OPO, so what was the worst film you ever saw?

IMO this should be a list of worst movies and not "so bad they are good/entertaining" movies. A badly-made film that is compelling in its badness still has value.

EZ, how can you find a film with an animated talking penis boring? I do not understand your brain.

I had to sit through the Upside of Anger once (my dad and his gf wanted to go)

which was awful in its utter banality and unnecessariness - it wasn't horrible on a formal/visual level but it was just such a waste of everyone's time

Cops & Robbersons and In the Army Now, same summer at the cheapie theaters

Before most airlines got on-demand systems installed, in-flight movies were a treasure trove of movie badness. Even so, I can't defend my decision to watch Maid in Manhattan.

I should have liked Marquis, but I felt it tried to hard, didn't succeed, and wasn't well done. Left after about 45 minutes.

xpost to em.

I saw Avatar first on the back of a headrest while flying to New York - the 3D didn't really come across...

emil.y - I might like it more now, but I was 18 and couldn't stand it. And with such a virulent reaction I've never thought to revisit.

Actually, this weird little black and white short thing someone made me watch called The Jetty or something. It's just fucking photos. The plot makes no sense. It seemed cheap as fuck. The narrator sounded bored. At least it was over quickly.

@ DL for me, it's not a direct result of "AND it was critically acclaimed!" so much as a) there was a moment of cultural inescapability around those three movies, b) I saw all three in the theatre, c) lots of money+effort+time poured into all three, and d), most importantly, at their heart, neither of my three movies I named necessarily suffer from a bad script, edit, score or performances, but they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence, like they never should've even festered on past a brainstorming process, and that every well-executed shot, every million dollars made, ever award bestowed, ever poster put on a kid's wall just goes to reinforce and make these dark offerings stronger. "Howard the Duck" makes me feel like George Lucas is a bad filmmaker. "Crash" makes me wish for human existinction

Ha

Xp

*extinction, but "existinction" is interesting too

I would think the worst film would have to be really amateur but then you'd excuse amateurishness for effort or enthusiasm (as re-created in Ed Wood, I haven't seen one by the guy). A Hollywood film would perhaps never fail a meeting of basic film-making standards: Catwoman or Titanic don't, as bad as both might be (sat through bits of either on TV and couldn't finish but not because it was failing a competency test).

I think a film that would qualify would be something utterly dishonest in intent by most concerned, or one where no one was trying in anyway make something 'good', something really utterly cynical (and I'm cynical myself albeit retain mild optimism).

All of which is to say I can't think of anything right now.

"Howard the Duck" gets so much crap. I remember loving it as a kid and then later as an intoxicated adult.

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xp Ha. That's kind of what I suspected. So I present to you The Boondock Saints - fundamental incompetence AND sickness of existence.

Leaving Las Vegas

or Crash

I remember being seriously weirded out by Howard the Duck on telly. I must have been around 9 or 10 and it was too much for my tiny mind. Really want to revisit it now.

i guess you haven't seen Boondock Saints 2

It's in my Netflix queue, obvs

I have a beautiful new username thanks to this thread.

I loved Howard the Duck as a kid.

The part in Howard the Duck where the dude starts morphing into an alien in the car and everyone is just losing their shit is hilarious and insane and actually pretty terrifying.

Hudson Hawke probably

Actually I probably hated "Howard" more than necessary because I was basically forced to see it instead of "Back To School", as I hinted upthread.

"Titanic" I still enjoy as a disaster-movie (if only Maureen McGovern sang the Celine song)

Avatar was awesome, I don't want to argue through it again but just fyi there is an ilxor (me) who holds this opinion, kthxbye

Beware the Blob is really quite unbelievable

america's sweethearts
sorority boys
mister lonely
bruno
revenge of the nerds

I would think the worst film would have to be really amateur

Oh heavens no! People who don't know what they're doing or who have nothing to lose often make some fascinating stuff. It's the people with money/comfort/connections/reputations who often half-ass their way through a creative endeavor that has no reason to exist.

Lost in Space

xpost you mean Beware! The Blob

Honestly guys most movies mentioned on this thread are at worst just really mediocre. Try harder.

super dumb challops itt

Oh heavens no! People who don't know what they're doing or who have nothing to lose often make some fascinating stuff.

As I said amateurs basically get an E, for effort.

I don't agree with the rest of your statement. Nothing cultural needs a 'reason to exist'.

'howard' is extra-reprehensible because i can totally imagine a great film being made from the original comic book and now it'll never happen.

Spawn

If remake-happy Hollywood had some truly daring minds, they'd do remakes of BAD films and try to improve them

Hmmm i might have to change my vote to If Lucy Fell.

I feel like I need to adhere to some sort of formula to figure out my actual worst movie. Like "inept - amateurish - (unintentionally) entertaining + insulting + rage inducing". Crash is definitely the winner there. The prestige is just gravy. Utterly baffling gravy.

I liked Hudson Hawke just for Sandra Bernhard singing "I've got the power" while surrounded by her young board of directors

If remake-happy Hollywood had some truly daring minds, they'd do remakes of BAD films and try to improve them

Doesn't this just seem like the biggest no-brainer ever? I think the same thing every time I hear a cover song that pales in comparison to the vastly superior original. Why bother?

I'd say shitty J-Lo thriller Enough ...

This is my go-to answer for this question.

Hudson Hawk is awesome

In high school i got in that phase of "Let's watch a terrible movie! So bad it's GOOD lmfao" that most onion a/v club commenters apparantly never grew out of

Anyway, I watched 'Bio-Dome' and it was just UNCOMFORTABLE with the things it thought were "jokes." It was just depressing,

For me it has to be a made-for-a-tv-movie. I remember a friend buying a bundle of 20 or so DVDs for £10 I think. I love the idea that he thought that was a bargain. The Shark Attack trilogy was included but I only saw the first two films.

Mutant/Forbidden Planet is mind-bogglingly bad but I also really enjoyed it