Really Awful Movies

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Really Awful Movies

bonniepirateanne · Date: Dec 5, 2005

blair witch project

monster's ball

sideways

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

I'm pleased to say that I've never seen any of those movies. Isn't Monster's Ball the one Halle Berry won an oscar for?

How about The League of Extrordinary Gentlemen. That was shite. Shame really, cos the source material was great.

-- Edited by ddvmor at 14:11, 2005-12-05

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

The Smokers

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

bonniepirateanne wrote:

blair witch project, monster's ball, sideways

Really???

I thought all of them were pretty good - and Sideways is great!!

Aodan · Teiam Member

Andromeda wrote:

The Smokers

Oh Em Gee. This movie was the worst movie hands down that I have ever had the displeasure of forcing myself to watch.

What's really amusing, is that we didn't watch this one together...

Batman O'Leary · A.K.A. Damo_Daly I have a cool name...

Street Trash.

Look it up!

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Batman O'Leary wrote:

Street Trash. Look it up!

I did. It looks dire...

bonniepirateanne · Date: Dec 5, 2005

Copper wrote:

bonniepirateanne wrote:

blair witch project, monster's ball, sideways

Really???
I thought all of them were pretty good - and Sideways is great!!

yet another thing for us to differ in opinion on

i watched sideways with two others and they hated it as equally as i - in my opinion it was just one of those really slow moving pointless movies

and yeah
halle berry is in that other one.

Aodan · Teiam Member

Batman O'Leary wrote:

Street Trash.
Look it up!

LOL I actually watched that movie recently.. I was disappointed... I watched it on the recommendation of Andromeda's manfriend..

Although, the greatest quote ever came from that movie... unfortunately its not family friendly so will not be repeated here.. not even if I bleeped out the badwords..

-- Edited by Aodan at 22:52, 2005-12-05

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Oh, go on. At least post us a link to this amazing quote. You can't dangle it in front of us like that!

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

bonniepirateanne wrote:

i watched sideways with two others and they hated it as equally as i - in my opinion it was just one of those really slow moving pointless movies

If you want to reign in support then I feel obliged to mention those peeps who nominated it for 5 oscars, 7 academy awards and a couple of golden globes...ahem.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

You mean the awards where terribly important people in the movie business pat each other on the back for stuff that bears no relation to box office takings? Tis the cold hard cash that counts, which is why Star Wars is the best!

I'm afraid I put about as much stock in the nominating and voting process for stuff like the oscars as I do with the Eurovision Song Contest. Too much politics. Halle Berry winning one proves my point.

-- Edited by ddvmor at 11:19, 2005-12-06

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

By your reckoning, Harry Potter is the greatest movie of all time.

No culture...

sharkjf115 · **Professional Cheese Hater**

The Lair Of The White Worm. A film so bad it's quite good!

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Copper wrote:

By your reckoning, Harry Potter is the greatest movie of all time. No culture...

Heh. I think you'll find that's still Titanic! Harry comes pretty high, though.

1
1997
Titanic
$1,835,400,000

2
2003
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
$1,117,602,779

3
2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
$973,557,891

4
1999
Star Wars: Phantom Menace
$925,600,000

5
2002
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
$924,291,552

6
1993
Jurassic Park
$920,100,000

7
2004
Shrek 2
$915,721,703

8
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
$878,987,880

9
2001
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
$867,683,093

10
2003
Finding Nemo
$864,214,978

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

Right, so you are still happy for Titanic to be the best film of all time? Popularity is a bizarre indicator of quality. To make a comparison, it also means that Tony Blair is the best politician in the UK, Coronation St is the best telly programme and Cliff Richard is the best UK singer of all time.

Any thoughts, Stead?

-- Edited by Copper at 15:20, 2005-12-06

BrianS · Still Number One

Here's a new entry

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

This is a B movie but has a cult following of sorts. Its about aliens that look like clowns and invade a small town. The only way to kill the clowns is to hit them in their big red noses. Now this movie was truely awful

-- Edited by BrianS at 13:50, 2005-12-06

Aodan · Teiam Member

BrianS wrote:

Here's a new entry

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

This is a B movie but has a cult following of sorts. Its about aliens that look like clowns and invade a small town. The only way to kill the clowns is to hit them in their big red noses. Now this movie was truely awful -- Edited by BrianS at 13:50, 2005-12-06

Watched this movie when I was quite young... scared the bejeebus outta me.

