xp Ha. That's kind of what I suspected. So I present to you The Boondock Saints - fundamental incompetence AND sickness of existence.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
Leaving Las Vegas
or Crash
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
I remember being seriously weirded out by Howard the Duck on telly. I must have been around 9 or 10 and it was too much for my tiny mind. Really want to revisit it now.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
i guess you haven't seen Boondock Saints 2
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
It's in my Netflix queue, obvs
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
I have a beautiful new username thanks to this thread.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
I loved Howard the Duck as a kid.
― how's life, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
The part in Howard the Duck where the dude starts morphing into an alien in the car and everyone is just losing their shit is hilarious and insane and actually pretty terrifying.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
Hudson Hawke probably
― brimstead, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
Actually I probably hated "Howard" more than necessary because I was basically forced to see it instead of "Back To School", as I hinted upthread.
"Titanic" I still enjoy as a disaster-movie (if only Maureen McGovern sang the Celine song)
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
Avatar was awesome, I don't want to argue through it again but just fyi there is an ilxor (me) who holds this opinion, kthxbye
― hibernaculum (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Beware the Blob is really quite unbelievable
― available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
america's sweetheartssorority boysmister lonelybrunorevenge of the nerds
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
I would think the worst film would have to be really amateur
Oh heavens no! People who don't know what they're doing or who have nothing to lose often make some fascinating stuff. It's the people with money/comfort/connections/reputations who often half-ass their way through a creative endeavor that has no reason to exist.
― Different Seasonings (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
Lost in Space
― bleh (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
xpost you mean Beware! The Blob
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
Honestly guys most movies mentioned on this thread are at worst just really mediocre. Try harder.
― bleh (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
super dumb challops itt
― katz itt (cozen), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
Oh heavens no! People who don't know what they're doing or who have nothing to lose often make some fascinating stuff.
As I said amateurs basically get an E, for effort.
I don't agree with the rest of your statement. Nothing cultural needs a 'reason to exist'.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
'howard' is extra-reprehensible because i can totally imagine a great film being made from the original comic book and now it'll never happen.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
Spawn
― bleh (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
If remake-happy Hollywood had some truly daring minds, they'd do remakes of BAD films and try to improve them
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
Hmmm i might have to change my vote to If Lucy Fell.
― hibernaculum (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like I need to adhere to some sort of formula to figure out my actual worst movie. Like "inept - amateurish - (unintentionally) entertaining + insulting + rage inducing". Crash is definitely the winner there. The prestige is just gravy. Utterly baffling gravy.
― Night Shit (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
I liked Hudson Hawke just for Sandra Bernhard singing "I've got the power" while surrounded by her young board of directors
― formed arses (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
Doesn't this just seem like the biggest no-brainer ever? I think the same thing every time I hear a cover song that pales in comparison to the vastly superior original. Why bother?
― Night Shit (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
I'd say shitty J-Lo thriller Enough ...
This is my go-to answer for this question.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
Hudson Hawk is awesome
― bleh (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
In high school i got in that phase of "Let's watch a terrible movie! So bad it's GOOD lmfao" that most onion a/v club commenters apparantly never grew out of
Anyway, I watched 'Bio-Dome' and it was just UNCOMFORTABLE with the things it thought were "jokes." It was just depressing,
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
For me it has to be a made-for-a-tv-movie. I remember a friend buying a bundle of 20 or so DVDs for £10 I think. I love the idea that he thought that was a bargain. The Shark Attack trilogy was included but I only saw the first two films.
― you're going home in a crispy ambulance (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
Mutant/Forbidden Planet is mind-bogglingly bad but I also really enjoyed it
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
bio-dome is awesome
― iatee, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
some of my worsts:
Crash ('05)The Dark KnightForrest GumpMrs Doubtfire
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
dave kehr made a case for 'gump' being sadder and more complex than its reputation, but i've never really felt like revisiting it.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
Stephen King's Thinner is a perfect storm of grotesque racism, horrifying misogyny and sheer, unbridled incompetence.
― Head Cheerleader, Homecoming Queen and part-time model (ShariVari), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
it's sad alright
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
'fatal attraction' is right down there with the worst for me -- misogynistic shit.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
oh god, remember Disclosure?
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
the only mainstream comedy that this really works for is Zoolander
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
lol Disclosure
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
I actually saw Disclosure in a dollar theater with my friend. I don't remember any of it.
― bleh (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
there was definitely a weird trend for a while of movies about glum, well-meaning guys getting their lives ruined by evil sex-crazy harpies.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
most of which starred Michael Douglas.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
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― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
Most of the ops on display aren't chall enough imo
― bleh (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
was hoping The Dark Knight would be
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
entirely too many things for me to list, but the most recent film I paid money to see in a theater that I should have walked out on was Cosmopolis
― akm, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
The Help was grotesque.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
okay lol
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
the thirteenth warrior. just how do you screw up a "vikings" film?face / off. nnnnng. 2 prize hams robbed of their cheesiness by po faced direction.into the wild. dull film about a whingeing self indulgent tosspot who doesn't even phone his sister with edie flipin vedder doin his macho-pirate-folk-music "hurrr". who could resist?dark city. brainless drivel city.
― massaman gai, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:17 (eleven years ago) link