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Easily the worst movie ever made... no contest


Obviously, a bunch of stoned idiots, and likely including Adam Sandler, sat around talking about the concept for this and the grass made it a much funnier idea than it was.

Then, and this is the important part, somehow they all agreed that they would ad-lib the entire movie. "We'll get all the funniest people and we'll just wing it". It's obvious from the outtakes that they didn't use any script as every session was completely different.

The only problem was, the grass is the only reason the idea, or the actors chosen seemed funny.

This is truly the worst POS ever to be put on celuloid. It's an embarrassment to all aspiring film-makers. The simple fact that this got made belittles the entire industry.

Poor Ernest Borgnine, that he had to be involved with this project. An Academy Award winner should not be trashed like this.

Steve Zahn has shown some true acting ability in other projects. But here, he is wasted. That A**hole from "Superbad" (I'm not even going to go to the trouble of looking up his name) is simply and completely without any skills at all. He thinks he's funny, he's not.

Only a stoned person could find this amusing (beyond the first 5 minutes which showed promise). And if you did, shame on you for wasting your life on drugs. This should be blatant wake-up call that drugs will mess you up for life.

The amazing part is that through the entire process, nobody, when straight, didn't point out that this wasn't working as planned. Perhaps someone did but it was too expensive to simply write-off. And they likely knew enough stoners would get wasted and spend $8 on this.

I have never rated a movie below a 3 as I can always find something redeeming in a film. Some actor, trying despite a bad script... some writer who did well but fell victim to a bad director. But this was a zero, plain and simple.

But this movie is totally without merit of any kind. Every single aspect of this movie is junk. And the idea of trying to ad-lib a movie would work, but only if you choose funny people. The ones in this film (that have had some success with good scripts) are proof that an actor is only as good as the material he is delivering.

What total crap!

"I think that boy's cheese slid off his cracker" The Green Mile

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apparently you haven't seen Gummo...

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I'm an avid stoner, and this is without a doubt the worst atrocity to celluloid since Leonard Part 6. This movie dropped my IQ from stress trying to figure out why it is so bad. Save your time, money, and more importantly your intelligence. If you want a GOOD stoner movie there are countless options. This is not one of them.

"I dont wanna say atodaso Julian but atodaso, I *beep* atodaso." - Ricky, Trailer Park Boys.

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Leonard Part 6...LOL!!!

I remember that!

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Its supposed to be stupid...I don't understand what you don't get. Compare them to Date and Epic movie(which I couldn't even get past the first 10 minutes of). At least it was watchable. I thought it was funny...and I wasn't high!

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I'd rather watch Sleepover than see this movie again.

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I laughed briefly 4 times so I give it a 4/10

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so if u laughed briefly 10 times it would get a 10/10?

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If a comedy can give me 10 really good laughs then usually it's going to get a good rate from me maybe not a 10 but close....however my 4 out of 10 because of 4 brief laughs was more of a sarcastic statement in saying I disliked the movie.

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I loved it, i was laughing so hard xD. And im not being sarcastic btw...

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The Garbage Pail Kids movie, Kazaam, Glitter, Gigli, Teenwolf, Dream a Little Dream 2, Tootsie, Hocus Pocus, Battlefield Earth, Space Jam, Bratz the movie...

Need I go on?

I have seen a lot worse. A LOT.



Slater: Jessie, these pills are dangerous
Jessie: Yeah, well so is geometry.

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Wait, I was with you for most of that but did you say Teen Wolf and Tootsie? There's no way in hell either of them should be put on a list like that. Teen Wolf is stupid but fun and Tootsie is a great film.

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OP clearly has way too much time on his hands to make a thread like this.
This movie is supposed to be bad...it was made on a small budget and is so ridiculously stupid that at times it can be funny. But its not like it was made seriously. I dont think its the movie apocalypse like you suggest. It was made with next to nothing and does generate some fairly decent laughs. Not a great movie id never rate it above a 6 but if you got time to kill why not sit back and relax and stop thinkin for a while.

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Nah the OP is right on the money. The ad-libbing in this film was abysmal, they should have just realised how bad it was and stopped half way. It is without a doubt in the top 10 worst films ever made, along with Goal 3 and The Terminal.

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Ultraviolet
Snakes on a Plane
Star Wars Episodes 1 and 2
Not another Teen Movie
Every Scary Movie
Meet the Spartans
Wild Things
The Happening
Boondock Saints 2
Salo
A Serbian Film
The Human Centipede
Ishtar
Jabberwocky
Monty Python's Meaning Of Life
Dragonball Z Movie
Survival Of The Dead
everything Twilight
Vampires Suck
Suck
The Wicker Man (Nicholas Cage remake)
EDIT: I have just come back from seeing SKYLINE and I wish to add it to this list. Twice if I can...

Off the top of my head. ALL worse than Strange Wilderness, ALL lacking any redeeming qualities.

SW is not a masterpiece and could have been much better (See Grandma's Boy which was infinitely better). But I laughed at enough parts of this one that I don't mind. I still watch it now and then for the few funny parts. Also, I don't do drugs, so that theory is shot as well.

It is far too easy, in the passion of having seen a bad movie to declare it the WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME, but often times, it is not really that bad. THe list above are all movies I would refuse to ever sit through again. Strange Wilderness doesn't even come close to making that list.

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This is one of my favorite stoner comedies. The ad-libbing was terrible? are you serious? the *beep* they were saying had me in tears, they were such goofy stoners it made me laugh through the entire movie.

also, to the OP, if you think smoking weed is "wasting your life" im not very surprised you didnt enjoy what is clearly a stoner comedy. just sayin.


Where the **** are my hard-boiled eggs?

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Shazam is worse.

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Easily this is the most common topic in IMDB, and like all the others, is a waste of everything. Nobody cares what you think hipster dick.

shut the fvck up Donny!

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