Crap films you love for some weird reason ?
Discussion
(Already mentioned)
Krull
Hawk the Slayer
Fortress
(And I'll add...)
Dune
Highlander
The Keep
Sorry to those that mentioned some of the Verhoeven directed stuff (Starship Troopers, Robocop, Total Recall)
Those films are supposed to appear to be disposable, except they're not.
Similarly so The Fifth Element and most Arnie stuff. They know exactly what their target market is and aim for it accordingly.
Krull
Hawk the Slayer
Fortress
(And I'll add...)
Dune
Highlander
The Keep
Sorry to those that mentioned some of the Verhoeven directed stuff (Starship Troopers, Robocop, Total Recall)
Those films are supposed to appear to be disposable, except they're not.
Similarly so The Fifth Element and most Arnie stuff. They know exactly what their target market is and aim for it accordingly.
cookie118 said:
Sucker Punch
Vague plot that thinks it's cleverer than it is, no sense of pace or rythm to the film, lots of dud scenes and I can't quite work out if it's very misogynistic or not.
But
The action scenes and the visuals in them are some of the best I've ever seen (at least to my eyes).
Yep, i like Sucker Punch. Along a sort of similar vein, Southland Tales. It's odd, the cast is an odd mix for a start, Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin Timberlake and Sean William Scott. Set in near future Los Angeles and really hard to explain so https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southland_TalesVague plot that thinks it's cleverer than it is, no sense of pace or rythm to the film, lots of dud scenes and I can't quite work out if it's very misogynistic or not.
But
The action scenes and the visuals in them are some of the best I've ever seen (at least to my eyes).
As with most arbitrary titled threads, the description becomes meaningless as any old film is thrown in. 
I think films that are as close to universally classed as 'crap' would be those that were direct-to-video because producers knew that they would never make cash back at the cinema, that's the real benchmark I would say.
I think films that are as close to universally classed as 'crap' would be those that were direct-to-video because producers knew that they would never make cash back at the cinema, that's the real benchmark I would say.
Evilex said:
(Already mentioned)
They know exactly what their target market is and aim for it accordingly.
Oh they do that very well! I own all but 2 arnie films on DVD, most Verhoven and even huge chunks of sThey know exactly what their target market is and aim for it accordingly.
t with Statham in it. It's brilliant mind out entertainment, my favourite type of film is basically "st film". I realise that some people would say "well then the film isn't st, is it?"On the other hand, you can't claim that Raw Deal is a good film by any measurable standard other than "80's strapping guns on montage". I mean, it's no Shawshank, or Usual Suspects, or Godfather etc. But it is Arnie. Arnie at his biggest, cheesiest, accentist best. We can forgive the glaring holes in the plot, the woeful aim of the henchmen and even the choice of "shooting the bad guys" music (The music from the chud advert?? Seriously?), because it's awesome.
Evilex said:
(Already mentioned)
Krull
Hawk the Slayer
Fortress
(And I'll add...)
Dune
Highlander
The Keep
Sorry to those that mentioned some of the Verhoeven directed stuff (Starship Troopers, Robocop, Total Recall)
Those films are supposed to appear to be disposable, except they're not.
Similarly so The Fifth Element and most Arnie stuff. They know exactly what their target market is and aim for it accordingly.
Highlander??? Get it up ye. Now, if you'd said 'Highlander 2' ... Krull
Hawk the Slayer
Fortress
(And I'll add...)
Dune
Highlander
The Keep
Sorry to those that mentioned some of the Verhoeven directed stuff (Starship Troopers, Robocop, Total Recall)
Those films are supposed to appear to be disposable, except they're not.
Similarly so The Fifth Element and most Arnie stuff. They know exactly what their target market is and aim for it accordingly.
ukaskew said:
Can't believe people are still calling out Tremors as a 'crap' film (even if they like it).
By which metric on planet earth has Tremors ever been classified as a crap film?
Its the B movie thing it has going, it wasnt a massive budget, some of its a bit iffy but it was done with such panache and swagger it is a masterpiece.By which metric on planet earth has Tremors ever been classified as a crap film?
Return of the Living Dead is one of my favourites, proper 80s cheesy horror, nude punk chicks, brains etc.
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