# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/101 "2014-01-28T18:08:49Z")
I liked The Lone Ranger. OK! I admit it! It’s not what people would expect from a summer tent pole type movie, which is probably why I liked it. Much better than Star Trek Into Darkness. I didn’t get to see many movies this year but of the ones I did see Into Darkness was the worst. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/102 "2014-01-28T18:41:40Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Sometimes it’s general optimism, sometimes it’s liking a particular element (director, actor, topic, setting) and sometimes it’s just plain curiosity. I didn’t see The Lone Ranger but I kinda wanted to. I do like Depp and Hammer. I didn’t read any reviews but I got the vibe that it wasn’t very good which didn’t mean much to me, but the previews were horrible too. It was on my list to check out at some point, but it was SO low-priority I never got around to it before it left the theaters. Since the likelihood of me seeing something low-priority at home that I missed in the theater are practically nil, I probably will never see it. But… > > Bad reviews mean little to me. If a critic likes a film it gets put on my list, but if a critic doesn’t like a film I disregard their opinion since if I listened to critics I’d have missed some of my favorite films. Return to Oz got eviscerated when it was released and it’s one of my All-Time Favorite films. More recent movies that (while not favorites) I quite liked that are rated Rotten are Out Of The Furnace, The Book Thief, 47 Ronan, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Escape Plan, The Family and Runner, Runner (9%!! Fuck me, the Affleck hate is out of control). > > If I only saw a few movies a year in the theater I could see how a broad range of reviews, coupled with research into the story and filmmaker pedigree would be extremely important, but since I see an insane amount of movies in the theater it’s not as important. Still, there are movies I’ll see no matter what. I like Ben Affleck as an actor and as a director. I like Justin Timberlake as an actor. I’ve liked Gemma Arterton in everything I’ve seen her in. The director Brad Furman made the excellent **The Lincoln Lawyer** which brought Matthew MacConaughey back from the dead. No way was I not going to see it, no matter what the critics said. It’s wasn’t great, but I thought it was good, and it sure was a helluva lot better than 9% would indicate. Fuckers. I try to balance what the critics have said with what movie-goers have said. Also, previews are a really good indicator of crap/not-crap. Some people just hate action movies and will pan them no matter what; same with other genres. But I’m more likely to hit a theater movie with good reviews and take a chance, than to go to one that is universally panned. That’s what TV is for and I can wait 6 months or a year for it to be free. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/103 "2014-01-28T20:17:44Z")
Jack the Giant Slayer was the worst one “I saw” but after about 20 minutes into the movie I went to go pick up a friend, and that drive took me about 30 minutes. When I got back, I realized I hadn’t missed anything at all. World War Z was fantastic and was a very good adaptation of the source material. Anyone who disagrees simply didn’t understand what the book was about. World’s End was fantastic, and I loved loved loved it. I then went back and watched Hot Fuzz afterwards, and I thought Worlds End was slightly better. I also saw Sharknado in 2013, but I’m not sure if we’re counting that. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/104 "2014-01-28T23:41:04Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Jack the Giant Slayer was the worst one “I saw” but after about 20 minutes into the movie I went to go pick up a friend, and that drive took me about 30 minutes. When I got back, I realized I hadn’t missed anything at all. The guards captain had some good snarky lines. All of which were in the previews. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/105 "2014-01-29T02:36:08Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > World’s End was fantastic, and I loved loved loved it. I then went back and watched Hot Fuzz afterwards, and I thought Worlds End was slightly better. Yeah, we’ll have to agree to disagree on that one. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/106 "2014-01-29T03:12:48Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > There was a _Die Hard 5_ ??? I vaugely remember hearing about _Die Hard 4: Die Really, Really Hard_ or whatever it was called, but #5 flew completely under my radar. > > I was a bit disappointed by _Hobbit: TDoS_, but only because I didn’t know it was going to be the middle of a trilogy, and I don’t see how Peter Jackson has enough story left for a third movie, unless he’s planning to do some serious padding. Uh, out on a limb here maybe, but I get the _impression_ he is willing to do some ridiculous-to-the-point-of-idiocy padding. I had to go see Hobbit II because I am a Tolkien dork, but I had pretty low expectations after the first movie. It was surprisingly OK. I guess. Ridiculous padding expected of course. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/107 "2014-01-29T13:49:32Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Yeah, we’ll have to agree to disagree on that one. Ditto. In fact, I take back my snoboholic post and nominate _World’s End_ as the year’s worst … sort of. There are probably others mentioned here that fail harder, but this one had the most potential. I mean Simon Pegg and Nick Frost – _Hot Fuzz_, _Sean of the Dead_, even _Paul_ was funny, but this was painful to watch. I felt as sorry for Simon Pegg as I did for his character when I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/108 "2014-01-29T19:39:48Z")
> [@](#): > > World War Z was fantastic and was a very good adaptation of the source material. Anyone who disagrees simply didn’t understand what the book was about. Well then I guess the author of the book didn’t understand it either… [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-miller/world-war-z-author-says-m\_b\_3244960.html](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-miller/world-war-z-author-says-m_b_3244960.html) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/109 "2014-01-29T20:15:27Z")
> [@Roundabout](#): > > Well then I guess the author of the book didn’t understand it either… > > [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-miller/world-war-z-author-says-m\_b\_3244960.html](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-miller/world-war-z-author-says-m_b_3244960.html) He hadn’t even seen the film or read the script by that time. \*At the time of the interview he had only seen the two-minute trailer. “I cannot guarantee that the movie will be the book that they love,” Brooks said. “And I’m in no position to tell people to see this movie or not see it. If I’m asked I say: See the movie as a movie and judge it as a movie.”\* But you know, that’s Bullshit. He’s know exactly what Hollywood does to books, he even said so himself. They offered him a check, he took it. If he didn’t want them changing his story, he could have made demands or refused to sell it. The guy who wrote League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has came out with the same BS for each of his films, and was even called on it by his own collaborator. Once you take the check, it’s out of your hands. Don’t deal with the devil then try to complain afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![theR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@theR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theR)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/110 "2014-01-29T20:26:21Z")
I’m not sure if it qualifies as a 2013 movie since the international release was late 2012, but _Bullet to the Head_ was by far the worst movie I saw that had a 2013 release in the USA. It has to be one of the most action-less action movies I’ve seen. All I can remember from the movie is Stallone and Kang constantly sitting in a car and talking. I’ve seen quite a few of the bad movies mentioned so far in this thread, but this one was my pick for worst by far. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153/111 "2014-01-29T20:42:32Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > He hadn’t even seen the film or read the script by that time. > \*At the time of the interview he had only seen the two-minute trailer. > > “I cannot guarantee that the movie will be the book that they love,” Brooks said. “And I’m in no position to tell people to see this movie or not see it. If I’m asked I say: See the movie as a movie and judge it as a movie.”\* > > But you know, that’s Bullshit. He’s know exactly what Hollywood does to books, he even said so himself. They offered him a check, he took it. If he didn’t want them changing his story, he could have made demands or refused to sell it. > > The guy who wrote League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has came out with the same BS for each of his films, and was even called on it by his own collaborator. > > Once you take the check, it’s out of your hands. Don’t deal with the devil then try to complain afterwards. I’m not arguing the quality of the film, only the notion that it was somehow faithful to the book. Here’s another interview with Brooks after seeing the movie. > **[Against all odds, author Max Brooks didn't hate the World War Z movie](https://gizmodo.com/against-all-odds-author-max-brooks-didnt-hate-the-wor-848787012)** > > As we know, the World War Z book and movie share two things in common: 1) Their name, and 2) the fact they were made by carbon-based lifeforms. Yet [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-of-2013/679153.md?page=5)