Worst "science" movie

[griff_goodbeard]

Armageddon's gotta be near the top of the list.

Here's a site with all the movie physics stupidity you can take:
http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/

Enjoy

That site is classic, the write-up on The Core made me laugh out loud. Boy, am I glad I never wasted money seeing the pile of $@$%. Thanks for the link.

 

[JimAde]

Honestly, I'm having a hard time thinking of a science-related movie that had *good* science it it!!

Sigh. Someday I really want to see a movie set in space in which something explodes - silently, with no fireball. :\

[Edit] For worst science in a movie I've actually seen (though I regret it still): the exploding people on the surface of Mars in "Total Recall".

I don't think it had any explosions, but 2001: A Space Odyssey correctly portayed silent events in space. Can't think of any others right off.

 

[Kanegrundar]

My list is waaaaay too long to list, but Armageddon and The Core are at the top of the list. I still enjoyed both movies, though, because I was expecting a far-fetched sci-fi/action flick and got what I expected (and a little more) with both.

Kane

 

[Pyrex]

Well, everyone already got 'The Core' and 'The Day After Tomorrow' which are some of the worst in recent memory.

How about Terminator 3? All kinds of bad science there.

 

[JimAde]

Well, everyone already got 'The Core' and 'The Day After Tomorrow' which are some of the worst in recent memory.

How about Terminator 3? All kinds of bad science there.

I don't know if you can call time travel bad science, since it's not really science at all. More like philosophical speculation. Or was there other bad science in that movie? I don't remember it very well.

I just got done reading the intuitor review of "What the **** Do We Know". I was actually interested in seeing that when it came out but now I'm SO glad I didn't. Wow.

 

[Mallus]

Who expected real science in a film called "The Core"... that featured an inverse rocketship that travels to --surprise-- the Earth's core?

That's pretty close to expecting a laugh track in "Schindler's List". Or perhaps a cameo by Hello Kitty in "The Sorrow and the Pity" (see, then the tag-line could have been "The Sorrow and the Kitty!". Genius, I say...)

I have a hard time thinking of a movie that qualifies. All the SF films I can think of fit into the category "comic book/pulp science".

Maybe "Event Horizon", which looked almost 2001/2010-ish for the 1st 45 minutes or so, until it morphed into a totally unimaginative horror flick (now if it would have morphed into a smart horror flick, it would have rocked).

And Sphere. Not even my new HDTV could make that anything but crap, though I was astounded by how clear the text on all the little, meaningless computer displays were in HD...

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

How about Terminator 3? All kinds of bad science there.

Well, if you're going to start going into movies that don't care about it in the first place, then sure we can name off pretty much every single movie ever made, especially anything science fiction/fantasy.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

I immediately thought of Armageddon when I saw the title of this thread.

I was disappointed to see The Abyss listed as RP on tht Intuitor website. It was a long time ago when I saw it, but I thought at the time that it was pretty good. Now I know better.

 

[Crothian]

The Abyss is sitll one of the better movies ever made. I don't think the move erver claimed it was realistic.

The science of Ghostbusters was pretty bad......

 

[Warrior Poet]

Here's a site with all the movie physics stupidity you can take:
http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/

Enjoy

My favorite quote from that site so far:

"There are individuals who have accidentally fallen through windows without sustaining serious injuries. There are also people who have survived the Ebola virus."

Warrior Poet