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9/26/03 at 10:21am
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Toshiba enters the Blu ray world with their first player. Toshiba with universal had gone with HDDVD a few years back and lost. now they are here with the first blu ray player. I had a Toshiba HD-a2...
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FUNNY PEOPLE 2-Disc Unrated Collector’s Edition Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Year: 2009 Rated:R Film Length: 2 hours, 26 minutes (theatrical), 2 hours, 33 minutes...
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There are continual jolts of electricity spread throughout Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah. It’s akin to the shock-to-the-system kick one got when he was first exposed to Martin...
Worst Movies Ever Made?
9/26/03 at 10:57am
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| Even tripe like Armageddon compares favorably with movies shot on just a few thousand dollars and with production values more in line with a grade-school stage play. |
I'm willing to forgive movies made on just a few thousand dollars. At least you can laugh at the dodgy acting or poor production values.
But when a movie costs $100 million or more and still turns out awful... then it just fills me with disgust. It just seems like such a horrific waste of resources.
9/26/03 at 11:21am
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Here's what falls under this category to me:
- Men at Work (What was Emilio thinking when he made this boring film? The only thing I liked was his and brother Charlie's golf clap early on.)
- One Crazy Summer
- anything with J.Lo in it
- anything by Kevin Smith, period. He should go back to doing... whatever.
- Men at Work (What was Emilio thinking when he made this boring film? The only thing I liked was his and brother Charlie's golf clap early on.)
- One Crazy Summer
- anything with J.Lo in it
- anything by Kevin Smith, period. He should go back to doing... whatever.
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9/26/03 at 11:38am
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Did everyone forget Planet of the Apes?
(the tim burton one of course)
(the tim burton one of course)
9/26/03 at 11:53am
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Exactly Martin. Cheeze ball sci fi and horror are usually funny. Irritation, offensiveness and sheer boredom are the chief offenders for me.
1. I Spit On Your Grave
2. 200 Cigarettes (the worst "film" I've ever seen in a theater. I could actually feel my lifeforce ebbing away as each excruciating second ticked slower and slower off the clock)
3. Halloween IV-infinity (racing straight past so bad its funny to so bad it pisses you off)
4. The Gore Gore Girls (I usually like HGL's stuff but this is abysmal. A great title wasted)
1. I Spit On Your Grave
2. 200 Cigarettes (the worst "film" I've ever seen in a theater. I could actually feel my lifeforce ebbing away as each excruciating second ticked slower and slower off the clock)
3. Halloween IV-infinity (racing straight past so bad its funny to so bad it pisses you off)
4. The Gore Gore Girls (I usually like HGL's stuff but this is abysmal. A great title wasted)
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9/26/03 at 12:39pm
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| Even tripe like Armageddon compares favorably with movies shot on just a few thousand dollars and with production values more in line with a grade-school stage play. |
Jack, I side with Sean on this one. I think that a lot of the ultra cheap movies you cite have a certain charm, and even when they're truly awful, at least they didn't waste extravagent amounts of money. On the other hand, IMHO there's something offensive about a big-budget movie that couldn't afford quality control.
9/26/03 at 12:41pm
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Good point, Andrew! Noted. Wasting millions of bucks on something that turns out that awful may well qualify for its being "worse" than, say, Robot Monster.
9/26/03 at 1:02pm
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Jetsons: the movie. Completely ruined by Tiffany into terrible musical vehicle for dying career.
Could have been all time great if good story and good voices.
Could have been all time great if good story and good voices.
9/26/03 at 1:46pm
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Exactly, Andrew, which is why we have other multimillion dollar turkeys such as:
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash
- Wild, Wild West
- Batman and Robin
- Heaven's Gate
- Gigli
- Theodore Rex
- Mr. Nanny (the image of Hulk Hogan in a tutu is frightening enough!)
