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« on: February 08, 2007, 05:30:48 AM »
To all you bad movie lovers

why are brain dead, bad taste and evil dead 2 (never one) so good when all they are, are
terrible messes of gore infested film stock?

Answer me this...
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2007, 06:05:19 AM »
It's an acquired taste, I guess  Smile
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2007, 06:46:03 AM »
Because it's a ludicrous amount of gore, to the point of satire. Some people still just like these amounts of gore! There are other reasons for others types of B-Movies too, but you didn't ask for these.
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« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2007, 06:58:24 AM »
Because alot of "good movies" suck. And bad movies are junk food for the brain.
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« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2007, 09:46:05 AM »
For the same reason William Hung is so successful. They are funny.
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« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2007, 09:49:46 AM »
For me, B-Movies show more imagination and creativity than any big budget film ever could.  Each one is truly unique, and they're fun.
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« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2007, 09:52:50 AM »
They're fun, you can't take them seriously.  Too many mainstream movies take themselves too seriously -- I just want entertainment.
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« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2007, 10:20:01 AM »
they give me a warm fuzzy feeling inside. the same reason people like apple jacks, they dont taste like apple but i like them anyway just cause i do.
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« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2007, 12:18:37 PM »
B-Movies are just plain fun to watch.  Watching a great director with a huge budget is okay but watching a third rate director with a shoe-string budget is waaay more entertaining.

I mean, look at movies like "Gone With the Wind", "Saving Private Ryan", or even "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy".  Monster budget.  All-star casts.  Top-notch directing.  Honest to god set and costume designers.  Solid script.

Then look at the sheer level of ineptitude of "Manos: The Hands of Fate", "Killers From Outerspace", or "Bride of the Monster".

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« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2007, 12:32:34 PM »
A lot of B-Movies from the 60's forwards relay on gratuitous nudity to fill the "we don't have a script" time which is reason enough for me to watch them. Watch "Kiss me, Quick" or "Please Don't Eat My Mother".
From the early 60's and before (and after) the special effect were so cheap and so cheesy you just had to laugh, the over acting or no acting is priceless. Watch "The Mighty Gorga" and see plastic toy dinosaurs fight a really bad crosseyed ape costume.

Even a lot DTV movies made today fall into the cheap FX department, case in point watch SHOCKWAVE!!
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« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2007, 12:46:33 PM »
I think it just fun enteriment. Where you don't have to think much to get "it" and just have fun making a film letting your imagination and vision go.

With that some people have painfully almost boring imaginations and want to share that pain with others.

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« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2007, 01:58:56 PM »
I love the stories... and I like to make fun of them, and I like to know that I can make a better movie if I tried.  Bad horror movies are always fun, usually have a few good lines, or will stimulate conversations with people who have no idea what you're talking about (like when I suggested to my friends that  the Driller Killer could have easily fit as a character in Rent).

Just the cheeziness is good.  It makes you laugh.  Why rent some crap like Date Movie, when you could be laughing your ass off at Jason X?
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« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2007, 03:31:41 PM »
they are meant to be viewed in a different way.  In a normal movie when something doesn't make sense you get perplexed trying to make sense of it.  In a bad movie you look for things that don't make sense and laugh when you find it.  Basically you need some levity to enjoy bad movies.
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« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2007, 03:33:17 PM »
I would add the enjoyment of creating alternate takes on the intended action.
Like when Joel and the Bots turned the monster battle in "Godzilla Vs. Megalon" into a WWE grudge match, with words alone.
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Its the standing of the movies intened...intended..reality, on its head and giveing it a through tripple jock lock.
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« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2007, 03:58:02 PM »
Oh forgot one main thing that makes a B-movie:

Boobs

I mean we have internet, porn and strip clubs but nothing beats gratuitous B-movie nudity. Plus it makes you feel less dirty if your excuse is actually watching a movie instead of porn.

Watching a old 80s horror flick? is it boring the hell at you but your eyeing that hot blond?

Law of Probability says she whips those funbags out in the next scene.

You don't get that with "Normal" Film.
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