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It's a Bad Movie, But It Was Fun to Watch Anyway

There are three types of interesting movies. First, there are great movies that are great fun to watch. Second, there are great movies that are not particularly enjoyable to sit through. Finally there are those movies that are bad movies, but for some reason are still quite fun to watch. Using some Q. Tarantino related films as examples, "Pulp Fiction" is the first type, "Resevoir Dogs" is in the second group and "From Dusk to Dawn" is in the third. What puts a film in the bad but fun category can be anything - a great performance, a single great scene, breath taking cinematograpghy etc. For instance, in "FD2D" I love the opening sequence. That plus a wild soundtrack makes for enjoyable viewing experience.

I'm interested in hearing about what others think are examples of bad but fun films. Please explain specifically what you thought made an otherwise bad movie still fun to watch.

I'd like to nominate "Congo". It's beyond dopey, but watching first class actors (Tim Curry, Delroy Lindo, Joe Pants and Ernie Hudson) ham it up to the max is a joy. I particularly like the goofey accents.
onhwy61
rcprince
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My son and I went to the movies EVERY weekend, without fail, from the time he was 5 years old through high school. He's now an unemployed cinematographer, go figure. We loved the B movies, loved Mystery Science Theater, and must have seen every bad one out there. I would say of the ones we saw, Big Trouble in Little China (hey audiophiles, Kim Catrall was in it!) and Tremors (which really were camp type films and tongue in cheek) and Universal Soldier were among the ones we enjoyed the most of this genre, but I'll also add (1) Executive Decision, where in a realistic scenario Kurt Russell and a group of others board a plane in midflight to thwart hijackers--the best part of that was that Steven Segal was in it, and he got killed halfway through the flick-- and (2) Deep Blue Sea, where Samuel L. Jackson, the only recognizable star in the film, got eaten by a super-intelligent shark halfway through the film after delivering an inspirational speech. I'm sure there were many more I've missed (From Dusk Till Dawn is one of our faves too), but you're bringing them back for me. Great thread!
tubegroover
2,320 posts
 
I 4th the Ed Wood movies. Plan 9 From Outer Space from the 50's has got to be the absolute worst film ever made. Anyone not familiar with it rent it and tell me it isn't the worst. You and your kids will LOL at the silly props and dialogue. For that reason, it is fun to watch, a real cult classic.
cdelplato
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Bloodsucking Freaks
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Satans Cheerleaders
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Evil Dead 2
twl
3,251 posts
 
I think "Return of the Living Dead" is a very entertaining but gory horror movie with a lot of tongue in cheek laughs in it. "The Giant Claw" is a classic '60s monster flick with a flying rubber chicken as the monster. Hilarious. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is one you could watch 20 times and still crack up,if you like silly. "Forbidden Planet" is a classic that is really a "B" movie, but fun to watch. And it has the lost civilization of the "Krell" in it, which is where I think the audio company got its name, but I could be wrong.
rcprince
3,080 posts
 
Twl, you are correct, that's where Dan D'Agostino came up with the name--supposedly beings of unlimited power, like his amps. I remember the Giant Claw from my youth, it was indeed hilarious, and Monty Python is an absolute classic, but I don't think it belongs with the titles you're seeing on this thread. Another great bad movie is Army of Darkness, a sequel to the Evil Dead movies with Bruce Campbell (of Xena fame these days), which has some great camp takeoff lines in it.
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