Oh it exists. If you live a bad life, they force you to watch this in the afterlife with your eyes propped open. Meanwhile, you can see a shelf full of actually-good movies just out of your reach.
I read a comment somewhere that Lana Wachowski was sick of requests to do another Matrix movie so she decided to drive a stake through its heart once and for all.
I’ve heard that the studio strong armed this sequel into existence. But I don’t like the excuse that the movie is deliberately bad in protest. It’s not a good defense IMO. They had the two main leads back, and they wasted the opportunity. In my eyes that’s a bigger crime than forcing an unnecessary sequel.
Everything that happened in those other movies felt significant, as if you were watching the thread of fate. Everything in Matrix 4 feels insignificant, cheap, and pointless.
The problem is that it’s not bad enough to be good. It’s just bad enough to be boring. Everything about M4 is worse than the original trilogy. Even some of the CGI looked worse which is an impressive feat 18 yrs later.
I’ve never seen so much unfinished CGI in my life. Also, whoever decided this movie needed TWO Ezra Millers should never work in the film industry ever again.
Keaton Batman was fun. Supergirl vs Zod was fun.
CGI Super Cage looked like a bad PS2 cinematic. No wonder Nicolas Cage didn’t have good things to say about their use of his image.
Without a doubt one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. This is the worst one so far and it’s not even close. 0/10
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Now watch the series “Robyn Hood”… 
I had to hatewatch it… or at least try to, as it was that bad.
Lol a 1.0 on IMDB is quite a feat
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Holy Crap! Didn’t even notice!
It was a 1.2 or something when it was airing, so it really hit rock bottom!
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From the OP I’ve inflicted the following upon myself:
Battlefield Earth
Got the sense that someone was running up against deadlines: expiring film rights, cast availability, financing window. That or L.Ron Hubbard is a cr_p author. So much Dutch angle.
Battleship
Saw ~¾ of this. Awful writing. What I saw of Liam Neeson’s performance was phoned-in - was clearly more interested in cashing that check.
Ghost in the Shell
A disappointing adaptation of a movie-length anime. So many bad decisions - less entertaining, less enjoyable, less spectacular, less interesting - despite the availability of Hollywood budgets.
Jupiter Ascending
Writing was cr_p. The crew of the warship we saw for ~⅓ of the film was immensely more interesting.
Mortal Engines
Butchered the source material. The cyborg was the most relatable, plausible character.
The Chronicles of Riddick
I dunno. I enjoyed this as a spectacle film.
The Suicide Squad
- 2016 version
Will Smith’s character summed it up all too well:
"Let me guess. We’re going to the swirling ring of trash in the sky now. When does this end?” - 2021 version
A tolerable spectacle in that it didn’t take itself too seriously, although best enjoyed impaired nonetheless
Titan A.E.
I remember this being more of an animation demo than a coherent story.
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Battlefield Earth
The rat bit is my favorite part I think. Cracks me up good. Never read any Hubbard. Curious though. since he also wrote Scientology to see if he was actually a good author first.
Battleship
Saw in theater with friends, didn’t really help. Only good part is the old geezers firing up the WW2 destroyer
Ghost in the Shell
Yea, it is a better movie if you pretend the original doesn’t exist. Watching it makes me want to see the OG again, it is pretty to look at though.
Jupiter Ascending
No argument from me on this one, it’s sooo bad.
Mortal Engines
The cyborg was cool af. I want a spinoff about just the cyborg. Moving city concept was totally squandered
The Chronicles of Riddick
I really like this movie. Shame we haven’t gotten Furya yet
The Suicide Squad
Refers to the second one, the first one was just called Suicide Squad. Neither is good IMO. The second one was just out of sync with the universe it was supposed to be part of though. Felt like Marvel
Titan A.E.
Weak third act IMO
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I liked “Pitch Black” better, but did like COR as well, from what I remember.
That was the one with the lava storms or something, where they go ducking the rising sun or whatever?
Forgot a lot of details as it was æons ago when I saw it last, but did like it.
Yea they basically race the sun kinda like The Mummy Returns but you could argue that it takes a moment for the atmosphere to heat up so maybe they don’t have to literally run faster than the earth’s rotation around the sun to live.
Very different movies in terms of scale. I liked both but COR feels more rare because nobody wants to bankroll a movie like that anymore.
Ah yeah, I’ve used variations of the rat bit on the domestic critters when they’re not cooperating - as if their motives should align with my convenience.
Generally agree. Like Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop adaptation you’re better off living in ignorance of the original for that first watch.
Book series features the cyborg as a serial character and the moving cities bit is considerably more fleshed out. But odds of a sequel or reboot anytime within the next 20+ years is unlikely and not sure I’ll bother reading the books again for that matter.
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Oh, I didn’t realize there was a live action remake.
I think I’ll skip it.
The original animated series is quite impressive, though. 
I think it was pretty universally panned when it came out. Even the casting was questionable. I like John Cho, but I just can’t see him as Spike.
Kind of on topic but my girlfriend and i love to check out used media stores for movies that are so bad that they are good. Not necessarily box office bombs, if they even get to the box office lol
The creators of live-action Cowboy Bebop rejected “Show, don’t tell”. 60 minutes of live-action generally covered less story than 30 minutes of the original animated series.
Apparently kids these days have coined the term “second monitor content” referring to the type of content they leave running on their second monitor while they do something else.
I’ve heard a related theory that Netflix is intentionally making second monitor content. So the repetitious verbal exposition might be to help the people who aren’t looking at the screen 70% of the time.
thanks for your post.
Second Monitor Content…i will use that.
while working from home, it was a constant.
way-back-in-the-day it used to be The Weather Channel.
Yea I’ve put video on the second monitor before, or on another device entirely. But I tend not to engage with content that I wouldn’t also watch with my full attention. It’s interesting to me that people would seek out AV content specifically designed for better listening (even subconsciously). At that point I’d just listen to music or an audio-book.