Steve's Boycott Archive

First of all, please understand that this list started as an inside joke among friends. I think there are too many worthwhile movies out there to waste my time and money on turkeys and "two thumbs down, way down" films. I have not seen most of these films, and your opinion is probably different than mine.

Want more opinions? Try RottenTomatoes.com

That said, here's the list since I started writing reviews in 1995:

Title CR
reader's
opinion
1-5
Siskel and
Ebert and
Roeper
(or guest)
Steve's
Rating
$2-$8
Comments
Anything about virtual reality
"VR" is a buzz-word, not a great story idea
Fear Dot Com down down
Simone down up
Johnny Mnemonic 1 down down
The Net 1 down up
Hackers 2 down up $3 review
Virtuosity 1 down up
Strange Days 2 down up $4 review
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
Blatant movie vehicles for TV stars
The 90's SNL stars have a particularly bad track record
The Anchorman SNL's Wil Ferrell
Marci X Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans
Elf up up SNL's Wil Ferrell
Dickie Roberts SNL's David Spade
My Boss's Daughter Ashton Kutcher
Boat Trip down down SNL's Horatio Sanz
Old School down up SNL's Wil Ferrell
Just Married down down Ashton Kutcher
Eight Crazy Nights down up SNL's Adam Sandler
The Hot Chick down down SNL's Rob Schneider
Punch Drunk Love SNL's Adam Sandler
Master of Disguise down down SNL's Dana Carvey
Mr. Deeds down down SNL's Adam Sandler
Corky Romano SNL's Chris Kattan
E&R's "10 Worst of '01"
Pootie Tang down down SNL's Chris Rock, again
Joe Dirt down down SNL's David Spade
E&R's "10 Worst of '01"
Down To Earth down down SNL's Chris Rock tries again
E&R's "10 Worst of '01"
Dude, Where's My Car Ashton Kutcher
Little Nicky down down Adam Sandler & SNL pals
The Ladies Man down down SNL's Tim Meadows
Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo down down SNL's Rob Schneider
Screwed SNL's Norm MacDonald
Three to Tango down down Neve Campbell, Matthew Perry
SuperStar down down SNL's Mary Catherine Gallagher
Love Stinks Stewart French (3rd rock)
Ringmaster down down Jerry Springer
The Waterboy down down SNL's Adam Sandler
Orgasmo Trey Parker (south park)
BASEketball down down South Park creators acting
A Night at the Roxbury down down SNL disco characters
Love! Valour! Compassion! 5 up up Jason Alexander
Trial & Error 2 up up Michael Richards
Commandments down down Courtney Cox
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 4 up up video: $5 Lisa Kudrow
Fools Rush In 2 down up Matthew Perry
The Pallbearer 1 down up David Schwimmer
Ed down down Matt LeBlanc
Mr. Wrong 1 down down Ellen DeGeneres
She's the One 2 down down Jennifer Aniston
Private Parts 2 up up $5 Howard Stern.   review
Over-rated actors
Richard Gere, Demi Moore, Tom Green, Steven Seagal, etc.
Dodgeball Ben Stiller
Open Range up up Kevin Costner
Malibu's Most Wanted down down Jamie Kennedy
Half Past Dead down down Steven Seagal
Stealing Harvard down down Tom Green
Dragonfly Kevin Costner
The Mothman Prophecies down down Richard Gere
Freddy Got Fingered down down Tom Green
Ebert's "Worst Film of '01"
Exit Wounds Steven Seagal
3000 Miles to Graceland up down Kevin Costner
E&R's "10 Worst of '01"
Monkey Bone down down Brendan Frasier
E&R's "10 Worst of '01"
Dracula 2000 Wes Craven
For Love of the Game down down Kevin Costner (baseball, again)
Road Trip down down Tom Green
Universal Soldier: The Return van Damme
Runaway Bride down down Richard Gere and Julia, again
Twin Dragons Jackie Chan (see Double Team)
The Corruptor Chow Yun Fat
Knock Off van Damme
Wrongfully Accused Leslie Neilson
Black Dog Patrick Swayze
Fire Down Below Steven Seagal
The Glimmer Man 2 $2 Steven Seagal.   review
Daylight 1 down down Stallone.
S&E's "10 Worst of '96"
Cop Land 1 up down $3 Ray Liotta, Stallone.   review
Turbulence 1 (n/a) down Ray Liotta
G.I. Jane 2 up up Demi Moore
Double Team down down van Damme as twins
Sudden Death 1 up up van Damme
Maximum Risk van Damme
Marketing to the teenage audience
