# What's the worst movie you've seen recently? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680 "2011-05-12T17:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/21 "2011-05-12T19:43:29Z")
> [@Haunted\_Pasta](#): > > Despite numerous great reviews, \*A History of Violence \*got turned off about a quarter of the way through and promptly returned to Neflix last week. Just too many things were wrong with it too early on, so I got annoyed before I got engaged. Most of those wrong things were events and dialogue that just screamed “movie script” rather “something that might conceivably happen in the real world.” Scene after scene of that. > > The story was a good idea. I’ll give it that. Yeah, the script wasn’t so hot. But those were very realistic fight scenes, for the most part. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/22 "2011-05-12T19:46:33Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Then Nicholas Cage and his daughter get involved. She’s foul-mouthed, he’s an idiot, and the scene that made me turn it off and put it in the red Netflix envelope was when the little girl kills 7 or so hulking male gangsters while spewing “fuck” this and “cunt” that. > > I didn’t particularly care for where the movie was going to go after the above scene, so that was that. Usually I feel that people should watch an entire movie before passing judgment on it, but in your case, if you didn’t like that part, yeah, you weren’t going to like the rest of the film, either. I mean, I loved Kick-Ass, but I can see where it wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/23 "2011-05-12T19:49:36Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Can we nominate old movies, if we just recently saw them? > > I recently watched _Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf_ for the first time, during one of the Liz Taylor marathons after she died. Good God. > > Many films from that era are “filmed plays”, but this one took it to an extreme. There was no action at all other than a couple scenes of drunk driving. The characters just drank and nagged, and argued and drank, and none of them were the least bit likable or interesting. > > I’m sure it was very daring for 1966, but take away the dare and there wasn’t much entertainment. I saw this on stage a few months ago, and while I was focused primarily on the acting (because I went with acting class classmates), which was good overall, I agree with your overall assessment. I’m not sure why this play is still being staged. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/24 "2011-05-12T19:52:17Z")
I’ve said it before here, but I thought _Black Swan_ was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It was like being hit over the head with the same lame metaphor over and over and over and over until all I could do was laugh at how ridiculous it was. My stars and garters, that was one terrible movie. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/25 "2011-05-12T19:53:58Z")
**Burlesque**. I love movie musicals, I love Stanley Tucci, but day-um, that was a bad movie. As I said when I resurrected the thread on it here, I sure hope they paid royalties to Bob Fosse’s estate. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/26 "2011-05-12T20:01:33Z")
Does _recently_ include two years ago? If it does, the answer is Star Trek\*. ::\* shudders :: At one point I was actively rooting for the ice monsters to eat Kirk. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/27 "2011-05-12T20:28:21Z")
Watched _Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World_ last weekend. Terrible, annoying, unfunny dialogue, ADHD-moviemaking blur-cuts, every nerdy/angsty teenage movie cliche in the book, populated with every loser you’ve ever met or imagined. Two full hours of awful. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/28 "2011-05-12T20:33:58Z")
“Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift.” I hate movies about kids and teenagers. And I loved “Fast Five,” kind of. I watch “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” all the time and quote it frequently – so, perhaps my opinion is not well-founded. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/29 "2011-05-12T20:37:25Z")
_Hoodwinked Too_. The 3-D was great. But it’s one of the few movies I’ve seen that literally would have been better with the sound off. Horrid dialog, characterizations, humor, and plot. But did I mention it looked great? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/30 "2011-05-12T21:29:50Z")
While I wouldn’t call it one of the worst I’ve seen, one of the most disappointing to me that I’ve recently seen is the much lauded _The Last King of Scotland_. Silly me, I was expecting a movie about Idi Amin. I mean Oscar for Best Actor, right? Forrest Whitaker was a great Amin, but he would’ve been even better if the movie had been about **Amin!!!** Instead what I saw should’ve been called _Idi Amin’s Weasely Dumbass Friend from Scotland_. Really, when he was strung up like A Man Called Horse, I just shrugged and said, “Serves you right. Next time you fuck, don’t fuck a mad killer dictator’s wife.” I mean, come on, they only hinted at the madness of this guy’s reign. The rest of it was the cast lounging around the pool. Talk about dull. Plus the total ripoff of _A Man Called Horse_ just pissed me off. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/31 "2011-05-12T21:33:23Z")
I payed money to see “Skyline” in the theater. Still looking for someone to punch in the nuts for that waste of my time. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/32 "2011-05-12T21:35:10Z")
**Red Riding Hood**. (My current thread to that effect to be found [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=608061).) I blame myself - the fact that it was made by the director of Twilight should have raised some red flags… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/33 "2011-05-12T21:42:15Z")
Seven Pounds I was hoping for all of them to die, already. Gah… The jellyfish had all the best lines. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/34 "2011-05-12T21:51:59Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > While I wouldn’t call it one of the worst I’ve seen, one of the most disappointing to me that I’ve recently seen is the much lauded _The Last King of Scotland_. Silly me, I was expecting a movie about Idi Amin. I mean Oscar for Best Actor, right? > > Forrest Whitaker was a great Amin, but he would’ve been even better if the movie had been about **Amin!!!** Instead what I saw should’ve been called _Idi Amin’s Weasely Dumbass Friend from Scotland_. Really, when he was strung up like A Man Called Horse, I just shrugged and said, “Serves you right. Next time you fuck, don’t fuck a mad killer dictator’s wife.” > > I mean, come on, they only hinted at the madness of this guy’s reign. The rest of it was the cast lounging around the pool. Talk about dull. > > Plus the total ripoff of _A Man Called Horse_ just pissed me off. I’m sorry but Richard Harris just cant really hope to compete with Kerri Washington’s goddess butt. ---
**Author:** ![pinkyvee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@pinkyvee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkyvee)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/35 "2011-05-12T21:57:45Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > **Red Riding Hood**. (My current thread to that effect to be found [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=608061).) > > I blame myself - the fact that it was made by the director of Twilight should have raised some red flags… Ditto everything you said. Unfathomable, so very bad. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/36 "2011-05-12T21:59:52Z")
[The Prophecy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114194/). Worst recently seen and possibly even on my list of worst, ever. Not even Christopher Walken, chewing up the scenery with a bloody mouth could save it. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/37 "2011-05-12T22:04:17Z")
The remake of _Arthur._ Just yawn. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/38 "2011-05-12T22:06:25Z")
I’d have to say **Atlas Shrugged, Pt. 1**. Just didn’t do it for me. Came across as bad propaganda. J. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/39 "2011-05-12T22:12:31Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I payed money to see “Skyline” in the theater. Still looking for someone to punch in the nuts for that waste of my time. Let me know when you find him - I’ve got dibs on the next spot in line, my husband after me, and I know I’ve got at least one inlaw who’d like to join in. The first 10 or so minutes were great. Then the movie flashed back about a day and I began vehemently hating the characters and wanting them all dead, and the movie just wasn’t delivering on that fast enough. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680/40 "2011-05-12T22:24:55Z")
I Am Number Four. I hated it because it started raising my expectations and then it crashed and burned. I should have stayed with the ‘this will be crap’ mindset. It had potential to be a good story, then they threw in a contrived teenage love story and then it couldn’t decide if it wanted to be an adult action movie or Twilight. The only good parts were Number Six and Kevin Durand being his fabulous creeper self. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-youve-seen-recently/581680.md?page=3)