14 Pure Gold & Pure Garbage Moments From Beloved Creators

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Look, nobody's expecting every single book, movie, or song that a creative person cranks out to be a work of flawless perfection. There are bound to be some clunkers. What's startling is just how crappy some works by otherwise talented creators can be.

It makes you wonder whether a garbage artist had a single, shining moment of inspiration, or a genius just had a fluke off-day. We'll let you decide.

DIRECTOR RIDLEY sCOTT WORK WORK WORST BEST A Good Year ALIEN SCHLOCKY, GROUNDBREAKING, TRULY PAINT-BY-NUMBERS TERRIFYING SCI-FL/ ROMANTIC COMEDY HORRO

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CRACKEDcO COM Mike judge KING Best: The Hills live HILL THE in a lively, fully fleshed-ou world filled with a colorful community of characters. Famly

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CRACKEDco COM Harold Ramis, comedy visionary Best: Caddyshack Featuring brilliant performances by legends like Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Rodney Da

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David Zucker, comedy legend Best: Airplane! More laughs per minute than AlRMi any other movie, this spoof is everything that every comedy should striv

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CRACKED.COM A flamboyant character with moments of quiet pathos in Dreamgirls earned Eddie Murphy a well deserved Oscar nomination. Sadly, his next mo

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SCORE 0 CRACKEDcO TIME 0:00 RINGS 0 Best of Yuji Naka: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Fun gameplay. Beautifull worlds. A show, don't tell approach to story. S

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Entry by Kevin King

DIRECTOR TOMAS ALFREDSON BEST LET THE RIGHT ONE IN A fresh and emotional take on the long-standing vampire genre. WORST THE JNOWMAN A confusing murder

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Penelope Spheeris, filmmaker Best: WAYNES WORLD A defining comedy classic for millenial elders, the story of Wayne and Garth gets a laugh with every

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CRACKEDc COM DIRECTOR TIM BURTON BEST Ed Wood A fascinating depiction of a man once called the worst director of all time, anchored by two amazing p

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Filmmaker CRACKED John Hughes The BEST Baby's Breakfast Day Club WORST Out One of the greatest A baby gets lost films of all-time, five during a kidna

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Robert Zemeckis, director Best who framd Poce RABBIT The perfect blend of traditional animation and live action. Its beauty has yet to be matched. Wor

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DIRECTOR ANG LEE BEST BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN A complicated affair between two men, discovering their true sexuality. WORST HULK Two words: Gamma-irradiate