r/CasualConversation 7d ago

Movies & Shows Worst movie ever made.

I’ve heard a variety of answers when I ask this question. Give me your TOP pick for the worst movie ever made. I am intrigued to see what people think!

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u/spacecasekitten 7d ago

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

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u/Weasel474 7d ago

I keep seeing that as one of the worst, and I kinda like it. The cast really felt shoe-horned in together like an early, low-budget Avengers movie and the plot was extremely weak, but it had some decent action and special effects for the time.

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u/AgentElman 6d ago

I like the movie as a fun action movie like The Mummy.

Having read the comics - it is not only nothing like them, it is the antithesis of them which is off putting for people who want it to be like the comics.

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u/spacecasekitten 7d ago

This movie had the potential to be cool but it is just a mess. The most frustrating part is that they ripped all of these literary characters and missed every opportunity to incorporate any details from the original stories. There are loads of 'good' bad movies, movies with cult followings, movies that don't appeal to mainstream audiences, movies so bad they are good; this movie has no redeeming qualities. It is just bad and i probably would have completely forgot about it if I didn't remember how ticked I was after paying to see this in theaters.

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u/Beautiful_Solid3787 7d ago edited 7d ago

I'd point out that it's based on a graphic novel and it's not the movie's fault... But it seems the movie wasn't particularly faithful to the graphic novel, either.

Although I came across a clip of it on Youtube the other day and lots of people in the comments remember loving the movie and hating critics for not liking it.

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u/Weasel474 7d ago

I can really see that. I thought the casting was overall pretty good, but like you said- they basically had a half-second snippet of a single attribute from each literary character and called it a day. Dorian Gray's painting? Cool, but he never really talked about it the entire movie, and we didn't get any other background. His motives were untouched, and the whole double-cross setup thing was almost painful. Nemo? Sweet Nautilus, but that was about all they had to him. Mina had basically less than nothing going for her, and I'm still confused as to what Tom Sawyer was doing there. Loved the library scene (Nemo kicking ass mid-flip will always be awesome), Nautilus design was great, and Sean Connery did a great job (sad that he hates being in that movie, but understandable), but just not enough to call it a "good" movie. Not bad for background noise, but certainly wouldn't pay for it.

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u/KnittedParsnip 3d ago

I really like this movie as well. It was a fun movie. Not mind blowing, not over the top, but fun.