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I'm sorry for the delay people. There is a lot going on. And I'm happy to say the least I was a block away from the bomb in NYC yesterday. I'm also moving, and signed a contract with HBO. It's a bad week, but I will pick it up.

Annihilation did not make the cut. But I can agree from a bad film perspective (being the best video game adaptation up to that point does not count) Unless you are a fan of the series both films are pretty awful outside of course of the famous song. I mean they're not even JCVD decent at the time. And they are both better than Street fighter at least.

I loved Grumpy Old Men. Saw Grumpier which I loved, My Fellow Americans and Out to Sea which I liked both in theaters, and even saw this in theaters. I was 11, and it really put me onto their earlier careers. I even thought this was ok, but I can't deny how far it fell, not just even a film like Out to Sea, but how brilliant the Odd Couple was.

15. The Odd Couple II (1998) This might seem like an odd choice to a lot of people. But the original Odd Couple is one of the most classic and influential comedies ever made (It even has a 100% rating on RT.) Just think of all the tv sitcoms and films that have imitated the concept over the 30 years between sequels (Which coincidently was the longest wait between sequels where the cast and creative team returned until last year's The Force Awakens) It seemed like a nice idea to bring back both leads who were experiencing a renaissance with their comedic duo, not to mention box-office appeal from newer generations. Not only that they got original writer Neil Simon to come back and write the film as well. Sadly this is not only a pale imitation of what has come before, the whole premise is completely stale at this point. The plot doesn't even try to do anything, it is simply relying on the already exhausted previous 4 films that came before (I include My Fellow Americans because Matthau was suppose to star, but was bed written sick and recast.) Matthau and Lemmon are still seasoned veterans that can crack a smile just for being together on screen, but they clearly are even losing a step from their earlier superior 90s films (Both would unfortunately pass in within the next 3 years.) And let's face it, films like Grumpy old Men already could be considered quasi sequels to the odd couple, and in many ways sharper and inventive. Simon's writing has also noticeably aged. His worst mistake is playing it safe with gags that are decades old. It's just sad watching the second to last films for both actors go out on such a whimper. This coming from a guy who even enjoyed Out to Sea. This is not their swan song, unfortunately it's more a take a horse out to pasture film. Such an unsatisfying end to not only one of the best comedic duos of all time, but to one of the greatest comedies of all time. This is the equivalent of your grandparents telling the same story over and over, but this time, they have a lot of trouble telling it. Best Scene: I'll always enjoy Matthau and Lemmon bicker. So even if it was the last time. It was nice to see. I have a soft spot just for that.

Actually Die hard With A Vengeance was developed from a script called Simon Says. Both Die Hard and Lethal Weapon producers tried to make the film, and do basic rewrites to fix the franchise. But then Gibson got booked solid until 1997. So Die Hard took advantage, and added the Gruber elements.

16. Predator 2 (1990) Predator is one of the greatest action films of all time. So it was natural that they would want to get a sequel going. But they had one major hiccup. Original Star Arnold Schwarzenegger thought the idea of leaving the jungle was a terrible idea, so he asked for enough money for them to say no. They rewrote his character in the way of Gary Busy, and expanded the role that went to new lead Danny Glover. This movie is awful from its very first shot, revealing how crazy Los Angeles would be by 1997. Danny Glover is a solid actor, but his character is just so poorly written. Scratch that, every character in the film is poorly written. I never thought I would ever see a film where I hated how annoying Bill Paxton is. Well this is that movie. Busey is completely wasted, stuck in the "we can advance our weapons" old ploy. Now let's talk about the Predator himself. He's as violent as ever with plenty of new toys, just none of it is as exciting as the first. The Predator is suppose to kill for sport. Here he is basically a member of the LAPD, as all he does is attack gangs, and hang out in slaughter houses. He'll even catch a subway once in a while (LOL, that is such a stupid scene) Then we have an epic showdown between Glover and the Predator and it's a letdown to say the least. You know you're in trouble when two better films are teased within the last 5 minutes (AVP, as we would learn even later would be even worse, and that a Predator came to revolutionary times) An absolute mess that insults everything that was great about the first.

Again, you spread a word you don't get. And nothing you said is true. I think she is fine. I just don't buy the plot line.

17. Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) This one is the definition of a child killer for me. This cost 3 times as much as the 2nd, which to this day is the only R rated film to ever have the opening weekend record of all time and we get a film that looks so cheaply made? John Landis who can clearly direct comedy can distinctly not direct action. He was a poor fit for this especially after Tony Scott gave us a really fun look at the direction and action. Eddie Murphy is so lazy in this film you realize why people noticed and stopped showing up. This is the reason he moved on to family comedies. Just in case you are wondering. The first film was about smuggling drugs, the second was about serial robbers. This one is about a Theme park making counterfeit money, and for whatever reason they come to Detroit, causing Axel Foley once again to come to Beverly Hills. Sorely missing is Ronny Cox and John Ashton mediocrely filled by Hector Elizondo. It's not funny, it has awful action scenes. They fucked up the iconic score. Most importantly you don't want to see Eddie Murphy in depression in a Beverly Hills Cop film. Maybe yes if it was in the script, but I'm saying it's depressed Eddie Murphy, not Axel Foley. This is as stated before, the less said about this one, the better.

18. Speed II Cruise Control (1997) Of the top of your head, and pretty much anything else you can think of, this is still one of the most absurd sequels ever made. It is a major fall from the first film, but I still almost give it a pass for two reasons. Keanu said no. I mean, holy shit if Keanu says no you know you are in a shitstorm. It actually would have benefited greatly from him appearing. You just don't care right off the bat. Secondly they took a small 30 million thriller and greenlit a sequel costing 120 million. Twister and the original gave DeBont so much there like, he can do it. There is a lot of cool things actually, none of them involving people. Except of course William Defoe. This is quite possibly the most brilliant awful acting ever. The guy puts leaches on him for healing, uses golf balls for bombs, and Defoe's hair itself deserves applause. This an awful plot. He is going to kill a thousand people so he can steal diamonds (Even though he will be dead soon anyway???) Sandra Bullock took her paycheck and quietly moved through this film, because quite frankly she's hardly a main character despite being one of the things you loved most about the first film. What a slap to her face, which of course Defoe does many times in the film. You are left with Jason Patric who tries, and I'd even say out acts Reeves, but he is only there in enthusiasm to be in a big movie. There is nothing worse than to look at your hero and just no everything was written for someone else. The effects are big and still hold up. The ship into an island ending is two parts ridiculous, 3 parts ridiculous (I mean if they could turn the boat manually to not hit an oil tanker, why wouldn't they just turn again, oh that's right we need a big finish.) This is a stupid film that had it not been called speed II, may have been a B movie masterpiece. But as a sequel to Speed, where your film and vehicle moves at a snails pace, you are screwed. Maybe they should have called it Stalled. More and more people I hear from are hate this film just from the title alone. And Cruise Control might be the worst secondary title of all time.

Unintelligence, ladies and gentlemen. Misogyny is against women, and whether they have worth, which I know they do. It has nothing to do with finding a certain woman unattractive. And to be honest I don't have a problem with her. I'm just saying I don't buy Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent fighting over her. Certainly not the reason for becoming two face.

If you guys ever want to see something fun, listen to kevin smith's commentary on Batman and Robin (You can even listen without watching the movie) it's downright hilarious.

19. The Hangover Part III (2013) I think the screen grab of the trailer says it all. No one is happy to be in this film. The 2nd film was pretty much a remake and not as funny as the first. Had it been the first film, probably it would have been comedy people felt a lot better about. But pretty much every comedy sequel is guilty of the same exact thing, and even though Hangover redux takes that to the max, it still has some solid laughs sprinkled around. Then came the third film, where they decided so many people were unhappy with the remake, and needed to change the formula. And Holy Shit they did, with that approach we're left with a botchy dramedy really relying on wanting to see this cast come around one more time. We have a poor drama, and even poorer comedy. And the cast has obviously moved on at this point. The plot is atrocious. And the jokes almost all fall flat. I mean it's a weird film is when the best joke is suffocating a chicken. Ken Jeong's Chow becoming the central plot is just such an awful decision. Even the scenes of the characters together, everything is just off. John Goodman is wasted as is the rest of the cast who decided to come on what is basically the continued journey into Alan (A Journey no one wants to see.) He was lovable in the first, here is just an awful human being, and just not fun to watch. This a paycheck job from start to finish, with a comedy trio with nothing else to offer.

I couldn't agree more. I'm just saying that film has just held up worst. B&R has always been on the bottom.

Probably just on the ranking. In retrospect, Batman Forever has just gotten worst and worst over the years for me. Which is a shame because there are some really great elements to it. Also I always wanted Burton's Batman 3.

