# Let me take a movie-watching bullet for you. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745 "2003-04-20T01:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/21 "2003-04-20T06:26:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\*Sinci you’ve already seen it, it’s out of the running unless someone else nominates it. > > Let me re-interate the point of the thread for everyone else who may not understand what I’m after here: > _ahem_ > (bolded for emphasis) > **The point is not to make me watch bad movies, but to watch movies that you’re not sure if you want to see and then get my opinion of it.** \*\* Fine, Captain PickyPants 😛 I want you to watch **Glitter** Do Not Irk the hardy… ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/22 "2003-04-20T06:42:22Z")
You know, at some point we’ll need to narrow this list down to no more than 4 movies, max, cuz there’s no way I’m watching more than that and having reviews for all of them by the weekend. I’m gonna start the paring of the list by removing _Mitchell_ (sorry **Guin** darling). Since I own the MSTie version of that on DVD, I’ll be too biased to take the movie seriously at all. **Hardygrrl’s** suggestions got booted cuz she’s seen the movies, therefore is not curious about what the movie is like, she just wants to subject me to the same hell she went through watching the movies. Also knocking off film types where no specific film was named (David Lynch and Pauly Shore), we’re left with: The Blue Iguana Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Ishtar Hudson Hawk Event Horizon The Dish Yes Madam Freddy Got Fingered Battlefield Earth Now I’ve already seen _Ishtar_ and _Event Horizon_, but both were years ago and I’ve forgotten most of them. So those stay on the list, since I’d have to re-watch them to tell anyone about them. And since I’m the one who has to watch these, I’m a bit curious to see what the deal is with _Hudson Hawk_ myself (I’ve heard conflicting opinions on that one), so that suggestion gets bonus points. And I doubt **hardy** has any real curiosity towards seeing _Glitter_ (since she finished her post with a line about “irking” her, I get the feeling she just want to torture me), so that one isn’t making the list either. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Homer\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Homer\_J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer_J)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/23 "2003-04-20T11:17:10Z")
the dish is actually quite enjoyable, but i definatly agree with the practical magic comments, however i would like to add my vote to stop! or my mom will shoot - Sly in his best acting role (although I’m only guessing) Too many grandmas - ‘faster grandma, grandmas gaining on us’ (sorry couldn’t resist) - classic simpsons ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/24 "2003-04-20T15:33:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\* > And I doubt **hardy** has any real curiosity towards seeing _Glitter_ (since she finished her post with a line about “irking” her, I get the feeling she just want to torture me), so that one isn’t making the list either. 😉 \*\* I’ve had some curiosity about _Glitter_, but not enough drugs to make me follow through on it. 😃 Who else says he has to watch Mariah Carey try to act? Who else says he has to watch a Lifetime For Women rejected script? **Glitter, Glitter…** ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/25 "2003-04-20T15:58:52Z")
I think you should watch \*\*Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies \*\*. I’d like to know what’s going on behind that incredibly cool title myself. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Harrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@John\_Harrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Harrison)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/26 "2003-04-20T16:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > The Blue Iguana > Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies > Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot > Ishtar > Hudson Hawk > Event Horizon > The Dish > Yes Madam > Freddy Got Fingered > Battlefield Earth For all that is Holy, please take The Dish out of this list of crapola. It shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same thread with dreck like Ishtar and Freddy Got Fingered (and so did I after watching that fucking movie). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/27 "2003-04-20T18:13:59Z")
Any reason the two movies I suggested were left off the list? ---
**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/28 "2003-04-20T19:48:30Z")
I’d like to see your take on Ishtar. All I ever hear about it is how it’s such a terrible movie, but I have one friend who swears it’s great. It seems like he’s the only one in the world who doesn’t see it as a punchline for comic strips. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/29 "2003-04-20T20:15:34Z")
