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Adding context to two of the memes and hiding two that didn't have the same staying power since I don't know anything about them.
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** '''AHHH, NOT THE BEES!!!''' [[note]]Ironically, this was only in the uncut version, not the theatrical cut.[[/note]]
** '''KILLING ME WON'T BRING BACK YOUR GODDAMN HONEY!'''
** How'd it get burned? '''How'd it get burned!? HOWDITGETBURNED HOWDITGETBUUURNED!!??'''
*** '''''I! DON'T! KNOW!'''''
** [[IdiotBall What's in the bag, a shark or something?]]
** '''KILLING ME WON'T BRING BACK YOUR GODDAMN HONEY!'''
** How'd it get burned? '''How'd it get burned!? HOWDITGETBURNED HOWDITGETBUUURNED!!??'''
*** '''''I! DON'T! KNOW!'''''
** [[IdiotBall What's in the bag, a shark or something?]]
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** '''AHHH, NOT '''NOT THE BEES!!!''' [[note]]Ironically, this was only [[labelnote:Explanation]]A scene in the film's uncut version, not edition where Nic Cage screams this line while bees are poured on his face. The combination of HamAndCheese acting, the theatrical cut.[[/note]]
**bad CGI, and the {{Narm}} concept made it easily the film's most famous moment and an extremely pervasive meme even years later. It's often accompanied by other quotes from the scene like "They're in my eyes!" or Cage's weird gurgly scream.[[/labelnote]]
%%** '''KILLING ME WON'T BRING BACK YOUR GODDAMN HONEY!'''
** How'd it get burned? '''How'd it get burned!?HOWDITGETBURNED HOWDITGETBUUURNED!!??'''
*** '''''I! DON'T! KNOW!'''''
**HOW'D IT GET BURNED HOWDITGETBUUURNED!!??''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]Cage's character finds his daughter's doll and frantically asks a woman how it got burned while looking like a complete psychopath. Edits will replace the doll with something else, like [[MundaneMadeAwesome toast]].[[/labelnote]]
%%** [[IdiotBall What's in the bag, a shark or something?]]
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%%** '''KILLING ME WON'T BRING BACK YOUR GODDAMN HONEY!'''
** How'd it get burned? '''How'd it get burned!?
*** '''''I! DON'T! KNOW!'''''
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%%** [[IdiotBall What's in the bag, a shark or something?]]
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** Nearly ''every'' scene where Malus gets dramatic. The bit with [[MemeticMutation the bees]] is probably the most notable example.
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** Despite the {{Narm}}y performance of Creator/NicolasCage, getting a mask filled with angry bees stinging your face is a horrifying thought, [[spoiler:especially if you're allergic to bees like Cage's character]].
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** Despite the {{Narm}}y performance of Creator/NicolasCage, getting a mask filled with angry bees stinging your face is a horrifying thought, [[spoiler:especially especially if you're allergic to bees like Cage's character]].character.
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Neil [=LaBute=] claims that he was trying to show what patriarchal power dynamics would be like if the genders were reversed. Most viewers get the exact ''opposite'' vibe from the movie, thinking it's anti-feminist to absurd degrees -- his intended message likely falls flat from the men having their tongues cut out in adulthood, [[spoiler: and the ritualistic sacrifice]], which are hardly present in your average patriarchal-society.
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Neil [=LaBute=] claims that he was trying to show what patriarchal power dynamics would be like if the genders were reversed. Most viewers get the exact ''opposite'' vibe from the movie, thinking it's anti-feminist to absurd degrees -- his intended message likely falls flat from the men having their tongues cut out in adulthood, [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and the ritualistic sacrifice]], which are hardly present in your average patriarchal-society.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Longtime Creator/DavidLynch collaborator [[Film/BlueVelvet Angelo]] [[Series/TwinPeaks Badalamenti]] provides a creepy, haunting, and beautiful score that’s far better than the film deserves (though albeit, at times also silly-bombastic as "befitting" the movie). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNy3gYVkxBs Here’s a sample.]]
