Both sides have been releasing some complete garbage, which is frustrating when there are so many good catalog titles that should come out first. I thought of this when looking through selections at Fry's this weekend. On the front of the HD DVD display (and on sale, no less) was a movie involving the Care Bears.

So, for HD DVD, my pick would be this Care Bears disc.

For Blu Ray, my pick would be Happily N'Ever After.

Happily N'Ever after was pretty decent. Decent enough for Shrek 3 to mimic some of it at least.
I'd say for Blu-ray, worst movie is Scooby Doo.

I'm assuming you are talking about movie content and not PQ or AQ.

I would nominate Norbit, purely based on my taste in movies. Some people enjoyed the movie, so YMMV.

Aeon Flux springs to mind. And its available to ruin a movie fan's day on both formats.

Phantom of the Opera anyone?

Can't remember the last time (before this) I turned a movie off instead of finishing it, was watching it with the wife and she wanted me to turn it off sooner than I did.

Lets not forget Resident Evil Apocalypse and they are actually making another named Resident Evil AfterLife. We will soon discover if it can perhaps surpass Apocalypse in this category.

Its not here yet, but coming to both formats:

Saturday Night Fever!

When my friends and I went to see it (in college) when it first came out (opening day, I think, with no hype whatsoever), their were several scenes (outside with the brother early in the movie was one) where the boom microphone was VERY obvious in the frame. It was hysterical. They even tried to hide it with some kind of fake bird attached!!! The whole thing seemed like a low-low-low budget piece of junk. We laughed through the whole thing and figured no one would remember it by the next week.

Next time I saw it, everything had been carefully cropped and it seemed like even new filmed angles inserted to remove the boom mikes.

I'd love to see the original print again. At least that was funny...

Basic Instinct 2.

Happily N'Ever after was pretty decent. Decent enough for Shrek 3 to mimic some of it at least.
I'd say for Blu-ray, worst movie is Scooby Doo.

I'm assuming you are talking about movie content and not PQ or AQ.
Yes, I meant a movie that should have never been transferred, not one that was transferred poorly.

Basic Instinct 2.
I forgot that one. Good call.

Since it all depends on your tastes - how about a "average rating" approach ?

Which movie has the worst rating on say RottenTomatoes.com ?

On HD DVD, it's a threeway tie between How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Norbit, and The Hitcher.

So, for HD DVD, my pick would be this Care Bears disc.As far as I know, there isn't a Care Bears release on HD DVD.

Ultraviolet - Blu-ray
King Kong - HD DVD

I forgot that one. Good call.
At least Basic Instinct 2 was kinda sleazy fun.

My HD hall of shame,
Norbit, Beerfest, Into The Blue, Click, Benchwarmers, Saw II, Little Man, Scoody Doo, Failure To Launch, The Wicker Man, Liar Liar, Poseidon, Dukes of Hazard,

King Kong - HD DVD

The worst? Really??


I'd go format neutral with my answer and nominate Norbit.

At least Basic Instinct 2 was kinda sleazy fun.

My HD hall of shame,
Norbit, Beerfest, Into The Blue, Click, Benchwarmers, Saw II, Little Man, Scoody Doo, Failure To Launch, The Wicker Man, Liar Liar, Poseidon, Dukes of Hazard,

For me, the worst is Wicker Man hands down.
Most awful movies have at least some redeeming or entertaining aspects (e.g. Into the Blue had Ms. Alba in a swimsuit, Poseidon had nice set designs/stunts, Beerfest had, well, beer)
Wicker Man had NOTHING going for it, and was not even unintentionally entertaining. Nic Cage in a bear suit chase scene that was not played for laughs has got to be an all-time cinematic lowpoint

For me, the worst is Wicker Man hands down.
Most awful movies have at least some redeeming or entertaining aspects (e.g. Into the Blue had Ms. Alba in a swimsuit, Poseidon had nice set designs/stunts, Beerfest had, well, beer)
Wicker Man had NOTHING going for it, and was not even unintentionally entertaining. Nic Cage in a bear suit chase scene that was not played for laughs has got to be an all-time cinematic lowpoint

agreed. they could have used Wicker Man instead of the sledge hammer in Misery.

