Ooh, inchemwetrust gets 5 points for coming up with a good thread topic we haven't thought of yet!
@Champiness: What do you mean the first screening of Requiem for a Dream had the Boxer & Believe in it? Are you on crack?
@Whirly: Requiem for a Dream wasn't crap. This thread deserves an entirely separate thread debating what it means for a movie to be considered bad, but for now I'll just lay down the fact that Requiem for a Dream had some intense and well-acted roles from talented actors and actresses, innovative editing, a score so good it has been used in a number of other movies and previews, and such a stunning ability to reach into the depravity and hopelessness of human existence that it impresses its cinematic experience onto the viewer in a way which is nearly tangible, an emotional reaction so intense that it is felt by your physical body.
Alien v. Predator was the best kind of bad. It was so bad it was AWESOME!
Bad movies for me off the top of my head, which I'll add to later:
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days --
My ex-girlfriend forced me to sit through this one, and it was one of the most painful experiences I can recall. To this I'll add The Wedding Planner as another horrible, horrible movie for the same reason that it was a lamely written piece of trash that deserves nothing other than contempt.
Alien v. Predator: Requiem --
(FANBOY WARNING) I can't believe my very, very small expectation for this film wasn't reached: that it would be another chance to see Aliens and Predators battle it out in an absolute dorkfest. But no, the action scenes between the Aliens and Predators were shot so poorly that you couldn't even tell what was happening. The canon of the Aliens series was raped with a careless cock and lazy writing, and there was no self-awareness in the fact that it was a bad, bad movie.
Aliens 4 --
The Aliens fanboy inside of me died a little the day I saw this movie.
21 --
I literally fast forwarded through about twenty minutes in the middle of the movie to see how the filmmakers wrapped it up. I just didn't care. The characters were unbelievable, the writing was horribly contrived, and the editing was about as effective as the commercials for the products they were selling. It felt like I was watching a very expensive, two hour ad for Vegas.
The Oh in Ohio --
Parker Posey may have acted her way through other roles, but much like her characters' quest for orgasm, her failure ends up being just as great. Also, the writing is pointless. You actually get exhausted traveling with them in their journey for a joke or two, the sequence of events in the characters' lives are trivial, and in the end you end up feeling like you just sat through some awkward relative's sad story about how they ended up with their lame excuse for a husband.
Epic Movie--
Epic Fail
Southland Tales--
I'll admit, I had expectations for this one. Richard Kelly blew us all away when he skillfully guided the creation that is Donnie Darko, but in Southland Tales it's much more difficult to find the film's strengths than it is to point out the blatant fuck-ups that should have eluded the creative process. The montages of mixed media filling in the bits of history in this alternate future don't work; the casting is a joke that nobody gets; there are too many tones in the film, and in the end it seems like instead of doing one thing really well, the film tries to do twenty different things shittily, making for an incredibly awkward and painful viewing experience.
More later if I'm inspired. :)