What is the worst movie you ever saw, but still liked? n/t

[cynatnite]

[Dave Reynolds]

1. Streets of Fire.

Horrible, but I watch it every time.

Same with Purple Rain.

[DanCa]

3. was that the one with Michael Pare ?

Funnny I didn't think it was that bad.

[Dave Reynolds]

4. Yep, that one.

I liked it, but have been ashamed to admit it for so many years....

[DanCa]

8. well it's really dated - not a knock

but still i love some of the scenes. Like when he disarmed the punk with the knife gave the knife back to the punk and punched him out. I also liked the sledgehammer fight between cody and raven at the end.

[Dave Reynolds]

15. I was always struck by the

50s cars, but modern glass doors on buildings. All the blending of new and retro was interesting.

[ProfessorGAC]

43. Good Catch Dave

The whole thing appears to be taking place in a time warp, where every period from the old west to the 80's is covered at some point or other. I get a kick out of the old bus that the doowop band had. I love those old busses.
The Professor

[ovidsen]

65. I think that was the point

This was Walter Hill's urban rock and roll fantasy movie. It was marketed as some kind of counterculture futuristic post-Reagan acid-flashback fantasy flick. I remember in the weeks before it opened in 1984, NYC was PLASTERED with posters for "Streets of Fire" on every construction site, vacant storefront and abandoned car in sight. This got quite a bit of attention.

If you suspended reality while watching it, the movie was quite good. The music was GREAT! ("I can dream about you!! If I can't hold you tonight... " Unfortunately, the critics didn't get it; it bombed at the box office, and Hill, director of another cult classic, "The Warriors" went on to a more successful, but less adventurous career.

So it goes...

[Left Is Write]

131. Edward Scissorhands was set similarly...

it was a blend of the retro and the new, the intention being that it couldn't be pinned to any specific time.

[ProfessorGAC]

40. Both Scenes Well Chosen!

That thing with the butterfly is great. "Try it again kid!" Then he picks up the coat rack and cleans house. Very cool!

Sometimes the punks just need a good spanking.
The Professor

[Clintmax]

23. I like this one too!

Haven't seen it in EONS though.

[BlueIris]

2. Road Trip. Tom Green...but still a cute film.

:-)

[cynatnite]

5. Showgirls...

yep, it sucks, but I wind up watching it almost every time.

[DanCa]

6. Elvis - insert title here.

pick one . Only decent ones where change of habbit, jailhouse rock, and king creole. I dont know why I bother with the others. Bill Bixby not withstanding

[cynatnite]

7. Roustabout...

Plus the three you mentioned. He was hot in that movie, too.

[DanCa]

10. Roustabout had Bixby in it right?

Just wondering

[tuvor]

9. Howard the Duck

Not great, but not as bad as most seemed to think.

[driver8]

81. Lea Thompson is so damned cute in this movie!! That's why

I watch it.

[elshiva]

11. Santa Claus vs. The Martians

We own a copy and when I'm depressed and alone I watch it.

[uppityperson]

127. A friend just bought me a copy for 50 cents

a friend who loves bad movies. Pia Zadora and coppertubehelmeted martians! Bad movie but very funny.

[elshiva]

129. It's was Pia's first movie. For that it has historical import.

The helmet's look like teapots don't they? I love Droppo. Especially when he stows away on the spaceship and they say, "We have a slight case of Droppo." :rofl:

[SiobhanClancy]

12. Reefer Madness..

of course it's terrible,but also hilarious.

[NaturalHigh]

13. "Boulevard"

Incredibly stupid movie, but it had Rae Dawn Chong and Kari Wuhrer in it.

[DanCa]

14. Night Eyes Three :D

Urgh Shannon Tweed porn

[TheBaldyMan]

16. Desparate Journey

Ronald Reagan and Errol Flynn save us all from the Third Reich. One of the worst films ever made but a real classic.

[free_spirit82]

17. Foolish

Master P irks me to no end....it had absolutely no plot....but Eddie Griffin's stand-up makes the movie.

[pokerfan]

18. Showgirls

What can I say. I'm a guy.

But a terrible movie. Bad story, bad acting, no redeeming qualities in any of the characters.

