Damn man this is going to be one of those videos from you that is going to make me wait a little while before I watch it again. This is one of those videos that I hate watching from you or any critic. A video that says you are stupid ignorant and an easily amused dumb ass for liking these movies. You make it sound like your opinion is the only one whose matters when it isn’t, I can point to a lot of movies that you like that a lot of people would go “damn I can’t believe you like that kind of thing”.

Look man I’m not trying to berate you, I love your work man and I highly respect your opinion on most things. I have been a loyal fan of yours since your text review days. But man your beyond insulting people, your so much better at just pointing out what is wrong with a movie and why that movie sucks. Like you did here with Prince of Persia, Air bender, Devil and Twilight.

Again man, I love ya but this is one of those videos that’s kinda hard to watch. On the subject of the list, I more agree with you then disagree with you but I do have notable omissions like Tron and even the A team. There are things that worked more in their favor then against their favor for me but there are definitely things that hold them back from any real kind of greatness. They make it no where near the top or bottom for me their just kind of in the middle.

Actually, there were several times throughout Book of Eli that gave hints that he was blind. I liked the movie, the twist wasn’t bad, but the ending with Mila Kunis really felt out of place.

This one is well done, in classic conversational Spoony! I liked this video much more than the “Best of..” but hey, what the hell do I know?

Spoony, I have to ask. Have you actually seen the original TRON? Because if you have and you still went into Legacy expecting deep, mind blowing social commentary on electronics, you deserve to be disappointed.

Maybe the A-team was a dumb action film, maybe I’m easily amused, but I had some fun watching it precisely because the characters had fun while breaking the laws of physics (the same reason Devil May Cry 3 worked so much better than any other installment in the series). At least it was not supposed to be something much bigger and deep like Tron was.

I can’t wait until you review “Breaking dawn”…That will show the true demonic nature of Bella as a complete cock-tease, sex obsessed vampire who is so over-the-top god like in her powers that even fans of the novels wanted S meyers to re-write the book and get rid of the birth scene and bellas attitude.

Oh, and apparently it’s in two parts…just like harry potter….so we have 2 more years of Twilight

Oh man, I liked quite a few from this list – The A Team, Prince of Persia (Gyllenhal is Jewish and that area was part of Persia….that counts for something right?), MaGruber and you even mentioned The Other Guys as being unfunny. I also liked Devil. Damn, and I usually synch up pretty well in your opinions on films up till now.
The A Team was great fun with absolutely spot on casting…even Rampage Jackson did well. PoP had some cool action scenes, a decent performance from Gyllenhal who I think captured the tone of the Prince from Sands of Time really well, and it was very faithful to the game – keeping the Prince’s acrobatics etc.
MaGruber was funny, and the obvious McGyver jokes were not over used. Funny in a stupid way I should clarify, not clever in the slightest, but any film with Val Kilmer acting like that is tip top in my book.

Ah well, if we all liked the same stuff it’d be a boring ass life. Merry Christmas everyone, (and Happy Holidays for the overly sensitive/political correct/blubbering vagina crowd).

Oh man, I liked quite a few from this list – The A Team, Prince of Persia (Gyllenhal is Jewish and that area was part of Persia….that counts for something right?), MaGruber and you even mentioned The Other Guys as being unfunny. I also liked Devil. Damn, and I usually synch up pretty well in your opinions on films up till now.
The A Team was great fun with absolutely spot on casting…even Rampage Jackson did well. PoP had some cool action scenes, a decent performance from Gyllenhal who I think captured the tone of the Prince from Sands of Time really well, and it was very faithful to the game – keeping the Prince’s acrobatics etc.
MaGruber was funny, and the obvious McGyver jokes were not over used. Funny in a stupid way I should clarify, not clever in the slightest, but any film with Val Kilmer acting like that is tip top in my book.

Ah well, if we all liked the same stuff it’d be a boring ass life. Merry Christmas everyone, (and Happy Holidays for the overly sensitive/political correct/blubbering vagina crowd).

I knew it would be between twilight and last airbender

Come on! seriously? Tron was awsome, u just sit your expectations too high. That movie was amazing.

So Spoony is a fan of xkcd? Awesome!

….the a-team movies sucks….yet you say you like twilight…
al the credit you had with me just went down the shitter..
i loved the tv series when growing up, and yes the movie was uncalled for as seeing that the A-team is an always will be
the dudes from the tv series, but as brainless entertainment goes, it was a pretty fun ride

anyway way better than your WWE rantings where you devoted your time to
and it shows.. this site was way more funny and sweet when you did stuff by your self
and it looks like you think you’ve made it in the big time or something.. telling you dude, your not all that, a few years back you where much funnyer and likeable than what this site has become now

and about kevin smith, he’s a better speaker than a director ( he’s so entertaining just talking out in front of people,
don’t see others doing that quite like he does, and cop out was his first ‘action movie’ the script was handed to him,

and as seeing that bruce willis asked him to do something one day,
he took it and made the movie with him, considering how smith roles,
and as for a first time action director, i think it’s an oke movie,

the blue ray extra’s are the best though, in anny case, it’s way more comprehensive that what ever you have done

Aww I wish I had a Cowboy Bebop poster. That is so epic!

