God there’s so many. I think a better question is what do you think are the most overrated movies.
There’s a lot of those too. I come across them often as I watch so many movies on a weekly basis. It’s sort of been the thing to do at night before bed as I become a sedentary middle-aged bloke.
Did you see it in the theater or watch it on TV?
Maybe I’m misunderstanding you, but are you recommending/nominating Tim Burton’s Ed Wood as “most awful movie you’ve watched?”
I thought it was rather good. Martin Landau stands out particularly. If I had a criticism of it, it would be occasional “mood whiplash.”
I got the impression that a lot of people were walking out of that movie and indeed asking for a refund.
…but that tire, what a performance!!! Puts to shame all of our current action heroes and villains!
Best Actor in a Drama goes to…Rubber!!
Nurse Betty was a comedy that featured a man getting scalped in its opening scene.
Why? It’s a typical excellent Errol Morris documentary. I have no idea why people would walk out and demand a refund.
To any thread, anywhere, on this theme (I seem to recall that there have been other threads before on SDMB re experience of awful films, on which I have posted this response) – I reply, Attack on the Iron Coast, 1967. The greatest conglomeration in one film, of all utterly corny / cheesy / melodramatic / flogged-to-death World War 2 film cliches / memes / tropes, ever imaginable. I saw this film by chance, shortly after it was released – was the B picture to the A one which I and friends had gone to see (what was the A picture, totally forgotten).
We found AOTIC, so hilariously “bad, that it was good”. I just have to feel that it was made from the first, as an exercise in self-parody.
*The Man Who Fell to Earth *with David Bowie. It’s the only movie I have paid money to see and walked out of the theater.
*Jeepers Creepers *I and II. Not horrifying, just boring and stupid.
Godzilla (1996). I kept hoping the theropods would eat all those stupid humans and improve the gene pool. Alas, they didn’t.
I kinda liked The Langoliers. Definitely fell into the “so bad it’s good” category for me, but that was somewhat tempered by the fact that I’m a fan of one of the actors (Mark Lindsay Chapman, who played Nick Hopewell). I’d be interested in hearing the podcast. Got a link?
For me, I can’t think of the worst movie I’ve ever seen offhand, but I can think of two that definitely will make the list:
Showgirls - Ugh.
Rocky and Bullwinkle - the live action one. I fell asleep halfway through it, and the spouse was kind enough not to wake me. I think he was jealous because he couldn’t fall asleep too.
I’m surprised apparently no one has mentioned Entrapment. The only time I ever walked out of a cinema and wanted my money back!
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Dope, I give you: Gas, the 1981 movie about the energy shortage and long lines at the gas station. Featuring: a very young Howie Mandel, giving his best Huggy Bear impersonation (as a hilarious contrast to his counterpart, a black man who spoke with no discernable AAVE overtones); Dustin Waln and Vlasta Vrana as the pants-peeing bumbling sons of villain Sterling Hayden; a madam operating a bordello out of an RV to service bored drivers waiting in line at the gas station; and Donald Sutherland, as the traffic-reporter helicopter pilot who periodically goes on the radio to spout his contempt for everyone on the ground.
I swear, Sutherland must have taken the gig on the condition that he never appear on screen with another character.
This entry in the “have you ever walked out of a movie” thread describes the worst movie I ever saw.
Lily Tomlin was also in the theatrical version of The Beverly Hillbillies as Miss Jane Hathaway. Not even Erika Elenaik nude could have redeemed that piece of dreck!
You’re completely misunderstanding me. I’m saying it’s an excellent film and definitely worth watching, especially if you’re interested in Ed Wood’s films.
The animated movie Heavy Metal. My ex really wanted me to watch it for some reason. I’m not entirely sure why, she’d seen it before and it’s not like it was on her list of great or good movies. The entire experience was just confusing and unpleasant. Good music, of course, but other than that… I hated it so much that for our entire relationship “make you watch heavy metal” was an in-joke for “make you do something horrifically unpleasant”.
Dungeons & Dragons, hands down. It’s so bad it becomes good, then drops to awful again, making it awesome at which point it falls down again. Bonus points if you ever watch it in French, where the dubbing crew didn’t even bother changing the head henchman’s name, Profion. Meaning “pro butt” in French. He’s a guy with blue lips dressed all in leather, too.
Doom Generation is a close second, being both terrible and pretentious.
Mortal Kombat. I…I can’t speak.
That’s how I read it. And I agree. It’s a great film, and the only one by Tim Burton that I’ve ever enjoyed.
Lesbian Vampire Killers.
If anyone ever claims British comedy is always better than American comedy… show them Lesbian Vampire Killers.
It was painful to watch… really painful to watch.