
This is a listing of all the gloriously lengthy recaps ever posted to the
Agony Booth. Use the links below to sort the list according to your personal
needs. Don't forget the conventional reviews, mini-recaps and other miscellaneous
articles found in the Agonizer.
Posted Dec 28 2009 by Ed Harris
Howard the Duck
1986
“I generally don’t bitch about a film using live, on-the-set special effects, but when the ‘supposed to be likable’ lead character has the eyes of a killer, I balk.”
Average reader rating:
7.368/10 (57 votes).
Posted Dec 27 2009 by Michael A. Novelli
Repo! The Genetic Opera
2008
“Socrates was a firm believer in teaching by asking, ‘Why?’ Darren Lynn Bousman is a firm believer in teaching by asking, ‘Would you be capable of figuring this out without me here to hold your hand’?”
Average reader rating:
7.048/10 (63 votes).
Posted Jan 17 2010 by Mark "Scooter" Wilson
Toomorrow
1970
“You know how Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is this really insane, nonsensical, and totally brainless movie musical featuring great Beatles songs performed badly? Remove the words “great” and “Beatles” from the previous sentence, and you’re getting close to a description of this movie.”
Average reader rating:
8.162/10 (37 votes).
Posted Dec 7 2009 by Evan Waters
Dungeons & Dragons
2000
Because who says only video games can get terrible adaptations?
Average reader rating:
8.493/10 (75 votes).
Posted May 25 2009 by Jet
Twilight
2008
"No matter how good of a job the director did, and no matter how hard the screenwriters worked, nobody else's talent is ever going to fix the middle-aged woman's disturbing sparkly wank-dream that is Twilight."
Average reader rating:
7.535/10 (316 votes).
Posted Aug 17 2009 by Ryan Lohner
Heavy Metal
1981
”Eight stories that are not so much bad as they are levels of Hell.”
Average reader rating:
6.985/10 (131 votes).
Posted Jun 22 2009 by Mark "Scooter" Wilson
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
Another installment in the Worst of Trek!
“I’m really annoyed at how this movie is making me question the competence of every single human being in the universe.”
Average reader rating:
8.778/10 (230 votes).
Posted Nov 17 2008 by Dan Laurikietis
Batman Forever
1995
The beginning of the end of the Batman film franchise.
Average reader rating:
8.735/10 (366 votes).
Posted Apr 6 2008 by Jordon Davis
Epic Movie
2007
A spoof in the tradition of Airplane!, if someone had replaced the first three reels of Airplane! with The Sorrow and the Pity.
Average reader rating:
8.721/10 (416 votes).
Posted Jan 26 2009 by Mark "Scooter" Wilson
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
For the role of an alien incapable of feeling emotions, they cast the Hollywood actor least capable of expressing them.
Average reader rating:
8.161/10 (118 votes).
Posted Sep 16 2007 by Jet
Eragon
2006
"Why exactly did this movie turn out so terrible? Well, aside from the poor source material they were working with, it's pretty clear what doomed the movie: they just didn't give a shit."
Average reader rating:
9.004/10 (824 votes).
Posted Oct 23 2008 by Albert
High School Musical
2006
"What are friends for, if not to murder your dreams before making them come true?"
Average reader rating:
8.840/10 (306 votes).
Posted Sep 27 2006 by Albert
Star Trek: Voyager “Threshold”
Orig. Aired: Jan 29 1996
Another installment in the Worst of Trek!
"Brannon Braga calls this one 'a royal, steaming stinker'. And when the guy who wrote the episode says that, it's pretty hard to disagree."
Average reader rating:
8.803/10 (467 votes).
Posted Sep 14 2008 by Rori Stevens
Quest for Camelot
1998
"What people who hate Western animation think the whole genre is like."
Average reader rating:
7.965/10 (144 votes).
Posted Dec 22 2008 by Team Agony Booth
Southland Tales
2006
An Agony Booth MEGA RECAP!
"It would all be so sinister, if I gave a shit."
Average reader rating:
8.582/10 (146 votes).
Posted Apr 30 2008 by Albert
Enterprise “A Night in Sickbay”
Orig. Aired: Oct 16 2002
Another installment in the Worst of Trek!
"This episode will not be presented in real time. It'll only feel that way."
Average reader rating:
8.767/10 (434 votes).
Posted Mar 9 2008 by Team Agony Booth
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
2000
An Agony Booth MEGA RECAP!
"Every shot is tilted at a different angle. I'd call this 'jarring', but I'd worry about offending jars."
Average reader rating:
8.966/10 (441 votes).
Posted Sep 29 2008 by Ed Harris
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Meridian”
Orig. Aired: Nov 14 1994
Another installment in the Worst of Trek!
"Yep, a Star Trek episode is going for a lighthearted tone, which can only mean one thing: Deep hurting… deep hurting!"
Average reader rating:
7.426/10 (108 votes).
Posted Jun 8 2008 by D.R. McLeod
Hulk
2003
"This movie is shoved so far up its own ass that it becomes a Klein bottle."
Average reader rating:
8.422/10 (256 votes).
Posted Jul 13 2008 by Michael A. Novelli
The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia
1994
"Devoid of more source material to butcher, the filmmakers apparently decided to ignore what had come before and knock-off Power Rangers."
Average reader rating:
8.274/10 (164 votes).