“I always knew you were a bender”
classic scriptwriting there mister night shymalon hahehehhoohooo (or however you spell your last name)
thing is – night is not even his real name, he just put that there to feel more of a horror big shot

My brother-in-law wanted to see Tron: Legacy this past week and took me along for the ride. We saw it in 3D and right before the movie even started, there was a warning sign that went along the lines of, “there are some scenes in this movie that are 2D. This is how the movie was filmed.” This seemed very odd to me. With a lot of other movie franchises going 3d, you’d think that with a series like Tron of all movies, they would shoot it like that too. What 3d there was seemed very subtle and only a few times did it look cool. The action was good, but the story didn’t leave any impact with me because it’s hard to make an impact with anything that’s full of holes. It’s kind of like throwing plain donuts at someone.

My brother-in-law wanted to see Tron: Legacy this past week and took me along for the ride. We saw it in 3D and right before the movie even started, there was a warning sign that went along the lines of, “There are some scenes in this movie that are 2D. This is how the movie was filmed.” That seemed very odd to me. With a lot of other franchises going 3D, you would think that a series like Tron of all movies would go this route too. What 3D there was seemed subtle and only looked cool a few times. The action was good, but the story didn’t leave any impact with me because it’s hard to leave an impact with anything that’s full of holes. It’s kind of like throwing plain donuts at someone.

I actually liked Robin Hood. Hard to say why for sure. I think because I went in with no knowledge of the film an expected just a remake of the same old story. But instead got an original story an so was more entertained than I thought I would be. But I agree its a very slow paced movie.

Hey Spoony,
Loved the video, and agreed most of them (Have not seen Tron 2 yet).
That being said, I’m sorry you weren’t able to do the holiday special you wanted for us.

But maybe this will cheer you up, since i know you read the comments.
It’s my Holiday special! I did a holiday review of a bad video game done all in rhyme,
let me know what you think!
http://blip.tv/file/4553576

I want you to know that you inspired me to do this!

Merry Christmas Spoony!

I can agree to disagree, but insulting me for liking a movie you didnt is just low.

I liked The Last Airbender. and……..in response to how you described Eclipse…oh my god Twilight is the Room!!! Quick, hide it from Tommy Wiseau, he’ll sue for unnecessary reasons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw trailers for Jonah Hex and I thought no way this could be good. I’ve read all the comic books and he never existed in the Weird West. Heck, even the Vertigo series from the early 90s were more grounded in reality than these ones. Hex is simply the comic book version of the Man with No Name and his stories work best if they are written as such. His only super ability is that he hits whatever he is aiming at, which is something most western heroes can do.

I am a huge fan of Jonah Hex from the comic books and I read all of the comic books he’s been in. I think his current revival run is probably the best he’s ever been, but it only works because the correct writer is writing the stories.

Spoony, your schedule has never been an issue for me. I’ve always been fine with you taking time

Meet The Parents is hilarious, the A-Team TV series is a classic, and the Twilight films have contributed to some of the greatest Rifftrax to date.

That is all. Happy holidays Spoony!

Wow, color me shocked. I am stunned that The Expendables was nowhere on your list.

You know what bugged *me* about Book of Eli? It’s not “he was blind the entire time” twist, I could even sorta kinda buy that. Barely. But the thing that pissed me off is how “It’s a Bible.. in Braille!” was played as some incredibly smart twist, an ultimate “the joke’s on you!” for the bad guy.

I mean.. hello! It’s in Braille, not in some impossible-to-brake cipher! Get a pen, turn on your brain and start deciphering, it isn’t really THAT hard… I mean geez, the “HOLY BIBLE” title already gives you eight letters to work with!

Oh, and I agree with the list, although I think “Pandorum” and “Expendables” definitely need a spot in there…

I dunno, that freaky Nutcracker movie looked kinda interesting–something I might have liked to see. Which is, of course, why it was never ever advertised where I live, and this is the first I heard of it. Argh.

You know Spoony, I don’t really criticize people over matters of opinion very often. The only time I do is when said opinion makes it clear they haven’t considered something – not necessarily by intent, sometimes an honest mistake. And in this case it regards Tron Legacy.

While I could argue how Tron Legacy doesn’t have as many plot holes as even many of it’s fans claim(most of the plot holes are explained in the film, just not very well so you have to think differently to piece most of them together, which is definitely a mark against the film), it’s not worth it since if the rest of the movie had been done well enough for you to enjoy it, you’d probably figure them out yourself easily enough. Though I will note your comments on your Twitter feed regarding Clu beating them to the portal despite his planes never being clearly shown to be faster was the most brainless criticism towards the film I’ve ever heard, since they ARE shown to be appreciably faster than the heroes’ plane – and even after that, one of their engines gets shot out during the dogfight, which would slow them down even more.

