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The really bad movies.... which are fun to watch ? which are just unwatchable ?

DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
edited January 2012 in General Movies & TV Posts: 15,722
We've all watched movies that are really, really bad...

But which one do you think are so hilarious.... so bad, yet so fun that you can't help but put one of them in the DVD player sometimes ?

Which one are really unwatchable ? So dull that 30 minutes feel like 2 hours ?
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  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    So Bad It's Good - Anything 'Mega-something' film or parody done by Asylum Films

    So Bad It's Horrible - Death Bed: The Bed That Eats, Pocket Ninjas, Zombie Lake
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    I must admit there's been very few films I've considered truely unwatchable.

    The last time I've felt close to that though was when I saw 2012. I was urging to walk out but couldn't.
  • StevenSteven
    Posts: 105
    A while back a few of my friends and myself thought it would be fun to watch some of Steven Segal's latest films which were good to laugh at. I remember one where everytime Segal had a line to say he was sitting down and it almost seemed as if they had a teleprompter or the script stuck to a table for him to read straight off.

    Fun times!
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Let me take this opportunity to say for what could be the last time that everyone should see Commando once in their lifetimes, this was the very pinnacle of Schwarzenegger straight to video back in the 1980s, and is undoubtably the ultimate 'so bad it is good' movie of the ages, actually saw it on it's original release and seen it so many times since. There are so many examples of this here 'really bad movies', but this one deserves a place on it's own, if you have never seen it, run out and grab a copy I say


  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
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    I still can't embed damn YouTube things but have a look anyway
  • NorwegianBondNorwegianBond
    Posts: 132
    Home Alone 4 or Never Say Never Again
    Say no more...
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,999
    HASEROT wrote:
    Zombie Lake

    I still want to see that.
    Steven wrote:
    A while back a few of my friends and myself thought it would be fun to watch some of Steven Segal's latest films which were good to laugh at. I remember one where everytime Segal had a line to say he was sitting down and it almost seemed as if they had a teleprompter or the script stuck to a table for him to read straight off.

    Fun times!

    Does he still dub his own lines badly? I haven't seen a Seagall film since Submerged (2005).
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    Baltimore_007 wrote:
    Let me take this opportunity to say for what could be the last time that everyone should see Commando once in their lifetimes, this was the very pinnacle of Schwarzenegger straight to video back in the 1980s, and is undoubtably the ultimate 'so bad it is good' movie of the ages, actually saw it on it's original release and seen it so many times since. There are so many examples of this here 'really bad movies', but this one deserves a place on it's own, if you have never seen it, run out and grab a copy I say



    I love Commando, it's so terrible it's hilarious. Makes Brozza's machine gun antics look like the ultimate exercise in realism.



    However I'm still not sure if this is "so bad it's good" or just "bad" though. I'm renting it soon to re-watch and will decide:

  • StevenSteven
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    MajorDSmythe wrote:
    Steven wrote:
    A while back a few of my friends and myself thought it would be fun to watch some of Steven Segal's latest films which were good to laugh at. I remember one where everytime Segal had a line to say he was sitting down and it almost seemed as if they had a teleprompter or the script stuck to a table for him to read straight off.

    Fun times!

    Does he still dub his own lines badly? I haven't seen a Seagall film since Submerged (2005).

    @MajorDSmythe Yea he does, sometimes it looks like he's not even moving his mouth at all. Though i couldn't tell half the time because I was laughing too hard!
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    I could talk all day about Steven Seagal movies, he's one of my favorite actors and no shame either

    One thing I really enjoy about him is you always get a bit about two thirds through every Seagal Movie where all the bad guys meet up and go into nauseating detail about how Mr Seagal in the baddest mother on the planet, "this guy is immense, he's huge, he's unbeatable, he's bigger than God, he's the ultimate nightmare, you don't want him on your front lawn while you eat your cornflakes" etc etc, always makes me smile, it's like mr Seagal has a mandatory obligation to put in every film he's in just how bad a dude he is and we must not forget that fact

    PS Mr Bain, how did you get the embeds on, what am I doing wrong, any help would be appreciated, having some technical difficulties
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    The only proper Steven Segal movies I've seen are Under Siege 1 and 2. One is ok but two is pretty bad.

