The case for the prosecution: The Three Musketeers edition of my "Sword Fighting Films" posts is about 5 paragraphs away from beig done, but the flaws of this film will make an appearance ( Read more... )

It continues to be difficult to find films that are bad but have good, memorable scenes

I mean the Hammer Hound of the Baskervilles

The case for the prosecution:(Some spoilers ( Read more... )

A link to the Fin-gore trope on TVtropes. Which annoyingly doesn't include this scene. This may be rectified later.

Slightly off the usual format.

As well as spoilers for Mission Impossible 2, there are also spoilers for Thunderball and North by North West.

The case for the prosecution:MI2 is a mess. Overblown, forever getting in its own way ( Read more... )

(which, it turns out, is not called X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)

Some spoilers below

Case for the prosecution: Am I part of the problem? Probably. That wonderful clip of the ancient Four Horsemen chanting En Sabat Nur's name at the end of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" got me over-excited. Nothing could have lived up to it ... except "X-Men: Days ( Read more... )

The case for the prosecution:They tried to be clever with Wilde ( Read more... )

The case for the prosecution:This is one of the ones where I expect some disagreement because I know this film was up for awards, awards that weren't Razzies, and some of the awards were for the screenplay, which is the main thing I will criticise. But the film wasn't that good, and it certainly wasn't as good as it could have been ( Read more... )

Spoilers throughout.

The case for the prosecution:Batman vs Superman is a film that doesn't seem to know who at least 3 of it's characters are. When one of the three is your co-headliner, that's a problem. This is no diss on Henry Cavill, who is excellent whenever he gets to play Clark Kent, the big blue Boy Scout we know and love. But there ( Read more... )

Case for the Prosecution:They made a film with Michael Fassbender and swords (and Michael Fassbender hitting people with swords) boring ( Read more... )

This is the first of two "100 Great Scenes In Not So Great Films" that are slightly out-of-format. You will see why shortly.

There are spoilers for the entire film throughout this one, because it's impossible to avoid them when talking about the end of it. There are also spoilers for Yojimbo for thematic reasons.

Case for the Prosecution:War is ( Read more... )

I haven't forgotten about this, it's just hard to find suitable films.

There are spoilers throughout.

Case for the Prosecution:

Hot Tub Time Machine relies on unnecessary toilet humour for most of its jokes. The characters are unlikable, and we're not given much reason for want them to achieve their selfish goals.

The Scene Itself:

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Why the ( Read more... )