worst film I have ever seen

Oh yes, Evita - dreadful. Similarly Moulin Rouge was appalling.

I saw 'RAY' last night. I was crying before the credits had rolled. what a great film and how well the music is woven into the story, every track just nails your heart to a post. fantastic, just fantastic. The dream sequence at the end where he takes his glasses off had me weeping like a child, I know it's a bit cheesy but, like the green mile, I love a bit of cheese, gets me every time and that's a good thing.

"Love Actually" - worst film by quite a margin. Some of the narrative strands are not too bad, but when it came to that Hugh Grant/Martine McCutcheon storyline I just stared at the screen completely gobsmacked and subsequently hid behind the sofa. It was just unbearable: Cringe Factor 10!! How on earth did they manage to get away with that? Another film that really went on my tits was "Total Recall" but it's so long ago now that I somehow forgot the reasons why. Am quite surprised btw that someone thought "Paris, Texas" was a bad film. I thought the Wenders version from the 80s was effing brilliant! [%sig%]

A Walk in the Clouds...Keanu Reeves... Probably the sappiest movie ever made. As a matter of fact, any movie with Keanu Reeves is pretty lame.

Predator. The one and only time I have ever walked out of a cinema, and Forrest Gump, whch made me want to stab myself.

Freddy vs Jason (shamefaced because I actually saw it in the theater) Alien vs Predator (see above)

man has nose bitten off in fight over how good sin city was, they don't say whether the nose bighter was for or against it.

I really liked When Harry Met Sally. I don't think that's a 'chick film' at all.

Debbie does Dallas...she didn't get anywhere near. pffffffffff

I saw National Treasure a few months ago, laugh out loud bad. Don't know if its the worst film I've ever seen, but it is truly awful.

I'll second that, mcmanaman. I watched the first five minutes of National Treasure (the husband had rented the DVD), and decided that I'd rather rearrange the sidetable drawers instead. Anything that smacks of kneejerk American patriotism really makes my bile rise. I can't understand why Nicholas Cage, who is actually a really good actor, makes these kinds of dumbass shite films. He was absolutely brilliant in 'Evolution' (and 'Valley Girl'!). Why, Nick, why?

money AG, money! why does anyone go to work?

more like, why Sean why? Sean Bean is sex on legs, and a good actor when he tries, so why is he ALWAYS the silly baddy in Hollywood movies. Stop it Sean. You're making me not love you.

Oooh, the Beanster is soooooo sexy. He was brill as Boromir in LOTR. Love that man in a tunic and leggings! Fwoh! *opens window to get some air* But he does choose some real clunkers. He was underutilised in 'Troy' (which I *ahem* actually really liked).

He is underused in my bedroom.

How could you dislike Moulin rouge? The scene where Nicole Kidman swings out over the crowd is one of the greatest ever made. I admit some of the singing is a bit clunky but for that scene alone it is worth every penny.

Sean Bean is wonderful - especially in Sharp and LOTR. I think his comedies are awful though - didn't anyone see Mr Bean, he was dreadful in that...

I reckon he was against. I nearlly bit someone's nose off when I got out of there.

The worst film I ever saw was 'Leaving Las Vegas'. It was a horrible, shit movie that left me depressed for THREE DAYS afterward. Left absolutely the worst taste in my mouth. Horrible. I'm afraid I tend to avoid any films that have that anorexic actress, wotshername, the one who used to be brunette and normal looking and is now blonde and bony? She was in 8 Mile as well (which wasn't bad, apart from her... Brittany....um....) On a brighter note, one of my favourite films was 'Evolution' which also had Nicholas Cage in it. Man, loved that film... Sorry about the bad taste, fergal. *offers some mints*

Charlies Angels....absolutely dire and without a doubt the worst film I have ever attempted to watch, although for obvious reasons my sons rather enjoyed it! I agree with Tony on Moulin Rouge, how could you hate it, it is pure, over the top indulgence.

You have no idea, if you had ever watched a cynthia rothrock movie you would never dare make such an accusation the worst film I ever saw was called Iron Warrior (cynthia would have improved this), the acting was laughable, the plot non-existant, the dialogue atrocious, the editting so appalling that large chunks of the film seemed to be missing. It wasn't even saved by the the leading lady being (for no good reason) half naked in every scene. Sin City is an attempt to bring the comic to the screen as unchanged as possible, the comic uses film noir cliches as a sort of storytelling shorthand and so does the film.

I watched Moulin Rouge again last night. Oh it is lovely. And it looks so pretty and dazzling, and Ewan McGregor...sigh...you are wonderful... and a RED HEADED FEMALE LEAD. IT is blimmin marvellous.

Yes, in a comic I like that. In a film it is laughable. The cliches were delivered in such a way that I wasn't sure if I was supposed to laugh or not. It took itself to seriously. I can imagine everyone involved thinking they had created something amazing, when in fact, they so hadn't. I didn' t mind the bit with Benicio Del Toro's talking head, but then I like it when corpses talk. Which bit did Tarrantino direct? Was it the bit with that supermodel doing the kung fu knifing?

