There are three levels of B-movie-ism.
These levels are:
Bad - A film that is simply bad.
So bad it's funny - A film that makes us laugh with its sheer idiocy.
So bad it's not even funny - A film that has a devastating effect on our will to live.
What do you think?
Depends on personal taste.... Though I have sat through many films most consider "painful" (The Maize, Preylien...), I have seen perhaps 1 film that falls into the third category.... That film, was Scarecrow Slayer. :buggedout:
Then, there is "good", but dismissed by most as "bad", which is even more personal taste. :smile:
I would change it to
Bad: A movie that sucks but you decide to see how it ends.
So bad it's funny: A movie that makes us laugh due to its stupidity.
Walk Out: A movie that sucks so bad you need to leave and you don't care how it ends.
Quote from: Patient7 on August 09, 2008, 05:37:57 PM
Walk Out: A movie that sucks so bad you need to leave and you don't care how it ends.
I know of no such movie :wink: , the kind you wouldn't
mind walking out of if you had something better to do maybe... :tongueout:
Quote from: Mr. Briggs Inc. on August 09, 2008, 06:54:59 PM
Quote from: Patient7 on August 09, 2008, 05:37:57 PM
Walk Out: A movie that sucks so bad you need to leave and you don't care how it ends.
I know of no such movie :wink: , the kind you wouldn't mind walking out of if you had something better to do maybe... :tongueout:
Four words: Return of the Boogeyman.
Maybe a 4th: So bad that it makes you extremely angry! :hatred: I get that alot, especially with modern cinema.
Examples:
Bad - ROCKY IV
So bad its funny - PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
So bad its not even funny - DUNE
I dont think there are levels to bad movies. Theres always something to enjoy, kitsch value(so bad it's funny), perfomances from actors or directors who really should know better, I marvel at the complete lack of taste in those that made it or the fact the it got made in the first place.
I've only found one that I couldnt enjoy on one level or another. Only one with no redeming feature and that was Battlefield Earth.
My rule for buying a film is:
If your not embarrased to take it to the counter then it rates as a good movie!
Buying bad movies should feel like buying condoms from the girl next door in your local drugstore while your Grandmother is standing behind you in the queue.
It's a guilty pleasure and as such the act itself brings it's own rewards and the film becomes almost secondary.
I think I must be addicted!
I just love finding that rare title or something you've never heard of and it turns out to be a hidden gem and if it isnt then I've still enjoyed the finding of it.
Quote from: masterdebater on August 10, 2008, 06:51:08 PM
I dont think there are levels to bad movies. Theres always something to enjoy, kitsch value(so bad it's funny), perfomances from actors or directors who really should know better, I marvel at the complete lack of taste in those that made it or the fact the it got made in the first place.
I've only found one that I couldnt enjoy on one level or another. Only one with no redeming feature and that was Battlefield Earth.
My rule for buying a film is:
If your not embarrased to take it to the counter then it rates as a good movie!
Buying bad movies should feel like buying condoms from the girl next door in your local drugstore while your Grandmother is standing behind you in the queue.
It's a guilty pleasure and as such the act itself brings it's own rewards and the film becomes almost secondary.
I think I must be addicted!
I just love finding that rare title or something you've never heard of and it turns out to be a hidden gem and if it isnt then I've still enjoyed the finding of it.
Exactly! I'll never forget the look on guy's face at HMV when I bought "Damn You, Zombie Bastards!" :lookingup:
I think you and I have a lot in common. :cheers: