Films that you regret watching

[PsychedelicDiamond]

That would be Synecdoche, New York. Not because it's a bad movie. In fact it may just be one of the best movies i've ever seen. Not even because it's confusing in it's symbolism even though it... well, kinda is. But because it's really really depressing. Maybe it's wrong for me to say i regret watching it but i certainly don't want to see it again. Even Eraserhead, another movie that's both very interesting and very unpleasant was kinda bearable because it had pretty much no connection to reality. Since i watched Synecdoche, New York i really wish my life doesnÄt turn out like the protagonists life.

 

[jays club]

Attack the block,Battlefield Earth, Bio dome, the kill list, baby geniuses, Encino man and there was one with Pauly shore where he goes to a farm but I can't remember the name of it.

 

[bullet_sandw1ch]

Chernobyl Diaries

I went with a friend (who worked there, so free tickets) and I still felt ripped off.

After it, we just spent the whole ride home saying how bad it is.

If you want to know more in detail why it's so bad, ask away.

please elaborate, im interested.

 

[D Moness]

The Dungeons and Dragons Movie! (Yes there is one)

There are 2 even. The second one is very low budget but more true to the source material. The really enjoyed the second one.

I don't think there is any movie that I regret watching, everything is worth a shot atleast.. I do however deeply regret that I re-watched Watership Down because of some thread here on the Escapist.. It broke me down in ways I never thought imaginable..

The book is really great it is unbelievable that the story is written for the writers kids the story is really gruesome at some parts.


So many movies here named that i think are good to great.
I really want my time back i spend on The scorpion king (can not believe that got sequels).

 

[Susurrus]

Eden Log.

What an awful film. Most of the set is so dark its impossible to see, the first twenty minutes are LITERALLY watching an extremely badly-lit (lit by flickers, mostly) man crawl through mud. That's it, for twenty minutes. Its excruciating.

 

[CorruptCor3]

Jumper. Dear god was that a mess of a movie. After watching the special features though, it appears that the director was clinically insane, so that makes sense.

 

[Scrubiii]

Horrible bosses. I was told by everyone that it was absolutely hilarious. I managed to make it to the part where they're in the guys apartment with the box of cocaine and the one guy scrubbing his arse with his bosses toothbrush.

I took it out of my DVD player and haven't opened the box since.

Maybe it gets incredibly funny past that point but I guess I'll never know, because everything leading up to it made me want to claw my own brain.

 

[Woodsey]

So mine is a little more complicated, but the movie I regret watching the most is The Godfather.

Now, before everyone starts jumping down my throat about it, let me explain.

It is by no means a bad movie, and I completely understand its importance in film history, how ever i found the movie to be unenjoyable. I only made it through it, without falling asleep, once and that was the last of over 10 attempts.

Now as to why I regret watching this: do you remember the skit in family guy where Peter tries to explain that he didn't like the Godfather, and everyone verbally assaults him? well every time I mention my opinion on The Godfather I get verbally assaulted.

I guess you could say, that i don't so much regret watching that movie, as much as I regret watching it, and having the opinion of it that I do.

I think I'd have to say Blade Runner for similar reasons. I watched the 2007 cut, which is apparently a good one and, well... fuck. I have never been so bored. This coming from someone who loves The Assassination of Jesse James, and who quite enjoyed The Tree of Life.

I mean, there are parts that make no sense whatsoever, especially the relationship between Deckard and whatever the woman's name was, although I could have missed any actual build-up due to being entirely uninterested. I think the best description I've seen of it is something along the lines of: 'every scene has 6 pieces of subtext, but no actual text'. In terms of 'layering' it felt extremely uneven.

Should have been my kind of film too: philosophical and a Sci-Fi.

 

[CorruptCor3]

[\quote]Honorable mention to Super 8 - which was the most mis-advertised films I've even seen - seriously do they want to make an action film, a sci-fi film, a monster film, a coming of age story, a touching family drama or a kids action movie - OR a jumbled mess of all the above that can't engage on any level as it;s a mess...[/quote]

Oh man, I forgot about Super 8. That is a mess of a movie if I ever saw one.


