# What's the worst movie you ever saw? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008 "2018-04-24T01:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/201 "2018-04-25T19:22:55Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The relative quality of the Iron Man sequels strongly suggest it would not have been awesome at all. This could be the first faithful adaptation of _Starship Troopers_, and dammit, I’m willing to take that chance. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/202 "2018-04-25T19:23:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I saw it and yes, it’s amazingly awful. The mystery is how they got so many established actors to appear in it. Someone speculated that there had to be blackmail material involved. Yes, in terms of the ratio of A listers to awfulness, it may be the record holder. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/203 "2018-04-25T19:27:14Z")
Most recently, and perhaps not the ABSOLUTE worst I’ve ever seen: Under The Skin. The filmmakers did something extraordinary; they made a sci-fi horror film starring Scarlett Johannsen frequently getting naked and killing people and managed to make it boring as hell. Painful. It’s like they took two hours of B-Roll and decided to make it the movie. Here’s Scarjo staring at herself in a mirror, expressionless, for an uncomfortably long time. Here’s a long shot of the interior of a car that Scarjo just got out of. Nothing is happening. Here’s Scarjo walking along the street, nothing happening, for about five minutes. This story could have been told in a twenty minute short film. Gah. Negative stars. ---
**Author:** ![Swarfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Swarfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swarfinger)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/204 "2018-04-25T19:29:29Z")
> [@Mavis\_Topholese](#): > > “The Avengers” film with Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes is a waste of everyone’s time which just lies there stinking until Sean Connery shows up to remind us why we’re glad he isn’t in films any more. Yeah, I second that motion. I watched it when I was stuck in a hotel room and couldn’t get anything better without paying for it. The other appalling film I saw in that hotel was Gus Van Sant’s shot-for-shot remake of Psycho. Why does that film even exist? In what way does it make any contribution to human culture? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/205 "2018-04-25T19:33:53Z")
> [@Brayne\_Ded](#): > > Saw “First Knight” on TV. The usual “Hollywood takes on historical fantasy and loses it”. The costume designers had fun, though. Oddly a Knight’s Tale was much better, despite several anachronistic issues (and the protagonist choosing the wrong woman, but oh well…) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/206 "2018-04-25T19:36:42Z")
Going by the criteria of the OP? Star Trek: Beyond Worst movie ever? The problem is all the bad movies I watch all the way through are so bad they’re good. I think I’d have to pick _Treasure of the Four Crowns_. But even that had something good in it. The world’s only Swiss army sword. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/207 "2018-04-25T19:37:03Z")
No love for **The Emoji Movie**? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/208 "2018-04-25T19:37:47Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The relative quality of the Iron Man sequels strongly suggest it would not have been awesome at all. You make a point. But apparently\* they did run a quick segment of power armor vs bugs past a sample control audience and the response was "_Meh- bugs vs robots, who cares who wins?"._ Note that in most historical costume fests, even good ones, the main stars almost never wear helmets covering their faces. And in most of the Iron man films, you can see Robert Downey Jr’s face for quite a bit, even while in armor. - or so I have been told. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/209 "2018-04-25T19:39:32Z")
> [@Swarfinger](#): > > Interesting the different criteria that people are bringing to bear on this question. Some films which have been mentioned, such as Eraserhead (repeatedly), Liquid Sky, I Shot Andy Warhol, Wavelength, and Crumb are all well-respected arthouse/cult films which make no attempt to appeal to mainstream taste - I’d say that gets them off the hook, since if you didn’t know you were in for a ‘challenging’ watch when you took your seat in the cinema, you should have done. Similarly, famously bad but ironically enjoyable films such as Plan 9 From Outer Space, Spider island, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians etc. Come on, you already knew these were bad films, so complaining about them being bad just seems perverse! > > For me, a true stinker of a film is usually some big dumb stupid expensive Hollywood blockbuster that just assumes that everyone will love it, and if you don’t,well, there’s something wrong with you, not it. Since I avoid that kind of film at all costs, I find it difficult to make a nomination. I agree. Arthouse films and camp films should be exempt. Saying that _Attack of the Killer Tomatoes_ was a terrible film says more about you than that camp masterpiece film. I laughed my ass off. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/210 "2018-04-25T19:42:30Z")
I’ve never seen **Joe Vs. the Volcano** , but I remember when it came out in theaters and my friend took his girlfriend to see it. The next day he told me it was the worst movie he had ever seen. And that was before it was a “thing” to harsh on it. To this day, I’ve taken his word for it. I have two nominations, not yet mentioned in this thread: **Battle Royale 2**. The original \*\*Battle Royale \*\*is a 5-star film in my book. And I don’t hand out 5 stars like candy. Tremendously original film. I loved it. When I saw there was a sequel, I had high hopes. The sequel wasn’t just bad, but cringe-inducing. Terrible acting. Non-sensical plot. Part of it may have been that the director died early in shooting and whoever took up the reigns just botched it. Maybe. The other is **Bad Guy** , by well-respected (by many; not me) director Ki-duk Kim. Vile and reprehensible movie. I just wanted to curl up in the shower after watching it and try to cleanse my soul. Or kill myself. Many people loved it. I’m not sure if they truly liked it or just think they are \*supposed \*to because it is “edgy” and part of the “Asian Extreme” genre that has become popular. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/211 "2018-04-25T19:44:43Z")
