i think at least half of these movies are fascinating:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 09:07 (eleven years ago) link
THE TREE OF LIFE
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 09:07 (eleven years ago) link
^^ playing this thread correctly
― Alice 2 Chainz - "I Luv Dem Bones" (zachlyon), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 09:18 (eleven years ago) link
all those movies on the RT list are boring choices
movies that are so inept that they're pointless are just that, they bounce off your brain and fly away forever in their weightlessness. they're fun to hate. i'm only going to invest my searing hatred into movies borne from the minds of individual self-obsessed shitheads that inexplicably manage to convince audiences of their great importance
also guessing ~20% of those movies are secret masterpieces
― Alice 2 Chainz - "I Luv Dem Bones" (zachlyon), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 09:29 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not remotely trolling or hyperbolising, i've seen plenty of badly-acted, amateur or just plain shoddy films and the tree of life is easily worse than all of them
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 09:35 (eleven years ago) link
oooh shit, have we all seen the Fred Durst directed 'The Education of Charlie Banks'? that has to be down/up there with the worst films ever.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 09:52 (eleven years ago) link
Good shout on Law Abiding Citizen. I'd wiped that two hours of my life from my mind entirely.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 10:22 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not remotely trolling or hyperbolising
Good one. You almost got me there.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
Feel like the only place this thread can go from here is a full-blown ballot poll a la the recent genre ones
― ☯ t (wins), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
Also I didn't hate due date as much as I'd planned to, considering zach g is the most unpleasant man in film and "PT&A with the heart cut out" is such an offensive premise to me
― ☯ t (wins), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
I've seen hundreds of movies - hundreds! - and "Tree of Life" is easily the worst. I have never seen a movie worse than "Tree of Life," and can't imagine a worse movie released this year, let alone probably, oh, this week. It just does absolutely nothing right and is not even pretty to look at.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uZ0j_HxXuPE/UL8zlxYqzWI/AAAAAAAABdQ/SnB1GJbCjnY/s1600/Sad+Christmas+Trees+%283%29.jpg
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 13:08 (eleven years ago) link
That dog has the right idea. "Tree of Life" is really that terrible, and deserves to be at the top of any worst movies ever list. Seriously. I've seen it. It is really that bad. And it's over two hours long!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, I may be confusing "Tree of Life" with something else. Is that the one where Rob Schneider is trying not to get raped in prison?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
Man, I love 'supposed worst film ever of its time' Myra Breckenridge, and think if Gore and Rex has been like "it's a cool film gfy" it'd never have gained its bad reputation
― dry rub come save beef (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
If there was ever a film that should have been directed by Russ Meyer instead, Myra Breckenridge is it.
― it's all fuck what sit says, we'll do our own thing (Matt #2), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
If there was ever a film that should have been directed by Russ Meyer instead, The Tree of Life is it.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Big_Stan_Poster.png
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
that wiki list is pure bullshit because troll 2 is one of the most amazing viewing experiences of all time.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
Armegeddon
the only time in my life I saw a film for free and wanted my money back
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
try it when you're drunk - it's a much more enjoyable experience :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
actually that's a poll -- which of these terrible movies would NOT be any better watched while drunk
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
tiptoes
― vote! (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:46 PM (Yesterday)
tiptoes is fucking awesome
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
I've gotta go w/ The Shipping News, just b/c: (01) it sucks, (02) plodding fucking boring, (03) urgh Kevin Spacey, (04) having the nerve to go and piss all over a perfectly good Annie Proulx novel, (05) such smug fucking Oscar bait
― rocky dennis horror show (Pillbox), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
Lex hardly the first person to list a movie here tbf
let me restate mulholland drive
― ben foster five (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
xpost yeah I loved the book so much and the trailers looked godawful I decided to stay well away from it
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
OMG, speaking of Kevin Spacey: "David Gale!"
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030221/REVIEWS/302210304/1023
let me rep for the hilarious 'the shipping news' again
― goole, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:59 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― goole, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
seriously, i think it's one of the funniest movies i've ever seen. i was dragged to see it in the theater. real talk it's the only time a movie has been immediately 'so bad it's good' w/o a layer of distance or audience knowingness; everything is just so badly done. iirc we were suppressing laughter thru the whole thing: dead cate blanchett with lolling tongue, spacey saying indignantly "i will not have pirate treasure in this house!!"
― goole, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
(spoilers)
― goole, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
oh wait has no one mentioned "Bless the Child" with Kim Basinger yet because wow
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
seriously, i think it's one of the funniest movies i've ever seen. i was dragged to see it in the theater. real talk it's the only time a movie has been immediately 'so bad it's good' w/o a layer of distance or audience knowingness; everything is just so badly done.
― goole, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 10:21 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I just opened this thread and have idea what movie yr talking abt but this is how I felt about OC and Stiggs
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
I really hated OC and Stiggs. Lots of buddies stanning for this at the time. This is an Altman miss and plus FUCK NATIONAL LAMPOON
― © all the feelings (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
I saw K-Pax in a theater when it came out. It was extremely weak.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
It felt like the kind of movie that gets played when your teacher is sick and there is a sub and you just sleep for an hour while it's on in the background.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
Oh shiiiit bless the child is legit hilarious
― ben foster five (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
i now remember that i was also dragged to "bubba ho-tep" and it was really bad.
― goole, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
crazy talk!
― i have a history of enabling your mother. (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
Actually... I see some terrible stuff for work, and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too takes some beating.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
Avatar, no challops intended. It's just a really, really bad script.
― moley, Thursday, 7 February 2013 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
Avatar is one of the dumbest movies ever made but, aside from the 3D headache it gave me, I loved the shit out of it.
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 7 February 2013 02:15 (eleven years ago) link
(not enough to paint myself blue and go live in a tree, mind you)
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? is the first that comes to mind. just infuriating like few others
― andrew m., Thursday, 7 February 2013 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
that may not count but damn
I have a new contender. In fact, not even a contender, a clear and obvious winner so far ahead of the field that the other bad films I've ever seen have given up and gone back to the barn.
http://youtu.be/RTWwZT96gZY
Like, if I told you this film features an indie-rocker in actual blackface and that still wasn't even the most o_0 part of the film, would that give you some idea? I'm half convinced this isn't even supposed to be a real film, and just a parody entry for "Germany's most disturbing home videos."
― Shugazi (Branwell with an N), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
can't remember if I nominated Amadeus up thread but amadeus
― duff paddy (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link
Hard to choose bwteeen The Doom Generation, The Mirror Has Two Faces, or the first Transformers film
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Thursday, 21 August 2014 05:49 (nine years ago) link
some bad films are bad in a charming or at least fairly objectionable way
i can't really hate on any film i watch at home b/c if i keep watching it it's my own damn fault--so easy to change the channel or hit the stop button.
the one recent film (by recent i simply mean, my memory of it is still acute) i've seen in the theater that was irredeemably bad was "away we go"
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 21 August 2014 08:38 (nine years ago) link
i also hated joseph losey's "these are the damned"-- though at least that had the saving grace of strangeness