Comments on: The 15 Most Massively Expensive Yet Awful Movies Ever

By: NastyWalnut

NastyWalnut — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:40:19 +0000

It’s nice for a change to see a list of bad movies that doesn’t contain old standbys like “Ishtar” or “Plan 9 from Outer Space.” I would agree with you on about a third of the movies you have listed. Two that I would add however are “GI Joe” and “Speed 2-Cruise control.”

By: Tasmanian devil

Tasmanian devil — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:42:30 +0000

I read about a rumour (on the internet so it must be true) that for Superman Returns they actually filmed a segment where Superman flys back to Krypton that cost over $10 million. They clean forgot that the whole reason Superman is on Earth is because Krypton was destroyed.

By: yuko

yuko — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:23:22 +0000

OMG i loved sahara it was so much better than they say it was !!!!

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By: Ruben

Ruben — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:22:14 +0000

Re: Transformers 2

It was extremely entertaining and is a huge box office success. I had some difficultly following the plot, but I wasn’t exactly looking for Schindler’s List when I walked into the IMAX theatre. What was I looking for? Robots kicking the crap out of each other and gratuitous Megan Fox slow-mos. I can’t wait for Blu-Ray.

The problem with trying to rank bad big budget movies is that a good story doesn’t cost very much money at all. What costs money? Special effects. Big name stars. With that in mind, some of these movies still justify their spots. The Mummy series was fun at first, but c’mon now. Superman returns is just as you put it: outdated. Sahara… wow. Waterworld I think gets a little bit of a bum rap, but it seemed to want to pass itself off as a more meaningful kind of movie, which it failed big time at. The two Star Wars prequels were let downs except for a few saving graces, and would probably be close to the top if they were more expensive, as you said.

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By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:30:16 +0000

Superman Returns’ budget was bloated due to the decision to lump all the other failed attempts at rebooting the franchise (polar bears, Kevin Smith, etc.) into its final budget.

Course I’m bias because I loved the damn thing.

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By: ajax

ajax — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:53:23 +0000

I think this list is badly named, and its throwing people off. This isnt necessarily about awful movies, but about ones that spent a ton of money but didnt make a proportionally good movie (not even close, for many of them). As the author points out, Star Wars 1&2 didnt make the list because they had (surprisingly) comparatively small budgets.

Similarly, I wouldnt quite call Transformers 2 ‘awful’ because random plot and extremely shitty humor aside, the action was pretty damn entertaining. But with a budget of 200 mil, itd be pretty high on this list.

By: Xanatos

Xanatos — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:30 +0000

What was terrible was this list. Did you even research any of this? Or you just write your own list? This list should be named Paul’s list of bad movies….but thank you for your work.

Battlefield Earth?
Transformers 2?
Wolverine?
Speed Racer?
Pluto Nash?
Those are so stinkers right there.