Show us your ONE STAR films

These are the films you've ABSOLUTELY HATED (for one reason or another). We're
not talking merely not liking or find troubling, but rather DETESTED.
I've been watching films seriously for well over 40 yrs. and rated over 2200 films and can honestly say
my list is rather small. (I tend to generally avoid poorly reviewed films)
Basic Instinct 2 ('06) (had to see Sharon)
Better Than Chocolate ('99) (totally over the top)
The Boondock Saints ('99) (found preposterous)
Fight Club ('99) (turned off after 30 min., could'nt identify w/ char.)
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou ('04) (totally bored, unfunny)
Man Bites Dog ('92) (For.) (reprehensible, 'nuff said)
Moulin Rouge ('01) (the music turned me off and boredom)
Ping Pong Playa ('07) (found juvinile)
Raising Cain ('92)
The Science Of Sleep ('05) (have a problem w/dream seq.)
Snake Eyes ('98)
Ten 'til Noon ('05)
Waitress ('07
What About Bob ('91) (know someone just like Murray character, unfortun.))

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Permalink Reply by Pihk on January 20, 2009 at 6:43pm: Ha! And I KNOW WHO KILLED ME?!

That shit was genius! ;); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on January 21, 2009 at 7:36am: You had me up until Shoot 'Em Up... What's wrong with that one?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Female Trouble on January 21, 2009 at 8:18am: the baby likes heavy metal. that was dumb.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by e manderthal on January 21, 2009 at 7:26am: Yeah, I know, there's probably a couple OK ones in here, but the fact is, when I saw them, I hated them.
I think there's a bunch more that I couldn't even bring myself to rate.
And realize, there are a couple of gems here that are just so bad they're good. I gotta rectify 'em.
(see: Hatred of a Minute)

2 Days (2003)
28 Days (2000)
The Affair (2004)
All the Right Moves (1983)
Always (1989)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Batman Forever (1995)
Add Battlefield Earth (2000)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Betrayal at Little Big Horn (2005)
Buying the Cow (2002)
Cast Away (2000)
Chasing Amy (1997)
Clear and Present Danger
The Clearing (2004)
Click (2006)
Cobra (1986)
Coming to America (1988)
Coneheads (1993)
Contact (1997)
David Bowie: The Plastic Soul Review (2007)
The Day After (1983)
Frequency (2000)
Friends: Season 1 (4-Disc Series) (1994)
The Good Mother (1988) R
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
The Green Mile (1999)
Gremlins (1984)
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Happy, Texas (1999)
Hatred of a Minute (2003)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Home Alone (1990) PG
Home for the Holidays (1995)
House of the Spirits (1994)
I Love Trouble (1994)
Illuminata (1998)
Jaws 3 (1983)
The Kinks: The Live Broadcasts (2006)
The Land Before Time (1988)
The Last Kiss (2001) L'Ultimo Bacio
The Last Samurai (2003)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Life and Debt (2001)
Lilo and Stitch (2002)
Look Who's Talking (1989)
The Love Letter (1998)
The Luzhin Defence (2001)
Million Dollar Baby
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Monster House (2006)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
MST3K: The Wild World of Batwoman (1993)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
My Girl (1991)
My Girl 2 (1994)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
On Golden Pond (1981)
Open Season (2006)
The Parent Trap (1998)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Pastime (1991)
The Perez Family (1995)
Perfect (1985)
The Photographer (2000)
Pink Cadillac (1989)
Poolhall Junkies (2003)
Racing Stripes (2005)
Rambo III: Ultimate Edition (1988)
Red Dawn (1984)
Red Dragon (2002)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Rocky IV (1985)
The Rookie (2002)
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Scenes from a Mall (1991)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Scotland, PA (2002)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Sex and the City: Season 2 (3-Disc Series) (1999)
Sharky's Machine (1981)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Six Pack (1982)
Add Skipped Parts (2000)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Sommersby (1993)
Splendor (1999)
Superman III (1983)
Suspect (1987)
Teen Wolf / Teen Wolf Too (1985)
Times Square (1980)
Twister (1996)
Unfaithful (2002)
The Waterboy (1998)
With a Friend Like Harry (2000; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on January 21, 2009 at 7:38am: Dude - Gremlins?! Seriously?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by e manderthal on January 21, 2009 at 7:47am: I think I saw that in '84, and I admit, it may have improved with age, but until I bring myself to see it again, that one star stands.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cheryl on January 21, 2009 at 8:20am: What's wrong with Twister?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dorothy Valens on January 21, 2009 at 10:36am: What's right with "Twister" ;)?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dorothy Valens on January 21, 2009 at 10:33am: Gremlins gets star 2, if only for nostalgia. Most of the others, there's no arguing with. Though, "Million Dollar Baby" wasn't hateable enough for me to one-star it, personally.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by e manderthal on January 21, 2009 at 11:43am: Well, if nostalgia really ranks, then I better be bumpin' up Times Square, as well!

For that matter, even though Hatred of a Minute is really one of the most horribly, agonizingly terrible movies I've ever sat through, I do happen to know the person credited as "crab-crawling victim", and she did, in fact, get Gunnar Hansen to send me a personalized, autographed 9 1/2 x 11 glossy, so I just bumped it up to 5 stars!

Just another productive day at the office. Yay!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Muffy on January 21, 2009 at 12:20pm: Batman Forever??!?

But that one is the Val Kilmer one!!!!!

Val Kilmer is the most faithful Batman that ever was. If you'd read the comics, you'd understand better!!; ▶ Reply to This