The worst film ever? - The Party (1968) Discussion

[–] siramadeo 20 years ago

Well.. Its about the taste of such movies, where there arent "action"..I hated this movie too. I had to see it over two days. It was very boring...

But of course. Thats just me opinion... =)

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[–] virgilmuresan2005 19 years ago

you and your friend had, maybe, more problems in your chieldhood.
Sorry

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[–] silentsebastian 19 years ago

ILOVEIT.

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[–] mitch_gladney 19 years ago

worst movie ever

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[–] Cherubim1 19 years ago

Anyone who doesn't like this movie is mentally ill. This film is absolutely hilarious.

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[–] ArmandFancypants 19 years ago

People who don't like this movie must have something inserted.

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[–] Salokkin 18 years ago

Looking at your history. Most of your threads are "this film sucks" "This is the worst movie ever" "this is bad".

Tell me my friend what kind of movies do you enjoy?

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[–] scotbpens 15 years ago

Looking at your history. Most of your threads are "this film sucks" "This is the worst movie ever" "this is bad".

Tell me my friend what kind of movies do you enjoy?

Perhaps the OP gravitates toward fantasy-adventure films. You know, the stuff with elves, wizards, sorcerers -- and TROLLS.

All the universe . . . or nothingness. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?

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[–] wmjahn 18 years ago

A MASTERPIECE ! I can not remember any comedy with such a perfect tming in every scene. One of the best movies of all time! The original poster obviously has a severe problem ... he can´t laugh !

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[–] zeemaza 15 years ago

maybe the OP is Indian!!! in which case I will say two things: Birdie and num num (were those three things?)

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[–] epibee 15 years ago

My Indian neighbor was "rolling on the floor" with laughter when he watched this movie with us. He is about 50 years old.

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[–] hjr2000 20 years ago

After how many hours into the film does it become funny though? I think after you have given a film 20 minutes to actually do something and it has bored your underwear off then it deserves shreddding.

Incidentally, I've heard it proposed a number of times that Peter Sellers was a comedy genius. I am not sure there is really enough evidence to support this idea, he really wasnt that funny often enough to warrant the label. Certainly probably no-one else could have done Clouseau the way he did, but Genius? I dont really think so. Maybe in the hands of a half-decent director he could have been absurdly brilliant but Blake Edwards....Still, at least Sellers had good taste in women.

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[–] tribey 20 years ago

Incidentally, I've heard it proposed a number of times that Peter Sellers was a comedy genius. I am not sure there is really enough evidence to support this idea, he really wasnt that funny often enough to warrant the label.

Have you seen Dr. Strangelove?

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[–] hjr2000 20 years ago

Yes I have. More bizarre acting than genius in my book!

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[–] neptoon70 20 years ago

This film is very funny. If you did turn it off after 30 minutes then you missed some very funny scenes. Take a look at the worst movies ever list here at IMDB and then decide.

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[–] hjr2000 20 years ago

A good film doesnt make you wait 30 minutes for some good bits surely?

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[–] neptoon70 20 years ago

I would agree the first 10-15 minutes were a little slow but gradually gets a lot better when he actually arrives at the party.

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[–] arvstor_00 19 years ago

Have you ever taken a personality profile or had your fortune read by a professional? By professional I mean that they speak in a vaguely slavic accent.

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[–] arvstor_00 19 years ago

Perhaps you could watch the film after having consumed a sufficient quantity of horilka. Make sure that you drink it properly with lots of pickles and buttered bread with fish. There are many subjective factors that influence one's perception of a film. Did you watch the film alone? What was your mood? Did someone smirk savagely at you while on your way home?

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[–] Sandwich_Boy 19 years ago

"Incidentally, I've heard it proposed a number of times that Peter Sellers was a comedy genius. I am not sure there is really enough evidence to support this idea, he really wasnt that funny often enough to warrant the label."

Have u never heard of the goons?! Its a radio show he used to with spike milligan and harry secombe. pure genious!

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

Goons = genius = matter of opinion, just like everything else ;-)

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[–] nivobrook 19 years ago

The Goons is Genius!!!!!
Without the goons we would never have had Monty Python. The Goons was the origin of British humor!

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

I love python - brilliant timeless comedy. However i dont think Goons has aged so well, its not in the same league as python to me anyway.

