Bad Movies You Liked

[Zardnaar]

Another +1 fo Solo being ok, not the worst SW movie.

 

[trappedslider]

I literally just wathed Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters last night, those are fun movies to watch and I read that there is a series being talked about. I've now bought the books so I'm going to read through those.

Took my Son when he was younger to see them in the theatre and now my little girl and wife like them too when they are on TV. Greek mythology based adventures my family can enjoy.. What's not to love?

I felt that they were a disservice to the books. The musical however is held in high esteem since it got more in line with the books.

 

[Mercurius]

I saw a film some months ago starring Ron Eldard of ER "fame" called Higher Power that fits the thread. I try to avoid B-movie science fiction as the effects tend to be wonky, with worse acting. But this one was surprisingly enjoyable, if very B-movieish.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

Tromeo and Juliet. A Troma studios take on the Shakespeare classic.

Plan 9 From Outer Space.

And tonight I'm going to see if blackspoitation classic Cleopatra Jones has stood the test of time. (it probably hasn't.)


edit: yeah, it's bad. But enjoyable.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Labyrinth was amazing and is still one of those movies that I'd be happy to sit down and watch again.

my son refers to it as “the bulge movie”

 

[cbwjm]

my son refers to it as “the bulge movie”

I saw it at the movies with my cousins, mum, and aunties. They were having a good laugh, wouldn't be surprised if they referred to it as that as well.

 

[Zardnaar]

What's wrong with watching Bowie in tights?

 

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[Raunalyn]

I watched Mandy the other night. It's a Nicholas Cage movie with a somewhat subdued Nick. Oh, he's still Nick Cage and has a few Nick Cage moments (the scream of "You ripped my favorite shIIIRRT!!! You ripped my favorite shIIIIRRT!!!" comes to mind), but for the most part he's watchable.

The movie was weird, but in a very good way. Very surreal and atmospheric. One of the things I enjoyed was the fact that the landscape of the movie reflects his emotional state as the movie progresses. It begins in the pristine forests of the Shadow Mountains, and then proceeds to become more and more hell like as he seeks revenge.

I was surprised I liked the movie as much as I did. It is definitely a B movie, but quite enjoyable

 

[Umbran]

... but also because by making a crappy, high-budget Barsoom movie they made it unlikely a good Barsoom movie will ever get made.

By "good" you seem to mean "precisely adhering to the books". A strict retelling of the Barsoom stories would fall flat due to its overweening and overburdened "great white savior" and "noble savage" issues. Not to mention that the black martians, who are the ultimate villains of the works, have the same racism issues that D&D drow have... largely because it looks like the drow are cribbed from the black martians.

(I still think the only chance to get an accurate Barsoom movie made will be via Pixar or a similar animation company. And this time, let's not just put the green Barsoomians' eyes on the side where they belong but can we keep also them 15 feet tall?)

Have you not considered the very real constraints to movie-making behind those changes?

Do, you want green martians that won't fit into a cinematic frame with their human-sized counterparts, and with eyes such that they cannot effectively express emotions - or even sight-lines - to a human audience? Because that's what you are describing.