just try to name a movie worse than 'Ishtar'

[momophile]

I'm thinking you can't do it.

Go ahead. Try. I'll wait. :popcorn:



(and I'm just gonna go ahead and beat Haruka to it - "douchebag!")

[hfojvt]

1. Gigli?

Matrix 2?

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

I have not really seen Gigli, but it is supposed to be bad. Very, very, very bad.

[entanglement]

203. You're right about Gigli - it scored very low on rottentomatoes (6% on the tomatometer)

I don't recall ANY other movie with a lower score. The critics excoriated it, with comments like "Gigli is precisely as awful as everyone's been saying".

[opiate69]

2. Mortal Kombat

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113855/

[TroubleMan]

88. That movie was cheesily enjoyable....the second one was bad, though.

If you're a fan of the game (like me), and don't take the movie too seriously, it wasn't bad at all.

The second one was terrible, though.

[SPKrazy]

3. "Health Inspector"

Larry the cable guy

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Death to Smoochy.

Sucked donkey balls.

[momophile]

6. donkey balls?

that's pretty bad.
:hi:

[opiate69]

12. Death to Smoochy was awesome!

[blondeatlast]

57. Agreed; I liked it. nt

[Little Wing]

18. Loved it

nice dark humor

[krispos42]

20. I liked "Smoochy"!

But I'm from that part of the country. Maybe that's it...

[driver8]

65. I thought "Death to Smoochy" was hilarious!

As a matter of fact, I own it!!

Very dark humor...excellent!

[TroubleMan]

89. That was a good movie.

Very funny.

[philosophie_en_rose]

95. It was hilarious!

:grr:

[rockymountaindem]

132. What? That was a great movie

I laughed from beginning to end.

[sakabatou]

164. I liked it!

[terrya]

5. "Can't Stop the Music" is pretty awful.

I suspect this would give "Ishtar" a run for the money, bad movie wise.

[Patsy Stone]

73. Blasphemer!

:) That was such cheesy goodness, they should have sold it with crackers.

[opiate69]

7. End of the Spear

Terrible, ham-fisted Fundie propaganda of the highest (lowest?) order
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399862/

[Cannikin]

8. Showgirls

[SPKrazy]

11. That Was Really Bad

even trying to get excited about it with what's her name in it and all, it sucked

[Patsy Stone]

56. It was in the "So Bad it's Brilliant" category.

There are a couple of classic moments in that turburger.

[LTR]

179. Showgirls was hilarious!

Not sure if it was supposed to be, though.

But some people claim that some bad movies are unintentionally funny. They usually aren't. Showgirls was.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. Love Chronicles.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400611/

The only reason I saw this is because I was working on it as part of my job at the time. :puke:

[Twillig]

10. Cannon Ball Run I and II

Caddyshack II

Meatballs II

etc. etc. etc.

Nobody has even seen Ishtar. HTF can that be the worst movie?

[momophile]

14. I only saw like half of it

had to turn it off.:hi:

[Twillig]

16. How do you know it didn't get great!?

I wish you had watched all of it.

For the rest of us who, like you, haven't watched all of it.

:-)

[momophile]

17. I've just got this feeling

it didn't get better. And the IMDB rating is pretty low. Somebody had to have watched the whole thing, don't you think?

[LTR]

183. I saw "Ishtar"

Not really as bad as everyone claims. Of course, it wasn't good either. It was just there. Beatty and Hoffmann goofing off in the desert. Somebody forgot to write a script, as it seemed like they were just winging it.

[gmoney]

201. I kind of liked Ishtar...

It's a mess, but it has its moments. The bad songwriting is every bit as brilliant as the bad songs of Spinal Tap.

No, you wanna talk bad, try on "Robocop 3" or any of the Brady Bunch movies...

[underpants]

214. I'll give you CaddyshackII but the Cannonball movies were great fun

It was like watching a moving party.

[libnnc]

13. Nacho Libre?

We almost walked out but my SO's 8 year old nephew begged to see it.

[yewberry]

15. The Final Sacrifice

Cost a whopping $1500 to make, if the stories are true.

"I'm Rowsdower...Zap Rowsdower."

[LeftyMom]

19. manos: hands of fate

I win! :woohoo:

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

49. I love that movie!

It's so damn creepy.. corny, but creepy

[JackBeck]

21. Just about any Madonna movie.

And I'm a fan.

"Who's That Girl" is one of the crappiest movies of all time. But didn't cost as much as "Ishtar".

[terrya]

25. I'll say that "Desperately Seeking Susan" was the only halfway...

decent movie Madonna ever made. And that's including that tedious 2 hour music video aka "Evita"

[JackBeck]

29. I watch "Susan" any time it's on.

And I thought "Evita" was OK. I found it distracting, though, that she was pregnant and they were obviously trying to hide it.

