1001 Movies You Must Avoid Until You Die
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Battlefield Earth
peter1-8 — 16 years ago(September 28, 2009 04:00 PM)
You know the book "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die"? Let's write a counterpart to it, "1001 Movies You Must Avoid Until You Die".
I'll start it off:- 10,000 BC
- 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
- 88 Minutes
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash
- Alien: Resurrection
- All About Steve
- Alone in the Dark
- Along Came a Spider
- An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
- Anatomy of Hell
- Anus Magillicutty
- Are We Done Yet?
- Ax Em
- Baby Geniuses
- Baise-moi
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
- Barneys Great Adventure
- Basic Instinct 2
- Batman & Robin
- Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
- The Beast of Yucca Flats
- Bio-Dome
- The Black Gestapo
- Blackwoods
- BloodRayne
- Bloodsucking Freaks (A.K.A. The Incredible Torture Show)
- The Brown Bunny
- Caligula
- Captivity
- The Cat in the Hat
- Catwoman
- Christmas with the Kranks
- The Conqueror
- The Creeping Terror
- Daddy Day Camp
- Daniel - Der Zauberer
- Date Movie
- Deck the Halls
- Dirty Love
- Disaster Movie
- Dont Go in the Woods
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Epic Movie
- Exit to Eden
- Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
- Fat Slags
- FeardotCom
- The Fog (2005 remake)
- Freddy Got Fingered
- From Justin to Kelly
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
- Ghosts of Mars
- The Giant Claw
- The Giant Spider Invasion
- Gigli
- Glen or Glenda
- Glitter
- Godzilla (1998 American remake)
- Grease 2
- The Happening
- Happily NEver After
- Heavens Gate
- Highlander II: The Quickening
- The Hillz
- Hobgoblins
- Home Alone 4
- The Hottie & the Nottie
- House of the Dead
- Howard the Duck
- Howling III
- I Know Who Killed Me
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
- Inchon
- Ishtar
- Its Pat
- Jaws: The Revenge
- Kazaam
- A Kid in King Arthurs Court
- Lady in the Water
- Laserblast
- Leonard Part 6
- Lesbian Vampire Killers
- The Love Guru
- Mac and Me
- The Man Who Saves the World (A.K.A. Turkish Star Wars)
- Manos: The Hands of Fate
- The Master of Disguise
- Material Girls
- Meet the Spartans
- Mommie Dearest
- Monkeybone
- Monster a-Go Go
- Myra Breckinridge
- National Lampoons Gold Diggers
- The Neverending Story III
- Norbit
- North
- Pearl Harbor
- Pinocchio (2002 live-action remake)
- Pledge This!
- The Postman
- Return to the Blue Lagoon
- Robot Monster
- Rocky V
- Rollerball (2002 remake)
- The Room
- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
- Santa with Muscles
- The Scarlet Letter
- The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
- Showgirls
- The Skydivers
- Son of the Mask
- Speed 2: Cruise Control
- Spice World
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
- Staying Alive
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
- Striptease
- Super Mario Bros.
- SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
- Superman III
- Superman IV: Quest for Peace
- Supernova
- Swept Away
- Terminator: Salvation
- The Thing with Two Heads
- They Saved Hitlers Brain
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad
- Thunderbirds
- Titanic: The Legend Goes On
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Troll 2
- Ultraviolet
- The Underground Comedy Movie
- Urotsukidoji III: Return of the Overfiend
- Urotsukidoji IV: Inferno Road
- Valiant
- The Village
- Whos Your Caddy?
- The Whole Ten Yards
- The Wicker Man (2006 remake)
- Wild Wild West
- The Wild World Of Batwoman
- Wing Commander
- Xanadu
- Yu-Gi-Oh: The Movie
- The Zodiac
- Zombie Nation
- Zoom
Let's try to get a full 1001. And not Plan 9 From Outer Space, that's too good.
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CapnKaos — 16 years ago(September 29, 2009 05:11 AM)
I'm sorry but I have to disagree with a lot of your choices here. It's not that I think they're good movies, but because they're such awful drek that you just
have
to see them.
