Mom-ninja. Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 We've done worst book of the year. What is the worst movie you've watched this year? Mine would be "Imagining Argentina" I wish I had never watched it. It still gived me nightmares. It has scared me. I just can't handle movies like I used to be able to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home'scool Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The worst movie I saw this year was The Soloist. I was very excited to see it after enjoying the book, but it was such a let-down! I didn't think it captured the spirit of the book at all, and I though Jamie Foxx did a terrible job. I think if you took a mildly talented high school kid and told him to act the part it would have looked the same. Bleh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Twilight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 That's a tough one because there are so many bad ones and so few good ones... How about I name the top 3? In no particular order: From Dusk Til Dawn Burn After Reading Margot at the Wedding Ugh. Just thinking about those wasted hours of my life watching those... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Slum Dog Millionaire. I could barely stay awake. It was a major snoozefest for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The Ugly Truth. Horrid, the only redeeming part was when Gerard Butler would slip into his Scottish accent. That was about 30 seconds total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans The Watchmen (big disappointment) Towelhead (and I love Aaron Eckhart, but this was truly an awful film) Taking Woodstock.... boooooooring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Night at the Museum 2. I had only marginally enjoyed the first one (just not my thing), but my youngest dd talked me into taking a hand full of her friends to the movies. The theater was new and clean, the popcorn was delicious. The movie was truly painful. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans The Watchmen (big disappointment) Towelhead (and I love Aaron Eckhart, but this was truly an awful film) Taking Woodstock.... boooooooring! Hi Jenny; I have stated elsewhere that I am usually atypical in my movie faves.:001_smile: I posted below that I didn't like Night at the Movies 2 although I had friends who did (huh). I didn't see the other two on your list, but I really like Watchmen. I couldn't recommend it to my friends because of the nudity but I thought the storyline was sound. Everyone I mention this to looks at me like I have lost my mind. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Land of the Lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaTanya Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Then She Found Me Sunshine Cleaning Gigantic UGH! I have learned my lesson. I am not picking out movies for myself anymore. I read reviews/recommendations on Netflix first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayle in Guatemala Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 So funny! I haven't heard of MOST of these movies!!! One movie that we had never seen and everyone we knew kept telling us we needed to see it was "Fargo". Well we finally watched it this year and hated it. Dumb movie! Although Francis McDormand was good in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Twilight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Wow, I'll have to think about this one... I saw a few on previous posts that I watched and thought they were awful - The Soloist and Margot at the Wedding. I didn't think Night at the Museum 2 was as good as the first one, but I thought it was okay. My kids didn't ask me to buy the DVD, so I guess they agreed. :001_smile: I remember seeing another movie about a wedding that was terrible... I think it was called Rachel Getting Married or something like that. I watched Funny People and I Love You Man the other night and hated them both. Oh, there was a really bad one that I saw with David Duchovny, called The Secret. ... I'm sure there are many more that will come to me later. I'd have a hard time deciding which was the absolute worst, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Up. I walked out about halfway through and even getting that far was difficult for me to endure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Up. I walked out about halfway through and even getting that far was difficult for me to endure. Wow, really? I would put this as one of my favorites of the year. What a beautiful love story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnado Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Mine would have to be The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Uggg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamuk Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Burn After Reading. Should have been titled Burn After Watching. Yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Up. I walked out about halfway through and even getting that far was difficult for me to endure. I wanted to turn it off halfway through, too. But I kept watching and ended up liking it. Then I watched it again...and loved it. :) I think this one grows on you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Originally Posted by LuvnMySvn Up. I walked out about halfway through and even getting that far was difficult for me to endure. Wow, really? I would put this as one of my favorites of the year. What a beautiful love story. See, it started out OK (a bit sappy but whatever) but the point I'd had enough was with the "talking" dogs and then the bully dog. I don't know...that was just too much for me. That's when an OK movie turned stupid and I couldn't sit another minute and watch it. I don't even know the ending. I've only walked out on one other movie (Bee Movie...ugh) which annoyed me as much as Up did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in CA Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The Ugly Truth. Horrid, the only redeeming part was when Gerard Butler would slip into his Scottish accent. That was about 30 seconds total. :iagree: This was the first movie to come to mind. Oh, also, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past....absolutely HORRID!!! Both movies were ghastly disappointments. All I wanted to do after viewing them was go home and take a shower to get the filth off. Ack. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Mine would have to be The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Uggg! Wasn't that a horrible ending? I'm glad I didn't read the book. :( Burn After Reading. Should have been titled Burn After Watching. Yuck. :iagree:, that one was really bad. See, it started out OK (a bit sappy but whatever) but the point I'd had enough was with the "talking" dogs and then the bully dog. I don't know...that was just too much for me. That's when an OK movie turned stupid and I couldn't sit another minute and watch it. I don't even know the ending. I've only walked out on one other movie (Bee Movie...ugh) which annoyed me as much as Up did. I really enjoyed Up; but I couldn't stand The Bee Movie, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Burn After Reading. I didn't realize it was a Cohen brothers movie until about halfway through. Didn't finish it. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 :iagree: This was the first movie to come to mind. Oh, also, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past....absolutely HORRID!!! Both movies were ghastly disappointments. All I wanted to do after viewing them was go home and take a shower to get the filth off. Ack. :tongue_smilie: OH! SO AWFUL!!! SEE< I'M SHOUTING ABOUT IT!!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The Ugly Truth. Horrid, the only redeeming part was when Gerard Butler would slip into his Scottish accent. That was about 30 seconds total. :iagree: This was the first movie to come to mind. Oh, also, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past....absolutely HORRID!!! Both movies were ghastly disappointments. All I wanted to do after viewing them was go home and take a shower to get the filth off. Ack. :tongue_smilie: :iagree: I don't understand why Katherine Heigl keeps lowering herself to do movies like that. Did you see Knocked Up? It may have been worse. :glare: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past was stupid, but I can't say I was really disappointed. I knew it was going to be stupid. But that's what all my GF's wanted to see, so I went along anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 OH! SO AWFUL!!! SEE< I'M SHOUTING ABOUT IT!!!!:lol: :iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrina Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Spread (I was sick on the couch and it was a Play it Now) oh, it was awful, bad call on my part Funny People Just pointless IMO State of Play Weak weak ending with too many holes in the story line Duplicity Same problem as State of Play The Haunting in Connecticut Turned it off after the first 30 min, when did scary movies get so scary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Well, it was on DVD but I hated Kingdom of Heaven (it had Orlando Bloom in it though so it one redeeming quality). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periwinkle Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop We rented it because we heard it was funny, but we did not laugh at all. Mainly, it just seemed stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Up. I walked out about halfway through and even getting that far was difficult for me to endure. I agree, UP was the worst movie of the year for me (we didn't see many movies). We stayed for the whole movie but it was a real struggle to get the kids to stay in their seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The worst movie was one I borrowed from the library, which was Religiosity by Bill Maher. That guy is such a jerk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The worst movie was one I borrowed from the library, which was Religiosity by Bill Maher. That guy is such a jerk. :iagree: I forgot about that one (or rather tried to repress the memory). He just oozes sarcasm and smugness and frankly, makes my skin crawl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Hi Jenny; I have stated elsewhere that I am usually atypical in my movie faves.:001_smile: I posted below that I didn't like Night at the Movies 2 although I had friends who did (huh). I didn't see the other two on your list, but I really like Watchmen. I couldn't recommend it to my friends because of the nudity but I thought the storyline was sound. Everyone I mention this to looks at me like I have lost my mind. :lol: I'm not sure you are the only odd man out on the board. I watch a ton of movies, and my taste rarely matches the majority here. Dh & I really wanted to like The Watchman, Jackie Earle Haley, was the best part. Many of the movies others hate here, I really liked. Burn After Reading is not a great film, but if you got what they are trying to say, it's really painfully funny at times. Slum Dog Millionaire was kind of like a Indian Disney(ish) feel good film, again not the best but far from the worst. Sunshine Cleaning has to be on my top ten for the year; small gem of a movie. Loved Fargo & Rachel Getting Married, but hated Margot at a Wedding. Up was great, as was Religulous (but then Bill was preaching to the choir, so I would be surprised if many here liked it). :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Wow, I am really surprised to see that so many disliked Burn After Reading. My brother hated it but everyone else in my family loved it and we have watched it many times and laughed out loud each time. We are just weird I guess. We did watch one truly horrid movie which was absolute torture to finish but I can't even remember the name of it. It must have been so bad that I blocked it out entirely. It was one of those movies where there were so many questions that you thought for sure that they were going to tie them all up in a grand finale, only they didn't. It was on video so it must have come out last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 :iagree: I forgot about that one (or rather tried to repress the memory). He just oozes sarcasm and smugness and frankly, makes my skin crawl. Bill Maher knows better and more than anyone on the planet, don't you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineFarmMom Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 This is really sad that I'm posting this one because it is obvious it would be stupid, but here goes: Year One. I didn't finish it. I love Jack Black and thought it looked funny. WRONG!! Extremely blasphemous, and even without that negative it was just. too. stupid. for. words!!! What a deeply intellectual movie to have chosen, huh? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineFarmMom Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I agree, UP was the worst movie of the year for me (we didn't see many movies). We stayed for the whole movie but it was a real struggle to get the kids to stay in their seats. That is the only kids' movie I've seen in a while that I chose to purchase. My kids loved it and so did I. Weird!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineFarmMom Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Land of the Lost Okay. Yeah, that would be #2 worst for me. I rarely go to the movies...I actually went to see that one. Dh and I were blown away by how stupid it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Wow, I am really surprised to see that so many disliked Burn After Reading. My brother hated it but everyone else in my family loved it and we have watched it many times and laughed out loud each time. We are just weird I guess.I must be too... I saw it twice in the theatre. :D I didn't see any truly horrible films this year, but I'd like the 5 minutes of my life back spent in a theatre with that horrible Kid Rock video for the National Guard. Whoever decided Portland was an appropriate market for this must have been inebriated at the time. I'd also like the time back spent sitting through the Chipmunks "Squeakwel" preview shown prior to The Fantastic Mr Fox (a film my kids and I loved so much, we saw it three times). If anyone is looking for a good kids' film, we all loved Ponyo. While not Miyazaki's best, it is still miles above the drek that passes for children's films these days. Though I could have lived without the Jonas and the Cyrus. <sigh> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Revolutionary Road. I loved the book but the movie was terrible. My husband hated it so much he went on for days about how bad it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadiegirl Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Wow, really? I would put this as one of my favorites of the year. What a beautiful love story. I think that they way they promoted the movie before it came out was misleading....after the movie, my boys and I thought it was not near as good. Very sad in a way and the way they end kids' movies these days...last 15 minutes drawn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I still would like to travel to South America some day . . . but, as a direct result of that movie, I can guarantee I will never go to Argentina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadiegirl Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 RV...with Robin Williams. It was actually recommended by friends who are traveling the U.S. in their RV...they loved it BUT it was sooooo bad!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylaw Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 My Sister's Keeper- I hate when they change the ending of the book. The Ugly Truth- awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Gooby http://www.thegoobymovie.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) The worst movie I saw was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I was furious that I wasted over two hours of my life watching it. My dh thought it was a fantastic movie. I thought it was just stupid. I was very unhappy with Body of Lies. It was very good all the way through until they ended it without actually ending it. I would actually have been happier with it if it had been a terrible movie, because then I wouldn't care that I don't know how it ended. Who was telling the truth? Was anybody telling the truth? What happened next? Very frustrating. District 9 didn't have an ending either, but I didn't care for the characters, so I didn't care that it didn't have an ending. My dh thought it was fantastic. Edited December 31, 2009 by AngieW in Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delighted3 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 "I Love You, Man". All I can say is "Yuck". Joy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Revolutionary Road.I loved the book but the movie was terrible. My husband hated it so much he went on for days about how bad it was. I forgot about this one... yawwwwwwwwwwwwn. But then I'm not a Leo fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Has there been a best movie list? Did I miss it? Of course I will not be able to list just one. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Slum Dog Millionaire was kind of like a Indian Disney(ish) feel good film, again not the best but far from the worst. Sunshine Cleaning has to be on my top ten for the year; small gem of a movie. Loved Fargo & Rachel Getting Married, but hated Margot at a Wedding. Up was great, as was Religulous (but then Bill was preaching to the choir, so I would be surprised if many here liked it). :lol: Thanks for the information. I have Slum Dog on my mental to watch list. You are the second person who has mentioned Sunshine Cleaning so that goes on the list too. I loved Fargo but haven't seen the others. I see so few movies and most feel like the same thing over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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