wishbone

Mr. Flix

My honest answer to worst book-to-movie adaptation would've been Pet Sematary. That book scared me to badly that I threw it across the room when I finished it. The movie is a total melodramatic, poorly acted crapfest.

TheAllPurposeNothing

I'm actually surprised that Bonfire of the Vanities didn't show up on the list. There are few adaptations I have seen take the critical beating that one did.

davidh777

I already know I have the wrong answer for Smithee (I was thinking of Burn Hollywood Burn: An Alan Smithee Film). And I didn't really believe Mamma Mia and The Departed were really the worst, but I couldn't really think of others at the time (I like ABBA but figured Pierce Brosnan's singing might factor in, and I did get a match!).

Battlefield Earth was a popular answer in a recent game but did nothing for me here.

bunkaroo

Shocked more people didn't answer with the Hobbit. One of the greatest books of all time was adapted into a 3-film plodding mess.

Crocker Jarmen

Here we are, the final question:

18. R: - Thank God he retired! Name a movie "directed by Alan Smithee".




For those who don't know (I suspect there might be a few) "Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project, coined in 1968. Until its use was formally discontinued in 2000,[1] it was the sole pseudonym used by members of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) when a director, dissatisfied with the final product, proved to the satisfaction of a guild panel that he or she had not been able to exercise creative control over a film. The director was also required by guild rules not to discuss the circumstances leading to the move or even to acknowledge being the project's director.[2]" - Wikipedia.

Crocker Jarmen

mattysemo247 is simple and direct:




No Idea
mattysemo247


Unfortunately, I have no choice but to mark this incorrect.

Obi-Wanma

I had no idea what would be sheepy here, but my kids happened to be watching this on Cartoon Network at the time I was filling out answers, and it really is pretty awful. I honestly can't believe that some people think the Grinch is worse than this. It's not even close for me.

Crocker Jarmen

Directed by Alan Smithee
david777

This doesn't really work either, so another incorrect.

Mr. Flix

I never saw Cat in the Hat, or I might agree with you. But The Grinch ranks up there with one of the worst movie-going experiences I ever had. I loathed that movie.

Crocker Jarmen

This one breaks my heart.



Supernova
mwbmis


The movie was directed by the great Arthur Hill (The Warriors, 48Hours, Deadwood), who did have his name removed from the credits. unfortunately for mwbmis, by the time that happened, the DGA had "retired" the Alan Smithee pseudonym, he was credited as "Thomas Lee" instead.

Due to the precise wording of the question, I must, with a heavy heart, mark this incorrect.

Crocker Jarmen

This one confused me quite a bit:



Aliens vs Predator 4
Neitzl

There is no Aliens vs Predator 4. Is it a typo? A reference to a videogame? A joke answer?

incorrect

TomOpus

That's the only movie I could think of.

majorjoe23

Well crap, I was hoping the obvious answer would be overlooked.

Crocker Jarmen

The Guardian
hasslein

Directed by William Freidkin. incorrect

mwbmis

I looked after I sent my answers in. As I said earlier in the thread, my answer was unfortunate.

RichC2

Odd, I recently saw a 2015 movie that was credited to Alan Smithee. It was awful, so I get it, but find it odd that they went with that pseudonym, even if it was unofficial.

Crocker Jarmen

Dune
Abob Teff {sd}

Directed by David Lynch. He was only credited as "Alan Smithee" for the two-part TV version (which was later released on laserdic). incorrect

brainee

I just know my slam on this question won't be counted

majorjoe23

There was an Alan Smithee version of Dune.

TomOpus

I thought about just naming a random film but there was the outside chance I might've been close to the top . And, to be honest, I was assuming the actual director credit would be Smithee.

brainee

I knew it wouldn't get any matches, but sometimes you just have to go with the truth!

Crocker Jarmen

Well, now that's out of the way, time for some matching answers!




Twilight Zone: The Movie
Mr. Flix
tommyp007

Directed by John Landis, George Miller, Joe Dante, and Steven Spielberg. incorrect

There was a 2nd Unit Director who used the name "Alan Smithee". However, the question was not "name a movie 2nd Unit Directed by Alan Smithee".

mwbmis

I thought it looked awesome.

brainee

Sometimes things can be so awful that it wraps around the scale and becomes awesome.