***DO NOT GO SEE DRAGON WARS***

[FrizzleFried]

My god was DRAGON WARS the biggest piece of crap movie I've seen in YEARS...that is right YEARS.  The acting was laughably bad...the plot was horrible...everything about this movie except for the cool dragon CGI sucked MAJOR ass...

I would have walked out of the theater,  but the wife "sorta" liked it...and that is saying something.  This is a woman who LOVES all movies and she "sorta" liked this one.

SHE LOVED WILD WILD WEST FOR CHRIST SAKES and that movie used to be the benchmark I used to rate bad movies...I say USED TO because this is the new benchmark.

This movie made "THE CORE" look like a work of pure genius.

I can't put to words just how sucktastic this movie is... it's not even worth a NETFLIX RENTAL it's that bad.

Trust me...save yourself.  Don't go see this crapfest... I want to sue to get my 2 hours back damnit.

[TOK]

I saw the commercial a couple weeks ago, and thought it was one of those cheesy movies made for Sci-Fi channel. Even the trailer didn't look theatrical quality.

[somunny]

I know damn well that you have internet access.  Don't you read reviews?  Try aintitcool.com for some varied and *mostly* reliable reviews.  They had that movie pegged as crap a week ago.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

SHE LOVED WILD WILD WEST FOR CHRIST SAKES and that movie used to be the benchmark I used to rate bad movies...

HEY!!! I liked Wild Wild West! But, mostly for the Steampunk shite.

[Apollo]

Troll 2 is the worst movie ever made, it is and will always be my benchmark. Seriously if you can find it, rent it.

[Glaine]

SHE LOVED WILD WILD WEST FOR CHRIST SAKES and that movie used to be the benchmark I used to rate bad movies...

for the Steampunk

Never heard that term before, nice. But yeah, those are parts that jump to my mind, too. Almost redeems the whole movie right there, even with the overdone acting roles.

[Chris]

So you think all these movies were worse than "From Justin to Kelly"?

[lcddream]

I know damn well that you have internet access.  Don't you read reviews?  Try aintitcool.com for some varied and *mostly* reliable reviews.  They had that movie pegged as crap a week ago.

Rotten tomatoes is a great site to get a good feel to what the critics are saying.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

[AtomSmasher]

Troll 2 is the worst movie ever made, it is and will always be my benchmark. Seriously if you can find it, rent it.

I'd have to disagree.  I would put it in my top 5 all time worst movies of the past 20 years, along with one of my favorite ones to MST3K, Atomic Train, but the worst one would have to be Tunnel which just goes off the charts as a bad movie.  

One of my favorite scenes in Tunnel is where the star explains C4 is an impact explosive, then shoots the C4 to detonate it.  Of course the ending is also great because it makes absolutely no sense, the main bad guy randomly gets electrocuted, and by random I mean there is no explanation as to how it happened, he just starts shaking with sparks flying and falls dead.  My theory is he was actually a robot and his warranty just expired, so he short circuited.  My friends theory is Daniel Baldwin (the director and star of the movie) was actually a sith lord and electrocuted him through the force.

[jbox]

My theory is he was actually a robot and his warranty just expired, so he short circuited.

No such place a Silicon Heaven? Then where do all the calculators go? 

[ChadTower]

I'm just doing my job.  It's not my fault if I... love it!

[clanggedin]

I have used "Cutthroat Island" as a benchmark for bad movies. Before that I used "Dark Man".  Maybe it's time to update my benchmark, since not very many people remember those movies.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Spawn is my benchmark.

Considering the budget, the talent involved and the size of the fan base....damn that film was ---smurfy---.

[TOK]

Spawn is my benchmark.

Considering the budget, the talent involved and the size of the fan base....damn that film was ---smurfy---.

Thats a pretty good benchmark for theatrical sci-fi. The devil looked like something out of a Playstation 1 game.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

The devil looked like something out of a Playstation 1 game.

EXACTLY!!   

[Samstag]

I have used "Cutthroat Island" as a benchmark for bad movies. Before that I used "Dark Man".  Maybe it's time to update my benchmark, since not very many people remember those movies.

The hell you say!  Cutthroat Island is one of my all-time favorites.

No, really!  Pirates + Geena Davis = teh hot!

[MikeQ]

The Quick and The Dead.   What was Gene Hackman thinking.

