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Bad (yet Entertaining) Movies You Love

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    HyperAquaBlastHyperAquaBlast Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Hmm I think there is something wrong here. Star Trek 4? Starship Troopers? Pitch Black? These are actually good movies. Mars Attacks is debateble since it knew what it was doing from the get go.

    I'm in the mindset of actual bad movies that people like. Like something you would find on Sci Fi channel or late night comedy central.

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    ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Because it must be posted.

    Also, Barry Gordy's Last Dragon. A black inner city youth who idolizes Bruce Lee and is a martial artist? A group of chinese immigrants speaking like they just got out of a terrible rap concert? A showdown with the Shogun of Harlem?

    Yes please.

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    oldmankenoldmanken Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Starship Troopers is actually bad, no matter how much we want it to be a good movie...

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    edited June 2009
    GoodOmens wrote: »
    I love love love Real Genius. Really fun geeky comedy from 1985, with Val Kilmer as an asshole supergenius physics student, William Atherton as his stuck-up dean, and a plan to create a super powerful laser.

    Oh, and...
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    Upon whom I had a massive crush.

    That actress played the "fat girl" from Revenge of the Nerds a year prior.

    But yes I was madly in love with Jordan too when I was in my early teens.

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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.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
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    Scrooge businessman Hogan gets a bump on the head and wakes up believing he is Santa and attempts to rescue an orphanage from a mad scientist. It is absolutely terrible, making it brilliant fun to watch with some friends while you search for all the absurdities.

    Features? A huge orphanage that only contains 2 staff members and 3 children. Hogan falling onto concrete and being fine, later he falls a similar distance into soft materials like cardboard boxes and is knocked out cold. A mock lightsabre battle using magical crystals that turn out to explode. The orphanage he is trying to save being blown up by said crystals after he has 'saved' it. The orphanage then appears briefly, fully intact, in a shot later in the movie.

    I highly recommend it, if you can find it.

    Oh, and the tag line? 'He arrived in the St. Nick of time.'

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    SliverSliver Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    GoodOmens wrote: »
    I love love love Real Genius. Really fun geeky comedy from 1985, with Val Kilmer as an asshole supergenius physics student, William Atherton as his stuck-up dean, and a plan to create a super powerful laser.

    Oh, and...
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    Upon whom I had a massive crush.

    Mitch: You know, um, something strange happened to me this morning...
    Chris Knight: Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?
    Mitch: No...
    Chris Knight: Why am I the only one who has that dream?

    Also, Oscar and Noises Off are great if you like farces.

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    SentrySentry Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Feral wrote: »
    GoodOmens wrote: »
    I love love love Real Genius. Really fun geeky comedy from 1985, with Val Kilmer as an asshole supergenius physics student, William Atherton as his stuck-up dean, and a plan to create a super powerful laser.

    Oh, and...
    jordan.gif

    Upon whom I had a massive crush.

    That actress played the "fat girl" from Revenge of the Nerds a year prior.

    But yes I was madly in love with Jordan too when I was in my early teens.

    I was also totally in love with her as a kid. And kind of now...

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    LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
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    SliverSliver Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
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    edited June 2009
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    VOODOO JUNGLE DRUMS

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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.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I think we need to change this thread to "Guilty Pleasure Movies You Love", because some of the ones being listed are far from 'bad'.


    That said, I think Shoot em' Up is great.

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    jclastjclast Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Mine have already been mentioned, but I love Demolition Man and Starship Troopers. They both try so hard to live up to their genre and fail spectacularly, but I can't turn either off if it is on TV.

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    OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Judge Dredd

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    LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I like Demolition Man and Judge Dredd quite a bit as well. Stallone actually seems like a bit of a geek ( he was pissed about the crap that went down with Judge Dredd, for example). I hope he does another Sci Fi film before retiring.

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    TamTam Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    My friend just nominated Six String Samurai. I feel like I should punch him in the face, but he's the only other person I know who's seen it.

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    Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I don't know about anybody else but I enjoyed ...
    Water World

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    edited June 2009
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    I don't know about anybody else but I enjoyed ...
    Water World

    Never saw it. But I enjoyed The Postman.

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    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    bathingapebathingape Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Transformers 2: Electric Jiggaboo

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    DeadfallDeadfall I don't think you realize just how rich he is. In fact, I should put on a monocle.Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I will watch just about anything with Jason Statham in it. And I am not ashamed. (Though Revolver was......different, and I've yet to see In the Name of the King.)

    Crank and Crank 2 were, as far as I'm concerned, damned masterpieces of cinema. I applauded at Death Race. And I haven't even mentioned Snatch, Lock, Stock, or the Bank Job.

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    chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Big Trouble in Little China. It was a cinematic masterpiece. I will cut the first person who says different. My only disappointment is that they never did any more Jack Burton movies.

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    OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    chasm wrote: »
    Big Trouble in Little China. It was a cinematic masterpiece. I will cut the first person who says different. My only disappointment is that they never did any more Jack Burton movies.
    I had a long-running Shadowrunner based on Jack Burton.

    Great movie.

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    chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    My best friend pointed out to me last week that I quote at least one line from it on a daily basis. He said he couldn't tell if it was saddening or awesome.

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    emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    bathingape wrote: »
    Transformers 2: Electric Jiggaboo

    NO-NO WORD!

    And I'll add Cube to this thread. Six average people are trapped inside a killer obstacle course - a decade before Saw came out. The movie takes a nosedive in quality by the second half but the idea of people turning on each other in a sci fi setting is a good idea. Two more Cube movies were made that were awful but the original is tolerable and had more believable traps.

