Guilty Pleasure Movies: So bad, they're good!

[@Li3n]

Oh for crying out loud:

IF IT'S INTENTIONAL IT DOESN'T COUNT!!! (as a guilty pleasure).
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Oh man, I loved The Pirate Movie. Best of all, it reminds me of another film...Ice Pirates.


Some others that belong firmly in the So Bad It's Good category:
Battle Beyond the Stars

John-boy Walton goes all Kurosawa on some evil aliens. No, really!

--Patrick

Oh man, i remember those two... Ice Pirates i saw parts of as a kid and looked it up years ago... i was not disappointed.

 

[Null]

Ice Pirates is very watchable.

Showdown in Little Tokyo is so-so. Some of Brandon Lee's dialogue is hilariously bad, but I haven't watched my tape of it in years.

Another person involved in Battle Beyond the Stars: James Cameron. He worked in effects for Roger Corman on this and Pirahna 2. And the music is actually quite good, being that it was composed by James Horner http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000035/.

Also: the hero (Richard Thomas - John Boy from The Waltons) flies a spaceship with tits. I am not kidding.

John Saxon delightfully hams it up as the villian, as well. You know, I think I'm gonna go watch it tonight...

 

[sixpackshaker]

A slug with tits.

What else would you expect from a Roger Corman production.

 

[HCGLNS]

Bloodsport. That's how awesome it is.

 

[Steve]

I have a feeling this will make my list in the future: Hobo with a Shotgun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssHEAOrAdCU&feature=player_embedded

And totally unrelated

 

[Mathias]

TALES FROM THE HOOD!

 

[themike]

The last kiss with Zack Braf

 

[PatrThom]

IF IT'S INTENTIONAL IT DOESN'T COUNT!!! (as a guilty pleasure).

I don't know. Yes, something like Time Bandits is intentionally goofy, and so it probably doesn't count as a 'bad movie.' I'll give you that. But something like, say, Inspector Gadget?


There's a movie that was deliberately trying to play it tongue-in-cheek, deliberately trying to be goofy, but the execution was just so utterly, horribly wrong that yes, it would be eligible for inclusion in this thread.

However, I do not think it belongs, because it is so bad at being bad that it wasn't bad enough to be good, if you know what I mean?

--Patrick

 

[@Li3n]

There's a movie that was deliberately trying to play it tongue-in-cheek, deliberately trying to be goofy, but the execution was just so utterly, horribly wrong that yes, it would be eligible for inclusion in this thread.

Point was that those that managed to be goofy in the way they intended don't belong... failures do.

 

[linglingface]

One movie I hated but Mike thought was awesome was Death To Smoochy.
Since I thought it was awful and Mike thought it was awesome, it belongs here.

 

[Jiarn]

Dang, Death to Smoochy was awesome if you realize that the character Robin Williams was supposed to be playing was Paul Ruebens/Pee Wee Herman.

 

[linglingface]

I did like the scene with the dirty cookies, though. Haha it's a rocket~

 

[Chad Sexington]

I frickin' love Death to Smoochy. My sister told me it was terrible, but her taste and mine are... incongruent.

 

[PatrThom]

I frickin' love Death to Smoochy. My sister told me it was terrible, but her taste and mine are... incongruent.

I think what you mean is:

{her taste} ∩ {your taste} = ∅

--Patrick

 

[KCWM]

I'd have to go with Krull, The Gate, and Monster Squad as my guilty pleasures. I'd list the first live action TMNT movie, but I think that was actually a pretty good movie. The others two live action movies? Not so much.

 

[Jiarn]

Oh I forgot my love of the "Barbarian" genre. I'm going to add Kull, the Conqueror because Kevin Sorbo is freakin awesome.

 

[linglingface]

I'd list the first live action TMNT movie, but I think that was actually a pretty good movie. The others two live action movies? Not so much.

Secret of the Ooze? Awfully fantastic.

 

[Just Me]

+1 for the Ice Pirates!

And how could I forget this 'masterpiece' of hilarious entertainment:



(Well, how could I remember it...)

 

[North_Ranger]

I'm honestly unsure if this movie belongs in this thread or not. It's fun and awesome -- just not in the way the original producers intended.

I have only one thing to say:

DIIIIEEEE!!!

 

[Hailey Knight]

I'd have to go with Krull, The Gate, and Monster Squad as my guilty pleasures. I'd list the first live action TMNT movie, but I think that was actually a pretty good movie. The others two live action movies? Not so much.

Hell yeah, Monster Squad.

 

[Null]

NR, that's DIIIVVEEE, since they were swooping down from above... though admittedly, with BRIAN! BLESSED! in the role, it's hard to tell.

Dog Soldiers. Low-budget, sure, but werewolves vs British soldiers? Awesome. The brawl at the with Witherspoon vs the werewolf was crazy awesome.

 

[Steve]

Problem Child. It's on right now. I've watched that movie a dozen times and enjoy it more each time. I know it's bad. But that kid cracks me up.

 

[Philosopher B.]

Neil Marshall films are legit fine! Well, except for Centurion ('twas rather average, despite the Fassbender), but yeah.

 

[SpecialKO]

Especially Dog Soldiers. There was nothing "bad" about that movie.

 

[sixpackshaker]

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

 

[Null]

Neil Marshall films are legit fine! Well, except for Centurion ('twas rather average, despite the Fassbender), but yeah.

The Descent scared the hell out of me.

 

[Hailey Knight]

The Descent scared the hell out of me.

That was a great horror movie.

 

[linglingface]

Killer Clowns From Outer Space! Ive found it's the random movie that just about everyone has watched.

 

[PatrThom]

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

The second one (with John Astin and ... George Clooney!) was fantastic.

--Patrick

 

[North_Ranger]

Oh I forgot my love of the "Barbarian" genre. I'm going to add Kull, the Conqueror because Kevin Sorbo is freakin awesome.

Respect, dude. Respect.
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NR, that's DIIIVVEEE, since they were swooping down from above... though admittedly, with BRIAN! BLESSED! in the role, it's hard to tell.

Well, they both kinda work. And yes, with the BIGGEST HAM IN ALL OF CREATION it is a bit hard to tell what HE IS ARTICULATING!
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The Descent scared the hell out of me.

To be honest, I was sorely disappointed by it. Mainly because I thought it to be a film version of Jeff Long's novel by the same name.

 

[Jiarn]

Respect, dude. Respect.

Back at you. Brian Blessed Hawk-God among men!

I actually think it'd be a suitable avatar for you.

 

[drifter]

Ah, was just reminded of this old gem: Gymkata

 

[evilmike]

Well, they both kinda work. And yes, with the BIGGEST HAM IN ALL OF CREATION it is a bit hard to tell what HE IS ARTICULATING!

(Watch through at least 1:20)

 

[Frank]

I got a feeling that Your Highness is going to be my newest guilty pleasure.

 

[Steve]

Ah, was just reminded of this old gem: Gymkata

Ah Gymkata. . .a finer movie never made.