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Every year, Hollywood always puts out a disappointer or two.  But the way I see it, 99% of every film made every year is bad.  I admit that I am highly critical.  You all know that I rate films by their plausibility and reality flaws.  But most of the time, I rate films by more.  But believe it or not, most of the films I rate as bad I have never seen.  Its usually the trailers of a film that will turn me away.  A lot of my friends have told me I shouldn't judge a film by its trailers.  I have taken their advice before.  But all the time I took that advice much to my regret.  When I saw the few films of the trailers I disliked, I hated the films even more.

For this message, I am giving you my 10 worst films released in 2006.  Along with their titles, I'll give an an explanation of why I rate the film so bad.

 :twirl: 10:  Over the Hedge.  Yes, I know this movie had some good reviews.  I disliked the trailers for this film.  My sister asked me to take my nephew and nieces to see it.  I couldn't refuse them.  I took them to the Muvico to see it.  I watched only the first 10 minutes of the film and slept through the rest.  It failed to excite or intrigue me.  I was sleeping so deeply that even the occasional laughter of the audience couldn't wake me.
My overall rating for Over the Hedge:  A true snoozing Borefest

 :drink: 9:  John Tucker Must Die.  I can't think of anything more boring or stupid than a bunch of people wanting to kill a single person.  I have no idea what John Tucker did to p**s all these girls off.  But these girls should have better things to do with their lives than to focus on killing a womanizer.  I feel this film is a rip of Jimmy Smit's Switch.  I think the writer's of this film had a few too many martinis

 :buggedout: 8.  Final Destination 3.  The first Final Destination was halfway decent.  It should have stayed as a single film like Independence Day.  But apparently, the creators got too greedy and tried to duplicate the success of it.  Honestly, I wish Hollywood would stop sequelizing.  It rarely works.

 :tongueout: 7.  The Omen.  One thing that I can't stand is plot copies.  The film Rosemary's Baby was a rarity:  a good film.  For years, Hollywood has tried to duplicate on the success of it.  One example was The Omen.  It was an OK film, but not as good as Rosemary's Baby.  It was followed by 2 sequels.   But Hollywood made its worst decision in history by remaking The Omen.  Is Hollywood drying up on ideas?

 :hatred: 6.  When a stranger calls.  Stupid Stupid Stupid.  I mean, who wrote this film?  Beavis and Butthead?  A young lady getting harassed on the phone by a stranger.  Tries tracing the calls only to find the calls are coming from within the house.  I swear, why are most movie villains all psychopaths?

 :hatred: 5.  The Hitcher.  I know this film is still bring promoted.  But its promos started last month so this qualifies as a 2006 film.  What makes this film so bad?  Simple.  The villain.  The standard cookie-cut psychopath.  Every murderous villain in every movie is a psychopath.  Everytime I hear the words "I want you to say 4 little words, 'I want to die.'"  I tell him "I want you to say 'I am no different from every other murderous movie villain.  My creators lack imagination so they have to make me a psychopath."

 :hatred: 4.  Click.  I find this film bad for one reason:  Adam Sandler, the absolute worst actor in the history of film and theater.  Any film that has Adam Sandler in it, even if he is only making a small cameo appearance, I reject.

 :bluesad: 3:  The Good Shepherd.  The last thing I want to see is a film about the beginning of a distrustful branch of the US government and calling it The "Good" Shepherd.  I have a saying "You can't trust anyone who keeps secrets"  And this saying applies strongly to the CIA.

 :buggedout:  2:  Black Christmas.  Bad film, Bad idea.  Whoever wrote this piece of garbage should be banned from the film industry.  Making a horror film themed around a time of celebration and joy is wrong.  Simply wrong.

And now for my all time worst film of 2006 and the worst film in Hollywood history.

