My "Bad/Worst"(3-2-1 Stars) Movie List...
These to me is a "sad" list because sometimes you are expecting a good movie because of a star or director or because of a theme or genre and you get disappointed big time . I'm going to borrow Tom Hank's "Forrest Gump" famous saying and apply it here differently to some extent, "Movies are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you gonna get!" So true. These here are a one time viewing only. They Don't deserve a second viewing. :(
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- DirectorConall PendergastStarsSandy MacDonaldRichard ArcherFrancoise SnobelPlunge into a putrid abyss of gore-garnished gruesomeness and slime-soaked sin as the sinister Doctor Gore turns soft flesh into hideous mutant skin in a venomous vortex of violence and vileness.My Rate: 1 star! (Ha-Ha)
The crazy credits says: "With special thanks to our wonderful and extraordinarily dedicated cast, who weathered extreme heat, blood, and mask-wearing to make this film possible, to them go the greatest praise and gratitude."
Was filmed digitally with a Hand-Cam! Proceed at your own risk folks! Ha-ha! - DirectorGreg MottolaStarsSimon PeggNick FrostSeth RogenTwo English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.Haggard: I am authorized to use deadly force! Stand down!
Moses Buggs: That thing's got my daughter!
Haggard: Stand down! This is not your mission!
Moses Buggs: I'm on a mission from God!
Haggard: Tell him you failed!
[shoots Buggs]
And that's what this movie did for me : failed :(
It was just basically a homage and tribute(not a spoof) to Spielberg and his films and other great similiar themed Sfi-fi classics that went before it. A total disappointment from the 'Shaun of the Dead' guys.
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost came up with the concept for Paul while waiting out a rainstorm on the set of Shaun of the Dead. They handed producer Nira Park a sketch drawing of Paul wearing an FBI T-shirt, flipping-off the viewer, with a caption that read, "In the U.S., everybody is an alien." The actual drawing can be seen during the closing credits.
While researching the film, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost actually drove an RV along the route Clive and Graeme would take in the script. During the trip they stopped at the actual Little A'le'inn, where they encountered a chatty waitress and some belligerent locals. The encounter inspired them to include it in the script.
During the scene in the bar, the band is playing the same song as the band in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope is playing in the cantina on Luke Skywalker's home planet Tatooine at the beginning of the movie.
Tara Walton (Blythe Danner) is offered to travel with Paul in the UFO to his home-world. It's a nod for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, where Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) too was invited by the extraterrestrials to travel in his giant spacecraft.
When Paul says, "Toothbrush? Where we're going we don't need teeth" is an homage to Back to the Future; Doc Brown say, "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads."
When O'Reilly shoots out at the RV from the farm house causing it to explode, the camera zooms in really quickly in a type of shot called a "dolly zoom". This was an intentional homage to an identical shot from Jaws where Sheriff Brody blows up the shark.
The odd presence of sailors in the bar fight in landlocked Wyoming is both an in-joke about the presence of sailors in seemingly all Hollywood bar fights, and a nod to Steven Spielberg's 1941. - DirectorJon AmielStarsAaron EckhartHilary SwankDelroy LindoThe only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.Dr. Josh Keyes: Do this and I'll sign your doctorates blindfolded.
Danni: Blindfolded?
Dr. Josh Keyes: Blindfolded. Do not pass go. Go directly to PhD.
My Rate: 3 stars
At the beginning when the Paramount pictures logo is shown there is a transition between the Paramount pictures logo and the film - the camera zooms in on the mountain then starts to move down through the mountain to the core of the earth.
Hawaii is in the middle of the Pacific tectonic plate, not in an area between two plates as in the movie. - DirectorBilly O'BrienStarsJoe FlaniganSam O'MahonyJohn Rhys-DaviesA groundbreaking device is designed to glimpse alternate universes. But when the machine malfunctions and transports a group of observers into a nightmarish dimension of alien terrors, the travelers must use ingenuity to survive."Don't..Poke...The Alien!"
More like "Don't...Watch..This Crap!"
