Top 5 Worst Movies Of All Times

Well, I lied in the title: These are the worst movies that I have seen. And there are certainly bad movies that I have not seen, which should be rightfully in this list.

#5

Alien vs. Predator (2004)

What a disappointment AvP was. Two Sci-Fi classics, that were thrown together into one movie – this had to end badly. I knew it was a mistake to watch it, but I had to make certain.

Let's never speak of that movie again.

#4

Wild Wild West (1999)

Now I knew one should not take this movie seriously, but it fell so much behind what it could have been, it makes me sad.

While certainly not the first Steampunk work, it was made in a time before Steampunk became more widely known (if not to say "mainstream"). And it had Will Smith in it. And Kevin Kline. It was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, who brought us the wonderful Man in Black with Will Smith. Kenneth Branagh played the villian. And did I mention Will Smith?

Yet it failed. So hard.

A glimpse as to "Why?" can be found here. Such a wasted opportunity.

#3

Lost in Space (1998)

The Nostalgic Critic had some true words to say about it. The trailer for LiS was simply AWESOME. Gary Oldman played the villian. It stared William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc Joey from Friends, and Heather Graham. It had the Bullet Time special effect, which predates its use in the first Matrix movie. By right, it should have been an amazing Sci-Fi flick.

Yet it got lost in its plot. So sad.

#2

Prometheus (2012)

As with AvP above, it mixed two things that would have been awesome in their own right, but mixing them failed awfully. Exploring the "Ancient Aliens" and "Meet Your Maker" theme would have made for a great movie. Having an Alien prequel / tie-in would have been great. But by trying to tackle both, and achieved to do neither properly, this turned out to be an awful film.

And letting Ridley Scott direct is a gamble. That some of his films turned out the fantastic way they did – e.g. Blade Runner or Alien – is down to pure luck. That man can't direct, he is more of a good luck charm on the set of a movie he directs.

#1

New Rose Hotel (1998)

An Abel Ferrara movie. Based on a William Gibson story. Starring Christopher Walken and Willem Dafoe, who play "corporate extraction specialists, half headhunters, half kidnappers". What could possibly go wrong?

My theory as to why the film turned out as it did is as follows: Half way through filming, the entire crew is kidnapped by the Italian Mafia. Consequently the janitor finds the discarded reels of what was filmed so far, and he goes on to cut the film together. He sends this movie off to the distributor, but the distributor complains that the movie is only 60 minutes long. Insulted by this, the janitor adds angrily another 30 minutes at the end of the movie, simply adding alternative takes from scenes already in the first 60 minutes. The distributor is happy to have a 90 minutes Abel Ferrara movie starring Christopher Walken and Willem Dafoe, and promptly releases the movie.

I think, this is the most realistic reconstruction of how the movie NRH was made.

Honorable Mention

Traffic (2000)

What a awful propaganda flick.