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Victoria Silverwolf
I actually laughed a few times at Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, although it has a lot of lousy jokes, too. I can think of a lot of comedies that did not make me laugh even once.
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Curmudgeon
And number 5 on my list... It was a complete waste of money to see The Blair Witch Project! Until someone mentioned it to me yesterday, I had completely forgotten that I had seen the film! sleeping.gif sleeping.gif sleeping.gif sleeping.gif sleeping.gif (I rated it 5 snoozers of a possible 4.)
slim
In no particular order:

Corky Romano : OMG, this movie had NO funny parts

The Full Monty: I don't even know what to say.

2001 A Space Oddysey : I know I'll take some heat for it, but this film was AWFUL!

Punch Drunk Love : Another one with it's fanbase, but I couldn't stand it.

E.T. : I absolutely hate this film. I would rather watch paint dry than watch this horrible monstrosity ever again. I didn't like it when I was 5 and I don't like it today!
rebelkate
I have to agree with 2001: a space odyssey. Maybe the book is okay... but the movie is the most BORING movie I have ever seen. When my mom told me the monkeys were the best part, I thought she was joking... too bad she wasn't.

I know people will jump on this - but I hated Saving Private Ryan. I thought it was the stupidest movie. It has absolutely no point. The best I could see was it was a movie about how terrible war is. Well, I didn't need a movie to tell me that, so I should have saved my money. Plus, many people I listen to who saw the movie seemed to have missed the part about war being so terrible...

Le Divorce - I really just did not like this movie at all... maybe if they hadn't advertised it like it was a comedy I would have been ready for the frenchness. It was just an american movie trying to be a French drama. What made it worse was there seemed to be real potential.
FargoUT
2001: A Space Odyssey took me five tries before I finally agreed that it was a brilliant, amazing film. And it is... you just have to understand the point Kubrick is trying for. A lot of people still hate it. They hated it when it first came out. It's an acquired taste, but certainly not everyone will enjoy it.

The Thin Red Line is far superior to Saving Private Ryan in that it provokes the feeling of extended war, not the immediate terror of battle. When you just sit there and wander through the trees and shrubs, waiting for something to happen. It's a terrifying, emotional feeling. It also has some of the best cinematography I've ever seen in a film.

As for my bottom five:

1. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet - Baz Luhrmann recovered with the beautiful Moulin Rouge!, but this was utter crap. Only movie I've ever walked out of. Saw it again on DVD recently, sat through the whole thing and while it does get better towards the end, I still think it's utter crap.

2. Bicentennial Man - Oh dear, and people thought Patch Adams was bad. I saw this at a sneak preview with a bunch of critics and Disney lovers. I literally grew physically nauseous during this one.

3. Batman & Robin - Hmmmm... nuff said.

4. Mommy - straight-to-video effort, so it shouldn't really count. That said, this supposed sequel to The Bad Seed was terrible. I still can recall some of those scenes. It has yet to vanish from my mind! AHHH!

5. Eye of the Beholder - Who was editing this? I'm assuming they just gave up and stuck the end credits where they did. This one makes no sense, and I've willingly sat through it twice just to see if I missed something.
Christopher
The Blair Witch Project! I will give all the credit in the world to the Buzz they created for this movie. Incredible the scene they made. but the movie was godawful.

Camp Fear AAAuuuugggghhhh!!!!! sour.gif sour.gif sour.gif sour.gif sour.gif

The Postman. I read the book by David Brin. It was excellent. Costner shows his lack of talent and decimated the story. Why does he think he can pull of the lack of emotion thing like Eastwood. His Wyatt Earp sukked as well. If you can find it he did a movie called last fandango which I thought was funny.

Titanic, Pearl Harbor tie for suckiest sucks that ever sucked.

Gone with the Wind. Pure hate for this one.

Iron Eagle. My stepfather watched this movie over and over and over and over.
I have developed a dislike for it after only seeing it 98 times.

Romeo and Juliet. I hate Dicaprio. and this movie was way to much like it was staged with the cast of Fame. sour.gif

Return of the King. I am a Tolkien fanatic but they never stopped crying. Talk about oversentimentalization. Also the movie would NOT stop. it kept going and going.

