<p>I’m selective about what I’ll watch, so I don’t see many bad movies. I’m pretty sure I’ll hate those “Saw” movies, so I’ve never seen one; ditto gross-out comedies. I hate Schwartzenegger, so I didn’t watch his movies back in his day.</p>
<p>Dh was watching “Armageddon” last night and I remembered how much I hated that. Hated “Independence Day,” too. (Note to self: you don’t like Michael Bay movies so add those to the list of what you don’t watch. Duh.) I don’t mind genre movies at all but I like to see a glimmer of creativity in them.</p>
<p>I usually hate movies that might as well be TV shows or even junk food, that are made for the sole purpose of bringing in a lot of money and have no other discernible value… the ones that you can just see were made by committee according to the master formula. </p>
<p>The Butterfly Effect. Hate anything that has animals being hurt. Literally crying out loud, screaming in the theater when a disturbing scene was repeated over and over again. Was interested in the story of the movie, so thought I’d just close my eyes and ears to get past it, but enough was enough. Son and husband escorted me out, hysterical, and husband demanded a refund for all three of us.</p>
<p>I love any movie with beautiful scenery, and have wanted to sit through Dances with Wolves a second time just to see the beauty of the open space, but could not do it because of the animal violence in the movie.</p>
<p>I really don’t understand why filmmakers see a need to put those kind of scenes in movies. They are just gratuitous violence that plant seeds in sick minds.</p>
<p>On a lighter note, can’t sit through Tom Cruise, either. Husband and son dragged me to Minority Report because we love sci fis.</p>
<p>When I was a teenager, I hated Jane Fonda. I refused to accompany friends to a movie she was in because I couldn’t stand her, and we went instead to The China Syndrome. I was interested in the story and had no idea who the stars were. They all fell laughing on the floor when she was revealed to be a star of the film. It got me over my dislike of her, though, and I went on to see a beautiful movie, On Golden Pond, with my husband when we were dating. Had it not been for China Syndrome, I would have missed out on that experience.</p>
<p>Funny about the Eraserhead comments. My son, who is a movie lover, absolutely hated it, but my husband, who is a David Lynch fan, has it on DVD and is always looking for an opportunity to have the house to himself for a few hours so he can finally watch it.</p>
<p>I second Eyes Wide Shut for one of the worst. Up there as well for me was Shutter Island and Eat Pray Love. Loved Fargo and tolerate Pulp Fiction since it is my husbands favorite movie of all time.</p>
<p>So glad to hear that others disliked Dances as much as I did. So many people are shocked that I loathe it. </p>
<p>I do tend to hate ‘vanity’ pictures. If a director says ‘This is the movie I’ve always wanted to make’ or ‘this is the best thing I’ve ever done’, I wait til I have a free ticket or I don’t go!</p>
<p>“Sex, Lies & Videotape” - won 1989 Palme d’Or at Cannes - I never understood why
“Interview with the Vampire” with Tom Cruise - walked out after 5 mins</p>
<p>I loved Pulp Fiction, dh refused to consider seeing it so I watched it on DVD when he was at a meeting. I’m with MommaJ, I enjoyed K vs. K (though I did spend most of the movie wondering why the heck joint custody wasn’t an option), and I thought Wall-E was cute if a bit heavy-handed. Never got around to seeing Fargo.</p>
<p>Oh I thought of another dreadful movie: Eyes Wide Shut. What drivel! And with my two least favorite actors too (Tom Cruise and Nichole Kidman.)</p>
<p>I agree with Eyes Wide Shut. But the worst movie I can think of was The Happening. It was an M. Night Shyamalan movie about people going crazy and self mutilating because of bad pollen from the plant world. It was the worst piece of drivel I’ve seen. The acting was bad, the script was bad, the premise was lame. It was like a really cheesy made for TV movie. We stayed for the whole thing just because it was so bad it was funny. It was so bad that when we walked out, I told my husband that when we watch the Oscars every year, I always have trouble figuring out how they pick movies for best editing. Like, how do you know what got editing out and how good the editing was? Watching The Happening, I could actually spot the bad editing. His movies just keep getting worse and worse.</p>
<p>omg…so many bad movies, so much wasn’t time! I agree with so many of these…eyes wide shut (or anything Tom Cruise), monkeybone, BiCentiniel Man, Beloved, the list goes on.</p>
<p>Actually didn’t mind Kramer vs. Kramer or Dances w/ wolves…but Kevin Costner melts my heart! </p>
<p>Here are some more…What just happened with Robert De Niro, Men who Stare @ Goats with George Clooney. Come to think of it, Clooney has made alot of lousy movies, just can’t think of their names.</p>
<p>I usually hate most of the Oscar nominated movies, but I liked True Grit and The Fighter which are up this year. Those are the only ones that I have seen.</p>
<p>Don’t forget Magnolia as a contender for worst Tom Cruise movie although I also hated Eyes wide Shut. The worst movie ever (which luckily most people have never heard of)was a 1988 movie called Nightfall with David Birney. Nothing happens in the entire movie-beyond boring.</p>
<p>I second Pink Flamingos. i was in med school. I don’t remember much but I walked out and thought it was horrible. It was so bad, I never saw Hair Spray (both were John Waters).</p>
<p>After A LOT OF HYPE and Academy Awards I saw American Beauty. I did not get it.</p>
<p>Dawn to Dusk- What a night that was- my mom had picked out the movie as George Clooney was on the cover. Not a movie to watch with your 70+ mother and in my opinion, not a movie to watch.</p>
<p>My dh loves to tell people that Eraserhead was the greatest movie ever made and that they need to watch it, but he won’t tell them anything about it. I don’t think he had ever seen more than 15 minutes of it.</p>
<p>Worst movie ever…Brideshead Revisited. It’s one of my favorite books. The movie was horrific. </p>
<p>I LOATHED American Beauty,Memento, and Eastern Promises. I just don’t “get” the first two. The third had too much graphic violence. I’ll admit though that Mortgensen–is that how you spell it?–did a fantatic acting job. </p>
<p>I liked Kramer v. Kramer–though as a NYer I laughed out loud at the apartment they lived in given what was stated as his salary.</p>
<p>I didn’t like the “Fighter” but seem to be the only person on the planet who feels this way. I thought it was over the top with the working class Irish, boston thing. Almost, no, definitely kitschy. I loved “The Town”, though!</p>
<p>^I thought Memento was one of the best movies I saw the year it came out. Filming the story backwards meant the viewer also suffered from his no memory problem. I really thought it was brilliant.</p>
I’m pretty sure I’ll hate those “Saw” movies, so I’ve never seen one; ditto gross-out comedies. I hate Schwartzenegger, so I didn’t watch his movies back in his day.</p>