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Longtime Creator/DavidLynch collaborator [[Film/BlueVelvet Angelo]] [[Series/TwinPeaks Badalamenti]] provides a creepy, haunting, and beautiful score that’s that's far better than the film deserves (though albeit, at times also silly-bombastic as "befitting" the movie). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNy3gYVkxBs Here’s a sample.]]
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* WatchItForTheMeme: Perhaps the only reason the film has any fans today, although curious viewers are advised to avoid the theatrical cut, which omits the classic "NOT THE BEES!!" showstopper.
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* WatchItForTheMeme: Perhaps the only reason the film has any fans today, although curious today. Curious viewers are advised to avoid the theatrical cut, which specifically because it omits the classic "NOT THE BEES!!" showstopper.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The two biggest problems with the remake are that it's not scary and that both the protagonist and the antagonists are nonsensical jerks. Every scare in the movie is pretty much telegraphed and it's part of a larger ClicheStorm, from fakeouts to figures running in the foreground with a silly "spooky" noise and then everything with the seemingly creepy women that veer straight into {{Narm.}} Forgetting the fact that the ''horror movie'' is not scary, there's the main cast. Malus is a jackass with barely two brain cells to rub together. He fumbles every single aspect of the search for his daughter and ends up easily sacrificed at the end given that he did pretty much everything wrong. Well, maybe we're meant to cheer for the inhabitants of Summer's Isle? Nope. They're basically a StrawFeminist organization who erroneously thinks that sacrificing a man they lied to and lured to the island after impregnating one of their inhabitants will make them prosperous, which is foolhardy at best and evil at worst, so you're not rooting for them either. Honestly, the best case scenario for anyone enjoying the film is a full on BileFascination viewing.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The two biggest problems with the remake are that it's not scary and that both the protagonist and the antagonists are nonsensical jerks. Every scare in the movie is pretty much telegraphed and it's part of a larger ClicheStorm, from fakeouts to figures running in the foreground with a silly "spooky" noise and then everything with the seemingly creepy women that veer straight into {{Narm.}} {{Narm}}. Forgetting the fact that the ''horror movie'' is not scary, there's the main cast. Malus is a jackass with barely two brain cells to rub together. He fumbles every single aspect of the search for his daughter and ends up easily sacrificed at the end given that he did pretty much everything wrong. Well, maybe we're meant to cheer for the inhabitants of Summer's Isle? Nope. They're basically a StrawFeminist organization who erroneously thinks that sacrificing a man they lied to and lured to the island after impregnating one of their inhabitants will make them prosperous, which is foolhardy at best and evil at worst, so you're not rooting for them either. Honestly, the best case scenario for anyone enjoying the film is a full on BileFascination viewing.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The two biggest problems with the remake are that it's not scary and that both the protagonist and the antagonists are nonsensical jerks. Every scare in the movie is pretty much telegraphed and it's part of a larger ClicheStorm, from fakeouts to figures running in the foreground with a silly "spooky" noise and then everything with the seemingly creepy women that veer straight into {{Narm.}} Forgetting the fact that the ''horror movie'' is not scary, there's the main cast. Malus is a jackass with barely two brain cells to rub together. He fumbles every single aspect of the search for his daughter and ends up easily sacrificed at the end given that he did pretty much everything wrong. Well, maybe we're meant to cheer for the inhabitants of Summer's Isle? Nope. They're basically a StrawFeminist organization who erroneously thinks that sacrificing a man they lied to and lured to the island after impregnating one of their inhabitants will make them prosperous, which is foolhardy at best and evil at worst, so you're not rooting for them either. Honestly, the best case scenario for anyone enjoying the film is a full on BileFascination viewing.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Big time. Malus is an ignorant jerk who only comes to the island to find his kid. He has no personality of which to speak and he demonstrates that he is a ''terrible'' cop, so while it is horrifying to either be burned alive at the stake or stung to death by dozens of bees, it's extremely hard to care about him. His ex is in on the whole thing, so you're not rooting for her, and you're definitely not rooting for the hastily written, often confusing StrawFeminist cult either.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: In Cage's famous dying rant ("'''No! NOT THE BEES'''"), he screams twice that the bees are, "'''IN MY EYES!'''" We can clearly see that they're not. That, and they decided they wanted to be his [[IncrediblyLamePun beard for the night]].
