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List of films considered the worst
This Canadian low budget , independent , horror exploitation film Things was written and produced by Andrew Jordan & Barry J. Gillis . It cost approximately $35,000 in total to make and marked the mainstream film debut of porn star Amber Lynn . It was ostensibly made as homage to horror icons and films , such as George A. Romero and his Night of the Living Dead . They Came From Within : A History of Canadian Horror Cinema author Caelum Vatnsdal described Things as `` the worst Canadian horror film ever made '' . Critic Online called it `` definitely one of the worst atrocities ever committed to film '' . Severed Cinema announced that `` a new generation of horror fans and people who have been desperately seeking this glistening turd for years can now experience this infamous abomination '' . Cinema Sewer magazine has repeatedly proclaimed that `` this is the worst movie ever made '' . Robin Bougie , its founder and editor , wrote `` I do n't mean ( '' bad `` ) like the way Troma makes bad movies . I 'm talking about bad with the best of intentions , like all of the best `` bad '' movies . You like tormenting yourself with hilariously trashy , moronic , gory , idiotic bad films ? Things is the fucking king of bad movies . This is the movie you put on when you have a get together of pals -- and just blow them away . Trust me , you have never seen anything like this in your life . It 's absolutely astonishing in how it is able to mentally wreck anyone who watches it . '' Jeff Kirschner of Dread Central has also named it the worst movie ever made . Things was covered in an episode of RedLetterMedia show Half in the Bag ; during the discussion Jay Bauman stated that Things was `` probably one of the worst movies ever made '' , to which Mike Stoklasa replied `` I would remove ' probably ' . ''
Finding Dory
Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a positive review , saying : `` I never thought I wanted a sequel to Finding Nemo , but here we are and I 'm pretty happy it exists . And , for me , it was a more emotional experience than the first film . Finding Dory got me -- it made me cry . '' A.O. Scott of The New York Times said that while the film lacks `` dazzling originality '' , he overall wrote , `` it more than makes up for in warmth , charm and good humor '' . In his review for Variety , Owen Gleiberman wrote , `` It 's a film that spills over with laughs ( most of them good , a few of them shticky ) and tears ( all of them earned ) , supporting characters who are meant to slay us ( and mostly do ) with their irascible sharp tongues , and dizzyingly extended flights of physical comedy . '' Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal said that `` Finding Dory can be touching , sweet and tender , but it 's compulsively , preposterously and steadfastly funny . '' Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three - and - a-half stars out of four and said that the film `` brims with humor , heart and animation miracles '' , despite lacking `` the fresh surprise of its predecessor '' .
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening
Blue Lagoon : The Awakening is a 2012 American made - for - television film that premiered on Lifetime on June 16 , 2012 . Indiana Evans and Brenton Thwaites star in the film , which is based on the novel The Blue Lagoon and its previous film adaptations . Christopher Atkins , the male lead of the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon , also appears in the film .
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (film)
The film has received positive reviews from critics . On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has a rating of 82 % , based on 188 reviews , with an average of 7.6 / 10 . The site 's consensus reads `` Beautifully scripted and perfectly cast , Me & Earl & the Dying Girl is a coming - of - age movie with uncommon charm and insight . '' The film has a score of 74 out of 100 on Metacritic , given by 40 critics , which indicates `` generally favorable reviews '' .
Call Me by Your Name (film)
Guadagnino found that the lyricism of Sufjan Stevens ' work resonated with him . The director initially asked Stevens to narrate the film through the older Elio 's perspective , and record an original song for Call Me by Your Name , `` almost as a break in the narrative '' . Stevens declined the voiceover role , and eventually contributed three songs to the soundtrack : `` Mystery of Love '' , `` Visions of Gideon '' , and a new rendition of `` Futile Devices '' with piano . Stevens took inspiration from the script , the book , and conversations with the director about the characters . He submitted the songs a few days before shooting began . Surprised by the result , the director listened to them with the actors and Fasano on - set . It marks Stevens ' first original songs written for a feature film soundtrack .
