20 Worst Films of 2011: 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,' 'Jack and Jill,' 'Apollo 18'
'Abduction,' 'Beastly,' 'New Year's Eve' and...?
How bad did it get?
How bad was 2011? Well, it wasn't god awful, but the HitFix editorial team had no problem coming up with 20 films that deserved the honor of being on a "worst films of the year" list. In fact, some notable clunkers didn't make the cut. How about "The Sitter," "Priest," "The Three Musketeers," "Dream House," "The Caller," "The Thing" and Gus Van Sant's ridiculous "Restless"? And, shoot, "The Darkest Hour" wasn't screened for critics by deadline (we're guessing that could easily make the list). On second thought, perhaps we should have expanded the list to 30...
You can check out our top 20 picks by clicking on the tabs above. To find out Drew McWeeny's own worst 10, watch the video below.
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December 25, 2011 at 6:33PM EST Reply to CommentThere should be Immortals and the Thing remake on this list.
December 25, 2011 at 7:00PM ESTMandrake1979 Have you watched it? it was a thinly veiled remake. That failed at every occasion.
December 25, 2011 at 9:31PM ESTRrz28 It is not a remake. If you watched the original and all of this one, you can clearly see this was a prequel.
December 25, 2011 at 11:15PM ESTMonty Jack I actually thought the Thing prequel was pretty underrated. Not as good as the original, um, remake, but still well-made and worthy of respect. Everyone hated the Carpenter film when it was first released...
December 25, 2011 at 11:51PM ESTJoe No it was a prequel. That's why it ends where John Carpenter's "Thing" begins. Have you actually seen the movie?
December 26, 2011 at 12:17AM ESTMandrake1979 Really? bloody hell people just read what I wrote!
December 26, 2011 at 6:14PM ESTP.s. No one will talk about the thing 2011 in 30 years time.
P.p.s. Yes I have seen the movie and if you believe the scene after the credits ties it into the JC film then you must have missed every single mistake and continuity error in this THNLY VEILED REMAKE!!!
rvp
December 25, 2011 at 9:15PM EST Reply to CommentI would have voted for "The Tree of Life" as the #1 worst movie
Tedd Not a Terry Malick fan, eh? It was my favorite movie of the year by a fair margin thus far, though to be fair I haven't seen many of the Oscar bait-y ones yet. And I also haven't seen Jack and Jill, so I should probably use pencil on ye olde liste. (That last sentence was facetious, the rest wasn't).
December 26, 2011 at 5:16AM ESTSavvy I couldn't agree with you more. This list sucks!!!!
December 26, 2011 at 8:52AM ESTBwprimal
December 25, 2011 at 9:35PM EST Reply to CommentThere should be a rating list on critics! Some of these "critics" are complete and utter idiots! As a point of proof talk to your friends about movies they really liked then looked at the critic reviews. More often than not the critics get it wrong!
Tedd Only if your friend's opinions are "right". Maybe you just have friends with really terrible taste in movies. Or maybe there is no such thing as right and wrong with regards to opinions of movies, so calling anyone "idiots" for their stated tastes is, well, idiotic.
December 26, 2011 at 5:19AM ESTKevin
December 25, 2011 at 10:05PM EST Reply to CommentStupid List.
Idiot internet writers.
Tedd Well said. What idiots with their stupid lists. I'm going to go make a smart list right now with a pen and paper. That'll show them.
December 26, 2011 at 5:21AM ESTSavvy I couldn't agree with you more! This list sucks!!
December 26, 2011 at 8:45AM ESTW
December 26, 2011 at 12:11AM EST Reply to CommentPirates: On stranger tides rocks, U jerk.
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December 26, 2011 at 12:13AM EST Reply to CommentPirates: On stranger tides rocks, you jerk.
Steven Flores
December 26, 2011 at 12:37AM EST Reply to CommentWhat the crap? Where's "Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star"?
Marshall1
December 26, 2011 at 5:53AM EST Reply to CommentA GREAT list! The only movie I don't agree is maybe Red State.
Fail.
December 26, 2011 at 8:45PM EST Reply to CommentPirates 4 was a lot better than 3 & a hell of a lot better than about 80% of the complete & utter garbage that was released this year.
Fail.
Yani
December 27, 2011 at 8:51AM EST Reply to CommentI thought "Your Highness" was one of the worst films of the year. I agree about "Red Riding Hood" (it actually should be higher on the list) and others. I didn't think Pirates was bad. Maybe it is nothing special or anything like that, but not bad.
The Eagle was not good, but to be honest I expected something much worse. It's not that bad, but it's not worth paying the ticket price for it.
It's interesting you haven't included any animations. There are some worth at least honorable mentions.
What about "Transformers"? I haven't seen it, so I don't really know about this one.
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December 29, 2011 at 1:55AM EST Reply to CommentThank God Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn is not included on the list.. :)
Mihai
January 1, 2012 at 10:59PM EST Reply to CommentActually you should learn how to write first, it's "medieval" not "midieval".
Mihai
January 1, 2012 at 11:00PM EST Reply to CommentIt's "medieval" not "midieval". Before you can write online, you need to know how to spell.