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You know how every once in a while, you'll see a movie that's deemed terrible by most of the movie-viewing population, yet for some reason you still love it?
Commando.
The network TV dubbed version.
My friend has a copy of it on VHS, complete with mid-80s TV ads. All the swearing is dubbed over and all the deaths are edited out. They redubbed "motherfucker" to "mothercruncher." It's fabulous.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
I don't know, I guess I'm a sucker for any post-apocalyptic futurism in which all the bad dudes hoon around on waterskis, while the hero roams the oceans on a catamaran rigged with mechanically unfurling sails and sick ass harpoon guns. Oh yeah and Dennis Hopper was pretty entertaining.
Patrick Swayze is a gun smuggling truck driver who tries to go clean, but has to make one last run. His nemisis is Meatloaf. Features an awesome downhill truck racing scene.
As for myself, I loved 2001: A Space Odyssey. I think it's probably the best science fiction movie ever made.
Huh? I don't think anybody would disagree with you. At least, if not best, certainly top five. I mean, it's a classic. I don't think I've ever heard a critic say any different.
I didn't know this was considered by most to be bad. I for one, loved that movie.
Hmm, it gets a luke warm 6.4 over all on IMDB, but I though it was one of Cage's better films. Not as good as Leaving Las Vegas but probably better then The Rock.
No one thinks Last Samurai is bad. It's a good movie.
Grandma's Boy is fucking hilarious, give it a shot.
It is a terrible movie.
For me? Rat Race - the recent one.
I think I physically loved this movie when I saw them betting on how long the maids could hold onto the curtains before falling.
If you are talking about the Rowan Atkinson Rat Race, then that was actually pretty good, until the ending where they all went crowd surfing at a Smashmouth concert, and I'm like whhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
It's an early Jackie Chan movie based on an anime with the same name. It's bad and it's dumb, but I love it for so many reasons, one of the most memorable being a fight scene where everyone for some reason turns into characters from Street Fighter II, and Jackie Chan for some reason is Chun-Li. Pure magic. Also, it was originally Chinese and the voice dubs are wonderfully horrible.
Huh? I don't think anybody would disagree with you. At least, if not best, certainly top five. I mean, it's a classic. I don't think I've ever heard a critic say any different.
...deemed terrible by most of the movie-viewing population
It may be critically acclaimed; but I think nine out of ten people who see it, hate it. The ending probably being the biggest reason for it.
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
edited January 2007
Equilibrium.
Well, really just those four scenes. You know, the Dark Fight, the Whappity Fight, the Dog Fight, and the End Fight. Oh, and Sean Bean.
memorable being a fight scene where everyone for some reason turns into characters from Street Fighter II, and Jackie Chan for some reason is Chun-Li. Pure magic. Also, it was originally Chinese and the voice dubs are wonderfully horrible.
I think I saw a clip of that. Oddly enough that short scene was more like Street Fighter than the live action movie of Street fighter.
reVerseAttack and Dethrone GodRegistered Userregular
edited January 2007
Street Fighter: The Movie. Yes, the one with Van Damme. That movie is so bad it's just plain awesome. I can't watch it without smiling all the way through. "Quick, change ze channel!". Not when Street Fighter's on!
Hard Target with Jean-Claude Van Damme is possibly the greatest action movie I've ever seen.
EVERYTHING gets shot. EVERYTHING explodes. EVERYTHING is in slow motion. The "logic" of the film is wonderful. Jean-Claude stars in a movie with people that make HIS accent look good.
Hard Target and Commando make murder so common it's actually comical and awesome.
*edit: Roadhouse is the greatest movie about a bouncer that cleans up a Red Neck bar EVER.
[spoiler:cac92df43a]He rips out people's throats![/spoiler:cac92df43a]
I gotta love it, being that its credited with starting the blaxploitation genre and does have all the coolness of a blaxploitation film, but damn, it's just horrible. The tittle character only has 6 lines throughout the movie and so much time is wasted watching the character literally just run. Some one could shorten the flick down by 30 minutes and it might be pretty good, though.
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LibrarianThe face of liberal fascismRegistered Userregular
edited January 2007
Ok, now let's wait for the next cinematic genius who claims that this is not a bad movie but a truly awesome one instead....
