What was the WORST movie you've ever seen?

[BookStop]

Originally Posted by Briareus Delta

At last, someone with the anticipated protest. What, pray, was the benefit of bringing it into the mainstream, when he changed the story, changed the dialogue (and one of the great appeals of LOTR is the romantic - true sense of the word - language that Tolkien uses) and generally obliterated the soul of Tolkiens great work. It is Hollywood-isation at it's worst. Peter Jackson was presented with a precious (no pun intended) gift, and chose to squander it.

Being in the book biz, I got to see first hand how popular the books became once folks saw the movies. Schools and libraries all over the country had to order more copies because people hungered for the written versions. Fantasy, as a whole, gained a popularity boost just because folks were blown away by a story that was fading from the mainstream. Think of all the upcoming fantasy films releasing over the next couple years. It's now something everyone, not only sff afficionados, can enjoy. That to me is definitely a benefit; even someone who hates the movies surely cannot deny that.

[williamjm]

Originally Posted by Briareus Delta

Stormy, I logged on expecting my howls of protest.

Unfortunately the whole is-Jackson's-LOTR-good-or-bad has been done several million times already on the Internet. I imagine most people are a bit bored of it and have heard all the arguments already

(for the record I really liked the films, although they're certainly not perfect and I note they often were less good the more they diverged from the books)

[Briareus Delta]

Originally Posted by williamjm

Unfortunately the whole is-Jackson's-LOTR-good-or-bad has been done several million times already on the Internet. I imagine most people are a bit bored of it and have heard all the arguments already

(for the record I really liked the films, although they're certainly not perfect and I note they often were less good the more they diverged from the books)

You're probably right there, wiiliamjm, although speaking in my own defence, I am brand new to the internet anyway. But it wasn't my intention to take over this thread with the LOTR argument. So - any more really bad films out there...........?

[Teir]

Originally Posted by Memnoch

Are we a closet Disney addict Teir, lol alot of information for one who dislikes so much.

Brother Bear 2 on the way I bet your salivating with anticipation??

actually, ive never seen brother bear 1 lol ...i think we have it around somewhere *looks at stack of DVD's*...but never really wanted to see it *shrug*

And yes i Love GOOD disney , (many happy memories lol)...thats why the second ones pissed me off

[phase38]

Wrong Turn.... pathetic.

[Santeeil]

Originally Posted by phase38

Wrong Turn.... pathetic.

the best use of vests ever in a film . . . I DISAGREE WITH YOU!!

[Stormpirate]

Originally Posted by Briareus Delta

Stormy, I logged on expecting my howls of protest. You're stealing my thunder. Stormy - stealing my thunder - get it? Oh, please yourselves.....

Sorry, Briareus. I didn't mean to crush your hopes of pages of protests! I know many people who didn't like the movie, so it was kind of on par. Plus, I have this horrible habit of thinking people can have their own opinions....(I need to make more posts so I can insert smilies!)

And I fully anticipate getting many plays on my username!

[Paige Turner]

Originally Posted by Stormpirate

And I fully anticipate getting many plays on my username!

Oh! Umm… hey there, um, Pirate. That was some… storm, eh? Heh.

Help me out, here. Why are you expecting plays on your name?

[Stormpirate]

Originally Posted by Paige Turner

Oh! Umm… hey there, um, Pirate. That was some… storm, eh? Heh.

Help me out, here. Why are you expecting plays on your name?

Because of Briareus's comment on the previous page, and everyone automatically shortening my name in the Intro thread. Those aren't really plays, but it happens just about everywhere I go.

[Paige Turner]

Originally Posted by Stormpirate

Because of Briareus's comment on the previous page, and everyone automatically shortening my name in the Intro thread. Those aren't really plays, but it happens just about everywhere I go.

Okay, Stompie. Now I get it.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by Stormpirate

Because of Briareus's comment on the previous page, and everyone automatically shortening my name in the Intro thread. Those aren't really plays, but it happens just about everywhere I go.

Sorry. I keep thinking of the song "Stormy Weather" when it comes to plays on the shortened version of the name...

[Nesacat]

There's a storm and there's a pirate. By extension this means the kraken is out there somewhere too and that's always a good thing.

Sequels to Disney films have got to be the worst. And it seems there's a sequel and sequels to sequels every time I turn around.

[Huttman]

I'll admit it, I did not go through all 61 pages to see if this is a repeat thread. Forgive me if it is.
Onward...I've seen movies that were so bad they were good, but my pick for all time worst has to be Wing Commander. It had no story, bad acting and special effects that commercials blew away. My friend and I kept waiting for anything to redeem the movie before the closing credits, a cool explosion, awesome bad guy death, unnecessary gratuitous *ahem* scene or something, anything. But nothing. Most of the people in the theater left well before the end, but the few that remained left with a smile on their face when they got to hear my friend shout out "I've seen detergents that make a better film than that!" Enough said.

[Rodders]

A film that i absolutely detested was The Core. Awful, just awful. The movie adaptation of Sphere would be a pretty close contender too.

Sequels would seem to be a rich area of bad movie making with Robocop 3 and the Starship Troopers sequels coming to mind.

[Dozmonic]

Prince Caspian was one of the few movies I almost walked out of the cinema from because it was so bad. Quarantine was a pile of rubbish too. Anything older than that has been wiped from my memory.