But I’m getting away from my point. Here’s the thing: EVERYTHING you said about Tron Legacy when you covered it’s entry CAN ALSO BE SAID WORD-FOR-WORD ABOUT THE ORIGINAL TRON and be just as accurate. If it wasn’t a bad thing for the first movie, I don’t see how it can be a bad thing here. There are OTHER legitimate problems with the film, but what you’ve said in this video honestly makes no sense when you think about it this way. Honestly, what you stated is pretty much the reason the first film was bashed by critics and bombed in mainstream audiences.

I saw MacGruber. It was enjoyable, but by no means a good movie. For being based on a MacGuyver parody, the MacGruber movie actually did little to parody its original inspiration. I can only recall MacGruber creating one homemade gadget in the entire movie.

Only ones I’ve seen on that list are “Prince of Persia” and “The Last Airbender”. I found “Prince of Persia” to be passable; nothing great, but not particularly bad. What really baffles me is how much people slam it JUST for the whole overblown race issue. As for “The Last Airbender”… I wanted to like it. I really did. I’m a big fan of the original series and through the whole thing I was telling myself “It wasn’t so bad.” It was. I just hold on to such delusions so that it doesn’t bother me so much.

I liked Robin Hood.

You watch Cowboy Bebop?! I thought you hated anime!

Ah, just two points:

1. Jake is Jewish, him playing the Prince is fair claim. Avatar is a far bigger gripe.
2. Vampires Suck came out this year.

I’m so glad that someone out there has enough sense to pan the “Meet the Parents” series. Cause misunderstandings ontop of each other are hysterical, especially when it makes me sympathize with Ben Stiller who is as funny as hernia surgery.

I sadly must disagree with you on The Book Of Eli, but this one seems to be a love it or hate it movie. Maybe after seeing the completely unsubtle and spoonfeeding that was Avatar, something that had action and some more subtle themes with a more interesting twist ending was more palatable. Kudos for being an Internet celebrity also to diss Kevin Smith. The guy has had one great movie and a couple of average ones where endless profanity, Star Wars jokes and cameos make up the humor.

Thank you very much for the list Spoony, take care and have a great day.

well then Merry…

I also refuse to watch the Meet the Parents sequels. The first was barely passable. I had no interest in the second, even less in the third.

And now, apparently, Hoffman and De Niro want to do another one. :s

For your comment on Tron Legacy, my standards are not too low and I am not easily amused. I love good deep and well written story; like Hotel Rwanda, Big Fish, In the Heat of the Night, Casablanca, Paprika, and so many more!

Out of curiousity, why wasn’t Vampires Suck in your honorable mentions? It’s from the guys who made Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie, that’s good enough!

It’s fun how you slowly boil up towards the end of the list and finally just calmly explain how sucky Twilight is.

About Tron: I was really interested in seeing the movie, but luckily I was also smart enough to watch some reviews and trailers first. The main reason I will not watch the movie is that it does not look at all like Tron to me. Just because you have “better” graphics doesn’t mean you can’t use similar effects to the ones in the 20 goddamned years old movie.

“To everyone that enjoyed this movie, you are easily amused and your standards are too low.” So that’s why I enjoy your videos so much.

I must say I’m surprised that you really disliked The Book of Eli. While I can understand you not liking the twist, especially since it was so obvious that there was going to be a twist, I figured that you would enjoy watching Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman’s performances. That was what I liked about the movie at least.

Also, while Prince of Persia was by no means great, I felt like it was a step towards better video game movies and a step away from Uwe Boll, which is a very good thing.

And another thing about The Book of Eli. The whole movie he talks about how he needs to take the book to the place where it is needed the most. And yet somehow that place is not a wild west town ruled by a fascist dictator and his roving gang of illiterate rapists. Nah, that place doesn’t need religious enlightenment at all. Instead we should take the bible to San Francisco, apparently the only place in the world that still has grass (again very subtle). A place that is known today for being mostly a liberal city full of hippies and homosexuals, traditionally not friends of religion, apparently after the apocalypse has become a utopia where Malcolm McDowell lives and collects literature, and once Eli gets there he transcribes the entire King James Bible so it can serve the great purpose of… sitting on a bookshelf and collecting dust. Clearly Eli is doing the Lords work.

“You’re easily amused and your standards are too low”? i suppose we all should have hoity toity high minded tastes like Yor, Hunter from the future and the rest of the Reb Brown filmography like you, right spoon?

This really does sorta reconfirm how snobbish, inconsistent, and unrealistic Spoony’s movie standards are. Sure stuff like Last Airbender and Twilight are absolute bile, but Tron (Which his review demonstrated he stopped paying attention to about 5 minutes in), A-Team, Prince of Persia, and Robin Hood? Sure they weren’t masterpieces of film-making but certainly far better and more entertaining than most of his “honorable mentions.”

But hey I guess every movie can’t be a Bruno Matei masterpiece pretentious fluff right?

i liked The Book of Eli more than i thought i would. sure i just barley liked it. if you watch the movie you can see Eli tripping or stumbling over stuff through out the entire movie. sure the awesome power he gets from God is silly, but its no more silly than any other fantasy story.