[shmokes]

Mr. Holland's Opus.  For almost a decade it was the only movie I ever walked out of in disgust.  That was until I saw (about 2/3 of) the pretentious piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- Closer, with Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Alfie and Natalie Portman.  Man, that was weird.  My wife was SOOO excited to see Closer.  I think we saw it the day it opened.  We watched the movie in silence . . . neither of us had said a word about it, but it was just so horrible and the vibe was there.  I leaned over and said, "Should we go?"  And she didn't even hesitate.  She was like, "Yeah . . . this is awful."  Neither of us are like that either.  We'll sit through just about anything.  We'll talk about what a piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- any given movie is, but we don't walk out of movies.  Mr. Holland's Opus happened before I had met her. 

So there are those two.  I'm sure that there are movies I'd like less than Closer, but I would probably not be caught in a movie theater watching them in the first place.

[AtomSmasher]

The worst movie I saw in the theater that I thought was going to be a good movie and turned out to be garbage would be a toss up between Van Helsing and The Transporter,  The Village comes in as a close third.

[shardian]

The worst movie I saw in the theater that I thought was going to be a good movie and turned out to be garbage would be a toss up between Van Helsing and The Transporter,  The Village comes in as a close third.

The Transporter is an acquired taste. Personally, the Transporter movies are two of my favorites.
I've never actaully walked out of a movie, but I almost walked out on two - just couldn't bring myself to actually give up the money I spent and felt obligated to finish it. They were "Scary Movie", and "Matrix:Revolutions".

[tommy]

***DO NOT GO SEE DRAGON WARS***

I never once considered it. I wonder why you thought it was worth going to see?

[Cakemeister]

I have used "Cutthroat Island" as a benchmark for bad movies. Before that I used "Dark Man".  Maybe it's time to update my benchmark, since not very many people remember those movies.

Huh? Both of those were pretty good! Are you talking about "Darkman" with Liam Neeson?

How about "Punch Drunk Love" and "Mystic River"? Those were awful!

[ChadTower]

Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny.  It was so bad I couldn't even bring myself to leave - I was in shock.

[lharles]

"The Man With One Red Shoe" - I walked out of that movie.  The only one I've ever walked out of.  Ugh.  That was back before Tom Hanks was "Big"...{ba-dum-bum}.

The NEXT day I went and saw "Back To The Future"...

...talk about two ends of the scale.

I went to see the second "Highlander" with SUCH high hopes and DIDN'T walk out.  However, looking back now, I wish I had. 

[Dartful Dodger]

I got my hopes up with "Reign of Fire".  That was a painful modern weapons against dragons let down.

Now I’m just going to wait for them to make "The Doomfarers of Coramonde" movie.

[boykster]

Some interesting movies labelled as terrible....

I actually enjoyed Closer, Mystic River, Punch Drunk Love, and the Man with One Red Shoe (a loose remake of a CLASSIC french movie - The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe).  They're not in my top 10, let alone top 50, but I enjoyed them.  I also enjoyed the much maligned 'Lost in Translation', so judge at will.

I do agree that the second Highlander (and anything other than the original movie that was named Highlander in any way) was a MAJOR letdown; and most of the other movies mentioned here were real stinkers.

[KenToad]

Some interesting movies labelled as terrible....

I actually enjoyed Closer, Mystic River, Punch Drunk Love, and the Man with One Red Shoe (a loose remake of a CLASSIC french movie - The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe).  They're not in my top 10, let alone top 50, but I enjoyed them.  I also enjoyed the much maligned 'Lost in Translation', so judge at will.

I do agree that the second Highlander (and anything other than the original movie that was named Highlander in any way) was a MAJOR letdown; and most of the other movies mentioned here were real stinkers.

No kidding, Punch Drunk Love was weird and at times irritating, but by no means terrible.  The Man with One Red Shoe used to be shown all the time on cable TV.  I would usually stop and watch it if I was channel surfing. 

The movie that I once loved and can't watch now, is Wizards.  The music is so freakishly bad and the story is so poorly told that neither my wife or I could finish watching it, even though I really like the overall look of the animation.

[Avrus]

Troll 2 is the worst movie ever made, it is and will always be my benchmark. Seriously if you can find it, rent it.

The scale of suck:
Transporter > Spawn > Closer > Scary Movie > Matrix: Revolutions >Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny > Highlander 2 > The Quick and the Dead > Van Helsing > Darkman > Wing Commander > Reign of Fire > Cutthroat Island > Troll 2 > Fist of the North Star.

I have yet to find a worse movie.

[koolmoecraig]

***DO NOT GO SEE DRAGON WARS***

I never once considered it. I wonder why you thought it was worth going to see?

Is it almost as bad as watching a Giants game?

GO BEARS!