For me, the worst is Wicker Man hands down.
Most awful movies have at least some redeeming or entertaining aspects (e.g. Into the Blue had Ms. Alba in a swimsuit, Poseidon had nice set designs/stunts, Beerfest had, well, beer)
Wicker Man had NOTHING going for it, and was not even unintentionally entertaining. Nic Cage in a bear suit chase scene that was not played for laughs has got to be an all-time cinematic lowpoint
Just for the record, the original is quite good. The Britt Ekland dance alone is worth the price of admission. :D
J

I have no idea what Care Bears disc the O/P is referring to. It was probably a DVD someone stuck on the wrong shelf.

There is one and only one correct answer to this question, however: UltraViolet.

For me, the worst is Wicker Man hands down.
Most awful movies have at least some redeeming or entertaining aspects (e.g. Into the Blue had Ms. Alba in a swimsuit, Poseidon had nice set designs/stunts, Beerfest had, well, beer)
Wicker Man had NOTHING going for it, and was not even unintentionally entertaining. Nic Cage in a bear suit chase scene that was not played for laughs has got to be an all-time cinematic lowpoint

I agree - Wicker Man was horrible.

On a purely technical note:

Worst HD-DVD: Traffic (not even from an HD source!!)
Worst Blu-ray: House of Flying Daggers

Dan

At least Basic Instinct 2 was kinda sleazy fun.

My HD hall of shame,
Norbit, Beerfest, Into The Blue, Click, Benchwarmers, Saw II, Little Man, Scoody Doo, Failure To Launch, The Wicker Man, Liar Liar, Poseidon, Dukes of Hazard,

Hey, i liked click and Liar,Liar :(

I completely forgot about norbit, especially since i just saw it last week. That was pretty bad. Thandie Newton was the only good thing about that

The worst? Really??


I'd go format neutral with my answer and nominate Norbit.

It was a complete waste of my time. Kong looked great, as did Naomi Watts, but the movie had no substance. Stupid blank stares from Jack Black. The disasterously fake looking Dino Stampede had me completely detached from the film. This is a movie I never want to watch again. Good thing it came free with the add on. Pity, as the transfer is really stunning.

Honestly the Wicker Man is the only HD disc (of either flavor) that I have bought and then said WTF is this tripe. That being said I knew better than to even look at Norbit..Any movie that has to put "Hysterically Funny" in larger type than the movie title all over the cover pretty well puts that on my ignore list

Bubble, BD. Artsy just isn't enough excuse for that...

Ultraviolet - Blu-ray
King Kong - HD DVD

Ultraviolet was completely unwatchable. King Kong was 10x better (I watched it on DVD).

Noone mentioned Feast.

This stinker was shown one day on 146 screens and died a quick death, grossed a total of $54,556 (No, I'm not kidding).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426459/business

If this is not the worst movie available, then well, I don't know what else is there.

I have no idea what Care Bears disc the O/P is referring to. It was probably a DVD someone stuck on the wrong shelf.

There is one and only one correct answer to this question, however: UltraViolet.

I rather liked Ultraviolet <DUCK> but then I'll watch anything with Milla Jovovich.

HD DVD Van Helsing
Blu-ray Ghost Rider

Noone mentioned Feast.

This stinker was shown one day on 146 screens and died a quick death, grossed a total of $54,556 (No, I'm not kidding).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426459/business

If this is not the worst movie available, then well, I don't know what else is there.

Oh yeah? There seems to be someone who thinks Feast was the finest film made yet..(per comments on IMDB.com http://www.imdb.com/rg/title-tease/boards-subject/title/tt0426459/board/nest/76106062)

:D

Noone mentioned Feast.