20. Batman and Robin (1997) I have actually "cooled" to this film over the years. Call it a cluster fuck, a disaster, a monumental achievement in bad filmmaking, they actually did make exactly the film they tried to make. They went out of there way to make a campy, over the top kids film in vein of the 60s TV show. It's the kind of film Batman Forever would have been had Burton not been so involved with production. (Sidetone: You can tell this by the deleted scenes, they are darker, and a much more interesting film would have prevailed had they not wanted to go the direction this film would pump into overdrive.) I mean this film cost 125 million in 1997. Only Titanic and Waterworld had ever cost more up until that point, and those films were plagued with major production problems. Where as Superman 4 was all heart and no money, Batman and Robin was all money but no heart. Greed to create as many promotional tie ins and toys commercials for kids, all of the creative juices that went into the first three films are completely gone. Arnold and Clooney are really the only ones that come out of this unscathed (Clooney because he'd be a cool Bruce Wayne, but they opted to have 15 minute motorcycle chase with Alicia Silverstone instead of giving him more to do) and Arnold (You know they just told him to throw as many puns as possible and point his gun at people) Chris O'Donnell and Uma Thurman are terrible in this movie. Bane is definitely not the Nolan Bane. Alicia Silverstone, completely pointless (And how she is related to Alfred still boggles my mind.) Some decent effects that still hold up well, but awful dialogue, very uninteresting action scenes, and that Batman and Robin soap opera is cringe worthy. This film made the franchise sleep, where more prevalent minds would soon come aboard. God could you imagine if Schumacher's third film actually got made (It was being written during this film's release) Best Scene: I'll just stick with the worst. The Bat Credit Card. Lasts Forever. That's an awful joke that you actually have to look for.

21. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) What an unspeakable mess that almost makes the fifth film look good by comparison. That's not to say however that this is probably the most ambitious film in the series. But man oh man it goes way out there. Trying to explain everything that is the reasoning behind the evil that is Michael Myers is goofy to say the least. Add in a film that could have been a lot better had the studio not hacked it to pieces (Some of it is actually has merit for trying to explain the last two films mystery elements) However it does not change the fact that this is not scary, the acting is really bad. Even the violent scenes are kind of hilariously bad at times. It's also so sad watching the late great Donald Pleasance so near to deaths door in this film. He certainly helped give the series some legitimacy, but even he was deleted quite a bit. I recommend any fan check out the producers cut of the film, it is leagues better than this mess. It was a toss up between this and part 5, but even while it is a cash in on the semi success of 4 it still works a hell of a lot better than this film. This is not what any Halloween film should be about. Only real merit this has is that it helped discover Paul Rudd, and the producers realized how insane the story had gotten and went back to basics with the far superior H20. Thankfully ignoring anything not involving series star Jamie Lee Curtis. I'd still take this over the Zombie films though. Best Scene: A deleted scene where Mike is the father of his niece's kid. I mean come on.

22. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) This film was created for all the wrong reasons. Most of course is money. When Harry Potter started the trend of splitting the final book in two movies it made sense afterwards. Those are two competently made films with a strong start to finish. Hunger Games jumped on board, but holy shit there is nothing in the first part of this book. Here you just sense the pungent smell of a greed hungry studio. This film has no reason to exist. It's boring, suffers from painfully long scenes being extended to make a theatrical film. There about 2-4 good scenes they could have easily added into the final film. After the intense and series highlight that was Catching Fire, this is just a boring film. These characters are just not as interesting if they aren't fighting for their lives. And I'd like to note that a lot of Part II's problems suffer from this film's existence (As a few scenes would have worked a lot better if shortened.) It's really sad that the Hunger Games would end on such a sour taste. Both films are disjointed as a result. Part 1 is a lot like if you ordered a steak in a restaurant. And then the they gave you a salad instead. Now you have to wait for your meal, but the experience is already screwed, and that steak is not cooked how it should have been. Just a real bad experience where if you had one final film, It may have actually been a solid experience.

Sorry For the delay guys. It's been a crazy few days. I have a few hours tonight and tomorrow. So we should be back on track.

No shame in wanting to check out something awful. There are still hundreds of horror films I'd put it above. It just doesn't fit in with the series.

I thought that too, but while I really enjoyed the first Transformers. You don't realize that pretty much most are a flip of the coin. I hate most of them. Though I do enjoy watching them once in a while. Though not Transformers 2. Didn't even see the third until last year, that too was bad, but by the quality has just leveled off. I haven't gotten to the fourth yet.

23. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) What exactly has fallen? Everything in terms of quality from the first. The first was such a surprise, a film perfectly matched for the batshitted "more is more" Michael Bay. And then you have Shia! before he became ugh Shia (Granted I think most like him again including myself). Meghan was worthy of a last name such as Fox. Here both of them are stuck in the typical relationship sequel woes, because we haven't seen that before. The humor that was executed so well in the first is now grating (The parents, the friends, the awful dialogue the bots have to say) The action as expected is amped up to so far past the extreme you literally have no idea what is going on. Yet another disappointing sequel that drops significantly from a superior original. Why do people think they always have to take these surprises that are light and just pure fun, and feel they need to add way too serious plots and raise the stakes. They always forget why the first was a hit to begin with. There is not one scene in this film that up to par with the original (Sure the effects are fine, and there might be a nice punch from one bot to another). The first cared about the characters. And even some of the robots had glimpses of an Iron Giant type relationship. Here it is just bad jokes, and unconvincing relationship between any of the characters for a few seconds to catch your breath before the supposedly next modern spectacle of explosions and metal sound effects. But even if it does satisfy your senses of sight and sound, each scene is forgotten before it even ends. This is the kind of movie that you can run while your taking a shower. Best Scene: Whatever worked in the first film, the least badly recreated here.

24. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) That's right, the anti-gay Freddy Krueger movie. Some of the effects work is very impressive and Englund might be at his very best. There are almost no wisecracks in the movie. But you can't get over how hilariously bad this is throughout. From Naked Gym teacher spankings to a guy get trampled to death by teenagers running from Freddy. Birds spontaneously combust. The film is just too different from the rest of the series with Freddy more in the vain of Jason or Michael killing in the real world and not torturing people in their dreams. I mean that's what this series is supposed to be about. There is some brutality in the violence thanks to the rise in budget, but it's simply not as exciting or terrifying (Though the transformation scene is awesome.) I mean you have one of the most brilliant concepts for a horror monster, and can do anything in the dream world, and decide to settle on stupid real world film, where they have to have a boy possessed by Freddy. It's just a slap in the face to the original. And unlike other franchises, there is usually decent acting in a Freddy film. Not here outside of Englund. His character deserves more than run of the mill knock off of other horror franchises. At least knock off your own. And while I won't go into detail on homosexual undertones (Holy shit it's absurd, I mean it's like they gave the usual female lead of these films to a guy, and just didn't change the script, and told him to act female) it's almost like finding the beauty in a disaster. Thankfully they brought Craven back, and while this might not be my least favorite of the series (5 and 6 are both pretty bad too) you can't stop but just say "Why?" throughout the film. Best Scene: Jesse turns into Freddy. Great special effects sequence.

25. Grease 2: Greasier (1982) Just kidding. That isn't the subtitle. In fact anything that needs grease is sorely missing here. I almost didn't even have this on my list because Travolta and the rest aren't here, but they tried so very hard on this, and a few costars and creative team came back. They even brought in the guy who played Travolta's role in theater to take on the role. And holy shit he is bad. There is dancing, and there are songs, but almost none of them work. They brought in the choreographer from the first to direct, and hot off the presses of writing Airplane II they brought him in to write this in the same year. Talk about a career killer. The thing about Grease is it was bad but perfectly executed. Grease 2 is just bad. We got Michelle Pfeiffer and Pete MacDonald who would move on to more in much much better roles. The songs are just weird. The choreography is kind of hilarious and the plot is just horrible. There are 2 or 3 trivia songs in there, that are all right. There is just no one likable in this film. You actually hate almost everyone in the T-birds and Pink Ladies. And the British/ Australian sort of lead is a weird if underdeveloped lead. I wouldn't put this on there if they hadn't planned 3 sequels and a tv series before the film was released. This is an awkward musical that wasn't good, let alone be adapted. If Grease was the word. Grease 2 is I don't understand the difference from a noun and a pronoun Best Scene: You'll never see another film have a musical number about bowling and sex.

That's exactly the face she made! Sorry but my jokes are always on the quirky sarcastic side. The only thing I regret is saying Pam Anderson. She's not even good anymore. How about Sharon Stone Total Recall? Maybe Jodie Foster Maverick or just Kelly Preston in Twins? Just saying Reloaded and MI2 were bad films for me.

You never know. There is a lot of shit on here. I'll also have some Honorable mentions I'll put in there. As I've said, I'm doing it mostly from a drop off in from the film prior. Reloaded or MI2 might very well be my personal #1 Those was a gut shot to my nuts. And in that case I had more than one pair, and they were all hit simultaneously, causing me to defecate myself while on a date with Pamela Anderson. But I like it because I find it more challenging trying to take emotion out. And besides there are plenty of worst sequel lists already out there.