What Is the Worst Movie You’ve Seen Recently?

[GoblinCampFollower]

I think the last movie I saw that was total shit was Batman Vs. Superman. I watched it with my ex in between breaking up and her actually moving out of my place. ...it turned into a fond memory of us both agreeing how much we hated that utter trash.... we split on very amiable terms.

 

[Caete]

I think the last movie I saw that was total shit was Batman Vs. Superman. I watched it with my ex in between breaking up and her actually moving out of my place. ...it turned into a fond memory of us both agreeing how much we hated that utter trash.... we split on very amiable terms.

Was her name Martha?

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Was her name Martha?

lol, no.

 

[danielravennest]

I think the last movie I saw that was total shit was Batman Vs. Superman. I watched it with my ex in between breaking up and her actually moving out of my place. ...it turned into a fond memory of us both agreeing how much we hated that utter trash.... we split on very amiable terms.

Did you watch the theatrical version, or the Ultimate Edition, which is a half hour longer and what the director originally wanted? I've seen both, and prefer the full version.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Did you watch the theatrical version, or the Ultimate Edition, which is a half hour longer and what the director originally wanted? I've seen both, and prefer the full version.

the one in theaters.... so maybe the first one. it definitely had some bad editing as the plot jumped around and made no sense.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

 

[danielravennest]

the one in theaters.... so maybe the first one. it definitely had some bad editing as the plot jumped around and made no sense.

The longer version is 3 hours 2 minutes, which is why the studio cut it. Movies that long have fewer showings in the theater, and thus make less money during the critical first weeks, which is when the biggest sales happen. As it turned out the cuts were bad, like you and I and everyone else thinks. So the second week in the theaters the ticket sales dropped precipitously. So as it turned out they would have made more money if they had left it alone.

 

[Zaida Gearbox]

I thought the New Mutants was pretty awful.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Just thought of this... I haven't seen it but if Ready Player One is as bad as the book it's gotta be pretty awful. It's the worst book I've actually finished in the past several years.

 

[Imnotgoing Sideways]

So, this was horrible and painful to watch. But, I think that was the point. The hype makes it out to be disturbing. I was expecting it to be pretentious and cringey. I found myself genuinely disturbed. But... I think that was the point. (o.o)

 

[danielravennest]

Just thought of this... I haven't seen it but if Ready Player One is as bad as the book it's gotta be pretty awful. It's the worst book I've actually finished in the past several years.

It had generally good reviews.

 

[Caete]

Just thought of this... I haven't seen it but if Ready Player One is as bad as the book it's gotta be pretty awful. It's the worst book I've actually finished in the past several years.

It was worse than the book. Th only real reason most people liked it was all the pop culture references Speilberg was busy vomiting into every pixel on screen. Roger Corman's Fantastic Four is a masterpiece compared to this crap.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

It had generally good reviews.

Like a "coruscating explosion of pop-culture eye candy" ?

Well, the book was 80% Wade bragging about all the pop culture he knew, and 20% him being creepy AF towards Artemis. I mean he even did the romcom abusive serenade thing. So it sounds like it was pretty on target. Did it get the 20% horrible creep bit as well?

It was worse than the book. Th only real reason most people liked it was all the pop culture references Speilberg was busy vomiting into every pixel on screen.

Yeh that's what I was afraid of.

 

[Lexxi]

Just saw Without Remorse. It wasn't very good. And I had to watch it twice because I accidentally fell asleep the first time I tried to stream it (okay, I also just got my second COVID shot, and it's made me sleepier than normal, so . . . maybe I fell asleep because of that).

If I recall correctly, Without Remorse was one I did not read. Though I read most/all of the Jack Ryan Clancy novels (and Clark aka Kelly was in the Ryan books). So I can't say anything about comparing movie to the book.

 

[bubblesort]

I just saw the new Mortal Kombat in a theater, and it was bad. I mean, I didn't expect it to be the 21st century's Citizen Kane or anything, but it was BAD bad.