 :hatred:  1  Snakes on a Plane.  The absolute worst idea for a film in the history of filming.  Samuel L. Jackson should not have wasted his acting talent on this piece of crap excuse for a film.  The pot-smoker who wrote this film deserves to be hanged.
I have a strong feeling this film will have a sequel called "Piranhas on a Cruise Ship"

WW...

You're no fun when we can agree with you :tongueout:. Good job!

Hope it does. Sounds like a winner. :thumbup:

Yes, there are several speculations as to what the sequel to SoaP will be, but really the only one that they will really make is an overhyped (for the genre anyway) direct-to-video "Snakes on a Plane 2" starring some Asylum-grade actors and this time having the mobster be a random psychopath

The only one I can disagree with you with (and it's the only one I've actually seen) Is Snakes on a Plane.

It's pretty much intended to be stupid but fun and we're not suppose to take any plot holes in it too seriously. However if it were stupid AND boring then we're allowed to pick at those plot holes all we want.

Oh well you gave your reasons for all the movies. I'm just defending Snakes.

I disagree with just about all these (or at least the ones I've seen ) so I'll go down the list

10. Didn't see so I have no opinion
9. I saw, it was bad but not horrible, I get the feeling that you didn't even see it because they never attempt to kill the guy (i kinda wish I did it might have made it move up from just alright to good)
8.Final Destination 3 was an improvement on 2 and wasnt' too bad
7. didn't see
6. didn't see
5. You can't slam a movie you didn't see yet although it does look bad
4. Click was actually one of adam sandlers better films I'd put it up there with wedding singer and punch drunk love
3. didn't see
2. Black Christmas was hilarious (not sure if it was intended to be but I had a good time)
1. Snakes on a plane was genius

why do people make these worst films of 2006 and not include really horrible ones like RV and Little Man?!

I haven't seen too many films released in 2006.  So here's my 5 worst:

5. Open Season -- Not awful.  Just not very good.
4. Jackass Number 2 -- Yeah, some of it's hilarious, but much is just idiotic or nasty, and it's not something that can hold up on repeated viewings.
3. Barnyard - Some parts were cute, some were funny, but's it's a poor production overall.  And the bulls had udders for cryin' out loud!
2. Failure to Launch -- Zooey Deschenel was the only good aspect.
1. Click -- HOLY JESUS, this was an atrocity.  I actually like Adam Sandler, but this was just a painful and mixed up film.

Disappointments: Cars, Silent Hill, X-Men: The Last Stand, and to an extent, The Fountain (I was very hyped to see it but kind of bummed at how unremarkable it was).

99%? And they say Theodore Sturgeon graded on a steep curve.


Emphasis by me.

Your saying might as well be a good summation of the main theme of the movie. Trust was the first casualty of these men trying to do what they thought was their duty and  responsibility. Betrayal was the one constant of the story. Their arrogance about the country being "theirs" was an interesting insight into the mindset of a certain subset of that class. I liked the film for the reasons you seemed to hate it.

SoaP sequel idea: Scrambled Eggs on a Toast.

I have a strong feeling this film will have a sequel called "Piranhas on a Cruise Ship"


There is, either a total ripoff or by bizarre coincidence, a straight to video film called Snakes on a Train, about a girl who gets on a train with a snake somehow inside her, and it lays eggs and....well, you get the idea. I admit, I did go to see SoaP in the theatre, and I actually did enjoy it (I'm co-president of what used to be* the camden county college B-film society and have seen much worse) but a ripoff is going too far.

* Its not official anymore, but we still get together and watch stuff from time to time.

Your presidency sir! I can safely confirm that SoaT was indeed a ripoff. It was released by Asylum.

I disagree on SoaP and Click, but the others, yes, they were pretty bad. Here's my worst films of 06:

5) The Barnyard- Bulls with Udders. Nuff said.

4) RV- Robin Williams, what the hell were you thinking?!

3) Eragon- Come on, you know someone was gonna say this eventually.

