didnt have to go and request my money back for such poor product. However I have walked out before, Naked Gun 2.5 was the last occasion. Others I have stuck out because I have paid 6.50 to see it and want my money's worth. 'About Schmidt' was probably the last film i recall to be just about worthy of that.
As for the camcorder idea, sometime I wouldn't mind having a go at attempting to upstage 'The Party'. Perhaps a 1.5 hour documentary on the physics of drying paint?
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nnenad — 20 years ago(June 14, 2005 02:57 AM)
hjr2000 : "It was showing on ordinary TV. Therefore I didnt have to go and request my money back for such poor product. However I have walked out before, Naked Gun 2.5 was the last occasion. Others I have stuck out because I have paid 6.50 to see it and want my money's worth. 'About Schmidt' was probably the last film i recall to be just about worthy of that. "
That's the difference between you and me - I watch movies not to enterntain me but to learn something from them. I believe there are many things that I don't know and I'm trying to use every opportunity I have to learn something new. And believe me, The Party is a movie you can learn from, especially as a person (this is not about you, but everyone). Try to ditch the I-don't-have-the-time-to-watch-it-because-it's-dull attitude, and you will see that many wonderful things may happen to you. It's not about 1$ for 1kg of enterntainment - it doesn't work that way, and you'll never find any movie or art form in general to give you that.
If you are a skilled filmmaker - then I guess your best solution is to make movies yourself. It will give you much more in return then watching other peoples stuff.
'Perhaps a 1.5 hour documentary on the physics of drying paint?'
Actually, do you know what exact process makes paint dry? I don't know and I know you don't. So - we would benefit from watching such a documentary. We would learn. -
hjr2000 — 20 years ago(June 14, 2005 03:26 AM)
Actually i think that most people watch films for entertainment purposes. Therefore films need to be entertaining and hold your attention. I suppose you could watch the Party as a means of seeing how it shouldnt be done.
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nnenad — 20 years ago(June 21, 2005 04:33 AM)
hjr2000: "I suppose you could watch the Party as a means of seeing how it shouldnt be done."
You have a point - and it is my point also - if you walked out, you didn't see how it shouldn't be done. So how can you know which movie is good/interesting/entertaining if you do not watch the bad/dull/complicated ones (to the end)?
hjr2000: "Actually i think that most people watch films for entertainment purposes"
They do not. There are a lot of others who try to find artistic value in movies, which are an art form to begin with. Just as painting, music, writing, they are used to express authors thoughts, feelings and ideas about the world they live in. Also, movies are the most powerful way to express yourself artisticaly (picture, sound, dialogue, colors, shapes, cuts etc).
If you do not even try to find it - you are losing.
I feel that if I watch the movie and only have fun, that I lost valuable time which I could have spent elsewhere. There are far better ways to have fun than watch movies. -
hjr2000 — 20 years ago(June 21, 2005 05:45 AM)
Well, I suppose different people get different things out of films. However I would guess not many people go to the cinema to watch a new blockbuster because of the artistic value of the film, they go to be entertained.
As for watching the whole of the Party in the hope that it might actually turn into a good film, if it doesnt do anything for the first 30 minutes then i am certainly not about to waste time watching the rest of it! -
7rym — 20 years ago(August 31, 2005 07:14 PM)
You sound like a sad person
If you can't enjoy simple fun like Sellers offers, or the excellent slapstick in the Nake Gun movies, you simply should not go see them!
Don't waste your own time seeing movies you don't like, and don't waste our time telling us that you don't have the ability to see the hilarious comedy presented in theese movies because there is noe cue for you when to laugh!
Why do you bother see comedy if you obviously don't like it?
Why go see a Naked Gun movie if you knew you didn't find it funny when you saw the trailer?
Are you going to tell me that you are an open minded person who gives every movie a fair chance before you condemn them?
There are thousands of great movies out there, go watch the ones you like and stop spreading stories of your sad life to others!