My rate: 2 stars (read my review on it on why)
The alien dimension is apparently populated by only one type of carnivorous animal. Where are the other animals which would be required as prey? And you somehow heal magically no matter what type of injury you get! Yea rite! What a turkey! - DirectorLance RiveraStarsQuran PenderJenifer LewisJa RuleTodd Anderson's life changes overnight when he signs a $30 million contract with the NBA. Determined not to forget who he is and where he's from, he throws a cookout for his family and friends from the hood, in his new neighborhood.This was sadly Farrah Fawcett's last movie role. Not a good "Swan song" for her. She deserved a way better role for her final one. Too bad. :(
- DirectorMichael BayStarsWill SmithMartin LawrenceLisa BoyleTwo hip detectives protect a witness to a murder while investigating a case of stolen heroin from the evidence storage room from their police precinct.I could not believe it. Two of my favorite comedians , together, and they were not at all funny!? I'm thinking it was mistake. it can't be. But ultimately if left me numb and like no way. But it made enough money for a sequel (I heard a 3rd one is also in the works). Anyways, I haven't seen the sequel yet, I hope it's better than this turkey cause Will & Martin deserve better. But the soundtrack is real good though! :) I recommend buying the CD instead. lol
- DirectorPericles LewnesStarsSteve SooyAnthony M. CarrKen DavisA barrel of radioactive waste is lost out in the woods. Some demented rednecks find it and use it as part of their still. Everybody who drinks the liquor they produced turns into zombies.The budget on this was so ultra low that the zombies look more like clowns with bad makeup! lol The only redeeming thing about this turkey is the musical score. Adrian Bond took it very seriously when he wrote it and it shows. Too bad they didn't do the same with the movie. I recommend the CD soundtrack, the DVD? No way! lol
The budget for this movie was so low that the filmmakers could only afford one breakaway candy glass bottle. - DirectorRyan ThompsonStarsKenny JamesDavid CalkinsMichael HarthenWhen roommates Mark & Tom go out for a night at the bar, the last thing they expected was a machete wielding stranger and a horde of the undead. But the unlikely duo must now fight for survival in an epic conflict.The type of zombie movie where you are rooting for the zombies to win so they can get rid of all these losers quick so the movie can end! lol
There is a chainsaw scene where you "hear" the saw running but when you look at it it's not even running! lol - DirectorTommy WirkolaStarsJeppe Beck LaursenCharlotte FrognerJenny SkavlanA ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.So much hoopla over nothing. This one had potential but for me blew it big time. Not funny and not scary at all. What a waste.
The skull badge on Colonel Herzog's hat changes from crooked to straight throughout the movie. - DirectorDaniel SackheimStarsScott GlennTom SkerrittGrant ShowHomeland Security and the September 11th disaster.A pathetic attempt to cash in on the 9/11 tragedy. And it stars one of my favorite actors too: Scott Glenn. who had a thankless ,wasted role in this turkey.
- DirectorTibor TakácsStarsKristy SwansonJudd NelsonDavid SelbyAn atomic research experiment goes awry in St. Louis, Missouri unleashing not only a big black hole, but also a creature from beyond that feeds on electricity through the streets of this Midwest city.Judd Nelson as a scientist: maybe. Hooking up with a hottie like Kristy Swanson, no way. This being a good movie? Double no way! Ha-ha The only thing this turkey had going for it was some OK CGI effects and barely that. Avoid at all costs.
A strange matter 'black hole' formed in a particle accelerator would sink down into the center of the planet rather than travel along the surface as depicted in this movie. - DirectorRod S. ScottStarsGlenn PlummerDwayne AdwayMane Rich AndrewThe rise and fall of the Freeway Boyz, These group of young men sold millions of dollars of drugs in the streets of South Central Los Angeles, and inadvertently financed a CIA private war in Nicaragua.This movie was so bad that one of the actors, the great character actor Gary "Carlos" Cervantes does not even include it in his impressive resume here on IMDB!!? Ha-ha( yet in the VHS version I saw, he is listed in the credits)
- DirectorRobert TottenStarsJohn L. MartinClem McSpaddenNick ZickefooseThe good people of Milo, Kansas combine forces to battle against the evil agribusiness Farmco that conspires to drive up the price of bread to six dollars a loaf.This film was very low budget and just plain bad. And that's a shame because it had various stars I recognized that have been good in other films: Doug McClure, Ben Johnson, Morgan Woodward and Billy Drago.
My Rate: 2 stars