2001 Brilliant

Thin Red Line excellent movie

Saving Private Ryan. Excellent. I have never felt such pure hate for a movie character as i felt for the pencil pusher.

Usual Suspects was fantastic, never saw the end coming

Animal House and the Burbs tie for the best Stupid Movie ever. Hillarious.
perspective
My top 5 worst, in order:

5. Where the Red Fern Grows (I had high expectations from the book - my favorite book of all time, and the movie let me down BIG TIME).

4. GI Jane (CLICHE anyone?)

3. 28 Days Later (next time come up with a budget for this century)

2. Reality Bites (fell asleep in the theatre, left in the middle to keep from disturbing others with my snoring)

1. Freddy Got Fingered (just when you think it can't get any worse...)
Rev_DelFuego
I think I need to add cabin fever. Half the time they were just running from each other, like the cooties, they didn't even explain the virus, if someone in the movie had attended at least one health class it would have been over in ten minutes.
I actually thought Romeo and Juliet was pretty good, it at least kept more of my attention then the older version with men in tights fighting with swords. Even though I agree with y'all about Leo.
rebelkate
I'm glad I was reminded - Moulin Rouge is also one of the worst films of all time. Geez - at least operas have good singing before the lady dies of consumption.

and finally Titanic... though it might tie with Leo in Romeo + Juliet because I ended up laughint through the ends of both movies (and getting a lot of mean looks from 12 year olds in the process - fortunately they were too scared to say anything to me smile.gif )
mule
I watched 'american pie 3 - the wedding' last night. Why didn't anyone warn me? I enjoyed the previous two but they somehow managed to surgically remove all the humour and charm the prequels had.
Don't under any circumstance put yourself through this. Even if you're a fan of the series.
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Robin_Scotland
I cant remember if Ive added to this before.

One stinker I can think of is the Life of David Gale. I went to see this when it came out at the cinema last year and it was easily the worst £3 I ever spent. I actually like Kevin Spacey as an actor, even if I think he may be a little over-rated, but in this he just annoyed the hell out of me - as did the abysmal Kate Winslet playing one of the worst characters ever, with a terrible name (Bitsy Bloom I think).

The real trouble I had with this tho was its exceptionally biased and unfair stance on an important issue. Personally I oppose the death penalty, but this film handled the stance in an appalling and unimaginative manner, in my opinion doing more harm than good to the cause. Making a martyr out of the character played by Laura Linney was vomit worthy also.

To think of some other releases over the last 2/3 years that were truly awful:

Underworld
Wrong Turn
Gigli
Dreamcatcher
Swept Away
Biker Boyz
Rollerball
Crossroads
Dumb and Dumberer
Anything with Steven Segal!
FargoUT
QUOTE(Robin_Scotland @ Feb 16 2004, 10:04 PM)
I cant remember if Ive added to this before.

One stinker I can think of is the Life of David Gale. I went to see this when it came out at the cinema last year and it was easily the worst £3 I ever spent.

To think of some other releases over the last 2/3 years that were truly awful:

Underworld
Wrong Turn
Gigli
Dreamcatcher
Swept Away
Biker Boyz
Rollerball
Crossroads
Dumb and Dumberer
Anything with Steven Segal!

I really liked "Wrong Turn" myself. I thought it was terrifying and a great throwback to the horror films of the 70s. I kept hearing about "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "28 Days Later..." but "Wrong Turn" ended up being the scariest of them all. We had a great time jumping and screaming.

However, I'm also a lone defender of "Gigli". While I don't think it is a good movie, I think it has been unfairly lambasted. I laughed a lot during "Gigli" which was the point, and I can't say I was disappointed. It was just mediocre. I've recommended it to people who haven't seen it just to offer a differing opinion (even though I'll probably never see it again myself).

As for "The Life of David Gale", Roger Ebert also chose it as the worst film of 2003. He had the same problems with the movie. And while I just thought it was a dumb movie with good acting, I didn't have the same problems with the "revelations". At least it was about something.

