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The Boondock Saints is unique to the Hunt. So far we have definitely had a couple of nominees that are renowned for being terrible (Battlefield Earth, I Know Who Killed Me, Hudson Hawk), but this is the first film to enter the competition that was so disastrous in its production and so notoriously panned by critics that there’s actually a documentary about the movie, Overnight, that is arguably as successful as the movie itself. Two friends told me this weekend that they hadn’t seen Boondock Saints, but they had seen the documentary about Boondock Saints. So that basically proves that it’s more successful. I should probably become a Professor of Logic. IN ANY CASE, what do you say about a movie that has been the subject of ridicule since it was made in 1999? What do you say about a movie that is widely recognized as a ridiculous parody of itself? I will tell you. You say let’s keep ridiculing this movie that is a ridiculous parody of itself, you guys, because oh man, this is a hilariously horrible movie!
Basically, the “Boondock Saints” refers to two Irish brothers (although I think sometimes in the movie they’re referred to as cousins?) in Boston who get in a bar fight with a Russian mob guy and then the Russian mob guy comes to kill them but instead they end up killing him, and from that moment on they realize that they are going to be professional vigilante justice killers who exclusively kill bad guys and make the world a better place. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe is a gay FBI agent who is chasing them, but then eventually he gets drunk and decides that he likes what they are doing. At the end of the movie, an Italian mob boss hires a senior citizen to kill the Boondock Saints, but he hears them praying in a basement and decides instead that he wants to join the Boondock Saints in their quest for vigilante justice, so now there are three Boondock Saints, and then Willem Dafoe lets them into a coutroom with all of their guns and they execute a man in front of everyone to let the world know that they are the Boondock Saints and they are here to kill. Normally my write ups of the Worst Movie plots are kind of silly but this one is actually pretty straight forward. The movie made about as much sense as this paragraph.
There are a lot of things that make this movie terrible, but first and foremost we have to focus on Willem Dafoe. If the terribleness of this movie is a ship, Willem Dafoe is the drunk captain. If the terribleness of this movie is a song, Willem Dafoe is the off-key chorus. If the terribleness of this movie is an OK, you get the point. You guys, look at this:
Cramazing. I’m pretty sure Nicolas Cage watched this every morning before hitting the Wicker Man set and was like “walking in the shadows of giants, Nic, walking in the shadows of giants.” The Netflix sleeve for this movie describes Willem Dafoe’s character as “openly gay,” but that’s not quite accurate. I think “a ridiculous gay stereotype that isn’t even a stereotype but is just weird and not how anyone acts ever anywhere” would be a more appropriate description. Or also “openly huh?”
The writer and director of The Boondock Saints, Troy Duffy, claims that the movie is based on his own experiences in Los Angeles. OK! If I had to guess based on the movie he’d made, I’d think he had a bunch of experiences involving Russian and Italian caricatures with horrible fake accents who couldn’t act their way out of a Xenophobic stereotype.
But apparently what happened is he saw some EMT guys wheeling a dead body out of drug dealer’s apartment, or something, and was like “WE NEED A TERRIBLE MOVIE THAT HAS NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH MY NEIGHBOR’S APARTMENT.” He was like “I HATE EVERYONE’S EYES.”
To be fair, some of the movie’s flaws were simply the magical combination that occurs when you mix high ambitions with low budgets. Things can quickly get out of hand. Suddenly your movie set is all like this. But that still doesn’t explain the general lack of any kind of thoughtful decision making. For example, my favorite part of the whole movie (minus everything about Willem Dafoe) is the part where they scope out a strip club/peep show IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
Is that a seedy hub for Boston’s criminal underworld, or an Olive Garden? How embarrassing. I just LOLed in my pants.
According to the internet, a sequel, Boondock Saints: All Saint’s Day, may or may not have gone into production this past August. Supposedly it will have twice the budget, and none of the Willem Dafoe. Poor Troy Duffy. He’s like a pre-internet YouTube star who doesn’t realize that people laughing at you is not the same as people laughing with you, especially when people aren’t exactly laughing. It’s more like pointing. And shaking their heads. And saying “no.”
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you have no idea what you are talking about…its quite funny. If this movie is soo bad how come, 90% of the people that watch it, think that its great? I think you just enjoy living a cynical life, it must be lonely.
what the fuck are you kidding me some guy heard them praying and liked it so he joined them, no you fucking dumbasses that guy is there dad thats how he knows it too, he was sent out to kill the saints, but there dad used to do the same thing kill the bad guys, but if you are too dumb to even understand that simple part I couldnt excpet you to understand the whole movie you fucking idiot, but really if you are going to rip apart some movie make sure you got eveything right first then you can start picking it apart
Are you kidding? “The Boondocks Saints” is one of the best movies i’ve ever seen! I don’t know one person who saw that movie and DIDN’T like it. if i’m the only one here who like it, then kudos to me.
