It's a Bad Movie, But It Was Fun to Watch Anyway


There are three types of interesting movies. First, there are great movies that are great fun to watch. Second, there are great movies that are not particularly enjoyable to sit through. Finally there are those movies that are bad movies, but for some reason are still quite fun to watch. Using some Q. Tarantino related films as examples, "Pulp Fiction" is the first type, "Resevoir Dogs" is in the second group and "From Dusk to Dawn" is in the third. What puts a film in the bad but fun category can be anything - a great performance, a single great scene, breath taking cinematograpghy etc. For instance, in "FD2D" I love the opening sequence. That plus a wild soundtrack makes for enjoyable viewing experience.

I'm interested in hearing about what others think are examples of bad but fun films. Please explain specifically what you thought made an otherwise bad movie still fun to watch.

I'd like to nominate "Congo". It's beyond dopey, but watching first class actors (Tim Curry, Delroy Lindo, Joe Pants and Ernie Hudson) ham it up to the max is a joy. I particularly like the goofey accents.
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ANGEL FIST--Naked female martial arts and Thai boxing movie starring Vidal Sassoon's daughter. Joe Bob Briggs said: "She sticks her fist in your face and has a face like a fist."

Oh, I'm going to hell for that one.
There seems to be a lot of agreement on what movies are "bad", so how bad are they really? Some are cult classics.

I will contribute "A Boy and His Dog" (1975) starring a young Don Johnson. --- Young punk Johnson (Vic), aided by his telepathic (and much smarter) dog, forages for food and women, is eventually lured into bizarre underground civilization.

1. Pecker
2. Road House
3. Eddie and the Cruisers II
4. Twister
5. Weird Science - Gotta love Kelly LeBrock
bad/good - most of these are dumb but funny
3 Ninjas (1st - the 2nd and 3rd are just bad what makes this funny is the 3 burnout bad guys, the rest is just stupid)
3 Amegos
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Big Trouble in Little China (this is a gem with Kurt Russel...I don't know if they were trying to be tongue in cheek if they were it is a great spoof if not it is one of the worst movies ever made but so funny)
The Court Jester
Ace Ventura (both)
Dragon Heart
Mummy (both)
The Kid From Brooklyn
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Dumb and Dumber
The Mask (do you see a Jim Carey theme here)
Batman Forever (well the first 3 the latest one with Mr Freeze was just plain bad)
Star Wars Episode 1 (well, maybe it was just bad)
Most of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope movies
Abott and Costello
I Was A Male War Bride
etc, etc

Plain Bad/Stupid movies made fun
Mystry Science Theater - these guys take the worst movies and make them hysterical. most of these movies you can't believe anyone made for real

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