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Worst Movies of 2015

Dec 3, 2015#1

Null

There were a lot of crappy movies this year. Just off the top of my head:

Pan
Fan4stic
Pixels
Chappie
Divergent 2: Electric Boogaloo (Insurgent)
Get Hard
Entourage

What are some of the movies you thought were just awful this year?

Dec 3, 2015#2

Dave

I liked Chappie. It was weird but harmless fun. Very Short Circuit, but not one of the worst of 2015.

Dec 3, 2015#3

Null

Dave said:
I liked Chappie. It was weird but harmless fun. Very Short Circuit, but not one of the worst of 2015.

I was really really disappointed by it. Die Antwoort just killed the movie for me. Yolandi and Ninja were bad actors and not especially sympathetic characters. I will say that the effects were fantastic and most of the scenes without Die Antwoort were okay.

Dec 3, 2015#4

Hailey Knight

Worst Movie of 2015 Hard Mode: Nominate only movies you've seen.

Dec 3, 2015#5

Dei

Then I nominate Pan multiple times.

Dec 3, 2015#6

bhamv3

Zero Esc said:
Worst Movie of 2015 Hard Mode: Nominate only movies you've seen.

In that case, 50 Shades of Grey.

Actually, I think 50 Shades has a good chance of winning worst movie of 2015 outright.

Dec 3, 2015#7

PatrThom

Zero Esc said:
Worst Movie of 2015 Hard Mode: Nominate only movies you've seen.

Hey now that's discriminatory.
...if I've only seen one (new) movie in all of 2015, wouldn't that also make it my worst movie of 2015?

EDIT: Just checked. Of the top 500 movies released in 2015 listed by the IMDb, I've seen just one, Inside Out.

--Patrick

Dec 3, 2015#8

bhamv3

It's official, Patrick thinks Inside Out was the worst movie he saw in 2015.

And also the best.

Dec 3, 2015#9

Hailey Knight

Jurassic World.

Dec 3, 2015#10

PatrThom

bhamv3 said:
It's official, Patrick thinks Inside Out was the worst movie he saw in 2015.

And also the best.

Slight correction...Inside Out was the best/worst movie I've seen that was released in 2015.

--Patrick

Dec 3, 2015#11

strawman

http://www.schlockmercenary.com/pages/2015-movies

According to Howard:

Awesome:

OK:

The Peanuts Movie
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
Goosebumps
American Ultra
Everest
The Last Witch Hunter
Spectre
Pixels
Hitman: Agent 47
Insurgent
Strange Magic
Seventh Son

Disappointing:

Dec 4, 2015#12

Dei

Minions was 10000000x better than Pan.

Dec 4, 2015#13

Hailey Knight

I'm surprised to see Furious 7 on the disappointing list; I heard nothing but good things.

Dec 4, 2015#14

bhamv3

And there's Jurassic World and Terminator Genisys on the awesome list. Let's just chalk this up to subjective tastes, and not put too much stock in the list.

Dec 4, 2015#15

drawn_inward

Zero Esc said:
I'm surprised to see Furious 7 on the disappointing list; I heard nothing but good things.

If you're a fan of the series, I guess you'll like it. There's some overt "homage" to Paul Walker in the movie. It's so in your face, they might as well have stopped the film and looked directly in the camera to shed a tear and light a candle. Other than that, it was just another over-the-top, physics-defying action flick. If they weren't trying so hard to be serious, it might be ok. It deserves to be on the worst list, IMO.[DOUBLEPOST=1449242456,1449242391][/DOUBLEPOST]San Andreas! Hahahahahahaha. Did anyone actually watch that on purpose?!

Dec 4, 2015#16

strawman

The links on the list go to his reviews, and you can see why he felt one way or the other about a given movie. For instance, regarding Jurassic World:

With that out of the way, the film has some weird flaws. Most of the interpersonal stuff falls flat, and while we do get lots of on-screen dinosaur goodness, Sandra and I both came away feeling like the filmmakers didn't want to bother with "sense of wonder."

...

