30 Day Movie Meme - Day 30 – Your least favorite movie

[elrhiarhodan]

Day 30 – Your least favorite movie

Damnation Alley



This is probably the worst movie I've ever seen in a movie theater, and one of only three movies I've ever walked out of (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and King of Comedy are the other two). I was twelve years old, my sister and her best friend wanted to see this (maybe because Jan-Michael Vincent was hot?) and I guess I tagged along. I even remember the theatre and the fact that it was a Sunday afternoon, because when I walked out (those stupid giant scorpions were making me ill), all the stores in the shopping center were closed.

I honestly don't remember what my sister and her friend thought of the movie, but to this day, Damnation Alley is my benchmark for truly terrible movies that I hate (as opposed to terrible movies that I actually liked).

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And so concludes the 30 Day Movie Meme. It's been a hellalot of fun. Many thanks to aragarna for getting the ball started. And many thanks to everyone on my flist who commented about my choices.



Day 1 – Favorite Movie – Henry V
Day 2 – Last movie you watched – The Avengers
Day 3 – Your favorite action/adventure movie – Guns of Navarone
Day 4 – Favorite horror movie – The Silence of the Lambs
Day 5 – Favorite drama movie – L.A. Confidential
Day 6 – Favorite comedy movie – Blazing Saddles
Day 7 – A movie that makes you happy – Begin Again
Day 8 – A movie that makes you sad – The Joy Luck Club
Day 9 – A movie that you know practically the whole script of – The Return of the Jedi
Day 10 – Your favorite director – Sidney Lumet
Day 11 – Your favorite movie from childhood – The Wizard of Oz
Day 12 – Your favorite animated movie – The Incredibles
Day 13 – A movie that you used to love but now hate – The Lion in Winter
Day 14 – Your favorite movie quote – "Don't be a baby, Duncan. Say 'da-da'." From The World According to Garp
Day 15 – The first movie you saw in a theater – Cabaret
Day 16 – The last movie you saw in a theater – Minions
Day 17 – The best movie you saw during the last year – The Normal Heart / Magic Mike XXL
Day 18 – A movie that disappointed you the most – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Day 19 – Your favorite actor – Peter O'Toole, Ralph Fiennes, Idris Elba
Day 20 – Your favorite actress – Katharine Hepburn, Dame Judi Dench, Meryl Streep
Day 21 – The most overrated movie – Raging Bull
Day 22 – The most underrated movie – Thanks for Sharing
Day 23 – Your favorite character from any movie – "Verbal" Kint/Keyser Söze from The Usual Suspects
Day 24 – Favorite documentary – Animals Are Beautiful People
Day 25 – A movie that no one would expect you to love - My Beautiful Laundrette
Day 26 – A movie that's a guilty pleasure – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Day 27 – Favorite classic movie – Desk Set
Day 28 – Movie with the best soundtrack – The Hours
Day 29 – A movie that changed your opinion about something – Restoration
Day 30 – Your least favorite movie – Damnation Alley

Comments

[ladyrose42.livejournal.com]

For me, in recent history, it has to be "Death to Smoochy" 2002 with Robin Williams and Edward Norton. Even tho it had negative views my DH just had to see it. It was so bad, he wanted to leave and I wouldn't let him (after he dragged me there). Just to irritate and annoy him more, stayed for the credits which included Elvis Strojko doing a figure skating routine. That awful movie gave me credit for at least 2 chick flicks among other things.

[elrhiarhodan]

I remember that - but didn't see it. Now I'm glad I missed it.

[leonie-alastair.livejournal.com]

Modesty Blaise. A 1960s movie adaption of a British comic strip. The comic strip (and the books that followed) are wonderful. Beautiful ex criminal and her devoted (but platonic) side kick freelance for British Secret Service. They were campy, delightful romps, better than James Bond (books or movies) because they had the fun spy stories without the misogyny and self destructiveness that the Bond series is prone to (though like Bond they suffer from a lot of period typical racism and British post colonial paternalism).

The movie? Well they cast Monica Vitti as Modesty and turned the character into a breathy Italian sex kitten. It's a mess of a movie. A complete waste of a great franchise.

It's been fun reading your movie picks. I've got a couple I'm going to have to watch/rewatch. Thanks!