It was the bit with Benicio Del Toro's talking head. I know a couple of people who didn't like it, you have to accept that it is not just visually stark, the whole thing, from characters to story, is painted in very broad simple strokes. Some other truly awful films: I was nymphoid barbarian in dinosaur hell (very few dinosaurs and zero sex) Zombie Holocaust (three zombies do not a holocaust make) House of a thousand corpses (imagine a heavy metal video 2 hours long, and not a good one) 7 Years in Tibet (filmed in realtime I think) Pearl Harbour (the worst bit was after the attack, when I looked at the dvd player and realised there was still an hour of the film left) Battlefield Earth (poor forest whitaker, what was he thinking)

Funny. I did love the bit with the talking head and thought, 'Oh good, this might pick up'. I think it's because, as a woman, watching a load of sc*ntily clad prostitut*s with guns just seems lame and I am sick and tired of only existing in movies through men. I mean, I love violence, s*x, etc as much as the next man, but it has to be with good dialogue to really grab me. I thought the Kill Bill movies were spectacular. I also love style over content. But for some reason Sin City filled me with complete disgruntlement. The Green Mile - oh god, no. Long, boring, not-deep-thinking-it-was-deep, John Coffee not very subtle Jesus Christ. Sheesh. Meet Joe Black - ha ha, my name is Brad Pitt, I am the devil, to show I have never experienced the taste of peanut butter before I will roll my eyes and look from side to side and t.a.l.k..v.e.r.y..s.l.o.w.l.y... Eyes Wide Shut - I am Tom Cruise and I am a se**al deviant. Watch me and my 'wife' cavort unconvincingly amidst sub-erotic people in masks.

I had to put lots of stars in that so that my server would let it post up.

Fergal!! Did you not pay attention to The Green Mile? It's John *Coffey!* 'Coffey, boss. Like the drink... only not spelt the same.' Ho ho, those crazy minorities.

yep. It was like being hit with an annoying brick that them crumbled into my face and worked like an irritant against my cheeks for the whole 9 hours, or how ever long it lasted. Basically I hate films with heros and villians clean cut down the middle. I'm not interested in a bad guy bad guy and a good guy good guy. I'm interested in the little bit of both in everybody. Bloody mouse. I'd have kicked it if I were there, instead of indulge it's God complex.

The Green Mile was a wonderful film. It generated so many intense emotions - particularly at that nasty little shit who got his comeuppence at the end. Kill Bill was a triumph of stlye over content. It didn't do very much for me. Self-indulgent (I know, like all Tarantino films), too many nods to other movies, way too clever for its own good. Worth one watch, don't want to see it/them again. The film that I just hated (for lots of reasons) was 'Gangs of New York'. I am a massive Scorsese fan but this was just awful from the start. Cringe-makingly bad. Now The Aviator - what a great movie. I wasn't interested in the slightest in this, other than it was Scorsese, but what a great movie. I'd reccomend it to anybody. My favourite film of all time? I think it might just be Conan the Barbarian... *puts on tin hat*

Worst film! There are so many it is hard to choose.... The first of the new Star Wars films. Episode I, yeah riiiiiight, episode 4 George you plonker. The film was awful; overblown and up it's own arse. I can't comment on the two that followed because I can't bring myself to watch them. The first Harry Potter film; what a huge festering pile of feces that was. I was subjected to the misery of having to sit through it by my young son, who actually tells me he loves me... sometimes I have my doubts because He was also responsible for making me watch my all time worst film... Power Rangers: The Movie!!! That was a cruel and unusual form of torture, it was so excruciatingly bad it made me want to eat my own hair...

I think if Scorsese stopped employed that chubby chinned boy-man DiCaprio his new films might be better. I thought Day Lewis was good as the Butcher. The Green Mile was awful. So awful that it is the first film I ever watched at the cinema and fell asleep in. The only one I've walked out from was Sleepless in Seattle. You know, I just can't get into movies where they show me a bad guy and a good guy and the whole movie is a process of the bad guy getting his comuppance. I know he is bad. I don't need a 3 hour movie to show me that.

It's like something Ricky Gervais said in a Guardian interview at the weekend. He said that he doesn't need to hear comedians tell him how bad George Bush is because, guess what, he knows that already. He likes to pick out things that people don't usually joke about and do that. I like that. I find, when reading people's stuff on here sometimes, that writers are all too keen to have their heroes as likeable with no floors. Someone liekable with no floors *isn't* likeable because they're not human.

ha ha. I said 'floors' instead of 'flaws' what a gibbon.