I'm just not part of their target demographic.
Torque
Grind down down
2 Fast 2 Furious up down
Final Destination 2 down down
Biker Boyz down down
Jason X down down
The New Guy down down
Sorority Boys
Van Wilder down down National Lampooon
Slackers down down
Crossroads Britney Spears
crazy/beautiful up up
The Fast and the Furious down up
TomCats down down "tripe"
Roeper's "Worst Film of '01"
Get Over It
Sugar & Spice down up
Whatever It Takes down down "forgetable..."
Final Destination up up "good, for it's genre..."
Scream 3
Drop Dead Gorgeous down down
American Pie down up
The Rage: Carrie 2
Varsity Blues
The Faculty alien teachers
Strangeland from Dee Snider!
Urban Legends down down
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer down down the sequel
I Know What You Did Last Summer down down video: $4 from the creators of Scream
Scream up down
Screamers down down
Primal Fear 3 down up
Fear down up
The Fan 1
Disaster films
Nice effects, but where's the plot?
The Day After Tomorrow
Vertical Limit down up
The Perfect Storm up up
Deep Blue Sea up up Jaws, bio-engineered
Lake Placid down down 50 foot alligator. "Dreadful"
Armageddon up down video: $4 giant meteor threatens Earth
Deep Impact up down $6 giant meteor threatens Earth.   review
Firestorm
Hard Rain down down a.k.a. "The Flood"
Titanic up up $7 S&E's "10 Best of '97"   review
Anaconda 1 up up remember Congo?
Volcano 2 down down lava everywhere
Dante's Peak 1 down down lava everywhere
Twister 3 down down
Movies where the ads make me suspicious
  Sometimes you just get that feeling...
Garfield, The Movie
S.W.A.T. up up
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle down down
View from the Top up up Gwynneth Paltrow, Mike Meyers
Kangaroo Jack
Juwanna Mann down down
Scooby Doo down down
Blade II up down better than Blade 1?
Super Troopers
Kung Pow
Vanilla Sky up up
Rat Race down down
Legally Blonde up up
Driven down down remember Days of Thunder?
Just Visiting up down
See Spot Run down down
Dungeons & Dragons down down
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 up down standard horror fare
Charlie's Angels down down "eye candy for the blind"
Hollow Man down down
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumpz up up
Gone in 60 Seconds down down
Mission: Impossible 2 down up the first wasn't that good
Viva Rock Vegas down down Flintstones, less the original cast
Ready to Rumble down down Pro wrestling - say no more
Red Planet space horror
Mission to Mars down down space horror
Pitch Black space horror
Supernova space horror
Reindeer Games
Dudley Do-Right down down video: $3 Brendan Fraser
EDtv up down Truman Show meets MTV
Office Space up up by B&B's Mike Judge
Blast from the Past n/a up $5 Encino Man 2?   review
Psycho down down Razzie for worst remake
Major League III - Back to the Minors
Species II
Spice World down down Razzie for worst actress
Con Air 2 up up more crashing planes
Air Force One 5 up down crashing planes
Speed 2: Cruise Control 1 up up crashing boats
The Relic 1 up up
Face/Off 3 up up dir: Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow 1 down down
The Stupids straight to video
Escape from LA 1 down up
Bulletproof 1 down down
A Rich Man's Wife 1 down down
Two Much down down
The Substitute down down
Before and After down down

All movies were added to my list before their opening day, and I think I've only made a few mistakes (see "Oops"). However, many of the films on this list seem to have unusually short runs in the theatre. Maybe I'm on to something? Oops!   I shouldn't have boycotted . . .
  -- Open Range
  -- View from the Top
  -- crazy/beautiful
  -- Deep Impact
  -- Titanic
  -- Air Force One
  -- Love! Valour! Compassion!
  -- Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

These are highlighted above in light grey.

Back to movie reviews.


If you have comments, or you want me to add a link to your movie reviews, please feel free to send me mail.


last revised: May 23, 2004
steve@worldnet / home