Exactly! For instance, one of your picks (Sucker Punch) is a guilty pleasure of mine. I know it's a terrible film but there's something the last remenant of my teenager brain found entertaining about it.
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*open spoilers* Films so bad you saw them once and refuse to watch them ever again?
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This might piss some people off, but Speed Racer.
I was in the theater and I just wasn't feeling it. At the climax of the movie during the big race, the projector stopped working. The theater said they couldn't offer refunds, but we could go to the next showing starting in a few minutes for free. I just left. Still have not seen the end of the movie.
I was in the theater and I just wasn't feeling it. At the climax of the movie during the big race, the projector stopped working. The theater said they couldn't offer refunds, but we could go to the next showing starting in a few minutes for free. I just left. Still have not seen the end of the movie.
It's called a joke, you see.
Now say "I thought jokes were supposed to be funny"
Man of Steel
Dark knight Rises
Day After Tomorrow
The Room
Star Wars Rise of Skywalker
Terminator Gensys
The Hobbit Trilogy (technically only watched the first one)
Hush
Funny Games
Triangle
Every Rob Zombie Horror Movie
Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboots and resequel
And probably a lot more that I can't think of right now.
Dark knight Rises
Day After Tomorrow
The Room
Star Wars Rise of Skywalker
Terminator Gensys
The Hobbit Trilogy (technically only watched the first one)
Hush
Funny Games
Triangle
Every Rob Zombie Horror Movie
Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboots and resequel
And probably a lot more that I can't think of right now.
I knew some people growing up that seemed to remember a ton of lines from movies, and I always thought they just had a real good memory. I guess I never considered that they might have watched them multiple times. It all makes sense now.
Truthfully, the only places I saw it mentioned was on Era/Gaf and maybe a couple of bus stop adverts. The reviews from Era/Gaf were glowing so I gave it a shot and found it incredibly lacklustre that I've not felt the need to watch it again.
It Chapter 2 has an absolute terrible ending with that letter that it's also actively pushed me away from watching the first It as well which I used to enjoy quite a bit.
I'm embarassed to admit how many times I seen Jingle all the way
All the star wars sequel trilogy, especially episode IX. I just pretend those trilogy doesn't exist.
That new Matrix film. Absolutely zero redeeming qualities, I honestly thought it would be impossible for it to be worse than part 2 and 3, but they somehow managed the impossible. Utterly awful.
I adore Scott's entire Alien saga, but The Crossing should have been in the movie's runtime, ideally as a fleshed out Shaw prologue (2015's Paradise script by John Logan full fat, making a whole different movie albeit, maybe resembling the early full film Paradise Lost script) or The Crossing short as is for David's flashback vs just the small bombing clip from the short that made the theatrical cut of Covenant.
Cool as Ice, 1991.
The Rifftrax treatment makes it 100% more enjoyable.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxJnyuZWuE4
The Rifftrax treatment makes it 100% more enjoyable.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxJnyuZWuE4
Most films are a once-and-done, as are novels, tv shows, video games, etc - it takes me really having enjoyed something to rewatch/read/play - which I do but most things are a one-and-done, music is very hard to discern if you like it on just the one listen and sex of course, only doing that once would be good but also a bummer. So yeah as much as I enjoy rewatching Yojimbo or 2001 - most movies I am not watching again.
I'm struggling to think of movies that I wouldn't watch again because they were BAD rather than they were good movies that were stressful to watch. So I kinda just skimmed this thread to use for ideas.
The Rob Zombie movies are great examples. The Mist, as I've detailed in that recent thread. Tons of garbage on streaming services that tricked me with good thumbnails.
The Rob Zombie movies are great examples. The Mist, as I've detailed in that recent thread. Tons of garbage on streaming services that tricked me with good thumbnails.
These are mine, kinda. I gave The Last Jedi one more try. The Yoda scene really helps. Rest was still awful and I'll never watch either again. But I don't REFUSE to watch or anything. That it strong language. I'll just never got out of my way to see them again.
I see you don't have Dont breathe 2 on this list...
if you gave Don't Breathe a 1 / 10 I can't even begin to wonder what DB2 would be.
God damn you for reminding me of this movie. I saw it once and tried to never think about it again.
Fuck.
Genysis was bad too, but not nearly on the same level as Covenant.
Battlefield Earth.
Catwoman.
Might be two of the worst movies-with-budgets I've ever seen. I'll never watch them again.
