What are your Choices for Worst Science Fiction , Fantasy films and Horror Films ?

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thekidd12

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I definitely like a balance of "Science" and "Fiction" in my Science Fiction. Of course, Im OKay with Creative License (Sure, I can ignore the fact that The Death Star would have had gravitational effects on Yavin and its moons -- that would be NitPicking......but large battlecruisers on fire in the vacuum of space is where I draw the line...Also, the fact that Ive read Asimov's "Foundation" series and recognize where a bunch of ideas in Star Wars were shamelessly lifted from didnt help its cause with me)...

Its one of the reasons why I read more than watch movies (especially movies based on a great book with the exact same title but the screenplay is only mildly based on characters and plot of the original book)........

As far as movies themselves that I would put on my A-List (not in any order) of Sci Fi that i have not read any associated book, here are several off the top of my head that I can think of (had to Google the years):

"Pi" (1999)
"Soylent Green" (1973)
"The Island" (2005)
"Cube" (1997)
"Silent Running" (1972)
"Exam" (2009)
low budget "Dark Star" (1974) is a guilty pleasure
"Europa Report" (2013) was slow, but good and one of the few "found footage" films i liked
"Inception" (2010)
"Gattaca" (1997)
"Primer" (2004 - imo, best Time Travel movie ever)
"Interstellar" (2014) is a movie I didnt care for plot-wise but the "Science" was good

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Gattaca and Inception I will give you. Interstellar got a little tiresome I thought also. The Island not that great to me but to each his own. Not a bad list.

Have read where some people have compared the story line of Star Wars to Jesus. There was a course on that I believe at UNC-CH a while back. I am not as well read as you. Cannot say whether elements were borrowed from Asimov. Just thought at the time of its release in 1978 the movie was a commercial and critical success. As well as special effects that had never before been seen.

As far as the science goes I try to escape from the norm for those couple of hours I watch a movie. If we didn't think outside proven scientific fact we could never read almost any book written by Mr King.
 

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Have read where some people have compared the story line of Star Wars ...... Cannot say whether elements were borrowed from Asimov.

heres a few for starters:

giant triangular-wedge shaped Imperial Battlecruisers
a Central "metal" capital planet with a planet-wide city on its surface ("Trantor" in Foundation, "Coruscant" in Star Wars)
planet Korellia (with a "K" in Foundation, Corellia with a "C" in Star Wars)
A main character named Han

As far as the science goes I try to escape from the norm for those couple of hours I watch a movie. If we didn't think outside proven scientific fact we could never read almost any book written by Mr King.

I agree, thats why I mentioned that I give allowances to 'Creative Lisence' -- I have to, otherwise I'd nitpick everything and never enjoy it :D


Just thought at the time of its release in 1978 the movie was a commercial and critical success. As well as special effects that had never before been seen.

Certainly...I was 11 years old and still remember seeing it in the theater and what an "OMG!" moment that was
 

thekidd12

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I agree, thats why I mentioned that I give allowances to 'Creative Lisence' -- I have to, otherwise I'd nitpick everything and never enjoy it :D
That is the way I feel when I watch a baseball movie or tv show.

I was 15 when Star Wars came out. Saw 2nd one in theater. Was chasing a girl all over the seats during it. Didn't remember much about the actual movie until later viewing.

Oh ended up marrying her, my first wife, so it was OK.

We have been together now for around 37 years total.
 

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Science Fiction - The 1996 version of Island of Doctor Moreau. Released to coincide with the centennial anniversary of the novel, this film was an abysmal waste of celluloid. This novel dealt with genetic manipulation before there was even a phrase to describe it, and would have been perfect given the time period it was released. But it was a disgrace to the book and to HG Wells' legacy. The only good thing here is Stan Winston's creature effects.

Following this would be Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, the only one in the entire POTA series that I utterly despise. Props only for Rick Baker's make-up work.

Fantasy - Conan the Destroyer was a massive let-down after the first.

Horror - Event Horizon. The only thing more boring that this film would be cricket, and the only thing worse than watching cricket is slipping into a coma. Runner-up would be every damn "found-footage" movie ever made.
Don't you like Event Horizon? I reckon it was pretty good. Some people have said it has a Lovecraftian element in it.
 

