|
|
|
|
|
I have not seen a single one of the 100 Worst-Reviewed Movies of All Time.* That is, not really. I did find myself inexplicably curious about the nauseatingly bad Gigli when I stumbled across it on cable late one night. But, after 10 minutes of torture (and, let's face it, some measure of glee at how bad it really was), I threw a brick at the TV screen and, thus, ended my misery.
Now, your turn. Be honest. How many have you seen?
Oh, and a quick memo to Ticketmaster:
When someone is eagerly awaiting tickets for a much-anticipated concert to arrive in the mail, it is generally unadvisable to send such tickets in an unmarked enveloped that looks suspiciously like all the other junk infesting her mailbox. It's a very lucky thing I looked past all the advertising and coupons and other crap in the envelope to--astoundingly--come across a pair of tickets. In the future, kindly refrain from causing the heart palpitations your customers will undoubtedly suffer when they realize how close they were to tossing much-desired and valuable tickets out with the orange peels and coffee grounds!
Lastly, to the guy who happened to be walking along behind me for a good chunk of my 20-minute walk to work this morning:
Thank you for whistling so loudly, block after block, that I could not hear the music in my headphones. What the fuck were you so happy about, anyway?
* I will admit that, like most people, I do have my own, cherished list of Horrible Movies I Happen to Love. I'll gladly share those with you at a later date.
Posted by ayelet at March 14, 2007 01:28 PMI've seen about 10 out of the 100. The best of those 10 were simply movies that you know got hacked to pieces in the editing room or tinkered with by nervous studio heads who wanted to recoup on their investment. If you ever come across a bad narration track that seems tacked on, chances are a studio head insisted that the audience wouldn't be able to follow the story and ordered a narration inserted.
The other half of the 10 that I saw were just badly acted, badly directed or badly written... or all three. But the truly worst movies never make these kinds of lists-- compared to the B and C-grade crap available on cable, straight-to-video or online, all the movies on this list are the cream of the bad crop.
btw: I wonder how many of these movies were directed by Alan Smithee...
Posted by: James at March 28, 2007 04:35 PMI saw 7: The Skulls, Ultraviolet (only because of my crush on Nick Chinlund), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (love these kind of movies), Yours, Mine, & Ours (no explanation), Down To You, The Whole Ten Yards and Battlefield Earth. I can honestly say I am surprised that other Nick Chinlund movies didn't make the list, like Mr. Magoo was prime theater viewing or something. I like bad movies; I am surprised I only saw 7 of the overall 100 worst movies. Guess I shouldn't admit that a few are on my list of Netflix...
Posted by: Maureen at March 20, 2007 11:18 AMWe could all follow Britney Houston's example and shave our bushes (but maybe not pose for Paparazzi).
Posted by: Jess at March 18, 2007 03:33 PMI wish I'd had the energy to click through more than about the bottom 15. I didn't see any of those, but you never can tell about the rest.
Posted by: Dave at March 17, 2007 11:26 PMI have only seen one, and I blame that entirely on Peter. I tried to talk him out of it, but he still made us go see Date Movie. But I'm proud to say I didn't even recognize most of these movies.
But I would like to ad Doom to the list (another Peter selection). That was not only bad, but had an extremely nauseating section when it went into video game mode and got spinny.
Posted by: Marney at March 15, 2007 05:54 AMi love bad movies sometimes - i'd like to compare lists. and i totally agree about those ticketbastard envelopes...what the HELL!? it totally looks like junk. bright side- someone wouldn't think to steal it. Where are your seats?
btw- chocolate-covered cinnamon altoids ROCK - however, i did not need to see the ad for them every 5 movies down the list.
I saw cheaper by the dozen 2 on an airplane for free with my earphones intermittently on. yeah, pretty bad, but i truly would NOT put it in the same galaxy as some of these other titles...i mean, seriously, WHY is a black comedian dressing as an obese black woman so entertaining? people are still paying to watch that? wow.
Something tells me i saw a few minutes of Mod Squad at some point, but i might be wrong - what a crime that giovanni ribisi and claire danes both picked such a dud.
I'm THRILLED to say i didn't see any other movies on this list.
Posted by: Aviva at March 14, 2007 04:23 PM