This stinker was shown one day on 146 screens and died a quick death, grossed a total of $54,556 (No, I'm not kidding).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426459/business

If this is not the worst movie available, then well, I don't know what else is there.

Thats what happens when Weinstein let Ben Affleck and Matt Damon be executive producers :p

Oh and look at the rating it got on HighDefDigest
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/feast.html
4 stars for movie content !

Thats what happens when Weinstein let Ben Affleck and Matt Damon be executive producers :p

Oh and look at the rating it got on HighDefDigest
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/feast.html
4 stars for movie content !
someone who follows that project greenlight might see more into "Feast" I'm speaking purely from someone who thought it might be interesting and didn't know what the heck it was. I switched it off very quickly.

Oh yeah? There seems to be someone who thinks Feast was the finest film made yet..(per comments on IMDB.com http://www.imdb.com/rg/title-tease/boards-subject/title/tt0426459/board/nest/76106062)

:D
I bet it's the filmmakers and the actors, and the people associated with the movie that thought this was the best movie ever made.

I consider it to be a cheap rip off of From Dusk till Dawn, except you didn't care if any of the losers live or die. I mean, the whole movie was really stupid, the acting's terrible, and I'm so ashamed I got it, I thought I was going to return it to amazon.

Of course, if anyone here is associated with this movie, I apologize, I don't mean to offend anyone, but I think even Plan 9 from outer space seemed good compared to this guy, so there.

...

I bet it's the filmmakers and the actors, and the people associated with the movie that thought this was the best movie ever made.

...

Maybe it was Ben Affleck posting under an Alias. (pun intended). :p Or better yet, maybe it was Jenny Garner under an assumed Alias.

Just for the record, the original is quite good. The Britt Ekland dance alone is worth the price of admission. :D
J
All the more reason to find the remake so appalling. All the cleverness and social-commentary of the original just got tossed right out the window. Neal LaBute just didn't know his a$$ from a hole in the ground when it comes to making a thriller.

Bubble, BD. Artsy just isn't enough excuse for that...
I liked Bubble, but I like artsy-fartsy.

At least Basic Instinct 2 was kinda sleazy fun.

My HD hall of shame,
Norbit, Beerfest, Into The Blue, Click, Benchwarmers, Saw II, Little Man, Scoody Doo, Failure To Launch, The Wicker Man, Liar Liar, Poseidon, Dukes of Hazard,
Damn...now I feel queasy! :p

Hey, i liked click...

Ah, ha--YOU'RE the one! :p

There were several movies mentioned here that I thought were pretty good. No accounting for taste I guess.

I will take a little "post" liberty and nominate one that is announced but not released yet.

WARNING: Avoid this film at all costs:

Disturbia

Got roped into seeing it and it was AWFUL

I see a few films mentioned that I not only like but own on BD. Thus, I'm not going to offer any input. Clearly I'm not someone who can judge what a bad movie is. Maybe it's just that I like crappy films too. They can't all be GoodFellas and A Bronx Tale after all. ;)

Basic Instinct 2 seems to be a favourite bad film - with 7% rating on RottenTomatoes. Feast on the other hand has 54%.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/basic_instinct_2/

I think the one thing this thread proves is that everyone has different tastes in movies :p

I rather liked Ultraviolet <DUCK> but then I'll watch anything with Milla Jovovich.


I actually didn't think Ultraviolet was half bad. I found it about as interesting as the Matrix movies.

I will be in the minority but A Scanner Darkly was impossible for me to get through.Other terrible movies...Wicker Man,Feast,Aeon Flux,Doom,and House of Wax.

I liked Bubble, but I like artsy-fartsy.

I'd like to think I do too, but paint drying would have been more exciting. :)

It's ok, I like a lot of the movies mentioned in this thread.

"Battle Of The Bulge". Just awful. IMHO.

I will be in the minority but A Scanner Darkly was impossible for me to get through.Other terrible movies...Wicker Man,Feast,Aeon Flux,Doom,and House of Wax.
Loved Scanner Darkly! The Disk(s) are perfecto looking too, though I first saw it in the theater. Great companion to Cronenberg's Existenze.

