Well, I've seen some pretty bad movies, but the most recent bad movie was the Steve Martin remake of The Pink Panther. It was just painful to watch and I don't think I even so much as chuckled through the whole thing.

Sorry Steve, but Peter Sellers you're not!

I have to agree with Telpher, as far as The Royal Tennenbaums; couldn't believe that was Oscar worthy!  Another one for me was Blair Witch Project.  I love a good scary movie, and this was just horrible; nothing good about it at all!

I don't watch a lot of movies but a dreadful one that sticks out in my mind is Beetlejuice.  I couldn't stand it and actually fell asleep in the movie theater (on a date, no less).  Now whenever it's on tv, I crack up thinking about how I feel asleep on my date.  And no, there was no second date after that (lol).

Another movie that I thought was really dumb was The Big Lebowski with Jeff Bridges.  I can only remember him saying "dude" throughout the movie.  I ended up turning it off, which I rarely do.  I never did figure out what the movie was supposed to be about.  My brother loves that movie but he's a strange "dude."

The worst movie I ever saw was "8MM".  I was just shocked as was everyone else in the theater.  Everyone came out with this look on their faces and the people waiting in line to see a movie asked what movie we just came out of, like in a trance I answered "8 MM."  It was terrible!

mindyvol said…

I don't watch a lot of movies but a dreadful one that sticks out in my mind is Beetlejuice.  I couldn't stand it and actually fell asleep in the movie theater (on a date, no less).  Now whenever it's on tv, I crack up thinking about how I feel asleep on my date.  And no, there was no second date after that (lol).

Another movie that I thought was really dumb was The Big Lebowski with Jeff Bridges.  I can only remember him saying "dude" throughout the movie.  I ended up turning it off, which I rarely do.  I never did figure out what the movie was supposed to be about.  My brother loves that movie but he's a strange "dude."

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You know, Mindy, you made me laugh telling about how you fell asleep on a movie date.  I did that too once and what was worse, one of my shoes somehow came off and I somehow kicked it away from me.  You never heard such a commotion -- the usher had to come with his flashlight and I think everybody for three rows was trying to round up that shoe of mine.  I don't even remember what the movie was!

jazzybean01 said…
The worst movie I ever saw was "8MM".  I was just shocked as was everyone else in the theater.  Everyone came out with this look on their faces and the people waiting in line to see a movie asked what movie we just came out of, like in a trance I answered "8 MM."  It was terrible!

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OH yes, jazzybean, that one made me vomit and made me despise Nic Cage. (shudder!) Why did you have to remind me? ;>

I stopped going to movies regularly back in college which would be 1996-2000.  I was so disappointed with what I was seeing, that I finally gave up on those slick trailers and commercials.  Since then I've only seen 2 movies in the theater: Passion of the Christ and LOTR 3. 

As for horrible movies, I thought Lost In Translation totally stunk, as did the newest version of Pride and Prejudice with Kiera Knightley.  That is based on my extremely small sampling of recent films, though.

njchicaa said…

I stopped going to movies regularly back in college which would be 1996-2000.  I was so disappointed with what I was seeing, that I finally gave up on those slick trailers and commercials.  Since then I've only seen 2 movies in the theater: Passion of the Christ and LOTR 3. 

As for horrible movies, I thought Lost In Translation totally stunk, as did the newest version of Pride and Prejudice with Kiera Knightley.  That is based on my extremely small sampling of recent films, though.

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Lost in Translation---That whole movie was lost in translation as far as I'm concerned.  I like Bill Murray, but my response to that one was "What??????"  Booooring.

mysticstarfish said…
I have to agree with Telpher, as far as The Royal Tennenbaums; couldn't believe that was Oscar worthy!  Another one for me was Blair Witch Project.  I love a good scary movie, and this was just horrible; nothing good about it at all!

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Hated the Blair Witch Project.  HATED IT!!  I took a date to that one.  We didn't go out again. LOL.  I love scary movies...guess that's why I hated Blair Witch Project!

The name of that movie was "Caveman"...and I loved it.  So silly it was funny.  Besides, what guy doesn't enjoy looking at Barbara Bach.  BTW...Ringo's last name has two R's in it; Ringo Starr.

