Worst Movies of 2004

Team America was the worst one I saw, as I avoided any other shitty ones. Everyone said LOL! BEST MOVIE EVAR!!!!11 so I went to see it. It sucked. The ONLY funny parts were the fuck Yeah song, Kim Jong-Il's speech, Matt Damon, and the Pearl Harbor song. Everything else was stupid. How was that vomiting scene funny at all?!
 
Why is Bubba Ho Tep continually mentioned in this thread? It was release last year.

Also, I saw both Aliens Vs. Predator and Chronicles of Riddick and I say Riddick was the worst Sci-Fi movie. Although I agree with several people that AVP was no prize pig either.
 
[quote name='RedvsBlue']Shaun of the Dead?!?! Ok now your really trying to tick people off around here, me especially,(not really though, I'm kidding, but...). Did you like ANY movie that came out within the last year?[/quote]

Of course!

Troy
Mystic River
Fahrenheit 9/11
Monster
Spider-Man 2
Paycheck
School of Rock
Dawn of the Dead
Scary Movie 3
Starship Troopers 2 (it "sucked" but I loved it)
The Butterfly Effect
Alien vs. Predator
Supersize Me

I gotta recommend all those.
 
Starship Troopers 2 sucked in every imaginable way. Rented it as a joke and even then I was disappointed. The only good thing was the CGI for the bugs. They must've blown all their Acting Lessons & Script Writing money on that.
 
WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR:

Day After Tommorrow... While the special effects were ok.....wolves really were horrible.... and (possible SPOILER) how can a jet's fuel freez solid but a wooden library door can keep the cold out? Whatever... don't get me started... movie was written by a two year old. :lol:
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']

I have not seen most of those, but how can anyone like Kill Bill?

That was the dumbest movie ever. Almost every dumb action movie alive had more plot than that piece of trash.I have seen my fair share of dumb movies over the past year( punisher, AVP, RE 2) but this one took the cake. If I had went to the theater by myself to see that, I would have walked out 30 minutes in and demanded a refund. It was almost as bad as Finding Nemo (I fell alseep during that movie)[/quote]

1) You have apparently not seen enough of the types of movies Tarantino was paying hommage to in Vol 1 to appreciate the film for what it was. Go rent some martial arts flicks from the 70's and 80's and watch a lot of Kung Fu. Likewise, watch a bunch of Sergio Leone westerns (Fistful of Dollars, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, etc) to fully appreciate Vol 2.

2) Arguing plot then supporting AvP and bashing Finding Nemo undermines your credibility. AvP's plot made less sense then a eunuch walking into a high-scale brothel and dropping $5k for sex (I did enjoy it for what it was -- a popcorn action flick -- but to say it had a plot is ridiculous). Not enjoying Finding Nemo (or any Pixar film, for that matter) means you need a psychiatric evaluation. Next you're gonna bash Iron Giant or The Incredibles. After that, your head will probably spontaneously combust.



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As for my vote, I'll abstain until some more come out on video. I've had the good fortune of avoiding the bad ones when they came out, and enjoying ones that others thought bad (mostly by expecting a certain thing when walking in the theatre, like a brainless action movie -- King Arthur, AvP, RE: Apocalypse -- or a similarly retarded comedy -- Anchorman).

Although released in 2003, the worst movie I've seen for the first time THIS year has to go to Timeline. It was like someone made a conscious decision to force every actor involved to act their very worst (something like the first section of Mulholland Drive where everyone is supposedly IN a B-movie at the time, but without the artistic intent). The dialogue and character interactions made me hate every single person in the movie within 15 minutes. I loved the book (though the Congo, Sphere, and Jurassic Park 2 adaptations tempered me to expect something other than the enjoyable source material), and while the plot was fairly close, it fell on its face hard enough to shatter not only its nose, but its eye sockets and jaw as well.
 
[quote name='Cornfedwb']How did we miss Soul Plane people? It has to win, hands down.

The other movies (excepting maybe Garfield) were bad.. but worth watching for certain comedic or action moments... there is nothing redeeming about Soul Plane.