Crash! :eek:
(Ducks for cover)

Little Man - bluray

I tried watching this on TV and got about 20 minutes in before I turned it off.

BD: Little Man
HD: Serenity

Overall: Serenity

Its not here yet, but coming to both formats:

Saturday Night Fever!

When my friends and I went to see it (in college) when it first came out (opening day, I think, with no hype whatsoever), their were several scenes (outside with the brother early in the movie was one) where the boom microphone was VERY obvious in the frame. It was hysterical. They even tried to hide it with some kind of fake bird attached!!! The whole thing seemed like a low-low-low budget piece of junk. We laughed through the whole thing and figured no one would remember it by the next week.

Next time I saw it, everything had been carefully cropped and it seemed like even new filmed angles inserted to remove the boom mikes.

I'd love to see the original print again. At least that was funny...

That was the projectionist screwing up, plain and simple. Time for a wee bit of education...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matte_(filmmaking)

Mattes and widescreen filming

Another use of mattes in filmmaking is to create a widescreen effect. In this process, the top and bottom of a standard frame are matted out, or masked, with black bars, i.e. the film print has a thick frame line. Then the frame within the full frame is enlarged to fill a screen when projected in a theater.

Thus, in "masked widescreen" an image with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 is created by using a standard, 1.37:1 frame and matting out the top and bottom. If the image is matted during the filming process it is called a "hard matte." In contrast, if the full frame is filled during filming and the projectionist is relied upon to matte out the top and bottom in the theater, it is referred to as a "soft matte."

http://www.cinematography.net/Pages%20DW/HardvsSoftMatteForAnswerPrint.htm

2/. Also, many of these theatres have shown these "framed for 1.85 but shot full aperture" films incorrectly framed, i.e. way too much headroom, boom mike showing etc. So I'm considering doing a hard matte during the answer-printing process. Is this possible?"

What you saw was a full aperture shot film with the projectionist asleep at the wheel and not framing the print correctly.



NOT the fault of the filmmakers and No, they didn't refilm any shots later either.....

SNF is a classic.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19770101/REVIEWS/701010313/1023

For me on BD it would have to be Crank. Great looking and sounding, but probably the worst movie i've ever seen. Huge dissapointment.

For me on BD it would have to be Crank. Great looking and sounding, but probably the worst movie i've ever seen. Huge dissapointment.
Oops. :o I confused this with Click--the is the movie I meant. And I like the star a lot.

Oops. :o I confused this with Click--the is the movie I meant. And I like the star a lot.

Star = Jason Statham or Amy Smart? ;)

I like them both. :p

I wouldn't call it the worst movie I've ever seen, but it ranks up there with the most whacked movies I've ever seen - along with Devil's Rejects, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

For me It is Wicker Man on HD DVD and Gone In Sixty Seconds On Blu Ray. I looked forward to Gone when it came out that I took off work to see it at the matinee and I wanted to be gone on 60 seconds what a POS film.

BD: Little Man
HD: Serenity

Overall: Serenity

Them's fightin' words.

Anyway, I know better than to buy an HD-DVD/Blu-Ray of a movie that I won't like (whether for the movie itself or the eye candy). Well, I do now--I did make the mistake of buying House of Flying Daggers. Technically, that's the worst high-def title I own..

In terms of storyline, I'd have to say DVE on HD-DVD. Yes, it's artsy and trippy and nice to look at, but there was practically no plot. It left me full of questions, like how the Space Shuttle figured into the story, what exactly was that redhead smiling about, and why exactly we were supposed to care about that guy's 1963 Ford Falcon.

Phantom of the Opera, Ant-Bully, Aeon Flux.

There are some I have not seen and some I disagree with, but can't believe no one mentioned the fountain, it is one of the only times I truly considered my time wasted.

We all have different tastes is what this thread proves.

