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"Top 10 Cheeziest Movies You Secretly Love to Watch"
For the edification of those with a taste for the cinema - a list of ten fillums which the author finds he is always willing to watch, but which are generally considered to be of poor quality. Thus these films are generally viewed guiltily, and often in a darkened room.
(Mssr bassfingers brought my attention to the creation of such lists, and himself offers quite a dandy selection in the pre-arranged upon 10 item form.)
1. Hackers
A film that thoroughly captures the look and feel of Mondo 2000 and early Wired. A guilty pleasure both for cheesy graphics and bad comp. sci. - and for the appearance of an actually hot looking Angelina Jolie.
2. The Pirate Movie
Australian pop-rock musical parody of _The Pirates of Penzance_. It is embarrassing for so many reasons - most importantly for its over the top attempts at sight gags.
3. My Demon Lover
Scott Valentine's jump from bad television to bad film. The film is nonsensical.
4. Drop Dead Fred
Rik Mayall ("The Young Ones") gets one shot at a big Hollywood film. He plays an imaginary friend who returns into the life of an adult woman who is letting her mother push her into a narrow and passionless adult life. Phoebe Cates is also very cute in this film.
5. Nice Girls Don't Explode
Another film about hot brunettes with controlling mothers?! Indeed. This film stars the elusive Michelle Meyrink (Jordan from _Real Genius_). Enuff sed.
6. Vibes
Jeff Goldblum, Peter Falk and Cydi Lauper head into the Andes Mountains. Jeff plays a psychometrist, which I think is awesome. Along with the TV show "Lovejoy", this is one of the few examples of psychometry in pop culture.
7. Earth Girls Are Easy
Jeff Goldblum again! This musical comedy romance is helmed by the genius redhead Julie Brown. Geena Davis appears in the skimpiest swimsuit ever for the whole first reel. The film also has Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans in it, but that doesn't even ruin it - because Charles Rocket and Micheal McCKean are in it too.
8. Big Trouble in Little China
A genre straddling action adventure comedy kung-fu film! If you don't know why this is here then I can't help you. Go see it. Now.
9. Popeye
Robert Altman's biggest failure. It's also Robin Williams' big-screen debut. The film was shut down half way through filming the obscenely vast fictional harbor town of Sweethaven. The director chose to try and cut together a film from what he had. The real reason to watch this film is to see the greatest living vaudevillian: Bill Irwin. (Some may know him better as the unremarkable 'Mr Noodle' on the Elmo's World portions of modern Sesame Street.)
10. Any MST3K
It's no secret I like really lousy movies, and so do the guys that worked on this show. I saw almost all of the terrible films these guys riff on when I was a kid. I watched many of them over and over - since I loved anything with special effects in it. My favorite is a film I also loved without the little guys in the corner of the screen: "Earth Vs. Spider".
For the edification of those with a taste for the cinema - a list of ten fillums which the author finds he is always willing to watch, but which are generally considered to be of poor quality. Thus these films are generally viewed guiltily, and often in a darkened room.
(Mssr bassfingers brought my attention to the creation of such lists, and himself offers quite a dandy selection in the pre-arranged upon 10 item form.)
1. Hackers
A film that thoroughly captures the look and feel of Mondo 2000 and early Wired. A guilty pleasure both for cheesy graphics and bad comp. sci. - and for the appearance of an actually hot looking Angelina Jolie.
2. The Pirate Movie
Australian pop-rock musical parody of _The Pirates of Penzance_. It is embarrassing for so many reasons - most importantly for its over the top attempts at sight gags.
3. My Demon Lover
Scott Valentine's jump from bad television to bad film. The film is nonsensical.
4. Drop Dead Fred
Rik Mayall ("The Young Ones") gets one shot at a big Hollywood film. He plays an imaginary friend who returns into the life of an adult woman who is letting her mother push her into a narrow and passionless adult life. Phoebe Cates is also very cute in this film.
5. Nice Girls Don't Explode
Another film about hot brunettes with controlling mothers?! Indeed. This film stars the elusive Michelle Meyrink (Jordan from _Real Genius_). Enuff sed.
6. Vibes
Jeff Goldblum, Peter Falk and Cydi Lauper head into the Andes Mountains. Jeff plays a psychometrist, which I think is awesome. Along with the TV show "Lovejoy", this is one of the few examples of psychometry in pop culture.
7. Earth Girls Are Easy
Jeff Goldblum again! This musical comedy romance is helmed by the genius redhead Julie Brown. Geena Davis appears in the skimpiest swimsuit ever for the whole first reel. The film also has Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans in it, but that doesn't even ruin it - because Charles Rocket and Micheal McCKean are in it too.
8. Big Trouble in Little China
A genre straddling action adventure comedy kung-fu film! If you don't know why this is here then I can't help you. Go see it. Now.
9. Popeye
Robert Altman's biggest failure. It's also Robin Williams' big-screen debut. The film was shut down half way through filming the obscenely vast fictional harbor town of Sweethaven. The director chose to try and cut together a film from what he had. The real reason to watch this film is to see the greatest living vaudevillian: Bill Irwin. (Some may know him better as the unremarkable 'Mr Noodle' on the Elmo's World portions of modern Sesame Street.)
10. Any MST3K
It's no secret I like really lousy movies, and so do the guys that worked on this show. I saw almost all of the terrible films these guys riff on when I was a kid. I watched many of them over and over - since I loved anything with special effects in it. My favorite is a film I also loved without the little guys in the corner of the screen: "Earth Vs. Spider".