10 Things I Hate About You
Released March 31 , 1999 , 10 Things I Hate About You was number two at the domestic box office during its opening weekend , behind only The Matrix , and was a moderate financial and critical success . It was a breakthrough role for Stiles , Ledger , and Gordon - Levitt , all of whom were nominated for various teen - oriented awards . Ten years later , the film was adapted into a television series of the same title , which ran for twenty episodes and featured Larry Miller reprising his role as Walter Stratford from the film .
The Fate of the Furious
Professor of international political economy Richard E. Feinberg has commented on the political significance of the film 's opening setting of Havana in the context of shifting US - Cuban relations , calling the eighth installment , `` Hollywood 's love letter to Havana '' . He writes , `` In the Cuban sequence 's dramatic climax , Dom wins his hard - fought one - mile race ( '' a Cuban mile `` ) against a tough local competitor , by a nose . The loser is gracious : ' You won my car and you earned my respect , ' he admits to the FF hero . Dom 's response is equally magnanimous : ' Keep your car , your respect is good enough for me . ' In this instance , FF8 captures the essence of the relations between the United States and Cuba : it 's all about mutual respect . ''
The Fox and the Hound
As well as adaptations of the film itself , comic strips featuring the characters also appeared in stories unconnected to the film . Examples include The Lost Fawn , in which Copper uses his sense of smell to help Tod find a fawn who has gone astray ; The Chase , in which Copper must safeguard a sleepwalking Chief ; and Feathered Friends , in which the birds Dinky and Boomer have to go to desperate lengths to save one of Widow Tweed 's chickens from a wolf .
Pocahontas (1995 film)
Following the release of The Rescuers Down Under ( 1990 ) , director Mike Gabriel was eager to collaborate with veteran Disney story artist Joe Grant on a follow - up project that was vastly different from the animated adventure film . During Thanksgiving weekend , 1990 , Gabriel considered adapting Western legends such as Annie Oakley , Buffalo Bill , and Pecos Bill to into animated films before conceiving of Pocahontas . Pitching his idea at the Gong Show meeting , Gabriel wrote the title Walt Disney 's Pocahontas on an image of Tiger Lily from Peter Pan ( 1953 ) , to the back of which he taped a brief pitch that read `` an Indian princess who is torn between her father 's wishes to destroy the English settlers and her wishes to help them -- a girl caught between her father and her people , and her love for the enemy . '' Coincidentally , Feature Animation president Peter Schneider had been developing an animated version of William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet , and observed several similarities between his idea and Gabriel 's Pocahontas pitch ; Schneider recalled , `` We were particularly interested in exploring the theme of ' If we do n't learn to live with one another , we will destroy ourselves . '' Gabriel 's pitch was quickly accepted , becoming the quickest story turnaround in Disney studio history . Jeffrey
Love Story (Taylor Swift song)
`` Love Story '' was highly acclaimed by critics upon release . Kate Kiefer of Paste magazine recognized the song to be Swift 's best and added that once the lyrics are learned , it is impossible to not sing along . Sean Dooley of About.com credited the song for transitioning Swift from a `` fresh - faced star to crossover superstar '' . Dooley attributed the song 's commercial success due to her departure from her past lyrical themes , which summarized `` I wish this boy knew how I really felt about him '' . While reviewing Fearless , Dooley selected `` Love Story '' as one of the best tracks on the album . Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine admired how Swift attempted to incorporate sophisticated elements , like Romeo and Juliet and The Scarlet Letter , although it was not successful because of its awkwardness , inexplicable nature , and pointless conceit . Keefe credited its success to its prominent hook . James Reed of The Boston Globe thought otherwise , stating Swift 's charm was in her songwriting skills .
