Worst Movies You've Seen?

[DarkDesertFox]

I saw some old threads for this topic, but wanted to go ahead and create a new one since so many more movies have been released since then. What are your top worst movies you've ever seen? Please be respectful of other people's opinions if you do like a movie they listed as the worst. As long as you enjoyed it, it shouldn't matter if someone else didn't. With that being said, the below movies are my top worst movies of all time. These movies were a mix of boring, weird, and just downright terrible. Going into detail would turn into a tl;dr so I'll just keep it brief with that.

 

[Soigne]

easily IO. it was pretty. but it was so boring.

 

[GreenOctagons]

The original is one of my favourite films, a classic. This sequel was just garbage, awfully rushed script and the storyline was hard to follow.

 

[LadyDestani]

I can tolerate a lot of bad movies, but these two were so bad that I walked out of the theater after paying to see them.

Battlefield Earth was completely nonsensical.

The Mod Squad (1999) was beyond boring.

 

[QueenCobra]

The Room was the worst technically, but funny for all the wrong reasons.

 

[Corrie]

I'm thinking of ending things. Its rating is good but dear god it's so boring. Car scenes that never want to end were its killer for me. I tried so hard to focus on what they were saying but in the end, none of it was even relevant. So boring. There was symbolism but I didn't even care at that point about any of the characters. I wouldn't force anyone to sit through that garbage heap. It says horror... where was it? There were hints but it didn't go anywhere.

 

[GreenOctagons]

I'm thinking of ending things. Its rating is good but dear god it's so boring. Car scenes that never want to end were its killer for me. I tried so hard to focus on what they were saying but in the end, none of it was even relevant. So boring. There was symbolism but I didn't even care at that point about any of the characters. I wouldn't force anyone to sit through that garbage heap. It says horror... where was it? There were hints but it didn't go anywhere.

The start of that paragraph had me worried for a moment

 

[Corrie]

The start of that paragraph had me worried for a moment

Probably should've capitalized it lolol.

 

[Oblivia]

My brain kinda does this thing where it blocks out really bad movies after I've seen them, presumably because of how annoyed I get that I wasted ~2 hours of my life that I'll never get back. That said, the new Jurassic World movie is an exception, probably because of how much I love the original, and WOW that was rough. Just... big ol' no.

They really should have stopped after the OG movie.

Edit: The new Firestarter was also godawful. Shame because I was obsessed with the book and loved the main character as a kid.

 

[Croconaw]

I’ve never even heard of most of these movies, which probably explains a lot. Either I’m living under a rock, or these movies mentioned really are that bad. I can’t think of a movie off the top of my head that I didn’t like. Typically I only watch movies I’m completely sure of from the trailers because I’m not really a movie person in general, sadly.

 

[Midoriya]

The fifth Harry Potter movie (and the book as well). Way too complex to follow along and because of that, not enjoyable at all.

People keep saying the new Jurassic World movie was terrible, but aren't explaining why. I'd genuinely like to know what made it so terrible. It definitely wasn't great, but I didn't think it was bad either.

 

[Belle T]

People keep saying the new Jurassic World movie was terrible, but aren't explaining why. I'd genuinely like to know what made it so terrible. It definitely wasn't great, but I didn't think it was bad either.

Here's a few reasons why I think Jurassic World: Dominion (henceforth "JW3" for brevity) is awful-

Spoiler: WHEN SPOILERS RULED THE EARTH

-The apparent genre confusion. The original Jurassic Park is essentially a horror film about dinosaurs with an adventurous atmosphere provided by John Williams' brilliant score. JW3 is directed as a knock-off of Daniel Craig era James Bond films for a good percentage of its runtime, and not even the good Daniel Craig Bond films. As a result, its primary selling point (dinosaurs) are kind of pushed aside for trite action sequences. But even if it were directed better, the shift in genre and narrative focus would still be jarring. It would be like if Toei decided to make the next Sailor Moon movie into a clone of Rocky Balboa. It could be the best Rocky clone ever made, but it would still be the worst installment of Sailor Moon.

-The misuse of legacy cast, wherein Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, and Ian Malcolm just sort of stumble about like chickens with their heads cut off for most of the movie, which in many respects was just slightly out of character.

-The lack of any real statement on scientific progress or advancement.

-The stupid clone subplot that goes absolutely nowhere and is based on a philosophical pondering that literally no one can relate to or was ever asking in the first place.

-The horrendous editing and green screening.

-The extremely drab orchestral score.

-The fact that its central thesis (as established in the previous movie, all promotional material leading up to the movie's eventual release, and then recounted in the first five minutes of JW3) of a world where dinosaurs and modern day animals and humans are forced to interact is very quickly dropped and then hastily wrapped up at the end, where they decide that actually everyone lives happily ever after in the end. If you're going to advertise a movie so heavily around a specific key element, then it would probably be to your service to, you know, have that key element in the story.

-The runtime is too long, though this isn't a criticism unique to JW3, really. I've grown rather tired of three hours being a standard movie length. Screenwriters haven't used the additional time to flesh out the characters and story, just to pad it out for longer periods of time.

