Favorite bad movie
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I don't tend to argue much on the internet...but The Thing, a bad movie? Get outta here.
1984 Dune has enough bad stuff that it can be called a bad movie without making me jump to defend it...
But it also has enough amazingly awesome stuff in costume, set design, sound and music that I absolutely love it and have watched it maybe 10 times. Some of the characters and settings look ridiculously cool/beautiful/scary.
I love the David Lynch weirdness parts but that's why many hated/hate it.
The new two part film is already awesome and will be awesome. But I genuinely think the 1984 movie probably ended up better in some ways than the Jodorowsky one would have been. Second guessing is easy.
But it also has enough amazingly awesome stuff in costume, set design, sound and music that I absolutely love it and have watched it maybe 10 times. Some of the characters and settings look ridiculously cool/beautiful/scary.
I love the David Lynch weirdness parts but that's why many hated/hate it.
The new two part film is already awesome and will be awesome. But I genuinely think the 1984 movie probably ended up better in some ways than the Jodorowsky one would have been. Second guessing is easy.
Recommendation for anybody who likes The Thing:
The X-Files: Season One, Episode 8: Ice
It's commercial free on hulu or free on Amazon Freevee with a few commercials.
It's an obvious homage to The Thing, but done very well.
I love let's go to prison. When Arnett was on Dax's podcast they reminisced on that movie and When in Rome that they also did together.
Two of my favorite Charlton Heston movies are Westerns, Will Penny and Mountain Men. As I recall, he doesn't do much overacting in either of those.
Not even close, #1 has to be
Edit: My bad, you said favorite bad movie. This is FAR from my favorite, just the worst movie ever made.
Edit: My bad, you said favorite bad movie. This is FAR from my favorite, just the worst movie ever made.
I have many bad movies as guilty pleasures. Howard the Duck, wild Wild west are a couple.
Not sure if this qualifies as Killer Klowns is objectively a great movie
Best scene:
Knock your block off
Wild, Wild West is truly dreadful, just having a lot of trouble with “so bad it’s good” part.
So many great ones that ended up on TNT/TBS or Cinemax and the extra HBO channels back in the 90s. A few that come to mind:
Last Action Hero - Schwarzenegger parodying his action movies. It tanked when it came up but I think the premise would work better today.
No Escape with Ray Liotta - a sorta sci-fi movie where Liotta is sent to an island prison.
Surviving the Game - rich people hunt the rapper Ice-T for sport
Demolition Man - Stallone goes to the future to fight Wesley Snipes dressed as Dennis Rodman
Last Action Hero - Schwarzenegger parodying his action movies. It tanked when it came up but I think the premise would work better today.
No Escape with Ray Liotta - a sorta sci-fi movie where Liotta is sent to an island prison.
Surviving the Game - rich people hunt the rapper Ice-T for sport
Demolition Man - Stallone goes to the future to fight Wesley Snipes dressed as Dennis Rodman
I have two. The first is the first 5 minutes of Cobra. TERRIBLE movie, but those 5 minutes are gold. Best part is when he tells the dude to "drop it", waits 2 milliseconds, then pumps several rounds into chest.
Second is Frankenhooker (1990). One of my buddies had this on VHS and the premise is ridiculous. Inventor boyfriend creates a remote controlled lawnmower and accidentally runs over (chops up) his girlfriend. Said boyfriend then figures out how to resurrect her but he needs body parts. Enter Super Crack, another invention of his that causes the inhalee to blow up after smoking. The boyfriend then salvages the parts to to put his GF back together again.
For those interested you can see it in it's entirety on youtube. The highlight starts around the 39 minute mark where Jeffrey (the boyfriend) is inspecting hookers to see if they have the right parts. He decides not to go through with it but the ladies find his stash of super crack, start smoking, then blow up. The editing/cuts that go from the women screaming to still of mannequins being blown to bits is hilarious. Due to some nudity I'm not going to link the scene directly.
Second is Frankenhooker (1990). One of my buddies had this on VHS and the premise is ridiculous. Inventor boyfriend creates a remote controlled lawnmower and accidentally runs over (chops up) his girlfriend. Said boyfriend then figures out how to resurrect her but he needs body parts. Enter Super Crack, another invention of his that causes the inhalee to blow up after smoking. The boyfriend then salvages the parts to to put his GF back together again.
For those interested you can see it in it's entirety on youtube. The highlight starts around the 39 minute mark where Jeffrey (the boyfriend) is inspecting hookers to see if they have the right parts. He decides not to go through with it but the ladies find his stash of super crack, start smoking, then blow up. The editing/cuts that go from the women screaming to still of mannequins being blown to bits is hilarious. Due to some nudity I'm not going to link the scene directly.
It's been a long time since I've seen it, might not hold up anymore but I always got a chuckle out of Bio-Dome.
Starship Troopers is legitimately a good movie that people thought was a bad one because they missed the satire.
