OK, it has probably been done before, but I haven’t seen it recently. Following some input from this thread, it seems that liking bad movies is very common here. Nothing to be ashamed, I like them myself, now I would like to know which ones you like and why (notice I said bad movies, not awful ones, you know, the ones you can’t even watch on fast forward ?).
Let’s the games start, à tout seigneur, tout honneur I’ll start with the three I listed before, Godzilla, Armageddon and Starship Troopers. These three big budgets abortion-wannabe are dream movies for nitpickers like myself, for example in Godzilla, the military tactics are abysmal (three subs in NY harbour, one of them a boomer ?). Come on guys, these attack choppers are firing air-to-air missiles at a ground target, of that size ? Where are the anti-tank missiles ? Also, note to the filmmakers : helicopters operate in three dimensions, if you’re pursued by a ground target, CLIMB ! And that is saying nothing of recycled scenes, you know, I remember how that tank flipped over earlier in the movie, you didn’t have to show it again, I don’t have Alzheimer.
Armageddon, aaah, what nitpicks should we ignore ? The fact that Mir would fall apart if spin-induced gravity was produced ? Or, how about a simullaunch, with the shuttles so close that when the tanks are dropped, it’s just luck that they didn’t hit each other ? Or, one [count it folks, one) nuke (no yield mentioned) to split the asteroid ? Face it, if you know your stuff, it becomes a great comedy/game of “Spot the Nitpick !”
Starship Troopers turn, now. First of all I want to say that I consider that Mr Heinlein’s story was raped. For a military SF story, the military aspect was also abysmal (D-Day type invasion ? Corded starships in orbit ?). I haven’t watched it in a while (yes, I own all three of these movies, among others), so my nitpicking doesn’t come to mind as readily, but I think that the main problem with that movie is that the treatment was done by a Continental European (sorry, Coldy, no offence meant) with a Continental European view of the military (hence, the Nazi symbology), while the book was written by an American with an American view on the subject.
It may sound negative, but I do like these movies, every time I watch them, I find something new they got wrong. Details, man, details, you’ve got to pay attention to them.
So, which movies do YOU love to hate ?