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It was amazing.
Wow. Really?
For my part, I didn't think that The Last Samurai was all that bad.
Grandma's Boy is fucking hilarious, give it a shot.
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The network TV dubbed version.
My friend has a copy of it on VHS, complete with mid-80s TV ads. All the swearing is dubbed over and all the deaths are edited out. They redubbed "motherfucker" to "mothercruncher." It's fabulous.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I don't know, I guess I'm a sucker for any post-apocalyptic futurism in which all the bad dudes hoon around on waterskis, while the hero roams the oceans on a catamaran rigged with mechanically unfurling sails and sick ass harpoon guns. Oh yeah and Dennis Hopper was pretty entertaining.
It's amazingly bad. I seriously love this movie.
Patrick Swayze is a gun smuggling truck driver who tries to go clean, but has to make one last run. His nemisis is Meatloaf. Features an awesome downhill truck racing scene.
"It's just wind. It blows all over the place."
This topic is for bad movies, not great ones.
As for myself, I loved 2001: A Space Odyssey. I think it's probably the best science fiction movie ever made.
It is a terrible movie.
For me? Rat Race - the recent one.
The Last Samurai was fucking terrible.
So amazingly corny, yet I love it.
Also the movie version of Clue, which has more one-liners than pretty much any other movie I've ever seen.
I love this horrible horrible movie. Even I admit it is horrible but man I love to watch it. I will own it one of these days.
I didn't know this was considered by most to be bad. I for one, loved that movie.
Huh? I don't think anybody would disagree with you. At least, if not best, certainly top five. I mean, it's a classic. I don't think I've ever heard a critic say any different.
Hmm, it gets a luke warm 6.4 over all on IMDB, but I though it was one of Cage's better films. Not as good as Leaving Las Vegas but probably better then The Rock.
I think I physically loved this movie when I saw them betting on how long the maids could hold onto the curtains before falling.
If you are talking about the Rowan Atkinson Rat Race, then that was actually pretty good, until the ending where they all went crowd surfing at a Smashmouth concert, and I'm like whhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
the thread says 'bad' movies, not awesome ones.
'bad' movies like the league of extraordinary gentlement, or the blade trilogy.
I liked the idea of the movie and the main character. Everything else was just horrible. Still didnt stop me from picking this movie up on VHS though.
It's an early Jackie Chan movie based on an anime with the same name. It's bad and it's dumb, but I love it for so many reasons, one of the most memorable being a fight scene where everyone for some reason turns into characters from Street Fighter II, and Jackie Chan for some reason is Chun-Li. Pure magic. Also, it was originally Chinese and the voice dubs are wonderfully horrible.
It may be critically acclaimed; but I think nine out of ten people who see it, hate it. The ending probably being the biggest reason for it.
Well, really just those four scenes. You know, the Dark Fight, the Whappity Fight, the Dog Fight, and the End Fight. Oh, and Sean Bean.
For me I enjoy the arrival for some reason.
Yes
EVERYTHING gets shot. EVERYTHING explodes. EVERYTHING is in slow motion. The "logic" of the film is wonderful. Jean-Claude stars in a movie with people that make HIS accent look good.
Hard Target and Commando make murder so common it's actually comical and awesome.
*edit: Roadhouse is the greatest movie about a bouncer that cleans up a Red Neck bar EVER.
[spoiler:cac92df43a]He rips out people's throats![/spoiler:cac92df43a]
I gotta love it, being that its credited with starting the blaxploitation genre and does have all the coolness of a blaxploitation film, but damn, it's just horrible. The tittle character only has 6 lines throughout the movie and so much time is wasted watching the character literally just run. Some one could shorten the flick down by 30 minutes and it might be pretty good, though.
Ok, now let's wait for the next cinematic genius who claims that this is not a bad movie but a truly awesome one instead....
Jason: [looking at the robot that Roscoe has built] Why'd you make him black?
Roscoe: [smiling] Because I wanted him to be perfect.
Cooolest take on Alien, the Space Herpe!
[spoiler:e75838103f]The only redeeming value of the entire movie is the quote on the bottom of the case[/spoiler:e75838103f]