This movie is a close runner-up to worst movie ever. There are so many ridiculous things in this movie that It’s difficult to start listing them. Maybe if I had more energy, and a masochistic attitude, I’d devote more time to writing about how horrible it was.
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Dracula (Bram Stoker’s)
Not sure what to say about this one. I suppose it was fun to watch, and more moody than cheesy… but does the world need more vampire movies?
Sid and Nancy
I heard this hilarious song once called “Rex and Sid and Nancy”. It was Rex Reed’s audio review of Sid & Nancy over some heavy punk/metal music. A great song, but I never heard it again. Rex Reed didn’t like the grittiness of the movie and annoying portrayal of Nancy (to put it mildly… he went on and on for 3 minutes about how he hated the movie). The stuff that Rex hated was exactly what I liked, and what made this a wonderfully tragic movie. I recently saw the director’s commentary of this – very interesting.
Lost in Space
This movie was given such horrible reviews that I felt kind of embarrassed even renting it. It really wasn’t that bad though. Sure, the whole ‘time travel’ thing made almost no sense, the writing wasn’t special, the acting wasn’t super, and some of the special effects were marginal, but these are all things which made the original TV show so great! (except the writing in the original was better). Lost in Space (the TV show) was on at 10-11AM every morning in the summer when I was a kid. I think I saw every episode twice. Back in the late 70s/early 80s, there simply weren’t any sci-fi shows. Lost in Space had to do. I thought this movie had enough ‘new stuff’ to make it viable, while still being true to the original. They even managed to make Dr. Smith a somewhat respectable character (still very evil, but at least not pathetic). I think my favorite line in the movie was Dr. Smith saying “the pain”, his catch phrase from the original show. Ah, the memories. (on it’s own though, this was a pretty dumb movie)
The Fifth Element
Whatever you think about this movie, you’d have to agree (even if you’re a woman) that Mila whatsherface is a babe. The plot of this movie didn’t make a whole lot of sense, but it was fun to watch (and not just cause of Mila). The effects were cool and some of the characters were interesting enough to hold my interest. It was just a bit of eye candy. (PS: I just saw this again… I think I liked it more on a second viewing. There was one odd plot thing though, what are the odds that Mila would fall in BW’s cab, with all the crazy traffic zooming around – he just happens to be the same person the government later hires to help with the same problem? – way too coincidental)