I’ve heard nothing but bad things about “Master of Disguise,” but I’d like to know if it’s “So Bad It’s Good” or just “So Bad It Should Be Buried in a Shallow Grave.” Please advise. ---
**Author:** ![Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedrosian_Bixby)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/30 "2003-04-20T20:23:37Z")
peepthis…Master of Disguise is a truly horrible movie. I can’t begine to find the words for how bad it was…it’s only redeeming quality was the outakes during the credits…which were better than the actual movie. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/31 "2003-04-20T21:08:52Z")
I’m kind of curious about _Ishtar_ myself. Is it really _that_ amazingly bad, or is it just an ordinary bad movie that seems worse because it has talented stars? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/32 "2003-04-20T21:13:05Z")
Manos: The Hands of Fate. I’ve always wondered just how bad that movie is. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/33 "2003-04-20T21:16:37Z")
Don’t bother with _Battlefield Earth_. It’s been done to death. We’ve all read 100 reviews of how bad it is already. I’d like you to watch [_The Adjuster_](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0101273). I’ve heard different things about it, I even rented it once but never watched it because of my ambivalent feelings regarding it. I’m not suggesting it in the spirit of most of these other movies, forcing you to watch something terrible. I just want somebody’s honest, unbiased critical opinion of it. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/34 "2003-04-20T21:24:26Z")
Re: Manos. It’s its own category of bad. It’s not good. It’s not so bad it’s almost good. It’s so bad that the people that made it actually seemed to be trying to make a good one, except they had no talent. The only cast member with a hint of talent (Torgo), died (some say a suicide die to his involvement with Manos) soon after it was made. It’s that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/35 "2003-04-20T21:53:43Z")
So now we have: 3 votes for _Ishtar_ 2 votes for _Stop or My Mom Willl Shoot_ 2 votes for _Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies_ (but remember when voting, I’ll have to be able to find these movies) And the rest of the list (with **featherlou’s** suggestions added, cuz I somehow missed that post last time): _The Blue Iguana Hudson Hawk Event Horizon The Dish Yes Madam Freddy Got Fingered Battlefield Earth Perfect Staying Alive The Adjuster_ As for _Master of Disguise_ - I’ve already seen it. No, it is not good. You may like the film if you’re 4 years old, but then you’d be too young to fully appreciate Carvey’s take offs of Robert Shaw as Capt. Quint from _Jaws_ or Al Pacino in _Scarface_. It’s basically a vehicle for Dana Carvey to dress up and do silly voices. I pretty sure this film entertained him more than it entertained any audience. It is not “So Bad It’s Good.” It’s just bad. I’m also gonna make a new rule, and disqualify any film I’ve seen a MST3K version of, since having that in the back of my mind will surely influence me while watching the movie. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/36 "2003-04-20T22:50:00Z")
Another suggestion: Highlander 2 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/37 "2003-04-20T23:05:52Z")
Actually, _Event Horizon_ doesn’t do too badly as a space horror movie. Just don’t go in expecting _Alien_. ---
**Author:** ![Tarrsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tarrsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarrsk)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/38 "2003-04-20T23:56:48Z")
_The Monster That Challenged The World._ I ran across it at my local Blockbuster once, and have always regretted not picking it up. All I remember about it (other than the title) was that the description mentioned something about giant molluscs… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/39 "2003-04-21T03:51:29Z")
I heard Torgo was a drug addict, too, and that his dad was really abusive. Oh, **Crunchy** , you know I love you to bits, I just thought of the movies that came to mind first. BTW, why would _Mitchell_ be out, **hardygrrl**? 😉 And if a movie makes you almost hate Goran Visnjic, then that’s a guarantee it’s bad. Goran Visnjic is probably the sexiest thing ever to roam this planet, in the past or present.\* \*[sub]Except for you, Crunchy, babe[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745/40 "2003-04-21T04:02:06Z")
I’d like to nominate _Son in Law_ because I hate, loathe and despise Pauly Shore, and my sister says I should watch it because it’s “Pauly Shore’s good movie”, and I want to know if she’s being serious or if she is just trying to kill me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-take-a-movie-watching-bullet-for-you/169745.md?page=3)