Hey everyone! I hope you enjoyed reading my Top 10 BEST Movies of 2018 list. If you haven't, you can check it out right here (http://themoviefella.blogspot.com/2019/01/my-top-10-best-movies-of-2018.html).
It’s that time of the year now to take a deserved and totally called-for mega-dump on the very worst movies 2018 threw at us.
As it is every year, I mercifully managed to save my money and my dignity by dodging some stinkers like Robin Hood, Fifty Shades Freed and The Meg, but sadly I did still end up watching a few others.
Last year, I had a last-minute addition to the list - the SHOCKINGLY awful Pitch Perfect 3 which was astoundingly horrible. Let’s hope none of the movies on this list for 2018 made it anywhere near that level.
Before we get into the Top 5, here are a few honourable - or shall I say dishonourable mentions.
So there you have it, folks! My two lists for 2018.
Hope you enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. Do stay tuned for my next post - My Most Anticipated Movies of 2019. Super excited to write that because this year is gonna be awesome with three Marvel movies, one DC movie, Star Wars Episode IX and a plethora of others to look forward to.
It's gonna be lit.
It’s that time of the year now to take a deserved and totally called-for mega-dump on the very worst movies 2018 threw at us.
As it is every year, I mercifully managed to save my money and my dignity by dodging some stinkers like Robin Hood, Fifty Shades Freed and The Meg, but sadly I did still end up watching a few others.
Last year, I had a last-minute addition to the list - the SHOCKINGLY awful Pitch Perfect 3 which was astoundingly horrible. Let’s hope none of the movies on this list for 2018 made it anywhere near that level.
Before we get into the Top 5, here are a few honourable - or shall I say dishonourable mentions.
DISHONOURABLE MENTIONS
Venom
Venom was a mixed bag for me, but more on the bad side.
Granted, I did thoroughly enjoy all the interactions Eddie Brock had with the symbiote Venom as well as how they came about to come into contact with each other, but the movie was such a confused mess that I couldn’t help but consider it a bad movie.
The love story between Brock and Michelle Williams was so bad and not even interesting enough to feature on a crappy sitcom, not to mention how the pair shared zero chemistry whatsoever. Williams was also terribly miscast in a role which gives her absolutely no honour as a talented actor. Literally anybody could play her role.
Along with a forgettable villain and some very forgettable (and barely visible) PG13 action, Venom was just a boring mess of a movie that had potential in areas but for the most part, was confused with what it wanted to be.
Game Night
I watched this movie for free after winning a pair of tickets from an online contest, and I’m so glad I didn’t pay for it.
Game Night did absolutely nothing for me. It lacked any substance whatsoever, and its premise - a married couple that get bored of their usual board game nights and end up getting caught up in some crime and conspiracy caper, is just so far-fetched and ridiculous.
It seems to follow a certain mould that has been consistent with a number of recent Hollywood flopsicles like Baywatch (2017) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017), both of which ended up featuring some totally outlandish and ridiculous villainous plot which didn’t fall in-line with the movie’s setting or area of plausibility at all.
When will Hollywood learn?
Right, and now to the main list.
5. Pacific Rim: Uprising
Where do I begin with this one.
The first movie was a super fun time with some dope-ass robot fighting action and a story that was good and worth telling. Plus, Idris Elba. Idris Elba is always a win.
Take away all those elements along with the lead actor Charlie Hunnam, and you're left with not much. Just some big robot fights that aren't even that interesting.
Admittedly, I did like Scott Eastwood and John Boyega in the movie, but that was literally it.
Just plain forgettable.
The first movie was a super fun time with some dope-ass robot fighting action and a story that was good and worth telling. Plus, Idris Elba. Idris Elba is always a win.
Take away all those elements along with the lead actor Charlie Hunnam, and you're left with not much. Just some big robot fights that aren't even that interesting.
Admittedly, I did like Scott Eastwood and John Boyega in the movie, but that was literally it.
Just plain forgettable.
4. Midnight Sun
Can't believe I paid money to watch this snooze fest.
In what is essentially a rehash of all tragic romantic dramas like The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Me Before You (2016) and Everything, Everything (2017). I didn't even watch the last one but from the trailer, I could tell it was one of those movies designed to make you cry.
This movie was too, but they failed so miserably.
It lacked everything from a compelling story to decent actors. Bella Thorne phones it in with the help of pale makeup to make her look sick and Patrick Schwarzenegger is just good looking.
Another forgettable one.
3. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
This movie was so disappointing on so many levels.
I'm not the biggest fan of the Jurassic Park movies, only the first one because it's amazing.
I thought Jurassic World (2015) wasn't terrific but it sure was thoroughly entertaining and had some excellent CGI dinosaur action.
This movie kind of dials down on the action - I mean, the final act and last big action sequence occurs within the compounds of a mansion, which is puny compared to Isla Nublar.
The only memorable action sequence that comes to mind is the escape from the island as the volcano erupts. That was pretty dope.
Apart from that, we got some random new old rich man character who apparently had ties with old John Hammond from the first movie, some ridiculous cloned young girl and some black market dinosaur auction.
Funnily enough, the least ridiculous thing about it was how Bryce Dallas Howard isn't full-on sprinting in heels anymore.
I'm hopeful the third movie isn't as disappointing as Fallen Kingdom.
2. Rampage
Why did this happen?
I am someone who HATES gigantic nonsensical blockbuster-type movies starring some non-actor, like a Dwayne Johnson.
Granted, I don't hate him as an actor, I just don't regard him very highly for his skill set.
This movie was just one giant CGI crapfest. While watching it, I couldn't wait for it to end so I'd stop wasting my time.
Thankfully I didn't catch that other Dwayne Johnson nonsense movie Skyscraper (2018) that came out after it.
Right, and now for the worst movie of 2018.
1. Solo: A Star Wars Story
Yikes. Just yikes.
I absolutely DESPISED even the idea of this movie ever happening.
Did we need a Han Solo origin story? The simple answer is no, we did not.
Why tell a completely new story of a character whose main trait is his mysteriousness. All you ever needed to know about him is his job, his relationships and that he did the Kessel Run in the Millennium Falcon in less than 12 parsecs.
It ruins the mystery if everything's explained, and this movie just reeks of Disney trying to milk as much money out of the franchise as possible.
After The Last Jedi (2017) disappointed armies of fans worldwide, the last thing the franchise needed was a stinker. With Solo, they got just what they wanted to avoid.
Alden Ehrenreich is miscast as the scoundrel, but even he isn't the worst part of the movie.
After hearing the sheer amount of production drama that went on behind the scenes - Phil Lord and Christopher Miller given the boot as directors, being replaced by Ron Howard who had to reshoot everything that had been already done by the duo - that stuff takes a toll on the overall quality of the finished product, and sadly, you feel it with this one.
Howard becomes a victim here of studio bullying. He basically became their "Yes Man" because the movie lacks any style of any sort, and with the cheap easter eggs planted here and there and even the stupid golden dice which shouldn't be the big deal they made it to be, it just comes off as lazy and phoned-in.
They couldn't even get Han Solo's iconic catchphrase right.
Good moments were few and far between, with the vast majority of the good stuff occurring whenever the brilliantly-cast Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian was on screen.
It's just a sad movie. It doesn't work as a Star Wars canon movie nor does it even work as a sci-fi space adventure flick. It's caught in this weird limbo of mediocrity that Rogue One (2016) damn nearly fell into with all its studio meddling.
Mercifully, that movie turned out alright. This didn't, and the absolutely shocking box office numbers (US$392 million worldwide) proved it.
So there you have it, folks! My two lists for 2018.
Hope you enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. Do stay tuned for my next post - My Most Anticipated Movies of 2019. Super excited to write that because this year is gonna be awesome with three Marvel movies, one DC movie, Star Wars Episode IX and a plethora of others to look forward to.
It's gonna be lit.
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