The Obscure, Unusual, or just plain BAD Movie Thread

[geshaw30]

Put Buckaroo and Jack Burton in the same Peterbuilt and the world as we know it blinks out of existance.

"The check is in the mail Bigbooty"
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[UNEVEN THOUGHTS]

The worst movie I've ever seen was the reciently released "A History Of Violence" with that guy who played Aargorn. It was a mixture of softcore porn and a 3rd grade play (but without the little kids of course).


p.s. My VX is still up for grabs on the "Vehicals for sale" thread.

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

John Carpenter's "Black Moon Rising" starring Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn. The Black Moon is light years beyond High-Tech: it's an Ultra-Tech auto and more....
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Moon-Ris.../dp/B00004Y6BJ

"Cherry 2000" co-starring Melanie Griffith--- In the Loveless, Lawless society of the year 2017, High-Performance cars have taken a back seat to flawless robotic women as every man's driving passion; and there's never been anything like the Cherry 2000 (actress Pamela Gidley), the ultimate robotic love machine--blond, beautiful and designed to always please her master!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_2000

"The California Kid" starring a young Martin Sheen----gets revenge against a local sheriff who killed his brother via a cool hot rod.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071268/
http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/.../photo_08.html

"The Wraith" starring Charlie Sheen----comes back from the dead to get revenge against street thugs with his ghostly car.
http://www.amazon.com/Wraith-Charlie.../dp/B00008VGNJ

"The Last Chase"----In a future United States, the only transport available to an individual is public transportation. Predicated on an assertion that "the oil has run out", an increasingly totalitarian central government has ordered all personal vehicles be impounded by law. One man, a former race car driver, yearns again for his ability to choose his own roads and destiny. He reassembles his race car hidden from confiscation, and sets out for "Free California" which has broken away from the new regime, aided by a young technically savvy teen who feels alienated from this "social" society. Agents of the new government must stop this man at any cost to destroy the symbology he represents, and the instability that such a desire for personal autonomy could mean to the society. An old Korean War veteran and his F-86 Sabre jet are called into service to chase down this dangerous man, and end his flouting of the will of the state. In the words of one of the government agents, "People going where they want to, where they want to. This could set us back to the 1980s." Written by AGC

It is the future. Evil fascists have forced everyone to recycle and drive electric cars, and have oppressed all those poor people who want to drive Ferraris and smoke cigarettes. Hero Lee Majors, an ex-racing car driver, decides to make a statement by pulling out his old race car and driving cross-country at 150 mph (he siphons gas from old gas station pumps). Taking along a young computer hacker, he drives for the Holy Land the Free State of California! Of course, the Powers That Be try to eliminate him by hiring Burgess Meredith to shoot him down with a fighter jet, which, too, are virtually extinct.
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Chase-Lee.../dp/B00004WLVB

[Anita]

Worst:

Hook (dir. Spielberg)
Popeye (dir. Altman)
Gigli
Glitter
Santa Claus conquers the Martians

And of course, horrible movies that make me laugh hysterically: Manos: Hands of Fate

[Ldub]

And of course, horrible movies that make me laugh hysterically: Manos: Hands of Fate

That one, & a host of others that have gotten the "MST3K" treatment still make me laugh.
My favorite "added" MST3K line was in "I was a teenage werewolf " w/ Micheal Landon...when the spike hits my vein nothi'n seems quite the same BONANZA!
Lou Reed lyrics sung to the tune of the old Bonanza TV show...works every time.

