Top 10: Worst Movies I Watched for My 2016 Challenge

Sadly enough I was also exposed to some terrible films, crap piles, shitty flicks, snooze fests and simply ‘why did they make this’ – films. Here are the 10 worst films I watched for my challenge.

10. Last Tango in Paris
People call it a classic, but I think this was a terrible film. And besides that, this film creeped me out. Especially after reading about that ‘rape’ story. Not Marlon Brando’s best work.

9. Black Christmas
Do horror remakes ever work. “Black Christmas” at least doesn’t proof that. All you want is for all those annoying frat girls to get slashed. That’s never a good sign.

8. Knock Knock
I’m always defending Keanu Reeves when people call him a bad actor. He isn’t. But even I couldn’t protect Reeves from this pile of shit. What a dumb film, which looked so promising. I hated this movie. And I still can’t understand how two idiot girls could outsmart Reeves’ character so easily.

7. The Ape
As much as I love James Franco, I hope he erases this from his resumé. Not a good film, not interesting, weird, it makes no sense.

6. Point Break (remake)
As much as I love the original with Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, that’s how much I hated the remake. It was like I was watching one long extreme sports commercial. The movie sucks and is not memorable whatsoever.

5. Little Nicky
I know we shouldn’t take this movie to seriously, but it’s such a ridiculous movie. I can take a lot from Adam Sandler, I forgive him for a lot just because I think he is so funny. But “Little Nicky” is just too much ridiculousness for my liking.

4. Neighbors
It sounded like so much fun, especially with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd involved. But this was such an unfunny film, I can’t remember laughing even once. No, “Neighbors” was really bad.

3. Sharknado
Although I love shark movies, this was just too stupid. Especially seeing how serious the actors are in this film. I secretly always love to watch bad shark movies, just to laugh at them.

2. Cube
Someone lend me this film, she was so excited about this film. But “Cube” is the second worst film I have seen this year. I haven’t seen acting this bad in a while. What a crap fest.

1. I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
Another sequel to an already not that great franchise. This movie has nothing to do with the original stories and there is no reason or explanation why the hook man is following these people. When the killer turned out to be a supernatural being, I just couldn’t bear to watch it. I sat it out though.


Dishonorable Mentions: The Lone Ranger, He Knows You’re Alone, Absolute Beginners, Unfriended, Pixels, Hush, New York Stories, Nine, Vacation, Runner Runner, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Secret in Their Eyes

100 Movie Challenge 2016 - # 110: Knock Knock

Director: Eli Roth
Genre: Thriller
Runtime: 99 minutes
Year: 2015
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas

Description: When a devoted husband and father (Keanu Reeves) is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Review: Eli Roth likes to provoke. In 2002 he debuted with the bloody “Cabin Fever”, but it was “Hostel” that put him on the map. Roth also writes and produces, but in his directed films there are always three elements present: sex, blood and sadism. The blood shedding in “Knock Knock” is only minimal, but the other two ingredients are very present. It’s a home invasion thriller, like “Funny Games” was, but adds a dose of sex to it.
Devoted husband and father Evan stays home alone for the weekend, to work, when his wife and kids are leaving for trip. When Evan is working late, two beautiful young girls knock on his door. Standing in the pouring rain and lost, Evan plays the good Samaritan and lets them in to use his computer. They eventually take advantage of his hospitality and Evan wished he never let those two girls inside his house.
The movie never really gets scary or exciting. The movie is basically a chain of bad dialogues and really bad acting. I’ve always defended Kenau Reeves, because I think he is not as bad as people say he is. In “Knock Knock” his acting is terrible, I’ve never seen him this bad. And there is even a Nicolas Cage moment, a serious over the top scene that is very laughable.
I normally like Eli Roth films, but “Knock Knock” is not one of them. What a bad film.

Rating: 1,5/ 5

Movie Trailer Sunday (190)

Here are this weeks trailers.

Knock Knock

Description: Two beautiful young girls walk into a married man’s life and turn a wild fantasy into his worst nightmare.