Her best movie, though, was the Abel Ferrer movie with Harvey Keitel. I'm too lazy to look for the title right now, but she was really good in that movie and no one ever talks about it. And it got really good reviews when it came out. But by then I think the public had given up on her as an actress.

[terrya]

33. I guess my big problem with "Evita" is that I'm not an Andrew Lloyd Webber fan.

My then roommate rented the video and I watched it...and sure enough, it met my expectations.

I think I know the Abel Ferrer film you're talking about...wasn't it a courtroom drama? I'm kind of lazy to go to IMDB...but I think that's the one you're referring to. I didn't see it.

[JackBeck]

34. The courtroom drama was that shiteous S&M romp she had with Willem Dafoe.

The Abel Ferrer one was a movie within a movie, with Keitel playing Ferrer. Madonna gets stoned in the movie and it's a pretty funny scene.

[Scarlett17]

39. Body of Evidence

Yeah. The candle wax scene scarred me. Icky.

[terrya]

40. My bad.

Ok...thanks for the clarification.

[JackBeck]

165. "Dangerous Games" is the movie I was thinking of.

I looked it up today.

[Scarlett17]

45. Don't forget Shanghai Surprise and Swept Away

Anytime she teams up with a husband, it's not good.

[LeftyMom]

22. Highlander II nt

[Twillig]

26. That was truly awful.

zeist?

Scheiss't!

[China_cat]

36. I'll agree with that.

Well, it's at least a tie for worst.

My husband's aunt and family who live in Zeist, Netherlands were outraged.

[VelmaD]

158. There should have been...

only one.

[enigmatic]

23. Freddy Got Fingered

Tom Green's "masterpiece"..

[Danger Mouse]

76. Definitely one of the most worthless movies of all time.

Utter garbage.

[krispos42]

24. Plan 9 from Outer Space was suppose to be pretty bad

I have the MST3k episode on my PC, I think. Maybe I'll watch it tonight instead of the Cops marathon...

Oh, and Attack of the Eye Creatures was terrible, as was Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

In Eye Creatures they filmed all of the night scenes in broad daylight and just put a heavy filter on the camera. I didn't know that cars back then used votive candles in the headlamps! And not all of the Eye Creatures had, apparently, lower halves. :banghead:

<shudder>

[DixieBlue]

209. But Plan 9 falls into the so bad it's brilliant category ...

It's so bad it's unbelievable.

[pitohui]

27. "tron"

worst movie ever

[YankeyMCC]

37. Oh no you didn't!

You obviously have no appreciation for geekdom.

[pitohui]

87. i know i'm terrible

saw it when originally released in the theater and it just...sucked

[chknltl]

170. oops posted in wrong spot...sorry...nt

[ElboRuum]

101. You MUST be kidding... n/t

[LTR]

181. That is just plain fucking wrong!

"Tron" rules!

[Lerkfish]

208. Tron was WAAAY ahead of its time.

[lizziegrace]

28. Three Amigos

ugh.

[krispos42]

30. I LOVED the Three Amigos!

Very funny and creative, I thought. :-)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

42. Blasphemy!

:P

I love that movie. :hi:

[peekaloo]

109. any movie that features a plethora of pinatas can't be all bad.

[XemaSab]

31. End of Days

I win. :D

[SPKrazy]

32. Well, I Thought It Was

okay

The governator aside

I like Gabriel Byrne and Robin Tunney

although it certainly wasn't their best movie

:patriot:

[CactusJock]

35. Runaway Car

Its a TV movie so i don't know if it counts but it does have judge reinhold and it is jaw-droppingly bad.

You can guess the plot from the title, its a bit like Speed only less cerebral and with no budget. the user comments on imdb say it all:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120041/usercomments

so if you ever see it in the tv listings make sure you set the tivo.

Battlefield Earth is really crappy too, of course.

[ashling]

38. Legends of the Fall

I rest my case

[Initech]

41. Dude, Where's My Car?

I'm convinced the entire plot line was lifted from the scene in the Big Lebowski where the Dude's car is stolen and he and Walter have that exchange - "Well it was parked in the handicap spot, perhaps they towed it."

[Gatchaman]

43. American Beauty and Moulin Rouge come to mind

I know they were popular for some reason, but they're cinematic train wrecks.

[barb162]

60. Moulin Rouge was so unnecessarily visually jarring

with all that zoom camera work and 2 second long scene business.

[Patsy Stone]

71. Moulin Rouge was a nightmare.

What was that about anyway? Jeez.

[barb162]

127. Wwhy did they zoom in and out of every scene ? About 1000

times or so it seemed. It was hurting my eyes after a bit. It was pointless.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

128. Short Attention Span Theatre. n/t

[LTR]

184. "Moulin Rouge" was beyond awful

Most irritating movie ever.

