Editor's Choice: Worst Movies Ever

Our question this week is:

What movies have you wasted time watching that you wish you'd never seen?

Our editors shared their opinions. Share your list by e-mailing boredroom@ibsys.com.

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Peter B.

• "King Ralph" -- If you saw the previews for this film, you've already seen it.
• "Other People's Money" -- Unless I'm getting some, this is two hours I will never get back.
• "Freddy Got Fingered" -- So did I.
• "Teen Wolf Too" -- This might just be the worst sequel ever made.
• "Staying Alive" -- I take it back.

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Matt M. -- Salt Lake City, Utah

• Mars Attack!. I came out of the dollar theater asking for my money back.
• Scary Movie 4. The opening sequence with Shaq and Dr Phil was beyond hilarious but the rest of the movie was beyond stupid.
• Spider Man 1,2, and probably 3. Could they have come up with a more pathetic girly, metrosexual, pansy to play Spider Man?

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V. Toroniewski

• Time Bandits -- midgets gone wild? horrible
• The Royal Tannenbaums -- After the first 20 minutes I actually thought someone was playing a joke on me. It was that bad.

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Paul M.

• Paris, Texas -- slowest, most boring movie of my life.
• Prudence and the Pill -- slept through the final third
• 1941 -- even Spielberg can lay an egg

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Beth P

• Anaconda
• Stone Cold
• Waterworld
• Mr Giggles

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Kim B.

• Ratboy -- Directed by Sondra Locke. At a loss for words regarding this film. Nathan Lane reportedly auditioned for a role as one of the kidnappers but did not get the role. Apparently because he couldn't refrain from laughing while reading the script while auditioning.
• Chasing Dreams -- Kevin Costner is on the cover and has about five seconds in the film... A must see for those searching for the Worst Film Ever.

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Greg S.

• Night of the Lepus -- Giant rabbits?! - Ooh scary critters! I’ll fire up the grill.
• Return of/to Planet of the Apes -- Fell asleep in a noisy theater –zzzz
• The Good Shepard -- ZZZZ Huh? Time to leave? OK

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Kelly J.

• Lost in Translation -- I was lost too with this movie
• American Beauty -- Perverted man checking out his child's friend
• Shadowboxer -- Huh? Porno?
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas -- I expected this one to be funny since Jim Carrey was in it (stupid) I went to sleep on it in the movie theater.

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Cynthia P.

• The English Patient -- Long and BORING! Horrible movie.If I was being tortured I would have talked.
• Out of Africa -- Long and BORING.
• War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise. This remake was so poorly done. It showed promise but never came across. Wasted over two hours of my life on this movie.
• Lost in Translation -- Bill Murray has not made a funny movie in a long time. Long and Boring.
• Bewitched -- this remake was so bad that I left after 45 minutes. Please never again!

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Erin O.

• The Hitcher -- How stupidly boring!
• Click -- Huge disappointment, I expected so much more from a very talented comedian.
• The Distinguished Gentleman- Again, way too boring for such a talented comedian.
• Happy Feet- Yeh, not that cute!
• The Night Listener- My 8th grade students can write a better script.

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Doug F.

• Blood Sucking Freaks -- Too violent.
• Caligula -- Too boring.
• Howard The Duck -- Wife hated it. I still hear about it.
• Batman And Robin -- Clooney,corny script destroy the man.
• Pokemon, The Movie -- Proof that I'm a good father.

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Brian H.

• Rent -- Yikes... A film about the joys of squatting to the magic of song - No thanks!
• The Lake House -- Too bad it didn't sink into the lake.
• Must Love Dogs -- Generic date movie - I walked out after 5 min. - wish I had them back!
• Catwoman -- Halley Berry Hot - Movie Not Hot. She did purr though....
• The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking - Wife made me watch on video - said it was her favorite as a kid. Considering a divorce now -- A guy has to have standards!
• Honorable Mention: Johnny Mnemonic -- Wish I had a brain implant to remove this from my memory. It cast a drug-addicted dolphin - come on now!!!

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Susan I.

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- a story about a lying, irresponsible, selfish teenager. I didn't find it funny or even cute...
• Seven -- what a pile... they lost me at Gluttony
• Silence of The Lambs -- they lost me when the bodily fluids flew...

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Jennifer J.

• Nobody's Perfekt -- A Gabe Kaplan-led film about a group of misfits' revenge against city bureaucracy after a pothole incident. I walked out after 30 minutes.
• Meatballs 3 -- Who knew the kid from "Can't Buy Me Love" could stoop so low?

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Andrew K.

