Inspired by this thread, combined with some creative input at the office, here's a poll about what's the worst film you've seen.
Was it worse enough to qualify for a refund?

Total of 156 votes


Million Dollar Baby 4.5
King Kong (2005 remake) 10.9
Big Momma's House 2 10.3
Waterworld 17.3
Alone in the Dark 4.5
Police Academy (pick a version) 3.2
Look Who's Talking 3 26.9
Plan 9 from Outer Space 7.1
Almost everything on YouTube 15.4

Comments

Where's 'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'?

;)

-- AdminQBGentlemanLoser

Police Academy?!

Michael Winslow is the coolest guy _ever_ ;)

-- Xiaz on Hiatus

I liked Waterworld....../:

Million Dollar Baby was probably the worst 2 and a half hours I've spent recently. I not only want my money back, but I want those 2 and a half hours back. I could have been sleeping, or eating, or cleaning the bathroom. At least The Hulk movie had Jennifer Connolly in it. (But I like Waterworld. It was trash but I thought it was quite entertaining. Sometimes that's enough! But I am slightly ashamed of myself. Talk about guilty pleasures...) (Incase anyone is actually interested to see what films I do like: original Star Wars trilogy, Grosse Pointe Blank, Amelie, The Third Man, To Have and Have Not, The Royal Tennenbaums, Planet of The Apes (original), King Kong (original), Wizard of Oz, Alien, Blade Runner, Brazil, Baron Munchausen, Lost In Translation, Near Dark. Many more besides...)

-- QBJohnnywas

Sometimes I worry about you Johnny...

-- AdminG Beee

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

Johnnywas. He's weird. Coming to a cinema near you from Friday...

-- QBJohnnywas

Driven: that disaster by Sly Stallone

I can't agree with your choice of films above. Some of them might be awful, but they can't be "the worst". There's an imdb thread defining "the worst" and a list of candidates at that site. Personally, I feel "Driven" by Sly Stallone is the worst film I've ever seen. Its plot sucks, its characters suck, and even the computer graphics were tacky. Wonder what they spent the millions on.

-- chuck1234

Meet Joe Black

"Meet Joe Black", closely followed by "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion". I voted for Plan 9, but only for sentimental reasons. :)

-- Negator

i must say police acadamie, its the only 1 i seen from that list

-- Angel of Death

The reason why I included Police Academy in this poll:



-- bartjan

MDB

Waterworld was cool! Reminded me of Mad Max, was very typical of films from that era (Demolition man, Terminators etc.) lots of gratuitous action and not too much thought, but still had a plot and storyline.
Have to say though, Million Dollar Baby looks rubbish, I don't need to see it. Would have liked to see more films on this list, I'm sure theres worse out there ;P

For instance: Legally Blonde 1 & 2, Italian Job (remake), Taxi (remake)... In actual fact I can't think of any good remade film... Mars Attacks, Stealth (omg), The Patriot etc. etc. etc.

Can we have a best films thread after this? :D

-- Ambidex

2001: A Space Odyssey

Boring and pointless.

-- Wolvie

How is Waterworld losing here?

I mean bad grammer in the poll aside. What causes Waterworld to be such a bad movie?

-- Zacharia Andrew Pa!n

2001: A Space Odyssey

One of my favorite movies (Stanly Kubrick is one of my 3 favorite directors).

-- bartjan

None of these movies are in my list. *sweatdrop*

I don't watch movies that much.

-- Gallatin

Fishtar, by a mile

Bad acting, boring plot, virtually impossible circumstances...truly, Waterworld should never have been filmed.

-- InebriatedArsonist

Don't forget 'The Island'!

Everyone can fall unscathed from the neon signs hanging at the top of tall skyscrapers.

Can't they? o_O

-- AdminQBGentlemanLoser

I guess I shouldn't have asked...

Because I certainly didn't want some ad-hock drunk arsonists' opinion on the movie I wanted one with some credibility. Then again that's CB and it's new lil Clique. I'll not bother asking anymore questions I don't wan't some moronic drunk to tell me the answer to even if he can relate his name to E in ST E in.

-- Zacharia Andrew Pa!n

robo cop?

hey i saw this old movie called robo cop once it was the lamest thing ever seen

-- stevebat

Honestly, Plan 9 is "bad" but informative, The new King Kong was amazing except fo rthe first half hour or so, Police Academy 1 was a funny movie, and Waterworld I thought was pretty interesting.

-- Ox

RoboCop Lame?

wow I must be getting old... RoboCop is bad to the bone

-- DAWG

Mr. and Mrs. Smith - worst ever

Yes, Waterworld was "not so good" ;)
But - Mr. and Mrs. Smith - worst ever.

-- molans[Grumpy]

Didn't see Plan 9, Alone in the Dark, Big Mama 2, or the new King Kong....

So I voted Police Academy while guessing Alone in the Dark to be the worst before looking at reviews. edit: indeed it was
Why Waterworld is doing this bad I don't know. Costner drinking urine, an exploding tanker, seige via jetski, and Hopper as a one-eyed pirate is down right entertaining.
*looks at johnny* Glad to see mentioning of the Baron :)

-- A Lesser AR of 15

Alone in the dark and Big Momma's house 2 tied as the worst films on the list. I don't think Police Academy is that bad, maybe I just like all kind of comedy, but big momma's house 2 is seriously a bad joke/comedy.