"American Beauty" is a rather uncomfortable movie, but it was pretty good. Kevin Spacey was great.

[gmoney]

202. Yes, Moulin Rouge was dreadful...

I like American Beauty, even though there's a creepy amount of overlap between the way Kevin Spacey quits his job and the way the Narrator quits his in Fight Club.

[NoPasaran]

44. Star Trek: Nemesis

[TommyO]

194. How true

and it certainly proved that the old adage that "even numbered Trek films don't suck" was just a wee bit off.

[Scarlett17]

46. Drop Dead Fred

My husband bought it. :puke:

I'm embarrassed to have it in the house.

[jobycom]

47. Ferris Buehler's Day Off, True Lies, Lord of the Rings

I haven't even seen Ishtar, and I know it's better than those three.

[AWESOM-O]

48. Plan 9 From Outer Space

.

[slj0101]

52. But that's in the "So Bad, It's Good" category.

Similar to "Manos: Hands of Fate."

Welcome to DU! :toast:

[AWESOM-O]

54. 'Tis true

so how about Castle of Fu Manchu? In fact, about a good 2/3s of the movies on MST3K are far worse than Ishtar.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

50. The Vanilla Ice musical, "Cool as Ice"

Exhibit A:

It's not what you say, It's how you say it. Give me a microphone. On stage, I'll display it. Playing me right and you'll get played out. Like Polka dots and people will shout. Dirty words cause you're a nerd, I'm first, you're third, it's absurd to think that you heard better rhymes than these, I'm bringing sucker MC's down to their knees. Tease your thoughts like a feather to a toe. Although the beat seems slow, my groove will still flow. My rhymes are soulful art that makes your heart dance. Melodic tones move your mind to a quick trance. Everytime I rhyme I find the audience is mine, caught by every line. Sparkle like a gem with my golden voice.

Exhibit B:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WQEsEv1Dec



The prosecution rests.

[LibraLiz1973]

51. My mom loves Ishtar

lol

[qnr]

196. I agree with your mom, we both love it too n/t

[ThatsMyBarack]

53. Last Exit to Brooklyn

:thumbsdown:

[Patsy Stone]

55. Mariah Carey's tour de force: Glitter n/t

[Scout1071]

63. Pats... you nailed it.

Worst. Movie. Ever.

[Patsy Stone]

74. Positively painful

:hi:

[NuttyFluffers]

139. but i love the poster! it's so self-indulgent!

i can just imagine Mariah saying, "Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go."

:crazy: :freak: :bounce:

[PassingFair]

167. What, no DRUIDS?

UNWATCHABLE!

And I'd had such HIGH hopes!

[barb162]

58. Pulp Fiction, Purple Rain and a bunch of others

The list is nearly endless, any movie with gratuitous violence

[TroubleMan]

90. ????

Pulp Fiction was a classic.

Purple Rain wasn't a great movie, but it wasn't horrible.

[barb162]

93. Pulp Fiction is considered a classic but I thought the whole

movie was gratuitous sickass violence from about the first minute. Purple Rain? Prince is no -talent, IMHO, and he slaps his girlfriend because he think she went out with someone else. Like he owned her and he treated her like a piece of meat. A truly lousy sexist movie about a guy who is full of himself.

[blondeatlast]

119. I agree regarding Pulp Fiction. I like Guy Ritchie's good (read: pre-Madonna) flicks,

Snatch was hysterical, but PF wasn't funny IMHO. I did enjoy Jackie Brown, but Tarantino used a light touch in that one.

[blondeatlast]

59. South of Heaven, West of Hell. First time director DWIGHT YOAKUM directs Vince Vaughn, Billy Bob

Thornton, and a cast of many others that ought to know better.

OMG--just incredibly horrible and painful to watch.

[DixieBlue]

210. Dwight Yoakum? The country singer?

I like his yodeling but I don't think I'd like his movie.

[blondeatlast]

61. Bedazzled--the remake with Elizabeth Hurley and Brendan Fraser.

The original was terrific.

[blondeatlast]

62. Self delete. nt

[blondeatlast]

64. Be Cool. I WIN. nt

[jobycom]

211. That movie was too average to be truly bad. nt

[driver8]

66. Pluto Nash with Eddie Murphy.

Biggest money loser for Warner Bros.

This dog cost about 120 million to make and brought in a whopping 4 million at the box office.

It is very, very bad.

[Danger Mouse]

67. Dragon Ball Z Movie 11: "Bio Brolly" Just try to watch it.

It will sap your will to live.

[General Zod]

68. Monster A Go-Go

So bad that even the MST 3000 crew couldn't do anything with it. Check out the link, if you must:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059464/

Makes "Manos: The Hands of Fate" look like "Citizen Kane."

