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by **TheGuyWithTheHat** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:05 pm UTC

I did a search but didn't find any thread like this, so I thought I'd do one as it's useful and fun.

Basically, post the worst film(s) you've seen and why there were so bad!

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For me, the absolute worst is Epic Movie, the whole thing was horrible and I laughed a tiny bit at two parts of the whole film, that's it.

The second worst was Last Chance Harvey, because it was just so boring, I felt like falling asleep during the damn thing.

So, what are yours?

by **the_bandersnatch** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:26 pm UTC

Transformers 2. If you want my reasons, go see the thread on it.

Also Bridget Jones Diary 2. I mean, despite the fact I had very little desire to see a chick flick I actually liked the first one and thought it was pleasant, funny and charming. The second one just rehashed the same thing over again without the charm or humour of the first one. Urgh, it was awful.

by **MikeBabaguh** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:21 pm UTC

U-Turn.

It is still the only movie I've walked out on.

by **Megatriorchis** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:43 am UTC

MikeBabaguh wrote:U-Turn.

It is still the only movie I've walked out on.

You did a U-Turn on the way to your seat?

The Wickerman. The one with Nicolas Cage. It's laughably bad, though, so at least it's a little bit enjoyable.

by **Jesse** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:34 am UTC

Transformers 2. I've never been so glad to leave the cinema.

by **headprogrammingczar** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:47 pm UTC

The Day After Tomorrow. Nothing made sense in that movie. First, there was the big group of people who cleverly decided that walking out of New York City would be a practical thing to do. That city is huge, and if they somehow managed to see the bigass 150 foot wave, they would know that pretty much everything about 40-50 miles inland would be completely flooded and frozen, giving them pretty much nowhere to go. Second, the NOAA guy who decided to evacuate everyone in the southern half of the US. That part made sense, but then he decides to completely ignore his own advice and goes up to New York so he can freeze to death with his kid. They get rescued by a helicopter at the end, and the guy knew that they would be sending search parties up there before he made his crazy-ass plan, so what the fuck was he thinking?

by **Zohar** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:21 pm UTC

I've walked out of two movies in my life - Cars and Full Frontal. Both were incredibly boring. I would have probably walked out of The Prestige if my friends were willing.

by **pseudoidiot** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:05 pm UTC

I've never walked out on a movie that I've gone to see at the theater. Part of me is too cheap -- dammit, I paid for this movie and I'm gonna stay for the whole thing! Although I'm pretty picky about what I go to the theater to see, so there's been very few movies I've felt like it was a struggle to sit through the whole thing for.

The only movie I've actually turned off while watching at home was Meet the Robinsons. I managed to last through about 30 minutes before I decided I'd had enough.

I nearly turned off The Fountain, but I kept holding out hope that something interesting would happen. I just couldn't get into it.

I felt that way with The Constant Gardener, too.

by **Midnight** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:14 pm UTC

the famed Worst Movie Ever. It's great, in it's way though.

And transformers was great, but not in the way they intended. It was laughable. And after 262 major explosions, I lost count.

by **Virtual_Aardvark** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:20 am UTC

Ankle Biters.
I really love B-rate horror so I thought that a movie about dwarf vampires that hide under your bed would be pretty funny but I turned it off within 10 minutes. I'm pretty sure it was made in imovie.
The sequel to pretty much any animated kids film wont be all that good either. Just as a general rule.

by **Kizyr** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:07 am UTC

I like the title. Most of the time folks talk about the worst movie ever, they forget that the truly atrocious movies (thankfully) don't get a wide release, so the worst movie in anyone's opinion is usually going to depend on what they've (often inadvertently) been exposed to--or, it turns into something more like "the most overrated film". "The worst film you've seen" gets way more interesting comments.

Anyway, that being said, the worst movie I've ever seen was:
Say It Isn't So
Lasted 1 night in theaters before getting sent straight to DVD. Someone rented it, a few of us watched it, and after it all I really want that hour-and-a-half of my life back. It's a completely miserable attempt at a comedy; even the [insert genre] MOVIE movies are easier to watch.

A close second, though, would be
Doogal
The comments on the IMDB page say it all.

headprogrammingczar wrote:The Day After Tomorrow. Nothing made sense in that movie.

Day After Tomorrow goes squarely in my "so bad it's funny" category.

"Quick! Shut the doors before THE FREEZE gets in!"

