I think I've found the worst movie ever.
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I for one love watching terrible movies, so thank you for introducing me to another one.
Here, you'll need this: https://external-preview.redd.it/e2...bp&s=9ce726b9fc6a1f65816a29eeae0fb4bdfec90e7e
I see your Oversexed Rugsuckers From Mars and raise you one Curse of The Swamp Creature. Directed by Larry "They Just Didn't Care" Buchanan.Pfft get back to me when you've seen this classic:
I've heard this sentiment enough times now for it to be notable. What is it with people who like bad movies? I mean, it's good for an incidental laugh, but my free time is precious; if a film insists on actively wasting it, well, I can't really say I can appreciate it. You're going to watch this because it's bad? Like S&M, if you enjoy it, by definition, it's not really pain, is it? If you get off on "pain," then go into the kitchen, find a chef's knife and cut your bollocks off for the biggest orgasm of your life, right?
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Bad movies come in three flavors:
1) Movie is trying to be good but is lacking. Like, you know they put effort in, but they just don't have the money and/or talent and/or time. The best version of these are when an "auteur" isn't as talented as they think they are and don't have the budget to make it boring. These are the most fun and best watched in groups
2) Obvious Propaganda. Think red scare movies, Christian propaganda that makes Christians look like monsters, or stuff like Atlas Shrugged. Absolutely lost in the sauce and hilarious
3) "So bad it's good". The lamest category. Imagine being a try hard at being bad. Just lame. Only has a potential to be somewhat good if somebody is trying to actually do a good job and isn't in on the joke.
Now, that's "Bad Movie" and not just B movies.
Like, Psycho Gorman is fantastic, but it's definitely a B movie.
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Things I learned from this movie.
- Angst makes you a natural leader.
- You can use balloons as a trampoline.
- Fat republican is an insult.
- You can play gameboy games without a cartridge.
- The climate crisis can be solved by becoming vigilantes and fighting businessmen and the gangster they work with.
- Angst makes you a natural leader.
- You can use balloons as a trampoline.
- Fat republican is an insult.
- You can play gameboy games without a cartridge.
- The climate crisis can be solved by becoming vigilantes and fighting businessmen and the gangster they work with.
It defies exact explanation. It's not really about enjoying a bad movie. It's more about observing bad filmmaking and thinking about how the whole process unfolded as they were making it. There's something uniquely funny about terrible movies and knowing that they were made by actual adult human beings.
I'd rather have fun watching a bad movie than be bored watching a good movie.
Am I weird?
Am I weird?
I think there is genuine schadenfreude entertainment to be found in the colossal inadequacies of major films like Gigli and Showgirls. There's a whole media genre based on this concept of entertainment, from TV ("You've Been Framed") to YouTube. It's iffier for low budget stuff because there is nothing like the same expectations of them, although there can still be enjoyment of low quality. These can be objectively poor in almost every way, but the ridiculousness of it can still raise a laugh. Some of these films also have a sort of enthusiastic joy about their low quality - often OTT, knowingly stupid, etc.
The worst films in my view are simply mediocre. Not necessarily bad as such (they may in ways be quite technically competent), but incredibly dull.
I don't get schadenfreude; I'm too empathetic. Like this famous scene from 1974's Karate Girl; if those actors are seriously trying, I take no pleasure in how bad they've done. Is it silly? For sure, but I'm not about to sit through the whole film for the laughs.
See, I just don't get that. By definition, a "bad" movie shouldn't be fun and "good" movie wouldn't bore you, right? I mean a film can have bad acting, but great action or vice versa, but at some point, you net out quality, and it's either overall good or overall bad.
I'm not an idiot, folks; maybe I'm arguing semantics, but once something crosses the subjective line between "something I don't enjoy" and "something I do enjoy," it goes from "bad" to "good," right? So if you enjoy it, it's not bad. It's no longer pain, it's pleasure.
If you like it, then there's nothing wrong with it. You do you.
Here's one of my favorite bad movies. It's an all variety zombie jamboree.