Gallery: 10 Most Hated Movies of 2011
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2011's movie roster was filled with the good, the bad and the mediocre. Some films wowed us, while some drove us out of the theaters. Perhaps the only constant was the variety of personal tastes: One person's thoroughly enjoyable moviegoing experience was another's journey through cinematic hell. (You know [what they say about opinions](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Opinions%20Are%20Like%20Assholes.).) Here at Wired, we take our entertainment seriously, so we polled our staff, gathering a list of least favorite movies of 2011. These are not necessarily the worst movies of the year; some of them were quite well-reviewed, on Wired.com and elsewhere. These are merely personal opinions and gripes — a roundup of the little things that bothered us most about the past year's Hollywood creations. Read all about our pet peeves, and share your own most hated movies in the comments below. __Above:__ Green Lantern ------------- This movie was so bad I almost completely blocked it out of my memory. If I had a ring that could make anything I dream up come to life, and I was battling some universe-destroying entity, I'd think of some crazy inventive weapons to battle him with, not boring things like a souped-up, oversize machine gun. Come on — you think Parallax doesn't know how to handle a machine gun? Think outside the box, man! *—Christina Bonnington* __Worst part:__ That the power ring was bestowed upon someone as stupid as Ryan Reynolds' character. __Redeeming feature:__ The CG for Reynolds' Green Lantern suit is pretty nifty.
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Super 8 ------- If I wanted to watch a condescendingly upbeat film about the overlit magic of aliens and adolescence, I'd jump in my hot tub time machine and watch some Spielberg schlock circa 1984. Spielberg at least knows how to keep his eye on his [MacGuffin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin), while director J.J. Abrams builds Super 8's plot structure around a non-ironically meaningless object of pursuit. *—Shannon Perkins* __Worst part:__ The drugged-out, enchanted look on the townspeople's faces when the citizen-devouring alien reveals himself. __Redeeming feature:__ The train wreck was mad cool.
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The Tree of Life ---------------- Hailed by critics, The Tree of Life is nearly three hours of director Terrence Malick indulging his worst impulses and torturing those moviegoers who are too smart to fall prey to a self-imposed delusion that if what they are watching is Malick, it must be deep. His method in the film is to take the indulgences from his better movies and turn them into this movie. If I hold a shot of grass swaying for minutes on end, that's deep. Nature is awesome — let's show volcanoes erupting for five minutes — that's deep. Geez, bad things happen to good people — let's say there is a way of nature and a way of grace. That's deep. And whatever you do, hold the shot for five minutes. Man, wind is nice. Malick has grown so enamored of his own questioning of the world that he thinks he can dispense with narrative and instead show three hours of footage based on masturbatory, philosophical musings that even a stoned college student would dismiss as superficial five minutes after putting down the bong. It's a pity no one told him how embarrassing this movie is, especially since it comes from a director who gave the world three amazing movies — *Badlands, The Thin Red Line* and *Days of Heaven.* *—Ryan Singel* __Worst part:__ Twenty minutes of B-roll *Nova* documentary nature footage set to dramatic music that supposedly shows the birth of the universe, including gorillas fighting. __Redeeming feature:__ The unintended comedy of a low-rent CGI dinosaur showing mercy on a deerlike thing. It's supposed to be a deep moral moment that instead looks like something found on the editing floor of *Jurassic Park.*
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The Adjustment Bureau --------------------- I understand that "based on a story by Philip K. Dick" is Hollywood-speak for "no third act," but still, after setting up a perfectly acceptable universe where destiny is controlled by bureaucratic angels in hats, couldn't you at least try to have an ending? I mean, other than, "Er ... um ... and then they all live happily ever after!" *—Adam Rogers* __Worst part:__ Wait: They get their magic, city-teleporting powers from the hats? __Redeeming feature:__ I gotta say, Matt Damon sells it.
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The Green Hornet ---------------- What a waste of talent. Michel Gondry made the excellent *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* but the French director's quirky humor failed to translate on just about every level in this comic book-inspired movie. The usually reliable Seth Rogen starred, produced and co-wrote the flick, but the jokes felt forced and the Green Hornet's relationship with sidekick Kato grew tiresome. The 3-D conversion did nothing to redeem Rogen's unlikable rich-boy schlub, a character whose unrelenting narcissism came across as unpleasant rather than funny.*—Hugh Hart* __Worst part:__ Christoph Waltz's pallid villain Chudnofsky. Coming off his Oscar win as the ingeniously [twisted *Inglourious Basterds* bastard](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2009/08/review-nightmare-nazi-dominates-tarantinos-inglourious-basterds/), Waltz must have tried to do something interesting, but his flat character never said or did anything remotely original. __Redeeming feature:__ Cameron Diaz injected an engaging spark of humanity into what was otherwise a standard "girlfriend" role.
