Top 8 pointless films
My personal list of films that seemingly wasted my time. Most of which had no narrative or failed miserably in proving a point.
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- DirectorJulian GilbeyStarsRoman KarpynecSaul LinklaterDominic Alan-SmithA relentlessly gritty action film, Reckoning Day takes its inspiration from modern day low-budget classics such as Evil Dead (Sam Raimi), Bad Taste (Peter Jackson) and El Mariachi (Robert Rodriguez), and gives it a uniquely British spin.A direct to video production. No need to point out the bad so I will note the only novel idea in the entire flick: a chainsaw on chainsaw battle.
- DirectorVirginie DespentesCoralie Trinh ThiStarsRaffaëla AndersonKaren LancaumeCéline BeugnotTwo young women, marginalised by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence. Breaking norms and killing men - and shattering the complacency of polite cinema audiences.Technically not porn, lacking in taste, and creative ingenuity and narratively no motivation. Only the creators can tell you directly what they tried to tell with the flick, which is bad.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsSigourney WeaverWilliam HurtJoaquin PhoenixA series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.Sixth sense was great. Unbreakable was borderline strange. This was just too much. I could not suspend my disbelief.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsMark WahlbergZooey DeschanelJohn LeguizamoA science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.Mystery is one thing. This film is something else entirely. It neither captures or tingles your imagination. It is just way, way out there. The narrative required alot more exposition and even that wouldn´t validate a viewing.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsNathaniel BrownPaz de la HuertaCyril RoyAn American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.Gaspar Noé is commendable for his confrontational and pioneering spirit. However this film forces you to watch 40 seconds of a white, flickering screen, inducing epileptic seizure. Confronting an audience is one thing, violating their trust is another.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.No more than an exposition of technical expertise of the industry. It had nothing to add as a creative or narrative work.
On a side note: it did feel insidiously subversive. - DirectorDanny CannonStarsSylvester StalloneArmand AssanteRob SchneiderIn a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.Guns and explosions. When reading the comic/graphic novels, I was intrigued by the internal machinations of the characters. None of that translated to the silver screen.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyBrad PittJulia RobertsDaniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's Eleven (2001).What a mess. By the time I figured out what the plot was, I stopped caring. Putting a lot of stars in one place was not a recipe for a good film.