I walked out on 'Once Were Warriors', which is up there with Leaving Las Vegas for sheer brutality toward women. Why the Sam Hill should I pay seven quid to leave the cinema feeling like I've been crapped on and lucky to not get beaten up by men? But yeah, sorry, fergal. I loved Green Mile. Most Stephen King books translate very poorly into fillim; this one did a pretty good job. Stephen King is, as we know, the master of good v. evil with not much in between. Tom Hanks adds to whatever movie he's in, even if the movie itself is dodgy. Like Sleepless in Seattle! I don't like Scorcese, but liked Gangs of Noo Yawk. DD Lewis ate young DeCappuccino for dessert. I agree that young Leo is best kept out of heavy hitters, but he -was- quite good in 'Catch Me if You Can'. Al Pacino seems to make crap films nowdays. Long gone are the days of Da Gawdfathah. Conan the Barbarian was a brilliant film. Just so cheesy, you could spread it on a cracker. Excellent mind-fluff. What was that film The Arnold was in where they travelled to Mars? That one was good, too. Despite having Sharon Stone in it.

I agree about wanting more complex characters and how and anti-hero or even a bad guy you can sympathise with is interesting and necessary, but there's also nowt wrong with a straight forward movie. The Green Mile was great, I cried and felt good, that's what it wanted me to do and I did it so there you go. I thought both the Kill Bill films were poor. Fashion shows in film. Stealing kudos from everywhere and getting so precious about itself that everyone says it's great before it's even made. If you take the time to just watch it then it's all a bit naff. Gangs of New York. I thouight was a good film with a superb performance by Day Lewis. Definitely should have had the oscar for that by a mile, it was cinematic gold in every frame he was in. Haven't seen the aviator, don't know why but I just don't fancy it much. worst film ever? Rancid Aluminium with both the Mission Impossible and all the recent Star wars films a close second.

I quite like - or at least liked - Stephen King books when I was young. I didn't think they were particularly good/evil. I just thought that film was completely unsubtle. Dicaprio has been crap since What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I wish it had been called What is is Gilbert Grape eating? and the answer had been 'Little Leo DiCaprio'. Obviously a film like Conan the Barbarian is a classic and I love it. It is not pretending to be anything other than it is, and what it is, is a stomper. For the same reasons I love Highlander.

You know, perhaps The Green Mile *was* good and it was the mood I was in. I've never fallen asleep in a movie before. It was about a week after I left my husband, and I'd been lunch time drinking. Hmmm.

Ely, I attended a three day creative writing class last year and the guy who took the class was the guy who wrote Rancid Aluminium. His name is James Hawes, a thoroughly nice chap btw, and even he said the film was awful.

Oh it's gotta be Armageddon... although I must admit, we did fast forward through it afterwards – just to see the truly awful bits again. Should have been a spoof. [%sig%]

Actually Team America sort of worked as a spoof of Armageddon and Pearl Harbour. It was quite funny. There's a new film which says, 'By the Director of Armaggeddon and Pearl Harbour' and I thought, 'Phew, glad they warned me.'

Ah, I must see Pearl Harbour - just to get the references in Team America (hubby's favourite film). I loved the little bits in Team America - like when the actor puppet, disguised as an Arab, had a towel wrapped round his head as if he'd just washed his hair. [%sig%]

I thought traffic was a awful portrayal of drugs especially with the good guys daughter hookedon smack in the most awfully cliched way.

It was funny. It really did show just how rubbish a lot of those blockbuster movies are... and how samey they are too. I laughed so hard when he appeared after his cosmetic surgery with that towel on his head and patches of fur over his face.

The naff marionette fighting was fabulous too. [%sig%]

Paris, Texas - now that was rubbish. I'm sure I've seen even worse films like whatever it's called with Geena Davis as someone who had lost her memory and turns out to have been an assassin involved in some complex operation - I was so disappointed, because she's a good actress.

OMG! I've just remembered... it was Emma mentioning Geena Davis that did it. That made this film slither its slug like way into my mind. Forget Power Rangers: The Movie and bow down before the magnificent awfulness of... Cutthroat Island aarrrrggghhhh!

sulking off in shame...I really liked Cutthroat Island the worst film for me was the Avengers with (dang whats the womans name in the Kill Bill series) I have never walked out of a movie before but I walked out of that one and we went into the theater next to it and saw The Parent Trap with Lindsey Lohan and that is still one of my favorite movies. I really liked Green Mile too :( Hated Bridget Jones Hated Spiderman II imo the Octupus was the most boring bad guy! there are plenty but I can't think right now

Most of the really bad films I see now are coming out on Asia on the Tartan Extreme label. Flushed with success from Versus and Save the Blue Planet (not to mention Old Boy) we seem to be getting pasted with sub par crap. Bring back Cynthia Rothrock/China O'Brien!

Oooh, the first Bridget Jones was hilarious (imo); the second one was pants. The husband likes Bruce Willis films (she says shamefacedly). Can't understand why, the intelligent, well-educated vegetarian that he is. But he does seem to have a perverse appetite for shite 'blockbusters' like Armageddon, as well. He always hated my 'foreign films with subtitles'. I think it's because he's dyslexic.

Now my ridiculous prejudice that stops me seeing any more American films is being re-inforced. I haven't seen any of these - and I'm proud of it. The last one I saw was 'When Harry Met Sally' which I thought was so mawkishly awful it was the straw that broke the camel's back.