Neil Gaiman www.NeilgaimanBoard.com www.NeilgaimanBoard.com The World's End Other Writers The crappiest book you ever read / movie you ever saw
www.NeilgaimanBoard.com www.NeilgaimanBoard.com The World's End Other Writers The crappiest book you ever read / movie you ever saw|
Go
|
New
|
Find
|
Notify
|
Tools
|
Reply
|
|
|
Member |
ok, I have two worst books, both of which actaully caused physical symptoms. The first was one of those "[letter] is for [something]" books, like "H is for Homicide" or something. I think it was the 'L' book in the series. It was wretched and insulting and the mere thought of it makes my stomach clutch in memory of the sheer crap it was.
The second was Michael Chriton's (sp?) "Sphere". An author I like, normally. This book was hideous. It was SO bad, I ended up reading it twice. I know, how painful is that. See, I picked it up once and started reading it. I got about a third through when I realized I'd read it before and hated it so much I'd repressed all memory of it. I forced myself to finish it the second time so I would never forget how bad it was. |
|||
|
|
Member |
Now, worst movies... Hmm, that's a toughie because there are of course, such wretched pieces of crap like Plan 9 From Outer Space or Robot Monster, so I think I'll go with Worst movie that 1) was big budget AND 2) had high expectations.
With an Honourable mention nod to Battlefield: Earth which had at leas the budget part, the prize has to go, in equal measures, to the Prequel trilogy of Star Wars films. What is stunningly hard to believe about them is that all three are even worse than the freaking Ewoks in the third movie. They did something I thought was not possible, spoiled the original trilogy for me. Amusingly enough, The Phantom Edit is a pretty decent movie, easily MUCH better than the original. |
|||
|
|
Surprise Inspector Member  |
i have avoided the da vinci code like the plague.
but i *have* read some porn that beggars belief. "Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
|||
|
|
Warrior/Hunter/Judge/Prey Member  |
Books:
The Cat Who Went Down the River. We listened to it on CD on a long car trip and it was awful. Desperation by Stephen King. I don't know why I finished reading it other than that it gave me the excuse to tear apart the writing of someone who's so well loved and was clearly writing tripe. There was a book by Jeff VanderMeer that made me roll my eyes with just about every sentence, but I can't remember the name of it. I think it had meerkats in it. ETA: It was Veniss Underground. Makes me cringe just thinking about it. |
|||
|
|
Surprise Inspector Member |
in the aforementioned porn, i completely lost the moment because i got involved in counting the number of times the author used the word "very" on any given double page spread. i think the most was 6.
"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
|||
|
|
Miss Kitty Fantastico Member  |
badly written psuedo-porn - Anne Rice's mummy book... erm, Ramses the Damned? I think that's the title. woo boy that was bad.
I would have thought the end of the world is everyone's responsibility, wouldn't you? ~Death in Thief of Time Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. |
|||
|
|
always wears a tie - just not around his neck Member  |
I am another one that mostly likes Stephen King but he can write some stinkers, I add "Cujo" to the list that sucked
Head of internal security of the Realm of Unproductivity and Procrastination, Catnip Master in the order of the Pineapple. |
|||
|
|
Surprise Inspector Member |
Anne Rice also did another porn series, under a ridiculous pen name. they're the "sleeping beauty" books, and they're shite.
"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
|||
|
|
Fractal demiurge Member  |
I can't read Anne Rice. She writes like a horny 14 year old trying to sound sophisticated.
That said, as a horny 14 year old I read the "A. N. Roquelaure" Sleeping Beauty series and...well, they were fun. Ridiculous, overwraugt, but fun. Which reminds me of a really, really fucking BAD movie that should never have been made: Exit to Eden (based on a craptastic-but-fun book by Anne Rice).  **** “Chives?†“Yes, m’lud?†“Is that Ms Ephemera hovering over the croquet lawn?†“Indeed m’lud. She’s marshalled all the haggle-dans. Missy-twigs and vale-nymphs from Claypole Woods. Apparently she intends to tear this house down and dance on the ruins.†“Well, Chives, you’d better start the car, what? And pack my tennis things too†--- Joe 3Heads |
|||
|
|
the Wicked Little Critta Member  |
Worst book?
