The "movies so bad they're good thread"

[Idris2002]

The Wild Geese.

"I'll curse ye from every hilltop in Africa, so I will".

Burton's obvious contempt for the whole project.


The. . . the. . . the child actor. . .

 

[The Octagon]

Showgirls
Jesus Christ Superstar

Both bafflingly shit but I feel drawn to rewatch them occasionally.

 

[SpookyFrank]

That Clint Eastwood movie where he does nothing but gurn ludicrously.

Oh wait, that's all Clint Eastwood movies.

 

[Reno]

That Clint Eastwood movie where he does nothing but gurn ludicrously.

Oh wait, that's all Clint Eastwood movies.

I'm no fan but he is the least likely actor to gurn. If anything, his face hardly ever moves and that's why he used to be considered a wooden actor when he was younger.

 

[Reno]

Showgirls
Jesus Christ Superstar

Both bafflingly shit but I feel drawn to rewatch them occasionally.

Showgirls is my favorite bad movie ever and that's because some aspects of it are very good. The screenplay is ridiculous and Elizabeth Berkley gives a thoroughly bizarre performance. But Paul Verhoeven is a great director, the film looks great, is well paced and it's very entertaining. It's never clear how far his tongue is in his cheek but many of his other films have been great bad-taste satires. And without Berkley's go-for-broke performance and the many WTF lines, the film wouldn't be half as fun.

 

[The Octagon]

Showgirls is my favorite bad movie ever and that's because some aspects of it are very good. The screenplay is ridiculous and Elizabeth Berkley gives a thoroughly bizarre performance. But Paul Verhoeven is a great director, the film looks great, is well paced and it's very entertaining. It's never clear how far his tongue is in his cheek but many of his other films have been great bad-taste satires. And without Berkley's go-for-broke performance and the many WTF lines, the film wouldn't be half as fun.

For me it's the whiplash tone, one second Nomi's stripper madam (compere?) is flashing her tits with a mechanical dress trick, then it's a bitchfest drama on stage with sabotage and serious injury, then it's a badly judged rape scene (followed by violent retribution), then the silliest sex scene ever put to film (perhaps only rivalled by Shoot 'Em Up). It's just manic in the most gloriously awful way.

Oh, and that reminds me of another choice - Shoot 'Em Up

 

[Ralph Llama]

They live.

I have come to chew bubble gum and kick ass.... and I`m all out of bubble gum

Put the glasses on !

Ace.

 

[Reno]

Another movie that’s in no way "bad". Just because a movie is a low budget science fiction or horror film doesn’t automatically make it bad !

A bad film has to be incompetent on some level.

 

[Ralph Llama]

Yes it does in this case... the plot is pretty shit... the acting terrible.. the only thing that saves it is some nice imagery

 

[Reno]

Yes it does in this case... the plot is pretty shit... the acting terrible.. the only thing that saves it is some nice imagery

The plot and acting are fine for what the type of film it is. The best thing about it is its political satire. Even if you think the film is bad, "so bad it’s good" implies a film that’s so atrocious that it has a freakish appeal because of its sheer awfulness.

 

[Ralph Llama]

You have a strange definition of fine .. but you got me with the satire.. and the 10 minute fight scene is brilliant. Also it is brilliant for samples... o k... I admit defeat... was a wrong post.

 

[Reno]

One terrible film I like is the 70s soft porn exploitation film Deadly Weapons. Chesty Morgan, a stripper who was way past her prime and who was famous for having gigantic, non-surgically enhanced breasts, takes revenge on the mob for killing her husband by suffocating the ones responsible between her boobzillas. Every creative choice taken is a headscratcher.

Most really bad movies are a slog between the really, really bad bits which are funny. The Room has become a cult movie because it’s inept on every level, but after the first 20 minutes it keeps being daft in the same way for the rest of it’s running time, though alcohol and an appreciative audience probably helps. The best thing about it is the book about it’s making The Disaster Artist, which is one of the funniest things I’ve read. It was also made into a successful comedy, but I haven’t seen that yet.

 

[Mordi]

I remember watching this in the cinema

It can't have had a wide release can it?

I've only seen it the once but it left a vivid impression. The elven archer character and the slow motion horse riding especially.

I have a tolerance for bad films, but Hawk the Slayer scarred me for a long time.

Versus is an example that the memory colours as glorious trash before IMDB reminds you that it's run time is over 2 hours.