There’s a new face – or rather, “mask” – on Reelay. A user who goes by “Bottom100” and whose avatar is of a man in a hat wearing an eerie white mask. We don’t know his name. We don’t know where he lives. All we know is he’s odd and funny, and he’s taken the time to watch the worst movies ever created.
We corresponded with him – he insisted he not be interviewed over the phone or in person – and while we can’t verify some of his answers, we can adequately attest that he’s one of the more “interesting” users on Reelay.
Reelay: What’s your background? Do you work in film? Are you a voice actor? A writer?
Bottom 100: I’ve dabbled.
Reelay: Dabbled? Dabbled in entertainment?
Bottom 100: I’ve dabbled.
Reelay: OK. But what drew you to watching the worst movies ever created?
Editor’s Note: Bottom 100 is currently reviewing the lowest-rated movies on IMDb.
Bottom 100: I try to find the beauty in everything. My mother always told me to look for the good. So I do.
Reelay: Yeah, but… Jaws 4: The Revenge?
Bottom 100: I didn’t say I always find it.
Reelay: Fair. Have any of the movies surprised you?
Bottom 100: Some got an unfair rating due to shitty marketing, review bombing, studio meddling, or whatever. Gigli, for instance, isn’t a horrible movie. Watching it, you can see what Martin Brest was going for, and there’s a skeleton of a good movie inside it. But then they threw in the unnecessary romance, and the film went off the rails.
Reelay: But some of the dialog in Gigli–
Bottom 100: The “Turkey Gobble Gobble” line is atrocious. I think that was Brest sort of saying to the studio, “You want to fuck with my film, here’s how idiotic I’ll make it.” At least, I hope that was his intent. That helps me sleep at night.
Reelay: Speaking of where you lay your head at night, where are you, exactly?
Bottom 100: Somewhere between the moon and the stars.
Reelay: I’m going to put down “Winnetka, Illinois.”
Bottom 100: You wouldn’t be far off.
Reelay: What do you think is the worst film ever made?
Bottom 100: I go back and forth on this. And it’s hard to nail it down. There are shitty films that were made poorly, like Birdemic. But look, those filmmakers got a movie made. Sure, it looks like shit, and it’s poorly written, directed, and acted, but given what they were working with, I give them a lot of credit for creating anything. But on the flip side, you have Battlefield Earth. Big budget, big stars, and just an absence of what an audience – any audience – is looking for in a film.
Reelay: So, what’s your favorite film?
Bottom 100: It’s probably some big action thriller. Lots of explosions and guns. Zero exposition. Chase scenes galore. Something like My Dinner with Andre.
Reelay: Yeah, that gunfight in the third act really shows what an action star Wallace Shawn was.
Bottom 100: Inconceivable!
Reelay: When you aren’t reviewing movies, how do you spend your days?
Bottom 100: Kalistenics and tending to my bonsai trees.
Reelay: And what happens when you reach the bottom of the list? What’s next?
Bottom 100: The thing about movies is that people keep making shitty ones.