I just stumbled across this, and you sir are a douchebag. Fuck you, and Boondock Saints is the shit. Music is bad ass, action is bad ass, storyline is really bad ass, and DeFoe is a bad ass. Basically what I’m trying to say is go watch the newest indy hipster shit, smoke some shit dope, and sit around with your friends talking about how much better you are than everyone else.
You said it Cakemountain, this film is shit. In fact, Transformers 2 is the best film since The Boondock’s Saints.
FUCK YOU!!!!
Transformers 2 is the best film since Boondock’s Saints. And they both have a Cunt Following.
what the fuck? here i thought i was going to be mad, but most of you little fuckers just annoy me. i can’t believe any one of you ever got laid. i just ran across this on google, and thought that maybe someone had an actual opinion, but all i see are a bunch of faggots who only want something to bitch at. just kill yourselves. and you guys who wrote on here, punch yourselves in the dick. with a hammer. there’s nothing wrong with this movie, and you know it. fucking bitches. i can’t believe i fought a war for you fags. yeah, that’s right: i’m an infantryman who went overseas to Afghanistan FOR YOU FAGGOTS!!!! you people don’t deserve life.
sounds like somebody needs a nap!!!
On the overview the author said that “an Italian mob boss hires a senior citizen to kill the Boondock Saints, but he hears them praying in a basement and decides instead that he wants to join the Boondock Saints in their quest for vigilante justice, so now there are three Boondock Saints,” that “senior citizen” was their father and he was the original Boondock Saint. Don’t cap on the movie when you don’t even know what your talking about.
well, where do i start….. Boondocks Saints is a good movie and i look forward to the sequal coming up next year!!! if your hunting for the worst movie ever i have it hands down….. Powder can’t tell you too much about it cuz i only saw it once that’s all it took. Boondocks rules BJ OUT!!!!
Aside from a one time viewing of this film, the only other reference point I have is that a coworker of mine thinks it is the greatest movie ever, and recommends it to anyone she can. What is the 2nd thing she recommends? JEFF DUNHAM.
But seriously, this movie is not something to get all riled up about when you are trying to defend it, and the comparison to the Godfather is priceless. I’m not sure what the deal is with the personal identification with this movie, though if someone tried to say the same thing about Hard Ticket to Hawaii, i guess i might get abrasive as well
FUCK YOU ALL! THE BOONDOCK SAINTS IS THE BEST OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER! WHO WROTE THAT THE BOONDOCK SAINTS IS THE WORST MOVIE IS FULL LOSER, IDIOT…
right on dude
First off fuck all of u who hate this movie you must not have been watching the same movie i watched and u dont know shit of movies or what the defenition of a great movie is cause The Boondock Saints is one of the best movies in the world any way its a great movie bloggers dont know shit but every body is a critic so go fuck your mom to those who dont like the Saints and ps robert duvall being a gay fbi agent is the funniest thing ive ever seen hes gay but he acts like a man and not a pussy
holy shiz these comments are hilar! i know it’s been like a year since any were posted but dang – lolz.
To each his own. But, I loved both Boondock Saints movies. But whatever I guess me, my aunt ,my parents, and all my friends have crappy taste in movies.
your a fucking idiot. most of the info you have stated is wrong. they are brothers, not cousins. and the FBI agent gets drunk and has an epiphany. which is different than what you said. and the senior citizen is their father. not just a random old guy. he wanted his sons to work by his side. and your being so fired up that the FBI agent is gay that i think your a homophobic. like really, does it matter that much. i personally thought William Dafoe was hilarious. and honestly, did you ever think for a fucking second that its really not that big of a deal. if you don’t like a movie, then you know what you do…you don’t watch the fucking movie. instead you decide to take someone’s hard work, and tear it to shreds. and who said that you have any reason to critic this movie, or any movie. why don’t you get off your ass and get a life.
how do u not get any thing from this moive i mean they even say there brothers
admitedly some of the gay stuff with defoe was kinda weird but didnt make the movie suck, it was a good movie but all you seem to be concerned with is the gay stuff not all the kickass parts
you have to be a complete faggot or not irish or not religous or have a sense of humor not to like this moive i mean come on when the cat lik disengrates and splatters all over the wall thats fuckin funny and the second 1 is even more funny
Just for the record, the movie has bad picture quality because Duffy couldn’t find any companies to take on such a bold movie idea, and he made the movie from his own budget. The actors were practically paid in peanuts. Even so, in my personal opinion (for whatever that’s worth), this movie turned out amazing.
