The Worst Movie I Have Ever Seen--Lite Spoilers

Rating: 1/10 (29 November 2018)

For any list of bad movies, I don't count low budget horror schlock (Dr. Giggles, Halloween III), dreadful sequels, biker movies, 70s sex romp movies. To get on my list, I consider films that were made to reach a broad audience, had talent and skill behind them, were expected to be "A" movies. A low budget, poorly acted crime thriller is not at the level to get on this list--rather, something that was SUPPOSED to be great/memorable or at least high quality, and stunk so badly, THOSE are the movies that I put on my list.
When I was a kid, we went to see a lot of movies. My parents would typically go see the more graphic or adult-themed movies by themselves. My mom and dad went to see MASH and this film as a double feature. They both thought MASH was OK, some fairly decent satire but a flawed film. My dad, when asked about Catch-22, said it was one of the worst things he saw.
Now, your parents will sometimes love movies you do, and sometimes hate films that you love. That's the way it is. So I didn't see this movie until I rented it years later. This beats out "Reflections of a Golden Eye", my previous bottom feeder movie.
I don't care about the novel it was based on. I don't care about "questions it raises". I care about, was I entertained. I can handle satire, I can handle a lot. But there are only two good things in this movie. A great cast--which is wasted--and beautiful, real, flying B-25 bombers. The production is OK as well....why couldn't all this be used in a good movie?
Some examples of the "hilarity"
The lead is flying in a plane that is getting shot at. The guy next to him is shot. He goes to help him, and the guys guts pour out. Hilarious! Shocking! So anti-war!
An officer walks into a room, picks up a pretty girl, and throws her out the window, killing her. He never gets caught, and of course, people will cite "that represents the callousness of authority" or some other BS. A really sick scene.
Bob Newhart and another officer are walking down a runway. There is a beautiful, wasted shot of a B-25 trying to land on fire. The two are jabbering away, completely oblivious to the plane crashing in front of them. Outrageous, hilarious satire...they are so caught up in the minutiae that they don't see the obvious!!!!! Too funny!
There is a long scene where one of the guys goes nuts and starts hot dogging around in a plane. Another guy on a dock in the distance is waving at him to stop and land. The guy comes down like he is going to land, but instead, the wing of his plane cuts the guy on the dock in half, big laughs as the guy's legs stand there on their own for a moment, then topple over. Funny! Then the guy in the plane flies into a mountain and explodes. Oh the metaphors!
Then of course, the end---SPOILER. The lead finally has enough, and even though he is in Italy (or wherever, who cares) the runs to the beach with a one man life raft and a paddle with the intent to paddle to Norway.
Unfunny even in a dark way, rather sick, unpleasant film. Not even good as a curiosity. Thanks Dad, you were right!