...but if the action had been supported by a really well-crafted human story it would have been more powerful. If the film had been allowed to cast off a couple of the less-engaging human stories, the action could have been dialed up a bit, and Jurassic Worldwould have shone as a really good monster movie.
Don't get me wrong: I wasn't actually disappointed—I have a threshold for that on my list, and this film escaped that handily—but I did have to tip my head to the side and raise my eyebrows at the film a couple of times to quietly say "really, movie? That's as hard as you're going to try to sell that to me?"

He indicates he saw it in imax 3d and was blown away by the visuals, and enjoyed the music.

Having recently seen it for the first time, I agree largely with him (which is why I trust him as a reviewer - his and my tastes do line up pretty well). There are a ton of plot holes you could drive a truck through, and many moments where characters become more or less smart in order to effect certain plot required events. But it was still a fun, engaging movie.

Dec 4, 2015#17

fade

I liked Minions. It was silly but not bad.

Minions seems to evoke this weird "too cool for school" response in people. So many people feel obligated to hate it because it's a franchise film.

Dec 4, 2015#18

Tress

fade said:
I liked Minions. It was silly but not bad.

Minions seems to evoke this weird "too cool for school" response in people. So many people feel obligated to hate it because it's a franchise film.

I can still hate it because I find the minions annoying, right?

Dec 4, 2015#19

Dei

Wait, Tomorrowland is on the awesome list? I thought it was bad? I didn't see it, but I remember complaints.

Dec 4, 2015#20

PatrThom

Dei said:
Wait, Tomorrowland is on the awesome list? I thought it was bad? I didn't see it, but I remember complaints.

It was spectacular.

EDIT:

--Patrick

Dec 4, 2015#21

Hailey Knight

Tress said:
I can still hate it because I find the minions annoying, right?

They're annoying, and then there's every animated movie that has a minions rip-off that is also annoying.

Dec 4, 2015#22

Cajungal

Tress said:
I can still hate it because I find the minions annoying, right?

I think they're cute but also annoying--the annoying part comes from hearing about them all the time from my students.

Dec 4, 2015#23

blotsfan

Zero Esc said:
Worst Movie of 2015 Hard Mode: Nominate only movies you've seen.

Mad Max: Fury Road

Dec 4, 2015#24

Jay

GTFO

Max Mad was #1 movie for me this year.

It was EXACTLY how it was supposed to be.

Freaking plebs.

Dec 4, 2015#25

blotsfan

Jay said:
GTFO

Max Mad was #1 movie for me this year.

It was EXACTLY how it was supposed to be.

Freaking plebs.

It was also the best movie I saw this year.

Dec 4, 2015#26

Jay

That's right.
Also #9 on the list is bullshit. I'd wage 3-4 at worst.
The Martian was awesome and I didn't see home of these but this was a REMAKE (somewhat) and this exceeded all expectations.

Dinoland behind ahead of this is a tragedy. Avengers too. Neither were awesome. Heck, I'd say Avengers should be considered on the bottom end of worst of 2015.

Dec 4, 2015#27

blotsfan

Oh shit! I completely forgot about Avengers 2. Clearly not as good as Mad Max.

I can't believe how little impact that had on me. Maybe its over-saturation but I feel like I'm kinda over the Marvel Universe.

Dec 5, 2015#28

Frank

Zero Esc said:
I'm surprised to see Furious 7 on the disappointing list; I heard nothing but good things.

He also liked Jupiter Ascending and Terminator Gynysys so you know, your mileage may vary.

Dec 5, 2015#29

Hailey Knight

Jay said:
GTFO

Max Mad was #1 movie for me this year.

It was EXACTLY how it was supposed to be.

Freaking plebs.

Fuck yeah, man.

This is the first year I've actually run out of the movie gift cards my mom buys me each Christmas, thanks to seeing Mad Max again and again.

blotsfan said:
I can't believe how little impact that had on me. Maybe its over-saturation but I feel like I'm kinda over the Marvel Universe.

This is how I felt, to the point that I didn't see Ant-Man even though I wanted to, but Captain America 3's trailer has reminded me that I do still care, when it's not apparently a bloated mess. Now, Civil War could still be a bloated mess, but I'm willing to give it the chance to prove itself.

