# What's the worst movie you have ever seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872 "2002-05-19T23:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/41 "2002-05-20T06:14:27Z")
Just dropping in to put in another vote for “Highlander II”. Worst. Movie. **EVER.** As one of my friends (a Highlander fan) said, “It was as if they looked at the movie poster and then made a movie about what they _thought_ the movie should be about.” If that makes sense. It probably makes about as much sense as the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/42 "2002-05-20T06:39:50Z")
**Johnny Suede** , 1991. Brad Pitt before he became famous. Supposed to be about “the struggles of an aspiring , clueless & unknown pop star” (says IMDB), and billed as “hip” and “refreshing”. I don’t know what those reviewers were smoking. Abysmal acting, plot difficult to follow. And a horrific hairdo–he looked like a blonde Smurf! 🙂 Positively painful to watch. There’ve been other movies that I’ve thought, at the time, would make good runners up for the title of Worst Movie Ever, but I always forget them later. This is the only one of the bad movies that I can remember that I haven’t seen MST3K’d. Ought to be, though. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/43 "2002-05-20T06:43:31Z")
Dune and POTA II was pretty bad. THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE was also pretty convoluted. ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/44 "2002-05-20T06:45:39Z")
**Johnny Suede** , 1991. Brad Pitt before he became famous. Supposed to be about “the struggles of an aspiring , clueless & unknown pop star” (says IMDB), and billed as “hip” and “refreshing”. I don’t know what those reviewers were smoking. Abysmal acting, plot difficult to follow. And a horrific hairdo–he looked like a blonde Smurf! 🙂 Positively painful to watch. There’ve been other movies that I’ve thought, at the time, would make good runners up for the title of Worst Movie Ever, but I always forget them later. This is the only one of the bad movies that I can remember that I haven’t seen MST3K’d. Ought to be, though. ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/45 "2002-05-20T06:56:55Z")
**Johnny Suede** , 1991. Brad Pitt before he became famous. Supposed to be about “the struggles of an aspiring , clueless & unknown pop star” (says IMDB), and billed as “hip” and “refreshing”. I don’t know what those reviewers were smoking. Abysmal acting, plot difficult to follow. And a horrific hairdo–he looked like a blonde Smurf! 🙂 Positively painful to watch. There’ve been other movies that I’ve thought, at the time, would make good runners up for the title of Worst Movie Ever, but I always forget them later. This is the only one of the bad movies that I can remember that I haven’t seen MST3K’d. Ought to be, though. ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/46 "2002-05-20T07:01:31Z")
GAAAHHH!!! Sigh, the board froze up, and impatient me pressed the Submit button way too many times…at least it’ll pad my post count, which needs it. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/47 "2002-05-20T07:10:59Z")
**Titanic** , **Titanic** , **Titanic** , **Moulin Rouge** , **Mission Impossible 2** …there’s more. Barf-o-rama. ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/48 "2002-05-20T07:20:07Z")
Titanic Both of the American Pie movies Save the last dance Man on the moon ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/49 "2002-05-20T07:31:30Z")
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/50 "2002-05-20T08:04:45Z")
Yeah, Armageddon was bad, but Highlander II was **worse**. That’s because it’s the: Worst. Movie. **EVER.** ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/51 "2002-05-20T09:32:07Z")
For me, it’s a tie between Tommy Kirk’s “Pajama Party” and “Manos: The hands of Fate” One has Don Rickles playing a grumpy Martian…the other is, well, “Manos”. What more is there to say? Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![Dieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dieter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dieter)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/52 "2002-05-20T09:51:36Z")
**AI** : I wanted to kick Steven Speilberg in the nuts after sitting though _most_ of that dog. It even took me 3 sittings to make it though because I kept falling asleep. But everyone kept saying what a GREAT movie it was I wanted to see what the hub-bub was all about. I didn’t feel it. I thought that movie was down right bad playhouse. **Freddy got fingered** : Pretty stupid as well. not QUITE as bad as AI because Tom Green can act better then the “I see dead people” kid. **Planet of the Apes** : The new one. Normally I like Tim’s movies but I don’t know what happened on this film. **Purple Rain** : Because of this movie, we now know why his name isn’t “the _actor_ formerly known as Prince”. **Little Nicky** : OH-MY-GOD! Adam needs a kick in the nuts for this film as well. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/53 "2002-05-20T10:12:10Z")
I’ll limit myself to movies that I actually watched all the way through. So _Armageddon_ is out. I tried to watch parts of it twice and couldn’t pay attention to it. _The Fan_ - That DeNiro/Snipes stalker piece of crap. It gave me a headache watching it. _South Of Heaven, West Of Hell_ - A western starring, written, and directed by Dwight Yoakam, with lots of otherwise decent actors improving their dialogue and chewing much scenery. I’m not entirely sure there was a real script, just a few scenes strung together, followed by lots of padding. _Howard The Duck_ - What was Lucas thinking? The only time I wanted to walk out of a theater, but couldn’t because I was with my family. I couldn’t get that damn song out of my head for a week! Grrrrrrr! ---
