# What are you absolute most hated movies of all time? Your "zero stars" movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 17, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653 "2023-06-17T01:58:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/221 "2023-06-22T18:51:16Z")
I’ve seen and hated a lot of bad movies, but two stand out because they were highly recommended by family members (both of whom, based on these recommendations, I subsequently suspected of serious emotion instability): _The Mirror Has Two Faces_ and _A Walk in the Clouds_. I also hated Spielberg’s _Bridge of Spies_. He’s never been a subtle filmmaker, but this one just seemed to double- and triple-tap every emotional beat. I was like, Steve, we get it already. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/222 "2023-06-22T18:52:03Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’ve walked out of very few movies. _The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover_ freaked me out, about twenty minutes into it: I was a teenager who’d just gotten out of a relationship with a girl with an abusive, controlling father, and something about this movie just slotted straight into that awfulness for me, and I couldn’t stay. The movie wasn’t bad, but it was decidedly not for me. My parents walked out of three movies ever, if memory serves. They both made it to the campfire scene in _Blazing Saddles_ before bailing. With _Pulp Fiction_, my mom made it to the gimp and my dad hung in until Marvin’s head got blown off in the car. And for _TCTTHWAHL_, I doubt they made it ten minutes. Personally, I love those three (well, I’m actually kind of meh on _Pulp Fiction_, but I appreciate its iconic status). > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > _What the Bleep! Do We Know_ has a special place in my heart, a place of burning rage at its deceptive nonsense. It was required viewing for a college class, and I used the Straight Dope to help me show up at the next class loaded for bear. I lated about fifteen minutes into that one before realizing what a ridiculous piece of shit it was. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/223 "2023-06-22T18:53:49Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > > > _What the Bleep! Do We Know_ has a special place in my heart, a place of burning rage at its deceptive nonsense. It was required viewing for a college class, and I used the Straight Dope to help me show up at the next class loaded for bear. > > I lated about fifteen minutes into that one before realizing what a ridiculous piece of shit it was. My woo wife took it to heart and started writing “Infinite love and gratitude” on her water bottles. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/224 "2023-06-22T18:59:34Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > My woo wife took it to heart and started writing “Infinite love and gratitude” on her water bottles. As long as she doesn’t write “gift”, because it may be that her water speaks German. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/225 "2023-06-22T19:12:20Z")
**I, Robot** – it started out as a screenplay set in Asimov’s Robot universe (but not based on any of his stories). They bought the rights to the book and slapped the names of the characters on the ones in the film, but that doesn’t make it an adaptation. Completely wrong-headed and misses the whole point of Asimov’s stories. A worse case than _Starship Troopers_, IMHO. I still watch that film occasionally. I wish they’d made a movie from the script Harlan Ellison wrote of _I, Robot_, especially with modern CGI. That’s be a trip. **Martians, go Home!** sounds like the title of a bad Disney film, but it’s supposedly based on the Fredric Brown novel. Brown, a helluva writer of science fiction, fantasy, and mystery, has never been treated properly by Hollywood. Brown’s book displayed his wonderful sense of creativity and wit. This supposed adaptation lacks both. **Dragonheart** – you thought Sean Connery was bad in _Highlander 2_? He’s worse in this. **10,000 BC** – a truly, amazingly, stupid movie with great CGI effects. Even if you grant their stupid, uninspired premise, the film falls down on its own. By the way, there arguably IS one good film based on Heinlein – 2014’s _Predestination_, based on “All you zombies” ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/226 "2023-06-22T20:31:03Z")
I just remembered another movie I hated that was horrible . _On Deadly Ground_ A film produced, written, and directed by Steven Seagal. A self indulgent piece of crap. Though it could have been worse according to this anecdote: > Producer and director Steven Seagal filmed almost 40 minutes of footage for the environmental message at the end of this movie, and planned to use it all in the final cut. After pressure from Warner Brothers and a disastrous preview screening, where audience members booed, laughed, and made obscene gestures for the entire sequence, Seagal cut the final scene down to about seven minutes. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/227 "2023-06-22T21:28:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I kind of like _Ghostbusters II._ I really wanted to like the remake. I wanted to thumb my nose at the idiots review bombing the movie before it opened because they dared to make Ghostbusters with yucky girls. I even saw it in the theater. It was…not good. There are parts of GBII which are quite good. The 2016 remake… hmm, I think Mark Twain said it best “Fun, yes, but of a mild sort.” I didnt hate it, it wasnt bad… just not good. Mind you it did not deserve all the one star review bombing. I would give it 3 stars. I could see 2. > [@caligulathegod](#): > > Always amazed by these lists where no one is familiar with Doris Wishman, Ray Dennis Steckler, Andy Milligan but somehow the Hobbit is the worst film ever made. Yes. To fanboys maybe it was the most _disappointing_ film, but it wasnt bad. It just wasnt LotR great. I can understand the reaction, you are going expecting LotR and you dont get that level of great. > [@caligulathegod](#): > > Well, I won’t go there but I’ll add Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey as a modern nadir. Yeah, horror films can be super bad. Now we all know why Disney fights for Mickey so hard, no doubt someone has already written a cheap schlockfest with The Mouse as a slasher. 😱 > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > _What the Bleep! Do We Know_ has a special place in my heart, a place of burning rage at its deceptive nonsense. It was required viewing for a college class, Yeah, that was one big fat lie… Required??? I hope just to make fun of it, the Prof didnt take it seriously?? Speaking of Big Fat Lies- _Supersize me_ by a big fat alcoholic liar. Who had the gall the blame his liver damage on McDs. (Mind you, I am not a McDs fan at all). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/228 "2023-06-22T21:43:36Z")