The movie is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever seen. At no point in its rambling, incoherent story was it even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in our society is now dumber for having seen the advertisements for it. I award them no points, and may God have mercy on their soul.[/quote]

I considered mentioning Soul Plane, but, since I have not seen it, I decided it wouldn't be fair. It, like most of the movies mentioned in this thread, falls into the category of films that may as well have had "Guaranteed Crap!!!" stamped on the lobby posters. How could anyone have expected Soul Plane to be good in the first place?

I'd rather watch a full season of Tiny House (which actually looks much classier than a lot of the new reality shows, but I digress).
 
[quote name='WildWop'][quote name='CaseyRyback']

I have not seen most of those, but how can anyone like Kill Bill?

That was the dumbest movie ever. Almost every dumb action movie alive had more plot than that piece of trash.I have seen my fair share of dumb movies over the past year( punisher, AVP, RE 2) but this one took the cake. If I had went to the theater by myself to see that, I would have walked out 30 minutes in and demanded a refund. It was almost as bad as Finding Nemo (I fell alseep during that movie)[/quote]

1) You have apparently not seen enough of the types of movies Tarantino was paying hommage to in Vol 1 to appreciate the film for what it was. Go rent some martial arts flicks from the 70's and 80's and watch a lot of Kung Fu. Likewise, watch a bunch of Sergio Leone westerns (Fistful of Dollars, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, etc) to fully appreciate Vol 2.

2) Arguing plot then supporting AvP and bashing Finding Nemo undermines your credibility. AvP's plot made less sense then a eunuch walking into a high-scale brothel and dropping $5k for sex (I did enjoy it for what it was -- a popcorn action flick -- but to say it had a plot is ridiculous). Not enjoying Finding Nemo (or any Pixar film, for that matter) means you need a psychiatric evaluation. Next you're gonna bash Iron Giant or The Incredibles. After that, your head will probably spontaneously combust.



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As for my vote, I'll abstain until some more come out on video. I've had the good fortune of avoiding the bad ones when they came out, and enjoying ones that others thought bad (mostly by expecting a certain thing when walking in the theatre, like a brainless action movie -- King Arthur, AvP, RE: Apocalypse -- or a similarly retarded comedy -- Anchorman).

Although released in 2003, the worst movie I've seen for the first time THIS year has to go to Timeline. It was like someone made a conscious decision to force every actor involved to act their very worst (something like the first section of Mulholland Drive where everyone is supposedly IN a B-movie at the time, but without the artistic intent). The dialogue and character interactions made me hate every single person in the movie within 15 minutes. I loved the book (though the Congo, Sphere, and Jurassic Park 2 adaptations tempered me to expect something other than the enjoyable source material), and while the plot was fairly close, it fell on its face hard enough to shatter not only its nose, but its eye sockets and jaw as well.[/quote]

I was merely saying that those films had more plot, not that it made more sense. I do not watch Karate films and Westerns, because I find them boring. A revenge film can be done much better than it was done. I walked into the movie theater expecting a decent amount of plot, since that was what you got in other Tarantino movies, instead I got a movie, where the last 45 minutes were all Uma killing people left and right.

as far as my hate of Finding Nemo, it all stems from who played the main characters and the fact that it just was boring. Previous Pixar films were pretty good, but this one let me down immensely.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']I was merely saying that those films had more plot, not that it made more sense. I do not watch Karate films and Westerns, because I find them boring. A revenge film can be done much better than it was done. I walked into the movie theater expecting a decent amount of plot, since that was what you got in other Tarantino movies, instead I got a movie, where the last 45 minutes were all Uma killing people left and right.[/quote]

Interesting point. Can you really rate a movie if you hate the genre?

For example, I generally dislike all dramatic musicals (think Les Miserables). Therefore I refrain from rating them, because I will always give them a subpar score.
 
[quote name='Xevious']I did like Troy but alot of people hated it. I though it was a good old fashion Hollywood epic.[/quote]

The only thing that irked me about Troy was the score. It sounded like someone threw it together over the course of a weekend and really just ripped off other "epic" style films. It felt forced, like they were trying to cram "epic" down our throats with the music.

