Oh, and he's a rotten composer, too. The evil mirror of the other director who synth-scores his own stuff (only more competently), John Carpenter.

Particular Hall of Shame Award goes to the maddening, incomprehensible LIEBESTRAUM (well, it wasn't exactly incomprehensible, it was just insanely pretentious).

Anything written by Joseph Minion, who basically writes the same script over and over again, just cloaking it in a different genre. His characters are as mindlessly obsessive as worker ants, only with an individuality that is less force of will, than force of muddled symbol the writer is imposing on them. Examples include MOTORAMA, JULIA & JULIA, and the excruciating VAMPIRE'S KISS (slightly redeemed by Nicolas Cage's amusingly crazy performance, which he has given MANY times since). Exception: AFTER HOURS, redeemed by Martin Scorsese's direction.

That’s very big of you.

BATMAN FOREVER had its moments,
a lot worse it could be.
But the thing I hated most,
was their portrayal of ME!!!!

It pleases me, however obscurely, to see that soundtrack fans are no more interchangeable than other types of fan.

J. Peter - Bless you. At least I know I'm not the only one that hated this movie. Doesn't anyone find it unusual that THIS and not MYSTERY MEN was the breadwinner for Universal?

Joe - Sure the film had problems, but surely its stars [Teri(YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN)Garr, Jeffrey(FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF)Jones and Jon(SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE)Lovitz] can't be faulted.

dantoris - long? You ain't seen nothing yet!

lind - GUARDING TESS?! How dare you!

DANIEL2 - Since you're a member now, I have to rip into you. You hated YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN?! If this is supposed to be a joke, you must write for "MAD TV". It is impossible to hate this charming and hilarious film. And MARS ATTACKS! can be seen as a latter version of an Irwin Allen disaster movie, only it's intentionally funny.

I didn’t say I hated YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and MARS ATTACKS!, I merely found them disappointing considering the comedic opportunities that the filmmakers missed.

Anyway, this is what Roger Ebert had to say about MARS ATTACKS!

“First he made ``Ed Wood,'' a tribute to the man fondly recalled as the worst movie director of all time. Now Tim Burton seems to have made a tribute to Wood's work. ``Mars Attacks!'' has the look and feel of a schlocky 1950s science-fiction movie, and if it's not as bad as a Wood film, that's not a plus: A movie like this should be a lot better, or a lot worse. ``Mars Attacks!'' plays like one of those '50s movies that are *not* remembered as cult classics…….Watching Nicholson deliver his televised fireside chat with the nation about the impending saucer attack, I wondered, why is this supposed to be funny? Burton has made a common mistake: He assumes it is funny simply to *be doing* a parody…….Ed Wood himself could have told us what's wrong with this movie: The makers felt superior to the material. To be funny, even schlock has to believe in itself. Go to a video store and look for ``Infra-Man'' or ``Invasion of the Bee Girls,'' and you will find movies that lack stars and big budgets and fancy special effects, but are funny and fun in a way that Burton's megaproduction never really understands.”

That pretty much sums up my opinion of MARS ATTACKS!

As for YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, well, all I can say is it is very difficult to parody an original (1939’s SON OF FRANKENSTEIN) that poked fun at itself anyway. Brilliant performances, top filmmaking talent, originality, innovation, and invention made the first three Universal Frankenstein movies groundbreaking and classic cinematic experiences. And, Bride and Son in particular, were full of deft comedic touches, self-parody and black humour. Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN wasn’t terrible, I just found it disappointing; it being less witty, funny and fascinating than the movies it was attempting to parody. I mean, how could ANYONE outdo Atwill’s one-armed police chief for surreal humour?

The great and prolific British actor Lionel Atwill, here seen playing Dr Xavier alongside Fay Wray in the 1932 classic DOCTOR X.