-The retcons and continuity issues between films, though I'm going to be honest that I can't be bothered to care too much about that given the plethora of more serious structural issues with the film's plot, poor pacing, and characters.

 

[Midoriya]

Here's a few reasons why I think Jurassic World: Dominion (henceforth "JW3" for brevity) is awful-

Spoiler: WHEN SPOILERS RULED THE EARTH

-The apparent genre confusion. The original Jurassic Park is essentially a horror film about dinosaurs with an adventurous atmosphere provided by John Williams' brilliant score. JW3 is directed as a knock-off of Daniel Craig era James Bond films for a good percentage of its runtime, and not even the good Daniel Craig Bond films. As a result, its primary selling point (dinosaurs) are kind of pushed aside for trite action sequences. But even if it were directed better, the shift in genre and narrative focus would still be jarring. It would be like if Toei decided to make the next Sailor Moon movie into a clone of Rocky Balboa. It could be the best Rocky clone ever made, but it would still be the worst installment of Sailor Moon.

-The misuse of legacy cast, wherein Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, and Ian Malcolm just sort of stumble about like chickens with their heads cut off for most of the movie, which in many respects was just slightly out of character.

-The lack of any real statement on scientific progress or advancement.

-The stupid clone subplot that goes absolutely nowhere and is based on a philosophical pondering that literally no one can relate to or was ever asking in the first place.

-The horrendous editing and green screening.

-The extremely drab orchestral score.

-The fact that its central thesis (as established in the previous movie, all promotional material leading up to the movie's eventual release, and then recounted in the first five minutes of JW3) of a world where dinosaurs and modern day animals and humans are forced to interact is very quickly dropped and then hastily wrapped up at the end, where they decide that actually everyone lives happily ever after in the end. If you're going to advertise a movie so heavily around a specific key element, then it would probably be to your service to, you know, have that key element in the story.

-The runtime is too long, though this isn't a criticism unique to JW3, really. I've grown rather tired of three hours being a standard movie length. Screenwriters haven't used the additional time to flesh out the characters and story, just to pad it out for longer periods of time.

-The retcons and continuity issues between films, though I'm going to be honest that I can't be bothered to care too much about that given the plethora of more serious structural issues with the film's plot, poor pacing, and characters.

THANK YOU for taking the time to write those out, and I have to say, I agree with pretty much all of them. It made me realize why I didn't enjoy the movie as much as I thought I would. All of those are good points, especially the central thesis one, lol.

 

[Chrysopal]

What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
Both Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio star in this show at a very young age and I thought it would be one of those good old classics. It's not.
It has you thinking something good might happen but it only gets worse from the start.

I still recommend it because when else would you see Johnny Depp be Leonardo's big brother. It's just terrible tho.

 

[Neb]

Avatar: The Last Airbender for sure. The acting is flat, the script is heavily butchered, and the special effects looked really dated. Even if this weren’t a terrible adaptation of my favorite cartoon I would still hate it.

The Room is an entertaining kind of bad. It’s infinitely quotable. The lead actor’s performance was hilarious all the way through. Sadly the ending is just disgusting. The subject matter was handled with absolutely no care or tact.

Troll 2 is equally funny. If you told me the movie was satire on the horror genre I would believe you. Everyone quotes the “oh my goood” scene, but the scene with the erupting popcorn is also hilariously awful. I can’t recommended watching this bad movie enough, especially if you have someone to laugh at it with.

This last movie is one I watched religiously as a kid. It’s Sharkboy and Lavagirl. I loved the imaginative setting at the time. Now all I see is amateurish acting, the cheapest special effects I’ve ever seen, and a nonsensical plot line. I can’t think of a better example of a movie that’s great for kids and terrible for adults.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

"The Open House" has some interesting moments but ultimately goes absolutely nowhere.

Same deal with "It Comes At Night".

 

[Kitsuragi]

i watch plenty of bad movies that are meant to be bad, they're my favorite kinds of movies. i will say of movies trying to take itself seriously that were bad, Cats is a very obvious answer. however, you cannot convince me to sit through the entirety of Romeo & Juliet (1996) because of how terrible it is. we sat through about 40 mins of it in my freshman english class before we turned it off because everyone hated it. something about Leo's acting when he was younger is also not my cuppa. i much prefer his later acting roles.

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

My sense of judgement of what's good/bad isn't the best, and this was especially the case when I was younger, but I remember a certain movie I watched when I was in the 3rd grade called Ozzy. Generic title, so you can already tell it's bad. I dunno, it just didn't make sense to me. What was the purpose of the movie? What message was it trying to convey? Why does it even exist?! It just looks like they threw in a bunch of ideas together and called it a day. Plus, the animation looks pretty cheap. :/

 

[-Raven-]

I willingly watched Ratatoing and The Little Panda Fighter. They were worth the time.

I don’t watch many movies in general, but I know about a lot of the so bad they’re good ones. I’d really love to watch more of them.

 

[imorileo]

Honestly I think any romance / chickflick movies Netflix has released these past few years qualify as the worst movies I’ve ever seen. I couldn’t even stand the first few minutes of Purple Hearts (not for the plot, which I’m unfamiliar with, but because of the terrible writing!)