The Worst Films of 2008

As I said last week, I'm not ready to make a Top Ten list for 2008, because I still have a few movies to see over the next couple months (Frost/Nixon, Gran Torino, The Wrestler, Let The Right One In, The Class, Revolutionary Road, Defiance, and Che parts 1 and 2) ... however, I can safely say that although I may not love all of those films, I doubt I will hate any of them with a passion, as I do the following ten films.

Bear in mind that I am an ordinary (if excessive) movie-goer, but not a critic, so I'm not paid to see movies. So I avoided stuff like Mamma Mia!, Sex And The City, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Bolt, Journey To The Centre of the Earth 3d, etc... I only saw movies I thought would have some redeeming value. In all these cases, I was wrong.

From 10 to 1, with 1 being the worst:

10. London to Brighton
This film just bothered me. I'm not sure why. It's probably the least known (and seen) of the films on this list, which is probably good, because it's just unrelentingly depressing without anything insightful to say.

9. Wanted
I can handle ridiculous, but what I can't handle is derivatively stupid.

8. The Day the Earth Stood Still
The original is great. Trust me. Keanu ... not so much.

7. Speed Racer
My retinas are still burning.

6. 88 Minutes
Apparently Al Pacino was once in classic films like The Godfather, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Heat. I'm not sure I believe that anymore.

5. Baghead
Also not widely known or seen. Don't bother. It's just stupid.

4. 10000 BC
I still don't remember why I bothered to see this.

3. Happening
Really?

2. Run, Fatboy, Run
The actual worst film of the year. Paul owes me two hours of my life back for asking us to see this with him. Where do I begin? Let's start with Simon Pegg isn't actually fat, and go from there.

1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Not as bad as some of these, but the worst because I had so such hopes. Let's begin:

Steven Spielberg, Fuck You!
George Lucas, double Fuck You!
Shia Leboeuf, pray you and I don't meet in a dark alley some day.
Fuck all of you. You are all worthless to me.