That was actually a fan-freaking-tastic script.
Really? Now, I speak as a bit of a Homerian purist, but... really? I thought its elaborate attempts at political discourse were weak, and it totally hamstrung itself by writing the gods out of the picture. There isn't a single point in showing a temple, if the god and his acolytes don't revenge themselves bodaciously on the people who destroy that temple. Also? Shitty gender politics (and plain shitty characterization) with Briseis.
I think the script thought itself an historic-psychological treatise, and the implementation was Beefcake Central, but even without the silly/portentous implementation, the script was an extremely dim echo of its source material.
Highlander 2 is the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater. It sets a standard to which other bad movies can only aspire.
There's also
Chasing Liberty
and
First Daughter,
the latter having specifically moved its release date to avoid being included on lists like this.
There are also the two Alexander the Great biopics in the pipeline, though it looks like Stone's going to beat Luhrmann to the punch.
I think the worst films I've ever seen have been at the opening nights of queer film festivals (it used to be seen as imperative to find a film with both gays and lesbians in approximately equal measure for opening night, regardless of quality).
Talking of hot priests and dual-movies, The Third Miracle with Ed Harris came out around the same time as "Stigmata", dealing with a similar storyline. It was a much better movie, too. And Ed Harris as a tortured priest? Hotter than Gabriel Byrne.
Hmm....worst movie of all time? Probably a three-way tie between The Messenger, Sim0ne, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. If DH were here he'd probably be able to remind me of a few more.
For real, y'alls.
Scooby Doo 2.
With the "yoinks!" and the stupid CGI dog, and the dancing, and pretty much everything involving Shaggy and Scooby, and the cartoon was never that good in the first place, but marginally entertaining in a campy way, but as a movie? No. Not to mention a SEQUEL? Nononono.
Or pretty much any Bo Derek movie involving dialogue.
Even 10? Or do Julie Andrews and Dudley Moore not redeem that one?
and the cartoon was never that good in the first place, but marginally entertaining in a campy way, but as a movie? No. Not to mention a SEQUEL? Nononono.
Actually, the first one wasn't nearly as terrible as I thought it would be.
Highlander 2 is the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater. It sets a standard to which other bad movies can only aspire.
I saw it on video instead of in the theatre, but any movie that goes through 3 (or is it 4?) different in an attempt to not suck and still fails is pretty bad.
Not a movie, but I'm still annoyed at them spinning off Highlander the series into the dreck that was "The Raven". I think I hated it even more because I loved Amanda on the original show.