BTW, who liked Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer ?
I liked it and thought it was far better than the first.
Looking forward to it on blu-ray :)

We all have different tastes is what this thread proves.

BTW, who liked Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer ?
I liked it and thought it was far better than the first.
Looking forward to it on blu-ray :)


That's not saying much, is it? ;) Watching FF-Part 1 was like going to see a Hollywood Summer blockbuster, but getting a bad B-movie. Horrible cast apart from Ms. Alba.

Little Man, Norbit, and Basic Instinct 2 are definitely up there. As far as movies coming out soon, Perfect Stranger was really forgettable and bland.

Not sure who said this? Overall: Serenity ? Not a chance, unless of course you hate SciFi..

I would have to say, "The Fountain" Horrible, but that is just my opinion of course.

Wicker Man takes the cake on any format.... Not sure WTF, Nicolas Cage is doing lately but his choices in movies are horrible... 8mm/Wicker man and now Ghost Rider... I mean in the Comic books "Ghost Rider" was bad assed, this movie don't even rent, too comical in my mind in a very bad way......

Not sure who said this? Overall: Serenity ? Not a chance, unless of course you hate SciFi..

I would have to say, "The Fountain" Horrible, but that is just my opinion of course.

Wicker Man takes the cake on any format.... Not sure WTF, Nicolas Cage is doing lately but his choices in movies are horrible... 8mm/Wicker man and now Ghost Rider... I mean in the Comic books "Ghost Rider" was bad assed, this movie don't even rent, too comical in my mind in a very bad way......

serenity is one of my favorites. everybody i know likes it.

they should tie cage up and make him watch Wicker Man 2-3 times. more then 3 might cause permanent brain damage. he just needs enough torture to make sure he won't do anything like that again.

serenity is one of my favorites. everybody i know likes it.

they should tie cage up and make him watch Wicker Man 2-3 times. more then 3 might cause permanent brain damage. he just needs enough torture to make sure he won't do anything like that again.

Too Late! He already did . . .

Ghostrider!

Someone mentioned A Scanner Darkly - well I didn't try to see it in HD, I only saw it in SD . . . . and I shut it off with 15 minutes to go so those 15 minutes I missed better have been stupendous cause that movie was not good at all and mimic'd Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - another movie I shut off after only an hour. (Sorry, I was never a big drug user so I must have missed the point of the movie)

Too Late! He already did . . .

Ghostrider!

Someone mentioned A Scanner Darkly - well I didn't try to see it in HD, I only saw it in SD . . . . and I shut it off with 15 minutes to go so those 15 minutes I missed better have been stupendous cause that movie was not good at all and mimic'd Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - another movie I shut off after only an hour. (Sorry, I was never a big drug user so I must have missed the point of the movie)

I gotta agree with Scanner Darkly. What a retarted movie. Good eye candy, thats it.

On the front of the HD DVD display (and on sale, no less) was a movie involving the Care Bears.

So, for HD DVD, my pick would be this Care Bears disc.



This is news to me. Care Bears in HD?! I would pick this up, I have a 5 year old daughter that loves the Care Bears. Are you sure about this?

This is news to me. Care Bears in HD?! I would pick this up, I have a 5 year old daughter that loves the Care Bears. Are you sure about this?

I just did a search on Amazon - 3 pages of Care Bears DVD's - but none were listed as HD DVD nor BD.

I'm with Josh Z. ......UltraViolet is a total suck-fest!

I'd like to think I do too, but paint drying would have been more exciting. :)

You should watch La Belle Noiseuse, a four hour film all about paint drying. It's great, and it would be glorious in hidef.

Here are my thoughts on the worst movies on either format.

Some are listed because of the movie that they are, some are listed because of the poor quality of the encode (even tho it may be a movie I always liked) :

The Fifth Element (encode)
Traffic (encode)
Knights Tale (the movie)
Ultraviolet (both)
Speed (movie)
Chronos (encode)
Basic Instinct 2 (need I say)
We were Soldiers (encode/master)