The 36 Worst Films of the Decade (so far)
Submitted by mistercreepy on Wed, 03/01/2006 - 13:34
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- 36. Meet the Parents (Jay Roach, 2000)
- 35. The Matrix Reloaded (The Wachowski Brothers, 2003)
- 34. The Legend of Bagger Vance (Robert Redford, 2000)
- 33. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
- 32. Frailty (Bill Paxton, 2001)
- 31. Casshern (Kazuaki Kiriya, 2004)
- 30. The Time Machine (Simon Wells, 2002)
- 29. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
- 28. Two Weeks Notice (Marc Lawrence, 2002)
- 27. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
- 26. Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe, 2001)
- 25. Swordfish (Dominic Sena, 2001)
- 24. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Simon West, 2001)
- 23. Me and You and Everyone We Know (Miranda July, 2005)
- 22. Sideways (Alezander Payne, 2004)
- 21. Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005)
- 20. Cube Zero (Ernie Barbarash, 2004)
- 19. The Rules of Attraction (Roger Avary, 2002)
- 18. K-19: The Widowmaker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2002)
- 17. The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
- 16. The Count of Monte Cristo (Kevin Reynolds, 2002)
- 15. Dukes of Hazzard (Jay Chandrasekhar, 2005)
- 14. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
- 13. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
- 12. What Women Want (Nancy Meyers, 2000)
- 11. Dude, Where’s My Car? (Danny Leiner, 2000)
- 10. Shaft (John Singleton, 2000)
- 9. Saved! (Brian Dannely, 2004)
- 8. The Sea Inside (Alejandro Amenábar, 2004)
- 7. March of the Penguins (Luc Jacquet, 2005)
- 6. Freddy vs. Jason (Ronny Yu, 2003)
- 5. Hollow Man (Paul VerHoeven, 2000)
- 4. The Company (Robert Altman, 2003)
- 3. Serendipity (Peter Chelsom, 2001)
- 2. Pearl Harbor (Michael Bay, 2001)
- 1. Igby Goes Down (Burr Steers, 2002)
Author Comments:
In descending order. My comments on each film forthcoming. Other comments welcome.
Cloned From:
Five of those I think are some of the best of the decade: The Matrix Reloaded, Lost in Translation, Sideways, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, and Minority Report.
Okay, I may have little to no support on Reloaded and Episode III, but I loved all five of those.
I guess to each their own. I can definitely see how someone could enjoy all of those except Sideways, which was, in my opinion, a nasty little film that encouraged the arrogant malaise that seems to be the general attitude of this generation where everything focuses inward and nothing is gained from it.
To be perfectly honest, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is my favorite of all 6, and maybe the only one of them I would say is a very good movie.
Well, in regards to Sideways, I pretty much have, at different times in my life, embodied Giamatti's character of Miles (except for the wine knowledge and the stealing money from my mom...c'mon, I'd never do that).
So, it was a depressing time in my life, I connected with it when I saw it in January '05 (enough so to see it theaters again the following month), and I've loved it ever since. The characters just seem so real to me, as do the situations...I'm not seeing how it's arrogant, but to me, it's just real.
I'm all for identifying with a character, but there are parts of Miles that really bug me. Like he complains about being an eighth grade teacher, which is a really good job, and you simply know that they aren't getting a very good education because he takes out his own feelings of inadequacy on them.
He betrays his friend and then lies to him about. A friend that it becomes more and more clear over the course of the film that he absolutely despises but is just too self-esteemless to do anything about it.
He's incredibly selfish and self-centered, and despite being the type of film that people would purport to be realistic, he, just like a Hollywood film, gets the girl, a girl who is funnier, more confident, and simply a much better person than him. I don't know; it's a film that makes me very sad.
The filmmaking is pretty bad too i.e. the montage of them trying different wines is one of my least favorite things I've seen in film.
That was one of my favorite parts!
Diff'r'nt strokes for diff'r'nt folks. :-)
Same as before, just responding to close the thread.
my favorite of all 6 Star Wars films, I mean.
Interestingly, in spite of the disagreement we had earlier, your worst film Meet the Parents is one film with decent critical acclaim that I absolutely hate. I can also get on board with thinking The Matrix Reloaded, 28 Days Later, Moulin Rouge, and What Women Want are overrated if not completely awful.
I do, however, love Lost in Translation, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Sideways, Minority Report, and Memento.
Oops! You're reading it upside down. Meet the Parents is the best of the worst, that pop nihilistic affair that is Igby Goes Down is my least favorite film of the 2000's thus far. But I have hope there will be worse.
Oops, my bad. Yeesh, March of the Penguins is the 7th-worst film of the decade for you? It seems way too innocent to provoke such hatred.
I have a problem with Morgan Freeman, movies adored because they are cute, and misnomers (i.e. how is this a documentary?). Plus incredibly boring to match. I have issues, I know it.
I applaud you and this list... even the ones i dissagree with I secretly despise more than most movies, if that makes any sense(memento, vanilla sky, and 28 days later specifically)... the only thing this is missing is what would be numero uno on my list... Phone Booth.
I think integrity somewhat keeps me from listing movies I've never seen, but any film with the words "Directed by Joel Schumacher" in the credits is guaranteed to be a unique cinematic achievement in awful.
His work on the Batman series was unparalleled.
Hey, I hated his Batman stuff (and didn't think too highly of Burton's either, for that matter), but Phone Booth was a pretty solid little thriller. I was expecting to hate it, but was amazed that Schumacher actually managed to make a film that was not only cohesive but actually entertaining as well.
It has Forest Whitaker and Colin Farrel in it though...
It's not going to help matters if I say that I like them both fairly well, is it?
I like forest whitaker... and I'll admit I wasn't dissapointed by cohen's script, but the execution on everyone elses part could not have been worse.
For some reason I find fairly big name black Hollywood actors very generic and therefore slightly offensive.
I guess my standards for black actors were set by Ivan Dixon in Nothing But A Man and Ken Foree in Dawn of the Dead, and who can match that?
NO ONE!
i don't often think about who would be my favorite black actor or character, but ken foree would probably be it.
True that. Whenever Hollywood casts a black actor, it seems like it's always some terrible stereotype. God, Dawn of the Dead is incredible.
I'm sure that there are some white actors (and female actors) who have given performances that are just as good if not better.