Avoid These Movies At All Costs!

[Urien]

"Anybody familiar with another film with a Tangerine Dream score, The Keep? I'd be interested in opinions on that one." Clovis


I saw the Keep. I believe it was disowned by the novel's author F.Paul Wilson. Despite the criticism, and the frankly out of place Tangerine Dream score, I quite enjoyed it.

The Keep was built to keep something in. Best line. Nazi Stormtrooper to the thing, "Where do you come from", the thing "from you."

I think a lot of the film was left on the cutting room floor as the studio tried to shorten it, this made it difficult to understand at certain points. I think the director Michael Mann threw his toys out of the pram at that point.

A troubled film that should have been good.

 

[manephelien]

Event Horizon gets my vote. It's the most atrocious movie I've ever seen, in any genre. I'm surprised I managed to watch it to the end.

 

[Mary Hoffman]

I nearly walked out of HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was so much less good than any other form of Douglas Adams' great work.

And they had the John Malkovich character, who had no lower half to his body except dozens of little brass legs, apparently sitting at a dinner table and eating. Where would the food go?


And I got pretty fed up during Harry Potter 2-4 inclusive and The Golden Compass.

Mary

 

[Werewoman]

With the exception of Shaymalan movies, anything with Bruce Willis in it. I guess that's kind of mean since he once offered to have a straight-jacket custom made for me - embroidered even. Nice guy, huh?

Full Metal Jacket - it was going along great until the soldiers found the sniper and hesitated to kill her BECAUSE SHE WAS A GIRL! Now boys, I'm all for men being perfect gentlemen in most situations, BUT THAT IS NOT ONE OF THEM. The b**** just shot a bunch of your guys!. What were you knuckleheads waiting for, an apology? Women who choose to play with the big boys should suffer the same consequences. That scene ruined the whole movie for me.

The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock. I was probably too young to be watching it in the first place.

 

[tangaloomababe]

Allegria I could never make up my mind over Closer, some bits I like but I think your overall apprasial is correct, good actors in a movie that could have been good. This movie put me of Judd Law for life I think!

New one to add:
Journey to The Centre of the Earth (the remake) Brendon Fraser shouldhave stuck to the Mummy movies, which although not brilliant, he seemed comfortable in. Bad movie, bad acting, bad story and even worse jokes. Is there anything I liked about it. The End it couldn't come soon enough and I had the movie on fast forward at times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Heebie]

Anything directed by Uwe Boll has to be in there.

 

[Niolani]

Laid To Rest - this has to be the WORST film I have EVER seen! The idea was naff, the acting was atrocious and the actors lines were ridiculous!!! I beg you all, don't watch it. I don't know why I did, the fact the main actress was a producer was a huge hint in the beginning that it was dross.

Shrooms - a bad trip .

I seem to be on a mission to watch the refuse of the horror genre.

 

[Niolani]

Oooh, and Blindness. I thought it was absolutely awful. I can't even begin to articulate how terrible it was.

 

[Foxbat]

Anybody familiar with another film with a Tangerine Dream score, The Keep? I'd be interested in opinions on that one.

Found the score to this movie a bit overpowering. Found the movie itself to be absolute tripe.

 

[Alysheba]

One that my family sat down to watch because we like scary stuff was "The Strangers". Oh how much can I tell you how bad that movie was. They were completely dumb during the whole ordeal. You almost wished they would get hacked to pieces to make it stop.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Outside of the Matrix trilogies-which was my worst big-screen nightmare confirmed-anything by Keanu Reeves, including the modern remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still.


That's a couple hours of my life I'll never get back.

 

[Alysheba]

Reeves is like the opposite of Depp. Pretty much everything he picks is awful these days. Sometimes he lands a good one but for the most part not. I'm not a big fan of remakes. I just found out they are remaking the "Karate Kid". UGH...

 

[Rodders]

I'd recommend not watching the Core. I think that i'm a faitly forgiving person, but this was just the most awful piece if trash that i've ever had the misfortune to watch.

 

[Niolani]

I've remembered some more.

Dungeons and Dragons- with Jeremy Irons and Thora Birch. Someone obviously was getting hard up for money.

The Andromeda Strain remake- mindblowingly STUPID.

Day of the Dead (2008)- how the heck do these films get funded?

 

[rojse]

I've watched a lot of awful movies (and an awful lot of movies). Certainly, there were some that I thought were extremely rubbish, but at the same time, recognise that I mightn't be able to see what the movie was trying to do, and that some people might actually enjoy and appreciate the movies that I disliked.

There were also some mentions on here that I could not understand, too - "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" and "The Matrix" definitely do not belong here, and I am sure others will definitely object to any movies I mention.

 

[thepaladin]

I found the first Matrix watchable, but after that I thought they seemed to lose their own story. Cddly I have a friend (another science fiction fan) who loves these movies and it's a continual point of contention between us. I hate them he dosen't.

BUT the remake of Andromeda Strain...gag.
I'd avoid the remake of the Day the Earth Stood Still also. Am I the only one who wonders why anyone would try to remake a classic? sigh.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

I did not at all find the Matrix watchable in any way. I'd rather rip out my prostate with a noodle spoon than watch any Keanu Reeves movie anymore.

 

[Alysheba]

I'll have to admit it makes some of my other sci-fi friends cringe when I tell them I have never seen "The Matrix".

 

[rojse]

I found the first Matrix watchable, but after that I thought they seemed to lose their own story. Cddly I have a friend (another science fiction fan) who loves these movies and it's a continual point of contention between us. I hate them he dosen't.

I'm with thepaladin on this. First Matrix movie was great. Second and third was just pretentious rubbish, with a lot of CGI action thrown in.

 

[Casshern]

I'm suprised no-one has metion the prequels yet..

truly bad from start to finish.. i only watched them to see how vader became vader.. i will never watch them again as they sucked.. it would have been better if they didnt cast woody christiensson as vader..

also this can be added into SFF.. the horrendous Indy IV.. it just makes me wanna puke.. and the fact Shia Lapoo is taking over as Indy for a new trilogy is puke worthy..

also add to the list of bad films, Transformers 2.. too much happened in it for it to make sense.. and half the cool robots was onscreen for like 5mins tops..

Cmon i wanted The Fallen to kill shia and optimus (again)