In ‘celebration’ of Jobs and The Intern, I think we need to remember the worst tech based movies. Guess who made the list?
10. Lawnmower Man 2-Beyond Cyberspace: The motto is “God made him simple. Science made him a god. Now he wants revenge.” I’m not the only one who went ‘huh’. The movie grossed only 2 1/2 million dollars in it’s pathetic run.
9. Jobs: Critics didn’t like this so-called biography of Steve Jobs. Audiences agreed, not even making $7 million in it’s opening weekend. It focused more on the company, and Kutcher and Wozinak can’t stand each other.
8. Matrix Revolutions: Sometimes it’s just better to leave well enough alone. It was too predictable and special effects took over movie development. Thankfully, this was the last Matrix made.
7. The Intern: Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn usually hit it out of the park, but not this time. I guess 40-somethings competing with 20-somethings for jobs happen so much in today’s world not even these comic geniuses make can make it funny.
6. Transformers-Revenge of the Fallen: Once again, they depended more on special effects and less on the actual plots. It’s poor attempt at humor didn’t help matters much.
5. Dreamcatcher: It was supposed to be a sci-fi movie. But this turned into a minstrel show. Aliens coming out of?people’s behind sounds more like a Southpark plot than a Stephen King masterpiece.
4. Plan 9 From Outer Space: This 1959 classic?is more like screen slapstick than screen suspense.?This is what I call, “It’s so bad it’s good”. Check out the trailer.
3. Highlander 2-The Quickning: The fact that it has 4 different time scenarios would make anybody’s head hurt. The only? redeeming quality?of this preachy environment movie?is?Sean Connery. The killing scenes were fun, too.
2. The Happening: M. Night Shyamalan and Mark Whalberg strike out. A movie that starts out with mass suicide has a great hook. Then it just stops making sense.
1. Battlefield Earth: Where do I start??Only 1000 year old technology can save the human?race from?advanced aliens. The aliens enslave humans because of gold.?The special effects remind me of an Atari 2600 game. ?Even Travolta’s acting is cheesy. It’s supposed to be a serious sci-fi movie.?This doesn’t even pass off as comedy. ?It’s so bad I can’t stop watching.
Can any movie be worse than Battlefield Earth?