Nominations for the worst movie film poll

[wakela]

I've seen Red Sonja.  I wish I hadn't, but I have.  I put it along with Supergirl and Sheena: Queen of the Jungle as movies with female heroes made before Hollywood had a clue how to do it well.

Oh, and I know Batman & Robin got nominated before the data loss.  That really needs to be in the running.

I found this on IMDB

Arnold Schwarzenegger himself eschews this movie as one of his worst, yet he (laughingly) claims that it's an excellent disciplinary tool for his children: "I tell them, if they get on my bad side, they'll be forced to watch ‘Red Sonja’ ten times in a row. Consequently, none of my kids has ever given me much trouble."

I love movies.  So when I moved to Japan I was happy that most of the movies were American movies with Japanese subtitles.  I would try to go every week.  But one movie ticket in Japan costs about $15, and when I saw Die Hard 3 one week and then Batman and Robin the next, I decided my expensive habit wasn't worth it. 

I never saw Sheena, but I have a soft spot for it.  It was one of the first PG-13 movies.  You could show boobies in a PG-13, and I was 13.  And this was at a time when there were boobies in EVERY R-rated movie, so I figured odds were excellent that Sheena would show off her set.  I could go and see boobies, and there wasn't a damn thing anyone could do about it.  Somehow I never went, though.  What do boobies look like, anyway?

Apparently, Tanya Roberts who played Sheena, also played Donna's mom on That 70's Show.

[Russell Nash]

I never saw Sheena, but I have a soft spot for it.  It was one of the first PG-13 movies.  You could show boobies in a PG-13, and I was 13.  And this was at a time when there were boobies in EVERY R-rated movie, so I figured odds were excellent that Sheena would show off her set.  I could go and see boobies, and there wasn't a damn thing anyone could do about it.  Somehow I never went, though.  What do boobies look like, anyway?

You can blame the lack of boobies in current movies on Walmart.  They actually have a policy that DVDs with nudity will either not be stocked or be put in an "adult only" area.  Since they are the single largest seller of DVDs in the US, moviemakers leave out the boobies so DVD sales don't get hurt.

Walmart doesn't have a problem with exploding heads.  This is a major part of the reason violence has increased in films so much.  I'd rather have my kids see the boobies.

Nominations so far:
Armageddon
AvP (Alien vs. Predator)
Batman & Robin
Battlefield Earth
Be Cool
Catwoman
CB4
Dragon Wars
Dungeons and Dragons
Eragon
Highlander 2
Jaws: the Revenge
King Arthur
The League of Extrordinary Gentlemen
Men In Black 2
The Postman
Red Sonja
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves
Star Trek 5
Stealth
Superman III
Superman IV
Supernova
Wolf
Young Einstein

[Russell Nash]

2 more:

Pearl Harbor
National Treasure

[DKT]

Ugh.  I don't think Pearl Harbor was the worst movie I've ever seen but it was AWFUL (and I actually think Affleck is alright in general).  What really annoyed me was that I was teaching high school at the time, and all the kids came in after the weekend talking about how totally awesome it was.  I think the lesson plan took a serious backseat that day.

[wakela]

I never saw Sheena, but I have a soft spot for it.  It was one of the first PG-13 movies.  You could show boobies in a PG-13, and I was 13.  And this was at a time when there were boobies in EVERY R-rated movie, so I figured odds were excellent that Sheena would show off her set.  I could go and see boobies, and there wasn't a damn thing anyone could do about it.  Somehow I never went, though.  What do boobies look like, anyway?

You can blame the lack of boobies in current movies on Walmart.  They actually have a policy that DVDs with nudity will either not be stocked or be put in an "adult only" area.  Since they are the single largest seller of DVDs in the US, moviemakers leave out the boobies so DVD sales don't get hurt.

Walmart doesn't have a problem with exploding heads.  This is a major part of the reason violence has increased in films so much.  I'd rather have my kids see the boobies.

Funny, I was just thinking about this.  I was in a video store that had a gigantic porn area sectioned off behind a curtain.  After browsing for several hours, I came out into the area for normal movies, and it was all guns and zombies.   The smiles and boobs are hidden behind a curtain, and the guns and zombies are out in front.  Weird world. 

What does Walmart do with Titanic?  Is there a de-boobed version?  Personally, while Wartmart is without a doubt a factor, I think the de-boobification started before their rise to power.  Something about the objectification of someone or something.  I just remember realizing one day, "Hey, where are all the extraneous boobies in R-rated movies?  You mean I have to actually get a girlfriend?!"

[Russell Nash]

The nominations seem to be drying up.  I'll let this go until monday and then I'll start the polls.

Nominations so far:
Armageddon
AvP (Alien vs. Predator)
Batman & Robin
Battlefield Earth
Be Cool
Catwoman
CB4
Dragon Wars
Dungeons and Dragons
Eragon
Highlander 2
Jaws: the Revenge
King Arthur
The League of Extrordinary Gentlemen
Men In Black 2
National Treasure
Pearl Harbor
The Postman
Red Sonja
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves
Star Trek 5
Stealth
Superman III
Superman IV
Supernova
Wolf
Young Einstein

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[wherethewild]

Am I allowed to say "any soft porn ever recorded"? Because the sheer body of work in this genre HAS to eclipse everything else.

[Russell Nash]

Am I allowed to say "any soft porn ever recorded"? Because the sheer body of work in this genre HAS to eclipse everything else.

The idea is to go after work from major studios and directors.  Stuff that had the budget and "talent" to be something better than the piece of shit they put into the theater.

[Russell Nash]

OK, The polls are closed to further nominations.  We have 27 films.  I'm going to do 5 polls (2 of 6 films and 3 of 5 films).  The winner of each poll will go into the final poll.  If there are any ties, both films will advance to the final poll. 

I will start a new poll every 5 days or so and each poll will run for a week.  The final poll will go up within a day of the completion of the first round.

[gelee]

OK, The polls are closed to further nominations.  We have 27 films.  I'm going to do 5 polls (2 of 6 films and 3 of 5 films).  The winner of each poll will go into the final poll.  If there are any ties, both films will advance to the final poll. 
I will start a new poll every 5 days or so and each poll will run for a week.  The final poll will go up within a day of the completion of the first round.

Having heard that there are still, in fact, two slots open, I nominate "The Adventures of Pluto Nash".

[Russell Nash]

OK, The polls are closed to further nominations.  We have 27 films.  I'm going to do 5 polls (2 of 6 films and 3 of 5 films).  The winner of each poll will go into the final poll.  If there are any ties, both films will advance to the final poll. 
I will start a new poll every 5 days or so and each poll will run for a week.  The final poll will go up within a day of the completion of the first round.

Having heard that there are still, in fact, two slots open, I nominate "The Adventures of Pluto Nash".

One spot left.

[Heradel]

The animated Lord of the Rings?

[Russell Nash]

The animated Lord of the Rings?

Was that a theater release or a TV thing?

[Ocicat]

I don't know if it qualifies as a worst movie really, but it was well worth forgetting.  The animated Lord of the Rings was a Ralph Bakshi film, and only covered the first two parts.  There was a later TV movie of Return of the King that Bakshi wasn't involved with, but was supposed to be the sequel to it anyway.

Overall, it's flawed but did really try.  If the proper sequel had been made it might have even been well remembered by some...