First of all, no song. The song was stuck in my head all day, because I was looking forward to cheesy fight scenes with the song. During the credits, they played some bad remix of it, but I don't count that as using the Mortal Kombat theme in the film (trivia: the Mortal Kombat theme is actually called Techno Syndrome). I maybe wouldn't have minded as much if they maybe used techno throughout the film or something, but the film had this low rent Hans Zimmer style symphonic sound track.

The combat was impossible to follow. I just don't understand the editing at all. Like, they were using quick cuts and shaky cam to hide the fighting, which is obnoxious, but not unexpected. Even outside the fighting, though, they were quick cutting and shaking all over the place. At one point, Sonya Blade was having a meaningful, quiet conversation with Jax, as he lie on a hospital bed with no arms, and they used shaky cam for that. It's like they just fed footage to an AI and let the AI make all the editing decisions.

The only things they did right were the gory fatalities, and they used catch phrases from the game now and then. Like, they would say "test your might" and stuff. Near the end of the film, Scorpion does throw the spear and shout "GET OVER HERE" in english, but the effect is comical, because Scorpion only speaks Japanese. Dude spent decades in hell, and when he comes back, he picked up one phrase in english... "GET OVER HERE". Maybe he picked it up when he took a vacation from hell and went to Disneyland or something.

What made the film worth seeing was yelling at the screen. I almost never talk in theaters, but in this theater, there was me, my GF, and 4 teenagers in the back of the theater. We were all chattering and laughing at the movie the whole time. During a scene where Kano gets foot swept I shouted, "No mercy, sweep the leg!", then they called out "Give em a crane kick!" We kept doing this for the rest of the film. It is one of those things that never would have worked if the theater was full of people, but in this situation it worked, and we just had great chemistry.

So yeah, I made some new friends, and that made the film worth seeing. It is still a really, really bad movie.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Like a "coruscating explosion of pop-culture eye candy" ?

Well, the book was 80% Wade bragging about all the pop culture he knew, and 20% him being creepy AF towards Artemis. I mean he even did the romcom abusive serenade thing. So it sounds like it was pretty on target. Did it get the 20% horrible creep bit as well?

I liked the movie so much more than the book that I sorta wish I hadn't read it.

Wade's creep factor is mostly absent, apart from a thwarted fanboy crush. He doesn't get a chance to try again until she creates an opportunity for him to do so. Halliday has a bit of a creep factor but it's 'mostly harmless', though it steps into 'inappropriate' territory at one point when he puts a replica of his deceased unrequited love into a game scenario.

I love the 'Eureka!' moments and the music. The character models are nicely made & rendered, the villains are pretty comical. It all just kinda works for me. And I'm not particularly enthralled with 80's pop culture usually.

I dunno. You and I have pretty different tastes, so I wouldn't feel comfortable saying "Give it a try! You'll love it!" ... it's possible you might, if you can just go with it without being too critical and accept that it's more like a carnival ride than a piece of 'cinema'.

 

[Zaida Gearbox]

I watched Moonstruck because of Olympia Dukakis dying - I don't get what the big deal about this movie was. I didn't think it was that great.

 

[Khamon]

I recently watched Moonstruck, for the first time ever, as well. It seemed more like watching a staged slice-of-life play than a big screen film. Reminded me of Steel Magnolias in that way.

 

[Arilynn]

My son was dying to watch the director’s cut of Justice League. I couldn’t stand more than 30 minutes of the overly self-serious monochromatism. It felt like an eternity.

 

[danielravennest]

My son was dying to watch the director’s cut of Justice League. I couldn’t stand more than 30 minutes of the overly self-serious monochromatism. It felt like an eternity.

That version is 4 hours long, so you saved 3 1/2 hours of your time

I liked it better than the theatrical version, but watching at home I could take breaks. It is helpfully broken into parts so you know when to do that.