Alien vs. Predator (film)
As Alien vs. Predator is a sequel to the Predator films and prequel to the Alien series , Anderson was cautious of contradicting continuity in the franchises . He chose to set the film on the remote Norwegian Antarctic island of Bouvet commenting , `` It 's definitely the most hostile environment on Earth and probably the closest to an Alien surface you can get . '' Anderson thought that setting the film in an urban environment like New York City would break continuity with the Alien series as the protagonist , Ellen Ripley , had no knowledge the creatures existed . `` You ca n't have an Alien running around the city now , because it would 've been written up and everyone will know about it . So there 's nothing in this movie that contradicts anything that already exists . ''
Western (genre)
Euro Westerns are Western genre films made in Western Europe . The term can sometimes , but not necessarily , include the Spaghetti Western subgenre ( see below ) . One example of a Euro Western is the Anglo - Spanish film The Savage Guns ( 1961 ) . Several Euro - Western films , nicknamed Sauerkraut Westerns because they were made in Germany and shot in Yugoslavia , were derived from stories by novelist Karl May and were film adaptations of May 's work . In the 2010s some new euro - westerns emerged like Kristian Levring 's The Salvation , Martin Koolhoven 's Brimstone and Andreas Prochaska 's The Dark Valley . Fantasy
Albatross (metaphor)
In the 1939 film `` The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes '' starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce , Professor Moriarty George Zucco baits Holmes by mailing him a drawing of a man with an albatross hung around his neck . In the 1940 film The Sea Hawk starring Errol Flynn , Albatross is the name of Captain Thorpe 's pirate ship . In the 1979 film The Fog by John Carpenter , a radio - station promo is possessed by ghostly forces to speak out and the word albatross is used to tell of the curse on Antonio Bay . In the 1996 Ridley Scott film White Squall , a fictionalized account of the Ocean Academy 's ship Albatross , the ship 's captain Christopher Sheldon makes mention of the albatross being a very good omen which `` embodied the spirits of lost sailors '' . `` Only bad luck if you kill one , '' he added . In the 2003 film Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World , as the wind picks up and the ship finally breaks out of the doldrums , an albatross is spotted following the ship . When an attempt is made to shoot the bird , the ship 's doctor is shot instead . In the 2005 Joss Whedon film Serenity , Malcolm Reynolds , the captain of Serenity defends the notion that River Tam is an albatross to the crew and later to the Operative . He says that the albatross was good luck until `` some idiot killed it '' . When Malcolm is speaking , he then adds to Inara , `` Yes , I 've read a poem . Try not to faint '' in a reference to the Coleridge poem . At the end of the film , he calls River `` Little Albatross '' . The 2011 film Albatross , by Niall MacCormick . In the 2014 film Against the Sun , Gene shoots an albatross , which they eat . Chief Dixon is notably upset about this , saying , `` I ca n't believe you shot an albatross . ''
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Many tie - in adaptations , such as a LucasArts video game for the PlayStation and PC , a pinball machine by Williams , a four - part comic book adaptation by Dark Horse Comics , and a junior novelization by Scholastic were released . The film 's official novelization was written by Terry Brooks , who met with Lucas before writing the book and receiving his approval and guidance . It included information about pending developments in the following two installments of the series .
The Great Gatsby (2013 film)
Luhrmann said the results from the movie 's workshop process of auditioning actors for roles in The Great Gatsby had been `` very encouraging '' to him . Leonardo DiCaprio was cast first , in the title role of Jay Gatsby . It is the second time Luhrmann and DiCaprio worked together ; DiCaprio costarred in Luhrmann 's Romeo + Juliet ( 1996 ) . Tobey Maguire was cast to play Nick Carraway . Reports linked Amanda Seyfried to the lead role of Daisy Buchanan , in October 2010 . The next month Deadline Hollywood reported that Luhrmann had been auditioning numerous actresses , including Keira Knightley , Rebecca Hall , Amanda Seyfried , Blake Lively , Abbie Cornish , Michelle Williams , and Scarlett Johansson , as well as considering Natalie Portman , for Daisy . Soon afterward , with her commitment to Cameron Crowe 's We Bought a Zoo ( 2011 ) , Johansson pulled out .