I admit it's crap, but I still like watching it--it actually had its moments. And I can suspend disbelief pretty easily when the entire movie just seems ridiculous from the start. Although I still have my limits--2012 looks like it's beyond that limit. KF

by **Gentlelady** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:26 am UTC

I thought The Big Lebowski was incredibly stupid. No matter how many times I see it, I can't bring myself to like it.

by **the_bandersnatch** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:04 am UTC

What's wrong with you people? In this thread people have denounced The Big Lebowski, The Prestige and The Fountain, three fooking great movies. Bah, there's no hope for you all.

by **Megatriorchis** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:12 am UTC

the_bandersnatch wrote:What's wrong with you people? In this thread people have denounced The Big Lebowski, The Prestige and The Fountain, three fooking great movies. Bah, there's no hope for you all.

I agree with this guy. Except I'm more like, "Man, those movies were awesome. Why would someone not like them?" And not like, "Oh, I loved those movies! So should everyone else!"

by **Gentlelady** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:20 am UTC

The Big Lebowski was on the same level of idiocy as the remake of The Wickerman with Nicolas Cage.

by **MikeBabaguh** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:24 am UTC

Lebowski is pure genius. There isn't a wasted scene or line of dialogue. It is perfectly crafted.

by **Mother Superior** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:40 am UTC

Gentlelady wrote:I thought The Big Lebowski was incredibly stupid. No matter how many times I see it, I can't bring myself to like it.

What?! But... but... The Dude, dude!

by **EvilDuckie** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:41 am UTC

Probabely not going to make many friends by saying this, but I thought Blair Witch Project was quite bad. 3 people in the forest, constantly moaning and bickering to eachother. The fact that I knew it wasn't real by the time I saw it didn't really do it much good I suppose.

Anaconda, with J.Lo, is pretty bad too. For some reason it gets shown on tv here every now and then and I can't help but shudder at the choices the main characters make. "Let's leave the bad guy here, tied up, guarded by the only member of our party we know is mentally instable and easily controlled by the bad guy..." followed, a few minutes later, by "Gee Willikers, he escaped, how did that happen???"

by **Gentlelady** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:52 am UTC

Mother Superior wrote:What?! But... but... The Dude, dude!

And Donnie was out of his element.

by **just-mark** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:21 am UTC

EvilDuckie wrote:Probabely not going to make many friends by saying this, but I thought Blair Witch Project was quite bad. 3 people in the forest, constantly moaning and bickering to eachother. The fact that I knew it wasn't real by the time I saw it didn't really do it much good I suppose.

This.

I've seen it a couple of times now (admittedly only on tv) and I really can't see the appeal. Some people get lost in a forest and argue a lot.

In another potentially controversial choice I'm going to say Lost In Translation. As best I can remember nothing happens. Two people (both American I think) meet in Japan and … yeah, that's about it. Admittedly, when I saw it I was in a reasonably large group and it was a bad choice to keep the attention of 15 or so sixth formers but I didn't see anything that would convince me to give it another chance.

by **Zohar** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:01 am UTC

I haven't seen The Big Lebowski yet but I've only heard good things about it until now. As for The Fountain, I thought it was interesting. It was certainly pretty. The Prestige was just incredibly boring at first and then incredibly stupid. At least, it felt that way to me. As I've said to my friends, Batman Vs. Wolverine would have been a much better movie.

by **Chfan** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:21 pm UTC

Nothing's happening...Nothing's happening...Nothing's happening...Nothing's happening...Nothing's happening...something about a map...Nothing's happening...Nothing's happening...It's over. A lot of people in the audience look pissed.

by **Mavas** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:16 pm UTC

Disaster Movie. The title is quite fitting. I've had more fun watching people shoot themselves in the face on the internet. After I watched it, I felt an urge to find the writers and strangle them to death.

by **headprogrammingczar** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:41 pm UTC

Oh, someone mentioned 2012, which obligates me to show you all the following fake trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2qxFkcLM0.

by **Sockmonkey** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:00 pm UTC

Kull The Conqueror. It was soooo bad. They basically spliced together elements from a bunch of different sword n sorcery movies and even ripped off a line directly from The Empire Strikes Back. It may have been that way on purpose in an attempt to be funny but I doubt it.

by **TheGuyWithTheHat** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:26 pm UTC

Mavas wrote:Disaster Movie. The title is quite fitting. I've had more fun watching people shoot themselves in the face on the internet. After I watched it, I felt an urge to find the writers and strangle them to death.

That's made by the same guys who made Epic Movie, they are known for being crap too, I've even seen campaigns to get people to stop watching their films.

by **MikeBabaguh** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:09 pm UTC

just-mark wrote:In another potentially controversial choice I'm going to say Lost In Translation. As best I can remember nothing happens. Two people (both American I think) meet in Japan and … yeah, that's about it. Admittedly, when I saw it I was in a reasonably large group and it was a bad choice to keep the attention of 15 or so sixth formers but I didn't see anything that would convince me to give it another chance.

Eh, this one is forgivable. I'm with the crowd that likes it, but I know a lot of people who don't "get it." It's been years since I've seen it, though.

by **folkhero** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:50 pm UTC

Mr. Deeds was a terrible movie. At least the Adam Sandler one, I never saw the original. It insulted my intelligence at almost every line and gag.

As for non-comedic movies, The Order with Heath Ledger was awful throughout, but to be fair, there was a lot of awkwardness going on in the room when I was watching it that probably made the movie even less plesent than it normally would be.

Gladly I've avoided Epic Movie and Disaster Movie, otherewise they would probably top the list.

by **Quillpaw** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:55 pm UTC

The Eragon movie was horrible. It ruined a book I found genuinely enjoyable by ripping apart any and all characters, changing and removing major plot points and replacing them with things that were never mentioned in the book, put characters where they don't belong, added a fight scene that added nothing to either the movie or the book. Even my grandmother who had never read the original book thought the acting was mediocre at best, and left way too many plot holes open. The only reason I didn't walk out was I wanted to see how much more they could ruin before the movie ended.

Also the Twilight movie, but that's really a given at this point.

by **LuthienTinuviel** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:20 am UTC

Second Eragon. I went to see it with my sister (who hadn't read the book at that time), and every two seconds felt the need to inform her, "Where did that come from? Definitely not from the book" until 15 minutes in I gave up and decided to view it as a plot completely independent of the story.

For another movie that rips apart a great book turning it into a ridiculous film, there's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which is, in fact, nothing like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

by **Zohar** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:53 am UTC

Yeah, Eragon was pretty bad, but I didn't have many expectations for it. The dragon was really cute though! Except it grew up a bit too fast. Should have stayed cute.

by **Amarantha** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:17 am UTC

The Postman.

by **Amnesiasoft** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:24 am UTC

I'm still not sure if Snakes on a Train falls into just bad, or so bad it's good. The part where it was enjoyable to watch may have just been the fact my friends and I went MST3K on the movie...

by **Phill** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:08 am UTC

I once watched "The Beastmaster", which a flatmate had been given on DVD. It was in the category of "so bad it's actually good".

There are a few films I've seen which are too stupid to be taken seriously, such as "Frequency". Oh, and "Antitrust". too many to mention really. But I don't know whether those deserve to be mentioned.

The only film I've ever switched off half way through is "ExistenZ", but I think I wasn't in the right mood for it. Apparently a lot of people like it so I'd like to give it another go.

by **Felstaff** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:50 am UTC

I wasn't sure what I was getting into with Epic Movie. I thought 'it's a comedy, with a high budget, a few stars and a lot of praise from hacks on the cover; how can it be that bad?'

Turns out, it can be so bad as to inspire feelings of anger, seeing as I've actually regurgitated funnier stuff than anything contained in that dross. I still like the Halliwell's criticism of Aaron Seltzer & The Other Guy's movies though: "it has more scriptwriters than jokes".

by **jords** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:14 am UTC

comon, nobody's mentioned troll 2 or plan 9 from outer space yet? the level of fail in everything in those movies is just incredible.

"...future events such as these my affect you in the future." -- ??

by **Felstaff** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:38 am UTC

I think Ed Wood films fall into the So Bad It's Good Enough To Attract A Cult Following category. I've only seen various YouTube clips of classic Wood (Plan 9, Glen or Glenda?) so can't really comment on how tragic they really are. Plus, Ed Wood is a brilliant film in itself.

Speaking of which, I may be going to a screening of The Room in the near future, with a lecture given by [2 important filmish people--notoriously scathing critics--whose names escape me] for the duration of the film. I've been advised to bring a bunch of spoons to throw at the screen at certain points of the film (You also have to scream "Spooooooon!" in a Tick-like fashion as you launch your plastic missiles). Fun times.

by **Of Negligible Mass** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:19 am UTC

Frankenfish... The name says it all.

by **masher** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:48 pm UTC

"I Know What You Did Last Summer".

I watched Eragon last night; I didn't think it was too bad, but I didn't have high hopes for it.

by **Internetmeme** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:04 pm UTC

The Eragon movie was terrible. First off, they cut off all ability to have a sequel even remotely related to the second book by closing so many plots that were continued. Second, they skipped two entire towns. Finally, the video game had nothing to do with the movie and was more true to the book than the movie that it was based on! What were they thinking? Did they even read the book?

I can find no appeal for horror movies. I've called them whorer movies:You pay them, they fuck with your fear. Seriously, why go to them? There's no plot, and don't even get me started with slasher movies. Here is a diagram that is correct 100% of the time in these movies, except where they kill them all off.

I think that "Plan 9 from Outer Space" and "Troll 2" shouldn't be considered the worst ever. I haven't personally seen them, but they seem to fall into a whole other category of "If your movie is like this, just burn your film, fire your script writers, and drink the pain away"

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