Worst. Movie. Ever.

[stillmecholo]

I nominate Little Black Book.

Right, so I probably shoudl've known , based on the
movie reviews. But I love Ron Livingston, so I thought a mindless romcom that starred him would've been worth my time. Plus, I had a free rental at Blockbuster, so it's not like it actually cost me anything.

Well, I'm really tempted to write him, Brittany Murphy, and Holly Hunter long ass letters demanding those two hours of my life back.

Spoiler /So, not only does she not get the guy, because he doesn't really love her, he loves his ex, she doesn't get the guy she dumped at the beginning of the movie cause he's got a pregnant wife, but the big fucking payoff is that she meets Carly Simon???

Not only that, but her character has to be the most unsympathetic biatch ever. When I'm watching a romcom, I want the heroine to be someone I like, and I want her to get the guy in the end/Spoiler


Honestly, I thought the reviews were exaggerated. I'm not a movie snob - shoot, I count Men at Work among my favorite movies, but this one truly sucked ass.

[Smilla]

Thanks for the warning about Little Black Book, StillMeCholo. I adore Ron Livingston, too, he's my favorite, but...I can do without seeing that (and I love Men at Work as well).

My submission for this thread is: Juice. Wretched early '90s movie with Wesley Snipes, promoting some of the worst stereotypes about African-American men raised and living in urban areas I've ever seen. To be fair, Snipes doesn't do a terrible job in it, but...I'm surprised it didn't get justifiably crucified as outright racist in its day, or now.

[slashgirl]

Connie & Carla, you're no Victor/Victoria.

[bakaney]

Now and forever, The Life Of David Gale, you will be my Worst. Movie. Ever.

[agnesnitt]

Stop or my Mom will shoot. Pretty self-explanatory. How a crew of 100 people spent six months not only making, but writing, acting and editing this- heck, even the set-builders would've realised- without realising what a great big pile of crap it was escapes me. It also features the worst credit sequence ever.

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They. What the FUCK was that all about?

[Deleted]

Feardotcom or Fear.com or whatever. What an awful piece of crap. It suuuuucked.

[Smilla]

Darkness Falls. Is it possible to be derivative of...derivation? Because that's what that shit was. Generic troubled-kid-witnesses-murder-by-monster-but-nobody-believes-his-'it-was-a-monster'-story plot combined with prodigal-son-returns-to-hometown plot and small-town-girl-next-door-reunites-with-long-lost-love plot. Then it was badly done cliché after badly done cliché about the monster gradually killing everyone which made no sense since it was painfully obvious to any audience member with a brain how to kill the damn monster. What drove me up the wall--and maybe they should get points for originality because I've never seen a film do this, and seem quite so serious about it, unaware or uncaring that they were doing it--the "scriptwriters" actually seemed content with leaving the generic "small town" "troubled young man" terms of characterization phrased generically. The "five-and-dime" the characters had all hung out in when they were kids was actually shamelessly referred to as "the five-and-dime." I know, I know, to some of you, this description might seem like par for the course in the pure-shit-repackaged-as-average movie trends of modern Hollywood, but, I swear, Darkness Falls was a unique atrocity. I think that what cinched the uber-suck for me here was this one other issue that kept cropping up and making my head explode--like, two or three times, the dialogue would contain genuinely funny lines. Delivered humorously. And I would be dumbstruck, because they were buried in the middle of one of the worst Worst. Movies. Ever. As if the writers literally had two or three great lines they wanted to structure a story around and then...didn't bother to come up with the rest of the story. And nobody gave a damn. And I won't even start on the "performances." Ugh.

[mrsbootsie]

Ladder 49. Lame, predictable, absolutely retarded acting and writing.

Eta: an exchange during the 45 minutes of Ladder 49 watched last night...
mrbootsie: *sigh*
mrsbootsie: I know, this sucks
mrbootsie: Yes, but why does John Travolta have to dance in every fucking movie he's in...for christ's sake they show him dancing with the bride, but do they show the bride and groom dancing together, fuck no, cause little mr. flashy-pants dancer is a famewhore!

Ah, nothing like it when the snark starts coming out of the loved ones...

[zivvie]

Translvania 6-5000. Yikes.