Still the worst movie I've ever watched in a cinema

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I still think the worst movie I've seen in a theater is Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (Definitely a polarizing, love it or hate it type of film). Like you, seeing The Phantom Menace was almost surreal. Same with Kingdom of the Crytsal Skull, but that also had to do with expectations. When I saw Highlander II I didn't think it was particularly great, but I also wouldn't have put it in my bottom-10 (I was only 17 and it was the early 90s after all). After re-watching it today; the so-called improved "Renegade Version" no less, I can say this movie easily makes my short list of the worst big-budget films of all-time.

"The name's Rowsdower. Zap Rowsdower."

Season of the Witch if you ask me

i'll be back

one word twilight

I saw it with my wife on a first date, seriously.

My previous GF dumped me after we went to see Memphis Belle, I'm sure the boredom of that film made her finally snap and tell me it was over.

Shyamalan's The Last Airbender. Until I saw that one in theater (in [bad, last minute] 3D to twist the knife even further), Highlander 2 (saw it on video) had been the touchstone for how to defile a franchise. After Airbender I recognize H2 for the goofy lighthearted romp it truly is.

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With trenches full of poets,
The ragged army, fixing bayonets to fight the other line

it was bad but DUNE was the worst ive ever watched

I actually saw 'Highlander II' as a special preview, they did a promotional tour in the UK long before the movie actually came out and my local multiplex was included. Three special showing (which given the cult (god-like) status that 'Highlander' enjoyed in the UK) were sold out in minutes.. I was lucky (or unlucky) to get a ticket. They were a couple of Producers at these showing too, no doubt to gauge the reaction of the market. I should add that the version I saw, was the 'Renegade Version' that was released years later on VHS and then later on DVD.

Well, suffice to say, the Producers didn't get the reaction I believe they were expecting. Before the movie started, it was a total party atmosphere, swapping stories on how many times you'd seen 'Highlander' (at that point, I'd see it over 30 times!, simple hokey fun the original movie was with an awesome soundtrack). One person even bought a TV/VHS and we all watched 'Highlander' before pouring into the theater..

So, the movie began.. the cheers all died down and we watched it.. throughout the showing, myself included you could hear people saying WTF!. are you kidding me!.. So, the movie ended and I've got to say it was surreal to say the least - you could've heard a pin drop, that's how quiet it was BUT that only lasted about 30 seconds and that came the shouting, cursing.. popcorn and drinks were thrown at the screen.. Booing everywhere. They hastily removed us from the theater sending us out the rear exits (normally, they'd let us go back through the front). I was so pissed off and I wasn't alone after watching this trainwreck of a movie.

I found out a few days later, that the promotional tour was cancelled, it was a disaster for them, not just at my local cinema but numerous others they did at the same time in other cities. Not surprisingly 'Highlander II' bombed (hard) in the UK.