[Okiojira]

91. The Wild World Of Bat Woman...

...was another gawd-awful film that even the MST3K crew couldn't do much with. Absolutely ATROCIOUS movie, even worse than M:HOF, if such a thing is possible!

[TheMightyFavog]

69. Someone hasn't seen Manos: The Hands of Fate.

Or Space Mutiny, or any of the other films featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

[Danger Mouse]

72. Manos was definitely the WORST movie they ever featured...

it was so bad they had trouble thinking of good commentary for it.
it was so bad that several cast members committed suicide after its premiere.
quite possibly the worst movie ever made.
space mutiny sucked hard, though.

my favorite episode ever was that one with raul julia...you know, the one about 'doppling' where raul julia played 'aram fingle'?
can't remember the name of the movie, but that episode made me laugh to death.

[Danger Mouse]

70. STAR TREK V. Game. Set. Match.

Hmm, let's see...
Cheap Sean Connery knockoff: check
Awkward scene with an aging Nichelle Nichols showing her questionable 'sex appeal': check
Masturbatory direction by Shatner: check
Masturbatory ACTING by Shatner: check
Most ridiculous climax in any movie EVER: check
Klingon belching for laughs: check
Somehow making Star Trek: Nemesis look appealing: check

This movie makes baby Jesus cry.

[ElboRuum]

105. Baby Jesus needs his binky...

...save mankind... check.
...movie critic... che... OK, not so much.

It wasn't nearly as bad as some of the other mentions on this thread... Besides, you had to at least put ST3 in the same category of implausible plots. Meeting God vs. Immaculate Resurrection. A toss up, really.

[Danger Mouse]

107. A low budget movie made by talentless fools is almost always guaranteed to suck...

Star Trek V had money and talent behind it, and still it was absolutely horrid. More horrible to me for other reasons.
In terms of pure awfulness, 'Manos: the Hands of Fate' wins easily.
It's not that ST5 was implausible...most of them are pretty implausible...it's just that it was really, really shitty.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

75. The latest Poseidon Adventure

what a piece of crap that was! But Ishtar probably still takes the cake.

[ElboRuum]

102. I tend to leave remakes off the list...

They are, by definition, terrible.

Remember The Blob (the remake)? Not that the original was going to get any Oscars, but really...

Of course, The Fly remake wasn't too bad. Just sayin'.

[usaftmo]

77. Glengary Glenross n/t

[LTR]

187. BLASPHEMY!

That was a great flick!

Some amazing acting in that one.

[ruiner4u]

78. Hideous Kinky

http://imdb.com/title/tt0136244/


The movie was painful to watch...

[QMPMom]

79. Johnny Got His Gun, Heaven Can Wait, Dude Where's My Car. n/t

[GoneOffShore]

80. Battleship Earth

With John Travolta - an actor I can't stand and don't get. (And he sucked in Pulp Fiction)

[ElboRuum]

83. That's Battlefield Earth.

And Travolta's cool... at least before the Scientologists got ahold of him. Now he's just loony.

Sorry if I've offended any Scientologists.

[GoneOffShore]

85. Thank you for the correction.

I do disagree with your opinion of Travolta. But judging acting is so subjective - kinda of like talking about indie rock bands.

[ElboRuum]

99. C'mon... who else could play Vinnie Barbarino?

[philosophie_en_rose]

94. Yes. Battlefield Earth is worse than Ishtar.

But Travolta was okay in Be Cool. He (and Kirstie Alley) don't seem to be the fundie/Tom Cruise/Jenna Elfman/mean sort of Scientologist. . . which is probably why he wasn't at the Cruise/Stepford wedding.

[mark414]

136. travolta was the best man

he's just as crazy as the rest of em

[JCMach1]

138. Awful movie of a pretty good pulp scifi book

the best scifi L. Ron Hubbard ever wrote... :)

[mark414]

137. this is the winner

(as previously corrected) battlefield earth

i have a friend who reads a lot about scientology (cause he thinks they're crazy...not cause he's into it) and we found it on HBO on demand one night and watched it

worst. movie. ever.

[sarge43]

147. Second that

That is a barking, drooling, shedding bowzer.

Ah writers, after a thousand years JP4 jet fuel (mostly kerosene) will be a lump of sulfur jelly. Them planes won't fly even with well qualified pilots, let alone ones who spent a week training on vid games.

[GrumpyGreg]

81. Titanic !!!!

[anti-everything]

106. Worst movie ever

[ElboRuum]

82. One Word: Torque...

Now let me kibbitz the thread...

Gigli: Close but no cigar, just another thing that happens when hubby and wife try to make a movie.

Mortal Kombat: C'mon. If you're going to pick a video game derivative, don't you think that Street Fighter with Jean Claude would have been a better pick?

