"What in the hell were they thinking"

[Guest El Satanico]

I was watching this special on AMC about musical movies of the 70's and well the late 70's had some shitty musical movie so i got to thinking. There's just some movies that are such bad ideas that it's unbelievable that they actually got made.

 

So i'd like to ask all of you guys to list your personal "what the hell were they thinking" movies.

 

Two of the worse from that special were Xanadu and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

 

 

Xanadu

 

40's big band music + roller skating + disco music + some animation = a big mess

 

 

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

 

It's the Bee Gees starring in a movie based on a Beatles record. The Bee Gees sing Beatles songs and it appears the movie consists of a bunch scenes that seem to have nothing to do with each other based around the songs. Riiiight

[Guest Kingpk]

Grease 2 - the original was great, why did they have to piss on the legacy?

 

Airplane 2 - see above

[Guest JAxlMorrison]

Hmm, let me think

 

Save The Last Dance and She's All That

 

 

I'll think of more soon enough.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

Bubble Boy and Waterworld.

[Guest imajackoff?]

Last year there was some movie centered around karoake. I think it was called Duets. How in the hell does crap like that get made?

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Anything with Shaq-Fu

 

and the CLASSIC "CHAMPIONS" with Kenny Shamrock

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

Oh shit... how could I ever forget Kaazam? I can excuse Blue Chips because that was a pretty decent movie, but Kaazam was a complete farce.

[Guest El Psycho Diablo]

I'll nominate every Tom Green movie.

[Guest Incandenza]

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn. Doesn't ring a bell? Good. This film ranks among the most ill-begotten, woefully misconcieved, and all around terrible pieces of shit to be made by people who allegedly have talent. Perhaps the worst film I have ever seen, and no, I am NOT using hyperbole.

[Guest Ozymandias]

Batman & Robin kinda defines the "What the hell were they thinking?" statement to a T. There isn't one single moment where I can look at anything on the screen and think, "Ah, now THIS was a good/nice/smart idea".

 

EDIT: That goes double for "Street Fighter".

[Guest C.H.U.D.]

Xanadu

 

40's big band music + roller skating + disco music + some animation = a big mess

Holy shit, that movie sounds great. Seriously, it sounds like it could be bad movie heaven. Maybe I'll pick up the DVD.

[Guest Ozymandias]

It's really perversely entertaining. Unlike say, Batman & Robin which isn't entertaining in any context except when "entertaining" follows the word not.

 

*foaming at the mouth in anger*

[Guest Lethargic]

Last year there was some movie centered around karoake. I think it was called Duets. How in the hell does crap like that get made?

It got made because it was really good. Just because it's set around karaoke doesn't affect the story any.

[Guest Ozymandias]

Dude, no offense, but I'm sure SOMEBODY even liked Heaven's Gate....

[Guest imajackoff?]

Last year there was some movie centered around karoake.  I think it was called Duets.  How in the hell does crap like that get made?

It got made because it was really good. Just because it's set around karaoke doesn't affect the story any.

Honestly, I only saw a few minutes of it and it looked like dreck. I've also heard more than one person who have seen the entire movie say it wasnt very good. This sort of thing is all subjective, of course.

[Guest phoenixrising]

Speed 2. Trying to recreate the whole bus thing with a freaking boat was just stupid.

[Guest J*ingus]

I'd say that probably the worst idea I've ever seen was the original Caligula. Combine footage of big-name actors doing a (really shitty) historical drama with some hardcore porn starring nobodies? And somehow make it one of the worst fucking movies of all time along the way? Whoopee.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Speed 2. Trying to recreate the whole bus thing with a freaking boat was just stupid.

Evil Bastard~! you beat me to it!

 

The entire "Beethoven" series, yeah, with the St. Bernard, there's FOUR of these!

[Guest bravesfan]

Nothing can touch the sheer "Whatthefuck?"-itude of Freddy Got Fingered. I mean, I've never seen so many people walk out of a movie disgusted with themselves for even buying a ticket to the damn thing.

[Guest Strike Force!]

I was watching this special on AMC about musical movies of the 70's and well the late 70's had some shitty musical movie so i got to thinking. There's just some movies that are such bad ideas that it's unbelievable that they actually got made.

 

So i'd like to ask all of you guys to list your personal "what the hell were they thinking" movies.

 

Two of the worse from that special were Xanadu and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

 

 

Xanadu

 

40's big band music + roller skating + disco music + some animation = a big mess

 

 

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

 

It's the Bee Gees starring in a movie based on a Beatles record. The Bee Gees sing Beatles songs and it appears the movie consists of a bunch scenes that seem to have nothing to do with each other based around the songs. Riiiight

Add "Thank God It's Friday" to that list.

[Guest MaxPower27]

I'm going to nominate Major League 3: Back to the Minors The first two are two of my favorite movies of all time, but, ML3 was horrible

[Guest Incandenza]

I'd say that probably the worst idea I've ever seen was the original Caligula. Combine footage of big-name actors doing a (really shitty) historical drama with some hardcore porn starring nobodies? And somehow make it one of the worst fucking movies of all time along the way? Whoopee.

And you could argue that Malcolm McDowell's career never recovered from it. That Helen Mirren, John Gielgud, etc. managed to emerge unscathed is a miracle.

[Guest Strike Force!]

I've never seen the third Major League. I didn't even know there was a third installment, but the first one was a mistake in itself.

[Guest MaxPower27]

I've never seen the third Major League. I didn't even know there was a third installment, but the first one was a mistake in itself.

 

Noooo!!!!! Let's not go there. The 3rd was just beyond unwatchable. The first two are two of my all time favorite movies. Pure hilarity.

[Guest Big McLargeHuge]

Battlefield: Earth

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3

 

Cool as Ice

[Guest El Satanico]

You know i've heard so much bashing of Freddy Got Fingered that it's now near the top of my "i must see this movie" list.

 

And the fact that the movie gets bashed so much means i will probably love it.

[Guest Michael Joel Benoit]

Any movie shown on Mystery Sciene Theater 3000 DEFINTALEY should be put on this list.

[Guest El Satanico]

Most of the movies on MST don't really belong in the "what the hell were they thinking" genre. Most of the MST movies were just very cheap and very bad movies with bad actors and writing.

 

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is one of the "wthwtt" movies seen on MST.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

The first LOTR movie shouldn't have been made. It was the worst shit I've ever seen. If you don't believe me, watch it yourself.

[Guest Strike Force!]

The first LOTR movie shouldn't have been made. It was the worst shit I've ever seen. If you don't believe me, watch it yourself.

What did you not like about it?