Name the worst movies ever made

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Was anyone disturbed by the incident in “The Bells of St. Mary’s” when Bing Crosby
“does not” inform Ingrid Bergman that she is very very sick? I forget the particulars so
forgive me, but I thought this was way too “sugary” and did not think it was OK that she didn’t know the “true condition” of her “ship” so to speak. Even John Glenn got the bad news about his Mercury space capsule so that he could be aware upon reentry.
Remember, he was flying with a stick and had to hold it together. One false move and…
But he made it.

The Church doesn’t do that anymore with clergy, but I find that scandalous. Not to mention insensitive and an injustice to the human being involved. If there’s a chance of you dying, you should know about it. I’m not bringing into question religious obedience. So I’m not going to go there. But to me it gave the impression of “male dominance” when it came to female “religious.” Any thoughts?
 
cthulhubryan said:
Agree! Titanic was bad, the only thing worse was the stupid song that went on and on and on…
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sings Neeeeeeaaaarr…faaaaaaaarrr…wherEEEEEEEEEEEverrrrr you areeee…i beeeeelieve that the heart doesssss go onnnnnnnn…😃
 
cthulhubryan said:
Agree! Titanic was bad, the only thing worse was the stupid song that went on and on and on…
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Our daughter has it on DVD and forced us to watch it. Very few movies can get away with being over 3 hours long (Lawrence of Arabia, Spartacus). But it never seemed to END. Just when I thought “Okay, this has to be the end”…it kept going on and on and on. I was fixing the cyinide tablets when it FINALLY ended.😃
 
Not the Titanic song! Nooooooo! :hypno: It doesn’t stop … 😃

Another movie that made my eyes twitch. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Okay, I like anime and the final fantasy series as much as the next person, but that movie made no sense to me. I did not like.
 
JustaServant said:
Titanic. :cool:
After three hours I was rooting for the ship.:eek:
Flame away.😃
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No flames here! I am in 100% complete and total agreement. What a horrible movie with unsympathetic characters. Like you I was hoping they’d drown early on and put us out of our misery!

The only thing I liked was the pretty melody of the theme song.

Lisa An
 
My wife and I watched “Revelation” over the weekend. Ugh! But, it did provide revelation to me, that I would never get that 90 minutes back.
 
sauce said:
Was anyone disturbed by the incident in “The Bells of St. Mary’s” when Bing Crosby “does not” inform Ingrid Bergman that she is very very sick?
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“The Bells of St. Mary’s” has become atheist fodder of late, because the Pledge of Allegiance in the movie DOESN’T have “under God” in it. See for yourself here:
youtube.com/watch?v=mEC1HV1MCjM
 
LisaA said:
yes good point and I am somewhat guilty of morphing the thread to a discussion of our Catholic teachings on life. That being said, the wayward nature of the thread resulted from someone listing “Cider House Rules” as one of the worst. However another forum member defended the movie as simply portraying a “choice” made by some in this society. Since this movie deals with and provides a rather sympathetic portrait of abortion and an abortionist, some of us maintain that it has no redeeming value and deserves its “worst movie” status. What do you think?

Given that you’d like to get the discussion back on point, what movies do you suggest as the worst? Do you believe we as Catholics should financially support, watch or reccommend movies like Cider House Rules?

Lisa A
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Pretty well anything directed by Clint Eastwood is worth watching. 🙂​

I don’t see that bio-ethical judgements need stop Christians watching a film which features a practice they absolutely reject, any more than Christian opposition to war need stop them watching war films. Of course there is the danger of a disconnection watch we should & what our priciples - but how does watching a film about a practice one rejects contradict one’s duties ? Fiction films are fiction films, not documentaries - fiction films should surely be judged as such; not mistaken for manifestos of intent. IOW, by aesthetic criteria, which are those proper to them. 😦

Is watching films by James Whale, or featuring Montgomery Clift, a sure sign of support for homosexuality ? That would be like saying that admiring “Brideshead Revisited” is proof of being Catholic, homosexual, aristocratic & English. So - surely - with films in which abortion is a part of the story.
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
Whatever medium, when the art is all about the artist, all that’s produced is junk. When you serve God through your art, you can produce sublime work.
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“The Song of Bernardette” is sublime - whether the average holy card, with its consumptive-looking or girly-looking saint can be so described…​

“The Greatest Story Ever Told” may not be sublime - but I’d watch it over that gore-fest of Gibson’s any day. Gibson seems to have made the classic mistake of confusing the** horrible** with the** terrible**. 😦

http://danassays.wordpress.com/encyclopedia-of-the-essay/on-the-sublime-by-%E2%80%9Clonginus%E2%80%9D/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus_(literature**
 
