# STUPIDEST movie you've seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 6, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354 "2021-03-06T20:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/41 "2021-03-08T14:48:45Z")
I’ve seen a number of the movies already mentioned in this thread. But _Toys_ remains the stupidest movie I’ve ever seen. If nothing else, _Toys_ is the worst movie ever made by people with genuine talent. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/42 "2021-03-08T14:52:25Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > _Double Jeopardy_. > > In the movie Ashley Judd is convicted of murdering her husband. When in prison she finds out her husband faked his death and framed her to run off with his mistress. Another inmate tells her to get paroled for good behavior by falsely claiming remorse for “killing” her husband. The inmate further tells once she is free, she can kill her husband with impunity due to the Double Jeopardy Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. > > Double Jeopardy does not work that way. Agreed. I think it’s irresponsible to misinform people on important things like that. One of the dumbest films I’ve ever seen was “Not Another Teen Movie”. It aimed to be a parody of the genre, but in the end based a large part of its jokes on base toilet and sexual humor. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/43 "2021-03-08T14:57:34Z")
Maybe it’s too obvious and on the nose, but I’m surprised no one has mentioned Tommy Wiseau’s ‘The Room’. It’s like a movie made by space aliens who watched a couple movies, but still have no idea exactly how language, emotions, story lines or basic human interactions work. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/44 "2021-03-08T15:04:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ve seen a number of the movies already mentioned in this thread. But _Toys_ remains the stupidest movie I’ve ever seen. If nothing else, _Toys_ is the worst movie ever made by people with genuine talent. The first half of _Toys_ is great and innovative. The second half of _Toys_ is horrific and waaaaaaay too long. Basically, once you get to the “music video” scene you can turn off the film. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/45 "2021-03-08T15:45:34Z")
Richard Widmark as a prospective adoptive daddy is so miscast and cringe-y - this movie creeps me out when it shows up on TCM. You need some good-intentioned bumbling boob, like Jack Lemmon. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/46 "2021-03-08T16:00:57Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > The only real similarities are that Trucks takes place in a truck stop surrounded by semi’s but I think it only had 4 to 5 characters in the short story. I think the other similarity is that the trucks had to keep some humans alive so they could pump gas. I think I read this story in the collection _Night Shift_ while working graveyard at a gas station in my teens. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/47 "2021-03-08T16:34:53Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > The movie is 63 years old and from an entirely different era. Many movies that old appear stupid, lame, whatever. Pick one from this century. That’s more interesting. Beg to differ. I’ve seen hundreds of movies older than that, from the '20s, '30s and '40s, that in no way were stupid or lame. Its age is no excuse for its stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/48 "2021-03-08T16:42:02Z")
> [@moes\_lotion](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > It’s only bad if you don’t understand the cymbalism. > > Didn’t J. R. R. Tolkien once write that he distrusted cymbalism, that it was a snare for the unwary? It wasn’t Tolkien. It was Avedis Zildjian. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/49 "2021-03-08T16:44:34Z")
_Unknown World_ is certainly up there: think of it as _The Core,_ but with worse science. Most notably, one of the financial backers says, “Isn’t the center of the Earth a mass of molten metal?” And the scientist says, "People think that, but we scientists know . . . " ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/50 "2021-03-08T16:48:43Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I agree with the _Double Jeopardy, Lucy_ and _White House Down_ examples listed above, and to make matters worse, all three of those were movies that took themselves quite seriously. I won’t dispute _White House Down_ being put on a list of stupidest movies ever, but I didn’t think it took itself all that seriously. _Olympus Has Fallen_, the _other_ movie that year where terrorists invade the White House and take the President hostage and it’s up to One Brave Cop who’s accidentally trapped in the building with them to Die Hard the bad guys, was definitely an overly-self-serious, Sturm und Drang action “thriller”. I thought “White House Down” was pretty clearly and explicitly an action-comedy. Not a _good_ one, mind you, but I thought it was _trying_ to be fun. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > i know several people here will disagree with me, but I thought the premise of **Pacific Rim** was too stupid for words. I still don’t think I’ve seen the whole movie. I absolutely agree that the premise was stupid. The whole movie was stupid. Here’s the key point: it seemed like everyone involved realized that, and were just having _fun_. That movie is, for me, the type-specimen of a big, dumb, _fun_ movie. The sequel, though, was both stupid and just kind of boring. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/51 "2021-03-08T16:50:06Z")
