In contrast to all the other threads were we mostly talk about the movies we like, why we like them and what makes them so special, I thought it could be an interesting idea to make a thread about movies that just doesn't work. Either "So Bad They're Good" Movies, like The Room or Troll 2 (just to give two examples), or other movies that are just plain awful for various reasons. What are your most miserable movies, or most entertaining ones for being bad across the board?
I'll get things going with two examples of mine:
Jaws - The RevengeWhere do you even start with this one? This has to be, not just one of the worst sequels of all time, but one of the worst movies of all time period. Like most people, I love the original. What Spielberg did was really special, and the impact that movie had was just very unique, and something that few movies accomplish. I also really like the second movie, which I know gets some hate, but IMO it's a good sequel. A lot of re-hashing, but I can re-watch that movie every year and still have an entertaining time. Jaws 3 is where the franchise started running into a lot of problems, and that shot of the shark slowly gliding into the window is just hilariously bad. And then there's Jaws - The Revenge, which almost makes the third movie look like a masterpiece.
The whole tagline and plot of "This time its personal" is just so stupid. We're talking about a shark that has a personal vendetta against the Brody family (because they killed his three friends?), and not only does he single them out and attack them, he follows them from New England to Bahamas. Where do you even start with that? Then you have Ellen Brody with psychic powers having some sort of connection with the shark (she has flashbacks to events of Jaws that she didn't even witness!), you have the shark roaring like a lion (for some reason).. sharks don't even have vocal chords god damn it!, and the classic ending of our main protagonists ramming the shark with a boat, and it just explodes out of thin air (for some reason). Truly just an awful movie, on so many levels. The 2.8 IMDB rating really says it all.
Batman and RobinI think most people who have seen this movie will agree that it deserves a mention. The Schumacher Batman movies came out when I was still pretty young, and I was only around 7-8 years at the time. I was actually a fan of Batman Forever, but upon re-watching it as an adult I can totally see and understand that it's not a good movie. But as a young kid at the time, I liked it. But when Batman and Robin came out, even I was baffled. I remember shouting out questions at the screen, and a lot of it didn't make sense to me. The auction scene, Batman having his own credit card, the ice skating part with Mr. Freeze, Batman and Robin having ice-skates built into their boots (for some reason) and a lot of other things.
Upon re-watching it at an older age, especially after the Nolan movies came out, it really is atrocious on so many levels. I love Arnold and he is a bit of a childhood hero for me, but he was just totally miscast as Mr.Freeze. Apart from the 3000 oneliners about ice, it just makes me sad to think that this was his villain follow-up role to Terminator. As bad as Arnold was, I think Uma Thurman was even worse as Poison Ivy. I was young and dumb at the time, and I didn't understand most of what she said, but seeing it as an adult.. WOW. She sounds like a pornstar. Almost all her lines sounds like they were straight out of the XXX parody or something. Just look at some of them: "My garden needs tending", "Some lucky boy is about to hit the honey pot", "Why not send Junior home early? I've got some... wild oats to sow" & "Slippery when wet". Apart from two of the most over-the-top villains ever, and Bane (who is just so bad), we also get George Clooney who doesn't care, bat-nipples, bat-asses and so many other bad things. This honestly feels more like a sequel to the Adam West 60's Batman than anything else.
There are plenty of others, but these two came to mind right away.
Topic: Worst Movies (Read 11042 times)