Not a bad film by any stretch - in fact it's a beloved film for many - but a movie I disliked so much and will never, ever watch it again is Forrest Gump.
Same with Mission: Impossible 2. Both of those movies left such a strong distaste in my mouth I'll not be returning to either. Ever.
Catwoman.
Might be two of the worst movies-with-budgets I've ever seen. I'll never watch them again.
Not a bad film by any stretch - in fact it's a beloved film for many - but a movie I disliked so much and will never, ever watch it again is Forrest Gump.
Same with Mission: Impossible 2. Both of those movies left such a strong distaste in my mouth I'll not be returning to either. Ever.
The Last Airbender - Aside from being a bad adaptation of Avatar, it's also just a bad movie with stiff acting and disappointing action. Even if Avatar didn't exist to compare it to, this movie would still be bad.
Bayformers - The only good thing about these movies is that they brought Transformers back into the spotlight. I'll never watch any of these movies again
Bayformers - The only good thing about these movies is that they brought Transformers back into the spotlight. I'll never watch any of these movies again
You know what, I haven't seen Alien: Covenant. Prometheus was so bad, I think Covenant just never piqued my interest.
Now I feel like I need to see it, just to rule on its quality.
Now I feel like I need to see it, just to rule on its quality.
I know you didn't ask me, but I would still like to inform you that Covenant is fucking trash.
IMO... watch them back-to-back, especially if it's been so long since you saw Prometheus. I also agree with others that the cut scenes from A:C belong in the full film, regardless of if you think it's shit or a masterpiece. I think there's a fan edit out there somewhere that does exactly that.
On-topic, sort of...
Southland Tales used to qualify as a "WTF, this is trash, I'm never watching this again" movie, but... rewatching it actually made me appreciate it far more. Some films take extra viewings to sink in, I guess. :) It's a masterpiece above that of Donnie Darko.
Prometheus is just a smoldering mire of stupidity and mediocrity. Covenant is a wild, outlandish celebration of stupidity and mediocrity.
It was so unhinged that I was actually sad they canceled the follow-up.
Whoa. I rewatch some movies, and there are very few I would absolutely REFUSE to rewatch. When I saw Southland Tales in your post, I thought "yeah, that one qualifies". But I remember nothing about it, so I'm trusting my decade-and-a-half old reaction to it. So now you have me curious. Not sure if I want to risk it if I'm going to end up pissed off at how terrible it is.
I mean... take what I say with a massive grain of salt (I'm an Alien: Covenant apologist, after all ;) ) but I just found that I connected with ST on my repeat viewing, over a decade later. I also took the time to read the 3-chapter graphic novel in advance, which... helps. It's still a deeply flawed film... but it's a deeply flawed masterpiece, IMO.
You'll probably hate me if you rewatch it lol
Looking through my half stars on Letterboxd I'm seeing some strong contenders like Feardotcom, Norbit, Fant4stic, Mean Girls 2 and I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. Also shout out to Sucker Punch, just an absolute waste of everything.
TROS was a fun mess , Clone is just a fucking boring movie.
Watch Prometheus again?! This advice goes against the spirit of this thread, don't you think? LOL
Well, I'll be watching it under very different circumstances than when I saw Prometheus. I went into that film with great optimism and excitement. I'll be seeing Covenant with mere curiosity. I'm sure we've all experienced how much expectations can influence the enjoyment or disappointment upon seeing a movie.
Thanks for the extra info. Probably won't give it another chance, but I still recognize that I could have misjudged it.
Something that I think a lot of people don't appreciate is that their viewing of a movie can be highly dependent on their own experiences and state of mind, which are subject to change.
I don't think I've had quite as drastic a reversal as you've described, but I've certainly had significant changes of opinion on movies I watched a 2nd time many years later.
A lot of the movies listed here are just sub par and not genuinely terrible. But then again, maybe if a movie has that rep, I guess, people just don't watch it? Like, how many people have actually sat through Battlefield Earth?
Also, I find it weird that people don't re watch movies they like. Especially, if they are easy to digest blockbuster movies. I couldn't tell you how many times I've rewatched Predator, Alien (s), terminator etc
Even if a movie is mediocre, I'm not going to watch it again. Should do a thread about good movies you'll never watch a second time.
I'm a bit similar. Opening night for The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. Didn't bother with Rise of Skywalker.
