While scanning the 2009 Razzie Award nominations this morning, I wondered how this year’s worst film offerings (The Hottie and the Nottie, Love Guru, etc.) compared to the bottom feeders of years past. Enter today’s Site of the Day: The All-Time Low Scores on Metacritic.com. I’m not proud to report that even though this list is likely intended to have the opposite effect, it kind of makes me want to see Bio Dome. And I’m pretty psyched that Caffeine, the awful Mena Suvari/Katherine Heigl movie that I routinely managed to watch-without-really-watching on HBO or Showtime during a particularly pathetic patch of 2008, ranked 200 on the Worst List. That movie is the word "awful" come to life. In Britain!
I’m thankfully unfamiliar with most of this year’s Razzie noms — excluding Al Pacino’s Worst Actor turn in 88 Minutes. Indeed, I saw 88 Minutes IN THE THEATER. Under the very worthy excuse of "having an interview with Ben McKenzie" (pictured, behind Pacino), of course. ‘Fess up: What was the absolute worst movie you paid to see in 2008?
Hancock.
Half Baked is number 82 on that list! While being a far from perfect movie, there are still many enjoyable moments. I demand a recount!
Also, movies like Showgirls and Jawbreaker should be removed from the list because of their campy, midnight movie qualities.
Gotta agree with Louise on Hancock, the first half was pretty promising, but everything after one of the dumbest, yet oddly predictable, twists I’ve ever seen was just garbage.
Not too bad. I’ve only seen two of them all the way through (Serving Sara and Pokemon 3, the latter through babysitting) – while I was convinced to see at least four others, I left the room/theatre within minutes.
Unfortunately, my comic-book geekness brought me to see The Spirit. I hope Eisner is plotting revenge from beyond the grave.
Prince Caspian.
Probably a tie between “Cloverfield” and “Seven Pounds.”
I am sad to say I actually paid money to see MEET THE SPARTANS. In my defense, I only saw this because my son and his friend wanted to see this in the worst way and the only way they could see it was if I went with them. We all now wish we hadn’t.
I am sad to say I actually paid money to see MEET THE SPARTANS. In my defense, I only saw this because my son and his friend wanted to see this in the worst way and the only way they could see it was if I went with them. We all now wish we hadn’t.
What Happens in Vegas…whatever happened thankfully stayed in the movie theater. I couldn’t remember any of the movie five minutes after I left the theater.
I can’t believe that “Two of a Kind” is Metacritic’s fifth worst movie of all time. I loved, loved that movie as a little girl (actually my cousin and I loved any movie with John Travolta in it). I’ll have to watch it again to see if it’s that bad now that I’m an adult.
The worst movie for me on that list is “Black Christmas.” I tried explaining the plot of the movie to my husband first and then to my coworkers and everyone just ended up laughing hysterically. It makes absolutely no sense. Worst. Horror. Movie. Ever.
As to the list: all are pretty much unquestionably awful films, although I would half-heartedly defend 3000 MILES TO GRACELAND (crooks dressed as Elvis shooting up a Casino… what’s not to like?). I got a few yuks out of HALF-BAKED and THE LADIES MAN, but I can definitely see why others might not like ‘em.
Blindness.
Worst movies of 2008 I saw in theaters had to be Pineapple Express. I liked the actors but I hated, hated the movie. And then Righteous Kill was terrible. I felt cheated within the first five minutes.
I paid to see “semi-pro” and i’m still kicking myself for that one.