Comments on: Video Blog: Movies You Know Will Suck (G.I. Joe) Yet Are Excited To See Anyway

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:07:25 +0000

I’m totally with you on this one!

This happened to me with the movie “Fighting”. Looking at the trailer, I knew there was no way this movie was going to be good, yet I still went on opening day. Two reasons I think “why” this is:

1) In general, I like a lot of movies that involve fighting. My favorite movie of all time is Karate Kid and I’m a big fan of Never Back Down which came out a year earlier. Heck, I even loved the first Mortal Kombat movie.

2) This is going to sound a little weird, but the music in the trailer got me all pumped up for it. Using “Remember The Name” by Fort Minor was a very good idea for this type of movie.

In the end, Fighting was arguably one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. The acting was horrendous. I couldn’t believe Terrence Howard signed on for this.

By: JAMES (hazmat)

JAMES (hazmat) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:20:05 +0000

Now, this movie has a fucking 91%

Beast.

Win.

Ownage.

By: Stef

Stef — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:13:57 +0000

I wish I had a product and had customers like you :)
Complaining about a bad product but still throwing money at it …

Like I read somewhere in the comments here, don’t be a sheep.

If the movie is going to be as bad as you think it will, then don’t support it. Don’t support the creators of it. And least of all, don’t support the studio.

By: CMPAA

CMPAA — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:36:18 +0000

I think this speaks to our love of nostalgia. We can become addicted to trying to relive the feelings we had when we were younger and our emotions were more intense.

The hope that a movie can reinvigorate those feelings is a bit like looking forward to seeing your first crush at a high school reunion. You know logically that it’s more likely this person won’t live up to your expectations, but you can’t help the excitement of potentially experiencing those feelings again.

Maybe if you’re lucky, that old crush will still be hot, single, and into you. But odds are…not so much.

By: michael

michael — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:47:35 +0000

http://ie.rottentomatoes.com/m/gi_joe/

did not expect that……

By: Mofo Toshio

Mofo Toshio — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:27:49 +0000

HA! I love Wing Commander Prophecy too, and remember thinking the movie was AMAZING as a kid!

By: sahil

sahil — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:45:40 +0000

Great topic John.
The only thing that I can think of would be the answer to your question are the trailers. Trailers for the most part are a hell of a lot better than the movies will ever be. You get the best parts of a 2 hr movie in 2 minutes and none of the bs.

Here is a short list of movie that I can think of that I have seen and knew that the movie was going to be horrible but saw it anyways in theaters……
Transformers 2, Terminator Salvation, X-Men Origins Wolverine, Jumper, Vantage Point, War, and many more.

By: JAMES (Hazmat)

JAMES (Hazmat) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:41:07 +0000

Dragon

Broh i still dont know how he fucking gets them

He seriously gave me the Halo one and its fucking raw dude

By: DON

DON — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:15:15 +0000

Gi Joe >>>>>>>>> Transformers

By: AARON

AARON — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:45:46 +0000

Lol, no man not a dumb question. Well, I download them, put them on google docs, then take em off my hard drive to avoid viruses, now I can give em to you but I can’t post a link to them, it would be considered spam.

My email: aarongracheck@gmail.com