-- TrueDevil

Gun: everyone should have a bit of the Baron in their lives! :)

-- QBJohnnywas

Plan 9, if you've not see it, you don't know how bad it is...

-- AdminQBnovice

...King Kong

Only because The Core wasn't listed.

-- Radiskulle

How!

How could we forget 'The Core'!!! >_<

-- AdminQBGentlemanLoser

Manos: The Hands of Fate is unwatchable.

-- Ox

Was just able to vote for a second time

This has happened before. I've now voted twice for King Kong. :)

-- AdminQBGentlemanLoser

waterworld

just because i havent seen anything else aahahah

-- Bull3t F4c3

Are you people nuts??!!

water world had to be the best movie ever made.

-- TheEverblacksky

DUH

Looks whos talking 3... I still don't see what the first one did that made the second one worth it, and I REALLY don't get what 2 did to deserve 3...

-- BootyGod

There's got to be worse

About half of the kung fu movies I've seen should win this puppy.And I liked waterworld too!

-- Slashundhack

i liked water world but the worst film in my dvd collection is 'blackhawk down' brought it thinking osscar winner etc must be good .. hated it, soo boring (and i usually like that type of thing such, a waste of money)
Voted Look whos talking 3 as it was the only one barr water world id seen and cant really remember it so it must have been rubbish

-- The Death Company

Worst movie ever?

Million Dollar Baby: This may not appeal to everyone, but this is hardly "worst movie ever" material.
King Kong (2005 remake): Same as above.
Big Momma's House 2: Yes, I agree.
Waterworld: Not worst ever, just mediocre.
Alone in the Dark: Yes, I agree.
Police Academy (pick a version): Mediocre, not worst.
Look Who's Talking 3: Yes, I agree.
Plan 9 from Outer Space: So horrible, it actually breaks the scale, and in a twist of irony ends up beating much better movies.
Almost everything on YouTube: Yes, I agree.

-- AdminQBVerifex

Blackhawk Down is a great movie. I'm shocked you could claim it to be worst ever. Maybe not liking it, but worst ever? I pretty much hated The Producers after the first 5min. But voted for Alone in the Dark. But why wasn't Battlefield Earth (think thats the name) on this list? Or even Gigli?

-- Josh

How about the worst dissapointment in a film... Alien vs. Predator

-- Dark Dreky

ty Josh you have found the must list movies!
AVP actually surprised me figuring it'd be absolute crap but gained 6 yards on 2nd down. Was better than Predator 2 fo sho. ;)

-- A Lesser AR of 15

worst movie ever would be titanic, never seen it and never will see it either so i nominate it for worst movie ever

-- Angel of Death

Air Buddy and MVP

Those are my worst ever

-- Elros

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

I had high expectations, given all the hype the year it would some awards. I was thoroughly dissappointed. Lame dialogues, horrible special effects, and a tired story line.

-- Miandrital

titanic was awesome..gotta love seeing DeCraprio Die..and we cant forget kates lovey nudy shots ;)....now waterworld was a way over budgeted flop

-- Devil

Not on the list

The worst film I've ever seen wasn't listed...it was called "Choices" made by some of those rap guys in Memphis, you know, those 3-6 Mafia dudes. This is definitely one to avoid.

-- [SIBT]Gardiner Amarth

Superman Returns

The new Superman movie is honestly one of the worst movies I can remember. I love Superhero movies. And Superman is my favorite hero. But during the movie all I could do was wish for the movie to be over so I could go to sleep. It's a really, really boring movie. The only reason they made it was to milk Superman's popularity.

And The Nightmare Before Christmas was pretty bad too.

-- Broken Kryptonite

showgirls.

-- House

The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here!
B*A*P*S
The Smokers
House of the Dead
Exit to Eden
Modern Vampires
Beaks: The Movie
The Mighty Peking Man
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D
Rabid Grannies
Zandalee
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
The Apple

-- Thraklight Resonance

I enjoyed The Core, as well as Alien vs Predator.

-- QBsutekh137

Exit To Eden?

Thrak, really? I quite enjoyed Exit To Eden - then again, maybe it had something to do with Dana Delany in suspenders. :)

-- Negator

Ultraviolet

Just watched it last night. Absolutely horrible.

-- Josh

Worst movie EVER!!

DOOM! It had nothing to do with the game other than the weapons and being on mars. Well, and the pinky demon. Everyone at ID should be kicked in the face for letting them butcher the legend of Doom.

-- Matshi

Bad Movies

How can you not like the Nightmare Before Christmas? As for the absolute worst movie of all time just watch TransAmerica.

-- Adminedyit

Dana Delany's appearance in Exit to Eden was the high point, but it was offset by the appearance of Rosie O'Donnell in bondage gear. It nearly tied Kathy Bates' nude romp in At Play in the Fields of the Lord, imho, for defining eye poison

-- Thraklight Resonance

Gladiatress

I thought it might be bad... I didn't even pay for it and I wanted a refund! My 1 1/2 hours; at $15US/hour = $22.50US refund I should get for watching that movie!

-- 5583 days old {Gaza}

snakes on planes

now i havent seen this movie, but they must have been scraping at the bottom of the already discarded ideas and found these 2 left SNAKES + PLANES = STUPID IDEA

-- Unappreciated Misnomer