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Dead Men Tell No Tales had its world premiere at the Shanghai Disney Resort on May 11 , 2017 . In several countries , including the United Kingdom , the film was released as Pirates of the Caribbean : Salazar 's Revenge , a decision that the directors were not informed about . It was released at cinemas in Italy and Norway on May 24 , and in the United States , Canada , and China on May 26 . It is the first Hollywood feature to be released in the United States for the new panorama - like ScreenX format , which played in two locations in the U.S. -- CGV Buena Park and CGV Cinemas -- both in Los Angeles , California . Additionally , it played in 81 screens at select theaters in Korea , China , Thailand , Vietnam , Turkey and Indonesia . The film also played in 4D on 373 4DX screens worldwide . The film was released in IMAX in an expanded 1.9 : 1 aspect ratio . It was Disney 's third wide release of the year , following Beauty and the Beast and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 .
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Otto 's scenes , and those with Pilate 's wife , were cut from the film after the script had gone to the publishers , and so they can be found in the published version of the script . Also present is a scene where , after Brian has led the Fifth Legion to the headquarters of the People 's Front of Judea , Reg ( John Cleese ) says `` You cunt ! ! You stupid , bird - brained , flat - headed ... '' The profanity was overdubbed to `` you klutz '' before the film was released . Cleese approved of this editing as he felt the reaction to the four - letter word would `` get in the way of the comedy '' .
Clint Eastwood
In 1980 , Eastwood directed and played the title role in Bronco Billy alongside Locke , Scatman Crothers , and Sam Bottoms . Eastwood has cited Bronco Billy as being one of the most relaxed shoots of his career and biographer Richard Schickel has argued that Bronco Billy is Eastwood 's most self - referential character . The film was a rare commercial disappointment in Eastwood 's career , but was liked by critics . Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that film was `` ... the best and funniest Clint Eastwood movie in quite a while '' , and praised Eastwood 's directing , intricately juxtaposing the old West and the new West . Later that year , Eastwood starred in Any Which Way You Can , the sequel to Every Which Way But Loose . The film received a number of bad reviews from critics , although Maslin described it as `` funnier and even better than its predecessor '' . Released over the Christmas season of 1980 , Any Which Way You Can was a major box office success and ranked among the top five highest - grossing films of the year . Eastwood
Logan (film)
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave it 4 / 5 , stating `` It is more like a survivalist thriller than a superhero film , and signals its wintry quality with the title itself '' and compared Wolverine 's hitting of his truck during the film to Basil Fawlty from Fawlty Towers . James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave it 3.5 / 4 and said , `` In terms of tone and content , Logan is Deadpool 's polar opposite but both productions refuse to play by traditional superhero movie rules ... With his glimpse into what superhero movies can be , James Mangold has given us something sadly lacking in recent genre entries : hope . '' Kyle Smith of the New York Post also gave the film 3.5 / 4 and said `` the film recognizes that superhero movies such as last year 's forgettable X-Men : Apocalypse have become meaningless spectacle ... I 'd rank it beside X-Men : Days of Future Past among the best X-Men entries . '' Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com stated , `` Logan has stakes that feel real , and fight choreography that 's fluid and gorgeous instead of just computer - generated effects . Most importantly , Logan has characters with which you identify and about whom you care . It 's not just ' great for a superhero movie , ' it 's a great movie for any genre . ''
Ode on a Grecian Urn
Sylvan historian , who canst thus express A flow'ry tale more sweetly than our rhyme : What leaf - fring 'd legend haunts about thy shape Of deities or mortals , or of both , In Tempe or the dales of Arcady ? What men or gods are these ? What maidens loth ? What mad pursuit ? What struggle to escape ? What pipes and timbrels ? What wild ecstasy ? ( lines 3 -- 10 )
Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
Historian Eric Foner notes that no one knows what Lincoln would have done about Reconstruction , but writes ,
Jenny Schecter
One of Jenny 's storylines in season two was her revelation of being sexually abused as a child . The events were portrayed in a series of flashbacks and dream sequences . Yet , this left viewers confused about what actually happened to Jenny . During an interview with LGBT monthly magazine The Advocate , Chaiken commented about the storyline : `` Well we all know it was an incident of sexual abuse . I had not wanted to be more explicit about it than that -- one because memory of trauma is very strange . Who knows what happened to Jenny ? Jenny does n't necessarily know herself . ''
The Tyger
`` The Tyger '' lacks narrative movement . The first stanza opens the central question , `` What immortal hand or eye , / Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? '' Here the direct address to the creature becomes most obvious , but certainly , `` the Tyger '' can not provide the lyrical `` I '' with a satisfactory answer , so the contemplation continues . The second stanza questions `` the Tyger '' about where he was created ; the third about how the creator formed him ; the fourth about what tools were used . In the fifth stanza , Blake wonders how the creator reacted to `` the Tyger '' , and who created the creature . Finally , the sixth restates the central question while raising the stakes ; rather than merely question what / who `` could '' create the Tyger , the speaker wonders : who dares .