Director: Eli Roth

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Colleen Camp, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas, Ignacia Allamand, Aaron Burns

Trailer: Trailer "Knock Knock"

Comment: Shared a teaser before, now a full trailer. I can't wait to see this!

The Gallows

Description: 20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but soon discover that some things are better left alone.

Director: Chris Lofing, Travis Cluff

Starring: Cassidy Gifford, Ryan Shoos, Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown

Trailer: Trailer "The Gallows"

Comment: It's probably going to freak me out!

Cooties

Description: A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.

Director: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion

Starring: Leigh Whannell, Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Rainn Wilson, Jack McBrayer, Jorge Garcia, Nasim Pedrad

Trailer: Trailer "Cooties"

Comment: I sure hope this never happens at my school: zombie kids!

We Are Your Friends

Description: An aspiring DJ (Zac Efron) looks to make it in the L.A. electronic music scene

Director: Max Joseph

Starring: Wes Bentley, Zac Efron, Emily Ratajkowski, Jon Bernthal

Trailer: Trailer "We Are Your Friends"

Comment: Ehm... no. Not interested.

The Intern

Description: 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway).

Director: Nancy Meyers

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro, Celia Weston, Rene Russo, Adam DeVine, Nat Wolff, Zack Pearlman, Linda Lavin, Anders Holm, Andrew Rannells, Jason Orley, Christina Scherer

Trailer: Trailer "The Intern"

Comment: Not an Anne Hathaway fan, but I love De Niro.

Movie trailer Sunday (174)

Here are this weeks trailers.

Black Sea

Description: A rogue submarine captain (Jude Law) pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control onboard their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Starring: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, David Threlfall

Trailer: Trailer "Black Sea"

Comment: What a cool eighties looking poster!

She's Funny That Way

Description: A married Broadway director (Owen Wilson) falls for a prostitute-turned-actress (Imogen Poots) and works to help her advance her career.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Starring:Rhys Ifans, Lucy Punch, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Austin Pendleton, Jake Hoffman, Will Forte, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, George Morfogen, Ahna O’Reilly, Cybil Sheppard

Trailer: Trailer "She's Funny That Way"

Comment: It looks really funny, I really hope that it is!

The Rewrite

Description: Once upon a time, Keith Michaels (Hugh Grant) was an Award-winning Hollywood screenwriter, but divorce and a string of unsuccessful films have left him with nothing but bad debts and blank pages. So when his agent arranges a job as guest screenwriting professor at a remote university in upstate New York, a desperate Keith can’t say no. Initially hoping to give minimal effort to actual teaching so he can focus on his next script, Keith unexpectedly finds himself becoming invested in his students lives, including Holly (Marisa Tomei), a single mom looking to start her own new chapter.

Director: Marc Lawrence

Starring: Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, Chris Elliot, Bella Heathcote

Trailer: Trailer "The Rewrite"

Comment: I Always loved Hugh Grant in lovely comedies like these...

Knock Knock

Description: Two beautiful young girls walk into a married man’s (Keanu Reeves) life and turn a wild fantasy into his worst nightmare.

Director: Eli Roth

Starring:Keanu Reeves, Colleen Camp, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas, Ignacia Allamand, Aaron Burns

Trailer: Trailer "Knock Knock"

Comment: Only a teaser, but it got me interested. I love Keanu!

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

Description: In 1983, a group of childhood friends pulled off the crime of the century: kidnapping one of the richest men in the world, the heir of the Heineken beer empire (Anthony Hopkins). The shocking capture--by gunpoint in broad daylight on the streets of Amsterdam--resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for a kidnapped individual. It was truly the perfect crime…until they got away with it.

Director: Daniel Alfredson

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess, Jemima West, Mark van Eeuwen, Tom Cocquerel

Trailer: Trailer "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken"

Comment: It's a Dutch true story, so kinda cool to see it turned into a Hollywood movie! But always kind of strange to hear them speak English, when they are Dutch.