# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 69
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1361 "2025-02-07T22:13:47Z")
The problem is that some people have listed Pluto Nash as one of the worst movies ever made, and that’s hard to live up to. I for one am open to a watch-along party. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1362 "2025-02-08T15:39:59Z")
_The Adventures of Pluto Nash_ is the 2nd worst film for Murphy on Rotten Tomatoes (6%). Ahead of _A Thousand Words_ (0%) and behind _Norbit_ (9%). _Deal of the Century_ is the 5th worse for Chevy Chase (10%). Two of the worser ones I know nothing about. _Caddyshack II_ is 2nd worse (4%). The surprise, to me, is _Under the Rainbow_ at 0%. It’s not that bad. There’s nothing like a crappy movie from an SNL alum. It takes skill to hit 0% for a full budget movie. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1363 "2025-02-08T16:03:06Z")
This seems like a timely article… > **[Splat’s entertainment: I watched Rotten Tomatoes’ 40 lowest-rated films to...](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/08/watching-rotten-tomatoes-lowest-rated-films)** > > Our brave victim writer sits through the film site’s 0%ers to see what makes a bad movie. Will she emerge with her sanity intact – and are all these flops really so bad? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1364 "2025-02-08T16:07:16Z")
Finally got around to watching [RRR](https://youtu.be/W1c2uN3XbKk?feature=shared) on Netflix. It took me a couple of sessions to make it through the entire 3 hours. Very enjoyable, well worth watching. Also, on Kanopy, [All You Need Is Blood](https://youtu.be/xFdRofjQ-XU?feature=shared). A lightweight, fun horror-comedy. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1365 "2025-02-08T19:33:03Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > This seems like a timely article… > > [Splat’s entertainment: I watched Rotten Tomatoes’ 40 lowest-rated films to find out which was worst | Movies | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/08/watching-rotten-tomatoes-lowest-rated-films) I have watched one of the movies on this list. For less than two minutes. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1366 "2025-02-08T20:17:18Z")
_Catch Me If You Can_ 2002 Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken On Paramount+ I enjoyed the movie. I appreciated Frank Abagnale Jr. chutzpah. Everyone secretly wishes they could work the system without really hurting anyone. Frank paid for his crimes by serving time in three prisons. (France, Sweden, and the US Federal prison) I find it hilarious that people today are discrediting Frank’s escapades. Abagnale co-wrote his autobiography. Am I surprised a convicted con-man embellished his book? 😂 It’s an interesting story and it kept me highly entertained. It is a little odd seeing Tom Hanks play such a dour and uninteresting bureaucratic investigator. I guess he wanted a true portrayal of the guy. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1367 "2025-02-08T20:20:40Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It is a little odd seeing Tom Hanks play such a dour and uninteresting bureaucratic investigator. I guess he wanted a true portrayal of the guy. All I can remember is him repeating “Hanratty!” a lot. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1368 "2025-02-08T20:31:26Z")
They put just enough humor in the film. Frank is in a luxury hotel, sleeping with a former Magazine cover model while Hanks is in a public laundromat. The difference in lifestyles is great material for the writers. It’s an updated Tortoise and Hare story. 🐢 → 🐇 ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1369 "2025-02-08T21:05:55Z")
I’m fairly sure Hanratty was invented for the film? Could be wrong though. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1370 "2025-02-08T21:21:52Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > _Catch Me If You Can_ 2002 Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken > > On Paramount+ > > I enjoyed the movie. I appreciated Frank Abagnale Jr. chutzpah. Everyone secretly wishes they could work the system without really hurting anyone. Frank paid for his crimes by serving time in three prisons. (France, Sweden, and the US Federal prison) > > I find it hilarious that people today are discrediting Frank’s escapades. Abagnale co-wrote his autobiography. Am I surprised a convicted con-man embellished his book? 😂 > > It’s an interesting story and it kept me highly entertained. > > It is a little odd seeing Tom Hanks play such a dour and uninteresting bureaucratic investigator. I guess he wanted a true portrayal of the guy. I actually met [the real-life FBI agent who brought down Jordan Belfort](https://www.gdaspeakers.com/speaker/gregory-coleman/#:~:text=Gregory%20Coleman%20is%20the%20FBI,Scorsese%20and%20starred%20Leonardo%20DiCaprio) (fictionally portrayed by Kyle Chandler in Wolf of Wall Street). IRL he’s much closer to appearance and mannerisms to Joe Pesci. Given that it’s a Martin Scorsese film, I think that would have been a really good casting choice. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1371 "2025-02-08T21:42:21Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I’m fairly sure Hanratty was invented for the film? Could be wrong though. I looked it up. [Joseph Shea](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Shea_(FBI_agent)) is the agents real name. James Hanratty was the A6 Murderer and executed in the UK. 1962. Interesting that such a infamous last name was used for the movies FBI Agent. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1372 "2025-02-08T21:42:43Z")
Regarding _Catch Me If You Can_, it’s directed by Steven Spielberg and like some of his other films, it is in part about divorce and absent fathers; Frank Jr is trying to put his parents back together. Meanwhile Hanratty is also divorced and is a father figure to Frank. And to be honest, I don’t care whether it’s factually accurate, because it’s very entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1373 "2025-02-08T22:01:36Z")
