Hmmm… “Worst film ever made”
I agree with Steven that most of you don’t truly grasp the concept of ‘worst’. For one thing, its unlikely that you can have twenty ‘worsts’. Out of the twenty that you like the least, the worst one is the one your looking for. Give us that one, and maybe a runner-up. Is “Independence Day” a bad movie? Sure it’s got some groaners in it, and I can certainly see plenty of jaded, artsy-fartsy critics giving it the old thumbs-down, but on the whole, its probably a 2.5 star movie. On the big scale of things, that ain’t bad. Certainly not the ‘worst film ever made’.
Star Wars: If you knew that there was a genuine Star Wars movie much, much worse than Episode 1 or 2, could you call either of those two movies the ‘worst film ever made’? I don’t think so! But is there such a beast? I give you ‘The Star Wars Holiday Special’, set in the period just after the first movie, Episode IV. Starring all the original cast, minus Alec Guiness and Peter Cushing of course. But their absence is more than made up for by the addition of Harvey Korman, Bea Arthur, and Art Carney! It features Chewbacca’s family with his son Lumpy, and his father Itchy. You’re probably thinking it can’t get any worse.
Oh, I’m afraid you’ve greatly underestimated the power of the Dark Side.
It’s a musical.
And Carrie Fisher sings a Wookiee holiday carol to the tune of the original John Williams Star Wars theme song.
Do you have a loved one who is inordinately infatuated with all things Star Wars? Are you desperate to save them from this damned Cult of Lucas? Simply force your loved one to watch this movie. But beware! They will either be cured of their addiction, or psychilogically shattered beyond recall. Either way, you’ll finally be free to sell all those Star Wars collectibles on Ebay!