Dec 5, 2015#30

Jay

blotsfan said:
Oh shit! I completely forgot about Avengers 2. Clearly not as good as Mad Max.

I can't believe how little impact that had on me. Maybe its over-saturation but I feel like I'm kinda over the Marvel Universe.

Ultron movie was clearly a stand-in movie waiting on the "big bad guy" to finally make his entrance.

They've milked his return to the universe for like 10 movies now across different platforms. Heck, he was the REAL bad guy in defenders of the galaxy.

The movie was so average that I'm no longer interested in any more movies... most of these guys already had 2+ movies associated to them....[DOUBLEPOST=1449344958,1449344552][/DOUBLEPOST]

Dec 5, 2015#31

Frank

Ant-Man was legit better than Avengers 2. Actually, most of the stand-alone Marvel films are. I've been pretty vocal about how little I like either Avengers films. They're just ok.

Ant-Man was a hilarious heist movie.

Dec 5, 2015#32

Denbrought

I think the only 2015 movies I've watched is Mad Max and Magic Mike XXL, so I'll go with Mad Max for best and XXL for worst (I love Donald Glover but can't stand his singing, and Fluffy just isn't that good of an actor). It's nice to be catered to--two movies in a row where I want to bone pretty much the entire cast.

On a vaguely related note, I can't wait for RLM's 2016 "Fuck you, it's <year>!"

Dec 5, 2015#33

phil

This space reserved for Star Wars. :troll:

Dec 7, 2015#34

Bubble181

I think the only 2015 movie I've seen is Inside Out, so I'll have to call that both best and worst. hmm. I may need to sneak in some crappy straight-to-DVD movie just so I don't have to call Inside Out worst; it doesn't deserve it.

Dec 7, 2015#35

PatrThom

Brofist to each of the things you said.

--Patrick

Dec 7, 2015#36

Dei

Bubble181 said:
I think the only 2015 movie I've seen is Inside Out, so I'll have to call that both best and worst. hmm. I may need to sneak in some crappy straight-to-DVD movie just so I don't have to call Inside Out worst; it doesn't deserve it.

Pan comes out on DVD here on the 22nd. That would totally fulfill that need. [emoji14]

Dec 7, 2015#37

Bubble181

Dei said:
Pan comes out on DVD here on the 22nd. That would totally fulfill that need. [emoji14]

....please don't be or inspire my SS....please don't be or inspire my SS...please don't be or inspire my SS....

Dec 7, 2015#38

Dei

Bubble181 said:
....please don't be or inspire my SS....please don't be or inspire my SS...please don't be or inspire my SS....

Dec 7, 2015#39

Tress

I have a confession to make. I thought Mad Max was bad.

I know. I'll show myself out... :okay:

Dec 7, 2015#40

Hailey Knight

Tress said:
I have a confession to make. I thought Mad Max was bad.

I know. I'll show myself out...

That's fine, but you should check out Mad Max Fury Road.

Dec 8, 2015#41

fade

phil said:
This space reserved for Star Wars.

Seriously, though, I just can't wait to hear how it's a boring, contrived, derivative mess, and how we're all cattle for loving it blah blah blah. Followed up by how Batman and Robin was an underappreciated gem.

Dec 8, 2015#42

drawn_inward

Tress said:
I have a confession to make. I thought Mad Max was bad.

I know. I'll show myself out...

I didn't like Fury Road either. I didn't hate it. I thought it was visually amazing, but the story was blah. I might have liked it if it was called Mad Maxine. It sure felt like the movie was all about Theron's character. All style and no substance. I would have liked to have seen it on the big screen for the visuals.

Dec 9, 2015#43

filmfanatic

Jem and the Holograms

...Yes, I actually saw it. Yes, it is godawful. It's a terrible adaptation, as it's own thing it's poorly done, and it still frustrates me how much they padded this thing with YouTube clips.

Dec 9, 2015#44

Dave

This list of awful movies will have to be revised once Star Wars comes out on the 18th.

There's a Chipmunks movie released on the same day.

Dec 9, 2015#45

bhamv3

Dave said:
This list of awful movies will have to be revised once Star Wars comes out on the 18th.