Frank Zappa's 200 Motels.  Even an Old Hippie like me couldn't take this one.

my husband loves movies and he is not a descriminating consumer.  i have suffered through so many, but a few that come to mind are Bugs with Ashley Judd, Trainspotting with Ewan McGregor, and others have mentioned Royal Tennenbaums and Lost in the Translation.  after watching a Saw movie, i wont even go near any of the other Saws or any torture movie.  i heard that Untraceable was so bad lots of people got up and left.

The one that comes to mind for me is "Leaving Las Vegas." We had actually forked over good money to see a movie in the theater. After the first five minutes, we went to the ticket counter and they let us see Apollo 13 instead. The people who worked at the theater said we weren't the only ones to walk out of that one.

This wasn't the worst movie I ever saw I am sure but I HATED "Magnolia" with Tom Cruise. My husband and I just sat there wondering what in the heck was going on and the frogs falling from the sky at the end did not make me ponder their true meaning. They made me hate the movie even more. I generally like most of Tom Cruise's films (except Eyes Wide Shut, yuck) but Magnolia was too confusing and just ... crazy. I actually watched it twice in an effort to "get it" but it seemed like a movie with four mini movies in one that weren't connected to each other and a bunch of frogs.

AnnaBanana said…

I've really enjoyed reading these posts.  Some of this stuff was really funny.  I must say that I am fond of a lot of movies including a lot of the new ones but one thing that I never pay attention to is how a movie is rated by the critics or user ratings.  My understanding is that the remake of "The Manchurian Candidate" was widely acclaimed but, as far as I'm concerned, it just cannot compare with the original.  But, that's what makes movies entertaining.  It would be a pretty boring arena if everybody liked the same thing and they just kept on making the same thing. 

Thanks for all your input, everybody -- I respected and enjoyed it all!

 

 

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Oh, and as far as movies that I own on DvD go, the absolute worst is Anna Nicole Exposed: Her Fantasies Revealed. 

12 Monkeys was a weird film with very dark dry humor.  You have to "get" the dark, dry, kinda twisted brand British humor that Terry Gilliam has to like that movie.  Gilliam is one of the members of Monty Python's Flying Circus which was a group that did sketch comedy in the 70's.  Their humor was not always easy to understand but some of it was hilarious.  That movie is supposed to be confusing as the hero we are following is confused most of the time.  It's not the worst movie ever, just a very weird one.  Watch some other Gilliam movies like The Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Brazil and Jabberwoky and you'll see more examples of his work, some of which you might like.  But then, to each their own.

The very worst movie I have ever seen was "Manos: The Hands of Fate".  I saw it on Mystery Science Theater 3000 which is a brilliant comedy show that used to be on Comedy Central and Sci Fi Channel.  You can find them on DVD too.  If it weren't for the robots and Mike making fun of the movie, I wouldn't have been able to finish it.  It's terrible in every way possible.  The acting is worse than some I've seen in grade school holiday stage plays.  The lighting is almost as bad as an 80's home movie on VHS.  The sets are fake looking.  Even the hotel they are in looks bad.  The sound doesn't always match the actions.  The scenes are not edited in such a way as to help tell the story (such as it is) very well.  The story itself is lame and needed more rewrites.  Let's see.. what else is there?  Oh yeah.  While there are actresses in it who are dressed a bit skimply (nothing dirty though really just a few outfits that look like night gowns) the actresses themselves are not very pretty.  The monster isn't scary, just weird looking. 

It's pretty much the worst ever.  If you dare watch it, be sure to watch it in the Mystery Science Theater version and not the original version as the MST3K guys are pretty funny.

I had just gotten out of college in 1996.  I think there have always been bad movies.  I've watched lots of  "classic" movies and while there are excellent ones, there are terrible ones too from every era.  Just watch Turner Classic Movies for a day or two and you'll see what I mean.  "Classic" just means "old" not necessarily "great". 

dukethepcdr said…
12 Monkeys was a weird film with very dark dry humor.  You have to "get" the dark, dry, kinda twisted brand British humor that Terry Gilliam has to like that movie.  Gilliam is one of the members of Monty Python's Flying Circus which was a group that did sketch comedy in the 70's.  Their humor was not always easy to understand but some of it was hilarious.  That movie is supposed to be confusing as the hero we are following is confused most of the time.  It's not the worst movie ever, just a very weird one.  Watch some other Gilliam movies like The Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Brazil and Jabberwoky and you'll see more examples of his work, some of which you might like.  But then, to each their own.

