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Post by mkb on Nov 11, 2022 14:33:45 GMT
Once upon a while, curiosity gets the better of me, I throw caution to the wind, and decide that, defying all sensible reasoning, I will go and see a movie rated less than 6.0 on IMDB.
More often than not, this is a fool's errand, and I walk out after the end credits chuntering "Never again!" to myself.
So why do I continue to punish myself? Well, because every so often comes along a film that is so deliciously bad, that it's quite an event.
The summer's offering was Michael Flatley's "Black Bird" that really has to be seen to be believed. It is spectacularly bad. Words cannot do it justice. I can see this becoming a cult favourite.
Last night, I found another: "Deus". It's an epic space saga "made in Yorkshire". The movie's low-budget is evident, there are several unintentional laugh-out-loud lines in the script, but the real highlight is the acting. I think Claudia Black, her Australian twang leaking through, may become iconic. I just loved it (but not for the right reasons).
Any other suggestions?
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Post by mkb on Nov 11, 2022 14:42:59 GMT
Please no-one say "Xanadu". It's a masterpiece, and I won't have a word said against it.
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Post by Jan on Nov 11, 2022 14:45:12 GMT
The TV spin-off film of “George and Mildred” is currently available on ITV Hub. It is absolutely breathtakingly bad from the very first minute to the last . Here’s one of the more positive reviews:
“Released on 27 July, less than a month before the death of star Yootha Joyce (who died on 24 August 1980), the film was neither a commercial nor a critical success. One critic has described the film as "one of the worst films ever made in Britain . . . so strikingly bad, it seems to have been assembled with a genuine contempt for its audience.”
Enjoy.
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Post by mkb on Nov 11, 2022 14:52:30 GMT
Disaster Movie (2008) has the accolade of being the lowest-rated movie on IMDB with a score of 2.1. I have acquired a copy on blu-ray. I shall report back when I have plucked up courage to watch it.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Nov 11, 2022 15:22:07 GMT
Does Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves count? It’s extraordinarily dull (and the less said about the accents the better!), except whenever Alan Rickman is on screen - the guy knew this film was going to be awful so hammed it up for all he was worth. I genuinely switched it off once his character got killed off.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Nov 11, 2022 16:46:36 GMT
My guilty pleasure is Big
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Post by kathryn on Nov 11, 2022 17:40:49 GMT
Jupiter Ascending is a recent film that I feel meets this criteria.
A friend sold me on it with a single line: Sean Bean is part bee.
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Post by intoanewlife on Nov 11, 2022 17:42:43 GMT
Please no-one say "Xanadu". It's a masterpiece, and I won't have a word said against it. It is...but Grease 2 is better x |
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Post by intoanewlife on Nov 11, 2022 17:43:03 GMT
Jupiter Ascending is a recent film that I feel meets this criteria. A friend sold me on it with a single line: Sean Bean is part bee. Eddie Redmayne tho... |
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Post by mkb on Nov 11, 2022 18:01:23 GMT
Please no-one say "Xanadu". It's a masterpiece, and I won't have a word said against it. It is...but Grease 2 is better x As a hormonal 18 year old, I couldn't keep my eyes off Maxwell Caulfield, and consequently thought it excellent too. |
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Post by Jan on Nov 11, 2022 18:07:45 GMT
Does Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves count? It’s extraordinarily dull (and the less said about the accents the better!), except whenever Alan Rickman is on screen - the guy knew this film was going to be awful so hammed it up for all he was worth. I genuinely switched it off once his character got killed off. Paging Frappers - what did Rickman have to say about this turkey in his diaries ? |
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Post by kathryn on Nov 11, 2022 20:43:13 GMT
Jupiter Ascending is a recent film that I feel meets this criteria. A friend sold me on it with a single line: Sean Bean is part bee. Eddie Redmayne tho... Well exactly! It’s like he’s in a whole other film!! |
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Post by richey on Nov 11, 2022 22:39:36 GMT
It is...but Grease 2 is better x As a hormonal 18 year old, I couldn't keep my eyes off Maxwell Caulfield, and consequently thought it excellent too. you were not the only one... 🙂 |
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 11, 2022 22:46:21 GMT
My guilty pleasure is Big ’Big’, as in the multi-million grossing, Oscar-nominated, ‘73’ on Metacritic, beloved comedy? |
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Post by showgirl on Nov 12, 2022 4:47:56 GMT
My own version would be "Films the critics fawned over but which were so tedious I was furious with them" but it would be a long list and I can get angry again just recalling the c**p they persuaded me to endure - or walk out of, which is just as bad.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Nov 12, 2022 6:36:53 GMT
My guilty pleasure is Big ’Big’, as in the multi-million grossing, Oscar-nominated, ‘73’ on Metacritic, beloved comedy? That was more a not my normal type film rather than a bad film. But for some reason I like it a lot and have watched it far too many times. Yeah you are right, I’m in the wrong thread |
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 12, 2022 10:43:46 GMT
I can recommend The Room if you haven’t seen it, maybe in a double-bill with Super Mario Bros.
