Oh! You have such good taste! I like to compliment you on your good taste!
Movies that I was looking forward to, but turned out bad, bad bad (I think this will exclude crapfests like Grown Ups 2, which no one expected to be good):
Star Trek: Into Darkness (I didn;t much care for the first re-boot, but this one was Drek, not trek)
Gangster Squad (wow, that Director sure loves smoking, doesn’t he? )
I enjoyed RIPD, but it was hardly Oscar fare, I admit. Oz the Great and Powerful, Die Hard & Lone Ranger all had moments, but weren’t as good as I hoped.
Oz was supposed to be a children’s movie right? But it felt like it was trying to appeal to adults. I hated it.
I’ve seen most of the movies mentioned in this thread and one thing that they all seem to have in common is that they are ok until about 75% of the way in. And then they fall apart.
Wolverine: holy crap I don’t think I’ve ever felt more more uncomfortable watching a love scene. They had zero chemistry.
And the idea that Jean is his soul mate just waiting for him to die is stupid. Where is Scott in that?
I had completely forgotten about Oz - that was utterly bad as well - as was that “haunted house” spoof from the wayan’s - I think I have a new list.
“The Heat” and “Elysium” I waited for netFlix - I actually paid to see Oz and the Haunted house spoof - and was excited to leave the theater both times.
Likewise. Thanks.
Amazingly enough, this is 83% at RT (and 85% with top critics). And indeed it was absolutely awful.
Maybe not in the “official” running for worst movie, but a top contender for greatest disparity between reviews and the actual movie.
What were these critics smoking? Oh, … yeah.
The Lifeguard with Kristen Bell. I was bored chitless.
Why? I mean, it was juvenile and stupid, but in fairness it was trying to be. The movie set out to be a stoner comedy, and that it was, and a pretty good one.
To use my own example, “Elysium” set out to be an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction thriller, but it was not exciting, thought-provoking, or thrilling. The only really good action scene was halfway through the film and after that it just fell apart. It was a failure at what it set out to do.
I will now. No DVD-releases or crappy TV movies. Those are kind of made to be bad. I could rent a Steven Seagal movie tomorrow that would be the worst of the year, but theatrical releases are at least attempts to make good movies.
I have not seen Machete Kills, but Machete(the first one) is pretty fun and funny. Segal is hilarious in that movie.
I have not seen White House Down, but if you want to remember, Olympus Has Fallen is the one where North Koreans try to take over the White House.
Here’s what I remember thinking while watching OHF: Morgan Freeman is phoning it in. Melissa Leo is overacting. And I’m fairly certain that there were numerous continuity problems, but I’m not watching it again to confirm that.
I liked it. It was Die Hard at the White House, pretty much, including some good lines (“Are there any serious questions?”).
The worst movies I’ve seen in 2013:
The Dyatlov Pass Incident AKA Devil’s Pass
After Earth
Texas Chainsaw 3D
but the worst of them all: Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D. I love Argento’s early work, and his daughter Asia is hot as hell, but holy shit this movie was a turd.
I just saw Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2.
Wow, I love the first one, but the sequel was a gigantic letdown. I would add it somewhere on my list of worst(that I’ve seen) from 2013. It lacked almost everything I loved from the original and was extremely bland and dull.
Of course, Romero had little to do with the new Dawn of the Dead. His Night, Dawn and Day are zed classics. Land and Diary are good. Survival…not so much.
12 Years a Slave. What maudlin piece of crap.
Just kidding … I haven’t even seen it yet, I just wanted to jump straight to the top of Snob Hill.
I love Rob Zombie movies and was looking forward to his latest, but my god what a horrendous piece of unwatchable garbage. Easily beating almost everything mentioned in the thread so far, and by a mile:
The Lords of Salem
Haven’t seen Movie 43 yet but I can definitely believe it’s a legitimate contender.
Of the ones I’ve seen, Pacific Rim has to rank near the bottom, along with Oblivion. As one reviewer said of the former: “At one time I would have considered PR the best movie ever made; but then I turned 12.”
I also was deeply disappointed by Pacific Rim. I very much wish he’d stayed on to direct the Hobbit movies.
I don’t know that it’s the worst, but The Guilt Trip has got to be right up there.
I saw Oblivion and, despite several plot holes, I actually liked it.
Have no fear. You are the KING of Snob Hill!