wokelstein's "Good Movies that Roger Ebert gave One and a half stars or less to"

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Yes, when Ebert hates something it usually sucks. But I think this list shows that my taste leans a little more toward the grotesque and transgressive than his own. It’s my personal opinion and while I don’t think that indicates I’m not willing to argue in favor of any of these choices I do want to invite others to create their own lists like these.

5/10 A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) added.

4/18 Kick-Ass added.

  1. 1.
    Bad Boys 2
    by Michael Bay
  2. 2.
    The Big Hit

  3. 3.
    Blindness
    by Fernando Meirelles
  4. 4.
    Blue Velvet (Special Edition)

  5. 5.
    The Brood
    by David Cronenberg
  6. 6.
    Cabin Fever
    by Eli Roth
  7. 7.
    Coneheads

  8. 8.
    Day of the Dead (Divimax Special Edition)
    by George A. Romero
  9. 9.
    ?
    The Devils (Special Uncut Restored Edition 1971)
    by Ken Russell
  10. 10.
    The Devil's Rain
    by Robert Fuest
  11. 11.
    Dune
    by David Lynch, Freddie Francis
  12. 12.
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
    by Terry Gilliam
  13. 13.
    Freddy Got Fingered

  14. 14.
    ?
    friday the 13th part 2

  15. 15.
    The Frighteners
    by Peter Jackson
  16. 16.
    God Told Me To Kill

  17. 17.
    The Good Son
    by Joseph Ruben
  18. 18.
    Harold And Maude
    by Hal Ashby
  19. 19.
    Hellraiser
    by Clive Barker
  20. 20.
    High Tension (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
    by Alexandre Aja
  21. 21.
    The Hitcher
    by Robert Harmon
  22. 22.
    Hocus Pocus

  23. 23.
    In Praise Of Love

  24. 24.
    Kick-Ass
    by Matthew Vaughn
  25. 25.
    Lawn Dogs
    by John Duigan
  26. 26.
    The Limits of Control
    by Jim Jarmusch
  27. 27.
    Mandingo
    by Richard Fleischer
  28. 28.
    I Spit On Your Grave
    by Meir Zarchi
  29. 29.
    Mother's Day
    by Charles Kaufman
  30. 30.
    Needful Things
    by Fraser Clarke Heston
  31. 31.
    A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
    by Samuel Bayer
  32. 32.
    ?
    Old School

  33. 33.
    Pink Flamingos
    by John Waters
  34. 34.
    Scrooged
    by Richard Donner
  35. 35.
    Snake Eyes
    by Brian De Palma
  37. 37.
    Uncle Buck
    by John Hughes
  38. 38.
    The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
    by Bryan Singer
  39. 39.
    Very Bad Things
    by Peter Berg
  40. 40.
    Wolf Creek (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
    by Greg Mclean
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Created by wokelstein on Jun 06, 2009.
 

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youdontseeyouwant

Good one. — 2 years ago

Timely, too—after watching Swing Vote and Up nearly back to back yesterday, I immediately started thinking of doing something of my own along the lines of Crap Movies That Armond White Likes and Would Claim Are Better Than There Will Be Blood or something to that effect. But White’s insistent contrarianism would probably render that a pointless exercise, as what is the purpose of pointing out the perversity of things that everyone already disagrees with anyway?

Ebert’s negative reviews of debatably valuable films are therefore considerably more damning as a result, and thus more worthy of discussion. Most of the films you list here have solid followings despite Ebert’s pans, sure, but whether they represent him going against the critical grain (Blue Velvet) or revealing his biases (pretty much any horror film listed above), Ebert is an important enough figure that his reviews are part of their legacies.

That said, expect that you will have to answer for Coneheads, The Good Son and Hocus Pocus.

Jun 23, 09:58AM | 1 comment | Reply to this



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