Just what's-her-name's body

[bigwillq]

27. I'm a gay but

Somehow, I thought Showgirls was just an awful movie but I rather enjoyed it! Strange, huh?? :hi:

[pokerfan]

29. Guess it's turning into a cult classic

From Wikipedia:
Since its release, the film has achieved a cult status. It is shown at midnight madness theaters alongside films like The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. It has grossed over a hundred million dollars, making it a commercial success. It is heralded as one of the best "good-bad movies" of all time, and is somewhat of a camp classic (in the vein of Valley of the Dolls.)

[cynatnite]

48. The movie sucks, but I like watching it anyway...

I really like Elizabeth Berkley in it.

[driver8]

75. It does suck -- but Gina Gershon is in it...what more do you need? n/t

[Radio_Lady]

87. We saw Gina Gershon in "Cabaret" in New York City...

Her performance in a small off-Broadway cabaret setting -- was fantastic!

http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0000153/

[driver8]

97. I'll bet that was great!! I have always been a fan of hers. n/t

[pokerfan]

98. Showgirls trivia

Declined to recreate the Sharon Stone leg crossing scene for director Paul Verhoeven in the movie Showgirls.

How this movie didn't completely destroy the careers of everyone involved is a miracle.

[pointblank]

50. Weird

I thought I was the only one!!

WTF, the movie is horrible, the nude scenes arent worth a damn and I dont even think Liz Berkeley is that hot to begin with!

Yet, I am still drawn in....

[enigmatic]

19. Ready To Rumble

And my favorite movie wrestler of all-time, Jimmy King (played by Oliver Platt), is in it:



"I will RULE you!"

[DanCa]

21. Yeah but you also gotta love the Sting save during the cage scene.

Personality I wish it revolved around Macho Man but.... what they hey.

[cynatnite]

49. Sting rocked...Macho Man got his ass kicked in Spiderman...

worked for me.

[driver8]

76. I work at Warner Bros. and we did the "dailies" on this movie.

There was that one scene where David Arquette says something like "I will bust you!". There were about 10 different takes with different lines. Our greeting around work for awhile was, "I will rule you!"

I thought the movie was pretty damned funny.

[enigmatic]

80. I love that film, honestly

It's no Citizen Kane, but it is damned funny, especially if you're a wrestling fan like Mrs E and I. I've just so many horrible reviews of it that I also get the "WTF?" look when I talk about it:)

I've watching Turner Classic Movies w/ Vincent Price's "Diary Of A Madman" right now; I love this channel..

[RetroLounge]

20. Uhm, could this be it?

RL

[xmas74]

135. My dad's a big Chris Elliott fan.

We've watched Cabin Boy a few times.

[Clintmax]

22. Xanadu!

Bad movie...so bad it's good!

[terrya]

44. I'll agree with you about Xanadu

My God, is it a mess. But I still absolutely adore it. :-)

[edbermac]

24. Plan 9 From Outer Space

[Zookeeper]

92. Plan 9 is delightfully bad!

Criswell! Cardboard tombstones! Lugosi died during filming, so he was replaced by a guy running around with a cape held up to cover his face.

Other Ed Wood classics: "Glen or Glenda," an explotation film with earnest overtones about a transexual. "Bride of the Monster," also with Lugosi and, the immortal, Tor Johnson. And "Orgy of the Dead," a VERY odd, if somewhat dull, movie complete with strippers AND Criswell.

[StaggerLee]

25. Dolemite

Horrible Pimp Dialogue Delivery 101

[driver8]

77. One of my friends named his dogs "Creeper" and "Jonesy". n/t

[StaggerLee]

105. Wasn't Creeper the hamburger pimp/junkie?

The dude who was so bad he kicked his own ass twice a day?

[driver8]

140. You got it! From the IMDB:

Creeper / The Hamburger Pimp: Yeah, I'm so bad, I kick my own ass twice a day... s***, you ain't sayin' nothin'!

[enigmatic]

82. Rudy Ray Moore is GOD, I tell ya!

[malmapus]

26. Big Trouble in Little China

Soooo bad....but like a train wreck I can't turn away any time it's on.

[Atmashine]

117. That's one of my favorites!

I like the guy who shoots out lightening. I wanna be like him.

http://www.wingkong.net/

[malmapus]

118. He's my favorite too!!

Hah! Yeah, ole Jack Burton with the Pork Chop Express lol

GREAT LINK!! Never been there before lol

[Puglover]

28. The Bad Seed n/t

[Zookeeper]

94. Yes, not a great movie, but really interesting. n/t

[skypilot]

30. "Alien vs. Predator"

Not great but not nearly as bad as alot of the critics said.

