Happy Hump Day Survey!

I *HATE* that movie.

WHAT?!!! There are people that don't like Hackers!? Shame on them.

YOU TAKE THAT BACK. SPICE WORLD IS IN NO WAY BAD.

Yeah I do remember Midnight Madness fondly!

Tanglebones wrote:

YOU TAKE THAT BACK. SPICE WORLD IS IN NO WAY BAD.

You watched Spice World. You know, I would do anything for love, but I won't do that.

karmajay wrote:

Yeah I do remember Midnight Madness fondly!

I loved Midnight Madness! Haven't re-watched it though. I think I'll leave it to the mists of time so another childhood memory isn't ruined.

John Carter!

Spoiler:

It's actually a great movie if you're a fan of the books. Out of that context, it seems like a very generic and silly space movie given how sci-fi evolved after those books were written.

Tanglebones wrote:

YOU TAKE THAT BACK. SPICE WORLD IS IN NO WAY BAD.

Whoa whoa whoa. I'm not saying that it is bad, I'm saying that aside from you and me everyone else thinks it's bad. Everyone else has something wrong with them.

I can't offer an explanation...

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

John Carter!

Spoiler:

It's actually a great movie if you're a fan of the books. Out of that context, it seems like a very generic and silly space movie given how sci-fi evolved after those books were written.

Wow I disagree here trying to mash all the different events into one movie kind of spoiled it for me.

Saturday the 14th. I admit it's terrible and not worthy of being called a cult classic. It clicks with me for no apparent reason. Maybe because I'd watch it repeatedly on HBO as a kid.

Oddly enough, about a month ago a friend of mine introduced me to a film that is perfect for this topic. Keep in mind that it is now a running in-joke that, whenever this guy is complaining about a really good film the rest of us like (or video game, or anime, or music, or food, or episode of The Partridge Family), we simply say "Meteor Man". Because he likes the movie, and it is just one example of his notoriously bad taste.

But holy crap, The Big Hit is a bad movie I can't help but have a soft spot for. It's a 1998 film that feels like it was made in 1992, as the impact of Grunge Rock and The Matrix seem to have never hit its sensibilities or aesthetic. It's like a bunch of (frat) guys from a film school were given the cash to make a movie and their entire thesis was "Yo let's just have fun". They hit all the beats you'd expect, and while they try to make a joke out of cliches and tropes they never try to subvert or be ironic about them. There's no higher mission statement or anything. It's just... what it is.

What really does it for me is seeing Lou Diamond Phillips playing a character like I've never seen him and the actor who played Sisqo on Deep Space Nine being a crime boss that drops the F-Bomb a lot. Speaking of, Lou Diamond's character happens to be named Cisco.

This is not a good movie, and if it has a cult it's a cult of juggalos that are in love with it. If I ever wanted revenge against ClockworkHouse for saying mean (even if true) things about the games of my beloved childhood, I would strap her to a chair Clockwork Orange style and force her to watch this film. But God damn did it entertain me in a confusing way.

Caution: character doesn't projectile vomit, but there's some up-chucking in this clip.

I used to like that movie but can't really stand the trope of "girl falls for nice kidnapper" any more.

Back when I had faith in Zack Snyder, he made Sucker Punch. It has practically no story, it plays out like a video game, and it suffers from the Snyder soundtrack, but I love it. The weird covers he uses for the music really grew on me, and I love the visuals. I wish it had a more solid story that made more sense so it could have been appreciated more by the masses.

UpToIsomorphism wrote:

[Riddick]

This would have been mine up to a year or so ago. Ever since Vin made weird sexual advances at an interviewer, I've lost my man crush for him.

karmajay wrote:

I used to like that movie but can't really stand the trope of "girl falls for nice kidnapper" any more.

Worst part of the movie, and even the most awkward parts of the movie. It's pretty much the only thing I cannot roll with. It doesn't work in any way and is pretty cringe-worthy.

But then there's the gun fight at the video store and it's like "I'm good with this film now".

Delbin wrote:

Back when I had faith in Zack Snyder, he made Sucker Punch. It has practically no story, it plays out like a video game, and it suffers from the Snyder soundtrack, but I love it. The weird covers he uses for the music really grew on me, and I love the visuals. I wish it had a more solid story that made more sense so it could have been appreciated more by the masses.

Shameless self-promotion, but if you got time for a podcast discussion with questionable audio quality I had a great discussion with my friends on it. It's a messy film but I think Zack's got smarter ambitions than a lot of people give it credit for.

Ambitions does not result in final product, of course, but it's definitely trying to be more than people think.

karmajay wrote:

I used to like that movie but can't really stand the trope of "girl falls for nice kidnapper" any more.

Reading this made me remember that I loved

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though I'd probably have a hard time watching it now! Oh 90s Benicio del Toro...how I adored you and your weird self.

Aw, guys, nobody has mentioned THIS glorious piece of cinema?

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So bad, but so so good.

Nobody seems to like Jupiter Ascending (26% on RT), though it did get a "B-" CinemaScore.

I guess I'm just a Watchowski fanboy.

Bonus: Sean Bean as bee-man!

A_Unicycle wrote:

Aw, guys, nobody has mentioned THIS glorious piece of cinema?

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So bad, but so so good.

Wrong.

That's legit good. Like the first live-action Ninja Turtles movie.

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Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak

I remember some Friday night in 1985, my dad goes out and picks up pizza and a movie from the video store. It looked like an Indiana Jones/Jewel of the Nile sort of flick. Turned out to be a sexplotation flick staring Tawny Kitaen (prior to her best known work of being the hood ornament in a Whitesnake video) and an army of topless Amazon warriors. I was 13. I loved it for every reason a straight 13 year old boy would. Still can't believe my mother let us watch it and didn't turn it off after the first 10 minutes or so.

Tscott wrote:

Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak

I remember some Friday night in 1985, my dad goes out and picks up pizza and a movie from the video store. It looked like an Indiana Jones/Jewel of the Nile sort of flick. Turned out to be a sexplotation flick staring Tawny Kitaen (prior to her best known work of being the hood ornament in a Whitesnake video) and an army of topless Amazon warriors. I was 13. I loved it for every reason a straight 13 year old boy would. Still can't believe my mother let us watch it and didn't turn it off after the first 10 minutes or so.

Directed by Just Jaeckin. Based on his Wikipedia page, 1980's Cinemax owes him a great debt.

Oh man, Midnight Madness was AMAZING (in my memories, anyway). It was like the precursor to puzzle ARGs and Escape Rooms, with just enough "Its a Mad Mad..World" road trip comedy thrown in. And Michael J Fox!

"FAGA BEEFE!"

"HUG ME."

"The Sea is reversed. S.S. Itari is mixed up and blind.”

So great.

karmajay wrote:

I used to like that movie but can't really stand the trope of "girl falls for nice kidnapper" any more.

Well then skip this all-time classic gem of a dud:

(bonus points for cameos by Henry Rollins, Flea and Anthony Kedis)

Conan the Destroyer.

Yes, it’s really really bad, nowhere near the quality of the first movie. But I still like it.

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Edit - Red Sonja was always my favorite, even though it's not technically a Conan movie.

HAPPY HUMP DAYYYYY!!!!

Courtesy of Uptoisomorphism: "Post something, anything, that makes you smile (or made you smile when you first ran across it)."

Like an uplifting "aww" smile, or a "ooh, that's evil" smile?

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