Awesome awful movies list

Buttmonkey · Post by **Buttmonkey** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:46 am

I remember loving a sci-fi movie called "Ice Pirates" when I was a kid. I have a feeling it was actually a bad movie. I haven't seen it in something like 20 years, so I'm not in a position to make the call.

seskis281 · Post by **seskis281** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:51 am

Buttmonkey wrote:
I remember loving a sci-fi movie called "Ice Pirates" when I was a kid. I have a feeling it was actually a bad movie. I haven't seen it in something like 20 years, so I'm not in a position to make the call.

I mentioned it earlier -- Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, and believe it or not future Oscar winner Anjelica Huston... 1984 I believe.

Yeah - and I remember the "ship got herpes" too....

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TheNewGuy · Post by **TheNewGuy** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:01 am

Ice Pirates wasn't horrible (to me), but it was kind of caught in that strange middle ground where it was trying to be absurdly funny, yet wasn't consistently as funny as it seemed to think it was. Some highs, some lows.

I think you can re-watch Ice Pirates today, Buttmonkey, and not fear brain trauma. It's goofy, and not always funny, but it won't make you want to bash yourself unconscious rather than finish watching.

In our modern times, where people actually pay money to see painfully unfunny sh*t like Date Movie and Epic Movie in theaters, Ice Pirates is nothing to fear.
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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:34 am

Heh, I finally watched Star Trek V and I didn't think it was that bad. And I don't think Shatner bears the main responsibility for the film not being as good as it should have.

How about Harve Bennett?? He wrote the story along with Shat and another guy. And Harve has been involved with producing the films after ST1.

IMO, he's a hit or miss producer.

I'll have to watch it again, before final judgement.

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tylermo · Post by **tylermo** » Mon May 26, 2008 4:25 pm

I have to admit, Ice Pirates is not as funny as I once what it was. Used to watch it all the time on HBO, or cable. Kind of like how they used to show Flash Gordon non-stop. hehe When it came out on dvd a few years ago, I bought IP, and realized the damned thing wasn't funny to someone in his 30's. The sentimental value didn't stick with me like it did with Cannonball Run. As for Star Trek V, it's still pretty bad. There were some moments, particularly the bit with McCoy being confronted with the death of his father. A great DeForest Kelley moment. Spock saying to the Klingon ambassador, "Damn you, sir. You will try." PRetty cool, as well. STill at the bottom of the original Trek films. Way down at the bottom. hehe

seskis281 · Post by **seskis281** » Mon May 26, 2008 4:45 pm

The problem with Star Trek V was that it started with the tag line,

"The Crew of the Enterprise go in search of god"... which gives little room to go because you can't really go there without crossing over into some harsher questions, so we all know it's gonna just be an alien pretending to be god (and then it had crappy FX to boot).

In all fairness, what Shatner wanted to do was to take one of Rodenberry's 1970 concepts, which was pretty theologically challenging, that the villain really WAS a manifestation of the divine which returns demanding worship, and the idea for the script pondered if humankand would ultimately move beyond the need for "god." --

Needless to say, the studio wasn't about to go down THAT road, and thus forced the rewrites to soften any potential religious offense. Added to that was the major 86-87 Writer's strike, some major last minute budget cuts, and the fact that the team had to turn to novices to do the FX because ILM was booked with Indiana Jones and 5 other movies, and you have a pretty unhappy outcome.

Did like the Yellowstone cinematogragphy at the start - nice change of pace for a ST film there.

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Jeffery St. Clair · Post by **Jeffery St. Clair** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:06 am

Haven't seen this one mentioned yet... Gymkata. Talk about watching a movie too many times in the 80's...
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seskis281 · Post by **seskis281** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:13 am

Jeffery St. Clair wrote:
Haven't seen this one mentioned yet... Gymkata. Talk about watching a movie too many times in the 80's...

OMG. I had blocked this one from my mind. I remember it now... trying to capitalize on the 1984 gymnastics hype... I remember running martial... sorry, "gymnastic" fights with strategically placed pommel horses in the middle of alleyways in arabian towns...
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Jeffery St. Clair · Post by **Jeffery St. Clair** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:42 am

...and a high bar just where you need it...
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:09 am

Jeffery St. Clair wrote:
Haven't seen this one mentioned yet... Gymkata. Talk about watching a movie too many times in the 80's...

I was specifically attempting to stay away from martial arts movies, but now that you have opened the flood gates, I give you a great, great yet awful flick: AMERICAN NINJA

Terribly good.

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cinderblock · Post by **cinderblock** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:39 pm

Ninja 3: the Domination

cinderblock · Post by **cinderblock** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:39 pm

Oh yeah. Almost ALL Anime

tylermo · Post by **tylermo** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:03 pm

Right you are about ILM and Star Trek V. ILM's "A" team was busy with IJ and the Last Crusade, and their "B" team was working on a not-so-wonderful sequel called, "Ghostbusters 2". Uugghh. But, let's face it, Star Trek V had more than special effects problems. As soon as Sybok stopped being just some renegade Vulcan, and became Spock's half-brother...Nooooooooooooooo!

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:36 pm

cinderblock wrote:
Ninja 3: the Domination

Enter the Ninja (part 1 if you will) is pretty bad ass.
"Niiiiiinja. Oooooh Ninja, I just want to talk." ~ Mr. Venarius

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cinderblock · Post by **cinderblock** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:55 pm

Just watched Resident Evil:Extinction. It deserves a spot on the list. Also on the Milla Jovovich tip, The Fifth Element is also awesomely bad. Over the top dumb fun but and ,at times, unwatchable.

seskis281 · Post by **seskis281** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:24 pm

cinderblock wrote:
Just watched Resident Evil:Extinction. It deserves a spot on the list. Also on the Milla Jovovich tip, The Fifth Element is also awesomely bad. Over the top dumb fun but and ,at times, unwatchable.

I actually count Fifth Element as more intentionally campy -

I would count the more recent Hitchhiker's Guide in the same category if it attempt an existing book that wants for better.

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