    I suppose you could count Executive Decision but I don't because...well ;)

    I'm more an Arnie man myself
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,999
    Steven wrote:

    @MajorDSmythe Yea he does, sometimes it looks like he's not even moving his mouth at all. Though i couldn't tell half the time because I was laughing too hard!

    And it wouldn't be as bad if he lost weight. Compare him to JCVD, whom is starting to look old in his face, otherwise he still looks a credible action hero. Seagal however, now resembles a Zeppelin.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Seagal won't be Under Siege, he'll be Under The Ground if he doesn't lay off the candy bars soon

    But still a fine actor, had a chance to see Fire Down Below again recently for the first time in years and although Steven had put on a few pounds it was still a fun adventure
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    Posts: 2,341
    Snakes on a Plane is really bad but was fun to watch. But I would never watch that shytt again.

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, is not all that. Just a lousy rehash of "Raiders of the Lost Art" without the suspense. Still fun to watch.

    99% of Stephen King adaptions are unwatchable
  • Agent005Agent005
    Posts: 562
    DaltonCraig007 wrote:
    ...so bad, yet so fun that you can't help but put one of them in the DVD player sometimes ?

    - Batman & Robin
    - Van Helsing
    - Spider-Man 3
    - Revenge of the Sith
    - Three Ninjas Kick Back
    - Super Mario Bros.
    - Ghostrider
    - Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

  • GetafixGetafix
    Posts: 11,425
    BAIN123 wrote:
    Baltimore_007 wrote:
    Let me take this opportunity to say for what could be the last time that everyone should see Commando once in their lifetimes, this was the very pinnacle of Schwarzenegger straight to video back in the 1980s, and is undoubtably the ultimate 'so bad it is good' movie of the ages, actually saw it on it's original release and seen it so many times since. There are so many examples of this here 'really bad movies', but this one deserves a place on it's own, if you have never seen it, run out and grab a copy I say



    I love Commando, it's so terrible it's hilarious. Makes Brozza's machine gun antics look like the ultimate exercise in realism.



    However I'm still not sure if this is "so bad it's good" or just "bad" though. I'm renting it soon to re-watch and will decide:


    Never thought I'd hear you utter such implied criticisms of the Brozza! Are you awakening to the awfulness of his performances as Bond?

    I can't think of a 'so bad it's good' type film. I tend to feel that if I enjoy it then it must actually have some genuine merit. One book I'd put in that category though is the Da Vinci Code, which the whole the time I was reading it (over the course of a day, as I couldn't put it down), I was thinking, 'how can something so bad, be so good?'.

    At a stretch perhaps I'd put Kingpin in the this category. Although if backed into a corner I still just think it's one of the ten greatest films of all time.
  • Agent005Agent005
    edited January 2012 Posts: 562
    I also need to add Daredevil to my list. Terrible movie, but a lot of fun to watch, if only for Colin Farrell.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited January 2012 Posts: 11,189
    Getafix wrote:
    Never thought I'd hear you utter such implied criticisms of the Brozza! Are you awakening to the awfulness of his performances as Bond?

    No i'm not, I'm saying that, although the machine gun antics were silly, they weren't as extreme as Arnie's stuff. Arnie had a FAR higher body count.

    The Divinci Code is just a dull IMO. Havn't read the book so can't comment on that.
  • jackdaggerjackdagger
    Posts: 498
    I LOVE awesomely bad horror movies, especially slashers. The Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, and Leprechaun sequels are just SO terrible but they're addicting.