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Post by mistressjojo on Nov 12, 2022 11:01:03 GMT
Does Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves count? It’s extraordinarily dull (and the less said about the accents the better!), except whenever Alan Rickman is on screen - the guy knew this film was going to be awful so hammed it up for all he was worth. I genuinely switched it off once his character got killed off. Paging Frappers - what did Rickman have to say about this turkey in his diaries ? Richard E Grant was offered the Sheriff role, but the production he was working on refused to release him , despite not actually needing him on set for long periods. He also said Alan Rickman threw out the original script and had all his lines re-written by Ruby Wax! |
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Post by marob on Nov 12, 2022 11:50:41 GMT
I tend more towards TV than film, so I can’t really think of many. I haven’t seen it in years, but used to quite like the original film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A darkly ironic horror film script that the director saw as more of a broad comedy. Like a weird cross between Clueless and Mrs Brown’s Boys. With vampires.
TV-wise I’m very, very slowly working my way through Doctor Who. Have stalled yet again, this time in the middle of the third Doctor’s run. Gloriously ropey in parts. Can’t beat Jon Pertwee getting throttled by a rubber tentacle or throwing a stuntman with a “HAI!”
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Post by justfran on Nov 12, 2022 12:00:52 GMT
I tend more towards TV than film, so I can’t really think of many. I haven’t seen it in years, but used to quite like the original film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A darkly ironic horror film script that the director saw as more of a broad comedy. Like a weird cross between Clueless and Mrs Brown’s Boys. With vampires. I rewatched the Buffy film recently for the first time in years and thought some parts were hilarious, especially the drawn out dying of the vampire Amilyn 😂 |
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Post by bimse on Nov 12, 2022 13:54:34 GMT
The TV spin-off film of “George and Mildred” is currently available on ITV Hub. It is absolutely breathtakingly bad from the very first minute to the last . Here’s one of the more positive reviews: “Released on 27 July, less than a month before the death of star Yootha Joyce (who died on 24 August 1980), the film was neither a commercial nor a critical success. One critic has described the film as "one of the worst films ever made in Britain . . . so strikingly bad, it seems to have been assembled with a genuine contempt for its audience.” Enjoy. The film version of “Are You Being Served” is desperately poor, and yet it’s more or less the same story/script that played a summer season on stage (prior to the film being made) at the Blackpool Winter Gardens Pavilion in the 70s. I saw the stage version, it was hilarious, very well performed, and sold out for months. Maybe a live audience is needed for such performances, ready and willing to enjoy the show and have a laugh. Interestingly , George & Mildred did at least one summer season (Bournemouth Pier Theatre) and a lengthy tour in a stage version of the tv show. On stage they were a big success. I saw that too. I’ve never seen the film, so don’t know if it’s the same or similar script as the stage show, which was a one set farce , as I remember. |
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Post by Jan on Nov 12, 2022 18:45:36 GMT
The TV spin-off film of “George and Mildred” is currently available on ITV Hub. It is absolutely breathtakingly bad from the very first minute to the last . Here’s one of the more positive reviews: “Released on 27 July, less than a month before the death of star Yootha Joyce (who died on 24 August 1980), the film was neither a commercial nor a critical success. One critic has described the film as "one of the worst films ever made in Britain . . . so strikingly bad, it seems to have been assembled with a genuine contempt for its audience.” Enjoy. The film version of “Are You Being Served” is desperately poor, and yet it’s more or less the same story/script that played a summer season on stage (prior to the film being made) at the Blackpool Winter Gardens Pavilion in the 70s. I saw the stage version, it was hilarious, very well performed, and sold out for months. Maybe a live audience is needed for such performances, ready and willing to enjoy the show and have a laugh. Interestingly , George & Mildred did at least one summer season (Bournemouth Pier Theatre) and a lengthy tour in a stage version of the tv show. On stage they were a big success. I saw that too. I’ve never seen the film, so don’t know if it’s the same or similar script as the stage show, which was a one set farce , as I remember. No, the film is nothing like the stage show or, indeed, the TV series. The original writers declined to work on the film so they brought in someone else who shoehorned G&M into a “comedy” gangster film. |
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Post by Jan on Nov 12, 2022 18:47:50 GMT
I can recommend The Room if you haven’t seen it, maybe in a double-bill with Super Mario Bros. Ah yes. Super Mario Bros starring the distinguished stage actress Fiona Shaw. |
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Post by Jan on Nov 12, 2022 18:50:25 GMT
My own version would be "Films the critics fawned over but which were so tedious I was furious with them" but it would be a long list and I can get angry again just recalling the c**p they persuaded me to endure - or walk out of, which is just as bad. There’s a sub-category of that which is “cult films that I don’t get”. For example I thought “The Blues Brothers” was tedious rubbish and “Withnail and I” little better. |
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Post by starlight92 on Nov 12, 2022 19:01:56 GMT
Does anyone else have a guilty pleasure for those cheesy Hallmark Christmas films? (Although I will admit it's too early 😂).
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