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash
- Wild, Wild West
- Batman and Robin
- Heaven's Gate
- Gigli
- Theodore Rex
- Mr. Nanny (the image of Hulk Hogan in a tutu is frightening enough!)
\"I have in my heart what it takes to run with the big dogs in this life, and nobody can say otherwise.\"
\"Attention all personnel. Tonight\'s movie is a holdover from last week and will be shown right after supper, which is also a holdover from last week.\"
9/26/03 at 1:46pm
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| Anyone that knows anything about videogames knows Resident Evil was a good movie. One of the few movies that actually did its source material justice. Outside of the terrible CGI |
Resident Evil was god-awful. Paul Anderson completely hacked up this movie much like Schumaker did for Batman.
The problem with R.E is I don't think Paul played the video game at all. Gone was the creepy feel of the video game, the suspense, the music, the subtle touches of what could be around the corner. The formula to make the movie a HUGE success was within his grasps, hell I would have hired the person who directed the video game. The WORST was the rock soundtrack to the movie
The movie was a POS
9/26/03 at 1:51pm
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I have to add to the list:
The Messenger
The Wizard
No Holds Barred
Mission to Mars
The Four Feathers
The Mummy 2 or whatever the subtitle was
I'll think of more later...
The Messenger
The Wizard
No Holds Barred
Mission to Mars
The Four Feathers
The Mummy 2 or whatever the subtitle was
I'll think of more later...
9/26/03 at 2:19pm
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Planet of the Apes (2001)
The 13th Warrior
Event Horizon
Any Movie with Mike Myers, Jim Carey or Adam Sandler
The Matrix films (Baffles my mind every time someone describes a new movie as a Matrix rip off when all the action scenes and style of the Matrix was a rip off of countless Hong Kong movies from John Woo, Ringo Lam, Chow Yun Fat etc., and countless wire-fu movies. So how can a rip-off be rip-offed?)
The 13th Warrior
Event Horizon
Any Movie with Mike Myers, Jim Carey or Adam Sandler
The Matrix films (Baffles my mind every time someone describes a new movie as a Matrix rip off when all the action scenes and style of the Matrix was a rip off of countless Hong Kong movies from John Woo, Ringo Lam, Chow Yun Fat etc., and countless wire-fu movies. So how can a rip-off be rip-offed?)
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Top 20 Films
Top 20 Films
9/26/03 at 2:43pm
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| Armageddon. I bloody HATE that movie. The MTV style editing, the overall lack of intelligence, the flag waving jingonism, the song that played on the radio for months afterwards... Horrible movie. It's about as politically correct as racism. |
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| Even tripe like Armageddon compares favorably with movies shot on just a few thousand dollars and with production values more in line with a grade-school stage play. |
The thing is, those movies you mentioned lack the smug and calculated pandering that defines Armageddon.
9/26/03 at 2:50pm
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IMHO, it's a close tie between "The Blair Witch" and "The Evil Dead" movies.
9/26/03 at 3:47pm
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I'm confused. Is the list supposed to be the worst movies ever made...or the one's we personally dislike?
I've been known to like bad movies for whatever reason, but I could easily list movies I thought were horrible that other people liked quite well. If a movie was a hit does that mean that it isn't bad? Not a chance!!! But if a good number of people DO like it, I dare say that whether it is bad or not...it cannot be considered the "worst ever." That title should go to those films that simply cannot entertain (not even with MST3K's help).
A lot of people consider Deliverance to be a classic...does that mean that it cannot be the worst ever? I actually enjoyed Jason X, as did a lot of other people...still on the list? The film I probably disliked the most was Angel Heart, but a recent thread here showed that whatever I think of that movie, there were several who DID like it.
So I think if we are being fair to the title of this thread, then we would really have to compile a list of films so bad that nobody liked them -- or at least the great majority hated them enough that it's hard to find an actual fan of that particular title (because they don't exist or they won't admit it they like it. Either way) -- and then that would definitely be the list of The Worst Movies Ever Made.
