Going 'Ballistic' on the Decade's Worst Movies

Yahoo ^ | 9/29/2009 | Jonathan Crow

[Saije]

I haven't seen any of these bottom 10 and only a few of the worst 100 in all so I guess I've saved myself a lot of time and money.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

I did see Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever. I was just underwhelmed by it. I don’t remember it being particularly awful, just forgettable.

[xjcsa]

My personal “worst” list:

6. What Women Want
5. Canadian Bacon
4. Jingle All The Way
3. Eyes Wide Shut
2. The Guru
1. The Interpreter

[BlueStateBlues]

I didn’t see any of the films listed, and haven’t heard of most of them although I’m a movie buff.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Dumd and Dumber is on my list.Any thing Borat also.

[wastedyears]

They can say whatever they want about Sandra Bullock’s movies, she looks far better than 98% of the women in Hollyweird.

[Army Air Corps]

Oh, there are much worse films than what are on the author's list. I guess the author never saw Manos: The Hands of Fate.

[FlingWingFlyer]

That makes two of us. I have seen the Larry the Cable Guy movies but the rest of them, well, I’ve never heard of any of them. I do think this list is defective though because none of Michael Moore’s movies are listed.

[TheBigB]

Oh, there are much worse films than what are on the author's list. I guess the author never saw Manos: The Hands of Fate

Well, it's the worst of the last decade. Not all-time. : )

[boatbums]

The worst movie I can think of is Battlefield Earth. Hard to believe Travolta would make such a film, but then again, L. Ron Hubbard wrote the book, so there ya go!

[Minn]

If you count completely inconsequential family movies, nothing is as painful to watch as “Yours Mine and Ours” with Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, and a bunch of kid actors from Nickelodeon.

[yarddog]

Quite a few years ago a friend had a large collection of movies on tape. We were staying at a mountain resort and at times had a lot of downtime. I watched a lot of them but there is one I remember because I figured it just might be the worst movie ever made.

“Surf Nazis must die” At least they didn’t spend a lot of money making it.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

dittos to you both.

[Army Air Corps]

Ah, the worst of the last decade. Hmmmm, so many of them sucked that I find it difficult to narrow the list to ten.

[Sherman Logan]

Didn’t see any but Meet the Spartans, which earned its ranking. Had about three funny ideas and might have made a decent SNL skit.

[dr_lew]

... the John Travolta sci-fi fiasco "Battlefield Earth" in 2000 ...

I have made it my habit to run out and see the most reviled movies, and I couldn't miss this one. I firmly declare that it was "not that bad". Sure, a little quirky, but I think it kind of worked. Also, it used this kind of wavy looking special effect very convincingly. It was used on the exhaust of these rocket cars they had, and it made the blast seem very powerful. I've never really seen this equalled. Much better, all in all, than the abysmal MISSION TO MARS, say I.

... and Eddie Murphy's "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," which ranks as one of the all-time biggest box-office bombs.

Ran out and saw this one too. Nothing great to be sure, but it was "different", and I always savor this in a movie. Sort of sweet in a way.

They don't mention BASE-KET BALL or FREDDIE GOT FINGERED. Now those were bad movies! ... loved 'em both.

[BlueStateBlues]

A recent one I did like was Inglorius Basterds. Tarentino makes some good time-fillers.

As for worst, nah, I don’t want to spoil anyone’s enjoyment of finding out for yourself.

[xjcsa]

Dumd and Dumber is on my list.Any thing Borat also.

I love Dumb and Dumber. There's only been one Borat film; I found it hilarious but very wrong.

[Lancey Howard]

Looking over the list, there are plenty of memorably terrible flicks listed: Mariah Carey's first (and hopefully last) leading role in "Glitter," Madonna's most recent (and hopefully last) star turn "Swept Away," three "Larry the Cable Guy" movies

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[Army Air Corps]

I enjoy good films, but I also have a weakness for B-grade flicks. Especially B-grade sci-fi and horror movies.