<p>I try very hard not to see movies I think I’ll dislike, and on the whole I’m pretty successful at it. Which means I don’t see a lot of movies, but I also don’t have many specific recent movies to complain about. </p>
<p>Occasionally I’ll get stuck watching a really bad old movie on TV while I’m on the exercise bike. Gosh, there are a ton of them, but I’d put just about every movie Elvis ever made up there. I like his music but he was a horrible actor, and the plot and characters were just trite and predictable. Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello movies, too; just so shallow and formulaic.</p>
<p>Lots of my favorites (or at least enjoyables) in this list:
Dances with Wolves
2001
Wall-E
What’s Up, Doc
Avatar
Alien
A.I.
Raising Arizona
Mouse Hunt</p>
<p>I agree that Nightfall may be the worst movie I have ever seen (and I have seen Plan 9 from Outer Space - a fun watch in comparison). The recent Spanish sci-fi movie Stranded could give it a run for its money - the actors appeared to be kidnapped patrons from a tapas bar and the spacecraft interior was clearly someone’s garage. Many of the listed films are high quality productions that people simply didn’t like. There is a whole other world of true garbage out there on film! That being said, any movie by Michael Bay should be torched.;)</p>
<p>Okay – Without a doubt my all-time Worst Movie Ever! Award goes to a film called “Day of the Locust” with Karen Black and Donald Sutherland playing a character named Homer Simpson (allegedly no relation). Horrendous doesn’t begin to describe how ghastly bad this movie is. I’ve forgotten big chunks of it but the violent and hideous ending is all but unforgettable. </p>
<p>The best part? I saw it on our first date with my now-husband.</p>
<p>OMG, I forgot about Mouse Hunt. We only paid $2 or so per ticket to watch this heap of garbage (went because someone we knew was raving about it), but afterwards I felt that someone had to pay us much more than that for sitting through that torture… I should have walked out…</p>
<p>Believe it or not, the second one was actually much better than the first.</p>
<p>I was pretty young when the first movie came out, but had I seen it in theaters (I saw it in a well lit room on VHS) I probably would have fallen asleep. This generation’s parents should be incredibly grateful that all the Pokemon movies are now going direct to DVD.</p>
<p>It’s been over thirty years since I had to sit through this movie. Thirty-plus years and many bad movies in the interim has not removed Cries and Whispers from topping my list. I always think of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” in regard to this movie: critics looked at the name Ingmar Bergman and praised the movie; film students followed along; and a few rare voices screamed the truth. Wish I had listened to the rare voice or two. (Can you tell I HATED this movie?)</p>
<p>Anyone remember Madonna’s remake of “Swept Away.” I think that’s the only movie I ever walked out on (although I have fallen asleep during many.) I was there on a date, but I left anyway. Pretentious, insulting, and yet stupid all at the same time.</p>
<p>The ten worst movies according to IMDB’s ratings:</p>
<ol>
<li> Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)</li>
<li> Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)</li>
<li> Daniel the Wizard (2004)</li>
<li> Monster a-Go Go (1965)</li>
<li> Night Train to Mundo Fine (1966)</li>
<li> Ben & Arthur (2002)</li>
<li> The Skydivers (1963)</li>
<li> Pocket Ninjas (1997)</li>
<li> The Starfighters (1964) </li>
<li>Pledge This! (2006)</li>
</ol>
<p>I have not seen any of these. That’s probably a good thing.</p>
<p>we once rented a movie called “Spank the Monkey” because it was supposed to be funny, at least according to the cover. It turned out to be this totally horrifying movie about a kid who is emotionally coersed into sex with his mother. So upsetting.</p>
<p>Switters…I know what you mean, that movie made me feel like I needed a shower!</p>
<p>My family and I love the movie planes, trains and automobiles, probably more because of John Candy and Stever Martin. It’s my dad’s favoirte, because so many of the scenes he can relate to.</p>
<p>I have tried to watch Avatar, but always end up falling asleep. Perhaps it could be used as a cure for insomnia?</p>
<p>Dont you hate when that happens Switters? I feel the same about “The kids are alright”. I thought it was going to be about the kids finding their sperm donor father. Didnt know it was going to have so much sex. Thank gosh I wasnt watching it with my teens!</p>
<p>Other hated movies:
Vanilla sky
The Happening
The Rocky and Bullwinkle movie (fell asleep)
The Wiz (walked out)</p>
<p>switters, I agree about Spank the Monkey. The mother ruins her own son’s life in so many ways, it is very upsetting. Damage - with a similar theme - manages to do it better, at least giving you clues why people are compelled to self destructive behavior. </p>
<p>I remember hating and being horrified by Eraserhead. My D had to see The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover, for a class and was so upset she couldn’t do any work for days afterward.</p>
<p>Now I remember another horrid movie: The Hand!! Michael Caine loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand scurries away and then returns by itself to follow him around and murder those who anger him. I laughed out loud…</p>
<p>^ who on earth thinks up these plots? And Michael Caine in such a ridiculous film? He mustn’t have been in his right mind at the time…or he was broke.</p>
<p>I remember going to see Best little whorehouse in Texas in a cinema in Leicester square. Half way through the cinema caught fire and we were evacuated and offered a choice of a raincheck or our money back. We took our money back. Maybe the fire was started but someone as bored as we were that wanted their money back. (it wasn’t me, honest).</p>
<p>It’s been more than 20 years, but DH hasn’t forgiven me for insisting on Empire of the Sun, and then falling asleep. Can’t say it’s the worst I ever saw, since I saw so little of it…</p>