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[–] argonical 19 years ago

Actually it's funny in the opening scene when Peter Seller's character takes forever to die. As a simple gag it's not that funny; but when you push it and push it and push it again -- then it's funny. Sort of like Mike Myers in the Austin Powers movies.

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

Some of the Austin movies are funny. The Party is as funny as watching paint dry

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[–] arvstor_00 19 years ago

Obviously you've never watched paint dry on Abu Ghraib prisoners guarded by West Virginians with camcorders. Now that is funny! (Not the prisoner part, but the West Virginian with camcorders part - a bit like how meticulously the Germans documented their experiments on their prisoners. At least the Japanese wrote 'monkey' when they were experimenting on Koreans and Russians.)

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[–] therealsachin 19 years ago

I hate it when people start praising or critisizing movies without actually seeing it completely.

Some movies are like roller coaster ride. It starts slow, climbs even slower, but it finally thrills. One needs to be patient and wait till the end of the movie before jumping the guns (and writing a review in imdb). So I guess this outright critisicm of the movie and of the actor does not hold any water.

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[–] kooji_kabuto 19 years ago

The hjr2000 bloke talks a lot about dry paint. I think he's been eating it.

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[–] mariabee23 19 years ago

that was the most intelligent thing in this entire thread.

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[–] scotbpens 15 years ago

The hjr2000 bloke talks a lot about dry paint. I think he's been eating it.

Yeah, the old-fashioned kind that has lead in it.

All the universe . . . or nothingness. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

Thats nonsense. If a film cant grab you in the first 20 then how can the rest be any good

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[–] arvstor_00 19 years ago

Apparently you did give this film an additional ten minutes before doing more interesting things, presumably not watching paint dry or listening to paint dry. However if this film actually bored off your underwear it accomplished something that should at least be filmed by a bunch of teenagers with a camcorder. I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult for that to be arranged. If you do have yourself filmed having your underwear bored off by watching "The Party" please provide a link - especially if there are a bunch of teenagers recording you with a camcorder.

Could you provide the necessary criterion for comedic genius? Certainly you wouldn't propose that any specific group of individuals determine for all people for all time what constitutes comedic genius. I could state that I find someone to be absurdly brilliant and state why, but could I speak for all people for all time? Certainly not.

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[–] nnenad 20 years ago

> to hjr2000:"I saw the first half an hour of this film and switched it off"

I always admired people who "stand up and get out of the theater". I guess you are one of them, aren't you? You need to make a scene and "show them" that you do not like it, and are prepared to "back it up" with a speedy walk out.

Well, it's good that you have your oppinion about the movie. Only thing that I can recommend to you is to try to watch (any) movie to the end, and I guarantee that your oppinion on it would be much more valid and respected.

And one more thing - have you ever tried to use "a camcorder and an editing desk" and made "something more watchable"?

Don't burn books - read them.

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[–] hjr2000 20 years ago

It was showing on ordinary TV. Therefore I didnt have to go and request my money back for such poor product. However I have walked out before, Naked Gun 2.5 was the last occasion. Others I have stuck out because I have paid £6.50 to see it and want my money's worth. 'About Schmidt' was probably the last film i recall to be just about worthy of that.

As for the camcorder idea, sometime I wouldn't mind having a go at attempting to upstage 'The Party'. Perhaps a 1.5 hour documentary on the physics of drying paint? :-)

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[–] nnenad 20 years ago

> hjr2000 : "It was showing on ordinary TV. Therefore I didnt have to go and request my money back for such poor product. However I have walked out before, Naked Gun 2.5 was the last occasion. Others I have stuck out because I have paid £6.50 to see it and want my money's worth. 'About Schmidt' was probably the last film i recall to be just about worthy of that. "

That's the difference between you and me - I watch movies not to enterntain me but to learn something from them. I believe there are many things that I don't know and I'm trying to use every opportunity I have to learn something new. And believe me, The Party is a movie you can learn from, especially as a person (this is *not* about you, but everyone). Try to ditch the I-don't-have-the-time-to-watch-it-because-it's-dull attitude, and you will see that many wonderful things may happen to you. It's not about 1$ for 1kg of enterntainment - it doesn't work that way, and you'll *never* find any movie or art form in general to give you that.