Health Inspector: Woo. Never saw this one, and I'm a B-movie afficionado. I must check out this paean to mediocrity.

Death to Smoochy: It was ok. Not great, wasn't going to light the world on fire, granted, but it was OK.

Donkey Balls: Is this a movie or a clever retort?

Can't Stop the Music: Yeah, this sucked, but I remember it having redeeming qualities. I can't think of any right off the top of my head... but give me a minute.

End of the Spear: OK, if I didn't see it, it doesn't suck yet.

Showgirls: Awful, but appealed to prurient interest.

Love Chronicles: Um, why do people insist on watching this shit? You can tell it sucks from the TITLE.

Cannon Ball Run I and II: Oh, come on. Cameos aplenty and the extent of Jamie Farr's career. It was lame but in a funny way.

Nacho Libre: "Sometimes men wear stretchy pants. Is for fun." For that line ALONE, it has more redemption than Torque.

The Final Sacrifice: Again, WTF, where do you find these?

Manos: Hands of Fate: Translated: Hands: Hands of Fate. OK, you might have me beat here.

Don't forget Shanghai Surprise and Swept Away: Good. But not bad enough. Bzzzt!

Highlander II: Oh, c'mon, you didn't like the whole rewrite of the canon from the first? It was so pathetic, that I had to see where it went. No points there.

Freddy Got Fingered: "Daddy, would you like some sausages, Daddy would you like some sausages..."... absurdism at its finest. Bzzzt.

Plan 9 from Outer Space: Cult classics are not permissible as "awful". They TRANSCEND awful.

Tron: You loved it. You know you loved it. I see you looking away, who are you kidding?

Three Amigos: I hated it, but we're talking the worst here. I have an abiding respect for complete abject failure... this doesn't qualify.

End of Days: Almost. No cigar. Close though. You are on the right track.

Runaway Car: Oh, come on. Wasn't "The Car" worse?

Legends of the Fall: Sounds awful. Might be awful. That's two I need to check out.

Dude, Where's My Car?: Sophomoric humor is always welcome. No points for you.

American Beauty: Are you fucking insane? This ROCKED! A story told in retrospect from a corpse. Brilliant.

Moulin Rouge: Pretty bad, but Nicole Kidman and Ewan MacGregor CAN sing...

Star Trek: Nemesis: Bad story, cool ending. No points there.

Drop Dead Fred: I have to admit, I liked it. Of course, I've been a fan of Phoebe Cates ever since Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: You have no soul. How dare you.

True Lies: Worth the price of admission for Jamie Lee Curtis.

Lord of the Rings: What precisely do you have against Hobbits? OK, Hobbits are pretty lame.

Plan 9 From Outer Space: Didn't we already cover this?

Cool as Ice: Congratulations, you are the top contender.

Ishtar: Sucky. But just not THAT sucky.

Last Exit to Brooklyn: Damn, three I have to see now.

Glitter: Pop stars are EXPECTED to have lame fodder, you can't count this.

Pulp Fiction: You've got to be kidding.

Purple Rain: Great soundtrack. No points there.

South of Heaven, West of Hell.: FOUR. FUCK!

Bedazzled: Elizabeth Hurley. Think on it for a second.

Pluto Nash: This is another one of those, so bad its good movies. Besides, I've always had a thing for Rosario Dawson.

Dragon Ball Z Movie 11: Who put this up? Are you seeking a psychiatrist? Star Blazers: Quest for Iscandar is MUCH better.

[S n o w b a l l]

103. Agree on American Beauty

<<American Beauty: Are you fucking insane? This ROCKED! A story told in retrospect from a corpse. Brilliant>>

One of my favorite movies.

[Danger Mouse]

118. I put up the DBZ movie...they are theatrically released in Japan. It counts.

And it sucks. Really really hard.
FYI...don't watch Hands: The Hands of Fate. It's not only horrifyingly bad, it's just plain boring.

[Phillycat]

148. Absolutely. Torque is the correct answer. Of course, I own it on DVD.

I love shit like that. :D

[ElboRuum]

84. Oooh, forgot Space Truckers.

... and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes... oh, and anything starring Wings Hauser... and anything from Troma productions except the original Toxic Avenger.

[anti-everything]

108. Troma isn't so bad

Redneck Zombies was great, the Class of Nuke 'Em High movies were great, and Tromeo and Juliet was brilliant.

[ElboRuum]

113. I always felt...

...that the Tromaville crew never really succeeded in capturing the absurd fucked-up greatness that was Toxie. "I'd like you to meet my friend Ben... Ben WHOOO?... Ben Dover" You can't bottle stupid like that and make it taste as sweet.

[anti-everything]

117. Toxie was their masterpiece,

but Tromeo and Juliet had a 3 foot penis monster. Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD was good too.

[ElboRuum]

122. Sergeant... Kabukiman? I've obviously missed a classic here.

Shame on me... no, really.

