6 Famously Terrible Movies That Were Almost Awesome

At some point in the last six months, you've sat in a theater watching a terrible movie that took $200 million to make and said to yourself, "Why the hell did they ever think this would be good?"

The reason is that lots of bad movies looked like good movies in the early stages. It takes a whole bunch of people to make a movie, and often the finished product is only as good as its shittiest element. That messy process is how we wound up with ...

#6. X-Men: The Last Stand

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X-Men: The Last Stand was the unforgivable follow-up to X2. We say "unforgivable" because the second X-Men movie was widely regarded as one of the greatest superhero flicks of all time, if just for one scene.

You know, the stabbing scene.

Yet, despite coming hard on the heels of that success and boasting a larger budget than most nations' militaries, The Last Stand somehow managed to spit in the face of just about everything the X-Men franchise had going for it. Everyone's favorite characters from the first two films were either killed off, depowered, reduced to cheap gags or, in Nightcrawler's case, completely left out.

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Iron Man 3 (2013) 

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. (130 mins.)

Director: Shane Black

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle

 Man of Steel (2013)

A young itinerant worker is forced to confront his secret extraterrestrial heritage when Earth is invaded by members of his race. (143 mins.)

Director: Zack Snyder

Stars: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane

 Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Hobbs has Dom and Brian reassemble their crew in order to take down a mastermind who commands an organization of mercenary drivers across 12 countries. Payment? Full pardons for them all. (130 mins.)

Director: Justin Lin

Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez

 Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) 

A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches. (130 mins.)

Director: Sam Raimi

Stars: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis

                                          Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. (132 mins.)

Director: J.J. Abrams

Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch

 Monsters University (2013) 

A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University -- when they weren't necessarily the best of friends. (104 mins.)

Director: Dan Scanlon

Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren

 The Croods (2013) 

After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy. (98 mins.)

Director: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener

                                          World War Z (2013)

United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself. (116 mins.)

Director: Marc Forster

Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale

 The Great Gatsby (2013) 

A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor. (143 mins.)

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire

 Despicable Me 2 (2013) 

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal. (98 mins.)

Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud

Stars: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove

 Identity Thief (2013) 

Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Miami to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.(111 mins.)

Director: Seth Gordon

Stars: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, John Cho, Amanda Peet

 G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) 

The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. (110 mins.)

Director: Jon M. Chu

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Adrianne Palicki, Byung-hun Lee

 The Hangover Part III (2013) 

When one of their own is kidnapped by an angry gangster, the Wolf Pack must track down Mr. Chow, who has escaped from prison and is on the lam. (100 mins.)

Director: Todd Phillips

Stars: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha

 Now You See Me (2013) 

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money. (115 mins.)

Director: Louis Leterrier

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson

 Epic (2013) 

A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world -- and ours. (102 mins.)

Director: Chris Wedge

Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Beyoncé Knowles, Colin Farrell

 Olympus Has Fallen (2013)  

Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers. (120 mins.)

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett

 42 (2013) 

The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey. (128 mins.)

Director: Brian Helgeland

Stars: Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie

 Oblivion (2013) 

A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself.(124 mins.)

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Stars: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko

 The Heat (2013)

An uptight FBI Special Agent is paired with a foul-mouthed Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord. (117 mins.)

Director: Paul Feig

Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael McDonald, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir

 This Is the End (2013)

While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse. (107 mins.)

Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen

Stars: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel