The Baddies

I would dedicate this post to the films that have successfully disguised themselves as 'worth-watching' or 'a good time' or 'starring celebrities' that actually made me watch them. I would start from the year 2008. One film per year. Starting now. The thing is, I don't watch that many bad movies,  and sometimes, I kinda like the bad movies. For example, although people say it was bad, I enjoyed Battleship and John Carter. Although it was extremely disappointing, I won't say The Last Airbender is 2010's worst. So for the movies featured in this post, you guys are exceptional. For the record, spoof movies are not worthy of even mentioning.


2008: The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
First of all, no Rachel Weisz. Second, it's in China. Third, the O'Connell son is already big and Brendan Fraser did not get old at all. The fun and adventure is lost. Everything is just a derivative of the previous movies. It has a disappointing climax and Jet Li doesn't even speak. So bad. So bad. I wonder if they still maintain the Egypt setting, what would go wrong? I loved the first Mummy by the way. It's just soooo much fun.
Runner-up: Seven Pounds

2009: Dragonball Evolution
A cheap, and bad adaptation. I'm not familiar with the original comics but I know enough and it's not like it's depicted in the film. The special effects are bad and it puzzles me why Chow Yun-Fat and Emmy Rossum wants to star in this film.
Runner-up: none. this is unanimous.

2010: Dear John
I have to go with this Nicholas Sparks' novel which I watched in the cinemas! It was boring. I don't even know what happen in the end. Everything just got to be romantic but in the end, it doesn't make sense. Also, the so-called dear John letters scenes are only present for maybe 5 minutes. No hard feelings for the always stunning Amanda Seyfried though. Footnote: I enjoyed The Notebook, but this movie made me hate the name Nicholas Sparks.
Runner-up: hmmm, again, can't think of one.

2011: The Three Musketeers
Directed by Paul WS Anderson and starring quite a lot of big names. I actually wanted Mads Mikkelsen to win and that is a bad omen when you wanted the villain to win over The Musketeers. Also, Anderson's 'expose your wife' scheme was later copied by Len Wiseman in his remake of Total Recall. Orlando Bloom was drunk all the way through. Logan Lerman was definitely desperate after Percy Jackson bombed. All in all, it's torture to watch all this talents in a bad movie like this. Oh, did I mentioned that the score is a rip-off between Hans Zimmer's Pirates of the Caribbean and Sherlock Holmes? And, oh, I almost forgot the bad special effects.
Runner-up: The Smurfs

2012: Resident Evil: Retribution
God, another Paul WS Anderson film. The other Anderson directors actually have great movies under their belt (that's Wes and PT for those unaware). What makes RE 5 bad is that the film is of no importance to exist. This whole thing could be explained in a montage. I actually have a review for this film, so go ahead and check.
Runner-up: Paranormal Activity 4



And if I have to pick the worst film from these films, I'd pick The Three Musketeers.
By the way we're still on for Die Hard 5 review later this week along with late reviews of Gangster Squad and Mama.