[Bossy Monkey]

31. probably The Running Man

"I don't want to be the only... asshole... in heaven..."

[HughBeaumont]

32. ROADHOUSE!

Macho Swayze vs Macho Marshall Teague!
Macho Swayze vs Super CowWrestler Terry Funk!
Macho Swayze vs 6000 year old Badass Ben Gazarra!
Sam Elliot!
Kevin Tighe!

[ProfessorGAC]

35. Buddy!!!!

That's the greatest bad movie ever made! I will watch it everytime i see it on TBS or any of the million movie channels i get on cable.

My wife once offered to buy me the DVD and i said NO!!!! The attraction is like that of a bad accident. I want to watch it when i see it's on, but i don't want to be involved in it! Owning it would be like being involved in that bad accident.

But, boy, when he busts that table with that guy's nose, i mean: How cool is that? And then the absurd stuff like driving a monster truck through a guy's car dealership. That can't ever really happen, but it makes the movie great in it's horribleness.
The Professor

[HughBeaumont]

38. So much shit in that movie can ONLY happen in a place like Jasper.

One of those heeyuck cities where one warlord controls everything, just waiting for that lone outsider to come in and challenge his armies. Did this city even HAVE police or were they too afraid of the mulletude hosses?

I know what you mean about not wanting to own it. This movie is ONLY to be watched on cable or library VHS (because what library would actually carry this movie on DVD?); that's the intrigue of it all.

My favorite part is where Marshall "I used to FUCK guys like you in prizzin!" Teague starts doing his Oklahoma martial arts mulletude shit in the bar with Patty Swayze and before they can get into it, 7000 year old Gazarra fires his gun. WHOTTA chump! Let these two mullets beat each others asses. It's like a teaser to where he pulls his larynx out and sends 'em sailing.

[ProfessorGAC]

39. We Are Kindred Spirits! (eom)

The Professor

[driver8]

78. I watch RoadHouse everytime it is on. Don't ask me why...

How can you go wrong with dialogue like this??

Steve: Being called a cocksucker isn't personal?
Dalton: No. It's two nouns combined to elicit a prescribed response.
Steve: What if somebody callas my mama a whore?
Dalton: Is she?

[AngryAmish]

45. John Doe is in the movie also

Wonderful film.

[Zookeeper]

95. John Doe from the band, "X" ??? n/t

[AngryAmish]

102. One in the same

[mikeytherat]

33. So. Hard. to. Admit. (deep sigh) - Bachelor Party

I am so ashamed.

mikey_the_rat

[bbinacan]

60. Me too.

[dback]

111. Hey, "Bachelor Party" has some honest laughs in it

The bit with the guy who's emotionally unstable screaming at the Shirley Temple movie and trying to cut his wrists with an electric razor (Tom Hanks: "Well, at least now your wrists will be kissably soft") always fracture me. And the scene with the arrows being fired into the wall between Hanks and Zmed is great.

I liked Tom Hanks more back when he was a bit of a wise-acre, in the 80's and early 90's. Now he seems to be Our Modern Jesus, and he's not nearly as much fun.

[mikeytherat]

123. Yes, there are good, honest laughs in Bachelor Party

"You're an asshole; wait, an immature asshole. And that's fine. But you're marrying my daughter, and my concern is that my grandchildren are going to be little assholes."

"Wait honey, this is legal now -- we're married!"

"We're gonna have lots of kids right away; in fact, there's this 17-year-old Korean girl I've had my eye on..."

It makes me laugh, but it's still a terrible movie.

mikey_the_rat

[kwassa]

34. Attack of the Bee Women

oh so wrong.

[kwassa]

36. Volcano

mostly because it blew up the frustrating neighborhood I used to live in, in Los Angeles. The volcano in the movie erupted in the park between Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Page Museum. Next to the La Brea Tar Pits.

Wiped out many of my local landmarks. Talk about vicarious revenge.

[azmouse]

37. Weekend at Bernie's

Second worst that I still liked.... BASEketball

[bbinacan]

61. Weekend was bad but it

did have some funny moments.

[Patiod]

41. Mitchell

Although I'm talking about the MST3000 version, which probably doens't count.