I actually saw Tron: Legacy yesterday, and I found not a whole lot to disagree with. Michael Sheen’s performance as Zuse was every bit as embarrassing and stupid as you described it, and there were a few moments in the movie where the movie pulled cliches that made me exasperated with it. I guess I liked the action scene with those planes and shit, and the music was pretty good.

The Last Airbender was to me what the Wing Commander movie was to Spoony. Early anticipation gave way to feelings of dread when I found out who was attached to the project, and when the actual result came out it really made me want to curl up in bed and never wake up. At least in my case the reviews prepared me for seeing it in theaters, so I could concentrate on riffing it with the five other people in the audience. The only people who say they like this piece of shit are fans of the show in denial, desperately trying to project their fondness for the show onto the movie. I know it’s a low blow to put words in peoples’ mouths like that, but there’s no way in hell I’m wrong about this. No way.

I haven’t seen the Prince of Persia movie, but I did listen to my friend bitch about it for about a half hour. The highlight (meaning the only part I remember) was how he complained about the schizophrenic characterization of the female lead. Considering how perfect the game’s characterization apparently is, at least going by Yahtzee’s word, that’s pretty bad.

I actually remember a lot of these other movies being reviewed by Doug and Film Brain, and it’s interesting to see how different your opinions are.

Speaking of trailers that make me wince, I saw one for Mars Needs Moms when I was watching Tron: Legacy. My face was basically frozen solid the entire time.

IMO Prince of Persia was decent and Robin Hood was good. If you had saw Valhalla rising, that one would have been on top of your list. It was awful

do the games do the games

“You’re easily amused and your standards are too low.”

Oh man I’d like to see you do a review of Speed Racer. :3

I agree with Spoony almost 100% ALMOST.

There were two entries where I think he got it disastrously wrong.

First, the Book of Eli. I really liked this movie. I really don’t get the frothing, wild eyed hatred that it seems to inspire in cinemaphiles everywhere. The only thing I can seem to figure out is that it’s about preserving the Bible. That’s it, that’s the entire reason. Sometimes I get the feeling that people who hate the Book of Eli are butthurt Atheists who have fantasized in the past about burning every copy of the Bible and don’t like seeing their work undone.

Second, Paranormal Activity 2 sucked. It was nothing like the first movie, where Paranormal Activity was subdued, subtle and scary, Paranormal Activity 2 was loud, obnoxious and stupid. Also, it completely contradicted the premise of the first movie and ruined the first movie forever. How did it ruin it? Simple, it explained everything. See, mysteries cease to be interesting the moment they’re explained. Paranormal Activity left a lot of things unexplained, in my opinion this was on purpose and really made the original that much better. Then, here comes Paranormal Activity 2, explains everything that happens in the first film and ties up all the loose ends with a neat little bow.

Of course, this is just my opinion. Otherwise, great list Spoony and have a happy new year!

I hate to agree with you on Tron but you are right, it’s a flashy movie that offers nothing other than pretty lights and action which serve to only be a music video for Daft Punk.

It basically IS a Daft Punk music video, especially when you really listen closely and can tell that they used samples for a lot of the dialog in the movie. If you didn’t hear it, watch it again and you’ll notice.

If you accept it for what it is, a Daft Punk music video, it’s freaking fantastic. If you’re looking for a solid movie, however, I have to agree that it falls very short.

Nice video, though I have to disagree about Jonah Hex. Not the movie because I’d rather not talk about that but actually the character itself, I think the character has aged remarkably well and some of his best stories has been his recent stuff since it feels like the character is much more fully realized for his place and time.

First I must say I love how out spoken you are about your opinion. Now my comments about the movies you’ve selected

Honorable Mentions: I didn’t see any of those but they all look bad.
11: Yeah that didn’t look that good to me and I kind of agree I don’t
really get why Morgan is that popular he has just one joke and it gets
annoying… fast! I actually want to check out The Other Guys because
it looks WAY funnier than Cop Out.

10: Ok I was upset to see the bad reviews for this because to me it looked
cool but I’m really unsure if I even want to rent this. I love Josh Brolin
and it makes me sad to see in this kind of movie. Well thankfully there’s
True Grit

9: I didn’t see this and it looks good and I do agree with you that the
ending is kind of weak, yeah why is he blind? Just make him a lone fighter
kind of guy I’m kind of wondering if M. Night made this film.

8. And speaking of M. Night, I didn’t see it but the trailer sold me as
soon as I saw his name I instantly went, ‘No way am I seeing this.’ I
know he didn’t write or direct this and before his name showed up I was
interested and after reading about the film I’m glad I missed it.

7. YES! This movie was SHIT! Here is a message to film makers: Unless
you are making a political thriller no one cares about politics! Seriously
where was the fun and adventure, what was with this Magna Carter crap
nobody cares about that we want to see Robin Hood rob the rich, do some
trick archery that sort of stuff. Also who the hell is this Godfrey guy?!
I hate this movie.

