The worst movie in my recent memory was Casino by Martin Scorsese. I guess what made it so bad was that Scorsese was usually so brilliant. I had a kind-of "this can't be happening feeling" and sat thru the film transfixed, hoping something would change & make the film at least OK.

What always amazes me when I read a review of (or see) a bad Hollywood film: how did the directors & producers get the backing to make a crappy movie? There's so many folks out there wanting to make films that it seems weird the studios would invest in bad films. I guess the studios know if they hype it enough, even a…