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

I'd love to pretend that Jess Franco is always interesting even when the films are objectively bad, but it's not quite true. That's the peril of making a film every four weeks for fifty years i suppose.

saw a biopic of Nostradamus in 1994 directed by the guy who went onto direct Battlefield Earth that might be the worst thing i've ever seen in a cinema, wd have walked out but was supposed to review it.

oh and i've just remembered Garfield 2 and Horrid Henry, guess we shd rule out kids films

'battlefield earth' is the second-worst book i've ever finished

last movie i can remember making me alternately furious, grievously embarrassed and bored was Take This Waltz (check the the sarah polley thread if you give a rip)

other than that, a few years ago i tried to revisit Bugsy Malone, which i know TOTALLY ENRAPTURED me as a little kid (though i may have only been going off previews??). it was seriously unsettling on a deep level and i couldn't get more than a half hour into it. not just on a pedo-zone reaction but like an unheimlich Why Was This Done kind of a feeling

Tell you what, I was warned that "Gonks go Beat" was pretty bad.

It is, but occasionally it does some pretty good scenes..

Bugsy Malone is great

Apollo 18 is on Sky right now, it is wretched.

anything that is a "biting satire about HOLLYWOOD".

Hollywood Blvd?

oh man, I remember even at the time that a good portion of my fascination with Bugsy Malone was driven by the cognitive dissonance of the movie being entirely populated by kids doing essentially a straightforward gangster movie

have we done a "super creepy kids movies" thread, because even though it would be dominated by Willy Wonka it could be fun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Sky

rented this in high schoool, pretty much thought it was ridiculous. i had no idea it was divisive at the time.

I used to get Bugsy Malone and Johnny Dangerously confused. Awkward.

donkey's years since i saw hollywood blvd. would have to watch again. thinking more of "the player" or "state & main" or smug wank like that

o shit i saw liquid sky in lol college

BMalone was too much 'aimed at my age' and my mother loved it, so...

Now, it's ok by me, but the dubbed in singing voice is wrong.

mein gott, ja.
"curse of the golden flower"
shit you couldn't care less about in a million expensive costumes

i think this was my favorite movie circa age 8?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby:_Secret_of_the_Lost_Legend

Production
The dinosaur-effects are all animatronic, since this was before the widespread use of CGI in motion pictures.

Reception
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend received generally negative reviews; the film currently holds a 10% 'rotten' rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.[2]

tim burton's "alice in wonder(how/why?)land"

Jurassic Park & Jumanji, hate you

Ooh that's a good choice, I hate that movie so much. xp

Tell you what, I was warned that "Gonks go Beat" was pretty bad.

It is, but occasionally it does some pretty good scenes..

― Mark G, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 8:45 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's a mostly boring film with, as you say, some good scenes. Wouldn't put it on a list like this, definitely not.

Mike Myers' Cat In The Hat may almost match Alice in horrible kids' movie dept.

I was mostly agnostic re: Burton's "Alice In Wonderland" until he decided to not follow the story to its creepy logical conclusion and show that the true evil wasn't the Red Queen but that Red and White were out of balance and turning power over to the White Queen would make things just as awful/fucked up and when the goddamned Futterwacken started

It's not the worst, but the first film that came to mind was Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

Didn't see it in the theater, so I don't know if it counts, but I'm going with Southland Tales

haha Ecks vs Sever was the movie that made me realize I don't actually love any old dumb action movie (see also: War starring Jet Li and Jason Statham)

someone upthread listed 500 days of summer

as bad as any

Liquid Sky is great just for the opening scene in the club. and the sdtk

Djp, true to form, you have used ilx to remind me of something I had done a damn good job of forgetting. Thanks for the Futterwacken, I guess.

So Long, And Thanks For All The Futterwacken

how could anyone say a film with this scene in it is "worst ever" come on now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv0PYG1g_iY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comin'_at_Ya!

Saw this when it came out, I was probably 14. My whole family walked out. Horrible, horrible 3D film with no plot to speak of.

also Liquid Sky rules and the OST LP is great.

Love Actually

As "inept" films go, I Accidentally Domed Your Son was tougher to sit through than any piece of shit I've ever seen.

LOL didn't even notice it was mentioned upthread

Americas sweethearts and face off are great

The avengers is incredibly bad, good shout

I've seen a lot of mediocrities, but as for truly wretchedly horrible films, I stop watching as soon as I can see that is the case, usually within 15-20 minutes.

The film that came to mind when I let my mind scan back was something called The Story of Us, I think. I endured this film because my wife's friend thought it would somehow help us get through a bad patch in our marriage. We got through it, but this film cannot claim a shred of credit for that.

I kinda want to watch I Accidentally Domed Your Son now hmmmmmm

I would read the beginning of this thread first: John Justen and Fluffy Bear will watch it.

Bad Boys 2 was hot, loud garbage. Almost walked out on that one.

haha I loved that one too

Oh yeah bad boys 2, appalling
Hot tub time machine

How about Life is Beautiful?

I Accidentally Sonned Your Dome, Wite Kid

Battlefield Earth

The avengers is incredibly bad, good shout

i'd vote the Avengers for "worst movie that got almost universally good reviews"

Or maybe Crystal Skull. No, wait, Battlefield Earth was definitely worse.

oh shit, i think i still stick with vulgar, but i did forget about terry gilliams tideland.

i accidentally domed your son is one of my favorite movie watching experiences but we were all so so incredibly drunk

vulgar is def. up there.

i went to see the "car 54, where are you?" movie (1994, starring buster poindexter and john c. mcginley) with my dad and sister and we were the only ones there and my dad and sister walked out about half an hour in but i stayed and watched the whole thing.

other actors who star in car 54 where are you, apparently:
fran drescher
rosie o'donnell
al lewis
nipsey russell