The very worst movie I have ever seen was "Manos: The Hands of Fate".  I saw it on Mystery Science Theater 3000 which is a brilliant comedy show that used to be on Comedy Central and Sci Fi Channel.  You can find them on DVD too.  If it weren't for the robots and Mike making fun of the movie, I wouldn't have been able to finish it.  It's terrible in every way possible.  The acting is worse than some I've seen in grade school holiday stage plays.  The lighting is almost as bad as an 80's home movie on VHS.  The sets are fake looking.  Even the hotel they are in looks bad.  The sound doesn't always match the actions.  The scenes are not edited in such a way as to help tell the story (such as it is) very well.  The story itself is lame and needed more rewrites.  Let's see.. what else is there?  Oh yeah.  While there are actresses in it who are dressed a bit skimply (nothing dirty though really just a few outfits that look like night gowns) the actresses themselves are not very pretty.  The monster isn't scary, just weird looking. 

It's pretty much the worst ever.  If you dare watch it, be sure to watch it in the Mystery Science Theater version and not the original version as the MST3K guys are pretty funny.

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What a shocker!  As a matter of fact, I love Terry Gilliam's work and am a Monty Python fan from way back.   I would have never guessed that "12 Monkeys" was his film!

PattyTherre said…
This wasn't the worst movie I ever saw I am sure but I HATED "Magnolia" with Tom Cruise. My husband and I just sat there wondering what in the heck was going on and the frogs falling from the sky at the end did not make me ponder their true meaning. They made me hate the movie even more. I generally like most of Tom Cruise's films (except Eyes Wide Shut, yuck) but Magnolia was too confusing and just ... crazy. I actually watched it twice in an effort to "get it" but it seemed like a movie with four mini movies in one that weren't connected to each other and a bunch of frogs.

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You know, Patty, I think you may deserve the prize for coming up with what may really be the worst movie.  I hated "Magnolia".  Not only was it a downer but it was cruel and sadistic as well.  And while I respect great acting, I really don't like a film where not one of my favorite actors act even halfway nice. 

I can't stand Beetlejuice.  It's so crude and Beetlejuice is creepy.

GeorgeChabot said…

jazzybean01 said…
The worst movie I ever saw was "8MM".  I was just shocked as was everyone else in the theater.  Everyone came out with this look on their faces and the people waiting in line to see a movie asked what movie we just came out of, like in a trance I answered "8 MM."  It was terrible!

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OH yes, jazzybean, that one made me vomit and made me despise Nic Cage. (shudder!) Why did you have to remind me? ;>

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Hey George.   I was walking through the movie rental store and saw that there is an 8MM 2.  Any takers?  Ick.

Another dumb movie is Napolean Dynamite.  This was a terrible movie and every kid person I talk to thinks it's Gods gift to mankind.  I was squinting through the whole movie with my "what-the-heck" face.  I only laughed once and that's when some kid fell over a fence.  Dumb.

OldHippie said…
The name of that movie was "Caveman"...and I loved it.  So silly it was funny.  Besides, what guy doesn't enjoy looking at Barbara Bach.  BTW...Ringo's last name has two R's in it; Ringo Starr.

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Is that you Mark? Sorry I really didn't like that date. Most girls don't like two hours of Barbara Bach grunting (-: Just kidding on the date thing! I'm sure I don't know Old Hippie other than here where I stumbled on him and thought he was a cool guy.

Funny how varied our tastes can be. Magnolia and Boogie Nights are among my favorite movies of all time, and I can watch them over and over again. I also enjoyed 12 Monkeys, and found Napoleon Dynamite to be a howl. On the other hand, I just remembered one of the worst movies, ever. It's called Crash. Not the big blockbuster with Terrence Howard and Matt Dillon, etc. I'm taking about an older movie...from the late 90s, with James Spader and Holly Hunter. It's about people who have a creepy fetish involving violent car accidents. I rented it when it first came out, not knowing the subject matter. And then I watched it and almost threw up...and I am the furthest thing from a prude. It's just a really awful, creepy movie. Switching channels two nights ago, my partner came accross it and I yelled, "Quick! Change it! that movie is pure evil!"

