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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't watch very many movies and this might be a controversial answer but the Hunger Games (at least the first movie, I've only seen the first one). It actually took me a whole month to watch it because the first time I tried to watch it, I fell asleep about 5 minutes in and I had to build up the mental fortitude to actually finish watching it. And it took me a total of three sittings to watch because I didn't have any connection to the story or the characters at all. I think I also remember the second half of the movie being actually good (not great, just good) but nothing really notable happens in the first half.

I think if they gave less time to the back story of the characters and focused more on the hunger games portion, it might have been fine.

[–] Void_Reader 3 points 1 year ago

Sharktopus, bad in a fun kind of way though

[–] kemsat 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

War of the Worlds, 2005, it's the only film so bad I was genuinely angry about it after I'd seen it. Not just a bad film it wasted my time.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] wilberfan 3 points 1 year ago

THE STEWARDESSES in 3D was the first film I ever walked out of.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Jeepers creepers :Reborn 2022 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–] techgearwhips 3 points 1 year ago

Premonition starring Sandra Bullock

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I can't remember the worst movie I've seen at home. I've seen so many lol. The worst theater movie had to be the one missed call remake. I watched the original Japanese film later and realized the missed important plot points that were vital to the story. Also it was neutered from a R rated Takashi Miike film to a boring pg-13 horror film. On the bright side it introduced me to Takashi Miike and I've been a fan ever since.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love terrible movies and have seen all sorts, but for my money the absolute worst I have seen is Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues. Absolutely nothing happens for the entire duration of the film until the last 5 minutes. The DVD I had claimed there was a "terrifying incident at the public lake", but it's just someone falling off a jetski and getting back on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On the other hand, it did make for one of my favourite MST3K episodes

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The worst movie I ever saw in a cinema was a Milla Jovovic flick called Ultraviolet.

How bad was it, you ask. Well, I would have left the cinema but my girlfriend was sleeping soundly and I didn't want to disturb her. Honestly, people were just looking at each other after the movie was over, openly laughing and talking to strangers about how bad it was. You could say it was so bad that it brought people together over how awful it was, so that's nice.

[–] zaph 2 points 1 year ago

I actually like that movie. The over the top action does it for me. I've seen it a handful of times.

[–] Kainsmasquerade 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Virus Shark (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-aTRpXAP8A) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13785940/)

This movie is really really awful. ALL of the actors and actresses are so bad, it's not even good ironically. Just awful. I really don't mind B-Movies with a limited budget, as there are some out there, which are not bad. But this one in particular? The (badly made) rubber shark is a more convincing actor than any of the other protagonists of the movie. This movie is acted out so poorly that any movie you can watch on Sci-Fi are Hollywood quality in comparison. I dare you to watch the whole movie!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Thanksgiving Movie (2020) - https://m.imdb.com/title/tt13161792/

We wanted something to entertain the kids while we got everything set up for dinner, and we find this. The kids seemed to enjoy it, but they're not the most reliable movie critics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] NABDad 2 points 1 year ago

Oscar (1991)

My wife and I walked out on that one. I can't understand how it got a 6.5 on IMDB.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] setsneedtofeed 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is an unconventional answer but stick with me:

The Bruce Willis Death Wish remake.

Movies are well known to have a so-bad-it’s-good factor. Aside from watching something made with passion fail, sometimes a failing movie can be mildly elevated by having an interesting choice or concept. Maybe a single actor who is really giving a go and creates a memorable scene.

Death Wish has none of that. It is a flatline of a movie. Nothing is ever done with passion, nor is it ever entertainingly incompetently. The entire movie is nothing but bare minimum technical competence. There are no bizarre plot twists, no unique action, no nothing. It simply exists.

[–] Moghul 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Mandy with Nicholas Cage takes the cake for me but it's so bad it's good. If I were going for just bad, it would probably have to be the last airbender movie...

Enemy with Jake Gyllenhaal is up there for me too, because FUCK that movie.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I remember seeing Mandy in theaters with my college dorm mates, and I will never forget how bizarre that experience was. I was in the mood for something more serious, but I should have known they would select something like that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think calling Mandy so bad it's good is a massive misread of what Mandy was trying to do. It's a funny, over-the-top movie at a lot of points, deliberately.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nic Cage: "Mandy? I can do so much worse"

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Tough question. But i think it's "in fabric". It's just weird stuff happening.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I used to have a crush on the Olsen twins and I made it through some unbearable films back in the early 2000s. I could tell "Getting There" and "When in Rome" were truly awful even though I was a wee teenager. Luckily they stopped making films shortly thereafter.

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