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John, Amie herself actually started a worst movie thread a little over a year ago. I'm chagrined to read some of the relative masterpieces that our members have listed here. My former nomination of Plan 9 From Outer Space remains unsurpassed in my view and I've seen nothing since of comparable quality.

"Blind Date", with Bruce Willis and John Larroquette probably tops my all time worst list. I think this probably the first time I ever walked out of a theater. Coincidentally, "The Whole Nine Yards" with Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry is another one that comes to mind. Runners-up:

Cannonball Run
The Ninth Gate
Joe Versus the Volcano

OK- now i have to disagree with a few of these last picks.

craig- welcome back by the way.. havent seen you in a while.. ok, i have to totally disagree with you on the war of the roses.. that is a dark, yet honest comic depiction of exactly how bad things can get between two intelligent, caring people in a realtionship that is going south. granted, it is very exagerrated, but as a viewer, one is still able to get the point. plus, injected with the morsels of dark, sarcastic humor, i would have to say that 'war of the roses' a great flick. IMO..

dmn23- and i cant go with 'cannonball run'. if you expected anything but fast cars, toilet humor, and no less than 3 bar room brawls, then you expected too much. this movie is in NO way great, but it manages to capture the attitude and playfulness of the entire cannonball event. the movie seems to have no script, just endless gag and blooper reels that seem to form some sort of beginning to end. its meant to be fun, stupid, meaningless, and entertaining, all at the same time.. and it does it. well..

there is just some deep humor in seeing a totally drunk dean martin, arguing with a confused sammy davis jr, while driving a red ferrari and mascarading as 2 priests. now thats comedy!!

bigjohn

I was hesitant to add Cannonball to the list. You'd be particularly stunned if you understood exactly how much of a car nerd I am. I probably couldn't count how many times I watched this movie over and over again when I was 12 or so, mostly for the opening sequence of the Countach blistering through the desert. And Dean and Sammy made me want a 308 long before Tom Selleck ever did.

I suppose you're right. If you know what you're buying into - if you accept the movie on its terms - then you'll probably be okay. But the gags were weak even when the movie was new. For my money I'll take The Gumball Rally and Raul Julia in a fry-your-eyeballs-red Daytona Spyder.

BigJohn ... Doing TEN from memory is hard ... War of the Roses got my nod for being SO hard to sit through. However ... "Blind Date" just got mention ... and it sucked BIG TIME ... so it replaces WOTR ...

Craigsub- agreed, it can be hard to watch.. thats kinda what is dark and good about it to me.. they make you believe those characters, even though the idea is completely unbelievable. but i see both sides.. point taken.

i was trying to PM you, and you are disabled. i have a question to ask you about something we have discussed before concerning my new automobile. please contact me via my e-mail at bigjohniswarm@hotmail.com.. thanks

bigjohn

It's a mental disability! OH! You meant his MESSAGING is disabled. My bad!

(Now for those of you who don't know this, I consider Craig a dear friend, fully capable of taking a tongue-in-cheek rib, based on a play of words, and giving back as good as he gets. There was nothing malicious behind my post. However, he's still a mental case! )

Laugh it up , Jack ... But when Tubeguy shows up here after I tell him AV123 now makes Axiom, we will SEE who is laughing THEN ...

OH LORD! Anything but that! I surrender! I surrender!

"Anger Management" is the only DVD that I have taken out of the player and thrown away so as to prevent anyone from having to sit thru it.....(and I generally love Nicholson and Sandler)

"Lost in Translation" almost moved me to do the same...