I heard sometime after the film was released that it WAS thrown together quickly because the producers fired the original composer rather late in the production cycle. The new guy had very little time to rewrite the whole score, and it showed.
 
[quote name='camoor'][quote name='CaseyRyback']I was merely saying that those films had more plot, not that it made more sense. I do not watch Karate films and Westerns, because I find them boring. A revenge film can be done much better than it was done. I walked into the movie theater expecting a decent amount of plot, since that was what you got in other Tarantino movies, instead I got a movie, where the last 45 minutes were all Uma killing people left and right.[/quote]

Interesting point. Can you really rate a movie if you hate the genre?

For example, I generally dislike all dramatic musicals (think Les Miserables). Therefore I refrain from rating them, because I will always give them a subpar score.[/quote]

basically I took a chance on it thinking that it would be good. I like action movies, and I liked most of the movies tarantino has made, so I thought it would be good. I hear part 2 is much better, but part 1 has made me not want to watch it.

After seeing it, I wish that the movie was not split in half. It could have been a really good movie, but trying to cash in on it, by making two movies ruined it
 
[quote name='SunnyRT'][Kill Bill 1 and 2 are actually one movie split into two.[/quote]
[quote name='Trakan'][quote name='guardian_owl'][quote name='Trakan']
Wow, you hate movies period. Kill Bill 1 and 2 were awesome movies.[/quote]
While I liked both films, I believe vol 1 has too much action and vol 2 has too much dialogue. The two volumes just seem like two different beasts instead of one consistent entity. This is why I hope in the future Tarantino will re-edit the two volumes and fuse them into one more balanced film that will ultimately be superior to its two parts.[/quote]

I agree with you to a certain extent. If he makes them into one movie, like it was originally supposed to be, it will still be action in the beginning and dialogue at the end. I like Vol. 2 way better than 1. I agree there was too much action in the first, but thought that the second was balanced. I also hope he keeps them seperate just so some things don't get cut out. I hope the SE comes out soon so I can see the rest of the features and more deleted scenes. The one deleted scene I saw on the DVD I rented with Michael Jai White was very good. Hopefully I'll see more of the same.[/quote]

I also have another vote, and it goes to Species 3, even if it did go straight to DVD.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback'][quote name='camoor'][quote name='CaseyRyback']I was merely saying that those films had more plot, not that it made more sense. I do not watch Karate films and Westerns, because I find them boring. A revenge film can be done much better than it was done. I walked into the movie theater expecting a decent amount of plot, since that was what you got in other Tarantino movies, instead I got a movie, where the last 45 minutes were all Uma killing people left and right.[/quote]

Interesting point. Can you really rate a movie if you hate the genre?

For example, I generally dislike all dramatic musicals (think Les Miserables). Therefore I refrain from rating them, because I will always give them a subpar score.[/quote]

basically I took a chance on it thinking that it would be good. I like action movies, and I liked most of the movies tarantino has made, so I thought it would be good. I hear part 2 is much better, but part 1 has made me not want to watch it.

After seeing it, I wish that the movie was not split in half. It could have been a really good movie, but trying to cash in on it, by making two movies ruined it[/quote]

I don't think it was a cashing in move. The studio forced him to do it because no one is going to come to the theater to watch a 4 hour plus flick
 
I don't really think that it was the worst movie, but the most disappointing movie for me was Napoleon Dynamite. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law said it was great. "You'll laugh your ass off!" they said. Sure, there was some funny moments, but I thought it was pretty lame. Of course, I bought the movie, and my wife was upset I paid full price for it. I am glad I got Shaun of the Dead. That was a good movie. I watched it twice to get the taste of Napoleon out of my mind.
 
[quote name='jlarlee'][quote name='CaseyRyback'][quote name='camoor'][quote name='CaseyRyback']I was merely saying that those films had more plot, not that it made more sense. I do not watch Karate films and Westerns, because I find them boring. A revenge film can be done much better than it was done. I walked into the movie theater expecting a decent amount of plot, since that was what you got in other Tarantino movies, instead I got a movie, where the last 45 minutes were all Uma killing people left and right.[/quote]

Interesting point. Can you really rate a movie if you hate the genre?

