Worst Film Ever Watched!
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As I said, it's compelling. Brilliant it isn't, it's genius is in being so truly awful that it comes out the other side as a film you just have to see and what's more want to watch again which is more that I could say about a lot of good films. I'm a big Ed Wood fan and have several of his movies on DVD 
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... the star Bela Lugosi died after filming less than 3 or 4 minutes so was replaced by an amateur actor who was a lot taller and looked nothing like him...
I still say that none of those compares with my choice. They're are so inept that they're wonderfully entertaining, albeit for all the wrong reasons. Carry on England is simply unwatchable.
I just watched the movie Fall on Netflix recently and it has to be the worst two-odd hours I've ever spent!! Two girls decide to climb an incredibly tall cell tower in the middle of nowhere and (surprise, surprise) get stuck.
They had water, not one but TWO cellphones, flares, paper, pens, rope, harnesses; even a DRONE, and it still took them about a week to get down!
Although the filming quality, vfx and overall execution was quite good, the plotline and resolution were severely underdeveloped. The twist at the end was one of the best parts of the movie, but (spoiling as little as possible) considering that it was an 'it-was-all-a-dream' scenario, it was a bit lackluster (and, frankly, too little too late).
If anyone else has seen it, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts
They had water, not one but TWO cellphones, flares, paper, pens, rope, harnesses; even a DRONE, and it still took them about a week to get down!
Although the filming quality, vfx and overall execution was quite good, the plotline and resolution were severely underdeveloped. The twist at the end was one of the best parts of the movie, but (spoiling as little as possible) considering that it was an 'it-was-all-a-dream' scenario, it was a bit lackluster (and, frankly, too little too late).
If anyone else has seen it, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts
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Um ... as for really bad films go, I could name three right off the bat:
- Any of the Sharknado films. (There were six. That's right, six. In the name of sanity, why?)
- Any of the Twilight films (do I even have to say why?)
- Any of the Fifty Shades films (ditto)
There are more on this reddit thread, but one of the reviews made me laugh:
As for the worst? Well, I wouldn't call this film the worst, but at least three of the worst films I've seen are:
- The Passion of the Christ. Also known as "Let's rehash every antisemitic trope known to Catholicism, EVER."
I've heard that there's a sequel coming out soon. Apparently the provisional title is "Jesus Kicks Butt".
- The Last Samurai. Of course. Because local people could never get anything done without the help of renegade American military officers.
- The Patriot. Yes, Mel Gibson again. It's utter claptrap, but it's good-looking claptrap, with a stirring score. So of course it won lots of Oscars.
- Braveheart. Alternative title: "Let's see how many Scots we can annoy."
By the end of this thing, I was half-wishing they'd do to Mel Gibson what they did to William Wallace. I'm not kidding. I'm not Scottish, but I know the story of William Wallace, so I was somewhat annoyed but mostly bored with this overlong, POS film. "Are they done yet? Nope ..."
I know, I get too worked up over this. Maybe. I just wish Hollywood (and especially Mel Gibson) would treat other people's history with maybe a tiny modicum of respect. That's not too much to ask, right?
- Any of the Sharknado films. (There were six. That's right, six. In the name of sanity, why?)
- Any of the Twilight films (do I even have to say why?)
- Any of the Fifty Shades films (ditto)
There are more on this reddit thread, but one of the reviews made me laugh:
As for the worst? Well, I wouldn't call this film the worst, but at least three of the worst films I've seen are:
- The Passion of the Christ. Also known as "Let's rehash every antisemitic trope known to Catholicism, EVER."
I've heard that there's a sequel coming out soon. Apparently the provisional title is "Jesus Kicks Butt".
- The Last Samurai. Of course. Because local people could never get anything done without the help of renegade American military officers.
- The Patriot. Yes, Mel Gibson again. It's utter claptrap, but it's good-looking claptrap, with a stirring score. So of course it won lots of Oscars.
- Braveheart. Alternative title: "Let's see how many Scots we can annoy."
By the end of this thing, I was half-wishing they'd do to Mel Gibson what they did to William Wallace. I'm not kidding. I'm not Scottish, but I know the story of William Wallace, so I was somewhat annoyed but mostly bored with this overlong, POS film. "Are they done yet? Nope ..."
I know, I get too worked up over this. Maybe. I just wish Hollywood (and especially Mel Gibson) would treat other people's history with maybe a tiny modicum of respect. That's not too much to ask, right?
Eh, it depends on what you do with history. I mean, the Nasuverse basically takes a pair of hedge-clippers to history, turning a lot of historical and mythological figures female, turning a few into aliens or robots, and that's before the REALLY weird stuff happens. I tolerate it from the Nasuverse because firstly, being a Japanese franchise, weirdness is to be expected, and secondly, it's a dark fantasy franchise that doesn't actually pretend to be entirely historically accurate all that much, and actually got me to look at the myths that inspired them. Though honestly, genderflipping historical and mythological figures has gotten old lately in that franchise.
As for The Passion of the Christ, well, the irony is, I like Jim Cavaziel, the actor who played Jesus in that, when he was in Person of Interest. And the guy who scored it, John Debney, was the guy who did the score to the Doctor Who TV movie of the 90s (amongst many, many other things). And while that TV movie had its faults, I actually liked the music, including Debney's rendition of the original theme music.
Though for the Eighth Doctor, Debney's theme was surpassed by David Arnold's theme for the Big Finish audio plays. Yes, that David Arnold, the composer for a number of the Bond films and the theme for Sherlock, did a Doctor Who theme.
You know, back on topic from my derailment, this thread's been going for more than four pages, and nobody's mentioned Mystery Science Theater 3000 yet...
As for The Passion of the Christ, well, the irony is, I like Jim Cavaziel, the actor who played Jesus in that, when he was in Person of Interest. And the guy who scored it, John Debney, was the guy who did the score to the Doctor Who TV movie of the 90s (amongst many, many other things). And while that TV movie had its faults, I actually liked the music, including Debney's rendition of the original theme music.
Though for the Eighth Doctor, Debney's theme was surpassed by David Arnold's theme for the Big Finish audio plays. Yes, that David Arnold, the composer for a number of the Bond films and the theme for Sherlock, did a Doctor Who theme.
You know, back on topic from my derailment, this thread's been going for more than four pages, and nobody's mentioned Mystery Science Theater 3000 yet...
Maybe. But that's because the Nasuverse does this to a whole lot of European historical figures, but probably wouldn't dare to do any of this to, say, Togukawa or Ieyasu.
That's because, compared to a lot of the movies we've mentioned, MST3000 is not bad. Sure, you have to watch it really, really cockeyed, but to be honest, MST3000 (for its age) is not that bad.
That's because, compared to a lot of the movies we've mentioned, MST3000 is not bad. Sure, you have to watch it really, really cockeyed, but to be honest, MST3000 (for its age) is not that bad.
Maybe. But that's because the Nasuverse does this to a whole lot of European historical figures, but probably wouldn't dare to do any of this to, say, Togukawa or Ieyasu.
About the only time it seems even remotely historically justifiable is when they bring up Nagao Kagetora/Uesugi Kenshin, whom historians have actually speculated was actually a woman.
That's because, compared to a lot of the movies we've mentioned, MST3000 is not bad. Sure, you have to watch it really, really cockeyed, but to be honest, MST3000 (for its age) is not that bad.