Ever watch a movie that was so bad you couldn't finish it? [View all]
Especially when said movie was supposed to be good?
Now I mostly despise big hollywood "blockbuster" type movies "everybody's talking about" and am mostly a fan of high quality "B" movies or idie stuff, but even then a lot of them kinda' sucked too.
Lots to list, and this does not include movies which I hate/hated but for some reason stuck through and saw the whole thing.
'Borat' -- I was deluged with people who told me I just HAD to see this because ( and I swear they ALL used these exact words ) was "just SO funny!". I thought maybe there was a metabolic imbalance that day depriving me of my normally fertile humor genes, but stupid, lame and tasteless doesn't even begin to describe it. If I could pile together all of whatever mirth that movie generated in the 1st hour I could stand it, it wouldn't have added up to a half-assed chuckle. Now I'm no prude. Another film that I really like that full of racy dialogue was the original 'Clerks'. Racy and even vulgar dialogue done witty.
'Once Upon a Time in America' -- After seeing and enjoying 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino' and the like, this one was recommended to me. I thought it incredibly cheesy and overwrought. Yeah, I'm supposed to appreciate it because it was made by supposed master Sergio Leone of spaghetti western fame. True to form this film had all his hallmarks: Cheesy dialogue, cloying and recurring corny-sounding musical scores, the liberal (over) use of annoying and distracting sound effects. Was a shame because there were a lot of good people in it's cast that could have made for a great film with better direction/production.
'The Valachi Papers' -- Maybe I was in a bad mood but I never seen such spectacularly sloppy attention to period correct details of the time of any movie I've ever seen...and it pissed me off. it seems a lot of movies from the early 70's had these faults, but none so brazenly insulting the audiences intelligence such as this.
'Malena' -- I felt I was supposed to really like this film, but it just didn't happen. Yeah she's voluptuous, and I did enjoy the vignettes of life in a Sicilian family, but the disjointed way it was made just annoyed me in a way I was surprised I couldn't tolerate.
'The Weight of Water' -- Was recommended to me by someone whose film tastes usually mirrored mine. So slow moving and ponderous that it holds the distinction of having the shortest run before I yanked the plug. I read reviews later and found I wasn't alone.
What are yours, if any? I hope I didn't offend anybody with my choices 
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