Opinion

The 10 Worst Movies Of 2010 – Bah Humbug

Posted by on December 24, 2010 at 1:15 pm.

Bah Humbug. As we draw close to the end of the year, I thought I would take this opportunity to share with all of you my list for the 10 worst films of 2010.

Now, I know there were a million small indie films that COULD be on this list, but for the purposes of this particular post I’m limiting the list to just those films that had a wide release.

Like anything else in movies, this list is completely subjective… but the horrible stench of these brutally awful films just had to be acknowledged. So now, because I hate you all just a little bit, here are the worst film of 2010.

Worst2010-Bounty.jpg#10 – THE BOUNTY HUNTER
I’m actually someone who can appreciate a cheesy romantic comedy once in a while, and I’m going to be completely honest I thought Gerard Butler’s last Rom-Com “THE UGLY TRUTH” was funnier than most people gave it credit for… but this movie just had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Poor Jennifer Aniston.

Worst2010-Fairy.jpg#9 – THE TOOTH FAIRY
As we roll into 2011 it looks like THE ROCK (Dwayne Johnson) is finally getting back to what he should have been doing this whole time… action films… we are still left with the awful taste of this ball of shit in our mouths. NEVER GO BACK ROCK… never go back. I totally understand the appeal to cash those big family film cheques… but it almost killed your career. Stick with action man.

Worst2010-Marmaduke.jpg#8 – MARMADUKE
This was one of those movies where everyone just knew it was going to completely suck long before the first trailer came out. Whoever gave the green light to this mess should be getting a pink slip in their stocking for Christmas. I mean seriously… if all of us knew from the moment we heard about this movie that it was going to be horrible… why couldn’t a highly paid movie exec?

Worst2010-Killers.jpg#7 KILLERS
I’ve been saying for years that Ashton Kutcher is a completely waste of screen time in any film… but people just won’t listen to me and thus we keep getting “movies” like Killers. Domestically the film only made $47 million, so it’s not like he’s a draw. STOP PUTTING HIM IN MOVIES!

Worst2010-Macgruber.jpg#6 – MACGRUBER
This is one of those movie that I actually had some hope for… and man did it ever fall flat. I watched it again this week just to make sure, because someone actually put this steaming pile of shit on their TOP 10 list. Nope, I kept count through the film and it only made me giggle 2 times. A mortal sin that no comedy is allowed to commit.

Worst2010-Clash.jpg#5 – CLASH OF THE TITNAS
One of those movies that I thought was ripe for a remake and had a lot of potential, but just ended up being 2 hours of my life I wish I could get back. Sam Worthington continues to fail to impress with any performance he’s given so far (although you can see he has the tools to be a solid actor… I just haven’t seen him put it all together yet… I’m sure he will).

Worst2010-Grown.jpg#4 – GROWN UPS
Oh Adam Sandler… why do you continue to disappoint us so? Your comedy has run dry, but you’ve shown a real gift for the dramatic and I really wish you would start doing more films like “REIGN OVER ME”. You’ve done some amazing comedy in the past, but either make yourself fresh again or PLEASE move on to drama, because you seem to be amazing at it.

Worst2010-Vampires.jpg#3 – VAMPIRES SUCK
I can’t remember when the last spoof movie was actually any good. Maybe HOT SHOTS PART DEUX. Ken Jeong… what the hell were you doing?!?!?! You’ve set yourself up as one of my absolute favorite comedic character actors in Hollywood… you make the funniest commercials and you’ve got a hit TV comedy. WHY THE HELL DID YOU AGREE TO DO THIS MOVIE?!?!?!

Worst2010-Machete.jpg#2 – MACHETE
This film was probably one of my most anticipated movies of 2010 and the first 5 minutes made me think I was going to get everything I was hoping for. Sadly, after the first 5 minutes the film quickly slopes into a horrendously unfunny and painful political propaganda movie… such horrible propaganda that it almost made me switch to the other side.

Worst2010-Rome.jpg#1 – WHEN IN ROME
The funny thing here is that I actually think Josh Duhamel could be a great romantic comedy lead and we all love sarah Marshall… ummm… I mean Kristen Bell… but man… this movie almost felt like they were intentionally TRYING to make the absolute worst movie that they could. Congratulations… you succeeded.

So there you have it. Leave your thoughts… but remember, if you tell me a film that I should have put on this list you’ve also got to tell me which of these films was TOO GOOD to be on the list in its place..

  • http://thefilmstage.com Jordan Raup

    You avoided The Last Airbender? Lucky you.

  • John Campea

    Hey Jordan,

    No, I saw it… and I’d put it in my “Worst 20″ list… but the ones I listed above were all worse.

    But man… you broke the rule. If you’re going to suggest another film that should be on the list… you’ve got to tell me which of the films on my list is TOO GOOD to be there in its place.

  • Andrew

    The only two on your list I saw were Clash of the Titans and Grown-Ups. And I enjoyed them both. When I saw your thing on Killers and what you said about Ashton Kutcher, well, I hate to tell you John, but I’m one of those guys who loves seeing him in movies. So, yeah, I’m one of those people who actually enjoys him. But, ah well, it’s subjective, like you said. Merry Christmas, Campea.

  • Darek-T

    To be honest I would put The Last Airbender as #1 on my list.
    I’ve only actually seen 1 of the movies on this list because that rest never looked like they were worth my time (and I guess I was right) so I can’t really say which of these I would remove.
    But obviously sense I’d put it as the worst movie this year I’d remove the one movie I have seen (Clash of the Titans) as being “too good” even though it was pretty dang terrible and probably my biggest disappointment of the year besides Last Airbender!!

  • http://umberhaven.blogspot.com Todd W in NC

    The only one of these I saw was Clash of the Titans, and I wasn’t as enthusiastic of that one as my friends were. It was pretty meandering & boring. Seeing it in 3D was very disappointing. I’m not sure if it was the film itself or the projector at my particular theater, but the picture also looked a few shades darker than it should have been. A very unsatisfying movie-going experience.

    Sorry you had to see this many bad movies, John. I guess that’s the downside of being a movie reviewer.

  • duck

    Skyline. Worst movie of the Year. It wasn’t even enjoyable bad, just horrible in every aspect of film making. I actually like watching bad movies ie Shark vs Giant Octopus, Snakes on a Train, etc. I think the narrative of Skyline is such nonsense that for the briefest of moments you can see a glimmer of hope that perhaps something wonderfully strange will happen during this mess, whether it be good or bad. Then your see that though every characters action and dialog defies reason, the plot will stick to the most cliched, predictable route possible.

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