# Really good really bad flicks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626 "2000-02-08T21:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/41 "2000-02-10T06:45:00Z")
K-I-T-S-C-H. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/42 "2000-02-10T06:50:00Z")
I believe you mean “kitsch”, a German word meaning “trash” - applied to something of lowbrow taste - oil paintings on velvet, coffee mug in the shape of a butt, things like that. I haven’t seen “The Cook the Thief…etc.” but thought it was more of an out-there art house type thing? ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/43 "2000-02-10T06:51:00Z")
Guy P: > [@](#): > > For my own choice it has to be “Toxic Avenger”. I haven’t seen the sequels to this movie and I’m not sure I want to. The dialogue was very bad, and I’d like to think it was mostly intentional–but you never know. Well, sometimes you do know. And Troma Films specializes in making movies that are calculatedly bad – some of which are better than others. Which sort of disqualifies _TA_ for me (along with _Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Amazon Women on the Moon,_ as well as other Troma titles such as _Cannibal! The Musical; Chopper Chicks in Zombietown; Class of Nuke 'Em High; Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown; Class of Nuke 'Em High 3: The Good, the Bad and the Subhumanoid; Decampitated; Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters; Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell; Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills; Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.; Surf Nazis Must Die_ (my personal favorite); _Teenage Catgirls in Heat,_ and of course all three Toxic Avenger titles: \*The Toxic Avenger, Toxic Avenger, Part II, \*and _Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie_. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/44 "2000-02-10T06:53:00Z")
Okay, some of you have mentioned some movies I really liked: 1. Real Genius 2. Spice World 3. Overboard 4. Cutthroat Island Why do I like them? Because they are FUN! No one is taking themselves so seriously “I am an AC-TOR…” etc. Here’s my nomination that I just saw this weekend and really thought was funny! **Mystery Men** My favorite line is when William H. Macy, Paul Reubens and Jeanene Garafolo go to see the mad scientist and Macy says, “Spread out! I’ll take the point, you guys take the flank. We’ll triangulate.” Paul REubens comes back with, “Iscosoles or equilateral?”. Don’t ask me why - I just found that hilarious! …guess you had to be there! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/45 "2000-02-10T06:56:00Z")
enright, Yep. I was just gonna say that. Frankenhooker. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/46 "2000-02-09T19:07:00Z")
Was I the only one that saw _Young Einstein_? There was a great bit on _The Simpsons_ having to do with the brief Aussie infatuation of the US. Lisa is looking at a photo of a movie marquee with “Yahoo Serious Film Festival” on it. “I know those words but that doesn’t make sense.” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/47 "2000-02-09T19:13:00Z")
Bunny: I LOVED that flick! My choice for best line also came from William H. Macy, as the heroes prepare to storm the villains’ lair: “Okay, guys…we’ve got a blind date with Destiny…and it looks like she’s ordered the lobster.” ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/48 "2000-02-09T19:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > By wiploc: > \*\*I even wonder if The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover doesn’t belong in this catagory. Don’t you really enjoy it as keich? \*\* > [@](#): > > By Ike: > \*\*K-I-T-S-C-H. \*\* I actually enjoyed it as a nice quiche. With cheese. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/49 "2000-02-09T19:26:00Z")
Mystery Men! Loved it! I adore Paul Reubens! My favorite part was the auditions - “I’m PMS Girl, I only work 4 days a month, you got a problem with that?” I only wish the movie had been funnier, it had such possibilities, and it - just - missed. Still, the actors were great. ---
**Author:** ![WIU\_Wozman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WIU\_Wozman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIU_Wozman)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/50 "2000-02-09T21:01:00Z")
Has anybody ever seen Johnny Dangerously? How about the best movie of all time, The Blues Brothers? Those are my nominations * * * Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them. - Isaac Jaffee ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/51 "2000-02-09T21:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by orangecakes: > **enright, Yep. I was just gonna say that. Frankenhooker.** Wow, someone else saw that move? I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one! Do I remember correctly… when the ‘dr.’ wanted to get his creative juices flowing he would insert a drill into his own head for stimulation? There was something wierd like that. Not that the rest of the movie wasn’t wierd too. Enright3 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/52 "2000-02-09T22:25:00Z")
actually, I dont remember details but it was a classic. Also I loved Dr, Detroit with dan Aykroyd ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/53 "2000-02-09T22:33:00Z")
Ha ha Orangecakes : I too saw Dr.Detroit and found some weird joy in it. Also I’m not sure if anyone else saw these: Transylvannia 6-5000 (early Micheal Richards) My Chauffeur (early no-one) Solarbabies ( Jamie Gertz and…who the hell else was in this?) Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker) Two of A Kind (super bad with John travolta and Olivia Newton-John) Staying Alive (super bad follow-up to Saturday Night Fever, watch for Sly, he has a cameo) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/54 "2000-02-09T23:06:00Z")
I’ll second (or third) the nominations of _Amazon Women on the Moon_ and _Rock ‘n’ Roll High School_ and add: _Beastmaster_: I confess I haven’t seen this movie in ages, but at one time it aired on TBS approx. every other day, twice on Saturday, which coincided with the height of my love of everything sword and sorcery. Plus the ferrets were pretty dang cute. _Ice Pirates_: I’m easily amused. I don’t know what else to say. Space herpes. _Pass the Ammo_: Tim Curry as a televangelist who gets his comeuppance on national TV. Who wouldn’t like to see that?? * * * “I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy [The Kat House](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/home.htm) [Join the FSH Muscular Dystrophy Webring](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/fshwebring.htm) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/55 "2000-02-09T23:08:00Z")
Rock and Roll High School is not a bad movie.Its great! The Ramones are in it! Love the shower scene! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/56 "2000-02-10T07:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Transylvannia 6-5000 (early Micheal Richards) He was in that? > [@](#): > > Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker) And Shannen Doherty. My vote goes to **Satisfaction** ; Justine Bateman’s vehicle and Julia Roberts’ film debut. * * * Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together. —Red Green ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/57 "2000-02-10T14:31:00Z")
Army of Darkness - I am compelled to watch whenever this one comes on. Also the only film since Gone With the Wind with a male protaganist named Ashley – and this one has a chainsaw for a hand, it doesn’t get any better. “Ash, housewares… **kablam** ” * * * All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/58 "2000-02-10T15:42:00Z")
RILCHIAM - Yup, he was the weird guy who was always saying “No iss good, come you try, iss fun.” ---
**Author:** ![onesheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e495f1/32.png) [@onesheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onesheep)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/59 "2000-02-10T21:56:00Z")
The Day of the Triphids Them And Jane Fonda’s best ever, Barbarella. Classic Sci-fi. ---
**Author:** ![micro\_user](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@micro\_user](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/micro_user)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626/60 "2000-02-10T23:55:00Z")
How come nobody mentions “Pink Flamingos”, directed by John Waters, starring Divine? I’ve always thought if I ever wanted to divorce my wife, but didn’t know how to broach the subject, I would take her to this movie. That would be the end of our marriage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-really-bad-flicks/13626.md?page=4)