12 Incredibly Successful Movies (That Nobody Likes)

2. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

Alice In Wonderland
Paramount Pictures

Gross: $836,303,693

This could've been any of the Transformers films (except for the 2007 original and Bumblebee), but Revenge of the Fallen does make all of the others look like 2001: A Space Odyssey and therefore is the one most worthy of discussion

ROTF is one of the worst things ever committed to film. Shallow, noisy, plotless, vile, offensive, empty and woefully incompetent, this is not just a terribly-made blockbuster with a below-the-bottom-of-the-barrel script, it's a nasty, stunningly ugly film that only seems dedicated to giving every viewer the worst migraine possible.

So, essentially, we've a got a viewing experience that's the equivalent of being pounded over the head by a boombox, which is about as pleasant as it sounds. Michael Bay's directing is dreadful and incoherent, the performances are mostly terrible and it's also got a really awful, immature sense of humor.

Case in point: two of the robots are, frankly, racist stereotypes of African-Americans and one of the transformers has giant metal balls (John Turturro: "I am directly below the enemy scrotum!"). Unfortunately, that's not a typo.

A film so bad even Michael Bay himself has apologized for it, this currently stands as the most successful film turkey of all time.

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Film Studies graduate, aspiring screenwriter and all-around nerd who, despite being a pretentious cinephile who loves art-house movies, also loves modern blockbusters and would rather watch superhero movies than classic Hollywood films. Once met Tommy Wiseau.