If you are a skilled filmmaker - then I guess your best solution is to make movies yourself. It will give you much more in return then watching other peoples stuff.

> 'Perhaps a 1.5 hour documentary on the physics of drying paint?'

Actually, do you know what exact process makes paint dry? I don't know and I know you don't. So - we *would* benefit from watching such a documentary. We would learn.

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[–] hjr2000 20 years ago

Actually i think that most people watch films for entertainment purposes. Therefore films need to be entertaining and hold your attention. I suppose you could watch the Party as a means of seeing how it shouldnt be done.

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[–] nnenad 19 years ago

> hjr2000: "I suppose you could watch the Party as a means of seeing how it shouldnt be done."

You have a point - and it is my point also - if you walked out, you didn't see how it shouldn't be done. So how can you know which movie is good/interesting/entertaining if you do not watch the bad/dull/complicated ones (to the end)?

> hjr2000: "Actually i think that most people watch films for entertainment purposes"

They do not. There are a lot of others who try to find artistic value in movies, which are an art form to begin with. Just as painting, music, writing, they are used to express authors thoughts, feelings and ideas about the world they live in. Also, movies are the most powerful way to express yourself artisticaly (picture, sound, dialogue, colors, shapes, cuts etc).

If you do not even try to find it - you are losing.

I feel that if I watch the movie and only have fun, that I lost valuable time which I could have spent elsewhere. There are far better ways to have fun than watch movies.

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

Well, I suppose different people get different things out of films. However I would guess not many people go to the cinema to watch a new blockbuster because of the artistic value of the film, they go to be entertained.

As for watching the whole of the Party in the hope that it might actually turn into a good film, if it doesnt do anything for the first 30 minutes then i am certainly not about to waste time watching the rest of it! :-)

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[–] 7rym 19 years ago

You sound like a sad person :-)

If you can't enjoy simple fun like Sellers offers, or the excellent slapstick in the Nake Gun movies, you simply should not go see them!
Don't waste your own time seeing movies you don't like, and don't waste our time telling us that you don't have the ability to see the hilarious comedy presented in theese movies because there is noe cue for you when to laugh!

Why do you bother see comedy if you obviously don't like it?
Why go see a Naked Gun movie if you knew you didn't find it funny when you saw the trailer?

Are you going to tell me that you are an open minded person who gives every movie a fair chance before you condemn them?

There are thousands of great movies out there, go watch the ones you like and stop spreading stories of your sad life to others!

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[–] speewitz 19 years ago

You do like the paint, dont you?

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[–] arvstor_00 19 years ago

Be sure not to make a documentary on drying paint that contains lead. That could be disastrous for your health. Have you tried watching it after imbibing horilka?

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[–] Greenteeth 20 years ago

I agree with you, hjr. I saw this movie in the theater when it first came out and it drove me batty. Then it kept coming on TV and my friends insisted on watching it. It's like this big monkey I had riding on my back.

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[–] hjr2000 20 years ago

Rubbish isnt it :-)

Amazing that it gets quite highly rated on IMDB. Just goes to show you need to be critical of the critics sometimes!

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[–] Greenteeth 20 years ago

If it wasn't Peter Sellers maybe I would have been less critical, but I expect more from him than this sleep walking exhibition. I wonder how many people have actually sat through the whole thing.

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

Sleep walking exhibition lol, i like it. Good summary i think! :-)

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[–] alexandernopolis 19 years ago

It's a subtle humour. It's not gut-busting, it's funny for its awkwardness and believable scenarios. Like 'The Office'.
I grew up on this stuff, and it was hilarious back then, now it has a fond place in my mind as believable comedy.

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

I'm not sure how you can compare this tripe with a modern classic like the office! Hopefully you're referring to the UK (best!!) version of the Office

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[–] prashant_87 19 years ago

wht rap are u talkin about this is one of the funniest films of all times....its a timeless classic....even though the setting and stuff might seem dated you cannot posibly call this anything but a great movie with a stellar performance given by the great MR Peter Sellers

You! Off my planet!

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

Do behave yourself. This film is tripe. Someone must be paying you to like this embarassing rubbish. Sellers is overrated and Edwards couldnt direct traffic let alone a good film.

