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slipjig3 ([personal profile] slipjig3) wrote2007-07-28 04:00 pm

Le Bad

[livejournal.com profile] shrijani has suggested that I write about bad movies. In that capacity, I suppose this is a good time to make this announcement, in the secret hopes that it'll be lost in the shuffle and forgotten.

Those of you who read this journal: Remember the big enormous huge mondo gigantimous movie brackets I was doing several months ago, wherein I had y'all voting on which movies you prefer in pairings, with the winners advancing March Madness-style? Remember how I posted immediately after that I was never ever ever ever ever doing this again?

You saw this coming. I've prepared a new bracket. This time, we're going for the worst movie evar.

It's only about half as big as the last one (256 titles in all), but it turned out to be a lot harder to fill. I think that's because I set myself two limits: 1) only one title per series (thus, Superman III or Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, but not both (and yes, I went with IV)); and 2) only truly bad and/or reviled movies, not just mediocre ones. Much harder than it looks. I also wanted to avoid reallllly obscure stuff, but I had to waver on that one a bit.

Still, there's a small handful of titles that are weaker than I'd like, so I'm open to any suggestions. What movies do you think are deserving of Truly Bad Movie status?


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[identity profile] icarusfallen8.livejournal.com 2007-07-29 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
You intentionally saw Elektra?
I really liked Bubba Hotep

[identity profile] blimix.livejournal.com 2007-07-31 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
No, I wouldn't quite say that I intentionally saw "Elektra". It was playing on the flight back from England in '05. I could have turned it off, but they had nothing else good on, and I was in dire need of entertainment, having already tired of my book and finished the magazine crossword.

I heard that Bubba Hotep was good when watched with a bunch of people (e.g., at a theater) who were into it; you can somehow get caught up in it. But I, and everyone watching with me, thought it sucked, so I had no such opportunity.