_Strange Wilderness_ Idiotic the whole way through. Also, the “Shark Clip” is literally the ONLY time I laughed the entire movie, which is supposedly a comedy. Here’s that part for free so you can skip the rest: (warning: profanity) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uvbKmyp9WI0/hqdefault.jpg "Strange Wilderness - Shark Laugh Scene (UNCENSORED)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvbKmyp9WI0) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/52 "2021-03-08T16:55:09Z")
I submit there’s a BIG difference between marrying a man who’s old enough to be your father (but still looks relatively young) and banging one who’s old enough to be your grandfather.(and totally looks it). I had 30-ish girlfriends when I was 54. I might have some at 69 if I start practicing black magic right away. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/53 "2021-03-08T17:14:25Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Most notably, one of the financial backers says, “Isn’t the center of the Earth a mass of molten metal?” And the scientist says, "People think that, but we scientists know . . . " if the sentence finishes “…that the pressure keeps it solid.” they’re not wrong. Which reminds me - _2012_, with its “The neutrinos are mutating” scene. Only Dara really does it justice: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bXdBzpRDR5I/maxresdefault.jpg "Dara Ó Briain about the movie 2012") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXdBzpRDR5I) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/54 "2021-03-08T17:30:08Z")
“Disaster Movie” - 2009 It may be the most ridiculous movie I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/55 "2021-03-08T18:19:43Z")
At least the title didn’t lie, the movie was a disaster!! ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/56 "2021-03-08T19:40:51Z")
All the Will Farrell movies bit the big hairy wazoo. Honestly, he must be able to tie a knot with string with his tongue to keep getting movies with him made. There are hundreds of other Really bad movies; a lot of the Ben Gazara movies… the original (1976) “Assault on Precinct 13”… so many stinkers, so little time… ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/57 "2021-03-08T20:09:25Z")
A more or less random sample of stupid movies I have known: _Flaxy Martin_ (1949) Moronic mob lawyer Zachary Scott (who would’ve been awesome as Sinestro) pleads guilty to a murder he didn’t commit because he thinks he’ll get off. He doesn’t. _The Killer is Loose_ (1956) What can you say about a movie where Mrs. Olsen is the only intelligent character? More Folgers? _Hell’s Belles_ (1969) Big, dumb motorcycle racer has his bike stolen, so he throws rocks and does other annoying things to get it back. _Ghost in the Machine_ (1993) Serial killer with phone book fetish has his consciousness transferred into cyberspace after an MRI mishap, allowing him to menace others via control of electricity. Parts of this excessively dumb movie play like parody…but they’re not. _Cat’s Eye_ (1997) Live action, anime-based lameness features an inordinate amount of senseless and senselessly-edited action (i.e., even worse than M. Bay). _Mission to Mars_ (2000) Intelligent design propaganda automatically qualifies under any credible definition of “stupid.” _Red Planet_ (2000) Dudes are stranded on Mars, discover oxygen and are picked off by their CG-robot that’s inconveniently stuck in "predator mode.” Words fail. _Supernova_ (2000) I have successfully repressed most of this, but I do recall Lou “Rhinestone” Phillips getting naked to mind-meld with 9th dimensional matter. It is interesting to note that this, _Red Planet_ and _Mission to Mars_ were all released the same year. 2000 was a great year for horrifically stupid sci-fi movies. > [@RealityChuck](#): > > _Unknown World_ is certainly up there… As far as I’m concerned, no movie with a cyclotram can be considered all-stupid. If more films had cyclotrams, there would be fewer stupid movies. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/58 "2021-03-08T20:11:45Z")
Don’t forget about “Lavalantula” or the whole “Sharknado” series, although those were deliberately silly. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/59 "2021-03-08T20:14:17Z")
I will have to vote for Blank Man and Sister Act II. I paid to see both in theatres and both were disappointing. The Wayans Brothers did Coming to America and I’m Going to Get You Sucker, both of which I found hilarious. Blank Man, also made by the Wayans Brothers, is like that, but without any sort of humor. The first Sister Act movie had me in stitches. The second had me yawning. IIRC the only funny thing about the latter movie was a “log” of extremely hard bread. There were some near misses. I watched the first Ace Venture movie but fortunately saw reviews of the second before I saw the second one. Glad I missed that. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354/60 "2021-03-08T21:01:15Z")
I wholeheartedly agree about _Volcano_ and _The Core_, but I have to throw in _Armageddon_. The only reason I’ve seen those three is that I’m married to a crazy person who apparently has no taste in movies. That and he’ll deliberately stop on movies like these to annoy me. I swear, sometimes I hurt myself by suppressing the snark… There’s something about a really awful movie premise that still takes itself seriously. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354.md?page=4)