Tuesday, July 8, 2008

15 movies so bad they're good: Part three

Welcome to the third and final installment of 15 movies so bad they're good.

While not all movies are worth your ten bucks and two hours, some are so bad they're easily worth double that. Man, I love these terrible movies. Feel free to throw in your own suggestions in the comments.

Otherwise, I believe you have fifteen movies worth of homework to get to. As soon as you're finished reading this, of course.

For those who missed out-
15 movies so bad they're good: Part one
15 movies so bad they're good: Part two

Last Action Hero:
Easily one of my favorite good bad movies, this one not only acknowledges the fact action movies are plagued with cliches, but actually revels in those very cliches. A character played by Ah-nold Schwatzah...Schwarts... yeah him. Anyway, the character gets sucked into the real world and has to deal with guns that actually require reloading, intense pain when you shove a body part through a window, and a population that just doesn't give a damn. Great fun!

Howard the Duck: I had to step into the way-back machine to pull this one out. It's a horrible movie based off a pretty wretched comic book, but man is it entertaining. Any movie that implies a three-foot-tall talking duck and his human lady friend get it on has to be a good bad movie, right?

Tremors: This one was another close call in the "actually a good movie" category. But once you consider the often cheeseball dialogue and wonderfully campy monster movie magic, Tremors' fate as a good bad movie is sealed. Part two was pretty fun, but stay far away from parts three and four. They're just bad, bad movies.

Saw: Plot holes galore, terrible acting, overdone gore for the sheer sake of shock value and, surprisingly enough, a unique story that actually keeps you guessing. Saw is a genuinely creepy, genuinely good bad movie. Again, the first sequel was okay, but it's best to avoid the rest.

Almost anything with Stallone: Maybe it's cheating to cluster a bunch of movies as a single entry, but when one man can put out so much likeable crap, I can't help but end the list with this one. Off the top of the dome we have Judge Dredd, Demolition Man, Stop or My Mom Will Shoot and (one of my favorites) Over the Top. That's a whole lot of aweful most people are ashamed to admit they've seen and even more ashamed to admit they like.

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