2) When a Stranger Calls- Fun Fact: Most people, especially fans of the original, don't like crappy PG13 remakes of classic films. So dammit Hollywood, stop making those!

1) Snakes on a Train- I know this went direct to video, but honestly, this film is utter garbage! There's barely any snake-on-train action in the whole damn thing, and the little there is was mostly dull and boring. 1 out of 10 Snake-Free Trains.

 :lookingup:

Waitaminute. I didn't see that,Foywonder.

At least I can honestly say that Eargon stole way too much from Star Wars.

So did you really see Snakes ona plane or what?

X3 was very disappointing, had Brian Singer been allowed to come back to do it who knows what may have been made, though funnily enough Superman Returns was pretty disappointing too, talk about plot holes, sheesh!

I had to watch Click on a plane flight to the US, my gawd what a terrible film!! I hate the character Sandler always plays, the loveable nice guy who everyone loves, am I the only person who thinks every character he plays is a psychopathic violent a***ole?

I also saw Cars on the same flight, Pixar have finally made a stinker!!

I loved X3.
Matter of fact, I found it to be the most entertaining of the three.
There's just something about Singer's direction that doesn't sit well with me.
(excluding "The Usual Suspects")

I thought the first X-Men movie was just OK and the second was also just OK. 
The first two took themselves way too seriously.
The third didn't...and was really fun!   :thumbup:

And Vinne Jones being absolutely s**t didnt bother any body in X3???
Say what you like about Brian Singer, but as far as X Men casting goes he got it right, he would never have cast that talentless prick!

Would you be willing to say that to Vinnie's face?

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I didn't think so.   :teddyr:

I would actually, I know Vinnie's Nephew, I grew up in Watford where Vinnie is from, wish I could say he is a nice guy,  such a terrible presence in films, he is to acting what he was to football, a thug.

What? No mentions to "Ultraviolet" yet?

this guy said he was sleeping so deeply through "Over the Hedge" that the occasional laughter of the audience couldn't wake him. how would you know they were occasionaly laughing  :question:

Yes...but this is the same guy that rates films based on their trailers as he admittedly hasn't viewed all the films he deicdes are trash.

Uh.. are you sure you're on the right discussion board?  Sure you shouldn't be over at "seriousfilmcritique.com" or something?

Snakes On a Plane #1?!?!?  Blasphemy!  It wasn't a Citizen Kane by any means, but it does what it sets out to do, it's entertaining and doesn't claim to be anything more than what it is.

In a year that saw crap like Little Man, The Santa Clause 3, Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, Zoom, Pink Panther, Nacho Libre, and HappyFeet, you pick THAT??  Hell, at least SoaP was fun to watch.

WyreWizard is the same goof who was on these boards back before Snakes on a Plane opened up screaming bloody murder about being offended by the sheer stupidity of the very concept to the point people were asking Wyre if he even comprehended what the subject matter this message board is based on. When I read the top 10 I immediately scoffed when I saw SOAP labeled as both the worst of the year and worst movie idea ever, and then I reread the opener where Wyre outright admits to having not seen some of these movies. Again...

 :lookingup:

Hey, I do annual list called THE TOP 10 MOVIES I DIDN'T PAY TO SEE... but I don't label it a Worst of that year list nor do I put out a worst 10 list based on movies I actually saw and those I dismissed based on the trailer. Doing that sort of thing makes the author look like a total goof.

"Happy Feet" is a great film, it's probably the best animated film of the year.

While I'd like to actually see the films to be able to properly judge how bad they are--I looked at trailers for...films...such as Little Man (about two and a half decades too late to jack that particular Tex Avery idea there, Wayans Bros.), the remakes of When A Stranger Calls and The Hills Have Eyes, BloodRayne, and Ultraviolet (okay, I at least saw parts of both of those) and I think: why bother?

Snakes on a plane was a fun little B movie that was meant to be enjoyed with a theater full of crazy people (which is how I saw it) or with some beer and pizza on a day when there isn't much of anything going on.