[JoeJoe97]

The worst one I ever saw in theaters was "Phone Booth".   That is when my girlfriend lost her movie picking privileges.  That was an hour and a half of my life I will never get back.

[billf]

The worst one I ever saw in theaters was "Phone Booth".   That is when my girlfriend lost her movie picking privileges.  That was an hour and a half of my life I will never get back.

This is an odd choice for the worst ever.  You are in the minority I suspect.  I thought it was an above average movie and I liked it.  And checking Rotten Tomatoes (72% approval) and IMDB.com (7.2 out of 10), most people agree with that assessment - above average to good movie.

[billf]

Caddyshack 2 - Couldn't even get through part of this pile.

[ChadTower]

National Lampoon Christmas Vacation 2.  It was horrifically stupid and bad and sucked.

[Jeff AMN]

If we're going to talk worst movies ever, there's only one that can hold that title. That movie is Mr. Wrong. Don't even look it up on imdb.com, it will only make you dumber.

[billf]

I was doing a google search for worst movies ever - got a link to a couple of wiki pages.  One of the links led to a 'box office bombs' page.  On that wiki page is info about a movie called Zyzzyx Road starring Katherine Heigl and Tom Sizemore.  It pulled in a grand total of $30!  Not $30 million, only $30.

http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=8378

[shardian]

Even though this was probably my absolute favorite movie as a young lad, I will throw it out there to see if any of you guys remember it. I've been craving to watch it again, but I just know it won't be the same experience.

[ChadTower]

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[shardian]

Img doesn't work.

I went ahead and uploaded it.

[ChadTower]

I wonder why he's staring down and to the right. 

[cdbrown]

Seems he's watching the fart cloud slowly rise up from underneath the board.  Perhaps the face he's pulling is one of shear terror from what he might soon smell

[J_K_M_A_N]

I'm sure many do not agree but I turned off Talladega Nights. It was one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. I couldn't take any more. I RARELY turn off movies at home because usually if they are that bad, they are usually funny because they are so bad. This one, I couldn't get past about 20 minutes. It seems like EVERYONE else likes this movie. Maybe you have to like Asscar or something.

One movie as an example of being so bad it is funny is one from my childhood called No retreat, no surrender. I think it is one of Jean-Claude Van Damme's first movies. VERY stupid and the acting is so bad, it is actually funny. I watched it with my son not too long ago and he laughed his ass off.

J_K_M_A_N

[shardian]

Even though this was probably my absolute favorite movie as a young lad, I will throw it out there to see if any of you guys remember it. I've been craving to watch it again, but I just know it won't be the same experience.

Wow, I can't even find this movie on ebay --that is a first. Note: if anyone happens for some odd and unknown reason to have a copy, I would love to get it off of you for a viewing.

EDIT:
Apparently the movie is also called "Ragewar"
Here is a page with a handful of screenshots and a synopsis.
http://www.theicepirateship.co.uk/ragewar.html

[ChadTower]

I agree on Talladega Nights and would extend that to any Will Ferrell movie.

[shardian]

Hold the press!! I have officially remembered the worst movie of all time!
Vampire Assasin

Notice how bad ass the cover makes it look? Well I rented it mainly based on the fact that I had watched Equilibrium, which also had a cool cover that was reminiscent of The Matrix (Equilibrium was a cool movie by the way). Anyways, the dude on the cover is not in the movie. The star is a balding, pudgy dude who aparently thinks he is bad ass because he has a yellow belt in Karate. It is just bad. I turned it off after about half an hour - and I only kept it on that long because I kept lying to myself that this was just some kind of "in joke" and would get better. I've filmed better stuff when I was a little kid with a camcorder...seriously.

[ChadTower]

I nominate The Astronaut Farmer.  Just saw that last night.  What a crappy piece of Eli Manning.

[shardian]

I nominate The Astronaut Farmer.  Just saw that last night.  What a crappy piece of Eli Manning.

It wasn't that bad. Implausible yes, but still a decent movie.

[ChadTower]

Eh.  It was depressing as hell.  They spent the first 75 minutes on "crap on the little guy trying to do something great" followed by about 5 minutes of him succeeding and then absolutely no affirmation of it from anyone.  That's just not balanced enough to be much more than a French social commentary.

[AtomSmasher]

Eh.  It was depressing as hell.  They spent the first 75 minutes on "crap on the little guy trying to do something great" followed by about 5 minutes of him succeeding and then absolutely no affirmation of it from anyone.  That's just not balanced enough to be much more than a French social commentary.