[TroubleMan]

86. Surf Nazis Must Die

Absolutely horrible. I thought it would be one of those "so bad it's funny" movies (which are some of my favorites), but it was unfunny horrible.

[leeroysphitz]

92. That's Easy. DC Cab starring Mr. T and Gary Busey.

No freakin' contest.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085387/








Edited to Say also damn near anything from Kevin Smith.

[swag]

96. Mystic River

[Okiojira]

97. Ed Wood's "Glen Or Glenda"

Hoo boy, talk about awful! Definitely one of those so-bad-it's-good flicks. Misogynistic, homophobic, bizarro take on transvestism (Wood was fond of dressing up in women's clothing). The final third of the movie features this completely disjointed, pointless montage of burlesque/striptease acts, I can only assume meant to represent some sort of hellish personal journey for Glen/Glenda, the film's, uh...protagonist. Hilariously baffling!

The "message" of the movie seems to be thus: homosexuality - bad. Transvestism - perfectly wholesome form of self-expression for red-blooded, all-American white males everywhere.

[auntAgonist]

98. One hour photo n/t

[Danger Mouse]

100. "Teenagers from Outer Space" wins on title alone.

*bows*

[EstimatedProphet]

104. StarCrash AKA The Adventures of Stella Starr

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079946

It is literally hard to believe how bad this movie is without seeing it. The script literally sounded like it had been written on a drunken bender over a weekend. Here's an example:

L, the police robot, gets shot in the movie and fries. Later he comes back.

Stella Starr: L, they fixed you! how did they do it?

L: Very carefully!

Seriously, that was in the movie.

[Danger Mouse]

111. What about the cheap light saber knockoffs that one guy whips out?

Or david hasselhoff and his laser-firing mask thingy?
Man that movie sucked ass.
Still better than 'Manos'

[EstimatedProphet]

115. I've never seen Manos - just part of the MST workover

However...

For blatantly stupid set design, Starcrash wins hands down. In the 1st minute of the movie (this is the truth!) there is a scene on a spaceship with a guy who walks down a hallway towards the camera into this rotating room. The room then rotates until it lines up with another hallway. In other words, this is on a spaceship with no corners in the hallways. they put in rotating booth-type things so that you have to stand for 30 seconds before you can turn a corner, rather than just putting in a corner.

Then, when he leaves the rotating booth, he walks down the hallway to an elevator, pushes a button, the door opens - and there's stairs inside.

Seriously.

[darkstar]

135. That's their homage to Kubrick, dude !11

The didn't have the cash for the vertical version....

:hi:

[peekaloo]

110. Yentl.

:o

[ikojo]

176. Must defend Yentl!!!

I love it!!!

[peekaloo]

185. no prob

anyone with Yoda as an avatar probably sees things I miss they do. :-)

[qnr]

112. Hundreds. Ishtar is a great movie. n/t

[Critters2]

114. The Scarlet Letter--the one with Demi Moore

Only movie I've ever walked out of. It was bad on so many levels. Excruciatingly bad. I get nauseated just thinking about it.

[jakefrep]

116. "Waterworld"

When Kevin Coster tried to be Mad Max.

[Danger Mouse]

120. I'll see your "Waterworld" and raise you one "Postman"...surely the more awful Costner movie

[WhollyHeretic]

134. I was at a friends house watching Saturday Night Live when we first saw a ad for Postman

We thought it was a fake SNL ad, a really funny one.

[NuttyFluffers]

140. when a main character calls themself "Ford Lincoln Mercury" you're in trouble...

waterworld was bad, very bad, but the postman almost made me hate dances with wolves. it was so bad that it started to suck out accolade points from other movies that starred the actors. though i do admit the tom petty cameo was just so over the top it brightened the endless droll. but still, dances with wolves now has a shadow cast upon it with me because of how bad the postman was. can't look at costner without painful flashbacks.

[Redneck Socialist]

160. Which is too bad really, because the book it is based on is quite good.

If you like post apocalyptic sci-fi.

[chknltl]

174. I agree!

I had read the book long before the movie had come out. When I saw the ad for "The Postman" at the local theater I could hardly wait. The movie was not that bad...well not bad enough to rate being worse than "Ishtar", but as you point out the book really was quite good.

[LTR]

186. "The Postman" is a very strange movie

Admittedly, I did like parts of it. I honestly feel that this had the potential to actually be a decent movie.

What killed it was the length. They could easily have chopped about five or six hours out of the ten-hour length and made it pretty lean.

Costner must have written much of this, because the whole thing reeks a bit too much of 'ego trip'. I rolled my eyes when that woman who was dancing with him asked him to impregnate her. Come on!

The Tom Petty cameo was pretty cool, but Costner ruined it with his "Hey, you used to be famous" line.