Chances are, people are on this page because they either agree with you, or find your ‘review’ as ridiculous and poorly written as I do. If you didn’t like this movie, then eh. To each his own. Even so, proclaiming it as one of the worst movies of all time? Doncha think that’s a little extreme?
As I’ve already staed, I find this review absurd. Not just because I happen to be in love with this movie, but simply in the way it was written. As many people have already stated, it sounds like you didn’t even pay attention to the movie (assuming you bothered to take the time to watch it at all).
Honestly, I don’t even know why I’m wasting my time writting this. Hating a movie is one thing, but if your ‘review’ sounds like it was written by a stubborn 5th grader who has already decided he hates something before he’s even tried to understand it, then you have no buisiness writing reviews at all.
Intellectual argument concluded, I just have to add that I think you’re a moron, and you are in desperate need of a frontal lobotomy and a writing class.
Also, I find it highly amusing that someone went down the line and “Thumbs Down”ed everyone who said they liked the movie…(possilby the owner of the page? Probably.) That’s a GREAT IDEA! Let’s dislike everyone who disagree’s with your (poorly written) opinion.
Hahaha I just went through and thumbs uped all the people who said they liked the movie =)
Ah dont listen to this fuck! Best movie ever.
This is the stupidest website AND blog I have ever seen! Whoever runs this must be worse than deaf, dumb, and blind people because even THEY can see The Boondock Saints is the AWESOMEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME.
I have 8 POSTERS in my room. If it was a crappy movie, WHY WOULD I HAVE 8 POSTERS OF IT?!
Fail of epicality. You suck, you do not deserve the air you breathe, and you CERTAINLY DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO AN OPINION ON THIS.
ANGER!
This is the worst movie I’ve ever seen. Horrible plot if you can even call it that. Dumb shallow characters and dialogue. Try watching “Snatch” or “Pulp Fiction” if you want to see how its done.
wowwwwwww really? your paragraph describing the movie sucked. you obviously never saw the movie. They ARE brothers and the ‘senior citizen’ sent to kill them was their father out of prison. In the movie (which you clearly didnt see) the brothers stated only them and their father and their fathers father etc know the prayer. These are only two of your verrrry many flaws. In the movie they are meant to be heros or murderers. Your decision. Just so you know. How bout watching a movie next time?
Oh and the gay detective is the humor of the movie. duh.
All in all, it is the greatest movie ever. Don’t try to deny that.
Ok this is to the person who made this page about the movie. FUCK YOU!!! i like the fact that i get to learn about people in a creative way it may be old but it shows character oh and sorry if IRISH movies are not good enough for you. Damn if the movie wont good enough for you then this post isnt good enough for you either cuz im irish so get the thumb that is stuck up your ass and pull it out cuz i believe this was the best movie that i ever saw it had action, feelings, mystery, criminal justice and all kinds of other stuff in this movie it may have looked fake to you but to the rest of the people that liked it they saw it for what it was an actual attempt to make a movie with feelings when i first watched it was thinking this is fucking great! i dont give a fuck if it made a actor look bad how many actors do you see that are actually goody goody two shoes? huh exactaly so before you go posting shit on a page actually research the in puts of actual people nobody wants to hear what a few pathetic no good dont no what to do with there life guys cant find shit to do except play with their dick and watch movies all day just to talk shit about them. Talk to real human beings not your friends thanks! and just like when it was said up above find a new job or just sit on ur couch and jack off but dont judge movies cuz ur dumb ass dont no what your talking about
To be fair, Gabe is a replicant and has admitted that he has difficulty connecting with movies with feelings. Also, if Gabe didn’t play with his dick and watch movies all day, this wouldn’t be a very good website, would it?
I lik teh Boondok Santes. Its good movee. I also lik Eet Prey Luv and Cuntry Srong. All this movies R gud. Plz give me job at ur blogs.