I think they messed up by not designing it as a R rated movie to begin with and filming it that way.  They could have then released it last spring while the internet buzz was insane about the film's title.

Happy Feet was nicely done.  I think that Monster House was the best animated film of the year, though.

 "5.  The Hitcher.  I know this film is still bring promoted.  But its promos started last month so this qualifies as a 2006 film.  What makes this film so bad?  Simple.  The villain.  The standard cookie-cut psychopath.  Every murderous villain in every movie is a psychopath.  Everytime I hear the words "I want you to say 4 little words, 'I want to die.'"  I tell him "I want you to say 'I am no different from every other murderous movie villain.  My creators lack imagination so they have to make me a psychopath.""

i think you should take a gander at the original first before you say anything, and at least give the remake a chance its a very good storyline and the original is great. so idk if i were you id hold off and see it first, i mean you actually watched john tucker must die sooooo i dont think this'll hurt you to much. but hey i could be wrong  :teddyr:

 
" 6.  When a stranger calls.  Stupid Stupid Stupid.  I mean, who wrote this film?  Beavis and Butthead?  A young lady getting harassed on the phone by a stranger.  Tries tracing the calls only to find the calls are coming from within the house.  I swear, why are most movie villains all psychopaths?"

Whole heartidly agree this film was the biggest pile of s**t of the year. but i like the original.



 " 2:  Black Christmas.  Bad film, Bad idea.  Whoever wrote this piece of garbage should be banned from the film industry.  Making a horror film themed around a time of celebration and joy is wrong.  Simply wrong.""

LOL! watch Silent Night Deadly Night and get back to me, and it shouldn't be banned people like you who dislike the idea just shouldn't go see it simple as that.


  "1  Snakes on a Plane.  The absolute worst idea for a film in the history of filming.  Samuel L. Jackson should not have wasted his acting talent on this piece of crap excuse for a film.  The pot-smoker who wrote this film deserves to be hanged.
I have a strong feeling this film will have a sequel called "Piranhas on a Cruise Ship""

it was like that intentionally, think of it as a b-movie with an a-movie budget. i loved it.


it sounds like you go into these movies expecting award winning films and take them way to seriously, but some of the titles you listed i wouldnt waste a second of my life watching.

Yes, i agree. and pretty much 95% of all movies since the '90's are all total sh*t also. The only one I also dont agree with is Snakes On  A Plane, I thought that was pretty good.

Come on! Snakes on a plane was awsome. It was a lot more inteligent than I thought it would be, and it had Samuel L. Jackson. Enough said.

I'm going to have to throw Saw 3 in here as my "Worst Movie of the Year".  And I realize Ultraviolet was pretty bad, but that's my definite "Guilty Pleasure of the Year".  At least it wasn't Aeon Flux.  Aeon Flux failed on so many levels.

SoaP: I liked it alot! A combination of all those silly disaster movies of the 70's( a GREAT era for cheezy expliotation films),revenge of nature films,and even a little kung fu action! What more do you want.Yes, charecter devlopment was 0,but so what? Fer crying out loud,the title says it all:It's not supposed to be SHAKESPERE on a PLANE.As for the rest of the movies listed...I dunno.And I won't know unless I rent them,or see them on TV.(Mainly because the movie theatre in Paw Paw is so tiny,it takes forever for new movies to get there,if ever.)

I'm going to have to guess Wyre that you didn't watch the Good Shepherd and you're very poor at judging films based on trailers.  The title is a deliberate contradiction, about what the CIA should be but (in the main character's experience) isn't.  

It's incredibly obvious.




Of course, I'm still not convinced you aren't a troll...

SoaP was a bit cliche'. The woman getting bitten on the boob (which I, as a boobie aficianado, consider blasphemous), and the guy getting bit on the weenie, , , did some 4th grade boy write those parts?