The U.S. capitol moved to the Metrodome in Minneapolis? Oh, Puh-leeze! Having been in 'the Hump' more times than I wish to remember, no way in hell can that thing stay up without electricity, which there seemed to be none of anywhere at that point. Costner could have come up with a better lie than that!

And a big-ass statue dedicated to him at the end? At this point, I felt like I just watched Costner jerk off for three hours.

All in all, I can't figure out if I detested this movie or enjoyed it. I've always been a sucker for post-apocalyptic flicks, and the bad guy was pretty good (Will Patton?). He was also in another Costner flick, the excellent "No Way Out". I also liked the genre-melding of sci-fi and western. And the scenery was beautiful and absorbing. The movie utilized it well.

So yes, there were flaws-a-plenty in this one, and I can't really fault anyone for hating it, but for some reason, I actually felt that with some generous editing, this could have been a fairly decent flick. Not great, but a somewhat engaging post-apocalyptic yarn.

[jobycom]

212. I liked Postman.

You know, in the context of melodramatic post-apocolyptic America films, it was okay. It had Will Patton. And a mule. It couldn't be all bad.

[u4ic]

121. Starsky and Hutch

A kid I was babysitting wanted me to watch it with him one evening.


I'm being very generous when I call it pathetic...

[rustydog]

123. Viva kenievel...Do I win anything?

[DBoon]

124. Snakes on a Plane

anyone care to bite on that one?

[Phillycat]

149. Goddamned snakes! On a motherfucking plane!

And there ain't a got-damned thing you can do about it!

[edbermac]

125. Debbie Does Dallas.

Worst acting I've ever seen.

[GoneOffShore]

180. you watched the acting?

[Arkham House]

126. Monsignor

I know, I know...RIP, Chris Reeve... but Christ--"Monsignor" makes "Ishtar" look like "Citizen Kane"...the worst "major" film ever, bar none...

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

129. Exorcist IV.

[TroubleMan]

130. Starship Troopers 2

One of the worst sequels ever.

[Monk06]

131. Good Times with Sonny and Cher 1967

[WhollyHeretic]

133. Children of Men

Just saw it tonight

:puke:

Stunningly craptacular.

[Porcupine]

141. "Popeye the Sailor" with Robin Williams.

just the worst movie of all time and one of only 2 that I have ever walked out on. How it ever got out of the cutting room is a total mystery.

[jobycom]

215. What Squinky eye?

Dammit, I loved that movie. Yes, it was horrible. But in a brilliant way. It tried to mimmic a really bad cartoon, so it was supposed to be bad.

Compare that to "Sin City," for instance. "Sin City" was bad without having any redeeming charm. "Popeye" at least had... Well... I don't know, you're probably right. It sucked. Forget I said anything.

[BlameCanada12]

142. Check out my sig line...

Bonus points for guessing the movie...

[Deep13]

143. Blood Shack

2 hours of pointlessness punctuated by stock footage of a rodeo, much of it with snooze-provoking narration.

[bigwillq]

144. Hostel

:puke:

[RedStateShame]

145. "While You Were Sleeping"

Bill Pullman, Sandra Bullock, and Peter "King of the Eyebrown Monsters" Gallagher. I can smell it in video stores, usually next to "Two If By Sea," another Bullock turd.

[Midlodemocrat]

146. Good Burger. Truly painful.

I took my kids to see it for one of their birthdays. It was beyond terrible.

[mikeytherat]

150. "Howard the Duck" or "Leonard: Part Six"

What do I win?

mikey_the_rat

[jmowreader]

155. If you're drunk enough, Howard's kinda cute

There are some movies out there that "drunk enough" and "approaching LD50" are the same BAC.

[Zavulon]

151. Dana Carvey's "Master of Disguise." Worst movie EVER. (NT)

[Hissyspit]

152. Dirty Dancing to start. Ishtar is not that bad. It just should be much better and it cost a lot

of money.

[jmowreader]

153. I'll go one better

I'll name TEN movies worse than Ishtar.

The War of the Worlds, with Tom Cruise

USS VD: Ship of Shame

Reefer Madness

The Toxic Avenger 2

Cheech and Chong's The Corsican Brothers

Joe

The Ann Heche remake of Psycho

The recent remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Twins with Arnold Schwarzenegger

Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag

[Taverner]

154. I liked Ishtar!

It was a decent rental.

As for bad movies - if it's just plain bad we're talking about "Freddy Got Fingered" wins hands down.

[Hotler]

156. Orca......

with Richard Harris I think?

[VOX]

157. "Xanadu," with Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly...

Over the decades, this may have developed a sort of cult status, but it is **bad** nevertheless.