LOLZ I KNO RITE? whoever rote this is so dum and dont know nething abot good MOVIES. lolz IDIOT
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Oops I don’t have a right to my opinion. I guess I need to go back to Russia
Honestly this is my favorite movie of all time and I’m sorry but whoever wrote this u r an idiot if u don’t understand the plot to this movie. I mean I understand if u just don’t like it but at least TRY to understand what is happening in the movie and what it is about exactly, but don’t just make assumptions on what the movie is about without fully understanding the plot. I mean come on what kind of a movie reviewer r u if u can’t even understand the plot? That and I have only ever met ONE person who has hated this movie and the only reason he hated it was because Willem Dafoe was gay and it freaked him out a bit.
Lol there’s a reason that this movie is great and everyone knows and loves it, and there is also a reason that no ones ever heard of you.
Watch and understand the movie before you attempt to put the entire movie into one paragraph. If I were to take any beloved movie, which in this case we will use Wizard of Oz, and sum it up in one biased paragraph it would sound like this.
So this bitch falls asleep and thinks a tornado picked her up and threw her into a distant land where she landed on some witch and then she takes her shoes. Then shes told if she wants to get home she has to go find a big ass giant green city. So a bunch of midgets tell her to follow this yellow spinny fucking road, so she follows it. Along the way she finds a scarecrow who wants a brain, a iron man who wants a heart and a lion who wants courage so they all decide wtf and get together and try to find this green city. They end up finding the city eventually and there is no wizard like promised, just some dumbass behind a curtain. He lies his way out of getting the shit beat out of him and shes told that she can go home by clicking her heels together, which the dumb bitch in the beginning of the movie could of told her.
See what I did there? You can make anything sound terrible by your poor comprehension, my take is that this movie and most things in general are just over your head. I bet Letters from Iwo Jima is a real head scratcher, too much dialog and emotion, not enough shiny pictures and explosions.
This movie is well known and pretty well written for what they had to work with. It may not be the best movie to some people but to ignorant people like you, its pretty god damn hard to understand. My suggestion to you? I would say go watch a Michael Bay movie, there is enough exploitation in the movies and terrible writing to keep you busy writing your blog that no one has heard of or even gives a shit about.
Cheers.
Also I see a few comments pointing out what I noticed as well. Couple of MODS prolly didn’t like what every single person on this page had to say and thumbs downed every comment that had anything positive to say about this movie. This website is even more pathetic it’s hilarious. I look forward to watching you drown even more in your own BS.
Your description of The Wizard of Oz sounds better than Boondock Saints. #FYI
you’re a complete fucking idiot you r entitled to ur own opinion but its wrong thats just my opinion and the boondock fan base is extremely loyal and ur just dumb to post something like this when u obviously dont have a damn clue what ur talking about this might have not been an extremely high budge movie but it is still one of the best fucking movie around and u dont have any fucking taste and Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery are the most bad-ass people i can think of so just stop bloggin about shit u dont know!!!
Just think about how sad Boondock Saints would be if it didn’t have so many loyal lovers of cinema to defend it, in such colorful language, no less.
Heartbreaking.
Did you actually watch the movie? If so then you should probably watch it again, seeing as the percentage of the movie that you misunderstood ranges from 80-90%…
i made an account just so i could post that who ever made this whole post obviously would vote for Palin. the idea that u can just look at everything in this movie at face value is ludicrous. first comment i would like to address is the whole homophobic thing u got going. when the sleeve said openly gay, that means he’s not in the closet. it doesn’t speak to his character at all simply that he is no longer in the closet. then ur synopsis of the movie, you didn’t recognize that il duce was their father because the prayer he knew was a “family prayer”. the reason why dafoe is drunk is because he’s troubled by the choice he has to make , he doesn’t get drunk and then decide , hes drunk because he’s not happy that he’s going to make the choice. there’s some more irony in the movie where they are very meticulous about how they handle the dead body’s but when they kill the people its always very chaotic. more irony in the way dafoe figures the first murder out easily even though there was no planning but the rest of his theory are dead wrong, and the fact that he was dead on the first time allows him to change how the police think in the rest of the movie. now i could really go on for hours about how wrong u are but i fear as though this is falling on deaf ears. so once again. who ever wrote this article would vote for palin.
epic fail. low budget or not, this is an excellent source of entertainment. hot guys (and i like girls), tons of gratuitous violence and humorous irony in that the plans always go awry and end up hilariously working out. granted, the second one was nothing as good as the first but BDS has a giant following and it’s not just those demographics you speak of. you obviously know nothing of looking into the deeper story lines of movies. all of your opinions on are based on the budget, the cinematography, and etc. way to be shallow and pretentious.
listen here nagras i am a gorgeous girl that personally has a thang fo both brothers i can think this is 1 of the best movie’s ive seen n sumtimes i “clean my room” while im watchin those sexy Irish men