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Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 12th, 2023, 10:34 am
by Hibi
jamesjazzguitar wrote: ↑July 11th, 2023, 6:41 pm
Allhallowsday wrote: ↑July 11th, 2023, 3:56 pm
Hibi wrote: ↑July 11th, 2023, 1:12 pm
Speaking of bad movies, I was able to record and watch The Oscar a few weeks ago which I missed back in Oscar month! What a stinker! Even worse than I remembered. Cant decide which was worse: the script (Harlan Ellison co-wrote!!); or Stephen Boyd's performance. It's a close race! Tony Bennett is pretty bad too, but he's not really an actor (playing a character called HYMIE KELLY! He had a Jewish and an Irish parent!!) SOOOOOOO BAD. Some of the worst wigs/falls imaginable on poor Elke Sommer's head! BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes! I enjoy that one like
THE V.I.P.s... terrific over-acting and melodramatic corn.
Terrific over-acting? Hey, Rod Steiger wasn't in The V.I.P.
There was another Rod, though. Rod Taylor! (one of the film's better performances along with Maggie Smith).
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 12th, 2023, 10:47 am
by jamesjazzguitar
Hibi wrote: ↑July 12th, 2023, 10:34 am
jamesjazzguitar wrote: ↑July 11th, 2023, 6:41 pm
Allhallowsday wrote: ↑July 11th, 2023, 3:56 pm
Yes! I enjoy that one like
THE V.I.P.s... terrific over-acting and melodramatic corn.
Terrific over-acting? Hey, Rod Steiger wasn't in The V.I.P.
There was another Rod, though. Rod Taylor! (one of the film's better performances along with Maggie Smith).
I agree those two give some of the better performances. Dick and Liz and Orson not so much.
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 12th, 2023, 11:23 am
by Allhallowsday
skimpole wrote: ↑July 12th, 2023, 2:17 am
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Considering that the movie is on this list (
https://theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_rank1-1000.htm) (at #817) I'm not sure it fits into this category. It may be a great movie, an overrated movie, or a horrifying example of the atrocious collective judgement of movie critics. But is it really a bad movie you or anyone else loves?
Click on the link. I think within 90 seconds you could make up your own mind. It's BAD. And I LOVE it!
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 12th, 2023, 11:59 am
by Sepiatone
skimpole wrote: ↑July 12th, 2023, 2:08 am
I suppose I would have found
The Wife a better movie if it turned out that in fact it was Patrica Neal who wrote
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But she didn't.
Sure. And I might have found "Bringing Up Baby" a better movie if it turned out that in fact it was CHESTER MORRIS who wrote "The Grapes Of Wrath" but he didn't.
Sepiatone
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 12th, 2023, 2:05 pm
by jamesjazzguitar
LostHorizons wrote: ↑July 12th, 2023, 1:58 am
“Bad movie” is one’s opinion but as far as cheesy B movies I really enjoyed Absolutely Quiet last week when it was part of the retrospective on B films. That was very suspenseful, tense and funny for a one hour movie.
Yea, it was a treat to watch the MGM "B" movie Absolutely Quiet. Interesting cast with a very young Louis Hayward and Wallace Ford, and other soon to be well known character actors like J. Carrol Naish and Raymond Walburn. As you note, a lot packed into its one hour runtime.
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 12th, 2023, 5:55 pm
by Bronxgirl48
Hibi wrote: ↑July 11th, 2023, 1:12 pm
Speaking of bad movies, I was able to record and watch The Oscar a few weeks ago which I missed back in Oscar month! What a stinker! Even worse than I remembered. Cant decide which was worse: the script (Harlan Ellison co-wrote!!); or Stephen Boyd's performance. It's a close race! Tony Bennett is pretty bad too, but he's not really an actor (playing a character called HYMIE KELLY! He had a Jewish and an Irish parent!!) SOOOOOOO BAD. Some of the worst wigs/falls imaginable on poor Elke Sommer's head! BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
A classic turkey to be sure, Hibi! I've always found Stephen Boyd guilty of overacting but here he definitely outdoes himself. I think Edith Head has a cameo which is never a good sign. (this also applies to Jose Iturbi; whenever he shows up in anything you know the film is a mediocre slog)
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 12th, 2023, 11:29 pm
by BagelOnAPlate
Sepiatone wrote: ↑July 12th, 2023, 11:59 am
skimpole wrote: ↑July 12th, 2023, 2:08 am
I suppose I would have found
The Wife a better movie if it turned out that in fact it was Patrica Neal who wrote
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But she didn't.
