# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/121 "2023-06-19T15:27:10Z")
Aliens is a special case in that I consider _Alien_ to be one of the best movies of all time. _Aliens_ was pretty good and every movie thereafter has been an exercise in managing disappointment. ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/122 "2023-06-19T15:31:29Z")
I thought Ghostbusters II hit the bottom until I saw the 2016 remake. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/123 "2023-06-19T15:38:42Z")
Just remembered National Lampoon’s bridge too far: **Vegas Vacation**. Horrible movie with awful performances by all involved. Not funny in any way whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/124 "2023-06-19T16:03:44Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I wonder how many hated movies come from a mismatch between expectations and reality. Like when you’re really hoping for a positive outcome and your dreams are dashed upon the craggy shores of bad cinema. Sometimes? I walked into _Bicentennial Man_ expecting a comedy because the advertisements sold it to me as a comedy. I’m not arguing it’s a good movie or anything, but I probably judged it a bit harsher than I would have had I not thought it was a comedy. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/125 "2023-06-19T17:00:23Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I detest **Love, Actually** with all my being, except for the few scenes with Bill Nighy. People have gifted it to me, assuming I’d love it as much as they do. Actually, no. Absolutely agree. I fucking hate that movie. My offerings: 1941 Brazil ---
**Author:** ![mjmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/126 "2023-06-19T17:21:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Just remembered National Lampoon’s bridge too far: **Vegas Vacation**. Horrible movie with awful performances by all involved. Not funny in any way whatsoever. Vegas Vacation is the only Vacation movie that I like. All the others I can’t watch for more than 10 minutes. I think there is just less of Chevy Chase being Chevy Chase in Vegas Vacation, with longer story lines for each of other family members. ---
**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 19, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/127 "2023-06-19T18:13:47Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I thought Ghostbusters II hit the bottom until I saw the 2016 remake. Afterlife was terrible, too. It was weird how all the ghostbusters just showed up at the end in their gear and with their car. It was a terrible movie. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/128 "2023-06-19T19:35:10Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > _Blair Witch Project._ Goddammit! I _still_ want my money back! Yeah, I got spared from seeing that by a warning from one of my friends. For me, it was _Project X_, with Matthew Broderick- who I like as an actor. Schmaltz, and too damn predictable. One of the few films I have walked out of. There was also _Sucker Punch_, which was the most depressing film ever- not to mention _Bridge to Terabithia_, both of whose ad campaigns and trail gave no hint of the depression and sadness. I hate lying. Mind you “Bridge” wasnt bad, but it was deceiving. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Nor do the second and third _Pirates of the Caribbean_ movies, or Peter Jackson’s _The Hobbit_ movies. All of which I liked. And I liked the Directors cut of Highlander 2. Those are just good but not great films that did not live up to the super high expectations. > [@dorvann](#): > > Howard The Duck Truly a bad film that was meant to be a big film. I cant count films that were as cheap B films, like Plan 9 from Outer Space. > [@dorvann](#): > > As a Trekkie I actually **liked** Star Trek V: The Final Frontier It was…okay. Not good but hardly horrible. > [@RealityChuck](#): > > As I have mentioned many times on this board, _Alien_. Stupid people doing the stupidest things possible in the stupidest way possible just to provide cheap jump scares. I agree, but my issue is that it wasnt billed as a Horror film, which it was. It was not a Science Fiction film. > [@Jaycat.again](#): > > Dirty Dancing is the worst film I’ve ever seen. The great Music makes it out of the zero stars category. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > _Take Starship Troopers_. [please] The fake commercias were kinda cool. But yeah. > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’m still recovering from **Swiss Army Man.** I read the Wiki plot rendition, and I am reeling with horror and nausea. > [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Unfortunately, nobody has EVER done a good movie of a Heinlein book. They have- _Destination Moon_. Yeah, it is dated, but it is really not bad at all. I have not seen- _The Door Into Summer_ (Japanese title: 夏への扉 キミのいる未来へ _Natsu e no Tobira: Kimi no Iru Mirai e_ ). I wonder if it is decent? > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Stupid. Yes Alien was. Also I hated the special magic acid the creature had in it’s blood. > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I wonder how many hated movies come from a mismatch between expectations and reality. 