I recommend you go rent The World's Fastest Indian.  Its starts with the similar "crap on the little guy trying to do something great", but has a great ending and is a true story (the dvd contains the original documentary on the guy).

[ChadTower]

Added to the front of my Blockbuster queue.  Thanks.

[tommy]

 What a crappy piece of Eli Manning.

It can't be as bad as 90% of your posts. You son of a...   

[ChadTower]

Watch out, don't have a Brandon Jacobs-mouth.

[tommy]

Brandon can stay out of the lineup, i'll take Droughns.

[ChadTower]

That's the spirit.  Embrace their low end mediocrity.

[tommy]

You must have had a very bad experience at Giants stadium one day or you really do not like me much to keep up this Giants bashing as you do. 

Did the Giants beat your team one day and you are still heartbroken over the whole thing? 

[ChadTower]

My dislike of the Giants is not about you. 

It is about the Giants.

Because they suck.

[tommy]

Well, i guess you're going to be in hell the next few weeks as the Giants win all those games.

[ChadTower]

Hrm... sunday night they have the Eagles.  56 points last week for Philly.

Then they have the Jets and Atlanta.  If they don't beat those two you won't have to listen to me put them down anymore because everyone else will be drowning me out doing it.

[shardian]

Well the Giants have my boy Ahmad Bradshaw...too bad he has fumbled the ball each time he's touched it...

Still say he'll end up their #1 back.

[tommy]

Giants RB Ward has more yards then LT and LJ combined. 

[ChadTower]

Does he have as many passing or receiving TDs as LT?

Didn't think so.

[tommy]

Hrm... sunday night they have the Eagles.  56 points last week for Philly.

 

[ChadTower]

Glad they won... if there is any team I dislike more than the Giants, it's the Eagles.  Someone had to win that game.

[rlemmon]

I just watched deathproof. ( 1st part of grindhouse) What a crapfest.  A bunch of chicks hanging out bullshitting with two chase scenes thrown in.
Kurt Russel must have really needed the money.

[shardian]

I just watched deathproof. ( 1st part of grindhouse) What a crapfest.  A bunch of chicks hanging out bullshitting with two chase scenes thrown in.
Kurt Russel must have really needed the money.

So basically it is Reservoir Dogs, but with chicks?

I ask because I hated RD and shut it off halfway thru. I want to see Planet Terror, but wasn't too sure about Death Proof.

[ChadTower]

Saw the latest Harry Potter on the IMAX with 20 minutes of 3D thrown in... pretty good movie, the 3D fight sequence was amazing.

[AtomSmasher]

I just got a movie that I haven't watched yet, but I'm sure its going to be horrible.  Its called Doomed, and according to the back of the box the storyline is there is a new reality show where 5 teams are placed on an island and the first to reach the other side wins $50 million dollars.  The problem is there are zombie death squads on the island hunting the contestants.  It should be some horrible B-movie fun

The only reason I've even heard of this movie is because my uncle is in it, which should make it even more fun to watch.

[rlemmon]

I just watched deathproof. ( 1st part of grindhouse) What a crapfest.  A bunch of chicks hanging out bullshitting with two chase scenes thrown in.
Kurt Russel must have really needed the money.

So basically it is Reservoir Dogs, but with chicks?

I ask because I hated RD and shut it off halfway thru. I want to see Planet Terror, but wasn't too sure about Death Proof.

I didn't see resivoir dogs but deathproof was terrible.

[AtomSmasher]

I just watched Doomed and it was horrible, but not worst movie ever horrible.  One thing thats pretty funny is that my Uncle used an alias in the movie.  I guess he knew how bad the movie was going to be and decided to try and distance himself from it early on, which is really saying something because he's done some really bad B-movies in the past.  I'll have to ask him about it then next time I see him.

[psik0tik]

I don't know why you guys are bitching...we could go back to model jets with flares stuck in the back of them.

[ChadTower]

I like that type of movie.

[psik0tik]

 Not complaining about them..just about the people that say "The graphics just weren't realistic enough"

[ChadTower]

I love how people say that like they have any idea what something like that actually would look like in real life.

[psik0tik]

Yeap....I guess everyone that has bitched about the graphics has seen dragons fly over the tops of they're houses and can account for the realistic nature of them.

[ChadTower]

I recommend you go rent The World's Fastest Indian.  Its starts with the similar "crap on the little guy trying to do something great", but has a great ending and is a true story (the dvd contains the original documentary on the guy).

Thanks for that.  It was a good movie and was just as you said.  Anthony Hopkins was fantastic.