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.
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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Steph L. - Jan 20, 2005 8:05:09 am PST #8078 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Frankenbuddha - Jan 20, 2005 8:05:50 am PST #8079 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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!
juliana - Jan 20, 2005 8:06:32 am PST #8080 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
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.....
Steph L. - Jan 20, 2005 8:07:40 am PST #8081 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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?)
Dana - Jan 20, 2005 8:07:53 am PST #8082 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hey, Star Trek IV is a great movie. It has whales and Cursing!Spock.
Betsy HP - Jan 20, 2005 8:09:41 am PST #8083 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
For me, Rocky Horror is a cult movie, made to be a cult movie, not a Good Bad Movie.
Jessica - Jan 20, 2005 8:09:51 am PST #8084 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd say "don't fear the Apple!" but then I remember that the trailer includes the line "The Apple will steal your soul..." so perhaps fear is the appropriate attitude.
(Do make sure that you watch the trailer before you watch the movie. It's the perfect mood-setter.)
juliana - Jan 20, 2005 8:11:27 am PST #8085 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
(And juliana, did you get my e-mail last night?)
No honey, but the thing cleared up, so I'm good. *mwah*
(Do make sure that you watch the trailer before you watch the movie. It's the perfect mood-setter.)
Oh, yes. I remember the trailer. Oh, dear.
reequeen - Jan 20, 2005 8:13:27 am PST #8086 of 10001
"It's got to be the hair, Cotton. It's beautiful! Feathered and lethal. You just don't see it nowadays." Pepper Brooks - Dodgeball
Nutty:
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.
Oh, it's a conundrum. I agree with you about the Evil Dead stuff, and Army of Darkness took it all a step further. Of course, Bruce Campbell in anything he does is constantly wink-wink, nudge-nudge, although much less so in Bubbahotep (which was actually rather sweet, I thought).
As for the second bit, I couldn't agree with you more.
I've walked out of two movies in my life - the first one was the dreck committed by Rick Springfield (the name of which escapes me), and I'd paid for it; the second was Cool World, and I'd got in for free, which somehow made walking out that much harder. And I wish I'd walked out of Gladiator, but I really liked Joaquin Phoenix, and bitching to my husband through the entire movie helped me pass the time. ;-D
Frankenbuddha - Jan 20, 2005 8:21:08 am PST #8087 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh, it's a conundrum. I agree with you about the Evil Dead stuff, and Army of Darkness took it all a step further. Of course, Bruce Campbell in anything he does is constantly wink-wink, nudge-nudge, although much less so in Bubbahotep (which was actually rather sweet, I thought).
Although I think EVIL DEAD II is still the funniest of the lot because Raimi was still trying to satisfy the hardcore gore crowd, but in his own, inimitable way.
Speaking of Bruce Campbell, I'm working up the courage to see This someday.
From the imdb description: At the the Killington ski resort something has gone awry. Evil terrorists led by the sinister Greig (Bruce Campbell) have taken the resort hostage with a stolen nuclear device. It's up to Ski Patrol bum Matt Foster (Sean Astin) to save the day...and his fiance