Friday, May 15, 2009

Worst Movies Ever | The Financial Side of Bad Cinema

Worst movies ever in eye of the beholder

thumbs downThe quality of a movie is, of course, an entirely subjective thing. Nevertheless, I wanted to check out the numbers on the worst movies ever.

RottenTomatoes.com collects movie reviews from a vast base of critics that includes professionals, amateurs and anyone who knows how to pick a username and password. Thanks to this collective approach of rating the quality of a movie, I decided to go with their ruling on worst movies ever.

Without further ado, here are the 10 worst movies ever, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

10. “Half Past Dead”

Directed by Don Michael Paul, “Half Past Dead” came out in 2002. This film got a score of 2 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, which means only 2 percent of the people who weighed in on “Half Past Dead” gave it a positive review.

Despite the 98 percent consensus that this Steven Seagal movie was “rotten,” the film still managed to make some money. The movie cost $13 million to make, and it pulled in $15.4 million worldwide at the box office.

Unfortunately, a $2 million profit is still going to leave the filmmakers running for a faxless payday loan before they can make another movie.

9. “The Master of Disguise”

Dana Carvey’s previous success on “Wayne’s World” and “Saturday Night Live” wasn’t enough to save “The Master of Disguise.” The film also appears to be a career-ender for Carvey, who hasn’t made a movie since “The Master” was released in 2002. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Worst Movies Ever | The Financial Side of Bad Cinema"

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