November 08, 2003

BBC Movie poll

From the BBC: The votes have been counted, the nation has decided and Film 2003 can now announce the Worst Film Ever Top Ten.

  • Titanic
  • AI: Artificial Intelligence
  • Pearl Harbor
  • Vanilla Sky
  • The Blair Witch Project
  • Batman and Robin
  • The Avengers
  • Battlefield Earth
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • Highlander II - The Quickening

I'm an agnostic; I haven't seen any of them. Feel free to agree/disagree as you like. Click the link to see voters' illuminating and snarky comments. (I'm not sure of the parameters here: I thought maybe they were all British films, but Pearl Harbor doesn't qualify, and neither do several others. I couldn't find the rules on the site.)

Posted by Linkmeister at November 8, 2003 12:23 PM
Comments

"On further review" I did see Titanic, albeit on home tv, not in a theater.

Posted by: Linkmeister at November 8, 2003 01:20 PM

What, no American International Pictures? Nothing by Roger Corman? No Ed Wood? None of the films reviewed on www.jabootu.com? These are poseur films, not nearly charmingly awful enough.

Posted by: Ezrael at November 8, 2003 04:17 PM

Maybe the British voting public has an attention span as short as Americans?

Posted by: Linkmeister at November 8, 2003 06:52 PM

You know, an awful lot of folks (including thousands of teenage girls) went to see Titanic over and over. It's one of the biggest all-time money makers. I don't think it belongs on that list. Nor do I think AI belongs on it, as that's a movie I've actually seen and I quite liked it.

Posted by: Elayne Riggs at November 9, 2003 06:57 AM

I definitely agree with Pearl Harbor's inclusion here. To add insult to injury, when they held the premiere (on a weeknight, if I remember correctly), their fireworks were so loud they were literally shaking the pictures on my walls. I was lying there hoping the picture of my grandparents wouldn't fall on my head.

Posted by: Sue at November 9, 2003 07:37 AM

Congratulations to me. I managed to miss all of them. How lucky can you get??

Posted by: Cassie-B at November 9, 2003 08:51 AM

saw several of these.
I would add Gigli to the list...

Posted by: toxiclabrat at November 9, 2003 11:22 AM

Elayne, I'm not sure whether the BBC's film show (Film 2003) was asking for serious input or just having fun. Certainly Titanic made a lot of young women swoon over Leonardo, and not incidentally made (grossed, anyway, given Hollywood's accounting standards...) a bunch of money. As big melodramas go, I wouldn't have called it the worst ever. Heaven's Gate? Ishtar? ;)

Posted by: Linkmeister at November 9, 2003 08:08 PM

No worst top ten would be complete without Waterworld.

Posted by: ali at November 10, 2003 09:00 AM

Heh, I liked Waterworld too. :) There are a number of movies that, if you can watch without constantly reminding yourself of how much money they cost to make, are actually quite enjoyable.

Posted by: Elayne Riggs at November 10, 2003 05:44 PM

Jesus, I've seen them ALL.
Titanic: sucked.
AI: 30 minutes too long. Fade to black underwater looking at the blue fairy. The oedipal complex a bit too disturbing after that.
Pearl Harbor: sucked.
Vanilla Sky: Jury out. Potentially good.
BWP: very, very good. Once. And only once.
B & R: Sucked. But I don't like any of them.
Avengers: Not bad for what it is.
Battlefield Earth: So bad it's good. You have to watch it with and make Homer Simpson sounds when you comment.
Eyes Wide Shut: Jury out. Potentially sucks.
Highlander II: Sucked, but has the cool alien factor.

Posted by: Scott Rogers at November 10, 2003 10:18 PM