Some stinkers...

Here's the worst of the worst, in my opinion, top of the list labeled "What the hell were they thinking?" (Barring B-grade direct to video releases, especially the low-budget horror genre, for there would be no end to this.) There's no use ranking here.

Josie and the Pussycats (2000) - Although a funny and cynical look at the record industry, the film's attempt to target the brainwashing capabilities of pop music marketing was way too literal and the jokes suffered. Even a good satire would say, "Really?"

Cold Mountain (2003) - This just goes to show you not even the Academy can pick' em some of the time. Beautifully shot, with even some good performances, but painfully drawn out, with a story nobody enjoyed, and an anti-climax like no other movie this decade.

War of the Worlds (2005) - The lack of any explanation behind the alien invasion is not the issue here. It's the wooden acting from Tom Cruise, the same hash from Dakota Fanning we've all grown annoyed of, and the recycled special effects we saw in Independence Day. Spielberg was clearly on auto-pilot for this one.

Crossroads (2002) - A vehicle for a possible Britney Spears film career. Blah! The manufactured coming of age plot couldn't even rid itself of enough stereotypes to achieve normalcy. Was in theaters for a day I think.

Superman Returns (2006) - Who thought that doing a follow-up to the Christopher Reeve series with different actors was a good idea. It was painful watching Kevin Spacey play Lex Luther, and the story was so strange, even for a comic book movie. (Luther is creating his own continent.)

The Matrix Revolutions (2003) - The Wachowski's lost all touch with their fan base when they steered this movie off in a direction that no-trilogies should go. Their big budget bought them so many effects without any substance this time, and they did nothing new with Neo's character. The movie was a looooonnnngggg and loud action sequence, without any real actors, just a lot of machines. So much for the sci-fi trilogy masterpiece this was going to be. Did anyone understand the ending?

Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - A highly anticpated sequel, that suffered the same disease as the Matrix did -too many effects, too many plotlines. The characterizations were drowned and the humor was lost. It was flat and uninteresting.