# Worst movie of 2013? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153 "2014-01-18T18:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [January 20, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/41 "2014-01-20T21:57:26Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > What, Robin Williams as Eisenhower didn’t work for you? It was so inspired, I’m surprised it hadn’t been done before. 😛 … Robin Williams actually made a great Theodore Roosevelt in the _Night at the Museum_ movies, I thought - both in appearance and in behavior. But he was a terrible Eisenhower - actually looked more like Truman! [http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2006\_Night\_at\_the\_Museum/006NTM\_Robin\_Williams\_023.jpg](http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2006_Night_at_the_Museum/006NTM_Robin_Williams_023.jpg) [http://www.empireonline.com/images/uploaded/lee-daniels-robin-williams-dwight-d-eisenhower.jpg](http://www.empireonline.com/images/uploaded/lee-daniels-robin-williams-dwight-d-eisenhower.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/42 "2014-01-21T01:51:44Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I kinda forgot about The World’s End. I had such high hopes going into that movie but I was very disappointed. It wasn’t BAD, it just wasn’t nearly as funny or as good as Hot Fuzz. The World’s End had _ideas_ for about three good movies, but they were all just mixed in together with no time to do any of them justice. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/43 "2014-01-21T04:36:37Z")
I find it very difficult to pick just one film. I’d very much like to specify a number of films. There were so many stinkers. But I’d have to plan a list first before posting. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/44 "2014-01-21T04:47:00Z")
> [@Roundabout](#): > > World War Z. > > Probably the most poorly edited film of the year, and a waste of the source material. Oh. This was indeed a terrible film. It’s very hard to understand how and why someone would spend so much money (actually “waste” more money would be more accurate) paying so many talented people to make such a turkey. Holy Shit! So many better things to do with all that money. Zombie movies are a very interesting topic and probably deserve a thread of their own. Maybe more than just one. But this film had nothing useful to contribute. There was one movie (sorry I forget the name - but it may have had the word “warm” in the title as in “warm blooded”) that did have something useful to say. It explained how the curse of zombies could be ended. I found that very interesting because if it was ever possible that there could be such a thing as a zombie plague, it would be great to know how to put an end to it and this film actually had a suggestion that would be valuable. Aside from listing any specific films, I think it would be most useful to just list some of the interesting items that could be discussed about zombies. I used to think they were all out to lunch. But then I saw … Dawn of the Dead [Dawn of the Dead (2004) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363547/) and Zombieland [Zombieland (2009) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156398/) They were both very pleasant surprises. Zombieland was just extremely well done. It was an excellent comedy. Woody Harrelson was terrific. I never imagined such a funny movie could ever be made about zombies. I had previously considered zombies to be a completelly stupid subject. Dawn of the Dead was an ordinary zombie move. But it was just very well done and the characters were actually very interesting. Sarah Polley did a great job (just as she usually does) and it left me surprised again that such a good film could ever be made about zombies. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/45 "2014-01-21T05:06:33Z")
**Lazlo Hapsburg** - You’re thinking of “[Warm Bodies](http://warmbodiesmovie.com/)” - and yeah - it’s a great (if different) zombie film. I personally liked WWZ - and I have read the book as well - certainly things could have been done better, but I still enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/46 "2014-01-21T05:08:37Z")
Warm Bodies. Funnier and not as teenyboppery as I thought. Pretty decent, sappy sometimes. Zombieland is of course one of the better ones from the last few years. Woody playing himself (less pot), Emma Stone hurts exactly nothing, and not-Michael Cera is better than is-Michael Cera. I also appreciate them lowering public ignorance by dispelling the Twinkie myth. There are so many zombie movies that you have to be selective. If I see something along the lines of “George Romero’s…” I can safely ignore it. His older stuff is fine, and I don’t think I’ve actually seen the new _Dawn_ all the way though, but his movies have been some real stinking corpses lately. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/47 "2014-01-21T07:45:11Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Warm Bodies. Funnier and not as teenyboppery as I thought. Pretty decent, sappy sometimes. Zombieland is of course one of the better ones from the last few years. Woody playing himself (less pot), Emma Stone hurts exactly nothing, and not-Michael Cera is better than is-Michael Cera. I also appreciate them lowering public ignorance by dispelling the Twinkie myth. > > There are so many zombie movies that you have to be selective. If I see something along the lines of “George Romero’s…” I can safely ignore it. His older stuff is fine, and I don’t think I’ve actually seen the new _Dawn_ all the way though, but his movies have been some real stinking corpses lately. The one star you didn’t mention was Bill Murray. Wasn’t he great? I’ll never forget that line that Emma Stone said about him and her funny bone. Excuse me. But I seem to have forgotten it just now. It’ll come back to me. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/48 "2014-01-21T08:39:04Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > The one star you didn’t mention was Bill Murray. Wasn’t he great? I’ll never forget that line that Emma Stone said about him and her funny bone. Excuse me. But I seem to have forgotten it just now. It’ll come back to me. > > :smack: Spoilers! Also that part felt a little forced. I am a big fan of actors playing themselves, Woody’s gushing felt a bit strong. But I’m also a fan of actors being willing to insult/kill themselves, so… ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/49 "2014-01-21T13:32:44Z")
