what is the worst film you have seen in recent times and why?

Answer 1

i used to watch loads and would have answered this easily but i've spent so much time on Y!A i only get to watch the biggies these days.
so i will have to say Pirates3 because it was nowhere near as good as 1.

EDIT
how can you say that, me?
ok, depp's acting takes alittle getting used to. BUT, it was acting. all the actors were good. the script was hilarious and the action fantastic
plus the special effects were awesome. not overdone by trying to impress with digital imagery.
i'm a massive LOTR fan and would love to say ROTK is my favourite film, but it's not.
it's Pirates.

EDIT
sorry Chey, your answers getting lost in here somewhere

Answer 2

It's probably not nearly the worst film I've seen but I saw 'American Haunting' not too long ago, it's a big steaming pile of crap. In fact most horror films nowadays are rubbish. It seemed to me that 'American Haunting' was trying to copy great scenes from some of the best horror films of the past 40 years and put them into one movie but they did this with no originality and an obvious lack of talent. If modern movie makers are going to rip off scenes from classic movies why can't they do it with a bit of style and try to add something of their own, like Tarantino does. The climactic twist became obvious twenty minutes into the film, the story was dull, the generally good acting was ruined by flat characterization that left me wondering why I was even bothering to watch it. I actually turned it off once because I was falling asleep.
The thing I hate about nearly all the horror films made in the last ten years, especially Hollywood horror is the pacing. The classic horror films all take the time to get us into the film so that we start to know the characters before anything remotely scary happens. 'The Exorcist' for example, it's about an hour in before anything frightening happens, all that time we are watching the film, the tension is building and we get drawn into the atmosphere of the movie until we are almost there and that makes the film so much more believable and real to us. Now look at 'American Haunting', the opening credits are still rolling and already they throw a rotting CGI little girl ghost onto the screen, maybe scary that time for some but after they do this another dozen times in the next half hour it's laughable. It's like repeatedly screaming BOO! into someone’s face, actually that would probably be scarier.

Answer 3

Wow, there are so many to choose from... Magnolia was absolutley terrible(please don't give me the how fantastic and groundbreaking it is- it is rubbish)no real story and it is just wierd. I watched a "horror"film called the Return, 2 days ago-my nightmares are more scary and the story takes far too long to actually get going(about the last 10 minutes to be exact), but the worst has to be The Island of Doctor Moreau, with Val Kilmer and Marlon Brando. I got that out on video, the day Princess Di died, as the TV was just full of people crying and being pathetic and all the programs were practically cancelled. After 5 minutes of that badly acted crap film, I actually preferred the TV. I hope Brando was ashamed of himself.Rent it. It's actually worth seeing, just to see how bad it is.......

Answer 4

The whole Harry Potter series!! I am actually a fan of the books and I'm looking forward to the final book but honestly, the movie are utter disappointments!. They skip the best parts of the story and the way the directors edit it from the original story is too much!

Answer 5

I don't go to the cinema much, but Ocean's 12, was on the TV,last week; and even gorgeous George, couldn't keep me watching it.
Don Cheadles London accent is about the best thing in it.

I turned it off, when Matt Damon asked "is it OK to rob a paralysed guy?' Sh!te

Answer 6

Catch and Release=it was slow and didn't really accomplish anything

Kung Pow=English dubbed version of a 70's martial arts film

Answer 7

Starky and Hutch was worst film ever

Answer 8

Anything with George Cloony in it...I don't understand a single word he mumbles!!The Perfect Storm being the perfect example.

Answer 9

I really agree with Matthew E. I totally hated ND. Ick.

I also didn't like Idlewild. The movie lacked a cohesive flow and the cinematography made everything look like a really bad trip set to music.

Answer 10

pirates of the Caribbean 1. it was horrible!!!! Johnny Depp was acting gay and the movie had a really dumb plot and everything!!! i don't know how people can be so crazy for those horrible movies. it was probably the worst movie i have seen in my life!!!