WHERE WERE YOU?

Haha, I never saw the Asylum Battle Los Angeles, but I just want to say to everyone who shits on Cloverfield: "Watch Monster, the Asylum knock-off of Cloverfield." Because yikes.

Oh, that's totally valid. Last year, the worst, most uncomfortable theatrical viewing experience I had was my preview screening of The Last Airbender. It was loaded with fans of the anime who were excited about the movie, and you could actually feel the hostility building in the theater over the course of the show.…

Nice. It's good to know there are others out there who share my sickness.

That's the thing! I'm not sure either.

Are you going to do it again in 2012?

But again, you could say the same thing about Jack and Jill: It's a cash grab, and obviously nobody made it under the impression it would be a critical darling. (And three of the six movies I listed opened in the second half of the year, two in the fall.)

But… I mean, if the prologue is only screening in 70mm IMAX, and the prologue is screening at three theaters in Toronto, that would mean that those three theaters are 70mm IMAX. I guess?

I truly hope you're never in that predicament.

But couldn't you say the same thing about Jack and Jill? It's another movie that Adam Sandler sleepwalks through as pretty much himself. The only difference is that he also plays a 20-years-later version of his Gap Girls character from Saturday Night Live. I mean, I got all that from the trailer. I didn't walk into to…

Or, if you're specifically looking for the Dark Knight Rises prologue, there's a list here:

http://www.redballoon.net/c…

As much as I love making fun of terrible movies, no, I guess I probably wouldn't be seeing as many theatrically if not for this. So… thanks!

I've never listened to that one, but I'll check it out. I love bad-movie podcasts. The Flop House is a personal favorite, and the Frotcast over on FilmDrunk can be amazing when they stick to the movie discussion. (See their encapsulation of Tower Heist in episode 72.)

Skyline was 2010, though. And yeah, Skyline was awful, but at least it wasn't shot by drunk cameramen, its aliens were clearly seen on screen, and it had a batshit crazy finale. So if you held a gun to my head — but ONLY if you held a gun to my head — I'd pick Skyline.

This reason is probably not good enough, but I have a movie blog/podcast. Bad films generally make the best episodes.

I would also add that Jack and Jill had a couple running jokes that were notably bizarre and baffling, which is at least, um, something: Adam Sandler's adopted son taping things (hamsters, turkey legs) to himself throughout the movie because, as mom Katie Holmes non-explains, "he likes tape," and a pet cockatoo that…

I honestly thought Abduction, I Am Number Four, The Change-Up, Sucker Punch, Breaking Dawn, and Battle Los Angeles were all worse than Jack and Jill.

…which is kinda weird, right?

The thing you're talking about re: the werewolf… Does it involve a finger? Because it's hilarious, and I actually own Cursed if only for that moment.