Stephen King's The Stand pissed me off. I can't believe I read it and then he puts out a version with about 4 to 5 hundred extra pages. I hated the ending, but Anthrax's Among the Living, made me want to read it. I'm the walkin' dude... I've fallen asleep through Buckaroo Banzai so many times, I can't remember. I think I finished watching once. While watching it, my girlfriend at the time had a look of ire in her eyes like she wanted to kill me(I'm sure it was the movie because I wasn't giving off ire that night) I really wanted to like it because it was so quirkly, I love the actors in it, but as a whole it was a hole. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Mr. Chadtastic, ----------------------------- Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Additional handling charges may be required. |
|||
|
|
has been eaten by a grue. Member |
indeed. and she's too arrogant to work with an editor on top of that. ~ We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But...babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
|||
|
|
always wears a tie - just not around his neck Member |
two really horrible movies:
Sword of the Valiant (even worse because Sean Connery had a supporting role in the movie) Red Sonja - wannabe a Red Sonya sword master? swing sword to the left, swing sword to the right, swing swprd down the center, now repeat 500 times!! Bleaagghhh Head of internal security of the Realm of Unproductivity and Procrastination, Catnip Master in the order of the Pineapple. |
|||
|
|
Member |
She had two good books, Interview and Lestat, but they were mostly good for the cool treatment of vampires and the story, not the writing itself. After Lestat, it all went pear-shaped and the rest of her vampire books, and the other crap she's written, have each been worse then the rest. And her early 'porn' work? Ugh, don't get me started.
|
|||
|
|
has been eaten by a grue. Member |
same thing goes for the second Highlander movie. what was the great and powerful Sean thinking?! ~ We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But...babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
|||
|
|
always wears a tie - just not around his neck Member |
Probally, "I need a job" Head of internal security of the Realm of Unproductivity and Procrastination, Catnip Master in the order of the Pineapple. |
|||
|
|
has been eaten by a grue. Member |
surely he'll be making enough money off of 007 airings to be rich well into his second century...
~ We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But...babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
|||
|
|
is in perfect karmic alignment Member  |
Zardoz
~You are a *Taverner*. Sometimes patrons want to go where everybody knows their names, though it helps when half of them are named John. When people want to celebrate, or commiserate, they gather to your establishment. You provide the atmosphere, the warmth, rum, and even an ear to bend. Did I mention the rum? Years before the language will be mangled with terms like facilitator and networking and interpersonal communication, you've overseen it all, and broken up a few bar fights, to boot.~ -Royko |
|||
|
|
Member |
Really, really bad movies or books?
Movie: 'Big Top Pee Wee' ----aiiiiiii!!!!!! Less than 10 minutes of the film is watchable without cringing ...... |
|||
|
|
is part of the international oatmeal conspiracy Member  |
i really really disliked the lovely bones....
High Ranking Official of the Realm of Unproductivity and Procrastination, Dean of the UUP, First Class member of the order of the Pineapple. scruffy ambulating reanimated hypothetical vegetarian leigonairre of the undead. ~ Cav Look, I've got a cape and a tendency towards violence. It does not make me a superhero! ~ Domitella |
|||
|
|
Goofy Beast Member  |
What was it you disliked about the book?
|
|||
|
| Previous Topic | Next Topic | powered by eve community | Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
 | Please Wait. Your request is being processed... |
|
|||
| Site | www.NeilgaimanBoard.com | ||
| Servlet | eve1da002 | ||
| Version | 1.3.0 build 9293 | ||
| Module | Forums 4.0.3 | ||
| Stylesheet | "naz" | ||
| Wordlet Set | "Default Wordlet Set" | ||
|
Neil Gaiman www.NeilgaimanBoard.com www.NeilgaimanBoard.com The World's End Other Writers The crappiest book you ever read / movie you ever saw
www.NeilgaimanBoard.com www.NeilgaimanBoard.com The World's End Other Writers The crappiest book you ever read / movie you ever saw© YourCopy 2001