The worst movies

[lisztisforkids]

On parallel to the other thread.

Fly boys-The level of mediocrity is staggering in this film

Windtalkers- Not even about the Navajo code talkers

28 weeks later-  the orginal is interesting.

[retrouvailles]

Plan 9 from Outer Space.

[soliloquy]

dat penguin zheeyat

[mcgillcomposer]

Jaws - The Revenge

I remember when Michael Caine was nominated for an Oscar for his work in "The Cider House Rules" the host cracked a joke about his involvement with the fourth JAWS movie...polite criticism disguised as a joke I suppose 

[thalbergmad]

On Golden Pond
Dirty Dancing
Bambi


Thal

[gilad]

Must be the aviator and cabin fever.

[valor]

Pokemon: the movie, and all the others

[wotgoplunk]

The Adventures of Pluto Nash 

[ihatepop]

The Da Vinci Code. It was so hard to understand...

ihatepop

[0range]

Any title with Keanu Reeves not containing the word "Excellent"

[leonidas]

The most underwhelming movie I have ever seen was 'Lost in Translation'.

I was just evidently not the intended audience, and I don't see how any more than one in ten people would be.

[sharon_f]

I realize best and worst can be totally subjective. That being said, I have to confess I have always hated Forrest Gump.

[lisztisforkids]

I think that the movie I found most offensive was definelty 'Dude, weres my car?"

[clhiospzitn]

"Troll 2"

It has the poorest acting I've ever seen and the most atrocious dialogue I've ever heard.  It's considered one of the worst movies ever made, but it's hilarious to watch just because it's so bad.  For starters, there aren't even any trolls in it - they're goblins.  And the town it's set in is called Nilbog (guess what that spells backwards).  I recommend seeing it once (but only once) just for the experience - then you'll truly understand the difference between movies that are actually bad, and movies that are just mediocre.

[chopininov]

Where do I begin?
All Rush Hours
All Saws
8 Mile
All American Pies
All Jim Carrey movies except Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
King Kong
300
Apocalypto
...
...
There are too many to list....is there a thread listing the best movies?

[leonidas]

Eternal Sunshine was the least funny Jim Carrey movie ever, even the number 23 was funny.

300

THIS IS SPARTAAAA

[gilad]

The persians were actually much nicer people than those rotten Spartans.

[valor]

For real, 300 was such a stupid movie, i have no idea why so many people saw it (although i saw it too, but even i said the movie was stupid before and after the movie)

[chopininov]

Eternal Sunshine was the least funny Jim Carrey movie ever, even the number 23 was funny.

THIS IS SPARTAAAA

Really That's probably why I picked it as his best movie.
Jim Carrey is NOT funny.

[wotgoplunk]

The persians were actually much nicer people than those rotten Spartans.

I'm a Spartan! 

Better than a Celtic, the other main high school in the city.

[leonidas]

If many people love a movie, and many people don't. Mant people love an actor , many people don't.
What does it say?

It says little about the art/entertainment and more about the audience and their tastes and ideas of what a good actor and movie should be.

300 was exactly what I hoped it would be and more, I adore it.

Many people find it 'lame, dumb and stupid', but then many find Beethoven's symphonies 'lame, dumb and stupid'.

[kony]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was a serious movie though, I hope you guys were joking.

Jim Carrey is great, both in comedy and in more serious roles.

[gilad]

Jim gets very annoying. Sometimes he makes me want to chew my foot off: X

[chopininov]

A movie doesn't have to be good to be liked. Look at Borat. I liked 300; and it was possibly the manliest-man-tough-guy-testosterone-manny-man-man movie in existence. But even though many people liked it, does not make it a good film.

[mephisto]

The most underwhelming movie I have ever seen was 'Lost in Translation'.

I was just evidently not the intended audience, and I don't see how any more than one in ten people would be.

Amazing insight

[leonidas]

A movie doesn't have to be good to be liked. Look at Borat. I liked 300; and it was possibly the manliest-man-tough-guy-testosterone-manny-man-man movie in existence. But even though many people liked it, does not make it a good film.

How does that make sense?

If it is liked, there is good in it.

There is no universal definition for what makes a good movie or a good piece of music.

Amazing insight

Give a decent reply, I was bored by the movie, but alot of people love it, I want to know what I was missing...

[chopininov]

How does that make sense?

If it is liked, there is good in it.

There is no universal definition for what makes a good movie or a good piece of music.

They are two different things--being liked, and being well made. A movie that made people laugh is not necessarily a good one. A movie that required effort on the creator's part usually is.
A well made movie is usually judged upon it's direction, technique, acting, dialogue, plot line(s), orchestration, etc...
One notable difference is that 'liked' movies are usually created to please the masses. 'Good' movies are usually created as pieces of art, or to provoke some train of thought. Liked movies are a dime a dozen. Good movies are rare.