**Author:** ![G.I.J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@G.I.J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.I.J)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/54 "2002-05-20T12:09:32Z")
Battlefield Earth, no contest. With most bad movies you can say “Well, at least it ended”, but with this, the fact that it ended means that it had to start. This movie defies logic in it’s awfulness, never before have I seen a larger waste of time, money and film. A horrible abyss of pain and suffering. John Travlota should be ashamed of himself, and everyone else who worked on this nightmare should be crucified for all to see. No other movie has made me want to simultaneously claw my eyes out, gnaw off my testicles and preform a self-disembowling. Oh, Austin Powers 2 comes in as a close second, man that movie sucked. ---
**Author:** ![MrO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@MrO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrO)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/55 "2002-05-20T12:55:31Z")
The only movie I remember walking out of was **Charlie’s Angels** , but I’ll admit that it was never intended to be a cinematic masterpiece. It was just an excuse to have 3 women in tight clothes doing exciting things, and 2 of the women were even pretty. (Drew Barrymore is not.) But I was in a serious mood that day, and I just couldn’t stomach the stupidity of it. The worst movie I ever saw that was _supposed_ to be a good movie was **Titanic**. It had not one quality I look for in a movie–no appealing characters, no actors or actresses I enjoy looking at, no surprises in the story line, no provocation of thought, no new perspectives on life, no unusual camera work. And it was too long. I sat through it only to avoid offending my friends. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/56 "2002-05-20T13:20:10Z")
Ahhh, you people don’t know what you’re talking about. Most of the movies listed here have adequate technical features. The quality of the cinematography is crisp, the sound is clear, the film is edited in a way that makes sense. Even Ed Wood’s _ouevre_ is competant in that regard. You wanna see bad films? Watch the Larry Buchanan films of the 1960s that are _remakes_ of bad 1950s monster films, only with less competance. **Creature of Destructi8on** , **Zontar, the Thing from Venus** , and **The Attack of the Eye Creatures** (the only one to make it to MST3K). And there’s **Tales from the Past** , a movie so ad that it isn’t even listed on the IMDB under that name. Has John Carradine, though, who will apparently appear in anything. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/57 "2002-05-20T13:25:29Z")
A.I. was pitiful to me. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/58 "2002-05-20T13:49:37Z")
**Tales from the Past** was apparently originally **Dr. Terror’s Gallery of Horrors** (not to be confused with the competant film **Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors** ), but the IMDB doesn’t list my title: [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0062193](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0062193) Easily the most inept horror anthology movie I’ve ever seen (and that’s saying a _lot_). ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/59 "2002-05-20T13:55:02Z")
I also thought **Highlander II** was the [/comic book guy] worst movie ever, till I saw **Star Trek 5**. At least William Shatner doesn’t entirely think he’s God, as he had somebody else portray Him, but that movie _stuuuuuuuuunk_. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872/60 "2002-05-20T13:59:18Z")
Some of these choices are just incomprehensible. Y’all need to get out and see a few more movies if you think such admitted dreck as **Mission Impossible** or **American Pie** are the worst movies you have ever seen. I will divide the true worst into four categories for the reading public. 1. So Bad It’s funny **Glen or Glenda** already mentioned and a treasured favorite of mine. The touching thing is that dear Ed Wood uses this film to convey a very important message. Cross dressing doesn’t mean you are gay. Unfortunately herds of buffalo, random explosions and a decrepit Bela Lugosi interfere. 2. Horridly Pretensious **The Thin Red Line** - I remain convinced that no one actually enjoyed this movie. They praise it because they were supposed to see its greatness (trust me it doesn’t exist). The scene with John Travolta wearing the tiny hat perched on his huge head is priceless. 3. Unwatchable **Battlefield Earth** - There is nothing of entertainment value in this film. The entire movie is shot at an angle so the characters are permanently tilted. A bizzare waste of film. 4. Overall worst of all time **The Island of Dr. Moreau** - Brando must retire. Apparently it was his artistic choice to wear a nun’s wimple and a pail on his head. He is an utter embarassment to himself and the film industry. Not to be outdone Fairuza Balk gives the worst performance ever by an actress. She plays a half woman half cat with a glazed look reminiscent of Nicholson in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” post lobotomy. A stunningly even triumphantly awful film. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-have-ever-seen/109872.md?page=4)