There's a Chipmunks movie released on the same day.

Holy shit, and Star Wars is up against that? What were the movie execs thinking? Move Star Wars up a week!

Dec 10, 2015#46

BananaHands

The Good Dinosaur was pretty disappointing.

Avengers 2 wasn't terrible, but I was just kind of worn out on the MCU until Ant Man and Daredevil showed up.

Dec 10, 2015#47

Null

I had honestly forgotten that Jupiter Ascending and Jem and the Holograms also came out this year.

Dec 10, 2015#48

bhamv3

I still contend that nothing released this year was as bad as 50 Shades.

Dec 10, 2015#49

Null

bhamv3 said:
I still contend that nothing released this year was as bad as 50 Shades.

Another one I had completely forgotten.

Dec 10, 2015#50

General Specific

Dave said:
This list of awful movies will have to be revised once Star Wars comes out on the 18th.

There's a Chipmunks movie released on the same day.

Also that "Sisters" movie with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Dec 10, 2015#51

Tress

General Specific said:
Also that "Sisters" movie with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Yeah, but that one makes sense. It's for a completely different demographic.

Dec 10, 2015#52

General Specific

Tress said:
Yeah, but that one makes sense. It's for a completely different demographic.

I was kinda thinking about it and came to the conclusion that they were releasing that movie for all of the family members of Star Wars geeks that didn't also want to (or couldn't) see Star Wars, but had to go with them to the theater.

Dec 10, 2015#53

Dei

bhamv3 said:
I still contend that nothing released this year was as bad as 50 Shades.

I didn't see 50 Shades, but I guarantee Pan was worse.

Dec 10, 2015#54

Covar

Based on the way Hollywood judges a movies success I don't think the audience demographics are going to matter much for Sisters. I also think there's a bigger overlap in fans that people are thinking.

Dec 10, 2015#55

Celt Z

Covar said:
Based on the way Hollywood judges a movies success I don't think the audience demographics are going to matter much for Sisters. I also think there's a bigger overlap in fans that people are thinking.

I was going to mention this. Most female Star Wars fans I know also love Amy and Tina. I think Sisters isn't something you need to see opening night, so it might make more of a steady, though smaller, box-office. Probably for those who have seen SW but want to see a movie around the holidays.

Dec 10, 2015#56

Covar

Celt Z said:
I was going to mention this. Most female Star Wars fans I know also love Amy and Tina. I think Sisters isn't something you need to see opening night, so it might make more of a steady, though smaller, box-office. Probably for those who have seen SW but want to see a movie around the holidays.

Based on all the Star Wars jokes in 30 Rock, I assume Tina Fey is a also a big Star Wars fan. I just feel bad that Hollywood is obsessed with the opening weekend.

Dec 19, 2015#57

Charlie Don't Surf

I've seen about 30 movies released on 2015, am hoping to see more, BUT right now here are my bottom 5: Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Aloha, Taken 3, Terminator Genisys, Jurassic World

really bad movies I might see since I hate myself:

Mortdecai
Entourage
Fifty Shades of Gray
Minions
Pixels
Vacation
We Are Your Friends
War Room
Pan
Hot Pursuit
Get Hard
Joe Dirt 2

Dec 19, 2015#58

PatrThom

That looks like the recipe for a very disappointing weekend.
Bring the Pepto.

--Patrick

Dec 19, 2015#59

Ravenpoe

Charlie Don't Surf said:
I've seen about 30 movies released on 2015, am hoping to see more, BUT right now here are my bottom 5: Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Aloha, Taken 3, Terminator Genisys, Jurassic World

really bad movies I might see since I hate myself:

Mortdecai
Entourage
Fifty Shades of Gray
Minions
Pixels
Vacation
We Are Your Friends
War Room
Pan
Hot Pursuit
Get Hard
Joe Dirt 2

Good god, man, why do that to yourself.

