# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/321 "2023-06-28T01:05:34Z")
I enjoyed that book also! Is that the one where he mentions the Brown Bunny, or disses Deuce Bigalo? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/322 "2023-06-28T01:08:51Z")
Thanks Mahaloth! I like seeing which movies people liked, that he hated. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/323 "2023-06-28T01:15:05Z")
So far he pretty much is on the nose. After I finish this book I’ll be reading his other two collections of bad reviews, _This Movie Sucks_ and _A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length_. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/324 "2023-06-28T01:19:52Z")
Wow! I guess he hated a fair amount of movies. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/325 "2023-06-28T01:21:57Z")
Sturgeon’s Law- 90% of everything is crap. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/326 "2023-06-28T01:33:40Z")
That’s a lot of crap. Was he a bit of a pessimist? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/327 "2023-06-28T01:40:33Z")
Not really. For instance, he loved the b-movie _Critters_ because it accomplished what the director intended, but he hated _Critters 2_ because it was a studio’s attempt to make some cheap bucks. He loved schlock just as much as the next guy, but he hated studio cash-ins, incompetence, and directors and/or producers that phone it in. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/328 "2023-06-28T01:43:15Z")
Good on him. I wonder if there is a thread here for, “Movies you liked that most people and most critics hated?” ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/329 "2023-06-28T02:04:00Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Wow! I guess he hated a fair amount of movies. When you watch and write about an awful lot of movies over the course of your life, you watch and write about a lot of awful movies. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/330 "2023-06-28T02:05:41Z")
Seems like a fair assessment. ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/331 "2023-06-28T02:07:10Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > That’s a lot of crap. Was he a bit of a pessimist? Not at all. He reviewed professionally over 300 movies a year. You are just seeing a small sample of his very negative reviews. He was not overly hard on most movies. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/332 "2023-06-28T02:09:43Z")
Thanks again for the info. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/333 "2023-06-28T02:46:16Z")
I honestly don’t _hate_ any movie. There are plenty I think are crap, and wouldn’t want to watch again, but if I was with friends, and they put one on a served snacks, I would still watch with them. That said, I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned _Twister_ yet. What a moronic piece of dreck that was. * * * I’ve mentioned before that I’ve seen the worst movie ever made. So bad, filming was halted after the first half was shot, and none of it was ever released. I was the only person left in the theater at the end. (I kept thinking… It _has_ to get better…). > **[Fred Barzyk’s Snapshots: Scene 3 – WGBH Alumni Network](https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2016/05/03/fred-barzyks-snapshots-scene-3/)** > > This is the second in a series of reminiscences by Fred Barzyk, longtime WGBH producer and director. But, I didn’t even _hate_ that… ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/334 "2023-06-28T03:51:26Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > That said, I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned _Twister_ yet. What a moronic piece of dreck that was. Hey now! _Twister_ is on my list of one of those movies that if it’s on TV, you’ll watch it. In fact, at one time I taught a class about Microsoft Word, where on the final exam I showed a formatted page and had students identify parts of the page, like a bulleted list, captions, headings, and the like. The top of the page was **My Favorite Movie: _Twister_**. Then two pages later, at the end of the exam, was the bonus question: “What is your instructor’s favorite movie?” Sadly, very few people got the correct answer. BTW, Ebert gave it 2 - 1/2 stars. ---
**Author:** ![WhyKickAMooCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc29f/32.png) [@WhyKickAMooCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyKickAMooCow)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/335 "2023-06-28T12:49:34Z")
I really like Twister. It was one of the first films I saw in a cinema that used Dolby Digital Surround, and the wind effects growled and hissed and screamed from all directions. The rear channels being super effective with the new technology. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/336 "2023-06-28T13:06:51Z")
I think the inference that Rocky Horror Picture Show was for gay people seems to be much more of a problem for those making the accusation, than the people who are confident enough with their sexuality to know they’re not going to be turned instantly gay by the sight of Tim Curry in heels in a musical comedy (and not noticing Columbia, Magenta and of course Janet). I find things like Love Actually, or Hair much more of an indicator that someone liking it is gay as is love of general showtunes. (name four songs from South Pacific test of being not gay). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/337 "2023-06-28T13:16:03Z")
When Rocky Horror Picture Show was first a thing, my friend Andy would go every week to the King’s Court Theater in Oakland to participate. He described the experience to me and I found it totally unappealing. Never seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/338 "2023-06-28T14:18:26Z")
**World War Z** pissed me off. I love Brad Pitt. He’s done some great movies. The book was outstanding (particularly for such an inherently stupid concept as a zombie apocalypse). But they turned it into a stupid action flick “because that’s where the money is and we need an excuse to have Brad Pitt run around fighting zombies”. Now this book will never be made into the movie it could have been. Ruined it. And I still haven’t forgiven Brad Pitt. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/339 "2023-06-28T14:24:02Z")
Since you like _Twister_ you should change your user name to **WhyKickAFlyingCow** ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/340 "2023-06-28T14:34:05Z")
I found _Rocky Horror_ amusing but not particularly groundbreaking in the late 1970s. I was in the process of coming out as a hetero femme. Neither bisexuality nor transsexuality seemed very cutting-edge to me. Now if Magenta had seduced Brad, and shown him he was built to be done unto, that would have been more innovative, or if Frank-n-Furter had been cast as a seductive “do me” reactive instead of a sexual aggressor and invoked the interest of Brad and Janet _that_ way, that would have hit me in a more pleasurable way. Male seducers, trans and bi, YAWWWWN but cutely done. Oh, I didn’t care for the hostility towards Janet. She hadn’t done anything to deserve it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653.md?page=18)