• Running With Scissors -- If you’ve seen it you know why I say this, if you haven’t…spare yourself the pain of this rambling and often incoherent bore fest.
• Flyboys -- 2001’s “Pearl Harbor” was rough (pretty boys flying airplanes during World War 2) but bearable through the use of lots of explosions. This “remake” (pretty boys flying Older planes during World War 1) falls dreadfully short on experience-saving explosions. AWFUL!
• Hostel -- Filth. From the beginning to the end of this film, there is not a single moment where I felt I was following a character through a story. I was being shown a rapid succession of disturbing images peppered with nudity at a frenetic pace with shaky videography. (Probably why the MTV crowd loved it so much, seen a music video lately?)
• Trainspotting -- Similar, in category, to why I hated Hostel. What can I say? All the cool artsy kids at high school were raving about this movie, so I rented it. It’s only saving grace was that it was probably that disturbing for artistic and thematic purpose, as opposed to marketing tactic.
• Fire In The Sky -- I hate aliens. They scare me to death. And they have, ever since I watched them put a needle into D.B. Sweeny’s eye while he was awake and after feeding him a handful of Alien pudding.

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Laura K.

• "Intimacy" -- It was an indy flick that we knew nothing about going in. We kept expecting something to happen. It didn't, other than a whole lot of nudity.

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Tim L.

• "Crossroads" -- Hey, Britney, how about you try acting?
• "Lost in Translation" -- One of those critical darlings that I just didn't get. Boring. Pretentious.
• "Enough" -- Enough of Jennifer Lopez trying to act!
• "Look Who's Talking, Too." Okay, the first one was cute, but I couldn't wait for everybody to shut up in this one!
• "The Good Shepherd" -- Actor-turned-director Robert De Niro tries to emulate the "Godfather" of moviemaking Francis Ford Coppola with this recent "origins of the CIA" movie. A 2 hr, 45 minute disaster that leaps back and forth in time, a la the "Godfather, Part II." The problem is, it doesn't make sense.

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Lisa M.

• Shanghai Surprise -- A train-wreck film starring a train-wreck couple. Sean Penn, what, exactly, were you thinking -- or were you?
• The Ring 2 -- Loved "Ringu," the Japanese original. Really liked the American "original" version, "The Ring." But even a familiar locale (shot in my favorite Oregon Coast community of Astoria) could not compensate for the horrors this flick inflicted. And I am not talking about the good, edge-of-your-seat kind.
• The Blair Witch Project -- I've been more frightened watching friends' vacation videos.
• Halloween III: Season of the Witch -- The first movie I ever walked out of. I felt so grown up!
• Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace -- After so many years of waiting for this movie, how could George Lucas let us all down so cruelly?

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Mary M.

• From Justin To Kelly -- An Idol fan, I thought this was a sure winner. Not so much.
• Bring It On Again -- A sequel never should have been attempted.
• Mysterious Island -- One of my dad's favorites, clearly not one of mine.
• Super Troopers -- The only movie I've ever walked out of in the theater.
• Norbit -- I should have walked out on this one, but it was my 12-year-old cousin's choice.

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Allison N.

• "Austin Powers: Goldmember" -- just ridicusilly
• "The Black Dahlia" -- so boring we walked out
• "Dune" -- the worst movie of my childhood
• "Panic Room" -- hilariously stupid
• "Dude, Where's My Car?" -- dude, does that need an explanation?
• Runners-Up -- "Failure To Launch" and "Lost In Translation"

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Fred O.

• Magnolia -- not surreal enough
• Bring Out The Dead -- flatlining characters
• Raising Arizona -- what is it about Nicholas Cage that is so annoying?
• What About Bob? -- am I the only one who agreed with Richard Dreyfuss' character?
• Starship Troopers -- sci-fi meets Dawson's Creek -- no thanks

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Kenzie W.

• The Pursuit of Happyness -- cue the sad music, now zoom in on the little boy's face. I was so bored with the movie. The story was inspiring but the filming was tacky.
• Swimming Pool -- Charlotte Rampling in an over-the-top film that bored me to tears.
• Robots -- such a flop, so not funny. I tried to fall asleep to it, but the theater seats didn't recline.
• A.I. -- "Teddy" was so cute, but then everything got crazy weird and it turned into a waste of time.

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Cherie W.

• Cabin Fever --- This "horror" movie was so awful that we were dying laughing. At first the audience was annoyed, then as they realized how awful it was, the entire audience was cracking up.
• The Blair Witch Project --- I do not understand the success of this film. I just felt like I needed a Dramamine.
• Highlander --- I fought to stay awake, but that just wasn't possible.
• Surviving Christmas --- I must've been jonesing for some "Sopranos," but this clearly did not help.
• Showgirls -- I don't even need to explain this one.

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Scott W.

• "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" The best thing about this was the Weird Al "American Pie" parody.
• "Lost in Translation" Bill, will you PLEASE be funny again? Just once? For me? Call me.
• "Godzilla" (the new one) When Matthew Broderick gets to hell, Satan will have this playing in Sensurround to explain why he's there.
• "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" Kirk meets God. Isn't impressed. Movie sucks with a force equal to that of 10 black holes.
• "E.T." Masterpiece, schmasterpiece. Aliens should either want to destroy you or mate with you, or both. Flying BICYCLES? Meh.