Dec 19, 2015#60

Tress

Charlie Don't Surf said:
really bad movies I might see since I hate myself:

Mortdecai
Entourage
Fifty Shades of Gray
Minions
Pixels
Vacation
We Are Your Friends
War Room
Pan
Hot Pursuit
Get Hard
Joe Dirt 2

We Are Your Friends was okay, the rest of those were all crap. Some of those will probably take spots of your "Worst Of 2015" list.

Dec 19, 2015#61

Denbrought

Charlie Don't Surf said:
I've seen about 30 movies released on 2015, am hoping to see more, BUT right now here are my bottom 5: Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Aloha, Taken 3, Terminator Genisys, Jurassic World

really bad movies I might see since I hate myself:

Mortdecai
Entourage
Fifty Shades of Gray
Minions
Pixels
Vacation
We Are Your Friends
War Room
Pan
Hot Pursuit
Get Hard
Joe Dirt 2

You're watching Pixels and Joe Dirt 2 but not Mall Cop 2? Come on bruh

Dec 19, 2015#62

blotsfan

I really liked hot tub time machine. The sequel was that bad?

Dec 19, 2015#63

Charlie Don't Surf

Denbrought said:
You're watching Pixels and Joe Dirt 2 but not Mall Cop 2? Come on bruh

lens in incredibly close that's my secret, Cap... I already saw Paul Blart Mall Cop 2[DOUBLEPOST=1450586925,1450586797][/DOUBLEPOST]

blotsfan said:
I really liked hot tub time machine. The sequel was that bad?

I liked the first one too! and even have it on blu-ray. It just wasn't as funny and had zero of the small clever bits as the first

Dec 19, 2015#64

Denbrought

Charlie Don't Surf said:
lens in incredibly close that's my secret, Cap... I already saw Paul Blart Mall Cop 2

... And it didn't make your worst-movies-of-2015 list? What kind of monster are you?

Dec 19, 2015#65

Charlie Don't Surf

Denbrought said:
... And it didn't make your worst-movies-of-2015 list? What kind of monster are you?

A monster that thought Paul Blart 2 was funnier than Hot Tub Time Machine 2, I guess. That's just the bottom 5

Dec 19, 2015#66

Denbrought

Charlie Don't Surf said:
A monster that thought Paul Blart 2 was funnier than Hot Tub Time Machine 2, I guess. That's just the bottom 5

Terminator and Jurassic don't feel worse than Hot Tub or The Blart, imo.

Dec 19, 2015#67

Charlie Don't Surf

Denbrought said:
Terminator and Jurassic don't feel worse than Hot Tub or The Blart, imo.

the Blart movies are way better than their rep, IMO. I'm not calling them classics, but they're really just kind of lowkey family-ish slapstick, and Kevin James is really good at falling down. The first one had some cool parkour tricks, and this one has some decent hammy Neil McDonough villainy and uses its Vegas location (although it comes off as a fawning infomercial some of the time) well. They're just kind of unremarkable and average.

now Terminator 6 and Jurassic Park 4 for the other hand, are the worst kind of incoherent and aggressively stupid sequel/reboot/remake/whatever. It's just loud and angry mayhem with the faintest hint of anything resembling a story/characters

Dec 20, 2015#68

Ravenpoe

I can respect Paul Blart more than some of those movies, because it never tries to be more than it is. It sets the bar low from the beginning, and is exactly what you expect.

Dec 20, 2015#69

Null

Ravenpoe said:
I can respect Paul Blart more than some of those movies, because it never tries to be more than it is. It sets the bar low from the beginning, and is exactly what you expect.

It's an insult to audiences when a walking fart joke like Paul Blart can get a sequel made, but Guillermo Del Toro can't get a budget approved for Pacific Rim 2, Hellboy 3, or Mountains of Madness.

Dec 20, 2015#70

Charlie Don't Surf

Null said:
It's an insult to audiences when a walking fart joke like Paul Blart can get a sequel made, but Guillermo Del Toro can't get a budget approved for Pacific Rim 2, Hellboy 3, or Mountains of Madness.

Paul Blart makes money, the audiences have spoken.

Dec 20, 2015#71

Covar

Null said:
It's an insult to audiences when a walking fart joke like Paul Blart can get a sequel made, but Guillermo Del Toro can't get a budget approved for Pacific Rim 2, Hellboy 3, or Mountains of Madness.

