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
Hasn't that movie (
Extreme Ops
) already been made?
Hasn't that movie ( Extreme Ops ) already been made?
Well, this is from 1999, so maybe that was a remake?
Clash of the Titans was a good cheesy movie, no worse than your standard Harryhausen mythic flick. Well, except for the R2D2 ripoff mechanical owl, that was pretty bad.
And Star Trek IV had the fun of Scotty at the plastics factory, trying to talk to the computer.
Clash of the Titans was a good cheesy movie, no worse than your standard Harryhausen mythic flick.
Better cast though, which may be why it feels cheesier. All that
ACTING
upstages the creatures.
If nothing else, it gave us that great Joan plowright comment on Laurence Olivier's career in The Last Action hero.
Also for consideration - the Conan movies, and Beastmaster.
I can't stop watching a bad sword and sorcery film. In earlier years I would seek them out (saw all four Deathstalker movies for completeness sake), but even now if I see one while surfing I have to stop.
I'll stay and watch almost any of the Star Trek movies if I happen upon one, but V is one that nothing will make me ever watch again. I don't need my pain.
Oh my.
You don't know the half. Entertainment weekly had a great article on Campbell where he went over the high-lights and low-lights of his career. Some of the choicer details for ICEBREAKER were (white-fonted for the hell of it):
1) Bruce Campbell playing an Eastern Europeon with absolutely no attempt at an accent
2) Sean Astin on skis pelting Campbell with snowballs
3) Stacey Keach saves the day by blowing up Bruce Campbell.
Filmed on location in Vermont, no less, so it's probably pretty.
True. I think that the writing was for that kind of cheesy effects film, so the ACTING just kind of fit in for me, especially since it was offset by the wonderfullness that was Burgess Meredith.
IMO, a movie that tries to be something more and hires ACTORS but fails to create an interesting plot is a bigger failure than the cheesy flick. I'm thinking about something as horrendously bad as The Road to Wellville, which is my reference point for Really Bad "A" Film, and one that I have no desire whatsoever to endure again.