[leonidas]

I disagree, but the fundamental difference is your association of 'well made' with 'good'.

A good movie is a movie that someone thinks is good, not everyone will think it's good.

Art does not have to provoke thought, and I actually find art which appeals more to the intellect than the senses to be hollow.

[prometheus]

OMG 300 was a terrible movie. No plot at all. They didn't even try.

At least they didn't avoid gayness, which is historically accurate.
 

When I read ancient greek history I thought the battle of thermopylae would make an ok movie. Hollywood was already doing ancient period movies at that time.


Eternal sunshine wasn't supposed to be a funny movie. It must be by far the highest rated movie by Carrey on IMDB.

[leonidas]

You do know 300 was based on a graphic novel?

It has more in common with Sin City than with any 'realistic' historical adaptation.

[zheer]

  top Gun ,staring Tom Cruise, just horrific.

[minor9th]

There are so many, but a recent top contender would have to be The 40 Year Old Virgin. Merely vulgar, not funny. I hate to think how many brain cells I lost while watching it.

[soliloquy]

The most underwhelming movie I have ever seen was 'Lost in Translation'.

true I thought so too the first time I saw it.


But then I watched it again and it made me cry

[mephisto]

Give a decent reply, I was bored by the movie, but alot of people love it, I want to know what I was missing...

You posted the EXACT message in the FOB vs. MCR? topic.....

[soliloquy]

You posted the EXACT message in the FOB vs. MCR? topic.....

AMAZING insight...

[leonidas]

There are so many, but a recent top contender would have to be The 40 Year Old Virgin. Merely vulgar, not funny. I hate to think how many brain cells I lost while watching it.

If it wasn't funny then why did so many people enjoy it and find it hilarious?

Are we to say others have an inferior sense of humour to you?

[minor9th]

If it wasn't funny then why did so many people enjoy it and find it hilarious?

Are we to say others have an inferior sense of humour to you?

Absolutely. I'm not surprised that so many people found it "hilarious" when it pandered to the lowest common denominator--a sad sign of the times.

[leonidas]

An even sadder thing would be that things haven't changed as far as elitism goes.

I think we can agree the movie was vulgar, but I find it naive and immature to assume that whoever appreciates more vulgar humour to be inferior.

I think the word you will find is 'different'.

I still find it surprising that someone would go to see a movie with that title and be surprised that it isn't a sensetive documentary about a poor shy little guy.

[minor9th]

An even sadder thing would be that things haven't changed as far as elitism goes.

I think we can agree the movie was vulgar, but I find it naive and immature to assume that whoever appreciates more vulgar humour to be inferior.

I think the word you will find is 'different'.

I still find it surprising that someone would go to see a movie with that title and be surprised that it isn't a sensetive documentary about a poor shy little guy.

It got good reviews...that should have tipped me off. I hated it, you liked it, let's move on.

[chopininov]

Although it had its moments, it was still a relatively bad movie...

[gerry]

I think that the movie I found most offensive was definelty 'Dude, weres my car?"

Ha Ha...the only reason I watched this stinker was because it came free with my first DVD player purchase (I bought it on e-bay and the owner threw it in) - I had no other DVDs yet.

[valor]

I actually thought Dude, wheres my car? was a pretty funny movie, lol.

[gerry]

I actually thought Dude, wheres my car? was a pretty funny movie, lol.

 ::)must be an age thing

[mcgillcomposer]

::)must be an age thing

Or the thrill of watching Ashton Kutcher kiss another guy...

...ok, maybe not.

[danny elfboy]

Definitely:

Superbad
Scary Movie 2
Heaven Horizon

[clhiospzitn]

"Ghost Rider" was a pretty awful movie.  It was lame, boring, and unintentionally funny - the trifecta of subpar cinema.

[valor]

::)must be an age thing

It was, i was 13 at the time and i thought high dogs were funny lol. Every scary movie after 2 are bad.

[retrouvailles]

Definitely:

Superbad

GET OUT.

[chopininov]

Well it is titled...."superbad"

[chopininov]

I disagree, but the fundamental difference is your association of 'well made' with 'good'.

A good movie is a movie that someone thinks is good, not everyone will think it's good.

Art does not have to provoke thought, and I actually find art which appeals more to the intellect than the senses to be hollow.

If you are judging the quality of movies solely based upon whether it entertained you, then you are missing out on a lot. A lot of people liked the novel "The Da Vinci Code", but that doesn't mean it was written very good. It was neither innovative or particularly advanced. It was geared toward the masses in order to make a profit; similar to most movies (Superbad and Dude Where's My Car? included) created nowadays.