[montanto]

159. Sorry, can't beat Ishtar. No way.

[momophile]

195. finally, someone who is right.

thank you.
:hi:

[Redneck Socialist]

161. The Island of Doctor Moreau

With Val Kilmer and Marlon Brandon. That movie sucked so hard it bent light.

[AlCzervik]

162. Heavens Gate and Showgirls.

[KitchenWitch]

163. "Encino Man"

[yellowdogmi]

168. I hate to publicly stand up and defend Pauly Shore but

I liked that movie. If you stuck it out all the way to the end it has a message that friends shouldn't be jerks to other friends. Of course I was the founding member of the crusty weasel's. I might be biased.

[xmas74]

166. starship troopers.

Loved the book, hated the movie. Doogie was the only good thing about the whole movie.

[Twillig]

190. A sexy coat can't save a movie though.

Ooh, did i say that?

[xmas74]

205. yes, you did just say that.

[MadMaddie]

169. Hands down "The Wicker Man" with Nicolas Cage

I can never get those two hours back....sigh..

[SmileyBoy]

171. "Better Off Dead"

:puke: and a million :puke:s.

[Twillig]

192. Did you get your two dollars back? (n/t)

...two dollars.....

[Magrittes Pipe]

172. Game, set, match.

[alfredo]

173. Porky's Revenge

[chknltl]

175. Ice Pirates

Stole my money at the theater!

[ikojo]

177. What...Not ONE person thinks Blair Witch TWO

sucked wart hog testicles?

OH c'mon...I went to see that waste of celluloid only because one of my friends insisted we see it. I had no interest. That movie BLEW chunks.

Even my friend said to me after the movie ended and we knew we'd never get those 90 minutes back, "if ever I say let's go see anything with the words Blair Witch in it, pummel me about the head and neck."

[LTR]

178. Blair Witch Project

Like watching really, really bad home movies.

There's a reason that the guys who made it haven't done anything since. They suck!

[DBoon]

182. about 20 minutes into it

I started wishing they'd kill off the female student director - immediately.

[jobycom]

217. It was supposed to be like watching really, really bad home movies.

That's like looking at a Van Gogh painting and saying "But it doesn't really look like a face."

And sadly, you're wrong about the guys who made it never doing anything since. Heather Donahue was in "Boys and Girls." Despite the fact that the film was bad in every way possible, she still managed to stand out as more horrible than the rest.

Joshua Leonard, interestingly, has done 37 films, according to IMDB. Aside from a few TV episodes and a bad Disney film, I've never heard of any of them. But he's worked, at least.

[Bjornsdotter]

188. Saturday Night Fever

and Titanic.

Cheers

[derby378]

189. What about that porn flick starring Sylvester Stallone?

Can't remember the title, but I reckon that would be a keeper.

[S n o w b a l l]

191. Last House on the Left

:puke:

[LTR]

193. Ladies and gentlemen, I now give you... the threadkiller

I win.

And yes, I did attempt to keep watching it, just to say I did. I just couldn't make it all the way through. It was that bad.

[Broken_Hero]

197. Meet Joe Black....nt

[Skittles]

198. one of the few movies I walked out on

if I recall correctly, it was just boring and stupid

[Broken_Hero]

199. the only part I liked

was when Brad Pitt's character got killed, via the...






Spoiler...














When the cars played ping pong with him....

[trackfan]

200. I liked Ishtar better than 2001: A Space Odyssey n/t

[BlueIris]

204. "Cruel Intentions 2."

I'd post "Cruel Intentions 3," but I haven't seen it. Because I felt it would kill me to do so.

[mcscajun]

206. "Office Killer"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119819/

Worst movie ever made.

At least with "Manos, the Hands of Fate", you can goof on it.

No such luck with "Office Killer".

[Lerkfish]

207. Sahara. Twilight. The Weatherman. The Postman. The Haunting remake

Lost in Space. Manos, hand of fate. Hercules in New York.

er...when do you want me to stop?

:)

[av8rdave]

213. Message in a Bottle

[underpants]

216. ********** From Justin to Kelly ***** and I can prove it

Only 23 seconds needed here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp5tz0o7aXE

You HAVE to watch the first 2:30 of this.
He is going WHERE????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFCJDo3vbv8

The film was originally set to debut on video and DVD just three weeks after its theatrical premiere. Due to threats of a boycott by exhibitors, Fox moved the release date of the video and DVD to September.

This film holds the record for fastest release from theaters to home video/DVD: 29 days.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339034/trivia

[BurtWorm]

218. The Bermuda Depths

TV movie with Burl Ives and Connie Selleca. Accurately named (except for the "Bermuda" part). (And the "The" part, come to think of it.)

[RubyDuby in GA]

219. The 13th Warrior w/Antonio Banderas

I use this movie to guage just how bad other movies are, i.e. I always ask if it's 13th Warrior bad or just regular bad.