# Rotten Tomatoes' Worst of the Worst **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-tomatoes-worst-of-the-worst/396085 "2007-03-15T20:57:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-tomatoes-worst-of-the-worst/396085/1 "2007-03-15T20:57:24Z")
[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/wotw/](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/wotw/) > [@](#): > > With the trusty Tomatometer as our guide, we’ve plowed through 100 of the rankest, foulest, most misbegotten movies to hit the multiplex in recent memory. But bad films can often be their own reward; whether you’re looking for a howlingly bad time, or just looking for a list of what not to watch, ever, we’re here to help. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-tomatoes-worst-of-the-worst/396085/2 "2007-03-16T03:18:34Z")
I was a bit disapointed that it was only “recent” films… To me “Top 100” should be a prime list of camp, trash and uncharming kitcsh form the last 75 yrs of cinema. Ed Wood… where are you when we need you??! regards FML ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-tomatoes-worst-of-the-worst/396085/3 "2007-03-16T03:24:27Z")
[QUOTE=Full Metal Lotus] I was a bit disapointed that it was only “recent” films… To me “Top 100” should be a prime list of camp, trash and uncharming kitcsh form the last 75 yrs of cinema. Ed Wood… where are you when we need you??! regards FML [/QUOTE] There really hasn’t been anyone up to (or down to) his standard in recent decades, has there? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-tomatoes-worst-of-the-worst/396085/4 "2007-03-16T03:27:09Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] There really hasn’t been anyone up to (or down to) his standard in recent decades, has there? [/QUOTE] Uwe Boll. At least with Ed Wood, you could tell that he loved the idea of making movies, even if he was totally, mindbogglingly incompetent. Uwe Boll is just as incomptent, but appears to actively hate the idea of cinema, and people who enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-tomatoes-worst-of-the-worst/396085/5 "2007-03-16T03:27:28Z")
Funny how I was just thinking of _Plan 9 From Outer Space_ just today, and how I would love to watch it again. It’s so absolutely bad that it almost comes back around toward brilliance. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-tomatoes-worst-of-the-worst/396085/6 "2007-03-16T03:30:05Z")
[QUOTE=DeadlyAccurate] Funny how I was just thinking of _Plan 9 From Outer Space_ just today, and how I would love to watch it again. It’s so absolutely bad that it almost comes back around toward brilliance. [/QUOTE] I agree - I also think _Glen or Glenda_ has the same “charm” ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-tomatoes-worst-of-the-worst/396085/7 "2007-03-16T03:37:03Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] There really hasn’t been anyone up to (or down to) his standard in recent decades, has there? [/QUOTE] I think the makers of the “Baby Geniuses” movies are getting there: > [@](#): > > Call the “Baby Geniuses” series “The Anti-‘Godfather.’” Both #17 & #6 directed by Bob Clark! ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-tomatoes-worst-of-the-worst/396085/8 "2007-03-16T04:20:32Z")
I’m ashamed to admit it, but I actually saw their choice of #1 worst (Ballistic; Eks Vs. Sever) in the _theatre_ with a couple of freinds (Ed and Danielle) (at least _they_ paid for the tickets, as i had covered dinner) during the first 5 minutes it was clear to both Ed and myself, this was a _horrible_ movie, we began to MST it, much to the amusement of Danielle, at least until she fell asleep during the movie… yes, that’s right, she fell _asleep_ in this “action movie”, missed about half of it, and was still able to easily ridicule it after we woke her up when the movie was over trust me, B;E Vs. S is not even worth _renting_, over the top action sequences, horribly bad physics, it’s basically one long pyrotechnic display, you get more believable acting and emoting out of the numerous explosions, and the pile of (clearly cardboard, you can see the seams and everything) “concrete tubes” that land on top of the “hero” in the gunfight in the freight train loading area no, it’s not as bad as Manos; the Hands of Fate (_nothing_ is worse than Manos \), but it’s a very close second or third Hey, Mike Nelson, why not make a Rifftrax for Ballistic?.. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-tomatoes-worst-of-the-worst/396085/9 "2007-03-16T04:33:11Z")
[QUOTE=Full Metal Lotus] I was a bit disapointed that it was only “recent” films… [/QUOTE] Well, according to the site banner, it’s the “Worst-_Reviewed_ Films of All Time.” Not only were there fewer movie critics thirty, even twenty years ago, one would assume that RottenTomatoes doesn’t really have enough content to put up on, say, Ed Wood (barring retrospectives).