Since this seems like a heated debate, I suppose I'll throw my 2 cents in.

I've seen thousands of movies (literally, sad right?), and usually movies that everyone say are bad, I end up enjoying in some way. I always try to find the good in movies, and look past the bad. So with that said, I've got 3 movies that I almost couldn't sit through.

1. Premonition starring Sandra Bullock. It is the worst movie ever. So confusing, and the plot was terrible (basically stolen from another movie). Not to mention numerous plot holes. If you want a more in depth answer as to why, read my review: http://www.viewpoints.com/Premonition-review-25ca0

2. Going Overboard starring Adam Sandler. Imagine if Adam Sandler had no acting talent, not a single humorous bone in his body, and was filming his own movie with no script or direction. Can you see it? If you can't, watch Going Overboard and you will. Barely any plot, ridiculous dialogue, and terribly shot scenes where Adam Sandler talks to the camera every 5 minutes. -.-

3. Black Sheep. Not the hilariously well done film by the late great Chris Farley and the decently funny David Spade. I'm talking about the horrendous disaster of a movie that came from New Zealand about a bunch of killer sheep. Thats right, killer sheep. I know this movie is meant to be viewed as a spoof movie but, the fact remains, it was terrible. There was basically no music throughout the entire movie, which made it bland and unexciting. The audio in general was low quality. The sheep that were attacking people looked extremely hokey and, for the most part, basically looked like a flock of sheep running around. There is only one semi funny part and its at the very end. I'd like that hour and a half of my life back please.

For the record, I loved Waiting (I work in a restaurant and its basically that movie minus the spitting in food), 12 Monkeys, Napolean Dynamite, Beetlejuice, and 8MM (I'm into the whole "dark and twisted, omg thats gruesome" thing). But we all have our opinions. ; ]

The Blair Witch Project gets my vote for the worst movie of all time.  It wasn't scary, well written, or even remotely logical.  To make matters worse I couldn't wait for the main character, (the one your supposed to relate to in the film), to get oft so you wouldn't have to listen to her anymore. 

As far as a comment from above from Telpher in regards to the movie "Crash", the sick one, not the Oscar one, I kinda liked it in a real twisted way.  I know that's bad, and if psychological testing was done on anyone who liked this movie, they would probably be medicated and watched closely, but I can't help it.  I thought it was kinda cool.   

I saw Blair Witch Project at the movie theater. My cousin scared the heck out of me when I watching the movie. She tapped my shoulder and I screamed. I ran out of the theater and would not go back in. I never saw the complete movie and I do not think I will.

I met a guy who worked on the set of the Blair Witch Project (when I was at  Universal Studios working for RollerJam of all things) who told me the entire thing was scripted and none of it was as it seemed. Jeeze, no kidding.

I hate to say this because I also know Roddy Piper but "They Live" was really bad. It's somewhat of a cult classic now but at the time it was a "What the ...." kind of movie that made no sense to me and had some really bad acting. (Sorry, Roddy. Still love you!)

PattyTherre said…
I met a guy who worked on the set of the Blair Witch Project (when I was at  Universal Studios working for RollerJam of all things) who told me the entire thing was scripted and none of it was as it seemed. Jeeze, no kidding.

I hate to say this because I also know Roddy Piper but "They Live" was really bad. It's somewhat of a cult classic now but at the time it was a "What the ...." kind of movie that made no sense to me and had some really bad acting. (Sorry, Roddy. Still love you!)

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I saw that in the movie theater.  "They Live" that is, and I liked it...but I'm not right in the head, so you will have to EXXXXXCUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSEEEEEE MEEEEEEEEEE!!!! ;P

I think The Blair Witch Project deserves some slack. That thing was made with like NO budget, and it was actually better than some high-budget films I've seen, in terms of creating an atmosphere. And to Steve 9631 - I would never consider anyone sick or messed up just because they have a different take on movies than I do. I think there's no point in being apologetic for one's own tastes because, really, you're the only one you have to please when you pay to see a movie. There are plenty of movies named in this thread which I really enjoyed, and I make no apology.