6. I didn’t see it and it doesn’t look that bad but I think I may just
skip it all together, it’s still a video game adaptation.

5. Ok I actually like the original show and I do want to see this.

4. I actually like the film, from the sounds of it you may have had to
high of expectations, I mean yes you are right it could’ve been more but
I was satisfied it was fun and exciting, it was a basic adventure story,
but it’s nothing to write home about.

3. Yeah I didn’t see this and I don’t want to see it, I’m sick of horror
film remakes the only reason why this was remade was because Del Toro looks
like Chaney.

2. Again the Shamalyan factor happened I was willing to give this a chance
I heard great things about the cartoon series but then that name. I’ve seen
some best of Rifftrax videos of this and that may be as far as I go.
M. Night was the wrong person for the job.

1. Didn’t see it but I didn’t have to it’s the same old shit! And I
completely agree with you about Bella she is the worst character ever
conceived and not in the bland characterics way (though she certainly is)
it’s in the exact ways you mention. She only thinks about herself and
nobody else I seriously hate this character.

I sorta had the same problems with book of eli, the blind gunman doesn’t work as well as blind swordsman, unless your daredevil. But they never really explain his powers, its supposed to be supernaturally guided I guess. But that wasn’t my biggest problem my biggest problem was that they eliminated every copy of the Bible. Not only would that be a complete impossibility as it probably has the most copies of any book in history it also comes in almost every format, I have both NIV and King James version on an original gameboy for crying out loud! there are millions if not billions of electronic form bibles, bibles for ipods, ipod touch, iphone, computers, floppy disks (8-inch, 5¼-inch, and 3½-inch), cd’s, dvd’s, palm machines, kindle, mac, pc, linux, not to mention online, microfiche, ultrafiche, and almost every language probably even spanish brail! It was just too far fetched that the eliminated every Bible, it sorta was plausible in Fahrenheit 451 when books were only available in one format, but in todays culture it would take inexcusable man power armed with x-ray vision to destroy every Bible known to man but one written in brail. I still liked the movie cause of danzel and gary oldman but the plausibility of destroying every Bible is very slim when you consider how many ways its been made.

and yet the little fockers trailer plays constantly before your videos… how do you think we feel spoony :p

I notice a distinct lack of “Vampires Suck” on a lot of bottom 10 lists lately, I guess its for the best, as even the worst movies are remembered if only for their awfulness, its better if we forget this one altogether

I’m a bit surprised Alice in Wonderland isn’t on this list. I thought it was far and away the worst film of the year.

I have to admit that I enjoyed Cop Out. It is not one of Kevin Smith’s better flicks, but it gave me some laughs. I, also, enjoyed the A Team. It is stupid. Yes. I am well aware that it is incredibly stupid. I just didn’t care. I enjoyed it. I thought it was one of hte more fun stupid action flicks that I have seen in a while

you were so strong till book of eli? what? why? comeon spoony, its religious and i thought it was darn good

I rather liked the A-Team and Tron: Legacy. Thought the A-Team was stupid but fun and Tron was really good, mostly for the atmosphere it created through it’s soundtrack, effects, lighting, and cinematography. I don’t appreciate it being said that just because I enjoyed a movie I am therefore too easily amused (I actually took offense), but none the less I still enjoyed the video.

I may disagree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Hey Spoony. So while I agree with the majority of your list of bad films, there was one moment in this video that left a really bad taste in my mouth and made me a little sad. I enjoy you going on a rant filled with hate at inconsistencies, missed oportunities and bad scripts in general like the next guy. Actually one of my favorite videos that you put out every year now is your Twilight Vlogs, they are super funny and you make good points. However there has always been a line you have very rarely crossed that many online bad reviewers are constantly jumping over and that is calling people that disagree with you stupid. So your Tron comment, calling folks who enjoyed the film (yes I am one of them) easily entertained i.e stupid is just mean and really went over a line. As a critic you must know that your opinions will be met by resistance because there are no absolutes, you have stated your annoyance by folks who accuse you of never liking anything or purposely hating something. So why do you have to sink down to that petty level? Your better than that Spoony and it makes you look bad when commit these actions of lets face it immaturity.

i agree with you Spoony Tron:Legacy is a fucking stupid movie and anyone who like that trash are retards

Look, Noah.. I love all your stuff. But this is actually the first time I got nerd rage. Course your used to it by now. But.. The Book of Eli? What? I thought it to be one of the best movies this year. I’m not easily pleased with movies and I’m a huge critic.

It’s like Blade, Mad Max (the setting post apocalyptic and such) Combined, plus a bit of bible. But the ending made TONS of sense! It’s braille! He’s the guy with the last bible which happened to be a braille bible! And he had memorized the whole thing! God gave him commands, he carried it out.

And I typed out “Bibles in braille” And immediately found some that are made specifically for the blind.

http://www.braillebibles.org/

Tadaa! Didn’t take long at all. Sorry if I sound like a smart ass but come on. It wasn’t a groundbreaking movie, but it sure wasn’t a bad one.