For example, I generally dislike all dramatic musicals (think Les Miserables). Therefore I refrain from rating them, because I will always give them a subpar score.[/quote]

basically I took a chance on it thinking that it would be good. I like action movies, and I liked most of the movies tarantino has made, so I thought it would be good. I hear part 2 is much better, but part 1 has made me not want to watch it.

After seeing it, I wish that the movie was not split in half. It could have been a really good movie, but trying to cash in on it, by making two movies ruined it[/quote]

I don't think it was a cashing in move. The studio forced him to do it because no one is going to come to the theater to watch a 4 hour plus flick[/quote]

I think it was like 3 + hours. Would not have been all that bad. LOTR's was very long and tons of people went to see it.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback'][quote name='jlarlee'][quote name='CaseyRyback'][quote name='camoor'][quote name='CaseyRyback']I was merely saying that those films had more plot, not that it made more sense. I do not watch Karate films and Westerns, because I find them boring. A revenge film can be done much better than it was done. I walked into the movie theater expecting a decent amount of plot, since that was what you got in other Tarantino movies, instead I got a movie, where the last 45 minutes were all Uma killing people left and right.[/quote]

Interesting point. Can you really rate a movie if you hate the genre?

For example, I generally dislike all dramatic musicals (think Les Miserables). Therefore I refrain from rating them, because I will always give them a subpar score.[/quote]

basically I took a chance on it thinking that it would be good. I like action movies, and I liked most of the movies tarantino has made, so I thought it would be good. I hear part 2 is much better, but part 1 has made me not want to watch it.

After seeing it, I wish that the movie was not split in half. It could have been a really good movie, but trying to cash in on it, by making two movies ruined it[/quote]

I don't think it was a cashing in move. The studio forced him to do it because no one is going to come to the theater to watch a 4 hour plus flick[/quote]

I think it was like 3 + hours. Would not have been all that bad. LOTR's was very long and tons of people went to see it.[/quote]

I can see why some people didn't like it. I loved it.

You have to remember though, LOTR had the books for years and years and a huge fan following.
 
[quote name='Devin']
Of course!

Troy - Horrendous, IMO
Mystic River - 2003
Fahrenheit 9/11 - Terrible, IMO
Monster - 2003
Spider-Man 2
Paycheck - 2003
School of Rock - 2003
Dawn of the Dead
Scary Movie 3 - 2003
Starship Troopers 2 (it "sucked" but I loved it) - Dunno if I'd count VHS only movies
The Butterfly Effect
Alien vs. Predator
Supersize Me - Listening to a fatass whine.. great times to be had by all

I gotta recommend all those.[/quote]

Well you were close to getting half right.
 
Like someone else said, I think I've done a good job picking and choosing what to see in theatres.

Alien vs Predator and Day After Tomorrow were the worst I saw in the theatres this year.

Can't believe all the mentions of Anchorman, I loved it and own the 2-disc set with BB's exclusive 3rd disc.
 
[quote name='Trakan'][quote name='CaseyRyback'][quote name='jlarlee'][quote name='CaseyRyback'][quote name='camoor'][quote name='CaseyRyback']I was merely saying that those films had more plot, not that it made more sense. I do not watch Karate films and Westerns, because I find them boring. A revenge film can be done much better than it was done. I walked into the movie theater expecting a decent amount of plot, since that was what you got in other Tarantino movies, instead I got a movie, where the last 45 minutes were all Uma killing people left and right.[/quote]

Interesting point. Can you really rate a movie if you hate the genre?

For example, I generally dislike all dramatic musicals (think Les Miserables). Therefore I refrain from rating them, because I will always give them a subpar score.[/quote]

basically I took a chance on it thinking that it would be good. I like action movies, and I liked most of the movies tarantino has made, so I thought it would be good. I hear part 2 is much better, but part 1 has made me not want to watch it.

After seeing it, I wish that the movie was not split in half. It could have been a really good movie, but trying to cash in on it, by making two movies ruined it[/quote]

I don't think it was a cashing in move. The studio forced him to do it because no one is going to come to the theater to watch a 4 hour plus flick[/quote]

I think it was like 3 + hours. Would not have been all that bad. LOTR's was very long and tons of people went to see it.[/quote]

I can see why some people didn't like it. I loved it.