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. Same with the Star wars films and the poisonous hater fanbase out there. People who love _Alien_ also are horror film fans. > [@peedin](#): > > My offerings: > > 1941 > Brazil Both have a great cast and some great moments, but yeah, they are disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/129 "2023-06-19T20:27:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The great Music makes it out of the zero stars category. That’s why God made record players (and [45 rpm insert](https://www.ebay.com/itm/152602897274?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-213727-13078-0&mkcid=2&itemid=152602897274&targetid=4580496732614414&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=418233788&mkgroupid=1230353745471221&rlsatarget=pla-4580496732614414&abcId=9300542&merchantid=51291)s). ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/130 "2023-06-19T20:45:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Afterlife was terrible, too. It was weird how all the ghostbusters just showed up at the end in their gear and with their car. It was a terrible movie. Never watched the whole thing. What I saw didn’t look like it would get any better. Your assessment might even be charitable. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/131 "2023-06-19T21:00:50Z")
> [@mjmartin](#): > > Vegas Vacation is the only Vacation movie that I like. All the others I can’t watch for more than 10 minutes. The original Vacation was fine. It was different and Chase did a decent job. Euro Vacation was much less so. Christmas Vacation still makes me laugh. And they all _are_ vehicles designed around Chase, after all. But Vegas was writers saying “Let’s take what was amusing 20 years ago and wring all the funny out of it, then leave it on the sidewalk for people to step in.” YMMV ---
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> [@RealityChuck](#): > > And there are the little things. Smoking on a spaceship? It’s not as though air is in short supply. 🙄 FWIW, smoking was allowed on submerged U.S. Navy submarines for decades until it was finally banned in 2010. When it was still allowed, I remember the smokers complaining if we let the oxygen levels get too low, because they then had trouble lighting their cigarettes. 😉 (By the ‘90s, smoking was confined to the lower level engine room on my submarine, but back in the ‘80s it was allowed anywhere on board.) ---
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Trying to think of the last movie I walked out on. Probably _ **Slumdog Millionaire** _ (2008). It’s torture porn and not fit for viewing by anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/134 "2023-06-19T21:31:51Z")
There is but one King Kong, and that’s the original. The rest I detest equally, but especially the Peter Jackson extravaganza. Bloated bunch of shit. ---
**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 19, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/135 "2023-06-19T21:44:51Z")
_Saturday Night Fever_ was Oscar material compared to _Staying Alive_. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/136 "2023-06-19T22:21:09Z")
I had heard critical raves about “Snowpiercer”, and saw it on DVD. Or the first 10 minutes or so, anyway. I made it just a little farther into “Boyhood” before I decided I just didn’t like the characters enough to want to know what would happen to them next. ---
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I finally saw it about 5 years ago. It wasn’t the worst movie I’ve ever seen, but it ranks up there. Freak dancing in 1963? Yeah, right. The “Classic” status, that I DEFINITELY didn’t get. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653/138 "2023-06-19T22:30:23Z")
I was in a local art movie club back in the 1990s, and the one movie that got more hate than anything else we showed put together was a 3-hour (by all accounts; I haven’t seen it) borefest called “Celine and Julie Go Boating.” “Crumb”, the documentary about the cartoonist, was a very distant second. I have seen “Crumb” and liked it as much as one could like a movie about such incredibly dysfunctional people. ---
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> [@robby](#): > > > [@RealityChuck](#): > > > > And there are the little things. Smoking on a spaceship? It’s not as though air is in short supply. 🙄 > > FWIW, smoking was allowed on submerged U.S. Navy submarines for decades until it was finally banned in 2010. > > When it was still allowed, I remember the smokers complaining if we let the oxygen levels get too low, because they then had trouble lighting their cigarettes. 😉 > > (By the ‘90s, smoking was confined to the lower level engine room on my submarine, but back in the ‘80s it was allowed anywhere on board.) True, but a submarine could easily get more air. A spaceship couldn’t surface into an oxygen environment. ---
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> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@RealityChuck](#): > > > > As I have mentioned many times on this board, _Alien_. Stupid people doing the stupidest things possible in the stupidest way possible just to provide cheap jump scares. > > I agree, but my issue is that it wasnt billed as a Horror film, which it was. It was not a Science Fiction film. Baird Searles, who reviewed all SF films of the era for _Fantasy and Science Fiction_ (easier to do back then), refused to review it, calling it a haunted house film, not science fiction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-absolute-most-hated-movies-of-all-time-your-zero-stars-movies/985653.md?page=8)