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Siskel and Ebert, probably on a show devoted to bad movies, reviewed a film titled The Children (kids transformed into mutant monsters by an evil fog surrounding their school bus must be destroyed by having their hands cut off with swords). One said, "I don't believe it," and the other, "I saw it and didn't believe it."

They also gave two thumbs down to Spaced Aliens, which Gene said might appeal only to kids. "Really, really little kids." Roger asked, "How little are we talking?" and Gene said, "I was thinking possibly presentient kids."

Stephen King's Children of the Corn, which made a pretty good short story, was transformed into rather a gruesome and pointless film, I am told by people who watched it. (Having read the story, I passed up on the movie.)
I disagree with you, I think the first Children of the Corn movie is very good.
 

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Scifi. I mentioned Starship Troopers in another thread, and I'll do so here again. If you could tap the energy of Heinlein spinning in his grave, you could energize a mid-sized town.
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Matrix 2+3
The Time Machine (Remake 2003)
Waterworld
 

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Damnation Alley 1977 Based on the Roger Zelazny novel of the same name. The novel is great post apocalyptic science fiction novel. The movie is just plain godawful.
 
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Matrix 2+3
The Time Machine (Remake 2003)
Waterworld

Waterworld. How did I forget about this?
Although I remember being really interested in the movie because I loved the kid who played in it when she was in Andre, and during the whole film I'm like "DIVE INTO THE WATER AND SAVE YOUR SEAL YOU SILLY CHILD" xD
 

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The Happening. 90+ minutes of Mark Walkberg running from killer plants. And not cool killer plants like Audrey or the Ents. Just regular plants that somehow cause people to kill themselves. Zooey Deschanel is in this thing too. Zooey Deschanel is great at playing wierd, kooky people. The terms "manic pixie dream girl" was invented to describe her. Zooey Deschanel is not so great at play normal females, which is what she was supposed to play in this. There were a couple of moment where the suicide thing became genuinely creepy/cool but it was mostly stupid people attack stupid in a boring way.
 
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Mel217

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The Happening. 90+ minutes of Mark Walkberg running from killer plants. And not cool killer plants like Audrey or the Ents. Just regular plants that somehow cause people to kill themselves. Zooey Deschanel is in this thing too. Zooey Deschanel is great at playing wierd, kooky people.

As bad as it sounds, this description actually makes me want to watch this movie :D
 
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As bad as it sounds, this description actually makes me want to watch this movie :D

I can see how that description would do that, but if anything that'll make things worse for you. The movie never gets to the "so bad it's good" stage. It just stays at the "This is really bad. Why the hell did I waste my time/money on this?" stage.
 
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Mel217

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I can see how that description would do that, but if anything that'll make things worse for you. The movie never gets to the "so bad it's good" stage. It just stays at the "This is really bad. Why the hell did I waste my time/money on this?" stage.

In most cases I hate bad movies, but some movies are so bad they're good!
We love spoof type movies, anything that playfully pokes fun at other movies is our main choice. Ever seen "The Big Bus?" OMG. I laughed until my ribs snapped!
What's super depressing is remembering a childhood movie or TV show, a favorite, and then re-watching it as an adult and wondering "Why did I think this was good? This sucks. This is HORRIBLE." If plain old childhood nostalgic memories won't make something horrible good, you know you've got a really, really bad movie on your hands :D
 
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Transformers 3,4,5

Ok, i didn`t watched Part 4 and 5 only saw the Trailers.
Watched Part 3 Nonvoluntary.
Part 5 had some Damning Reviews here like it is "An Abstruse CGI Image Por*"
I wonder why Sir Anthony Hopkins agreed to that Script
 
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Transformers 3,4,5

Ok, i didn`t watched Part 4 and 5 only saw the Trailers.
Watched Part 3 Nonvoluntary.
Part 5 had some Damning Reviews here like it is "An Abstruse CGI Image Por*"
I wonder why Sir Anthony Hopkins agreed to that Script

The very first Transformers film wasn't bad. The sequels have gotten progressively worse. I have no particular desire to see the latest installment. The Last Knight .
 
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