But you’ve been going on for years and this is the first thing I’ve ever disagreed with considering movies and games, which is a pretty good amount of time in my book. Otherwise, yes yes and yes to all movies listed here.

I just finished watching the A-Team on DVD. I have to say that it is exactly what I wanted to see in a remake. Same story, but updated to a modern setting.

Still, being what I expected does not make it a good movie. It is a mindless popcorn flick made to tie into the nostalgia that our generation has about our childhood and nothing else.

Spoony! You know what I like about you? You are honest and unapologetic. Don’t ever change. :D

Little Fockers is better than half of the shit on your ‘Best Of’ list, you tedious fuck.

Dude, Cop Out was funny as shit. The genre in general just cracks me up.
There was a scene where the black dude goes batshit crazy, while interrogating some criminal, with him eventually ending up saying nonsensical stuff that only makes sense in his mind, and amidst all he goes “THESE ARE NOT THE DROIDS YOU ARE LOOKING FOOOOOOOOR!!!”

I had the best laugh I got out of a movie all year, because it kinda felt good knowing I’m nerdy enough to get the reference.
It being a line from Star Wars, and somewhat of an internet meme. Idunno… Anyway, yeah I definitely wouldn’t call it a masterpiece, but far from a bad movie, really, although I can imagine it seeming a little stale if you make a living reviewing movies.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t like Meet the Parents. When it came out I remember most people I knew being pretty happy with it. I thought it was pretty painful to watch

In my opinion, your selections are ok; I just disagree with Prince of Persia and Tron.

I don’t actually see the Book of Eli movie, but I just want to let you know that The bible does have a Braille edition.

I actually sorta take offense to the Tron comment. I’m kinda picky about what movies I like, and I really enjoyed watching it. You can’t expect every movie you see to have an epic story line of massive proportions. Sometimes it’s fun to watch a movie simply for visual entertainment. Movies are supposed to amuse, and I found Tron very fun to watch. I understand it’s your opinion, and that’s fine…but making assumptions about every person who liked the movie is a bit overboard. I like you Spoony, but you got mean. :( *Is sad*

Love the reviews, you deal swift and uncompromising justice! Most of the time… Book of Eli: Why did he have to be blind? You could learn braille with the disadvantage of perfect sight too. Keep up the good work though!

…Also, why wasn’t Resident Evil Afterlife on here? lolol. Awful movie.

I actually did enjoy Tron: Legacy, mostly because I went into it expecting a theme park ride, and that’s basically what I got. I didn’t grow up with Tron; my first exposure to it was when I played Kingdom Hearts II. I only saw the original movie last year, so I didn’t have the tremendous nostalgia and important feelings of wonder attached to it that a lot of my fellow nerds and gamers do; I have similar feelings about the Matrix trilogy (especially the first film), so I guess that’s where my sentiments attached.

Was it a brilliant film? Hell no. Did I enjoy it? Absolutely yes. Would I see it again? Eh…probably not. But I don’t regret dropping the money on IMAX 3D tickets, because I got exactly what I paid to see. If that makes me easily amused…well, yeah, in some respects, that’s pretty much on the money.

I actually did enjoy Tron: Legacy, mostly because I went into it expecting a theme park ride, and that’s basically what I got. I didn’t grow up with Tron; my first exposure to it was when I played Kingdom Hearts II. I only saw the original movie last year, so I didn’t have the tremendous nostalgia and important feelings of wonder attached to it that a lot of my fellow nerds and gamers do; I have similar feelings about the Matrix trilogy (especially the first film), so I guess that’s where my sentiments attached.

Was it a brilliant film? Hell no. Did I enjoy it? Absolutely yes. Would I see it again? Eh…probably not. But I don’t regret dropping the money on IMAX 3D tickets, because I got exactly what I paid to see. If that makes me easily amused…well, yeah, in some respects, that’s pretty much on the money.

To paraphrase your own Star Trek review, “one of the most important thing a fan [of the show] need to be able to admit is that the show sucks, but you still like it”. I am a big fan of the first Tron movie, and I will freely admit that it sucked. Tron is always a poster example of style over substance, so why would you expect the sequel to be something that will surpass Matrix and Inception?

I think I got my money’s worth in seeing Tron Legacy, am I easily amused and my standards too low? I don’t think so. But I can usually know what I get when I see a title. You even at one point say that Tron is literally hard to watch, and yet you want the sequel to be something it is not aspired to be, a philosophical masterpiece. I think in this case your standard is way too high, you demand too much from a glorified CGI lightshow. You said Tron was a theme park ride and I can see NOTHING wrong with that.

Of course you are always entitled to your opinion, you can hate Tron Legacy with a vengeance for all I care. However the loss of the ability to enjoy something for what it is is always a bad sign for a comedian. Unless you want to switch lane to be a full deadpan critic…

Oh, and I agree that Prince of Persia SUCKED.

