The worst of the worst. No, not "Manos".

KYGOTC · November 29, 2006, 10:05:08 PM

Popeye:The Movie. Icant stand it. Its an insult to Robin Williams. I think i might have thown up after having watched it when i was about 9. I'd like to see someone name me a WORSE film. (This movie was a close tie with "Sssssss".)

-KYGOTC

Scott · November 29, 2006, 10:50:56 PM

It wasn't the worst even though I don't even think I sat all the way through this one. POPEYE use to be one of my favorite cartoons as a little kid. The only films of Robin Williams I actually like are DEAD POETS SOCIETY, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, and maybe CADILLAC MAN.

THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN and GOODWILL HUNTING were good, but not necessarily because of Robin Williams. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP was an odd story. Been wanting to see ONE HOUR PHOTO. Never quite liked his fairy tale films except THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN.

Welcome to the board KYGOTC.

KYGOTC · November 29, 2006, 11:20:28 PM

Well thank yew, Doctor. Glad to be here. Hmmm, "Cadillac Man"? Can't honestly say I've heard of that one. What made "The World according to Garp" so odd? I 'avent seen it.

daveblackeye15 · November 29, 2006, 11:55:21 PM

For me it's a toss up between Manos and Alien Warrior.

But Pop-Eye huh.

Shadow · November 30, 2006, 12:36:01 AM

Whenever I have trouble sleeping, I pop in The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy. I've had that tape for close to 20 years and have yet to see the entire movie.

Zapranoth · November 30, 2006, 02:10:19 AM

It's a matter of taste, but I think Manos was much, much worse than Popeye.

Yaddo 42 · November 30, 2006, 05:04:33 AM

Popeye isn't even the worst Robin Williams or Robert Altman film, I was not fo fan of it even as a kid, it lacked the sense of fun I was hoping for, but it's a visual marvel and always nice to look at.

I have a soft spot for Moscow on the Hudson, but it's only a so-so film, interesting, also rather dated now, but he was trying to play a "real" character rather than do the Robin Williams schtick.

Count me as one who hated Cadillac Man and Good Will Hunting, but I'd say one of his worst films is Survivors starring Williams, Jerry Reed, and Walter Matthau. Was supposed to be a clever satire, but it's a mess and a dull one at that. I've never been able to sit through even a few minutes of Patch Adams, just annoying me that even it's even on.

As to the OP, I'd suggest some Ted V. Mikels flicks like Astro-Zombies or The Corpse Grinders, especially the second one.

How about the unscary, unfunny, grubby, cheap, and stupid Legacy of Blood/Blood Legacy?

Rombles · November 30, 2006, 08:05:12 AM

Igor And The Lunatics did it for me. That was crap, just bad, bad crap. Don't get me wrong, I like crap, but Igor And The Lunatics... that is a new low. Worst of the worst IMO.

Andrew · November 30, 2006, 09:21:42 AM

"Popeye" was pretty bad. Terrible comedies tend to be hard to watch, because they are not funny and tedious. Something that cannot be said of bad science fiction. (You can still laugh at someone swimming to move through space.)

Sextette still ranks up there as one of the worst I have ever sat through.

Jack · November 30, 2006, 09:32:21 AM

The worst movies I've seen lately would be Death Tunnel, which was just an MTV video with no acting, no story, and ten trillion fast-edits. Utterly unwatchable. Also, Stick It, which had a lead actress that was so unlikable that it was beyond belief.

ulthar · November 30, 2006, 09:41:56 AM

Quote from: Yaddo 42 on November 30, 2006, 05:04:33 AM

As to the OP, I'd suggest some Ted V. Mikels flicks like Astro-Zombies or The Corpse Grinders, especially the second one.

Interesting. I have had THE CORPSE GRINDERS on the queue for several months and keep moving it down for other choices. May have to bite the bullet now.

As for POPEYE, I've seen it once. Completely unmemorable for me, but I would not count it as the worse I've ever seen. That is, I don't remember anything about it, but don't recall it being painful to watch.

For me, the really painful movies are disaster flicks in which you see people doing things people would most certainly NOT do and THE GOVERNMENT being all-powerful to solve all problems with merely the statement of "I'll get on it." These include things like made-for-TV 10.5, THE FIRE INSIDE and CATEGORY 7 where the fun in making fun of them even wears thin after the first or second commercial break. In general, it's when a movie crosses the line from "fun cheese" to "okay, this is just annoying."

raj · November 30, 2006, 10:02:03 AM

I never wanted to see Popeye. I did watch the cartoons as a kid, but more because they were the only animated thing on at the time (this is before cable kids, I counted myself lucky because living in the shadow of NY we had ABC, CBS, NBC plus three local NY channels and PBS. 7 whole stations! This was also pre VCR.)
Robin Williams is probably the worst part of Baron Munchhausen, he screams too much, it gives me a headache.

For Worst of the Worst, to me it is Air America. I may have started watching it 2-3 times but always turned it off.

Derf · November 30, 2006, 01:50:32 PM

Okay, so once again I'm in the minority here. I actually enjoyed Popeye. No, it's not really funny, but it is always interesting to look at, and just odd/offbeat enough to suit my tastes. There are many, many, many worse movies than this one.

I was never a huge Popeye cartoon fan, though there are some good ones (most notably the one where Popeye battles Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves). So I never really cared whether Williams's Popeye was true to the original. I just enjoyed the visuals.

As for Manos, I recently bought a copy for $3, just to say I owned it. Yesterday, I put it in my player, and the player refused to play it. Sure, I can't say that the movie was to blame (as opposed to a flaw on the disk), but it did set me to wondering if maybe God was watching over my sanity at that moment.

Scott · November 30, 2006, 10:18:35 PM

LOL, well.......... Derf take MANOS HANDS OF FATE back to the store when you get a chance and if your recorder rejects it again then go to your local library and see if they have it. Usually the book is better.

Yaddo 42 · November 30, 2006, 10:21:33 PM

Ulthar, a local independent channel (that I've griped about waaaay too much on this site) was airing the syndicated bad movie show where the hosts dressed and acted like 50s-style beatniks (berets, sunglasses, fingersnapping during "poetry" interludes), Hepcat Cinema, Beatnik Cinema, Cafe A-Go-Go Cinema, the name escapes me right now. They only had a few episodes, but they ran The Corpse Grinders episode quite often. I've read reviews, plot summaries, and tried to watch it straight through on several occasions - but when viewing it everything was so murky, disjointed, and blandly acted that even when "something" would happen I really wouldn't notice. It was one of those films that makes time slow down with it's badness.