I'm starting to notice a trend here.. People list truely crap movies...and I've seen them all.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Copper wrote:

Right, so you are still happy for Titanic to be the best film of all time? Popularity is a bizarre indicator of quality. To make a comparison, it also means that Tony Blair is the best politician in the UK, Coronation St is the best telly programme and Cliff Richard is the best UK singer of all time.

I'm only repeating what certain people tell me about Big Brother and soap operas. I thought this was the accepted wisdom...

BrianS wrote:

Here's a new entry Killer Klowns from Outer Space

How about Plan 9 From Outer Space. Has to be the top of anyone's list!

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

ddvmor wrote:

I'm only repeating what certain people tell me about Big Brother and soap operas. I thought this was the accepted wisdom...

Didn't realise your opinions were so easily influenced, JDK...

Zem YN3B · Really Bored Matress

Ooh ooh, I can top all, and probably find one no one else has had the displeasure of putting themselves through:

Warriors of Virtue: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120479/

Granted, it is targeted at kids and I watched it at 17 or so ... but we rented this movie for the purpose of making fun of it while we watched (MST2K style), and it was so horrid that it was difficult to mock it ... more of a stunned silence through the whole thing.

I also have to nominate Batman and Robin. I think it caused my corneas to bleed.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Copper wrote:

Didn't realise your opinions were so easily influenced, JDK...

Oh yes. Those TV people are far cleverer than I. If they say that people want to watch garbage and shite on the telly, then they must be right. I should conform immediately.

Zem YN3B wrote:

I also have to nominate Batman and Robin. I think it caused my corneas to bleed.

Although I have apparently seen this movie, I am unable to recollect it. This may have been one of the coma-inducing ones!

Shame really, cos Batman is cool...

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

Hudson Hawk

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hudson_hawk/

"This unspeakably awful can make an audience a little crazy. You want to throw things, yell at the actors, beg them to stop."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

"To say this megamillion Bruce Willis vehicle doesn't fly is understatement in the extreme."
-- Joe Brown, WASHINGTON POST

"Double-barreled misfire"
-- Steve Crum, KANSAS CITY KANSAN

bonniepirateanne · Date: Dec 6, 2005

Copper wrote:

Right, so you are still happy for Titanic to be the best film of all time? Popularity is a bizarre indicator of quality. To make a comparison, it also means that Tony Blair is the best politician in the UK, Coronation St is the best telly programme and Cliff Richard is the best UK singer of all time.
Any thoughts, Stead?-- Edited by Copper at 15:20, 2005-12-06

popularity is a pretty good indicator of whether something is 'good' or 'bad' - tony blair, presumably was the best politician in the UK.... out of the 4 people had to choose from..

according to statistics, coronation street is the best soap opera (i think other shows on television get equal if not higher ratings)..

(and obviously there will be a lot of people who think sir cliff is the best.. personally i like my friend matt's singing, but not very many people have heard of him over here)

.. as for the oscars, i second what darren said - a whole lot of rich hollywood dudes politically picking out random movies to win awards doesnt really do it for me

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Yay. Someone agrees with me. It proves I'm not nuts.

Er... hang on...

bonniepirateanne · Date: Dec 7, 2005

ddvmor wrote:

Yay. Someone agrees with me. It proves I'm not nuts.
Er... hang on...

you need at least 4 more people to agree with you to prove that. sorry. it's a popularity thing that we believe in

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

So what you're saying is that if lots of people agree with me then it must a popular theory and therefore true!

Splendid.

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

Ok ok, there is clearly no reasoning with you...

Like a dog with a bone

Anyway, I have an idea. How about a poll on the worst films? We could even endeavour to seek out and watch some of the obscure ones...

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Incidentally... case in point:

The finale of ITV1's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here drew an average of 11.8m viewers, overnight figures show.

ITV's director of television Simon Shaps said: "We are thrilled that the programme has proved more popular than ever and that so many millions have tuned in to the series over the past two weeks."

Now as UK audiences go, only stuff like Eastenders and Corrie get higher ratings (although the premiere of the new Doctor Who got about 13.5m). If, as I suspect, this show is utter nads, then why the hell do so many people watch 'em?

Here's how they come by these figures. It's via a set top box in around 5000 representative homes in the uk.

As I research this, I note that there were 24 million TV licenses in issue - if we assume (and this is a big assumption) that there is an average of 2 viewers per license, than it seems that the vast majority of the 48 million viewers have far better taste than to watch I'm A Celebrity... and were either watching something else or, like me, not watching telly at all!

Not sure what my point is. Just thinkin' out loud (or in type) is all...