Maybe he should have stuck around for the Hobbit.

Dec 20, 2015#72

Ravenpoe

Null said:
It's an insult to audiences when a walking fart joke like Paul Blart can get a sequel made, but Guillermo Del Toro can't get a budget approved for Pacific Rim 2, Hellboy 3, or Mountains of Madness.

Don't hate the players, hate the game.

Dec 20, 2015#73

Frank

I've never seen Paul Blart, but I completely agree about Jurassic World and Terminator. They're fucking awful. Like, aggressively shitty.

Dec 20, 2015#74

Hailey Knight

Covar said:
Maybe he should have stuck around for the Hobbit.

That's why I thought he was doing that project to begin with. If he'd made the Hobbit movies, he'd have earned enough box office to his name that he probably could've made whatever he wanted afterward.

Dec 20, 2015#75

Celt Z

Null said:
It's an insult to audiences when a walking fart joke like Paul Blart can get a sequel made, but Guillermo Del Toro can't get a budget approved for Pacific Rim 2, Hellboy 3, or Mountains of Madness.

To be fair, it's a lot cheaper to make a Paul Blart than any of the above, so when you set the bar low for cost/returns, it's easier to make more.

Dec 20, 2015#76

PatrThom

Charlie Don't Surf said:
lens in incredibly close that's my secret, Cap...

MCU/ECU

Celt Z said:
To be fair, it's a lot cheaper to make a Paul Blart than any of the above, so when you set the bar low for cost/returns, it's easier to make more.

It's no Blair Witch.

--Patrick

Dec 20, 2015#77

ThatNickGuy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks_(film_series)#Reception

Here's what blows my mind: how do these movies make so much damn money?

Dec 20, 2015#78

Ravenpoe

ThatNickGuy said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks_(film_series)#Reception

Here's what blows my mind: how do these movies make so much damn money?

Parents take their kids to it.

Dec 20, 2015#79

ThatNickGuy

Ravenpoe said:
Parents take their kids to it.

Those poor, poor kids.

Dec 24, 2015#80

Charlie Don't Surf

I...watched Minions.

Clear some room at the bottom

Dec 24, 2015#81

bhamv3

Charlie Don't Surf said:
I...watched Minions.

Clear some room at the bottom

Still better than Fifty Shades. No, seriously.

Dec 31, 2015#82

Charlie Don't Surf

I'm posting my full list here so you can decide for yourself how many are "worst"

1.Creed ★★★★★
2.The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ★★★★½
3.Mad Max: Fury Road ★★★★½
4.Bridge of Spies ★★★★½
5.Magic Mike XXL ★★★★
6.Crimson Peak ★★★★
7.Spotlight ★★★★
8.The Revenant ★★★★
9.The Hateful Eight ★★★★
**LINE OF GREAT**
10.Jupiter Ascending ★★★★½
11.Kingsman: The Secret Service ★★★½
12.Furious 7 ★★★★
13.Ant-Man ★★★½
14.The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water ★★★★
15.San Andreas ★★★
16.Spy ★★★½
17.Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation ★★★
18.Sicario ★★★½
19.A Deadly Adoption ★★★★
**LINE OF REALLY GOOD AND FUN**
20.Star Wars: The Force Awakens ★★★
21.The Last Five Years ★★★½
22.Trainwreck ★★½
23.American Ultra ★★★
24.The Transporter Refueled ★★★
25.Poltergeist ★★★½
26.Avengers: Age of Ultron ★★½
27.Pitch Perfect 2 ★★½
28.Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 ★★★
29.Mortdecai ★★½
**LINE OF MEDIOCRE**
30.Ted 2 ★★
31.The Boy Next Door ★★★
32.Fantastic Four ★½
33.Hitman: Agent 47 ★★½
**LINE OF BAD**
34.The Gallows ★½
35.Hot Tub Time Machine 2 ★½
36.Aloha ★½
37.Taken 3 ★★
38.Terminator Genisys ★★
39.Jurassic World ★½
40.Minions ★
**LINE OF JUST ENTIRELY WORTHLESS**

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