There are a few movies out there that just aren’t very good. But in spite of that I still enjoy watching them. Here’s a list of a few of the bad movies that I love. Please feel free to share your list with me. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
And apparantly the adventure ended with the first movie as well. Believe it or not this movie was based on a series of books though the name currently escapes me. Starring Fred Ward (Tremors) and Kate Mulgrew (Voyager) RW: TAB is a heart wrenching story about a top secret agent for an organiztion which does not exist stopping an evil contractor from selling the military bogus goods that will cost lives. Complete with bullet dodging Koreans and a fight on the Statue of Liberty when it was under reconstruction this movie has it all! Highlander
I know this one is a cult classic and even I love this one. However I must come to terms with my inner self and admit to myself that this is just a bad movie. What’s frustrating is that this movie has such a neato burrito concept. But the dialogue isn’t very good, the acting is pretty lame, and some of the plot is weak. The entire scene with Kurgen and the car he stole is just plain embarassing.
Evil Dead Trilogy
This also has a cult following, but the original, with its shoestring budget, was standard horror movie cliche. Young people go somewhere isolated, they’re trapped, they die off one by one. The acting isn’t that great, the dialogue is nothing special, and it’s saved (IMO) only by the director and his camera work (I’m a big Sam Raimi fan). It doesn’t hurt having Bruce Campbell in the movie either, who is the best part of the 2nd and 3rd installments of the trilogy.
Hail to the king, baby.
Track of the Moon Beast
This is a horrible film. Truly, truly bad. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. However, my cousin Chris and I once saw this movie and did the MST3K treatment and ever since this has become quite an enjoyable film for me to watch.
I have said it before (a few times) and I’ll say it again: Battlefield Earth. Horrible if taken seriously, damn funny if viewed as a failed action movie. The acting is so bad, I almost wonder if Travolta did it on purpose. I have it on DVD.
I have a soft spot in my head for Bad Films. Every year I hold a Bad Film Fstival – a sort of Home MST3K – except I was doing this long before MST3K existed. I agree with ** Remo Williams**. The movie manages to b even worse than the books it is based on – no mean feat. They accomplished this by getting Christopher Wood to do the screenplay. Wood is the guy who wrote what are undeniably the worst Bond movies – Moonraker and The Spy who Loved Me. This movie is worse. A lot worse.
** Plan 9 From Outer Space** and Robot Monster. Arguably the best Bad films ever.
Big Trouble in Little China – I’m not really sure that it’s Bad, but it’s not God. Great fun, especially because the hero is an idiot and doesn’t realize it.
** Sorceress** – I know of at least three films with this title. he one I’m talking about is a Roger Corman effort that looks as if it was made in Italy and then badly dubbed into English. But it was really made in the US in English to start with. Embarrassingly bad in all possible ways – script, cinematography, acting, special effects, logic.
Remo Williams is based on The Destroyer series of books, written by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir originally, now just Warren Murphy, is one of those badass mercenary series that were very popular back in the eighties. The Destroyer was the best of the genre, and at their best they were pleasant, brainless entertainment.
I kinda liked Kurt Russell in Escape from New York and Escape from LA. Those films are real stinkers.
I personally don’t see anything funny about Battlefield Earth. I attempted to watch a few minutes of it, absolutely none of it made any impression on my mind. It was as if I was watching dead air for 30 minutes.
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Wood is the guy who wrote what are undeniably the worst Bond movies – Moonraker and The Spy who Loved Me.
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I can’t let that “undeniably” part pass without comment. “Moonraker”, sure, it’s the worst Bond ever, but come on, “A View to a Kill” is a very close second. TSWLM is IMHO mediocre Bond, and one of the better Moore films.
Also gotta disagree on “Big Trouble”, IMO it’s a good movie.
Oscar. Where Sylvester Stallone plays a mob boss and the story revolves around his daughter getting married and Stallone trying to make a meeting but someone keeps showing up to his house. At the end, during the weeding vows, some guy runs in wearing an army uniform screaming “Wait! Wait!” Everyone asks him “Who are you?” to which he replies “I’m Oscar!”. Still gets me everytime. The movie ends shortly thereafter.
I catch it every now and then when I stay up late at night. Failed attempt for a comedy career, but it was damn funny.
There’s a couple of late-50s, early-60s hospital melodramas called The Interns and The New Interns. Lots of familiar faces like Telly Savalas and a very young George Segal. Pretty much what it sounds like, a bunch of young doctors going through their first year of residency, mostly centering on the soap opera of their personal lives. One of those great Bad BeBop soundtracks. I haven’t seen these in a long time but they used to be in heavy late-show rotation, and I never missed them.
Tron - I can’t explain why I have this movie on DVD. It really isn’t that good. The dialogue is flat or overblown, and the story’s pacing is awkward.
The David Lynch version of Dune. I have the DVD for this one, too. Nice visuals, but man, what a mess. The Sci-Fi Channel’s miniseries version, although not a perfect adaptation, was far superior.
Great Glowing Moonrocks, Batman! I have got to see that episode! I must see what did they do during the California Lady song that was awkwardly squeezed into the center of the movie. God we had fun with that song.