I have heard the commend a few hundred times, “Tron could have been…” What? Great, innovative, wondermagicasupercalafragilistic? Then why can’t anyone give me a real example of how? Every reviewer I have heard said “They could have integrated modern technology into the storytelling”. How? Give me an example of what you would have been satisfied with. You don’t know, because it doesn’t exist. The original Tron, as much as I loved it, was NOT a legendary masterpiece, it was a “rebels beat Orwellian dictatorship” cookiecutter with some lights glued on. The concept of programs being people is exactly the same as electricity being goblins, or thoughts being people. Its isn’t and never was new, it is a looney tunes gag. A way to explain the idea to little kids, not an amazing brain shattering concept. The reason we love it is because it is a tale of victory of the users (people who play videogames and use computers) against an evil “Man” who wants to stop us.

I cannot believe they made a 3-d movie that basically rapes Tschaikovsky after digging him up from his grave and shits on his grave. And Christ, Jonah Hex is a mockery of the name Jonah, I have cousins who would be offended by it.

err, disconnected SOMEWHAT, I meant to say.

I watched number one with my girlfriend and mom. Me and my girlfriend laughed about half the movie, and the only reason we didn’t laugh more was to hear the next dumb line. My mom is a pretty die-hard fan, and she couldn’t help but laugh at this. Now if you’re call this one unfunny in comparison, I can’t wait to see the first movies.

I’ve told other people, and I’ll tell you. THERE ARE WHITE PEOPLE IN PERSIA!

*ahem* Sorry, it’s just a mistake that lots of people make, and I’m really getting tired of correcting them.

I completely agree about a good deal about most of these movies. I didn’t really think the A-Team was all that bad, but I think we’ll have to agree to disagree on it. Finally, I can’t thank you enough for putting Eclipse at the top of the list. Call me a Twilight hater, but my reasons for hating the franchise run deep, and I won’t bore people by going into them. Just know that I appreciate it.

Reaghhhhh, it always feals occured for me when it comes to opnions clashing like this. I feal like someone is about lash out (or me), good list, I defiently comply with most.
Personaly I enjoyed A-Team and Tron, when I saw A-Team it gave me exactly what I wanted, goffy fun. As for Tron yes I will say that it’s story was lacking but I still had a good time when I saw it with my pals and that’s the important thing, that I went ot the cinema and enjoyed the day out.
Now wheres you’re fave list, Ill defientyl check that out.

I’ve got to disagree about Tron. Don’t get me wrong, you were absolutely dead on in your description of it. But it was very much in the tradition of the original. If you liked the original because you thought it was really deep, you’re completely missing the point– it was stupid but pretty.

The new movie is even more stupid than the original, but it’s at least three times as pretty, so it holds up very well in comparison. At least they took the time to make those commands authentic-ish.

Noooo, not the A-team :(

Noooo, not the A-team :(

Twilight: i agree Tron Legacy: please kiss my ass

I was about to defend the twilight books because they were really good until i remembered that the re imagining by alicorn wasn’t the cannon series. I highly recommend the fanfic to anyone who either a) lost faith in humanity because twilight was so bad or b) vaguely liked some of the concepts of twilight and wishes it had a talented writer, interesting plot, and complex characters.

Since when have you been objective? *Chuckle*

Skyline suckered everyone in. So much so that a ho-hum version of the alien invasion genre like “Battle: Los Angeles” looks much better by comparison.

Little Fockers is a real dead horse, and what’s worse is the actors involved are worthy of so much better, but they keep coming back to this.

I saw a trailer for MacGruber and forgot about it ten seconds later. I hadn’t even thought about it until I saw it here. Ditto for Cop Out.

I agree with you on the Kevin Smith syndrome. One okay movie at the right time and suddenly he’s everywhere. I didn’t even like Clerks. Yeah, I said it.

Jonah Hex could have been a great blend of Weird West/Horror but instead they went for the gimmicky Van Helsing-style anachronism of Batman gadgets in a bland cowboy story.

Book of Eli had potental to, instead we get another forgettable post-apocalyptic tale where toilet paper and processed cheese is worth more than oil in a gold drum. Technology just doesn’t get up an walk away no matter how many bombs you drop. Hasn’t anyone heard of a printing press?

Devil was pointless. It wouldn’t have made it as a 9th Season X-Files episode.

The problem with Robin Hood – and with many historical flicks coming out these days – is the statement “We wanted to make it real.” Well here’s real: back in the middle ages, Kings fucked their sisters, nobody bathed because foul smells kept away evil spirits, and you’d be lucky to survive childbirth. Ole. When we look back on Robin Hood, we don’t want to know whether he drank the same water he shat in. We want to see him being a brave hero taking on an oppressive tyrant and being merry while he does it. That doesn’t mean you have to make it some out-of-place, awkward action flick (see Jonah Hex, or don’t) but it does mean we want a story that sympathizes with and emphasizes the heroic qualities of its characters. This isn’t a hard concept to follow, but Hollywood continues to botch it with every one of our childhood heroes, as if believing that if they keep at it we’ll all give in and accept it.

Prince of Persia. Cash grab about five years too late. Next.

