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AnnaBanana Oak Park, IL posts: 772
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posted on August 16, 2008 at 02:30PM Inappropriate? Quote Reply

I notice that there has been a very interesting thread started about movies which people really care about and would like to see discussed and reviewed more.  Well, I'm starting another subject -- what are the WORST movies (in your opinion) which you ever saw. 

First a bit of background -- I wasted I don't know how long in the wee small hours of last night (or early this morning) on a film which was so tedious and confusing that I finally did something I have never done before with a movie -- didn't bother to watch the end of it.  I have no intention of watching the end of it either even though it is there in my "Saved" category in "On Demand" (thank God, I didn't pay for it -- it was a freebie!)

This is a movie which I never heard of before, apparently for good reason.  "Twelve Monkeys" was IMO a waste of three of my favorite actors -- Bruce Willis, Madeline Stowe, and Brad Pitt -- and one plot based on a premise which should have shown promise.  This was a 1995 film (apparently) and the general idea was that in 1996, a worldwide pandemic would wipe out five gazillion people.  Bruce Willis was (apparently) a prisoner from the far future who had a chance to win a pardon by traveling back through time in order to do something or other to avert this catastrophe.  Madeline Stowe was wasted in the part of a psychiatrist who was kidnapped by Willis for some reason or other and who thought he was crazy at first.  Brad Pitt was wasted in the part of someone who was WHATEVER.  I couldn't figure that out at all and by the time I gave up on that, I was done with the film for good. 

I should add that for a time-travel junkie like me, giving up on this film was a real thumbs-down of the first order.  Another annoying point about this film was that whatever printing appeared on the screen which was meant for the moviegoer to read was in bright neon "fuzzy" colors which meant that it might have been legible on the big screen but not on my living room one, even though I have an excellent HD picture.  The film might have been better if I could have read some of that information.

I'm taking a wild guess here but I'm betting that most of you have never heard of "Twelve Monkeys" with good reason.  To those of you who haven't watched it yet, my advice is to keep up the good work!  If ever there was a good reason for a pandemic to strike, it would be to wipe out whoever thought this clunker up or produced it.  Like many people, I love movies and I rather resent that this wasn't respected more by whoever produced this film, especially since people must have trustfully paid money to see it in theatres originally!).  Being tempted to waste time on a movie I couldn't even finish watching was to me a real betrayal. 

 

2008 Writer
posted on October 01, 2008 at 07:23PM
 
Anyone remember a film called Howard the Duck? LOL! Halloween III Season of the Witch was mind numbing too.
posted on October 01, 2008 at 07:54PM
 
I loved that movie growing up.It is kind of strange now lol
2008 Writer
posted on October 02, 2008 at 08:45PM
 
I think I'm the only person on earth that actually liked Howard the Duck.  Worst movie ever, hmmmm, I guess it would be The Last Boy Scout, I'm not a football fan, sorry!
2008 Reviewer
posted on October 03, 2008 at 02:54PM
 
The most awful movie ever created was Freddy got Fingered.  My cousin made me sit through an hour of it swearing it got better.  It was completely pointless, senseless and just plain dumb.  It was right up there with "Dude where's my car" another of my cousin's picks :(
2008 Advisor
posted on October 05, 2008 at 10:08PM
 
I really like that this thread is all about agreeing to disagree. I recently had a comment on one of my movie reviews. It was a movie I really, really hated. The comment basically implied that I just didn't get it, and the poster suggested I watch it again. HELLO - just because I don't like what you like, doesn't mean I "don't get it." I get it, I get it just fine...and I *don't like it*. I like the way this thread is full of movies - some of which I love - that other, perfectly intelligent people have seen, *get*, and *don't* like. Having different ideas and opinions makes life interesting.
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posted on October 05, 2008 at 10:39PM
 
In response to Telpher's post from October 05 2008 10:08PM
Telpher said…
I really like that this thread is all about agreeing to disagree. I recently had a comment on one of my movie reviews. It was a movie I really, really hated. The comment basically implied that I just didn't get it, and the poster suggested I watch it again. HELLO - just because I don't like what you like, doesn't mean I "don't get it." I get it, I get it just fine...and I *don't like it*. I like the way this thread is full of movies - some of which I love - that other, perfectly intelligent people have seen, *get*, and *don't* like. Having different ideas and opinions makes life interesting.