I've been known to like bad movies for whatever reason, but I could easily list movies I thought were horrible that other people liked quite well. If a movie was a hit does that mean that it isn't bad? Not a chance!!! But if a good number of people DO like it, I dare say that whether it is bad or not...it cannot be considered the "worst ever." That title should go to those films that simply cannot entertain (not even with MST3K's help).
A lot of people consider Deliverance to be a classic...does that mean that it cannot be the worst ever? I actually enjoyed Jason X, as did a lot of other people...still on the list? The film I probably disliked the most was Angel Heart, but a recent thread here showed that whatever I think of that movie, there were several who DID like it.
So I think if we are being fair to the title of this thread, then we would really have to compile a list of films so bad that nobody liked them -- or at least the great majority hated them enough that it's hard to find an actual fan of that particular title (because they don't exist or they won't admit it they like it. Either way) -- and then that would definitely be the list of The Worst Movies Ever Made.
Movies I would purchase instantly if they were available in their correct aspect ratio:
Death Trap, Innocent Blood, The Shadow, and Remo Williams
9/26/03 at 5:21pm
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I've watched many, many films I consider inept, lame, amateurish, manipulative, or just plain mediocre. But the only film I would readily add to a "worst films ever" list is Freddy Got Fingered.
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9/26/03 at 5:57pm
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Movies I personally hate:
The Blair Witch Project
A Time to Kill
The Thin Red Line
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Mac and Me
Very Bad Things
Striking Distance
Money Train
Carpool
Dirty Work
American Pie
The Toy
Look Who's Talking
Uncle Buck
The Bodyguard
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Halloween 4
Halloween 5
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Iron Eagle II
Porky's
Death Wish II
Eye for an Eye (Sally Field)
Friday the 13th Part 3
Happy Birthday to Me
Battlefield Earth
The Blair Witch Project
A Time to Kill
The Thin Red Line
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Mac and Me
Very Bad Things
Striking Distance
Money Train
Carpool
Dirty Work
American Pie
The Toy
Look Who's Talking
Uncle Buck
The Bodyguard
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Halloween 4
Halloween 5
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Iron Eagle II
Porky's
Death Wish II
Eye for an Eye (Sally Field)
Friday the 13th Part 3
Happy Birthday to Me
Battlefield Earth
9/26/03 at 7:49pm
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Are you serious.......
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring?
The Thin Red Line?
American Pie?
Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
Hell, we might as well list all the films ever made because no film is 100% loved.
Worst films ever made? None of these 4 films above (as well as a few others that I won't mention here as the list would be quite long) should even be here if that's what the thread title is truly about.
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring?
The Thin Red Line?
American Pie?
Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
Hell, we might as well list all the films ever made because no film is 100% loved.
Worst films ever made? None of these 4 films above (as well as a few others that I won't mention here as the list would be quite long) should even be here if that's what the thread title is truly about.
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9/26/03 at 8:07pm
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The problem with lists like this is that they always freature famous movies. And a movie has to be atleast somewhat quality in order to get notoriety. The worst movies ever made probably don't get seen because they're so horrible.
9/26/03 at 8:26pm
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I think we should list movies that actually make it to theaters. Mini budget movies shouldn't be included because we all know they are going to be bad before we even watch them, which makes them very funny. In big movies you don't look for every reason to talk about how bad it is from the start, because you think it might be good.
Like Exit Wounds. Love the scene where they shoot the hood of the car with a machine gun and then the car does a flip. Obviously not the worst, but the last one I can remember.
Like Exit Wounds. Love the scene where they shoot the hood of the car with a machine gun and then the car does a flip. Obviously not the worst, but the last one I can remember.
9/26/03 at 8:36pm
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| The problem with lists like this is that they always freature famous movies. And a movie has to be atleast somewhat quality in order to get notoriety. The worst movies ever made probably don't get seen because they're so horrible. |
Exactly. The worst films of all time likely never made it to theaters nor to video rental stores, and thus we would have no way to discuss them with each other.
