THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (2003)

The words “loosely based” hardly describe what was done to Alan Moore’s graphic novel about “a Justice League Of Victorian England. ”That they added Tom Sawyer for American appeal speaks volumes. So does the fact that it was the last movie for disgruntled Sean Connery (who played adventurer Allan Quatermain).

FANTASTIC 4: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER (2007)

The movie that killed the Fantastic Four franchise. What should have been a major amping-up of the series — the introduction of ’60s icon The Silver Surfer and his “master” the planet-destroying Galactus — turned into a joke, with the most feared villain in the galaxy rendered as a cloud.

JUDGE DREDD (1995)

In comic book form, Judge Dredd was a dry satire created by Brits to tweak the American fascination with vigilantism. Also, he never took off his mask. Irony be damned. Sylvester Stallone wanted his own Dirty Harry, so let’s just scream, “I am the law!” and kill some bad guys.

CATWOMAN (2004)

What’s worse than “loosely based?” How about “loosely inspired? ”As portrayed by Halle Berry, Batman’s seductive villainess turns superhero. Her name is not Selina Kyle but Patience Phillips, and she’s a reincarnated Egyptian cat goddess or something, trying to foil a scheme involving lethal face cream. To her credit, Berry accepted her Razzie Award in person.

HULK (2003)

Quibble about details, like the Hulk being a product of runamok nanotechnology rather than gamma rays. But how you could make a slow-moving, brooding movie about an engine-of-destruction is baffling. Oh, wait. I know! You could hire an art-house director like Ang Lee and let the ennui fly!