tim burton's "alice in wonder(how/why?)land"
― massaman gai, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
Jurassic Park & Jumanji, hate you
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
Ooh that's a good choice, I hate that movie so much. xp
― Ulna (Nicole), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
Mike Myers' Cat In The Hat may almost match Alice in horrible kids' movie dept.
― Nataly Dawn's echoey swamp sound (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
It's not the worst, but the first film that came to mind was Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't see it in the theater, so I don't know if it counts, but I'm going with Southland Tales
― Moodles, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
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)
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
someone upthread listed 500 days of summer
as bad as any
― © all the feelings (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
Liquid Sky is great just for the opening scene in the club. and the sdtk
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― how's life, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
So Long, And Thanks For All The Futterwacken
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
also Liquid Sky rules and the OST LP is great.
Love Actually
― Darin, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
As "inept" films go, I Accidentally Domed Your Son was tougher to sit through than any piece of shit I've ever seen.
― berner herzog (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
LOL didn't even notice it was mentioned upthread
Americas sweethearts and face off are great
The avengers is incredibly bad, good shout
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
I kinda want to watch I Accidentally Domed Your Son now hmmmmmm
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
I would read the beginning of this thread first: John Justen and Fluffy Bear will watch it.
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
Bad Boys 2 was hot, loud garbage. Almost walked out on that one.
― That elusive North American wood-ape (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
haha I loved that one too
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah bad boys 2, appallingHot tub time machine
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
How about Life is Beautiful?
― MrDasher, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
I Accidentally Sonned Your Dome, Wite Kid
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
Battlefield Earth
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
i'd vote the Avengers for "worst movie that got almost universally good reviews"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
Or maybe Crystal Skull. No, wait, Battlefield Earth was definitely worse.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
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
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
other actors who star in car 54 where are you, apparently:fran drescher rosie o'donnellal lewis nipsey russell
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
Daniel Baldwin as Don MottiJeremy Piven as Herbert HortzTone Loc as Handsome cab driverThe Ramones as themselves
100 Girls, probably
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
Star Trek V is pretty dire. My friend's Dad fell asleep and we all agreed he had the best time at the theater.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
Wish I could say nolan s batman but joke s on me because I saw all three of them. fuck that guy.
Amateur and silly is cool so I go for black hawk down: gross, barbaric and so deafeningly loud.
Lol at placing eyes wide shut in company of the hours and magnolia
― v impressive thing in css (wolves lacan), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i can't say TDKR is the worst ever cause it was just oppressively boring but nolan is my least favorite director
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
Honestly if The Dark Knight or Magnolia or The Avengers or The Player or any of those is anything even close to honestly "the worst film you ever saw," even going by H'wood studio standards, you have led a charmed fuckin' life.
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
you're right, the worst film i ever saw was some high schooler's camcorder noir where everyone wore fedoras, let's talk about that
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
Context is important, as covered. Except for the avengers.
Matrix three, obv.
Second half of prometheus
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
The Maltese Brony. Xp
― Ulna (Nicole), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
Like in a year where the studios released shitty horror movie after shitty horror movie, plus an attempt to make Tyler Perry of all people into an action hero, plus another shitty Gerard Butler romcom, and a shitty version of The Lorax. . . You're gonna go with the Batman movie? GTFO.
Prometheus was not by a long shot the worst movie I ever saw, but it may have been the biggest letdown.
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
It's pretty easy. The Lorax and the rest are easy targets. A far worse aesthetic failure is an ambitious movie made with intelligence and craft in which everything goes wrong.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
like The Dark Knight
friends of mine when i was a kid said this was the worst movie they ever saw:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bear_%281988_film%29
haven't seen it though, guess it was well received!
― goole, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
Anthony Newley's 1969 Fellini-pastiche musical, "Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?", is actually even more excruciating to watch than the title would suggest--against my better judgment, I saw it several years ago with a Media Studies friend who was a little too open to camp esoterica. Harlan Veidt's 1940 anti-Semitic melodrama, "Jud Süß," which I saw in the context of a course on German film history, is competently constructed from a formal point of view, but completely sickening ethically and politically.
― one way street, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
why beat up maimed children when bludgeoning malevolent adults is more satisfying?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
fwiw I said "The Dark Knight Rises", I thought "The Dark Knight" was OK
― formed arses (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:37 (eleven years ago) link