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The funny thing is that I do think Dune captures a LOT of the tone of the book, and in doing so illustrates perfectly why Dune should never have been adapted for the screen.
The biggest problem I had with DUNE, but also one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much, was that it was painfully obvious that Lynch wanted to spend all his time with the Harkonnens, and it threw the whole balance of the movie off.
While I can enjoy that kind of audience-winking, too, it can't beat sincerity for enjoyment of the form. "So bad it's good" shouldn't be on purpose, it spoils the fun.
I don't know. I find that unintentional badness is often less entertaining than its reputation leads me to expect. I saw The Evil Dead with a bunch of friends, and although I laughed, I laughed because of the friends, not really because of the movie. Whereas, The Evil Dead 2 had me in that laugh-so-hard-you-become-inaudible kind of place. The former was unintentionally bad, but the latter intentional.
Most of the time, if I find myself in vast cognitive dissonance with the director's intentions, I cannot enjoy the film, even to mock. I have to be won over in good faith before I can enjoy a bad movie.
What about that movie with Rowdy Roddy Piper and the aliens? That's fun and not very good.
Ooh, has anyone else seen Oblivion? Now THAT'S a fantastic bad movie. Evil space aliens and bad bingo puns.
Not to mention George Takei.
What about that movie with Rowdy Roddy Piper and the aliens? That's fun and not very good.
They Live?
I don't know about everyone else, but They Live kind of falls down in the enjoyable department for me.
the movie that occurred to me was one I flipped on to recently: FLASH GORDON.
Dude. Totally. As well as Clash of the Titans.
And.... Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
What about that movie with Rowdy Roddy Piper and the aliens? That's fun and not very good.
THEY LIVE. That's John Carpenter and definitely in the "knowing" category, although he's definitely enthusiastic in his knowingness.
Speaking of Carpenter, I got my sister two DVDs for Xmas that she was totally floored that I'd dug up. One was HARDWARE WARS (not Carpenter, but funny), and the other was DARK STAR (which is, and also funny). Best. Alien. Evah!
Star Trek IV. I don't even like Star Trek, but I can't not watch the damn thing.
Oh, and Jessica? You will be happy to know that The Apple is on our Netflix queue. I fear it, but it is there.....
Star Trek IV. I don't even like Star Trek, but I can't not watch the damn thing.
I always have to stop and watch The Search for Spock, whichever number that one is.
(And juliana, did you get my e-mail last night?)