You have to remember though, LOTR had the books for years and years and a huge fan following.[/quote]

Not to mention that by the time it went well over the three-hour mark (ROTK), two previous movies had been released and the audience further tempered for the long haul by Extended Edition DVDs. Kill Bill did not have this warm up period and two prequels to suck its audience in.

I'm interested to see what is done with the 3+ special edition versions of Kill Bill that will be released (according to that Miramax prick and his comments about double-dipping with DVDs). I hope one of them is a reworked combined version. I'd own the split AND the combined versions if that were the case, which would be pretty cool.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']Lemony Snickets: A series of Unfortunate events....OMG this movie was horrible, yeah Jim Carrey was funny, but he's barely in the movie, the only good thing in the movie was Jim Carrey and he was in the movie for about a total of 30m or less, the rest was crap!!!!!! pure Crapp!!!![/quote]

The only thing that kept me watching tha move was the sets. Very interesting reminded me of Nightmare before Christmas and as it turns out it had the same set director...
 
[quote name='levi333']Day after tomorrow: Never been so pissed off after seeing a movie, until i saw
Open Water. WORST MOVIE IVE EVER SEEN. I would rather hack off my left arm with a butter knife than watch that crap again.[/quote]

Open water BLEW. I had to go to the movies and so I decided open water would be the one I would watch as it had a decent amount of hype.

Well I could have left after the first 5 minutes and had the same experience.... IT was junk..
 
[quote name='DJ K8E']Worst movies of last year, off topic, yes, do I care, no, were Cabin Fever and Once Upon A Time In Mexico, year before that, definitely Abandon. This year though? I thought everything kinda sucked. But I'll say Alien Vs. Predator. Paul W.S. Anderson needs to be shot, once for every minute he's made each person see of his pathetic attempt at filmmaking.[/quote]

Ok I am going through everyones post to see what kind of people I post to here on CAG. Most I agree with.

Although I hated Cabin Fever in the theatre I would have never witnessed it again...but I received it as a gift and people wanted to see it so it got opened instead of returned.. I dont regret it. The extras are really good and the movie is not that bad at all. Even if its for the gross factor of watching other people when she shaves part of her leg skin off...

Passion of the Christ was a good and shocking movie. Probably will avoid watching it again if I can but good nonetheless.

I robot wasnt that bad I expected worse and Bad Santa was pretty good I think.
 
Darkness. The worst movie...ever.
THE WORST!
No end, no beginning, no plot, no bad guy, no good guy, just babbling mindless drivvle for 2 friggin hours.
 
[quote name='Ledhed']I'm not sure as to "the worst," but I do know my own personal "Thought it would be the worst." I went into Anchorman expecting the same ol' Ferrell schtick, which it was. But, it struck some unknown cosmic funny bone and had me laughing throughout the entire movie. I saw it twice in theatres, and I'm picking up the 2 disc DVD later today. I was that impressed with it.[/quote]

You put exactly what I was thinking into words.
 
[quote name='Devin'][quote name='RedvsBlue']Shaun of the Dead?!?! Ok now your really trying to tick people off around here, me especially,(not really though, I'm kidding, but...). Did you like ANY movie that came out within the last year?[/quote]

Of course!

Troy
Mystic River
Fahrenheit 9/11
Monster
Spider-Man 2
Paycheck
School of Rock
Dawn of the Dead
Scary Movie 3
Starship Troopers 2 (it "sucked" but I loved it)
The Butterfly Effect
Alien vs. Predator
Supersize Me

I gotta recommend all those.[/quote]

I don't know how anyone can say that AvP,Paycheck, Scary Movie 3, etc. As good movies that they would recommend. they are all just craptastic. I haven't seen School of Rock, so I can't comment on that but I hate almost anything Jack Black (except Tenacious D). Starship Trooper 2 I enjoyed only because I like the series and the books and thought the first movie wasn't bad and was really wanting a sequel to the point that I really didn't care ,but overall the movie was a dissappointment. I also haven't seen Fahrenheit 9/11 or butterfly effect so I can't comment on that. the rest I can sort of agree with in one way or another.
 
