# Movies so stupid that they literally drain off IQ points as you watch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142 "2008-09-25T12:37:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/141 "2008-09-30T14:55:32Z")
Nowhere near the top of these, but I thought both Robocop 2 and Lethal Weapon were pretty far up on the dumbness scale. Robocop 2 I don’t remember too much, except I remember constantly being taken aback by the increasing dumbness. Lethal weapon had that lovely scene towards the end where they let the good guy fist-fight the bad guy. Um, hello? There’s like 50 cops around! Jump him! What are you going to do if he kills the good guy? Die Hard 4 was pretty painful too. Transformers - why must we always stuff hoomans into everything? I wanna see big robots! ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/142 "2008-09-30T16:54:39Z")
> [@j666](#): > > So … why did you need another reason to no longer speak to him? While the “Cocktail” prank was a horrible, horrible thing, there was a part of me that respected him for pulling it off. I mean, he SOLD it. If you’ve seen the movie, or part of it, you have to realize it took MASTERFUL acting - and lying - for him to get me to keep watching it every time I was ready to give up. Now that I think about it, I’ve gotten a lot of entertainment out of telling that story. Far more than I got from the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/143 "2008-09-30T17:09:52Z")
> [@Valerieblaise](#): > > He starts laughing. “I can’t believe you watched the entire movie! It’s a piece of shit, it’s so long and boring - I can’t think of a worse movie! I kept waiting for you to change the channel, or throw a brick through the TV!” My God… it’s the masochistic version of the Milgram experiment. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/144 "2008-09-30T18:25:24Z")
No one has mentioned [The Lost World: Jurassic Park](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0119567/) yet? My brain tried to escape from my ears when the girl started doing flips on the uneven bars to get away from the raptors. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/145 "2008-09-30T18:28:38Z")
You need to look up what the word “literally” means. Hint: it doesn’t mean “figuratively”. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/146 "2008-09-30T21:22:39Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I have to agree that **Buckaroo Banzai** is just retarded. The movie works so hard at being quirky that it forgets to be entertaining. Edited to add: I’ve seen it multiple times. I “get” it. I still think it is retarded. Marry me. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/147 "2008-10-01T18:49:36Z")
Has anyone mentioned Bob Guccione’s _Caligula?_ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/148 "2008-10-01T19:40:55Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Has anyone mentioned Bob Guccione’s _Caligula?_ Many, _many_ boobies. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/149 "2008-10-01T22:59:12Z")
**Mortal Thoughts** This was about Demi Moore and Bruce Willis in some sort of love triangle resulting in his death, but not quickly enough for my taste. The reason I remember seeing it is because I took a friend from Hungary with only limited English. When I asked him what he thought, this was his comment: “This man f\*\*\* this woman, woman kill this man… This not my problem.” ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/150 "2008-10-01T23:20:10Z")
Nobody’s mentioned **Twister** yet? Evil Meteorologists and their cruel black dropsondes. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142/151 "2008-10-01T23:55:00Z")
**Jerry Springer: Ringmaster**. I lost the will to live after that one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-stupid-that-they-literally-drain-off-iq-points-as-you-watch/465142.md?page=7)