TRAVIS BYRAM'S MOVIE REVIEWS

So probably only the top two of these movies are really hated by people, but all of these movies were fairly bashed by critics and have an increasingly worse reputation through the years despite decent reviews at the time of release! I've slapped on an explanation for all five, and I'm probably forgetting some, but these are the ones I hear my friends and pro critics alike bash frequently. 5. SHREK THE THIRD (ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 40%) The least critically thrashed entry on this list, but many people still believed that the third entry in the "Shrek" series jumped the shark when Shrek, Donkey and co. go to install the future King Arthur (Artie) as the king of Far, Far Away. I saw this in theaters back in 2007, and what can I say, I got a kick out of it. A couple years later when I watched it in my 8th grade drama class I still found it hilarious, of course no where near the level of ingenuity of the first two, but being Far, Far Superior than the fourth installmen...

It's been brought to my attention that recent Best Picture winners haven't been great.  Common winners that are cited that suck are: "The Greatest Show on Earth," (God was that long) "Chicago" (a satisfactory musical at the most) and "Around the World in 80 Days," which I've yet to see.  I omit one Best Picture winner that EVERYONE calls the worst because I sincerely enjoyed it, and that is 2005's "Crash."  People take a dump on "Crash" a lot, but I really liked it when I saw it on TV several months ago.  Was it the best movie ever?  No.  Was it the best movie of 2005?  I wouldn't even go that far.  I'd even go as far as to say there probably was homophobia among Oscar voters, and that's why "Crash" won over the favorited "Brokeback Mountain," because their Rotten Tomatoes scores are: Crash-76 Brokeback Mountain-87. That's a significant 11 points.  I've yet to see "Brokebac...