EDIT: wow I ballsed up that quote

 

[German Borbon]

anything Will Ferrel related

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Napoleon Dynamite - Boring, not funny at all
Nacho Libre - I liked Jack Black up until this movie, which sucked ass. Since then he's not made a great movie and he just gets typecast way too much. I actually liked him in King Kong (and I liked the movie despite apparently everyone else hating it)
ANY movie by Wes Anderson.
Any Crow movie past the second one. I didn't like the second one's plot, but the cinematography was AMAZING.
Star Wars EP 1-3. Aside from lightsaber battles I feel I wasted time and money on those movies. I won't restart that argument tho...

Transformers. Nuff said.

X-Men 3: The Last Stand. Thankfully the series was saved by First Class.
Human Centipede: I don't understand why this is a "cult classic". Its an excuse for gross-out, not even worthy of B-movie status.
The Mod Squad: I like Claire Danes and Josh Brolin but they couldn't save this movie.
Where the Wild Things Are: A book I cherish to this day, a movie I wish would never have been made.
the list goes on and on...

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Skyline - That's up there - it has no redeeming features, even the special affects are kinda....meh - the plot is stupid beyond believe the ending is terrible - it's just...no

District 9 - Why was this hyped to all hell - I'm only putting it as worse then skyline as I expected more of it...

Honorable mention to Super 8 - which was the most mis-advertised films I've even seen - seriously do they want to make an action film, a sci-fi film, a monster film, a coming of age story, a touching family drama or a kids action movie - OR a jumbled mess of all the above that can't engage on any level as it;s a mess...

I think Super 8 was Spielburg attempting to re-create the success of E.T. and ABSOLUTELY failing. I also think Steven should, after ruining what could have been a great ending to the Indiana Jones series and releasing Super 8, think seriously about retiring and living off his ungodly amount of money... Same goes with Mr. Lucas... unless he decides to pull his head out of his ass and let someone else direct/write any further Star Wars movies (See Empire/ROTJ pre-re-releases).

 

[thiosk]

oh, actually,

Hostel.

And I'm glad I didn't watch any of the saw movies.

 

[SAMAS]

The Last Airbender. Holy crap, what a way to screw up a franchise.

 

[Marter]

I really want my time back i spend on The scorpion king (can not believe that got sequels).

The third one is actually surprisingly amazing. Even if you didn't like the first one (or the awful, awful second one), the third is such a fun movie.

Just thought I'd mention that.

 

[dalek sec]

The Last Airbender. Holy crap, what a way to screw up a franchise.

Go watch "The Legend of Korra", it'll make you forget all about that trainwreck of a movie.

For me it's the prequel to "The Thing", holy damn that was a boring movie. D:

 

[Mournful Crow]

DragonBall: Evolution... I added several more people to my hitlist after that....

 

[ElPatron]

I have seen really shitty films, but I never felt like I should regret watching them.

Human Centipede: I don't understand why this is a "cult classic". Its an excuse for gross-out, not even worthy of B-movie status

It's a cult classic because it's just bad. Ed Wood films are famous because they are awful, and people will watch it just for kicks.

I think I'd have to say Blade Runner for similar reasons. I watched the 2007 cut, which is apparently a good one and, well... fuck. I have never been so bored. This coming from someone who loves The Assassination of Jesse James, and who quite enjoyed The Tree of Life.

I loved Blade Runner (don't remember which cut) but the pacing was botched. It's just too slow.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I have seen really shitty films, but I never felt like I should regret watching them.

Human Centipede: I don't understand why this is a "cult classic". Its an excuse for gross-out, not even worthy of B-movie status

It's a cult classic because it's just bad. Ed Wood films are famous because they are awful, and people will watch it just for kicks.

I can understand the "for kicks" thing, but its hard to compare Ed Wood's films to Human Centipede. Ed Wood clearly thought he was making masterpieces and Plan 9 featured Bela Lugosi's final on screen role, which cemented it into fame (or infamy).
However, Centipede was no more than a gore-fest shock-horror film. Its the same vein that I place Hostel (and its sequel) and the SAW sequels (the first movie was great, and didn't need a sequel IMO). Gore and blood for gore's sake doesn't make for a cult classic, and people who watch it for kicks are more the type of person that the people screaming against the Hitman: Absolution Stripper Nun trailer want people to believe all gamers are.
Rocky Horror Picture Show, thats a cult classic B-rate movie, Buckaroo Banzai, Flash Gordon... But Human Centipede just doesn't fit in with those movies, its gore-worship at its worst and brings down the cult classic culture.