Ldub

[johnnyapollo]

Try these:

Deathrace 2000 with David Carradine as "Frankenstein" - you basically get points for killing people on the road with your car as you race to the finish.
Dead Alive - One of the best period gorey zombie films ever made (another Peter Jackson film) - "I kick *** for the Lord!"
Sean of the Dead - recent Brit parody of the zombie film - actually quite good.
Bubba Ho Tep - Elvis was replaced by an impersonator (who dies - everyone thinks it's the Real Elvis but it's not) and ends up in a retirement home, that's being terrorized by a soul sucking egyptian pharoh. Some great dialog in this one.
Mad Max and the Road Warrior - the AU cuts of each film if you can find them.
Nightmare Before Christmas - Tim Burton at his best.
Blue Velvet and Dune - David Lynch's bastardized cousin films. I recently bought the extended version of Dune - fairly boring stuff compared to the theatrical cut but interesting in its content.
Rushmore - if you haven't seen this I think it's worth a rental.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - an incredibly beautiful film - I still thrill in viewing (and I've probably watched it a dozen times).
O Brother Where Art Thou? - another must view.
Actually, pretty much anything by the Cohen or Farrelly brothers are worth a look-see.

I'll let you guys decide if those are "best" or "worst"

-- John

[Anita]

If you want to see a visually stunning movie, go see Ultraviolet. Its pretty amazing - every shot is beautiful.

[climbcovey]

BUBBA HO TEP! cant believe I watched the whole thing. Did have some good lines though..

Best movie...... Snatch!........ no its not porn but in the true style of lock stock and 2 smoking barrels it has many of the same actors. The guy from tansporter, And "spynx" from gone in sixty seconds. great flick!!!

[Joe_Black]

Rushmore - if you haven't seen this I think it's worth a rental.

YES! Not as good but definitely as "out there" by the same director is "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou".

[MZ-N10]

the 2 worst movies i ahve ever seen....
"talented mr.ripplies"(sp?)
"1 hour photo"

[Numba1goalie]

Ok ok, i have the worst movie ever. Ready?


Cabin Fever.

Honorable Mention:
The Aristocrats
Drop Dead Fred
Ishtar

Favorites:
Fight Club
Snatch
The Boondock Saints
Reqium for a Dream

[technocoy]

a boy and his dog was definitely trippy.

also, you MUST find and watch.... "plankton" the worst movie ever, but one that you have to see once in your life. just for a sample: one scene of the film has a woman giving birth to a slew of caviar. 'nuff said.

favorites: too many to list, so i'll put a few:

Bladerunner, ghost in the shell, iron monkey, moonlight mile, donnie darko, big trouble in little china, of course LOTR (entire series), beetlejuice, Batman '89 and Batman Begins, the bourne identity, matrix (first one only), with honors, serenity, monsters ball, slingblade, contact, clash of the titans, dark crystal, about a boy, life of brian, 28 days, shawn of the dead, bubba hotep, army of darkness, they live, brotherhood of the wolf... oh god.. the list could go on forever.

[WyldWeasel]

Obscure but funny:

Strange Brew (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas playing the Mackenzie brothers. Fav quote: "Luke, I am your father, give into the Dark Side, you hoser.")

Morons from Outer Space (a mid eighties British comedy about some morons who put their space RV on cruise control and crash land on earth--and are greeted as advanced beings)

To Be or Not to Be (the original Jack Benny version, not that lame remake by Mel Brooks)

Great military courtroom drama, and thematically applicable with what's going on in Iraq today:

Breaker Morant (Australian film about some Aussies in the Boer War)

And in the Horror category:

Dog Soldiers

[johnnyapollo]

I recently found copies of some very obscure films by Alejandro Jodorowsky:

El Topo (the mole) - about the oddest spaghetti western ever filmed
Holy Mountain - the scene recreating Cortez invasion of the Aztecs is brilliant
Santa Gangre - transplanted limbs and possession, what more can you ask for

The only copy I've ever seen of Holy Mountain was a VHS copy from the Playboy channel - I've heard it was only aired once. Santa Sangre was filmed in the 90's but it still has the surreal acting, sets and music of the first two. The director was really unusual, he was hired to do the first, abandoned Dune movie in the 70's:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodorowsky

In any case, I thought you all might be interested.

-- John

[mbeach]

I have to give a +1 to Cherry 2000. Ever since I saw that movie, I've wanted a 4wd Mustang.

EDIT:
Best Kung Fu movies:
Super-Ninjas or The Cavalier