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Re:Chekhov's Gun by mmaunder on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:13AM (#28424097)
It’s also celebrated as the worst film ever made.
Re:Chekhov's Gun by morganvachon on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:23AM (#28424172)
I've never seen The Room so my opinion may change if I ever do, but there is another movie that I have seen (though only by proxy of MST3K) called Manos: The Hands of Fate that also has been referred to as the worst movie ever made, and I wholeheartedly agree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manos:_The_Hands_of_Fate

Re:Chekhov's Gun by dmix on Sunday September 05, 2021 @07:22PM (#28428717)
Not sure why I chose to watch that but I have to agree, that's comparable to The Room (if not as funny on it's own like The Room is, absent the jokes added by the MST3K hosts this one would be getting fast-forwarded constantly).

Things that are "bad" like that are uniquely bad. It's not just annoying or purposefully bad, it's a side effect of a series of poor judgements that make it amusing.

The most revealing part was in a Youtube comment that explained the master's helper guy (who takes up a ton of screen time) was clearly on acid the whole time, which makes his totally unusual behaviours understandable for anyone who has tried that before. But still very very socially awkward and creepy.

Re:Chekhov's Gun by scubbo on Sunday September 05, 2021 @08:47PM (#28429182)
Those 2, and "Plan 9 from Outer Space", are the 3 I generally hear "lauded" as the worst.
Re:Chekhov's Gun by mPReDiToR on Sunday September 05, 2021 @08:05PM (#28428969)
I thought Battlefield Earth held that title?

If you're masochistic, download it from somewhere. If you're sadistic, have people watch it with you.

I'm not engaging in hyperbole when I call it ridiculously bad.

Re:Chekhov's Gun by mmaunder on Friday September 10, 2021 @04:54PM (#28486776)
Going to test my pain threshold with that this evening. Thanks.
Re:Chekhov's Gun by poetaster on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:58AM (#28424388)
Probably suicidal to say so, but I thought I made the most awful films. https://poetaster.de/vendetta