[quote name='smalien1'][quote name='johnnyoski']Sad...I didn't make it to the show once this entire year!!
Based on ads and clips I'd have to say Catwoman and New York Minute looked like this year's rubbish.[/quote]

New York Minute played at the shaq-fuing Tribeca Film Festival, that pissed me off soooo much, think of how many creative movie ideas there are out there that were bumped so two moderatley hot wtins could make a crappy movie[/quote]

Don't you dare say moderately hot twins with Bignick around.
 
[quote name='Devin'][quote name='RedvsBlue']Shaun of the Dead?!?! Ok now your really trying to tick people off around here, me especially,(not really though, I'm kidding, but...). Did you like ANY movie that came out within the last year?[/quote]

Of course!

Troy
Mystic River
Fahrenheit 9/11
Monster
Spider-Man 2
Paycheck
School of Rock
Dawn of the Dead
Scary Movie 3
Starship Troopers 2 (it "sucked" but I loved it)
The Butterfly Effect
Alien vs. Predator
Supersize Me

I gotta recommend all those.[/quote]

Well with the exception of school of rock (I can't stand jack black), starship troopers 2(no comparison to first one), scary movie 3(too teenager oriented), F9/11(I hate michael moore), and Supersize me (McDonalds is bad for you? no way....) I see that we can at least have some common ground. Definetly Troy though, that and Flight of the Phoenix were 2 of my favorite movies of the past year.
 
if you didn't like Napoleon Dynamite, give it a second chance. I was iffy on it, during my first watch, sat through it again and laughed so much more.

the deleted scenes are also flippin hilarious
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']if you didn't like Napoleon Dynamite, give it a second chance. I was iffy on it, during my first watch, sat through it again and laughed so much more.

the deleted scenes are also flippin hilarious[/quote]

yea the first time I saw it I didnt find it funny, but the second time I was like wow this is hysterical
 
I still have heard many movies I saw and I can't think of anything horrible (that I saw) that came out this year.

The worst movie I saw this year was LOTR Return of the King *Puts on Flame Suit*, but that came out last year.
 
Oh yeah, Farenheit 9/11. Dunno how I forgot that.

Edit: I keep seeing more I shoulda put. I also did not like Kill Bill vol. 1. Like Casey, I went into it expecting something more than mindless violence, which is probably why I didn't like it. Mindless violence has its time and place, but when you're expecting to use a BIT of your mind...it can be disappointing.
 
[quote name='Death2Sanity']Bubba Ho-Tep
The first half-hour of Napoleon Dynamite (that's all I could bear to watch)

(flame shield activate)[/quote]

you should really watch the end. The beginning is very slow, but it builds up quickly
 
that unfortunate events movie was trash. i love jim but everybody else in the movie could have easily been outdone by a dead hobomonkey.
 
resident evil: apocalypse (just plain horrible)
the grudge
fat albert (from seeing previews it looks horrible)
the life aquatic with steve zissou (thought it was going to be funnier but was let down)
darkness
national treasure
van helsing
chronicles of riddick
catwoman
taking lives
envy
the punisher
the whole ten yards
soul plane
the day after tomorrow
white chicks
open water
exorcist: the beginning
alien vs. predator
shark tale
paparazzi
surviving christmas
taxi
blade trinity

i don't care what anyone says but i thought dodgeball and anchorman were hilarious
 
[quote name='Mex25']resident evil: apocalypse (just plain horrible)
the grudge
fat albert (from seeing previews it looks horrible)
the life aquatic with steve zissou (thought it was going to be funnier but was let down)
darkness
national treasure
van helsing
chronicles of riddick
catwoman
taking lives
envy
the punisher
the whole ten yards
soul plane
the day after tomorrow
white chicks
open water
exorcist: the beginning
alien vs. predator
shark tale
paparazzi
surviving christmas
taxi
blade trinity

i don't care what anyone says but i thought dodgeball and anchorman were hilarious[/quote]

I thought the Whole Ten Yards, White Chicks, Soul Plane, weren't that bad.
 
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