I disagree with some of the earlier comments about bad films with big budgets being worse. Such films are offensive, which is not the same thing as bad filmmaking.
I assume that the worst movies of all time are all home movies done by rank amateurs that will never be shown outside the homes of their makers, which leaves us with the only conversation we can have which is "Which films that you have seen do you personally hate?"
And of course no possible consensus can be reached on that one.
For that question, my vote goes to Forrest Gump. Whatta load of half-rotten tripe!
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9/26/03 at 10:30pm
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While Rob is quite obviously trying to push buttons, I must commend him on his choice of Mac and Me. Truly awful!!
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9/27/03 at 4:14am
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Mission To Mars-makes Armageddon look like Citizen Kane...
Clueless-if you haven't seen it, don't...
Blankman-about as fun as being kicked in the balls...
Lucas-ABSOLUTE shit...
The Replacements-headache inducing...
Varsity Blues-coma inducing...
The Demon-if you've never heard of it, good...
Jeepers Creepers-Child Molesters don't make good horror directors...
Clownhouse-see above...
Myra Breckinridge-nauseating...
Hannibal-see above...
ANYTHING with Madonna (except Dick Tracy and Desperately Seeking Susan)
Up to and including-
Who's That Girl?
Shanghai Surprise
Four Rooms-her segment only...
Evita
Truth Or Dare
The Next Best Thing-talk about a contradiction...
and various others...
Clueless-if you haven't seen it, don't...
Blankman-about as fun as being kicked in the balls...
Lucas-ABSOLUTE shit...
The Replacements-headache inducing...
Varsity Blues-coma inducing...
The Demon-if you've never heard of it, good...
Jeepers Creepers-Child Molesters don't make good horror directors...
Clownhouse-see above...
Myra Breckinridge-nauseating...
Hannibal-see above...
ANYTHING with Madonna (except Dick Tracy and Desperately Seeking Susan)
Up to and including-
Who's That Girl?
Shanghai Surprise
Four Rooms-her segment only...
Evita
Truth Or Dare
The Next Best Thing-talk about a contradiction...
and various others...
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9/27/03 at 4:44am
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Clueless has an 80% on the tomato meter, which is about as high as comedies get. I'd say that definitely clears it of being the worst movie ever.
I'd like to nominate Space Jam. I'm not sure if it's really one of the worst movies ever, but it certainly has one of the worst actual quality to potential ratios.
I'd like to nominate Space Jam. I'm not sure if it's really one of the worst movies ever, but it certainly has one of the worst actual quality to potential ratios.
9/27/03 at 6:20am
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| While Rob is quite obviously trying to push buttons |
No, I'm not. I sincerely hate all those movies.
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| I must commend him on his choice of Mac and Me |
Thank you.
9/27/03 at 6:50am
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| Hell, we might as well list all the films ever made because no film is 100% loved. |
No, not really - I don't think that people who hate the movies they cite think that everyone else thinks the same, or should think the same. I don't think there's a need to defend a movie unless someone is trying to make a universal statement.
9/27/03 at 7:41am
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All these films and no none has mentioned:
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9/27/03 at 8:53am
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**voice reverberates** People! I will now make a sweeping statement!
You hold the broom by... sorry, I meant every film ever made has it's fan, even, and now I'm reaching here a bit, 'Mac and Me' must have at least one fan, anyone? Mac & Me? Me & Mac? M&M? [now pleading] any fans out there of this 80's ET ripoff? Going.. going.. gone! Okay please ignore my sweeping statement.
You hold the broom by... sorry, I meant every film ever made has it's fan, even, and now I'm reaching here a bit, 'Mac and Me' must have at least one fan, anyone? Mac & Me? Me & Mac? M&M? [now pleading] any fans out there of this 80's ET ripoff? Going.. going.. gone! Okay please ignore my sweeping statement.
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