Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is undoubtedly the worst film I've watched this year (and probably the decade thus far), but at least its withdrawn trailer with fabricated quotes managed to provide some entertainment. Can’t say the same for the other wretched releases this year.
Ranging from overrated fart-house darlings, awful remakes, and made for Tubi slop, here's a list of films which were the nadir of the year for me:
Apartment 7A (Natalie Erika James)
Borderlands (Eli Roth)
La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher)
The Crow (Rupert Sanders)
Cuckoo (Tilman Singer)
The Fall Guy (David Leitch)
Gladiator II (Ridley Scott)
I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun)
The Killer (John Woo)
Lisa Frankenstein (Zelda Williams)
Maid Droid Origins (Rich Mallery)
Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola)
Night Swim (Bryce McGuire)
Thelma (Josh Margolin)
Trap (M. Night Shamalamadingdong)
Uglies (McG)
Under Paris (Xavier Gens)
V/H/S/Beyond (Jay Cheel, Jordan Downey, Christian Long, Justin Long, Justin Martinez, Virat Pal, Kate Siegel)
Did you know the inspiration for Eli Roth's cinematic turd that was Borderlands was inspired by his French bulldog taking a dump? True story.
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TRAP had some intriguing moments, but it was primarily a showcase for M. Night's daughter and her musical/acting aspirations. I guess if you love her, then you love the movie.
Agreed. Trap came across as shameless nepotism to me. Just an excuse to promote Saleka Night's musical career.
Despite its own issues, Smile 2 seemed to work better as a popstar themed horror, in my opinion.
Thankfully I haven't seen any of these.
The one thing I saw at the cinema this year which had me thinking "FFS I can't believe I've paid to watch this" was Sometimes I Think About Dying. It wasn't bad, just kinda annoying as it went on.
Hilariously, some of them made it on various best films lists.
Haven’t seen anything with Daisy Ridley since those Disney Star Wars films.
That colourised/truncated version of The War Games was far better than The Daleks one. They even pulled off the new regeneration scene.
Much better than The Daleks redo, imo. Although, it was edited quite a lot and felt obviously choppy following it at times. Thought it was hilarious seeing all Nu Who Doctors being shown as potential regenerations.
Did you notice the Master's theme playing in some of the War Chief's scenes?
I certainly did. I've always subscribed to the theory he's an early incarnation of The Master so that was an "YES!" moment for me.
I had only seen The War Games for the very first time last month, but it did strike me the War Chief was incredibly similar to the Master.
I added Gladiator II to the list. Awful film.
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