HMSwolfe
Master Member
Honestly, this thread could just be a link to the Best of the Worst playlist, or IHE’s Search for the Worst haha
What is the Worst movie ever made?
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modelcitizen
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i was way too forgiving of a lot of 80's crap but things got really bad in the 90's on. now i just watch TCM.
I know even on Best of the Worst they often change their definition of the worst. I would have to agree with their take on it. Is it so bad it's good? Or is it just bad, like unwatchable?
In this case of this discussion I defined it as unwatchable.
Plan 9 (as was brought up before) to me was so bad it's good. The fact that it was unintentionally funny made me enjoy it even though Ed Wood clearly thought it was good. Unless he trolled people on an expert level. hahahaha
In this case of this discussion I defined it as unwatchable.
Plan 9 (as was brought up before) to me was so bad it's good. The fact that it was unintentionally funny made me enjoy it even though Ed Wood clearly thought it was good. Unless he trolled people on an expert level. hahahaha
sztriki
Sr Member
How so? I'm not a lover of the movie, it's effectively just a pulp scifi action movie with aliens thrown in. But I think the direction is stylish, cinematography and score are neat, pacing was good...story had issues yea. And I don't think the tone fits the Alien franchise at all.
Not trying to argue, just curious as to what makes you consider it as one of the worst movies. I recently for example watched Species for the first time for example and I could create a very long list of issues with that movie from a filmmaking point of view.
modelcitizen
Sr Member
stylish perhaps but nonsensical. correct on the tone being completely wrong imo. what bugged me the most is i found nothing likeable in the characters at all.
all the Alien movies have had a problem with producer's meddling. this one just seems to be screwed up and tone deaf the worst. can't stand to watch it. this is just my opinion.
i rooted for the alien to kill them all. every last one of them.
btw, i got dragged to a Twilight movie 10 years ago by an ex girlfriend who was 39 at the time....
all the Alien movies have had a problem with producer's meddling. this one just seems to be screwed up and tone deaf the worst. can't stand to watch it. this is just my opinion.
i rooted for the alien to kill them all. every last one of them.
btw, i got dragged to a Twilight movie 10 years ago by an ex girlfriend who was 39 at the time....
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Lol agreed!
HMSwolfe
Master Member
Well, it’s like Psab keel mentioned, what makes something a bad film? Is it competent enough to be called a film but just isn’t engaging in any way? Or is it a bad homemade B movie where those involved had no experience whatsoever in filmmaking? There will be a wide breadth of types of movies listed here, with everything from Suburban Sasquatch to The Rise of Skywalker.
modelcitizen
Sr Member
i think if a well photographed and nice sounding movie makes you want to smash the tv or throw a soda at the movie screen in anger, it's a bad movie (for the soda thrower) .
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In rare instances I can enjoy some mindless entertainment but more often than not I want to be engaged in the story.
In the case of the Happening I wanted all the characters to die because I found them annoying. Especially Mark Walhberg's character. I know there are hundreds of movies that I hated as well but thankfully I can't recall them because they were so forgettable.
In the case of the Happening I wanted all the characters to die because I found them annoying. Especially Mark Walhberg's character. I know there are hundreds of movies that I hated as well but thankfully I can't recall them because they were so forgettable.
modelcitizen
Sr Member
The Happening didn't bug me but i could tell and was aware it was not a good movie. M knight would have done well doing bad late 80's Twilight Zone revival.
modelcitizen
Sr Member
aye the crosseyed guy always annoyed me
sztriki
Sr Member
I knew that this one will come up, Highlander 2 is high on my list too...I think that is very close to being a good example of a bad movie, the script is nonsensical, very little to do with the original, and most importantly I think all sorts of meddling with the edit without a filmmaker having a vision and having it fulfilled. Sure, not every movie needs to be high art, but when someone comes in with a totally offkilter wild idea to begin with and it gets intercepted in many ways by studio, there's troubled production, etc it really shows and results in an inferior movie.
I may get flame for it but that's why I'm not keen on Alien3. It has fantastic qualities but it's so disjointed and messy, and I'm in the minority but the Assembly Cut just makes it even more offbeat for me.
In terms of a well shot and good sounding movie that makes little sense...Suspiria is definitely guilty but I still think it's a fantastic movie because the plot is completely secondary to the visuals by design. And you get that when you see it that this was the intention. But then again the same can be said about Avatar and the result is very different. It's a complex thing I guess.
Suburban Sasquatch touched my heart and made me think about what we are doing to this planet, and all creatures who look like a man in a $1.98 monkey suit...
...and to fear that Big Foot may rip out guts within my body that look like a can of Chef Boyardee Beefaroni, and shove them down my throat.
The extended Directors Cut also answered so many questions, on a deeper level.
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modelcitizen
Sr Member
"In terms of a well shot and good sounding movie that makes little sense...Suspiria "
do you mean the original or the remake? haven't seen the remake.
try to sit through this well photographed movie...Bio-dome
do you mean the original or the remake? haven't seen the remake.
try to sit through this well photographed movie...Bio-dome
I have seen Manos, I have seen Star Crash, I have seen Mutants on the Bounty, I have seen Spacehunter, I have seen the Ator movies... So I have a good sense of other people's picks for "worst" when I say that the absolute worst I've ever seen are:
The Roller Blade Seven and Return of the Roller Blade Seven
I only watch these with other people who have not seen them yet, as the pain needs to be passed on. Like The Ring. I have to share the experience and watch them die inside. The schadenfreude eases my suffering somewhat.
The Roller Blade Seven and Return of the Roller Blade Seven
I only watch these with other people who have not seen them yet, as the pain needs to be passed on. Like The Ring. I have to share the experience and watch them die inside. The schadenfreude eases my suffering somewhat.
sztriki
Sr Member
The original. The remake does make sense, in fact it's very much focused on characters and story and while it looks great it's not that harsh colourful like the original at all. I very much recommend it, I really like both versio but i
Well yea, I get your point indeed...
I was just musing where the border is when we are forgiving to the script, character and story shortfall for having a unique style.
I guess it all comes down to how a movie makes us feel, after all I think art is something that manages to make me feel a certain way and stimulate my senses. If that stimulation is (unintended) frustration, then yea it probably is a failure.
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