No way. The bit on Philip K. Dick alone was worth it. Battlefield Earth was a terrible book and a worse movie. I can't remember seeing a movie that was meant to be good and turned out so bad. And doesn't everybody love Tarkovsky?
I'm turning back the clock, but Caveman was pretty bad. With Ringo Starr and (then?) wife Barbara Bach. Nice cleavage. On another note, I thought Waking Life was amazing. I guess it all has to do with your mood and what you are expecting from a movie. I also thought Thin Red Line was a different, and moody, but great war movie. And Woody Allen rules, but then I think neuroses are kind of fascinating. Probably bec I'm so screwed in the head.
Ah, I was wondering when another one of these threads would emerge. Friends, I love bad movies - the worse they are, the more I enjoy them. The evidence layeth within: http://www.badmovieplanet.com/3btheater/ The worst of the worst: 'Octaman.' To date it's the only film to ever receive the "18th Amendment" rating on our site. Some choice comments: That said, here's the best of the worst: 'Robot Monster,' a.k.a. Phil Tucker's magnum opus. http://www.badmovieplanet.com/3btheater/r/robotmonster.html
Oh God... The Royal Tenenbaums Not the worst by far, but rather very very not good, considering the high praise it received. My bro, my mom and I saw it separately and we all came to the same conclusion: the parts that are supposed to be funny just aren't, but people are confused because the movie comes over as "quirky" and "sophisticated". A good review for my POV: ign.filmforce.com; it's there somewhere.
You're Goddamn right! Basically anything from Cameron and Fuckheimer goes on this list. But to further the list: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Con Air Enemy of the State Bad Boys True Lies Shakespeare in Love Four Rooms Erin Brockovich Spiderman Wing Commander Armageddon Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Except Stone didn't direct it. Brian DePalma did. The worst two movies I have ever seen (and I have no idea why to this day, except that I think my then-wife wanted to see them) were Mad House which had John Larrouquette and Kirstie Alley in it, they bought some house and things went from bad to worse (like they do), and Funny Farm, which had, as its only redeeming quality, the lovely Madolyn Smith (from Urban Cowboy). But Chevy Chase (who was last funny in Fletch) was horrible, and so was the film. I never walk out of movies, but I wanted to walk out of the former, and should have walked out of the latter. Dana Carvey's new one, The Master of Disguise, appears to have a chance to be one of the worst ever.
Any discussion that doesn't include Autumn in New York is just wrong. Maybe the single biggest waste of resources in the history of film.
Re: Re: What is the worst movie ever? i'm sorry, but your 'tastes' have been put on my sh1tlist. a truely wonderful movie
I almost feel bad for him, having his flick open at the same time as the new Austin Powers movie. But then I see the ads featuring the Turtle imitation, and come to the conclusion he's bringing his ill-fortune on himself. No one had mentioned Con-Air yet. That was awful. My all-time least-favorite flick... Titanic, though I have to say, I enjoyed watching it when it first came out: I was in Toronto because my wife had a conference to attend. One afternoon, I walked into a theater for a $2 (Canadian) matinee. I think I was the only one there who consistantly sleeps under the same roof. It was great listening to these folks rip on the movie, laughing when Cameron was trying to be profound (and failing), and cheering when the iceberg made its first appearance. Which is a point that needs to be made: in the proper environment, even bad movies can be enjoyable.
With regard to Waking Life, I wouldn't say it was one of the worst movies ever. Visually impressive? Yes. Incredibly and insufferably pretentious? Yes. But it wasn't -that- bad. Now, Manos: the Hands of Fate, on the other hand... even WITH the MST3K commentary, it's almost unwatchable.
I have never understood Travolta. In the 90's his only truly good movie was Pulp Fiction and that would have been good with or without him. Somehow, though, he still wields all this power in Hollywood. Mindblowing.
Re: Oh God... the royal tenebaums kicks ass in terms of worst movie ever, i think Pootie Tang has to be in the running
A fine movie. Clever, psuedo deep claptrap, a successor to the fine Slackers. What the hell were you suspecting?
Ator: Fighting Eagle. If you imagine a Conan the Barbarian theme, but 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times worse, you have some idea. It 'stars' Graham Norton's hero Miles O'Keefe, and it goes beyond 'so bad it's funny', like a Steven Segal film. It is so bad, you feel like a salted snail just watching it. Here's a line so you can fathom how bad this film is: "...and the ground trembles like a virgin going to the nuptual bed"-Some priest type telling of bad omens for the evil king. Other than that, I'd definately put forward Titanic.