Don’t end yourself, shoot the TV. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/229 "2023-06-22T21:45:16Z")
So many bad movies listed here. [Moon in the Gutter](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085878/) - Best described by Roger Ebert - "_The Moon in the Gutter_ is a sumptuous, dazzlingly photographed melodrama that becomes, alas, relentlessly boring. " [The Man with Two Brains](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085894/) - I would rather lobotomize myself with an icepick than watch this movie again. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/230 "2023-06-22T22:26:42Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Too many. Look, the three Hobbit films suffered mostly from a coming after the **greatest fantasy film trilogy ever** , and from Jackson being forced to make it into a trilogy, which meant padding- and bad out of place padding at that. Still, the first film is pretty good, with a great cast. And the next two have some great moments. Was I disappointed? Yes. But did I hate them? No. Jackson may have been forced to take three movies, but nobody forced him to make each one three hours long. The padding’s on him. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/231 "2023-06-22T22:38:19Z")
From all I’ve heard about the conditions and constraints that Peter Jackson was under when making the _Hobbit_ movies (example: [video: “Peter Jackson Says He ‘Winged It’ on THE HOBBIT”](https://youtu.be/20vA9U7J2qQ)), I’m a bit surprised they turned out as well as they did. There’s a lot wrong with them, but they could have been a lot worse. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/232 "2023-06-22T22:53:18Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > There is but one King Kong, and that’s the original. Amen. (pause) I don’t know whether or not it was a good movie, but the only film I’ve ever walked out on was **Excalibur** (1981). No other film has ever bored me as much. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/233 "2023-06-22T22:56:03Z")
I had a similar experience with “The Color Purple.” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/234 "2023-06-22T22:59:49Z")
I’ve never seen “The Cook…” but I do remember how it received almost universal critical acclaim, and the one person I have encountered who said he liked it was, ahem, a bit strange." I heard that “Whiplash” was very good, but not an easy watch. I’m sorry, I don’t care how good the acting, etc. was, the characters were all so unlikable, I shut it off within about 10 minutes. And I refuse to see anything Quentin Tarantino made, ever since seeing “Pulp Fiction” in the theater. Yes, I finished it, and yes, I wanted to take a Hazmat-quality shower afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/235 "2023-06-22T23:01:06Z")
Even before MST3K debuted, I was at a party where we gave “North By Northwest” a comparable treatment. I also think “Blazing Saddles” is stupid, although I can understand why other people like it. Not for me, and I love satire. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/236 "2023-06-22T23:05:16Z")
Boring? Let’s talk about Midnight in the Garden of Slow and Boring Movies. My god. Glaciers are speedy by comparison. Hated that movie! > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > And I refuse to see anything Quentin Tarantino made, ever since seeing “Pulp Fiction” in the theater. Yes, I finished it, and yes, I wanted to take a Hazmat-quality shower afterwards. You _really_ don’t wanna sit through **Hateful Eight** then. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/237 "2023-06-22T23:10:33Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > In fairness, _Batman: The Animated Series_ had better plotting and dialogue than most movies or TV shows. Truth. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/238 "2023-06-22T23:17:57Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > You _really_ don’t wanna sit through **Hateful Eight** then. I love Tarantino, and I hated this movie. _Django Unchained_, too. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/239 "2023-06-22T23:19:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Dragonheart** – you thought Sean Connery was bad in _Highlander 2_? He’s worse in this. He’s not bad in Highlander 2. It’s a terrible, terrible, terrible movie, but he just does his thing. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/240 "2023-06-23T00:00:27Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [The Man with Two Brains](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085894/) - I would rather lobotomize myself with an icepick than watch this movie again. I remember watching and liking this film when I was 10 years old back in the 80s. I have a feeling if I watched it again though would be posting in the other thread about things I like as a kid that I hate as an adult. Speaking of movies I liked as a kid and hate now: _ **The Toy** _ with Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason. The film wasted both men’s comedic talent. The racist overtones of a rich man “buying” a black man went over my head as a kid. And the constant “you can’t buy friends you have to earn them” comments are forced down the viewers throat. Just horrible, horrible film. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653.md?page=13)