[DanCa]

42. Rocky V -

Every time Mickey yells at Rocky during the street fight I cry.
"I didn't hear no bell! Get up you Sonna b- Mickey Loves you."

[Ally McLesbian]

46. Along Came Polly

I like Jennifer Aniston.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

47. Freddy Got Fingered

i thought it was goddamn hilarious.

"treasure"

"if I were you, mom, I'd have sex with basketball players, I'd have sex with Greeks."

[pointblank]

51. Roadhouse

with Patrick Swayze

I own the goddamn thing and STILL watch it every time its on TBS.

Good topic BTW

[DanCa]

52. Knight Riders by George A Romeo

It was about a troup of knights jousting on motorcycle sort of like a motorized midevil times. Than everything starting to go to hell when they became coroporate. The movie is about three hours. What I dont like about it is that it felll apart a little bit in the middle. Note if you like motorcycle crash scenes this is the movie for you.

[TheBaldyMan]

66. Does that have Ed Harris in it

and a cameo from Steven King.

[DanCa]

67. Ed Harris yes i am not sure about steven king.

[khashka]

71. King had a cameo in it.

Trust me.

Khash.

[DanCa]

74. what was his part?

I am going to rent this tomarrow.

[TheBaldyMan]

86. he was one of the spectators and had a speaking part

but IIRC he had a mouthful of cheeseburger at the time.

[DanCa]

88. was he the guy saying it was all fake?

I didn't know that it was stephen king.

[TheBaldyMan]

93. Yep thats him n/t

[khashka]

73. Caligula...

Great actors.... bad sex.... too much violence. Absolute trash. I loved it :)

Khash.

[khashka]

70. Oh, come on! That was a great movie!

Khash.

[BobEPeru]

53. Don't Go Near the Park

Good luck finding this little piece of bad movie treasure, but I do own a bootlegged copy.
So bad that it's almost a religious experience.
Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny is the worst I've ever seen, but I can't say that I enjoyed watching it...I enjoyed laughing about it later though.

[AKPacker]

54. Killer Clowns from Outer Space

So bad it's good!

[Zookeeper]

96. A (late) friend of mine played one of the clowns in that movie.

He found it kind of a miserable experience, with the costume and mask, but it was his first (and only) film role.

[AKPacker]

110. Which clown did he play?

[Zookeeper]

125. He's listed under "Klown Performer" in the credits, along...

with quite a few other people. I've only seen it once, when it was first released and I've wondered if I'd be able to tell which one he was if I saw it again.

That movie certainly has a cult following, which I think would have really pleased him.

[LostinVA]

55. Summer School -- LOVE IT!

[Catchawave]

56. The Cutting Edge

Totally unbelievable, but a great fairy tale for a cranky rinkmom :)

[driver8]

79. I like that movie, too. Only because Moira Kelly is so cute in it! n/t

[Orsino]

57. The Beastmaster

It's terrible, but fun. I saw it in the theater, a double feature along with The Sword and the Sorceror (almost as bad, but not as fun).

[Burma Jones]

58. Eurotrip

[seemunkee]

59. A Boy and his Dog

Don Johnson's greatest role

[smirkymonkey]

62. Cabin Boy

So bad, yet so good!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

91. Chris Elliot is God!

Worship him, or be damned!!!

[smirkymonkey]

115. Did you see his television show where he was a 30 year old

paperboy who lived with his parents? I think it was called "Get A Life" - it was hysterical!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

119. Yes...

and the minute I sell one of my kidneys, I'm buying the series on DVD (I think it's available).

[ChickMagic]

107. Wanna buy a monkey?

God, I love that movie.

[smirkymonkey]

116. How about some Chum?

Mmmmmm.....

[Lilith Velkor]

63. Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

64. "Escape from LA"

As one review I read noted, Snake does indeed use every single mode of transport known to man! And who can hate a movie with that surfing scene!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

68. oooooh ooooh oooooh KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST!!!!

Every time I see it I laugh even more!!!! But I know it's so stupid!

[Gatchaman]

69. Fantasy Mission Force

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079509/

It's one of those movies billed as a Jackie Chan movie even though he's barely in it in a supporting role. It's an incredible mishmash of historical inaccuracies, insane characters, and genre movie piled upon genre movie. Where else can you see a chinese guy in a white tuxedo being chased by hopping vampires?

[barb162]

72. Mothra v. the Smog Monster

top that

[Saboburns]

83. Flash Gordon

With music from Queen.