Gottle_of_Geer said:

Pretty well anything directed by Clint Eastwood is worth watching. 🙂​

I don’t see that bio-ethical judgements need stop Christians watching a film which features a practice they absolutely reject, any more than Christian opposition to war need stop them watching war films. Of course there is the danger of a disconnection watch we should & what our priciples - but how does watching a film about a practice one rejects contradict one’s duties ? Fiction films are fiction films, not documentaries - fiction films should surely be judged as such; not mistaken for manifestos of intent. IOW, by aesthetic criteria, which are those proper to them. 😦

Is watching films by James Whale, or featuring Montgomery Clift, a sure sign of support for homosexuality ? That would be like saying that admiring “Brideshead Revisited” is proof of being Catholic, homosexual, aristocratic & English. So - surely - with films in which abortion is a part of the story.
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I think the reason I might reject something like CHR is that its portrayal of abortion and abortionists was sympathetic with virtually no concern about the killing of babies by the major character. There are other films where abortion is seen as an evil act. So I wouldn’t find that objectionable. Similarly watching a war movie, unless it’s simply propaganda doesn’t mean you are pro war.

Also I can divorce the character from the real life actor who played him. So I might well watch a film in which a homosexual man plays a part becaue I don’t really care so much about the actor’s private life vis a vis the agenda or ideology that might be the message.

OTOH an actor’s POLITICAL views if he insists on inflicting them on us, is one thing I will definitely consider before plunking down $10. Won’t watch anything featuring Sean Penn for example…but again that’s just me.

I know a lot of Catholics were against the Dan Brown books and movies. I think those decisions are made at the individual level. I see Brown as a fiction writer. Don’t take the silliness of his theories that seriously.

Overall for me gratuitous violence, showing nothing but the dark side of humanity are the kind of movies I put in the worst category…Natural Born Killers, American Beauty…etc

Lisa A
 
Mary_Gail_36 said:
It doesn’t say it’s an untrue vision. They haven’t decided.

But…it does portray that Jesus, “Suffered, died and was burried.” ** This is an article of our faith. ** Pope John Paul II approved of the film, and it is also on the list of best films of 2004 by the USCCB.

I, personally haven’t been able to watch the whole film, not because I think it’s bad, but because I am a wimp. I find it too disturbing. :o

So let’s get back to bad movies…🙂
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One thing is for certain: it gives a real insight into the brutality of Roman Culture. Remember that every where “games” were under way in which human beings fought to the death. Which is simulated in our most debased films was actually done for the gratification of th audience.
 
havana1 said:
“The Bells of St. Mary’s” has become atheist fodder of late, because the Pledge of Allegiance in the movie DOESN’T have “under God” in it. See for yourself here:
youtube.com/watch?v=mEC1HV1MCjM
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It sure doesn’t. What a bunch of wimps. Seems really strange in a film so
Catholic. What was that Irish film a few years back about the Magdalene Laundries?
That’s a hummer. The abused little girl yells “You are not a man of God.”
 
sauce said:
It sure doesn’t. What a bunch of wimps. Seems really strange in a film so
Catholic. What was that Irish film a few years back about the Magdalene Laundries?
That’s a hummer. The abused little girl yells “You are not a man of God.”
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The Bells of St Mary’s doesn’t have ‘under God’ in it because, at the time it was made, ‘under God’ wasn’t part of the Pledge of Allegiance. That phrase was added in 1954, if I’m not mistaken. The movie was made in 1945, so it’s accurate for it’s time.
 
Loveday220 said:
The Bells of St Mary’s doesn’t have ‘under God’ in it because, at the time it was made, ‘under God’ wasn’t part of the Pledge of Allegiance. That phrase was added in 1954, if I’m not mistaken. The movie was made in 1945, so it’s accurate for it’s time.
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Thanks! Now that’s interesting.
 
“The Crying Game” made its way down the Netflix pike the other day. Yeaugh!
 
I’m not really sure if I mentioned this already but here are more of the Worst Movies I’ve watched:

The International <–Confusing…I was like Huh?!? 🤷

Step Brothers <–Disgusting and Crude

Astro Boy <–I know it’s not out in the cinema yet but I disliked that cartoon and when I was a kid we didn’t have much programs…

There’s a lot of people who stated they disliked the movie “Titanic” and Celine Dion’s song “My heart will go on” I thought it was a great movie and song but that’s just my opinion. 😉
 
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