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* SpecialEffectFailure: In Cage's famous dying rant ("'''No! NOT THE BEES'''"), he screams twice that the bees are, "'''IN MY EYES!'''" We can clearly see that they're not. That, and they decided they wanted to be his [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} beard for the night]].
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You can't avert a YMMV.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously:
** Played straight with the actors for the cultists.
** Completely averted by Nicholas Cage, who has gone on the record saying that he quickly realized how awful the film was (which might explain some of his more goofy moments).
** Played straight with the actors for the cultists.
** Completely averted by Nicholas Cage, who has gone on the record saying that he quickly realized how awful the film was (which might explain some of his more goofy moments).
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** Played straight with the
** Completely averted by Nicholas Cage, who has gone on the record saying that he quickly realized how awful the film was (which might explain some of his more goofy moments).
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Removing an example that's just complaining.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Why are Creator/JamesFranco and Creator/JasonRitter in the epilogue? The movie is surreal enough as it is, it didn't need these two guys to show up like they just walked out of a romantic comedy that was happening outside the bar.
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* SoBadItsGood: As a horror film, this remake cannot hold a candle to the 1973 original, but Creator/NicolasCage's often {{Narm}}-filled, over-the-top performance, the many NightmareRetardant "scares", and some just plain ''weird'' moments, arguably makes it a pretty entertaining experience if viewed as a surreal comedy.
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* SoBadItsGood: As a horror film, this remake cannot hold a candle to the 1973 original, but Creator/NicolasCage's often {{Narm}}-filled, over-the-top performance, the many NightmareRetardant "scares", and some just plain ''weird'' moments, arguably makes it a pretty entertaining experience if viewed as a surreal comedy.
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* [[IdiotBall What's in the bag, a shark or something?]]
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%% * MemeticMutation: The movie's [[SoBadItsGood infamous reputation]] made it a FountainOfMemes:
%% ** '''AHHH, NOT THE BEES!!!''' [[note]]Ironically, this was only in the uncut version, not the theatrical cut.[[/note]]
%% ** '''KILLING ME WON'T BRING BACK YOUR GODDAMN HONEY!'''
%% ** How'd it get burned? '''How'd it get burned!? HOWDITGETBURNED HOWDITGETBUUURNED!!??'''
%% *** '''''I! DON'T! KNOW!'''''
%% ** [[IdiotBall What's in the bag, a shark or something?]]
%% * {{Narm}}: So very much:
%% ** Nearly ''every'' scene where Malus gets dramatic. The bit with [[MemeticMutation the bees]] is probably the most notable example.
%% ** The way Malus goes around punching and kung-fu kicking all the cultists during the finale, especially the bit where he silently walks up to the innkeeper before randomly punching her in the face.
%% ** Never has a little girl getting hit by a truck looked so hilarious. The fact they use it continuously doesn't help.
%% ** Cage running up to a woman ''in a bear costume'' and punching her square in the face.
%% ** '''AHHH, NOT THE BEES!!!''' [[note]]Ironically, this was only in the uncut version, not the theatrical cut.[[/note]]
%% ** '''KILLING ME WON'T BRING BACK YOUR GODDAMN HONEY!'''
%% ** How'd it get burned? '''How'd it get burned!? HOWDITGETBURNED HOWDITGETBUUURNED!!??'''
%% *** '''''I! DON'T! KNOW!'''''
%% ** [[IdiotBall What's in the bag, a shark or something?]]
%% * {{Narm}}: So very much:
%% ** Nearly ''every'' scene where Malus gets dramatic. The bit with [[MemeticMutation the bees]] is probably the most notable example.
%% ** The way Malus goes around punching and kung-fu kicking all the cultists during the finale, especially the bit where he silently walks up to the innkeeper before randomly punching her in the face.
%% ** Never has a little girl getting hit by a truck looked so hilarious. The fact they use it continuously doesn't help.
%% ** Cage running up to a woman ''in a bear costume'' and punching her square in the face.
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