Baddest of the Bad

The movie review web site Rotten Tomatoes recently posted a list of the 100 Worst-Reviewed Movies of All Time.

This is a little bit of an anomaly as far as these "100 Lists" go. From a certain point of view it's not subjective. The folks at the site put together a mathematical formula to determine an exact score for a movie, and then presented the 100 worst results. Of course, since this is the aggregate of the opinions of hundreds and hundreds of critics, it's ultimately quite subjective -- these results are just what some people think. And it's just the worst reviewed movies, which is not the same thing as saying they're the worst movies.

Though that said, I feel like the contents of this list are mostly awful. I was somewhat relieved to find that I'd only actually seen 7 of the films. Relieved on two levels, actually. Going in, I expected I might peg the meter pretty high, because I've seen quite a few horror films, and those generally get eviscerated by the critics. And then secondly, when I was going through the list one by one, I found I'd seen three movies ranked in the 80s alone. I figured at that rate, I was hosed!

Fortunately, things tapered off. These were the only entries it turned out I'd actually wasted my time on:

8) Twisted
9) The Master of Disguise
14) Battlefield Earth
57) I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
82) The Skulls
87) Darkness Falls
88) White Noise

Of all these movies, I feel Battlefield Earth deserves a bit of an explanation. Someone I knew was really itching to see this movie, for some reason. I said, "sorry, I have no desire whatsoever to see this movie." He says, "I have no one to go with." I say, "man, I can't do it." He says, "I'll pay for it."

I shouldn't have broken down so easily.

How many of these stinkers have you seen?