The title says it all, but just in case: which is the highest film on IMDB's Top 250 that you find to be bad? I don't mean disappointing, overrated, not-your-style, or some kind of missed opportunity, but a genuinely sub-par film.
Obviously the list fluctuates, but for these purposes it should be okay. And, since Inception is precariously high right now, and will certainly fall, it might be better/more interesting to just go straight to the second-highest if that's going to be your answer.
I'm pretty torn as to what mine would be. I know a whole bunch of you will hate this, but my first rough candidate was Apocalypse Now at #38. I liked some of the ideas behind it but found everything else insufferable, but whether or not I'd call it "bad" is debatable.
A bit further down, at #50, I find a better candidate in A Clockwork Orange, and a better one still in Full Metal Jacket, which I think is the first film (at #83) that I'm pretty much positive I would call "bad." And if I were to waiver on that, I definitely wouldn't go past Avatar at #113.
So, now that I've surely enraged all Kubrick fans: what would you choose?
Obviously the list fluctuates, but for these purposes it should be okay. And, since Inception is precariously high right now, and will certainly fall, it might be better/more interesting to just go straight to the second-highest if that's going to be your answer.
I'm pretty torn as to what mine would be. I know a whole bunch of you will hate this, but my first rough candidate was Apocalypse Now at #38. I liked some of the ideas behind it but found everything else insufferable, but whether or not I'd call it "bad" is debatable.
A bit further down, at #50, I find a better candidate in A Clockwork Orange, and a better one still in Full Metal Jacket, which I think is the first film (at #83) that I'm pretty much positive I would call "bad." And if I were to waiver on that, I definitely wouldn't go past Avatar at #113.
So, now that I've surely enraged all Kubrick fans: what would you choose?