I feel so bad for Liam Neeson. Maybe he’s doing this just because he wanted to have fun, but A-Team is, again (like, the fifth example in this list alone) of another Hollywood cashout on an established franchise, taken way over the top (which, considering how the TV series went, is saying something).

I agree with you on Tron: Legacy, 100%.

The Wolfman barely made any sense and none of the characters seem at all interesting or anything more than two word descriptors on the back of party game “whodunit” cards. The Heir, the Girl, the Father, the Inspector. One of them gets a chip that says they’re the wolfman, go ahead and try and act it out. All the plot twists are predictable and worse, they seem more like they’re ad-libbed or wedged into the plot just to keep some semblance of pacing.

Yeah, the obvious flaws of The Last Airbender are all there. Not only is the cartoon a thousand times better for obvious reasons, but the actors in this could take lessons on emotive expression from the voice synthesizer Linkara uses for Poyo. And I was really, really annoyed at the poorly chosen actors in this, not only for their lack of talent, bu their lack of resemblance to anyone in the cartoon, and the fact that half of them don’t even seem to be the same ethnicity as the characters in the cartoons.

What can anyone say about the Twilight series. Bella Swan is the pun to just about every joke people have about the Mary Sue archtype. Fuck ‘em.

Well, Persians (especially way back) are technically white…

The Fockers movies all suck, but of course that’s because i don’t find them funny… Glad you didn’t waste the money on the 3rd one Spoony!

11.  Cop-Out. Love Willis, Love Morgan on 30 rock, just not together.
10.  Jonah Hex- if you’re a fan of the comic movies, you avoid this. Brolin is ok, but the movie lacks severely in everything else. ps- Megan, go back to acting class.
9.   Book of Eli- not going there….let it go people.
8.   Devil- yeah….Spoony says it all.
7.   Robin Hood- Costner anyone?
6.   Prince of Persia…you like the games? avoid this movie.
5.   The A team….it was bad when i found out about Rule #34, but this goes WAAAAY beyond that. Trust me..
4.   Tron: Legacy- anything but. I wrote a 4 page thesis/paper for a Computer class on how we have become too dependent on computers for special effects, stating that Tron (84) was ahead of its time because it was fresh and inventive…this is anything but. *try putting that into 3000+ words..* and Spoony touched every point of what made it bad.
3.   Wolfman- oh Benicio….Benicio…why?
2.   Avatar: the last airbender- (both avatars suck) but this straight out pissed people off for being racist, go figure that one.
1.   Twilight….yeah, need i say more?

Thanks Spoony- you rock! 

Thank you for slap me straight on the face, i need it. I must admit i liked Tron Legacy but the education system in my country never prepared even nerds like me to keep standards going higher. In fact most of time give your own negative opinion is considered offensive except if something is obviously offensive for everybody, society in general doesn’t like smart people unless you can make a lot of money and even in this case my country has lots of evolutionary skills issues to face ahead.

Once again thank you and don’t stop to do what you do best.

It makes me feel bad the room has more variety in the dialog than twilight eclipse

I have no idea who Macgruber appeals to.

People that don’t get comedy?  Americans?

I agree on the A-Team and Cop Out, films I watched and were disappointed by. To be fair with Cop Out, it was pretty obvious that Kevin Smith never intended to make it a great film and just wanted to have fun with it. I did find some scenes in Cop Out funny, but as a whole the movie was lame.
A-Team, goddamn, was it painful to watch. Totally ridiculous even by action film standards to a point where I could not tell myself to just sit back and enjoy it. I know that using a plummeting tank to take out drones being shown here pretty much is an order not to look for realism, but what really killed the film for me was the incredibly stupid final battle where the A-Team hatches and conducts a plan that even by action film standards would in no way succeed, yet somehow it did.

But speaking as a fan of Spoony, I completely disagree on him labelling The Book Of Eli as a terrible film. I found it to be wonderful, captivating and overall a satisfying experience. I guess it appeals to Christians like me. I do understand his exasperation at the lack of realism in the film considering that the main character turned out to be blind, but I think Spoony missed the point; that was supposed to be the strong point of the film is that it was not the guy himself who was a badass but God helping him out and keeping him alive to fulfil his task.

Nobody’s perfect, everyone has their own opinions. I won’t mind if Spoony didn’t enjoy or like the film, but I disagree completely with his decision to say that The Book Of Eli is one of the worst films of 2010. It caters to a certain audience, and I guess Spoony dosen’t fit that group. But I won’t begrudge him for that, it’s understandable.

Still, he makes good points on the other movies.

The problem with Prince of Persia is not because of the White people playing Persians, as that happened in the games as well. The problem is that you did not like it. If you enjoyed the movie, you would have forgiven the racism. 

The only movie on this list I actually liked was the A-Team. All the others, I agree, they were shit.

I loved this video Spoony dude! I enjoyed Meet the Parents. I can’t deny being a Ben Stiller fan. Him constantly getting fucked over really cracks me up. Other than that … 100 % agree!! :)

In response to the Book of Eli and your disbelief of its ending spoony, I would like to say that all things are possible through the lord. Also…shop smart…shop s-mart