The Absolute Worst Films of All Time!

[PaulD]

Ha, his knack for direction is matched only in his ability as a wordsmith

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I love this quote from him about Transformers:

Respect.

Its like talking to Da Vinci.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Ha, his knack for direction is matched only in his ability as a wordsmith

It's no wonder he is able to elicit such great performances from his actors and director with such flair and nuance!

[James Morton]

obviously Presley's films, thankfully I've only seen a few on tv. He couldn't act and I wasn't a fan of his singing
Phantoms - Dean Koontz (never liked any stuff of his) adapted crap with Affleck
Casino Royale - the shit 60's spoof, I remember seeing this on tv years ago and thought it was just stupid
The Business - crap Brit crime thriller directed by the under achieving Nick Love...............and he's making The Sweeney remake. he doesn't make any other kind of film
anything by Paul WS Anderson, Wes Anderson and McG

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by James Morton

obviously Presley's films, thankfully I've only seen a few on tv.

Take that back right now!!! Yes I'm an Elvis Presley fan.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Take that back right now!!! Yes I'm an Elvis Presley fan.

No shame in that Stephen, the stuff he recorded at Sun is some of the greatest music to ever exist.

[Nemesis]

Let's see - a few controversial choices coming up:

Taken - I absolutely hated this. The trailer looked good and word of mouth prompted me to see this, but I really wish that I had not. The dialogue's terrible, the action is poorly directed, and out of the films that I have seen with Liam Neeson, this easily is his worst performance (although the VO in Fallout 3 comes close). Does not deserve the recognition that it does, particularly when there are better revenge thrillers out there like Man on Fire and The Man From Nowhere.

Watchmen - the film that has now seriously discouraged me from going to the cinema to see modern Hollywood blockbusters, unless it they are seriously special. As one of the characters in The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh said, "I cannot stand indifference" and that was exactly how I felt at the end of the film. I'll admit that I thought was alright immediately after I watched it, but on reflection it totally fell apart for me.

Tomb Raider - enough said. The cornerstone of why games should remain games and films should only be films, and never the twain shall meet.


These would not qualify for worst films, but they are seriously massive disappointments:

3:10 to Yuma - mostly good, but the final shootout and the ending are incredibly frustrating. I just did not buy it.

Zodiac - I cannot deny that it was well shot and well acted. But seriously - did everyone apart from Anthony Edwards' character have to be total dicks in the film? I know the point of the film was to show the effects of investigation on people's lives but it was plodding; The Wire had a similar point but it was executed much better.

From Dusk till Dawn - had a promising first half; totally let down by a second half with seriously rubbish f/x and whole nasty vibe to it which did not help the film in any way. Nasty can sometimes be good (when handled by Fulci or Argento), but here it just was repulsive.

Star Wars Episode 3 ROTS - at least TPM and AOTC had the excuse of being building blocks and filler while having a couple of decent set pieces; this was the one that needed to deliver and in a few respects, particularly with Yoda, it did. But this was the one where Lucas needed to concede that it needed the very best writing and directing - his refusal to concede that ensured that it was never the masterpiece it could have been. The climatic battle between Obi Wan and you know who showed the limitations of dialogue and a couple of the younger actors needed better coaching.

[mr 420]

Originally Posted by Nemesis

Zodiac - I cannot deny that it was well shot and well acted. But seriously - did everyone apart from Anthony Edwards' character have to be total dicks in the film? I know the point of the film was to show the effects of investigation on people's lives but it was plodding; The Wire had a similar point but it was executed much better.

I'll have to disagree with you on this. IMO it's one of the best films ever made and it only gets better with each viewing. The two disc edition has some amazing extras on it which cover the making of the film and the actual crimes themselves. I recommended it highly if you have haver seen it.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by James Morton

anything by Paul WS Anderson, Wes Anderson and McG

Shopping, Event Horizon and Death Race are all very good films.

[Nemesis]

Originally Posted by mr 420

I'll have to disagree with you on this. IMO it's one of the best films ever made and it only gets better with each viewing. The two disc edition has some amazing extras on it which cover the making of the film and the actual crimes themselves. I recommended it highly if you have haver seen it.

I have the barebones DVD from when it was released; I've only seen it once and maybe a rewatch is in order. Yet the first watch really did not do anything for me to the extent that a second watch is quite hard to prioritise