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I remember enjoying Jack the Ripper a lot. Was it truly that bad?
Yep, I love that, too.
-Spy Kids 3 (maybe one of the worst films I've ever seen, but it is just so darn hilarious)
-Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (pretty bad, but somehow still infinitely more charming than the first horrible live-action Scooby flick...)
-Signs (it has some ridiculous plot issues, but it has a lot to like - especially Joaquin Phoenix)
-Star Wars Prequels (granted I'm not the biggest fan of 1 and 2, but there are aspects I enjoy. Revenge of the sith is just a personal favorite)
-Spider-Man 3 (the bad stuff doesn't bug me as bad as it does for most others. I just embrace the cheese, because let's face it - all those Spider-Man films were fairly cheesy)
-Napoleon Dynamite (it's not a well-made film by most standards, but it makes me laugh - and bottom line, that's all I need in a comedy)
-Rocky Sequels other than V (I agree the first is still the best, but I enjoyed the whole saga other than the fifth one)
Another one of mine: She's the Man. It's a lame, lazy rip off of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which makes it a blasphemous romcom. And apart from the (modernized and thus very contrived) plotline, there is nothing remotely Shakespearian about it. The cast is bad, the acting really poor, the jokes are lame, it's as bad a movie as movies go. But I kind of like it. I don't know why yet, I think maybe because I cannot entirely hate something inspired by Shakespeare, maybe because at least one character is not a jock but an artist, which is almost not a cliché.
I share the opinion of Nick Stefanos in Shame the Devil by George Pelecanos:
"Mai had an Abba CD playing on the house system. It bothered Stefanos that groups like Abba and the Carpenters were considered hip now. Stefanos figured that anything that blew the first time around still blew, period. Retro appreciation was nothing more than blind nostalgia."
Not sure if it's a bad movie but this cheesy Conan rip off from 1982 is a blast!
It has a three bladed sword in it that can FIRE it's spare blades at baddies!
It's very stupid, very funny and very violent!
The DVD is an atrocious print so I would like a nice re-mastered Bluray please!
I remember watching the second half when I was very, very young. I want to watch it again.
Give it a go, you'll enjoy it. The film is on DVD, albeit, not a good transfer.
--The Chronicles of Riddick, co-starring the late M Judi Dench
--Bloodsport with Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. Chong Li, his Kumite foe who has pecs the size of garbage can lids
I think I even like those first two better than LALD and DAD...sorry to fans of those movies.
Batman and Robin
Jurassic Park III
Street Fighter: The Movie
Rocky V
Batman v Superman
Die Another Day
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Star Wars Prequels
Hook
Spider-Man 3
The Transformers Sequels
Those aren t bad movies.
I'd hardly call it a 'bad' film though. I know that a lot of British film reviews were favourable to it.
Haven't seen it in decades but I liked it a lot.
There's this little known gem from 1989 called 'Laser Mission' starring Brandon Lee that I've caught on tape growing up and recently watched again.
It's STUPID as hell, and the budget looks like it might have been about 3 bucks, but Lee hams it up as Michael Gold- a James Bond type- and it's as if he knows he's in a bad movie but has fun anyway.
There's also its own theme song, which is about as 80's at is comes, and the lyrics make no sense. It's like the writer just picked random words that sounded cool. Get a load of this quality work:
"In the violence of the night....
when you hear the silent scream.
He only knows where he is goin'....
just like a dream within a dream.
His heart beats like a hammer....
like a back beat of the sun.
And the fires burn within 'em....
and he knows he don't belong, so he must be strong.
He's a MERCENARY MAN (Mercenary) MERCENARY MAN (Mercenary) MERCENARY MA-A-ANNNN"
How do I know the words to this obscure song so well you may ask? Because they play that damn song throughout the movie nonstop
One begs the question, 'why didn't they call the movie Mercenary Man'?
Long story short, it's a dire movie, I have a bit of a soft spot for it. Plus it's worth it to see Brandon aged just 24, before he hit it big (Showdown in Little Tokyo was his next movie and then the rest was history). He was a great talent that was taken away much too soon!
I'm also a proud supporter of the pre-bond Pierce Brosnan masterpiece LIVE WIRE. Many great Brosnan moments and he looks great there.
Okay....here goes:
SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (1987)
Especially after seeing Cavill's MAN OF STEEL and Routh's SUPERMAN RETURNS I've grown to appreciate this 4th entry in the Chris Reeve series far more than I used to. It's short, fast paced, and unashamed of showing us a Superman unafraid to flaunt his bright red trunks. At 34, Reeve was in top form if not a bit trimmer than in previous entries.
The budget was cut in half before filming commenced so the special effects are quite dodgy, but I'll take a wire supported Reeve over a completely CGI ed Routh in flight any day. Maybe I've seen the second Reeve film too many times, but lately I've found SUPERMAN IV to hold up more over time. Never thought I'd say that.
STAYING ALIVE (1983)
Sequel to Saturday Night Fever-a complete piece of crap that's a guilty pleasure. It is pretty funny, though.
BIG JIM MCCLAIN (1952)
Much hated John Wayne film that's pretty much a propaganda flick, but I always thought it was fun.
DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN (1971)
Filmed by Al Adamson in 1969 as The Blood Seekers it was later decided to throw Dracula, a descendant of Baron Frankenstein and The Frankenstein Monster in the mix. J Carrol Naish is Dr Durea (Frankenstein), Lon Chaney Jr is a henchman like Groton and Count Dracula is played by Zandor Vorkov. Dracula's fangs are literally the cheap plastic ones you can buy for a dollar at Halloween. Pretty cool stuff.
Having watched half of Mamma Mia this morning on TV, I'll revise my statement...the whole film is bad. HOWEVER it knows this. It's not intending to be Les Miserables.
I haven't had a good laugh like that in a while!
Road House is great! United Artists- summer of '89. Came out a couple months before LTK. What a great summer that was.
And LTK's bar fight was very similar of those in RH. The two films could be watched back-to-back and then discussed in terms of comparable themes. Spirit of the times...