Films that make you angry they're so crap

[Muddays]

I'm sorry if this thread has been done lots? But anyway, whilst there are films that are bad and funny for it, there are films that are so bad they make you want to scream. I watched Aquaman the other day and it was jaw grindingly awful. I can't think of a worse recent movie right now but am interested to hear of any that can challenge that monumental pile of guano.

Grease. Slut shaming, virginity shaming, lots of really unpleasant behaviour, wasting food in the diner, pulling the skirt over the head of the girl who organized the whole damn prom, stupid cliques, omg why does all of MN love it? The songs are ok.

outwith is Scottish English. It’s not commonly used outwith Scotland and isn’t something a non-native speaker is likely to have come across.

@StrictlyAFemaleFemale again it's nostalgia. My mum has fond memories of when it came out as a teenager and then sharing it with me when I was growing up, the message is awful but play the soundtrack and I'm right back to being 8 in my living room singing into my hair brush! And watching it in the West End with my Nan, my first live show.

Dirty Dancing is another one that isn't great...saw a hilarious meme this week about Patrick Swayze looking nearly 40 and Baby only being 17. But again I grew up watching it (somewhat inappropriately for the age rating!) So it's just a very comforting watch for me.

Oh I see. The only person I know who says Outwith is from Lancashire so I didn't realise it was Scottish!

Can confirm. Outwith is in common usage here in the Lothians. In fact, I never realised it wasn't in common use across the UK until I was quite old. In my 30s.

It reminds people of a happier time. Queuing up outside the cinema, fancying Danny..or Sandy. Tapping their feet to the tunes. Gorgeous outfits. Set in the 50s. Romance...of course people of a certain age love it!

Came here to say this as well. The premise was magnificent then it just went off on a weird morbid tangent and I was just WTF is even going on.

'Elf' - amongst many, this must rate as the most appalling, anger inducing load of shite I have ever hadthe misfortune to endure!

My partner, who thinks it is the most hilarious film ever, encouraged me to watch it, just before christmas. The most vapid, inane load of drivel ever to grace a screen and the actor, whose name I cannot recall, is a talentĺess, unfunny twerp with no comic or acting ability whatsoever. Never again!

Just before Christmas I watched the new little women with Emma Watson and was (and still am) so furious about what they did to Jo.

Death on The Nile - paid £50 on tickets to see it on the big screen and soooo shit. Kenneth Branagh fucks up everything he’s in and the rest of the actors were all miscast. Grrr.

Elf is a terrible film! People look at me like I've admitted liking kicking puppies when I say that. Its unmitigated shite.

@SoSobored - judging from that comment I'd best not watch it. I loved the books growing up.

The Greatest Showman is a bag o' shite. It annoys me how much other people seem to love it 😂

Like - it's pretty to look at; Jenny Lind's big song; some of the dance routines.

Loathe - the historical inaccuracies; the very dull samey songs and that dreadful singing style; feels like being repeatedly hit with a saccharine marshmallow stick to Embrace Diversity; and again the dreadful singing style.

Eyes Wide Shut (Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman).

Absolute pile of mince. Supposed to be erotic. About as erotic as support socks.

Furious I'd spent money on it to see it in the cinema.

Avatar. Inexplicable. Blue people- disappointingly not Smurfs. Too long.
Titanic. Spoiler alert: 3 hours waiting for a boat to sink. Too long.
Independence Day. Will Smith punches alien. President coincidentally able to fly alien spacecraft. Just awful.
K19. Harrison Ford on a nuclear submarine. Some things may have happened onboard but it was so dull I can’t remember.

Elf is dreadful, no idea why it's so beloved. And 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'! The character of Ferris is horrible. In fact, I don't think there are any likeable characters in that film.

Yet another Kenneth Branarrrgh and apologies, this might not be popular, but ‘Dunkirk’! The Mark Rylance character/storyline

• what is point? 😠

Jerry Maguire. Seemingly inoffensive movie and I've never met anyone else who didn't like it, but my god I hated it. "You had me at hello" - that character was such a doormat. I'm feeling annoyed just thinking about it now!!

Glad the boy in the striped pyjamas has been mentioned - haven't seen the film but the book was dreadful, I could barely read it and stopped very quickly.

I remember going to see National Treasure as a teen with my friend and her sisters. I didn't realise it was Disney and I came out of it saying I thought it was shit, and they all loved it. I get that people have different ideas on media but I felt like an alien or something, or like I was in a parallel universe. It was TRIPE.

The songs in Greatest Showman are literally forgettable. I've heard them repeatedly and nope, no memory.

@Pictoosh I learned the phrase "tube" a while back. The Scots I heard it from were surprised it wasn't used beyond Scotland. Sounds better in any Scottish accent I reckon.

Half-qualifying: When Harry Met Sally. I really like the film but Meg Ryan is meant to be nearly 40 in that film, she was 27. Billy Crystal was 41 I think. She is highly unconvincing as a woman of that age (and she can't act-cry for shit). I do still think it's a great film but she stands way out in it in places as just being young and sweet and naïve, and not 40.

Cheaper by the dozen - already made quite faithfully. Completely undid the meaning. So confusing. I wish think perhaps someone in the cast did not have children......

I thought she was early 20s at the beginning and early thirties at the end 🤔

This.

I wanted to love it for the music, but it was shit.