What are your favorite "bad" movies. (Inspired By Frozen, but don't blame him.)

[NewMaxFranklin]

I like quite a few movies that bypass good taste, origianlity, etc, at every turn (and still entertain me for some reason.) Some I like in spite of their enthusiastic irreverence of craft, other I like because of it. What makes us like some bad movies? Ebert gave Tomb Raider 3*'s! The "Ain't It Cool News"-guy gave Charlie's Angels a good review! (At least they both hated "Batman and Robin.") Who knows why? Who cares? Bring on that wonderful crap!

Rumble in the Bronx
This movie is Jackie Chan's biggest hit ever. Don't get me wrong. I love Jackie Chan! But EVRYTHING about this movie reaks save the awesome action sequences. The setting is clearly not the bronx. The set design and wardrobe make Anime look subtle and realistic. The script is cliche' garbage. The acting... Well, lets just say the Wing Chun Dummy Jackie spars with toward the beginning of the film is the least wooden of his costars. Ok, ok, The kid wasn't aweful. And the girl cried convincingly. But, one scene does not amovie make.

So why do I like the film. The fights are great. The stunts are better than great. And the outakes are fantastic! I even like the cheesey punk rock song at the end; which in cludes the lyrics, "Last night Jackie Chan came round, ~something inaudible~ and we hung out.":rolleyes:

Rapid Fire
(Martial arts movies fit the "guilty pleasure" mold like wet plaster.) Remember that movie Brandon Lee made before "the Crow?" Anybody? Well I like that movie. It's a fun movie. If you don't care about originality and good dialogue, but wouldn't mind seeing Bruce Lee's son fight lots of tough lookin' stuntmen, check it out. I like how Lee's fight choreography is very believable (for the most part) in a movie that is so hair-brained and impracticle it's like a looney toon. Look for a moment after Lee crashes a motorcycle through a window. He has a bloody spot on the corner of his mouth. They cut away and when the cut back to Lee the blood's on the other side. :D

The Mummy Returns
I like the enthusiastic preformances. I like Rachel Weisz (the actress who plays "Evie.") I like Brendan Fraser. I could have done without the endless bad CG "Rock"-Lobster scene(is that what the B52's were singin' about?) Rachel Weisz in a Egyptian bikini. ~toung hits the floor just as head explodes~ (Where's the "Hubba-Hubba" smilie-face?)

More as I think of em'.;)

[Frozen]

Blood Beach, starring John Saxon.

God this movie is awful, but I love it!!! :D

[Failure]

I never really considered Rumble in the Bronx as a "bad" movie, but I think you're right. Actually, many of Jackie Chan's movie's, particularly the one's with Australian actors (no offense! :D ) have terrible acting, Bronx is one, Mr. Nice Guy, etc. Although I thought First Strike was very good, but I dont think there were too many Aussie actors in there. Either way, bad acting or not, bad plot or not, bad dialogue or not, I love all of Jackie's movies. Well, except Wheels on Meals, I didnt particularly enjoy that one.

I enjoyed Hook, I thought it was cool. But apparently everyone else hated it. I thought the premise of PP getting older was interesting. It was just a fun movie to watch. And Julia Roberts in a tinkerbell costume, just icing on the cake.

[DR. BELCH]

--with Failure; I liked Hook as a concept piece. Plus I'm a Robin Williams fan; I'll watch him in anything (though I find he does comedy best; even in Jakob the Liar and Bicentennial Man he knows to lighten the heavy mood with his schtick).
Siskel and Ebert crucified North, but I found it actually very interesting, amusing, and a bit touching (the kid learns there's really no place like home).
Re: Jackie Chan--if you thought he and Chris Tucker in Rumble in the Bronx were an odd pairing, try Teri Hatcher and Andrew Dice Clay in Brain Smasher: A Love Story. Crass meets classy. Oddly it works.

Edited to correct erroneous attribution and superfluous syntax errors.

[Frozen]

Actually, I'm only indifferent toward Hook - I think you must be confusing me with Failure... :D

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Big Trouble in Little China
Commando

[Maxie Zeus]

Seriously, though: "Sh! The Octopus!"

I taped this off of TCM, which showed it once and never showed it again. (It was a viewer request they were fulfilling, and poor Robert Osborne looked like he'd rather have a root canal than introduce it.)

It's a super low-budget movie from the late 30s starring Hugh Herbert and Alan Jenkins, neither of whom are at their best. It's about a set of diverse individuals who wind up on a lighthouse in the bay during a storm, where they are menaced by "the Octopus" (a crime kingpin whose identity is a mystery) and a giant octopus (about as convincing as the one in Ed Wood's "Bride of the Monster.") The acting is hideously broad (think Jerry Lewis but without the ingenuity) and the dialogue and sets really cheesy. The really remarkable thing is its stream-of-consciousness style where, literally, anything can happen and often does.

I taped it off, I said, but then accidentally taped over it. I'll be regretting that loss for years. :(

[Trent Lane]

This movie called Space Hunter with Molly Ringwald (sp?) was really "bad", but I kinda liked it. It's your typical sci fi "Let's-take-advantage-of-the-Star-Wars-hype" kind of movie from the 80's. If you can still find it, it's worth checking out...

[Calhoun07]

LOST IN SPACE!!!

The Thing With Two Heads!

Twister!

Independence Day!

[don Jaime]

I saw part of Tank Girl the other night. Truly awful, yet somehow intriguing. I don't know what takes place in the beginning, but the end involves bioengineered beatnik kangaroo soldiers and a holographic Malcolm McDowell squaring off against Tank Girl's beer can-shooting tank. Absolutely bizarre.