Hi, Telpher!  I hear you, Buddy!  Here's what too many people don't get -- that the world would be a pretty dull place and history wouldn't have been much of a story at all if everybody felt the same way about everything.  Okay, what if everybody loved the same movies and hated everything else?  What if?  That would mean that the folks in Hollywood would just keep grinding out those same small bunch of movies over and OVER.  (Of course, sometimes it seems like they are doing that ANYWAY but ...)  Viva la difference -- if everybody bet on the same horse, we wouldn't have much of a horse race!

posted on October 06, 2008 at 03:14PM
 
Hi! I really liked Twelve Monkeys and especially Brad Pitt's role! Dh and I watched this awful horror movie called Truth or Dare that rates as the worst movie I've ever seen. Also I'd have to say Out Of The Blue which had Dennis Hopper in it. Several people die in the film and it's so terrible that you're glad that they did. It was impossible to care for anyone in the film.
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posted on October 06, 2008 at 05:00PM
 
In response to alicat8's post from October 02 2008 08:45PM
alicat8 said…
I think I'm the only person on earth that actually liked Howard the Duck.  Worst movie ever, hmmmm, I guess it would be The Last Boy Scout, I'm not a football fan, sorry!
See there?  And I liked The Last Boy Scout!  Of course, I like Bruce Willis period.  Touch me again, and I'll kill ya........
2008 Writer
posted on October 08, 2008 at 09:47PM
 
I'd like to change my answer.  I just watched a movie called Army of Darkness.  It's Funny BAD!  Has anyone else seen this flick?
2008 Writer
posted on October 30, 2008 at 03:36PM
 
Sadly, my idea of a good movie is what most would consider bad. I like the campy B horror movies. Worst movie I have seen lately: Ghost Town. I would have rather gotten a root canal. no novacaine.
2009 Advisor
posted on October 30, 2008 at 08:12PM
 
Frank Zappa's "200 Motels".  'Nough said?
2008 Writer
posted on October 30, 2008 at 08:43PM
 
I LOVE army of darkness! Bruce Campbell is amazingly funny.
2008 Advisor
posted on October 31, 2008 at 06:07PM
 
Fahrenheit 9/ll. As Sam Goldwyn said. "If you want to send a message, use Western Union."
2009 Writer
posted on October 31, 2008 at 06:17PM
 
I hate to admit I even saw part of this: "The Devil's Rejects." Sick and violent. Really really bad.
2009 VIP
posted on October 31, 2008 at 11:25PM
 
In response to LadyMagic's post from October 31 2008 06:17PM
Hi, Lady!  I got such a kick out of this message of yours.  You seem like such a nice, gentle person and it is really funny to think of you trying to watch "The Devil's Rejects"!  Hope you are having a nice weekend and a Happy Halloween!
2009 Writer
posted on November 02, 2008 at 03:35PM
 
Thanks, Anna.  Wasn't my idea, someone else had it on when we were visiting. Have you seen it?
2008 Contributor
posted on November 03, 2008 at 01:50PM
 

Caveman is definitely one of the worst I saw it as a teenager at a drive-in. The only memories I have of this movie is how bad it was. Guys likes the girls in cave dewelling attire other than that it was a bomb.

2008 Reviewer
posted on November 13, 2008 at 06:35PM
 
For me the worst movie I ever went to was the "Crying Camel". A docudrama that I begged my friend to see with me. She still hasn't let me forget after all these years. But, there was the "Jackass" movie she dragged me to that more than made up for my faux-pas.
posted on December 16, 2008 at 11:00AM
 
"Have you ever been bitch slapped by a six-armed goddess?" is one of my favorite lines from any movie!  The rest of the film (Bubble Boy) wasn't so great.
posted on December 16, 2008 at 11:00AM
 

I've heard "Lost in Translation" maligned as a bad film, and I'll admit it is a ponderingly slow movie, but the worst film?  The worst film for me would be "Howard the Duck"  I watched it again the other day and realized my first impression was correct.  But, the fact that I actually watched it a second time makes me realize how much I love all movies, good or bad.  The awful ones are even fun---to make fun of!  A friend of mine worked on one of the worst movies I had ever seen, "Airport 75" and I think I hurt his feelings that I thought it unbearably awful.  Oh well. 

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