I've seen most of the movies you've listed here and will also say that I own about half of them although I'm still looking for cut-rate copies of "Son of the Mask", "Master of Disguise" and "Bloodrayne". For all the terrible these movies contain, they still have a certain putrid charm that must be seen to be believed. -
town_plagiarist — 16 years ago(January 04, 2010 05:43 PM)
I agree, Plan 9 From Outer Space was too good compared to the rest of these. Why, Plan 9 got 4/10 from me, because it was at least somewhat entertaining despite being awful. The following fifty movies are unentertaining (or worse) AND bad:
101) 8 Mile
102) Anger Management
103) Babe: Pig in the City
104) BEN AND ARTHUR
105) Beowulf
106) Caddyshack II
107) City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
108) Crank
109) Delta Farce
110) Dracula: Dead and Loving It
111) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
112) Garfield
113) Ghost Dad
114) GODSEND
115) G.I. Jane
116) I, Robot
117) Johnny Mnemonic
118) Kuffs
119) Lakeview Terrace
120) Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
121) Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
122) LITTLE MAN
123) Mannequin 2: On the Move
124) Mazes and Monsters
125) Ninja Cheerleaders
126) Pearl Harbor
127) Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow
128) Poltergeist III
129) PRIVATE BENJAMIN
130) RICHIE RICH
131) Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
132) Shrek 2
133) Shriek if you Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
134) Signs
135) Southland Tales
136) Spy Hard
137) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
138) S. Darko
139) The Good Son
140) The Skulls 3
141) The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
142) The Tuxedo
143) Toys
144) Transporter 2
145) Vampire in Brooklyn
146) Waxwork 2: Lost in Time
147) White Chicks
148) Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
149) Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
150) Year of the Dog -
CyberVerm — 16 years ago(January 05, 2010 04:25 PM)
Man wishmaster 2 has that scene where the guy tells the lawyer "go fu.. yourself" and he actualy does you can't have it on your list, it's worth watching just for that
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town_plagiarist — 16 years ago(January 25, 2010 01:38 AM)
Wow. How did I miss Robocop 3? It's one of the "sickening six" that I gave a 1/10 rating to. Terrible, TERRIBLE film!
On the other hand, I kinda liked The Happening. It was patently ridiculous, but it was meant to be. And there was something inherently satisfying about
watching John Leguisamo's character prepare to kill himself. -
Lammy85 — 16 years ago(February 06, 2010 08:04 PM)
I agree about removing "Expelled". It was pretty well done, but controversial. Also, it was a documentary, not a movie.
Man, now I'm curious about most of these movies!
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maximwessel — 16 years ago(February 02, 2010 04:14 PM)
From that list I have seen :
Batman & Robin
Battlefield Earth
Date Movie
Epic Movie
Highlander II
In the Name of the King : A Dungeon Siege Tale
The Love Guru
Meet the Spartans
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Village
Zodiac
I thought Zodiac was very good!(or was it a different Zodiac?)
Higlander II had its moments
I had a blast watching Dungeon Siege.
You forgot Doom
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caseyskates — 16 years ago(February 07, 2010 11:16 AM)
Someone should add "The Apple" to this list. Or not, since it's so bad it's fascinating. What other film would show the "future" of 1994 as being a place where disco queens ruled the world and forced people to put triangles on their heads and dance? What other film would show a man in gold underwear dancing with people in cheap Party City costumes and telling a chick to eat a volleyball? And what other film would show God taking the hippies away in his flying Rolls Royce?
I also respectfully nominate Rhinestone, since Sly singing country causes me pain. -
Tom_Cruises_Testicles — 16 years ago(February 12, 2010 02:05 AM)
- Heaven's Gate
Heaven's gate was an expensive flop and most of the critics who bad mouthed it later changed their minds. In fact, most of the bad reviews were not about the quality of the movie but about the excess of hollywood and a backlash to the new management at UA after Arthur Krim left and started Orion pictures. Most of these critics also went back when Heaven's Gate came out and decided to change their reviews for The Deer Hunter calling that a horrible film.
The Deer Hunter survived because its initial response was positive. Heaven's Gate didn't because people only remember their first impressions of the film(which barely got any theater play due to the scathing reviews). Both films also rewrote history which got a lot of attention at time.
It is far from a bad movie and you are mistaken to place it in this list. It's a pretentious and excessive piece of cinema, but its still good and enjoyable to any person who appreciates art house films. Its period detail, cinematography, and musical score are exceptional.
And most of the performances are great in it, especially with that cast: Christopher Walken, Kris Kristofferson, Isabella Huppert, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Willem Dafoe(his first film), Brad Dourif, Joseph Cotton, Jeff Bridges, Mickey Rourke,etc.
The movie is notorious for ruining Cimino's career(he never recovered) and bankrupting United Artist(which isn't true actually. UA was owned by Transamerica which was prosperous enough to write off the budget. The company was sold because MGM offered them a great price, Despite a few hits like Raging Bull, the Bond Film, and That years ROCKY film, none of their movies made profit and UA was down effecting the Transamerica Stock. While Heaven's Gate publicity for being a flop didn't help the company, its not possible it bankrupted it).
If you're just an average film goer, i probably wouldn't recommend the film. If you are a cinema Lover, Heaven's Gate should be on a list for movies you must see because its best qualities rise above its faults.
And also since 30 years as passed, people now are more likely to judge the film itself and not how the press it received.
- Heaven's Gate