"Underworld" was very disappointing, and "American Pie 3" angered me with changing Stifler into a complete imbicile. In the first two, he was deranged, but still intelligent in his own way. They completely abandoned this concept and made him into a total moron. I was highly disappointed by this one.
kalabus
These are the movies that I dislike the most. I do not necessarily feel they are the worst movies but these are the movies that I followed the hype and when I was finished viewing I was actually angry that I wasted my time.

1) Without a doubt.....Titanic mad.gif
2) The English Patient sleeping.gif
3) Harry Potter sour.gif ....may be multiple films but all stink
4) About Schmidt......very tedious sleeping.gif
5) Castaway.....I just hate this movie
HM: The Last Temtation of Christ.......Controversial or not Scorsese threw up an air ball on this one

The 5 that I like that I didnt feel get enough attention

1) The cliche and overpicked Donnie Darko. I do not care how typical of a choice it is because it rules
2) Election
3) Henry Portrait of a Seriel Killer
4) Freeway
5)White Man's Burden

5 movies that while not necessarily great are not as bad as popularly believed.

1) Postman....A very good movie
2) Waterworld.....another solid movie....poor Kevin
3) O....I think it is a great telling of Othello
4) Boxing Helena....I like this movie
5) Battlefield Earth....okay overbudgeted and is a sci-fi B 1960's type movie...but I like B movies and this is a watchable movie
slim
Titanic may be the most overrated film in the history of cinema!

How the h*ll did it beat LA Confidential, Good Will Hunting, or As Good As It Gets? blink.gif The only film nominated for Best Picture in 1997 that it was superior to was the absolutely horrible The Full Monty which should not have been nominated for anything other than the Raspberry!

Titanic was a decent popcorn movie, but was not even close to being in the same class as LA Confidential, Good Will Hunting, or As Good As It Gets.

The English Patient is the same story. Against Shine and Fargo in 1996, this crap movie won? 1996 to 1997 is what I refer to as the dark age of the Oscar.

And if Lost in Translation or Master and Commander win this year, I will not watch the Oscars ever again! mad.gif
Rev_DelFuego
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I really liked "Wrong Turn" myself. I thought it was terrifying and a great throwback to the horror films of the 70s. I kept hearing about "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "28 Days Later..." but "Wrong Turn" ended up being the scariest of them all. We had a great time jumping and screaming.

I completely agree with you on this one. I have had a craving for a good horror movie, while "Wrong Turn" was really good I think the "Jeepers Creepers" series have been the best recently.
Robin_Scotland
My problem with Wrong Turn was that - although I tend to have the same reaction to horror films - not once did I jump or flinch. It just didn't do anything for me, I expected nearly every event and I felt that the 'invincibility' of the inbreds took away any possible sense of fear, it failed to suspend my disbelief. This is something that is important regardess of genre or the intentions of the film.

But I do like horror/edge of your seat stuff. Even Signs made my heart skip a beat, and it has been heaviliy criticised. At least it accomplished what it set out to do. I would agree Jeepers Creepers beat Wrong Turn, but even that I think is far short of what it should be.

I had expected Wrong Turn to go for that creepy atmosphere accomplished perfectly in Deliverance. Not a horror movie, but it scared me a helluva lot more than Wrong Turn. As Wrong Turn has absolutely nothing else going for it besides horror, when it stumbles on this it misses the mark by quite a margin. To put a long story short, when I watch a film and get the impression that I could have written and directed it myself, I take the DVD back to the shop and demand my money back biggrin.gif

28 Days Later, on the other hand, did creep me out. It wasn't the choice of scenario in which the characters were put in that made it better, but just the manner in which it was dealt with. Enviroment is a vital aspect of horror, and the backwoods of West Virginia sounds like as good a place as any. But the atmosphere was missing. 28 Days Later sent a chill down my spine with its chosen enviroment, an abandoned London and English countryside. But it was much much more than its choice of scenario, it needed chilling atmosphere and suspence, it needed Mais En Scene, something Wrong Turn and Jeeper Creepers lack.
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