Gangnam Beauty
A first - year student and close friends with Soo - a . She is self - conscious about her physical appearance and what people think of her .
Albatross (metaphor)
Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead of the cross , the Albatross About my neck was hung .
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Ah ! Well a-day ! What evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead of the cross , the albatross About my neck was hung .
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
`` Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead of the cross , the Albatross About my neck was hung . ''
The Perfect Storm (film)
There are no survivors ; Linda reads the eulogy at the memorial , followed by her remembering Billy 's voice soliloquising about what it means to be a swordboat captain .
Limiting magnitude
A 10 - inch ( D = 254mm ) telescope therefore would provide a gain of about 8 magnitudes beyond what could be observed without it . Thus , if one is at a site where the naked eye limiting magnitude ( NELM ) is 5 , the telescope will allow one to see stars as faint as about magnitude 13 .
Illinois
The Illinois state parks system began in 1908 with what is now Fort Massac State Park , becoming the first park in a system encompassing over 60 parks and about the same number of recreational and wildlife areas .
Send In the Clowns
After Sinatra and Collins recorded the song , it was recorded by Bing Crosby ( for his album That 's What Life Is All About ) , Kenny Rogers , Lou Rawls and many others .
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Earlier Beach Boys songs celebrated adolescent fun and teenage love ; `` Would n't It Be Nice '' subverts this convention in its very first lyric : `` would n't it be nice if we were older '' . In the Endless Harmony documentary , Wilson described the song as `` what children everywhere go through ... would n't it be nice if we were older , or could run away and get married '' . Wilson added in 1996 , `` ' Would n't It Be Nice ' was not a real long song , but it 's a very ' up ' song . It expresses the frustrations of youth , what you ca n't have , what you really want and you have to wait for it . '' The song expresses `` the need to have the freedom to live with somebody , '' according to Brian . `` The idea is , the more we talk about it , the more we want it , but let 's talk about it anyway . Let 's talk it over , let 's talk about what we might have if we really got down to it . '' Asher has said that Wilson was `` constantly looking for topics that kids could relate to . Even though he was dealing in the most advanced score - charts and arrangements , he was still incredibly conscious of this commercial thing . This absolute need to relate . '' Music journalist Nick Kent responds :
Nature of the Beast (NCIS)
In the episode , Special agent Tony DiNozzo is shot and unable to remember what it all was about . He must work together with Special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Dr. Rachel Cranston to identify the attacker .
New York Post
The Public Enemy song `` A Letter to the New York Post '' from their album Apocalypse ' 91 ... The Enemy Strikes Black is a complaint about what they believed to be negative and inaccurate coverage blacks received from the paper .
Joan of Arc
Analysis of her visions is problematic since the main source of information on this topic is the condemnation trial transcript in which she defied customary courtroom procedure about a witness ' oath and specifically refused to answer every question about her visions . She complained that a standard witness oath would conflict with an oath she had previously sworn to maintain confidentiality about meetings with her king . It remains unknown to what extent the surviving record may represent the fabrications of corrupt court officials or her own possible fabrications to protect state secrets . Some historians sidestep speculation about the visions by asserting that her belief in her calling is more relevant than questions about the visions ' ultimate origin .
New Testament
Within the US , the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy ( 1978 ) is a statement , articulating evangelical views on this issue . Paragraph four of its summary states : `` Being wholly and verbally God - given , Scripture is without error or fault in all its teaching , no less in what it states about God 's acts in creation , about the events of world history , and about its own literary origins under God , than in its witness to God 's saving grace in individual lives . '' American
What a Man (song)
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