Every time this comes up, I have to chime in with Boxing Helena. I’ve probably seen 15 minutes of movies that sucked more, but this was by far the worst movie I ever sat through to the end. I was out with a friend, and I thought maybe he was seeing something in it that I didn’t so I just sat through it. Turns out, he thought maybe I was liking it, so he just tolerated it to the end as well. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/212 "2018-04-25T19:49:02Z")
> [@zoog](#): > > Every time this comes up, I have to chime in with Boxing Helena. I’ve probably seen 15 minutes of movies that sucked more, but this was by far the worst movie I ever sat through to the end. I was out with a friend, and I thought maybe he was seeing something in it that I didn’t so I just sat through it. Turns out, he thought maybe I was liking it, so he just tolerated it to the end as well. Yeah, not only bad but sick. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/213 "2018-04-25T19:50:18Z")
Here’s one I forgot about: [Anaconda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_(film)). I only saw part of it, but it stunk so badly, I was rooting for the damn snake. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > _Blair Witch Project._ > > I’m _still_ pissed about this. :mad: I’d managed to block that one out. Ye gods, that stunk. Most of it was just plain _boring_. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/214 "2018-04-25T20:02:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > No love for **The Emoji Movie**? There is a problem - some movies are such stinkers, so obviously bad, most people steered clear, and hence aren’t in a position to claim they stunk. I can’t say **The Emoji Movie** is the worst (though by all accounts it was horrible) because I never dreamed of attempting to watch it! 😃 Ditto with _Avatar the Last Airbender_ (the movie, not the amazing TV series) or _The Dark Tower_ - I would have seen both, but was warned not to by others, and so can’t say if they were really bad or not. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/215 "2018-04-25T20:26:07Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I saw it and yes, it’s amazingly awful. The mystery is how they got so many established actors to appear in it. Someone speculated that there had to be blackmail material involved. I wondered if it was some kind of tax scam. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/216 "2018-04-25T21:13:20Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > The worst move is [The Pest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pest_(1997_film)) > > I walked out after about 20 minutes. > > For days afterward, I actually wanted to harm John Leguizamo. I generally loathe John Leguizamo. The only movie he was in that I liked was “Regarding Henry.” He played the robber who shot Harrison Ford. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/217 "2018-04-25T21:59:21Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Here’s one I forgot about: [Anaconda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_(film)). I only saw part of it, but it stunk so badly, I was rooting for the damn snake. > > I’d managed to block that one out. Ye gods, that stunk. Most of it was just plain _boring_. Aw, come on! Anaconda definitely belongs in the other thread. And I think you were \*supposed \*to root for the snake! Maybe. I dunno. But I’ll enjoy its idiocy if it comes on. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/218 "2018-04-25T22:29:58Z")
My nominees: “Traffic” They kept using different filters to “help” me keep track of where this scene was supposed to be. “Signs” Aliens who could be poisoned by water. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008/219 "2018-04-25T22:55:29Z")
Worst in a theatre: **Ghost Fever** - Pretty obscure. George Jefferson in a really bad haunted house comedy - My first exposure to Alan Smithee. At a dollar theatre on a double-bill with what I wanted to see. Worst in a regular theatre that I expected to be good: **The Burbs** - I know recently it’s started getting a cult appreciation, but damn did it suck. Walked out of a free screening: **Gothic** Bad even by Ken Russell standards - weird shit happens until Mary Shelley gets the inspiration to write “Frankenstein” (at least I think that’s what would have happened - I left during the umpteenth nonsensical scene of weird shit). Worst at home: **Hook** - I tried twice, but both times I gave up and found something better to do. Only Spielberg film I’ve started but never made it through. And this is from someone who actually enjoyed most of _The Lost World_ (velociraptor-kicking gymnastics and Vince Vaughn’s every-single-death-on-the-island-is-his-fault-but-the-script-says-he’s-the-good-guy character aside) ---
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> [@Mavis\_Topholese](#): > > “Thin Red Line” would make a great coffee table book, because it’s gorgeous. As a narrative film, however, it’s dull, largely pointless, and filled with characters that range from “thin” to “super annoying” A similar exercise in boring, offensive beauty was “What Dreams May Come”. Gorgeous but with the vile theme that suicides automatically go to Hell and a reminder that Robin Williams was out of his wheelhouse doing drama and could only do it by making it heavy-handed and mawkish. > [@terentii](#): > > I think you’re referring to _ **The Jackal** _, with Bruce Willis, which sucked, and not _ **The Day of the Jackal** _, with Edward Fox, which was excellent (almost as good as the novel). It was a lovely primer in assassination. Early in my internet years I signed into a chat with Frederick Forsyth and told him how I loved the difficulty separating the real from the fictional. “The Dogs of War” is a step-by-step manual in making a coup, and his research was so detailed and complete that there is still suspicion he was planning one in Equatorial Guinea. > **[The Dogs of War (novel)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dogs_of_War_(novel))** > > The Dogs of War (1974) is a war novel by British writer Frederick Forsyth, featuring a small group of European mercenary soldiers hired by a British industrialist to depose the government of the fictional African country of Zangaro. The story details a geologist's mineral discovery, and the preparations for the attack: soldier recruitment, training, reconnaissance, and the logistics of the coup d'état (buying weapons, transport, payment). Like most of Forsyth's work, the novel is more about th... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-ever-saw/813008.md?page=12)