I just finished watching A Life Less Ordinary for the fifth time and I found it just as awesome as the first time despite the 1 star rating the guide gave it. I can understand why it got such a poor rating but I still love it, not very cohesive film but I found it entertaining. I'm not even sure I can explain why I like it so much but I can definitely say I enjoy it, even on repeated viewings.
It got me thinking, there are a lot of critics here... What are some movies that are generally considered bad that for one reason or another you think are great?
If I had to pick a top three of bad movies that I love:
1. Fifth Element 2. A Life Less Ordinary 3. Starship Troopers
1. "I liked Starship Troopers" In response to Reply # 0
Once I realized what kind of movie it was supposed to be.
I can tell you about A Life Less Ordinary, though.
I believe it was Danny Boyle's follow-up to Trainspotting. And starring Ewan McGregor no doubt.
Personally I hated it. I thought it was a hot mess. But that was mostly because I had set the bar so high due to Trainspotting and Shallow Grave. And for his next movie to be ...that...
I am NOT a fan of Delroy Lindo, but taken on it's own, it might have made for a decent movie.
But by context it disappointed so many people. I'm only surprised that Danny Boyle was able to not only bounce back. I thought A Life Less Ordinary was going to ruin his career. But then he went on to make films that were far more successful than Trainspotting.
they aren't coleman francis movies or nothing. SST and FE are awesome popcorn movies. I swear y'all act like some Woody Allen watchin' sum-muh-muh-bishes in here.
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The movie has one of the worst plots and characters, but it's fun to watch John Malkovich being a badass. Anyways, the opening 10 minutes isn't believable. Dude is from the Army defending himself, I don't care if the other 2 guys left, the wife should of known who they were.
31. "those are good movies tho." In response to Reply # 16
I dunno, I was taking this post as movies that are admittedly bad, but so much so they become enjoyable. Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore are just well-done comedies that are funny -- they just didn't cater to 40-plus film critics.
41. "I defined it as something" In response to Reply # 31 Wed May-27-09 08:09 AM by thoughtprocess
that wasn't even trying to hold together as a film, and wasn't just entertaining in spite of that, but because of it. that's kinda why i picked billy madison over happy gilmore. i thought happy gilmore had a little bit of a sappy story to it, whereas billy madison technically had a "plot" but then loosely tied it together at the end just so they could show chris farley make out with a gigantic penguin.
The movie was so not goot, but so great all at the same time...
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51. "These two might have to be moved to a different list" In response to Reply # 43
I've been kinda surprised by the amount of the support for Fifth Element and Starship Troopers. I get so much shit from friends when they find out that I own these movies on DVD, I just assumed most people considered them to be bad.
46. "vampire in brooklyn" In response to Reply # 0 Wed May-27-09 12:40 PM by lfresh
love fifth element also evil dead series romantic comedies i love me some romantic comedies most of them suck i do not care ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ Afro-American haiku: If Elvis Presley / is King / Who is James Brown, / God?(c) Baraka
-For being unwilling to go the full nine and settle on a post-apocalyptic setting and instead making it present day Arizona, but *really* shitty and lawless. -A killer car driven by a ghost... kind of -Randy Quaid -Clint Howard -20 year old Sherilyn Fenn
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52. "Wow. We saw that in the theater for my best friends birthday party." In response to Reply # 50
I'm not sure my 10 year old mind was able to appreciate just how shitty that movie was back then. I recently got back in touch with my friend whose choice it was to see it & we were just discussing how bad this movie was. We figured we had to be the only people that ever even saw it.
59. "anything with Christopher Lambert" In response to Reply # 0
Highlander is his crowning achievement, followed by Greystroke (Tarzan).
He was in one straight to video masterpiece, where him and his wife were sent to prison becuz she was pregnant. It was a futuristic prison and the movie was low budget, so u already know how high the cheez factor was.
He was also in a Se7en knock-off, where he was tortured by the memory of his dead son; son died in a tricycle accident and I'm not even jokin'.
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