"Not the bore worms!"

"Impetuous boy, ah well, who wants to live forever, DIVE"

I used to know every line.

[DanCa]

89. Oh cmon Flash Gordon is not a bad movie. :D

The hawkman ruled.

[spacelady]

84. Gone Fishin' with Joe Pesci. n/t

[maveric]

85. Pink Flamingos

A John Waters classic piece of filth.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

90. Howard the Duck

It's the "Citizen Kane" of the duck-from-outer-space genre.

Did I mention that it has Tim Robbins?

[lakemonster11]

99. Dr. T and the Women.

A friend of mine (a snooty film-critic type) made me go see it in the theater right when it came out (I have no idea why :crazy:). He was always trying to further my "cinema" education and would act horrified when I expressed the desire to see something like Shanghai Noon.

Five minutes into the movie I realized it was awful. I looked at my "film-critic" friend and he looked absolutely livid. So I spent the rest of the movie ogling Richard Gere and enjoying some well-deserved schadenfreude.

[dback]

112. Yes, but Laura Dern is magnificent, as is Shelly Long

Dern goes through the entire movie wearing the most INSANE outfits--Texas idea of high-class, complete with giant hats--and crocked out of her mind, and she's a joy. And Shelly Long does the best work of her career since "Cheers," which is saying something.

[lakemonster11]

124. Yes, I liked them both, too.

[tjwmason]

100. I have a terrible penchant for bad films.

I particularly like the ones where some group (typically disgrunted former Soviet Army) steal a nuclear bomb and then nearly blow it up.

A disaster film which starts with an argument between divorced man and woman, with lots of tension involving the woman's new husband - you know full-well that he's going to be the hero and this will be his reconciliation with the family.

[Tikki]

101. AMERICATHON......

......prob not the best movie ever made....but, the amazing John Ritter was in it....






Tikki

[Brewman_Jax]

103. Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion

I was on a date, and the movie was better than the date, which says a lot. :silly:

[khashka]

108. I love that movie!

I'm the Mary and you're the Rhoda!

And if anything could turn me straight, it would be Mira Sorvino.....

Khash.

[bertha katzenengel]

104. Roadhouse. n/t

[DS1]

106. Flash Gordon. The 80's version with Max Von Sydown as Ming

[smitty]

109. War of the Worlds

The one directed by George Pal, starring Gene Barry. I always watch it when its on TV.

[kwassa]

121. It is actually a good movie, great special effects, only slightly dated

It gave me major nightmares as a kid. I dreamt about those metal tentacles zapping people forever.

[MrScorpio]

113. Showgirls

I can't explain why it speaks to me

[kwassa]

122. I was friends with one of the actresses .....

before she made "Showgirls" which she thought would be her big break.

We worked in a program feeding homeless people in Santa Monica.

Gina Ravera, who played Berkley's best friend.

[MrScorpio]

126. She's a regular on "The Closer" now

See? It worked!

[kwassa]

141. Great news! Her career sort of wandered for awhile ...

One of the nicest people I've ever met.

[WeRQ4U]

114. Killer Clowns From Outer Space

I always loved watching that piece of crap film. I also liked "The Last Starfighter"

[momophile]

120. "Rocky Horror Picture Show"...

well, I like it when people yell at it.

[nytemare]

132. I second that!

If you were to watch it on DVD, it just wouldn't be the same as in a theatre throwing rice and toast.

[Throd]

128. "The Evil Dead II"

A movie so horrible I have seen it about 30 times.

[Left Is Write]

130. "Just One Of The Guys"

It's a very, very, very bad movie. And I love it.

[xmas74]

133. Isn't that the one

where the girl transfers to the other school and poses as a guy in order to write an article for a contest of some sort?

[Left Is Write]

134. That's the one!

[xmas74]

136. There was the whole big scene where she is

talking to her brother and he's showing her how to scratch. For some reason that always makes me laugh.
Of course, the guys I went to school w/ always liked the scene where she tells the guy that she's falling in love w/ that she's really a girl (and we both know why they love that scene).

[Left Is Write]

137. Ah, yes.

The Boobie Scene.

[xmas74]

138. Bingo!

I think I was a young teen when that came out. Seems like it was a big date movie for a short amount of time.
And we rented it for every slumber party.

[cynatnite]

139. Red Dawn: sucked but still bought it n/t