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[–] prashant_87 19 years ago

i didnt mean to be rude but its just that I cannot understand how you cannot like this film....its a very nice and sweet and funny movie and dont give me that crap about me getting paid to like this stuff....i genuinely like it and if you dont thats your problem just let the ppl who like it have their own views about it

You! Off my planet!

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[–] neptoon70 19 years ago

Well said, prashant_87!! This film is excellent.

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[–] degreesofsainty 19 years ago

I'm Deeply Agreeing With You ...............GReatest Film Of All Times

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[–] prashant_87 19 years ago

So true its a Classic!!

You! Off my planet!

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[–] Don_Mutairi 19 years ago

This movie is one of a kind , Peter Sellers has portrayed his role so perfectly that you actually laugh everytime he says a word, with his awkard smile as an indian and his wonderful and very accurate accent, you just want him to talk let alone even act ! this is one classic comedy ...

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[–] danhagerty 19 years ago

I loved it. hjr is trying to act like he has better taste than the rest of the world.
I guess it makes him feel cool.

Smells like victory.

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[–] arvstor_00 19 years ago

Do the painters who paint the paint which is drying have monkeys on their backs?

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[–] beyhanerel 19 years ago

Oh come on.
It has Peter Sellers, how come can you say it's that bad?
And you haven't seen it all, try it again.

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

Certainly not! Life is too short to waste on this kind of drivel! :-)

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[–] arvstor_00 19 years ago

Instead of repeating yourself here about your opinion of 'The Party' you could try and convince Jesse Jackson that Martin Luther King, jr. really, really did die in his arms. That would be worth your while, yes?

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[–] joseav10 19 years ago

I think it is a good film... as you say with a few bright spots, but they are good, there a lot of films without those memorable moments... and after all,In my view, what makes a film being a classic are the details... I still remember the "waterproof watch" scene just at the begining of the movie, it is really funny... In my opinion Claudine Longet is somehow a particular character, maybe she is not very good at acting but, well, I was surprised when I checked and saw she didn't take part in some movies more. Anyway, It's just an opinion more.

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[–] r_s335 19 years ago

"birdie num num? birdie num num?" <as he throws birdseed at the previous poster> This is indeed a classic. Anyone with a sense of humour cannot get past the opening scenes without tears of laughter.

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

This is a mega poor film in my view, how can anyone find it funny :-)

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[–] Jamessjp 19 years ago

it had me in stitches - are you sure you weren't watching Curly Sue?

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[–] bsy 19 years ago

Worst film ever? Though it's not one of the best films out there, inferring that it's one of the worst "ever" is a joke. The poster has a grudge against Sellers.

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

I just have a grudge against awful films and this is one!

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[–] bsy 19 years ago

If you don't like Peter Sellers (which you have indicated) then that probably explains why you don't like the Party. Not liking the film is your opinion which you are entitled to. Claiming it's the worst film ever only tells us that you haven't seen many films. There's by far much worse out there. Repeating yourself like a broken record isn't going to make anyone change their mind.

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

Like a typically short sighted IMDB poster you cant handle someone opinion differing from yours, so you read in things that arent there. Wake up and smell the decaf.

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[–] bsy 19 years ago

Brilliant response. You just described yourself as well. You post on IMDB and don't like people disagreeing with you:

"Do behave yourself. This film is tripe. Someone must be paying you to like this embarassing rubbish. Sellers is overrated and Edwards couldnt direct traffic let alone a good film."

"This is a mega poor film in my view, how can anyone find it funny."

If it's so complicated for you, I'll spell it out: I don't think the Party is the Worst Film "Ever." Let me guess, next week another film will be your worst film "ever?" I guess stating that Sellers is overrated means that you like him? If you didn't want people to disagree with you, why did you post the topic?

Why don't you wake up and practice what you preach. Oh, and I drink real coffee.

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

Silly person!

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[–] hjr2000 19 years ago

hey i am always up for a chat hehe

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[–] bsy 19 years ago

Shutup and go get my cup of coffee!

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[–] speewitz 19 years ago

smell the paint more likely

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[–] arvstor_00 19 years ago

If you are an IMDB poster then are you short ...ed, too? A new glasses prescription is in order?

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[–] arvstor_00 19 years ago

Do you have a grudge against "The Grudge"?

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