Worst Movies of 2011

While 2011 had many spot-on films (check out my top ten list tomorrow!), there were many films that were far from good. Many of these films were either disappointing, lazily made, or just plain awful. There were 5 films that I had a strong dislike for in 2011. Here is my worst movies of 2011 list.

5. Cars 2
Director: John Lasseter

What an extremely disappointing year Pixar had! This film ruined their critically acclaimed streak and lost a lot of money for the company. And this film completely deserved it! While the animation is top notch, the heart and humor that are usually in Pixar films was non-existent. Also, this film has a terrible message for kids: even if your behavior is destructive, just be yourself. Easily Pixar's worst film in their canon and I hope they won't make the same mistakes in their future films.

4. The Green Lantern
Director: Martin Campbell

2011 was a very strong year for superhero films. However, this film is an exception to that. It's a truly terrible superhero film. With the exception of Ryan Reynolds, the acting is pretty awful considering all of the talent involved: Blake Lively and Peter Sarsgaard to name some. For a superhero film released in theaters, the special effects are atrocious. The writing is pretty terrible as well. Out of all the superhero films released in 2011, this is easily the worst of them.

3. Paranormal Activity 3
Director: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

When I first heard that the directors of 2010's wonderful and eye-opening documentary Catfish were taking the helm for the latest Paranormal Activity installment, I was pumped for this film. I'm not a huge fan of the series to begin with, I despised the first one and thought the second one was just alright at best. I was hoping these guys would bring something new to the series. However, this one is just as bad as the first one. The scares were extremely laughable and ineffective. When there are no scares, the scenes are just plain boring and have no significance to the film whatsoever. This was simply a dumb and silly horror flick and I am angry that they are continuing this series.

2. The Change-Up
Director: David Dobkin

An extremely disappointing and extremely unfunny comedy. I cannot believe that the director of the hilarious Wedding Crashers and the writers of the wonderful The Hangover teamed up to make this garbage. The concept is pretty stupid to start with, a body swap comedy (normally a family genre) involving two grown men. The jokes were terribly unfunny, in fact, sometimes they crossed the line into overly offensive territory which was still unfunny. I am sad that Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman were involved in this atrocity, they played their roles well in such a terrible film. I expected this to be a quality comedy, but what I witnessed instead was a lazily made, unfunny and just plain offensive comedy.

1. Season of the Witch
Director: Dominic Sena

The first film released in 2011 is also the worst film of 2011. This is a film without any redeeming qualities whatsoever. The acting is terrible, I expect a lot better from both Ron Perlman and even Nicholas Cage. The special effects are lame, they are supposed to increase the film's scare tactics but fails doing so. The writing is horrible, it contains a lot of cliche dialogue and lame jokes. This film had all of the right ingredients to be an unintentional comedy, but it even fails at doing that job well. Season of the Witch is simply atrocious: easily the worst film of 2011.

Hope you enjoyed reading my worst films of 2011 list. Wait until tomorrow to check out my top ten movies of 2011 list! Feel free to leave comments about this list or discuss your worst films of 2011 to this list.