I watched all of only one of Rotten Tomatoes’ 40 lowest–rated films (and I don’t think I watched any of the other 39). It was _Stayin’ Alive_ , a sequel to _Saturday Night Fever_ . I saw it when it came out in 1983. It was certainly a disappointment compared to _Saturday Night Fever_ . It was the 19th lowest-rated film and also the oldest film among those 40 films. I’m a little suspicious though about thinking that that makes it as awful as being one of the 40 worst movies that was ever made (but got at least 20 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes). The problem is that people who do reviews often tend when a film is a sequel to unconsciously compare them to the earlier film rather than all films they have ever seen. _Stayin’ Alive_ is a somewhat poor film, but a lot of films are somewhat poor. A lot of films out there will make you pretty disappointed and thinking that you wasted useful time watching them. You’ll find yourself saying, “Why did the filmmakers even bother to make this movie?”. In the case of _Stayin’ Alive_ , the answer is that they knew it would make money no matter what. It indeed made a decent profit for them. The people who finance movies often care far more about making money than making good movies. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1374 "2025-02-08T22:22:27Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I find it hilarious that people today are discrediting Frank’s escapades. Abagnale co-wrote his autobiography. Am I surprised a convicted con-man embellished his book? 😂 As in, I believe he made up everything except his check fraud. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1375 "2025-02-08T22:47:48Z")
Direct [link](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/worst-movies-of-all-time/) to RT’s 100 worst list. The link color in my browser indicated I had visited that page some time not too long ago but I don’t remember it. I certainly didn’t watch any of the films on it because of this list. (I like watching certain types of bad movies, but that list barely raised any interest.) I kept think I was seeing more of those movies than I have, but there’s remakes, similar titles, etc. So not really all that many. I think I reviewed _One for the Money_ in the parent thread. It really is awfully made. Student filmmakers with no budget could made a better filmed movie. I might have seen _Stayin’ Alive_ and _Bolero_. Both cash grabs. (If you want to watch something good called “The Bolero” see the short documentary featuring Rubin Mehta from 1973.) I tried watching _Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star_ but didn’t get far. It famously tanked opening weekend and I wanted to see how bad it was. It was worse than I imagined. I think I watched _The Whole Ten Yards_ since I liked the first film. Don’t remember it at all. So, only remember watching 1 out of 100 of the RT worst films (skewed heavily towards recent films). ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1376 "2025-02-08T23:03:35Z")
I only remember seeing two of RT’s 100 worst, “Stayin’ Alive” and “Wagons East.” “Stayin’ Alive” was, as many have indicated, a cash grab, though Cynthia Rhodes was pretty hot. “Wagons East” was John Candy’s last film, which he reluctantly made to fulfill an old contract. He was on quite an upward trajectory, getting better and better scripts and expanding his range beyond comedy, and it’s sad that such a mediocre film should have been his swan song. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1377 "2025-02-09T01:11:44Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > “Wagons East” was John Candy’s last film, which he reluctantly made to fulfill an old contract. He was on quite an upward trajectory, getting better and better scripts and expanding his range beyond comedy, and it’s sad that such a mediocre film should have been his swan song. Yeah, I mean I still think of Canadian Bacon as his final movie. It was the final movie released and the final movie he finished(he died _during_ Wagons East production). And, of course, Canadian Bacon is so much better. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1378 "2025-02-09T01:16:37Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > I only remember seeing two of RT’s 100 worst, “Stayin’ Alive” and “Wagons East.” “Stayin’ Alive” was, as many have indicated, a cash grab, though Cynthia Rhodes was pretty hot. I also have seen Wagons East and it is very forgettable. I’ve seen Battlefield Earth, which is honestly a very funny movie, something they did not intend. I saw Mortal Kombat Annihilation in the theater and it was atrocious. I usually like movies in the theater more, but my friends and I all agreed at the end. It was terrible. Problem Child surprises me. I saw it on TV a few times, coming in at different points. Felt harmless, but I may have missed too much of it. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1379 "2025-02-09T01:53:39Z")
As I mentioned, I only saw one of the first 40. Of numbers 41 to 100, I only saw number 90, _Speed 2: Cruise Control_. So I only saw _Stayin’ Alive_ and _Speed 2: Cruise Control_ out of the of the top 100. I guess I saw them because they were sequels to movies I liked. They were both fairly poor though. I’ve learned that the sequels to good books or movies often go downhill as you get to later ones in the series. I was then astonished that _Mad Max: Fury Road_, the fourth film in the Mad Mad series was the best one of the series. Searching on that, I just discovered that there are or were plans for a new movie in the series called _Mad Max: The Wasteland_. I can’t tell what’s going on with it. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1380 "2025-02-09T03:35:23Z")
The only one I’ve seen in the bottom 100 is Highlander II: The Quickening. I remember being annoyed at how bad it was as a follow-up, but I can’t opine on whether it’s as bad as all that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=70)