    As for the ones that are unwatchable, anything by Uwe Boll. ESPECIALLY a certain movie that's so terrible I won't even say its name. But it did involve vampire cowboys and a certain villain from A Christmas Story.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited January 2012 Posts: 4,534
    The really bad movies.... which are (fun) to watch ?:

    Transporter
    Gamer (2009)
    Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
    Wild Child
    Batman
    Batman Returns
    Batman & Robin
    The Dark Knight
    LOTR Return of the King
    The Bourne Supremacy
    The Bourne Ultimatum
    National Treasure: Book of Secrets
    Ocean's Twelve
    Hancock
    Good Luck Chuck
    Armored (2009)
    17 again
    You Don't Mess with the Zohan
    I Hate Valentine's Day
    Superhero Movie
    Home Alone 3
    Home Alone 4
    Terminator 4
    Die Hard 4
    Firewall
    Jumper
    Meet Dave
    Thick as Thieves aka The Code
    The Contract
    The Edge (Lee Tamahori)
    Casino Royale ''2006''
    Garfield
    Garfield 2
    Nowhere to Land
    Revolver
    The Matrix
    The Ringer
    Crank
    Mars Atacks. For Brosnan and Tom Jones you should see it.
    Under the Tuscan Sun
    Girl with a Pearl Earring
    Parfume
    Get Over It
    Red Eye
    The Skeleton Key
    The Punisher (2004)
    The Detonator
    Femme Fatale
    Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
    Beyond Borders
    Resident Evil
    Open Season
    The Pacifier
    Swimfan
    Lockdown
    Windfall
    Blind. Dutch movie. English subtitles example The movie is very slow like Girl with a Pearl Earring or Parfume.
    Ultraviolet
    Wild Things 2
    Wild Things 3: Diamonds in the Rough
    The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)

    Bad in the other meaning, that there are good:

    Child's Play 1, 2 & 3
    Terminator (first 3)
    Die Hard (first 3)
    Total Recall
    The 6th Day
    Gremlins
    Gremlins 2

    so bad, yet so fun that you can't help but put one of them in the DVD player sometimes ?

    Dr No
    Goldfinger
    Thunderball
    Moonraker
    Die Another Day

    which are just unwatchable ?

    Ash Wednesday (2002)
    Crank: High Voltage
    Date Movie
    The Wicker Man (2006)
    Premonition
    Tears of the Sun
    John Q
    La marche de l'empereur (March of The Penguins). The Dutch and Belgium version are Belgium dubbing and text are not tranlate what made i set it off after a litle 30 minutes. Also because i have seen better in BBC documentry's.

  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.

    Shoot me.
  • TracyTracy
    edited January 2012 Posts: 1,713
    Delta Force is better than Commando : better acting (sans Norris) , better music , better script.

    Mars Attacks is supposed to be silly , people should judge it for what it is , OTT shenanigans for 90 mins.

    Gigli at least tries to be funny......Enough was just a snooze fest womens lib/I shall beat my hubbie movie , yaaaaawn.
  • StevenSteven
    Posts: 105
    Tracy wrote:
    Delta Force is better than Commando : better acting (sans Norris) , better music , better script.

    So good acting, music and scripts are what you watch these movies for???
    Sorry to say but I dont think that's what the directors were aiming for when they were made.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited January 2012 Posts: 11,189
    Deep Blue Sea - so stupid its hilarious

    SPOILER ALERT

  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Did they really expect the viewer(s) wouldn't think something fishy was about to happen? There are sharks around, he's right next to a pool, and look at how far away he is from the other characters.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    MajorDSmythe wrote:
    Did they really expect the viewer(s) wouldn't think something fishy was about to happen?

    [-(
  • 002002
    Posts: 581
    nearly every single Nicholas Cage film
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,722
    002 wrote:
    nearly every single Nicholas Cage film

    The Rock and Lord of War are fantastic films !! [-(
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    Police academy mission to moscow is truly awful. a low point in christopher lee's career. remake of wickerman is terrible though has some truly hilarious scenes.
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