Re-Evaluating Bad Movies

I haven't seen PG&BTK since I was in college, all I really remember is the chickens getting shot at the end.

Now if you want to watch Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia, then we can talk some Peckinpah.

Were those real chickens? Made the scenes uncomfortable to watch.

A McNugget can be art.

Mmm...McArtform

I wonder if they mentioned the shooting thing to the chickens during the audition process.

Troy
Watched on Netflix at 2:00am while taking care of the new Doomsday spawn

Where do people come down on this movie? I assume it's that it's not a good movie because it isn't. I remember it coming out when I was a teen and thinking it was pretty cool but that luster wore off very, very quickly. That isn't to say that there isn't some good stuff in here. It's a sword and sandals epic that feels like it has a sense of scope and some of the battles and fights are pretty cool. The sack of Troy is also done pretty well for the most part. Other than that, damn is it a cheesy movie with some very questionable casting of actors whose acting overall is piss-poor. Down the line every actor in this movie is either hamming it up and if they aren't they're Orlando Bloom. Whenever I come across an Orlando Bloom movie on tv or Netflix I try to pinpoint where his career went off the rails. Not that I miss him, he's a terrible actor, it just seemed like he was everywhere until one day he was gone. According to his IMDB he's still working but not in anything high profile outside of the crappy Hobbit movies. The person who goes without saying is Brad Pitt who actually portrays a good Achilles at least physically, he's just given garbage material to work with. He also does one of those accent shifts where he can't decide if he's American, British or that weird Bri-merican hybrid. There is an unsung hero of this movie though and that's Brian Cox. I think Brian Cox is one of our cinematic greats who doesn't get nearly the accolades he deserves despite giving so many great performances (lest we forget he originated Hannibal Lector) but in Troy he goes off the over-acting rails. He gets into full on Nicolas Cage territory, it's incredible to watch. Every line, every look is just dripping with a zealous over-intense cornballishness. 'Every son of Troy....shall die!' is something that should be put on his tombstone. Anyways, this thing is a big stupid popcorn movie that I've seen more than I should have and while I in no way will defend this movie or its terrible acting or horribly written dialogue or the fact that it shits all over the Iliad and classical mythology I would be lying if I told you I would never watch it again if I found myself bored and scrolled by it on a lazy afternoon.

Today I watched Hudson Hawk for the first time since I was a pre-teen.

Having loved it then, I've now decided to re-evaluate my opinion thusly:

Makes me sad to hear that even 12 year old dooms didn't know joy.

Because he didn't put the bunny back in the box.

LEGEND OF THE LOST (1957)



John Wayne and Sophia Loren journey through the Libyan desert for 90 minutes for the sake of our amusement. It’s time they should have spent doing something else.

The film is about Wayne, Loren and Italian actor Rossano Brazzi searching for treasure in the Sahara desert. They spend their time bickering, bickering, trying to bang Sophia Loren and then bickering some more.

Adventure stories are typically at their best when there’s tension among the characters. It makes it more relatable to the audience. Too much of it, however, and you risk everyone coming across unlikable and unsympathetic. This might be one of the few movies in which John Wayne comes across like a dick and Sophia Loren appears totally unattractive. Congrats.

Have you seen some of the movies Neverending digs up on here?  I have to look some of them up to verify they are in fact real films.  Venture over to the obscure films thread and enjoy.  

And to your credit I've never heard of this either.