I am obsessive about rating the movies I watch. I have 883 movies rated on Netflix. I've seen more than that, but try to only rate a movie if I can clearly remember what I thought of it. This means I have not given a rating to a lot of older movies I've seen.
Anyway, I thought it might be fun to list 10 of the 115 movies I have given only one star:
- The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl
- Bad Boys
- Batman & Robin
- Daredevil
- Dr. Doolittle
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Sin City
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- Timeline
Feel free to challenge me on any of these. Also, what movies would be on your list of "Really Bad Movies?"
Spaced Invaders, the only movie I have ever walked out on.
Posted by: deborah | June 10, 2006 at 11:46 PM
I would take O Brother off that list and replace it with The DaVinci Code.
Posted by: Will | June 10, 2006 at 11:57 PM
I seem to remember that Spaced Invaders was really dumb, but somehow held my interest nonetheless!
A movie that Val and I walked out of was Kingpin, because it was so foul. Maybe I should add that to my list.
I know there are lots of "O Brother" fans out there, but I just didn't like it. I just remember being bored.
I haven't seen The Da Vinci Code yet, but it's saved on my Netflix list.
Posted by: Bill | June 11, 2006 at 12:08 AM
I enjoyed The Phantom of the Opera. It had its faults, but I thought Gerard Butler captured the tension between tragic pathos and villainy very well.
Posted by: Dave Rattigan | June 11, 2006 at 09:31 AM
I'm not an Andrew Lloyd Webber fan to begin with, Dave. I'm sure we can still be friends, though! ;-)
Posted by: Bill | June 11, 2006 at 11:57 AM
Just turned off "The New World" the other night - ugh! It was painful!
I liked "Sin City" because of its (and, yes, I believe this is a REAL word) comicbookness - but I hear ya on "Sky Captain"
Just watched one of my absolute FAVES last night - "Better Off Dead" - you can hate me, but I adore my John Cusack movies!!!
Posted by: Jennie | June 11, 2006 at 01:53 PM
"Better off Dead" is a great movie! I like just about any movie John Cusack is in.
Posted by: Tom | June 11, 2006 at 04:22 PM
This is not a post about movies we like, Jen and Tom. Stop trying to sidetrack the comments!
I can see why you didn't like The New World. It was slow and weird. I actually gave it three stars, but it probably deserves more like two and a half.
I thought Sin City was too violent (in a yucky way), but I actually fell asleep during it and Val turned it off.
Posted by: Bill | June 11, 2006 at 11:50 PM
loved Sin City
Better off Dead is pretty good too.
Posted by: ken | June 12, 2006 at 11:26 AM
I would have to agree that Spaced Invaders was a horrible movie.
I also didn't think that Hostel was any good. It draggggggeeeeeeddd out so long then everything happened in the last 10 minutes of the movie. Wouldn't recommend it. (and I like dumb horror/gore movies)
Posted by: ken | June 12, 2006 at 01:52 PM
Shark Boy and Lava Girl.....really bad! Oh and Schizopolis, I actually fell asleep, I never fall asleep during movies!
Posted by: Valerie | June 12, 2006 at 02:09 PM
Yes, I think it can safely be said that if you are actually able to follow Schizopolis, there is something wrong with you.
Totally agree with the DaVinci Code - it catapulted to the top of my list of worst wastes of time and space. That and cat sweaters. Ick.
Posted by: Holly | June 13, 2006 at 12:38 PM
I don't do all my dvd rental through Netflix, but according to my ratings, these were my least fave 4 of 2005:
Shopgirl; Munich; New World and Must Love Dogs (John Cusack was of course wonderful in this movie, as always - not his fault the material was lacking! lol!)
Posted by: Jennie | June 13, 2006 at 12:53 PM
I always rate my movies in Netflix even if I don't rent them there. You're obviously not a series Netflixer, Jennifer.
My worst for 2005 were Sharkboy and Lavagirl, The Pacifier, Sin City, and Stealth. They all got one star.
I gave Shopgirl and Must Love Dogs two stars each, so I'm basically right there with you. I haven't seen Munich yet.
Posted by: Bill | June 13, 2006 at 01:38 PM
I also want to mention that so far my worst movie for 2006 award goes to Bubble. This movie is in a whole new category of really bad movies, folks.
Posted by: Bill | June 13, 2006 at 01:39 PM
shopgirl...hated it
Posted by: julia | June 13, 2006 at 09:05 PM
William Arnold, How dare you include "O Brother Where Art Thou"? That is such a classic movie! Anyway, Diana and I went to see "The New World" (her choice of course) a while ago, and I was asleep within 15 minutes. Worst movie EVER! As far as "Timeline" goes, I would just say that you can like a movie for its underlying science and philosophy, without thinking the plot or script are up to par.
Posted by: Adam | June 19, 2006 at 01:42 PM
I actually read the book for Timeline and liked it. The movie was annoyingly bad, though.
As for O Brother Where Art Thou, I have two words: bor ing. The music was kind of cool, but otherwise, I don't get what people see in it.
Posted by: Bill | June 19, 2006 at 01:55 PM
I would just like the record to show that my brother, Bill Arnold Jr., who just told me that "O Brother Where Art Thou" is a bad movie, has listed "RUDY" as one of his favorite movies of all time on the Samson Cousins Blog!
"RUDY"????????? R U SERIOUS?!?!?
Posted by: Adam on Bill's Hypocrisy | June 19, 2006 at 02:06 PM
Rudy is awesome, dude. I dare you to watch it and not shed a single tear for the feisty little hobbit.
Posted by: Bill | June 19, 2006 at 02:08 PM