Film poll

[featherynscale]

Having had the misfortune to see The Chronicles of Riddick yesterday, and having heard fionnabhar talk about the evils of Dragonheart, I am inspired to ask:

1. What's the worst film you've ever seen? (Note: For the purposes of my question, kids' films and films featured on MST3K don't count.)

2. What made it so bad?

My comments to come.

Comments

[silentreality.livejournal.com]

I actually thought Chronicles of Riddick was quite fun. Thoroughly enjoyable, even.


Passion of christ, on the other hand, was the worst waste of 2 hours in a long, long time.

Re: worst film

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Worst film? That would have to be: Highlander 2: The Sickening, There should've only been One.

As for what made it so bad? Trying to remember about the film makes my brain hurt. It took a wonderful movie and trashed everything about the movie that made it good. space aliens and <shudder> I can't go on.

Highlander 2: The Search for Plot Continuity

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

I was going to mention that one too, but I'm sure there are worst out there. I'll have to think on it a bit longer...

Re: Highlander 2: The Search for Plot Continuity

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

No, no. It has been widely established that Highlander 2 is the most regrettable movie ever made.

[kcwitch.livejournal.com]

gosh i have seen a bunch of stinkers so it's hard to choose just one. there is a molly ringwall movie where alan alda was her dad and she was getting married. it was horrible. betsey's wedding. yeah, i think that was the worse.

Re: Highlander 2: The Search for Plot Continuity

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Quite a large portion of it was that not only was it a horrendous movie but it followed such a really good one. It takes a lot to beat that combination.

Re: Highlander 2: The Search for Plot Continuity

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

not only was it a horrendous movie but it followed such a really good one.

I think you're glamorizing Highlander quite a bit; it was by no means a 'great' movie, just rather innovative and, for its budget, pretty well-done. Plus, you know, beheadings with samurai swords, immortals, hookers, Celts, Sean Connery, and explosions.

But there was a lot wrong with it; they just happened to make all of that moot with the stunning awfulness of ... that other film.

Re: Highlander 2: The Search for Plot Continuity

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Yes, there was a few problems but it's still one of my favorites.

I wonder why I have these conversations in featherynscale's journal with other people and only rarely with her...

[maximumbob.livejournal.com]

My worst is one that I find many people inexplicably like, but when I got done seeing Dumb & Dumber I have never been so angry with myself for wasting 90 minutes of my precious life. Of course it delivered exactly what it promised, but damn was I pissed at having sat through it. I kept thinking "SURELY it is going to get better!" Well it didn't.

Re: Highlander 2: The Search for Plot Continuity

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

A lot of it has to do with the fact that I'm at work, and fairly busy :)

In this particular case, it has to do with the fact that I haven't seen Highlander 2. In fact, despite my interest in swords, duels, celts, immortals, explosions, and Sean Connery I've never been able to make it through the *first* Highlander film. There's this bit early in with a woman in a parking garage and she just screams and screams and screams. I really don't do well with the screaming, and I have to turn it off. I've seen the later bits, which are mostly good, but never the whole film at once.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I really felt that the title of that one was fair warning, and duly skipped it. I hardly ever like dumb comedy.

Dragonheart Redux

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

As stated earlier, Dragonheart is our new benchmark for bad movies. Why? Because it set several absolutely top-notch actors in and among the cheesiest set and FX ever and had them recite lines from the most stultifyingly moronic screenplay committed to paper in the history of the cinema. Had they been second-rate actors, as well, it might have wound up being a "good" bad movie, but with that crew, it was just physically painful to endure.

[maximumbob.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well I was "dumb" enough to be persuaded by a friend that it would be worth my while to rent. Obviously said friend lost much style points with me after that. Many rounds were bought to make up for it!

[liquidfun.livejournal.com]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Sorry, but I think it is definately a contender.


Of course, this is coming from somebody who someplace has copies of:

Death Race 2000
Mystery Men
Cherry 2000

I actually like Cherry 2000, and not just because a young Melanie Griffith is in it (although that doesn't hurt - her voice is almost as sexy as featherynscale's is - almost).

Re: Highlander 2: The Search for Plot Continuity

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Completely ignored Battlefield Earth, did you?

Re: Highlander 2: The Search for Plot Continuity

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

I thought that was a remake of Highlander 2. Didn't actually see it, of course, but that was my general impression.

Worst Ever?

[orcjohn.livejournal.com]

Hmm.. So many bad movies, so little space. Of more recent films: Bourne Conspiricy, Dumb & Dumber, Starship Troopers 2 (MUCH worse than the first), Minority Report, too many others to mention.

Re: Highlander 2: The Search for Plot Continuity

[lightonthesill.livejournal.com]

I am soo with you on this one. Battlefield Earth was atrocious.

On the otherhand...I enjoyed Riddick ...action brain candy...
nummy.

Riddick Bad

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I know - you liked the awful thing, you recommended it - I felt vaguely betrayed.

(not really, just being melodramatic)