I really wanted to say _Moonrise Kingdom_, but a) I didn’t see it, and b) turns out it was released in 2012. So, I’ll have to go with _Gangster Squad_. Very derivative – even as an homage, it’s been done many times, and much better – but it wasn’t _that_ bad. I think the art direction/production design should even get an Oscar nomination. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/50 "2014-01-21T13:58:24Z")
I’m actually sorry **Grown-Ups 2** came out so bad. It’s not that I like it – I haven’t even seen it – but part of it was filmed at Stackpole Field, where my daughter MilliCal plays goalie for her high school’s field hockey team. I gotta go see it, even if on DVD, just to see those scenes. **Ted** already gave me the mini-golf on Route 1 (also in our town), featuring the Giant Fluorescent Orange T. Rex (with fluorescent green eyes) during the opening credits. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/51 "2014-01-21T14:12:07Z")
I’m calling it a tie between _Olympus Has Fallen_ and _Sharknado_. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/52 "2014-01-21T14:26:04Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m calling it a tie between _Olympus Has Fallen_ and _Sharknado_. Olympus Has Fallen was a pretty good flick. And Sharknado doesn’t qualify as it wasn’t a theatrical release. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/53 "2014-01-21T14:30:01Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Olympus Has Fallen was a pretty good flick. And Sharknado doesn’t qualify as it wasn’t a theatrical release. OHF was terrible. Sharknado I counted because it was on the linked list in post #4. Also, the OP didn’t specify “theatrical release”. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/54 "2014-01-21T14:35:10Z")
I think the only reason\* Olympus has Fallen\* is getting so many votes is that no one else saw _White House Down_ and that was a requirement for the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/55 "2014-01-21T14:48:43Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > Oh. This was indeed a terrible film. It’s very hard to understand how and why someone would spend so much money (actually “waste” more money would be more accurate) paying so many talented people to make such a turkey. To use the cast so poorly really disappointed me. This was the first time I could recall Brad Pitt sleepwalking through a performance. I think Matthew Fox was also in the movie, but his screentime was so short that it’s puzzling why they brought him in in the first place. > [@](#): > > There was one movie (sorry I forget the name - but it may have had the word “warm” in the title as in “warm blooded”) that did have something useful to say. It explained how the curse of zombies could be ended. I found that very interesting because if it was ever possible that there could be such a thing as a zombie plague, it would be great to know how to put an end to it and this film actually had a suggestion that would be valuable. Warm Bodies, maybe? I think that came out last year. > [@](#): > > Zombieland was just extremely well done. It was an excellent comedy. Woody Harrelson was terrific. I never imagined such a funny movie could ever be made about zombies. I had previously considered zombies to be a completelly stupid subject. Absolutely. Woody Harrelson steals every scene he’s in. > [@](#): > > Dawn of the Dead was an ordinary zombie move. But it was just very well done and the characters were actually very interesting. Sarah Polley did a great job (just as she usually does) and it left me surprised again that such a good film could ever be made about zombies. I much prefer Romero’s original Dawn, but the remake wasn’t half bad. It’s probably Zack Snyder’s best film next to Watchmen. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/56 "2014-01-21T15:11:48Z")
I must have less descriminating taste than most of the posters here. I enjoyed Elysium, World War Z, Star Trek, GI Joe Retaliation, Wolverine, The World’s End, and some of the others mentioned. Maybe some weren’t great movies, but I didn’t hate any of them, and wouldn’t call any the worst movie of 2013. Did anyone see Machete Kills? Now \*that \*would be a valid contender for worst movie. I saw two movies where the White House was attacked, and one of them was much worse than the other; can’t remember which was which, though, so maybe I agree with the people saying Olympus has Fallen was the worst movie of 2013, and maybe I don’t. The Last Stand was also a bad movie. Not _worst of 2013_ bad, but bad. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/57 "2014-01-21T17:01:06Z")
I, too, loved _Zombieland_. > [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > …I saw two movies where the White House was attacked, and one of them was much worse than the other; can’t remember which was which, though, so maybe I agree with the people saying Olympus has Fallen was the worst movie of 2013, and maybe I don’t… Was it the one with Jamie Foxx as President? Because that was \*White House Down. \* ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/58 "2014-01-21T17:12:59Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > OHF was terrible. I don’t agree. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/59 "2014-01-21T17:20:49Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > descriminating Goddamn it, brain. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/60 "2014-01-21T17:32:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It has to be one you actually sat through, mind you. I kind of assume Movie 43 was the worst movie, but I have not seen it an never will. > > For me, it was Die Hard 5, which was a gigantic step downwards and the worst of the series. And this is coming from a guy who thought Die Hard 4 was great. > > It’s boring, nonsensical, very hard to follow, and completely forgettable. It’s a mess from the beginning and has nothing redeeming about it. I don’t even think Bruce Willis is playing the same character in this one. > > What was yours? I didn’t see a ton of movies this past year, but yeah. What you said. Maybe it’s difficult to be objective, being a fan of the franchise, but _A Good Day To Die Hard_ definitely sends it out not with a bang, but with a whimper. I loved all 4 of the other ones, for the record. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153.md?page=4)