Sure. And I might have found "Bringing Up Baby" a better movie if it turned out that in fact it was CHESTER MORRIS who wrote "The Grapes Of Wrath" but he didn't.
Sepiatone
Huh????
Obviously, you don't know what
The Wife was about or you would understand the point that skimpole was making.
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 13th, 2023, 6:00 am
by TikiSoo
Hibi wrote: ↑July 11th, 2023, 1:12 pm
playing a character called HYMIE KELLY! He had a Jewish and an Irish parent!!
Kind of like this guy:
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 13th, 2023, 9:41 am
by Hibi
Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑July 12th, 2023, 5:55 pm
Hibi wrote: ↑July 11th, 2023, 1:12 pm
Speaking of bad movies, I was able to record and watch The Oscar a few weeks ago which I missed back in Oscar month! What a stinker! Even worse than I remembered. Cant decide which was worse: the script (Harlan Ellison co-wrote!!); or Stephen Boyd's performance. It's a close race! Tony Bennett is pretty bad too, but he's not really an actor (playing a character called HYMIE KELLY! He had a Jewish and an Irish parent!!) SOOOOOOO BAD. Some of the worst wigs/falls imaginable on poor Elke Sommer's head! BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
A classic turkey to be sure, Hibi! I've always found Stephen Boyd guilty of overacting but here he definitely outdoes himself. I think Edith Head has a cameo which is never a good sign. (this also applies to Jose Iturbi; whenever he shows up in anything you know the film is a mediocre slog)
Also Hedda Hopper! Hopper died a month before the film was released so didn't get a chance to pan the film!
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 13th, 2023, 9:42 am
by Hibi
TikiSoo wrote: ↑July 13th, 2023, 6:00 am
Hibi wrote: ↑July 11th, 2023, 1:12 pm
playing a character called HYMIE KELLY! He had a Jewish and an Irish parent!!
Kind of like this guy:
LOL!!!
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 13th, 2023, 10:17 am
by CinemaInternational
Saw Strait Jacket last week, and I think it qualifies. Joan Crawford playing a woman who did a Lizzie Borden to her husband and his lover returns to the outside world after twenty years in a mental institution, whereupon heads start rolling again. Crawford actually manages to give a wonderful performance in a William Castle production!
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 13th, 2023, 10:22 am
by jamesjazzguitar
CinemaInternational wrote: ↑July 13th, 2023, 10:17 am
Saw Strait Jacket last week, and I think it qualifies. Joan Crawford playing a woman who did a Lizzie Borden to her husband and his lover returns to the outside world after twenty years in a mental institution, whereupon heads start rolling again. Crawford actually manages to give a wonderful performance in a William Castle production!
Solid choice. As for "qualifies": I understood this topic as meaning a film was generally consider "bad" by critics or audience ratings, but we still "love" them (find them entertaining). This one fits the mode to a T. From Wiki:
The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.[8] The film also maintains an 88% rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 8 reviews.
Re: Bad Movies You Love
Posted: July 13th, 2023, 10:27 am
by Sepiatone
BagelOnAPlate wrote: ↑July 12th, 2023, 11:29 pm
Sepiatone wrote: ↑July 12th, 2023, 11:59 am
skimpole wrote: ↑July 12th, 2023, 2:08 am
I suppose I would have found
The Wife a better movie if it turned out that in fact it was Patrica Neal who wrote
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But she didn't.
Sure. And I might have found "Bringing Up Baby" a better movie if it turned out that in fact it was CHESTER MORRIS who wrote "The Grapes Of Wrath" but he didn't.
Sepiatone
Huh????
Obviously, you don't know what
The Wife was about or you would understand the point that skimpole was making.
POINT? So enlighten me O sage.
Sepiatone