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Source Code ----------- I was very excited to see this movie because I was such a fan of *Moon* (also directed by Duncan Jones). But *Source Code* fell short. It felt like Jones was trying too hard, and the film became overly complicated and commercial. And honestly, [what happened to the poor guy that Jake Gyllenhaal took the body from](http://movieplotholes.com/source-code.html)? Where is he at? *—Simon Lutrin* __Worst part:__ They never explained what happened to the dude who's body Gyllenhaal took. __Redeeming feature:__ Decent premise, I guess.
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Horrible Bosses ---------------- Despite my better judgment, I saw this movie. I'm a huge Charlie Day fan after watching It's Always Sunny for the past few years, and I figured I'd give Horrible Bosses a shot. It's horrible for a number of reasons. For starters, the movie suffers from a preposterous premise: It pits a trio of disgruntled members of the middle-class workforce against their abominable bosses, and the group decides the only option they're left with to better their lives is to off their bosses. The characters aren't likable enough for me to want them to succeed, and frankly, the bosses seem more interesting than the main characters are. I kept waiting to laugh at this supposed comedy, but ended up feeling weird and wishing I'd seen something else. *—Christina Bonnington* __Worst part:__ Somehow it managed a 7.1 on IMDB, so thousands of you are going to unwittingly watch this thinking it's decent and be left wishing you had 98 minutes of your life back. __Redeeming feature:__ Jennifer Aniston looks pretty hot, I guess.
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon ------------------------------ As a fan of the first *Transformers* movie and a critic of the second, I went into this film with decently high hopes. However, after two hours of watching shiny metal smashing, flying and crashing across the screen, my threshold for explosions and cheesy dialog ran out and I found myself assuming (and hoping) that each of the successive robo-battles marked the merciful ending of the movie. They weren't. After 120 of the film's excessive 154 minutes of explosions, the only thing I took away was the desire for a pitch-black room and some earplugs. *—Michael Lennon* __Worst part:__ Could have ended about an hour before it did. __Redeeming feature:__ Although there were far too many, some of the 'splosions were pretty sweet.
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In Time ------- I love moody, atmospheric sci-fi films that make you ponder big ideas. I also enjoy schlocky sci-fi thrillers filled with killer space bugs that explode into goo. What I can't stand: A preachy movie that takes an interesting premise and turns it into a series of thumb-sucking observations and weak one-liners. And [that's just what In Time did](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2011/10/in-time-review/). The movie's "time is money" story couldn't have been more timely (no pun intended). *In Time* hit theaters as the Occupy movement — with its colorful railing about the haves and the have-nots — was dominating the headlines. Sadly, writer/director Andrew Niccol (*Gattaca*) delivered a slight movie I found just about as irritating as [occupiers' jazz hands](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/10/occupy_wall_street_hand_gestur.html) or a "[human megaphone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIK7uxBSAS0)." *—Lewis Wallace* __Worst part:__ Dumbed-down moralism and nearly nonstop puns about time. __Redeeming feature:__ Ticking digital timers embedded in forearms are pretty cool, even if the concept borrows from *Logan's Run*.
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Jack and Jill ------------- This review is hard to write for me. I love Adam Sandler, but seriously? Jack and Jill's central premise was played out when Martin Lawrence was in *Undercover Brother*, but now Sandler decides to jumps on the "throw on a fat suit and make fart jokes" bandwagon? Say it ain't so, Adam! I remember his *Saturday Night Live* work, and it was pure comedic gold. I grew up with *Billy Madison* and *The Water Boy*, but Jack and Jill was just garbage. Plus, Katie Holmes comes back to the silver screen with this? Katie, fire your agent if you haven't already. I expect Colombia Pictures to pay for my psychiatry bill for ruining my childhood memories. *—Michael Salvador* __Worst part:__ Seeing Adam Sandler in a fat suit. __Redeeming feature:__ I enjoyed Sandler's use of kids in the movie. Both Mr. Deeds and this movie do well to make you laugh at the ridiculous things these kids say on screen.