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    BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    emnmnme wrote: »
    bathingape wrote: »
    Transformers 2: Electric Jiggaboo

    NO-NO WORD!

    And I'll add Cube to this thread. Six average people are trapped inside a killer obstacle course - a decade before Saw came out. The movie takes a nosedive in quality by the second half but the idea of people turning on each other in a sci fi setting is a good idea. Two more Cube movies were made that were awful but the original is tolerable and had more believable traps.
    I loved Cube. Cube Two was horrible through and through, but I kind of enjoyed Cube Zero.

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    emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Was the Ducktales movie good or bad? I don't really remember anything except that it had a genie with Abe Vigoda eyebrows.

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    iguanacusiguanacus Desert PlanetRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Was the Ducktales movie good or bad? I don't really remember anything except that it had a genie with Abe Vigoda eyebrows.

    Is this like a trick question or something? Ducktales has, is and always will be great.

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    LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The Ducktales movie was pretty great.

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I like Blade Trinity, if only because its one of Ryan Reynolds only action movies where he has more than like 2 lines.

    I'd say Rambo 4, but that movie was fucking awesome and anyone who considers it bad needs to have stallone slowly and carefuly rip their throat out.

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    LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I've heard Rambo 4 was very good. In fact, I think the only people that hate on it are people who haven't seen it and ASSUME it's bad. I can't say either way because I still need to watch it.

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    chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Preacher wrote: »
    I like Blade Trinity, if only because its one of Ryan Reynolds only action movies where he has more than like 2 lines.

    "Also, just a thought, but you might wanna try blinking. ...sorry, I had a lot of sugar this morning."

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    chasm wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    I like Blade Trinity, if only because its one of Ryan Reynolds only action movies where he has more than like 2 lines.

    "Also, just a thought, but you might wanna try blinking. ...sorry, I had a lot of sugar this morning."

    Exactly, if someone cut that movie to just his scenes, it would be awesome.

    Seriously I just want a Hannibal King movie (not night stalkers Biel's character was retarded).

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    chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The great thing about the "blinking" line was that it was ad-libbed. Watch closely and you can see Snipes start to lose it.

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    OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Preacher wrote: »
    chasm wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    I like Blade Trinity, if only because its one of Ryan Reynolds only action movies where he has more than like 2 lines.

    "Also, just a thought, but you might wanna try blinking. ...sorry, I had a lot of sugar this morning."

    Exactly, if someone cut that movie to just his scenes, it would be awesome.

    Seriously I just want a Hannibal King movie (not night stalkers Biel's character was retarded).
    The end of 3 had me more worried about the Hannibal v Triple H fight than the Blade/Dracula silliness.

    3 was definitely the weakest of the trilogy, but still better than a lot of comprable films.

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    chasm wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    I like Blade Trinity, if only because its one of Ryan Reynolds only action movies where he has more than like 2 lines.

    "Also, just a thought, but you might wanna try blinking. ...sorry, I had a lot of sugar this morning."

    Exactly, if someone cut that movie to just his scenes, it would be awesome.

    Seriously I just want a Hannibal King movie (not night stalkers Biel's character was retarded).
    The end of 3 had me more worried about the Hannibal v Triple H fight than the Blade/Dracula silliness.

    3 was definitely the weakest of the trilogy, but still better than a lot of comprable films.

    I honestly would have liked if they had done those fights entirely seperate (hannibal fights wins, and then flips to blade boring ass villain). That was Goyers directorial debut and he didn't do a good job. Decent writer but man he horsefucked direction.

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    Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Feral wrote: »
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    VOODOO JUNGLE DRUMS

    I really only enjoyed the parts with Kristen Bell. I hope she gets to do a good and entertaining musical at some point.

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    LoveIsUnityLoveIsUnity Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    jclast wrote: »
    Mine have already been mentioned, but I love Demolition Man and Starship Troopers. They both try so hard to live up to their genre and fail spectacularly, but I can't turn either off if it is on TV.

    Starship Troopers is way more self-aware and satirical than I thought it was when I first saw it as a teenager. It was on TV a few years ago, and I hadn't seen it in a long time, and I viewed as a complete parody of nationalism militarism. This may not be how everyone interprets it, but I'm pretty sure it's mocking the shit it purports to represent .

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    LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    I don't know about anybody else but I enjoyed ...
    Water World

    I did as well. It was amazingly expensive, though.

    The Big Hit is a great one that someone mentioned on the first page.

    One that I was surprised about when I watched it recently was "Don't Mess With The Zohan". Waaaaaaaay over-the-top but rings true. Funny, too.

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    HamHamJHamHamJ Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I liked D.E.B.S.

    DEBS

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    LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Anyone who's ever enjoyed a giant monster movies needs to see Q - The Winged Serpent.

    It's about a re-incarnation of the Aztec flying serpent god Quetzalcoatl, who decides to nest inside the top of the Chrysler Building in NYC when he's not busy flapping around Manhattan and snatching sunbathing women off of rooftops. Michael "Oh, the first Law & Order DA" Moriarty plays a loser petty criminal who discovers the nest and tries to turn a profit on that news, and David Carradine and Richard "Shaft" Roundtree play incredibly sarcastic cops.

    Or, if you'd like to watch in essence the whole movie in 2 1/2 minutes, here's the extended trailer:

    Q - The Winged Serpent

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    chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Legacy wrote: »
    One that I was surprised about when I watched it recently was "Don't Mess With The Zohan". Waaaaaaaay over-the-top but rings true. Funny, too.

    Dave Matthews as a white supremacist was inspired casting.

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