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Several times a year movie magazines such as Empire or Film Review run polls to try and compile a list of the best films of all time. Films such as Godfather and Star Wars always appear near the top- and with good reason. But I’m sure films such as Citizen Kane are only there because people have had it drummed into them that these are great films regardless of whether they agree or not.
The same happens with album polls. Everyone puts Beatles albums in their top ten just because they think they will look ignorant if they list S Club 7, Bay City Rollers and the Wombles!
The main problem with compiling these lists is that watching a film is a very subjective experience. Everyone who watches a film sees it through their own eyes and will be attracted to different elements of a film. You can talk to two people who have seen the same movie and they will give totally different plot summaries and have very different opinions. Just look at the posts in this forum -in the last 24 hours one person has said that Star Wars is terrible (I personally think it is pretty good) and another said that Hellraiser 2 is excellent (I can’t even begin to tell you how much I hated it). There can never be a definitive list of best movies because it varies so wildly from person to person.
The fact is that it is possible to think a film is really bad but still love it. Films, like songs, can bring back memories of your childhood or relationships. They can also mean different things to different people depending on your life experience and how they connect to you.
My personal favourite bad movie is Dr. Giggles. It is a bog standard slasher movie about an insane doctor who kills lots of teenagers. It is unoriginal, tacky, badly acted, but it was also the first horror film I ever saw and has had a lasting impression on me. You would never see this in a list of top 100 movies -you probably wouldn’t even see it in a list of top 100 slasher movies! But for me this would come in the top 5.
Has anyone else here got a favourite bad movie?
The same happens with album polls. Everyone puts Beatles albums in their top ten just because they think they will look ignorant if they list S Club 7, Bay City Rollers and the Wombles!
The main problem with compiling these lists is that watching a film is a very subjective experience. Everyone who watches a film sees it through their own eyes and will be attracted to different elements of a film. You can talk to two people who have seen the same movie and they will give totally different plot summaries and have very different opinions. Just look at the posts in this forum -in the last 24 hours one person has said that Star Wars is terrible (I personally think it is pretty good) and another said that Hellraiser 2 is excellent (I can’t even begin to tell you how much I hated it). There can never be a definitive list of best movies because it varies so wildly from person to person.
The fact is that it is possible to think a film is really bad but still love it. Films, like songs, can bring back memories of your childhood or relationships. They can also mean different things to different people depending on your life experience and how they connect to you.
My personal favourite bad movie is Dr. Giggles. It is a bog standard slasher movie about an insane doctor who kills lots of teenagers. It is unoriginal, tacky, badly acted, but it was also the first horror film I ever saw and has had a lasting impression on me. You would never see this in a list of top 100 movies -you probably wouldn’t even see it in a list of top 100 slasher movies! But for me this would come in the top 5.
Has anyone else here got a favourite bad movie?
Except for Rock IV
"If I can change, and you can change, we can all change!"
"If I can change, and you can change, we can all change!"
Dolph Lundgren movies.
Nothing to redeem them whatsoever
Nothing to redeem them whatsoever
I only ever saw the sequel, Troll 2.
I also saw Dr Giggles recently. That was bad. But it was actually a good example of the genre. Ther's nothing to think about, just sit back, watch the gore, and listen to the terrible dialogue.
I also saw Dr Giggles recently. That was bad. But it was actually a good example of the genre. Ther's nothing to think about, just sit back, watch the gore, and listen to the terrible dialogue.
yes! that Leprechaun film was brilliant "hows you leg!"
oh those were the days...
P.S Anyone remember that film called the Troll. It was set in a hotel or something and he lived in this gigantic cucumber o somethign liek that. oh dear, those were the days...
'(.)'
oh those were the days...
P.S Anyone remember that film called the Troll. It was set in a hotel or something and he lived in this gigantic cucumber o somethign liek that. oh dear, those were the days...
'(.)'
Several times a year movie magazines such as Empire or Film Review run polls to try and compile a list of the best films of all time. Films such as Godfather and Star Wars always appear near the top- and with good reason. But I’m sure films such as Citizen Kane are only there because people have had it drummed into them that these are great films regardless of whether they agree or not.
The same happens with album polls. Everyone puts Beatles albums in their top ten just because they think they will look ignorant if they list S Club 7, Bay City Rollers and the Wombles!
The main problem with compiling these lists is that watching a film is a very subjective experience. Everyone who watches a film sees it through their own eyes and will be attracted to different elements of a film. You can talk to two people who have seen the same movie and they will give totally different plot summaries and have very different opinions. Just look at the posts in this forum -in the last 24 hours one person has said that Star Wars is terrible (I personally think it is pretty good) and another said that Hellraiser 2 is excellent (I can’t even begin to tell you how much I hated it). There can never be a definitive list of best movies because it varies so wildly from person to person.
The fact is that it is possible to think a film is really bad but still love it. Films, like songs, can bring back memories of your childhood or relationships. They can also mean different things to different people depending on your life experience and how they connect to you.
My personal favourite bad movie is Dr. Giggles. It is a bog standard slasher movie about an insane doctor who kills lots of teenagers. It is unoriginal, tacky, badly acted, but it was also the first horror film I ever saw and has had a lasting impression on me. You would never see this in a list of top 100 movies -you probably wouldn’t even see it in a list of top 100 slasher movies! But for me this would come in the top 5.
Has anyone else here got a favourite bad movie?
The same happens with album polls. Everyone puts Beatles albums in their top ten just because they think they will look ignorant if they list S Club 7, Bay City Rollers and the Wombles!
The main problem with compiling these lists is that watching a film is a very subjective experience. Everyone who watches a film sees it through their own eyes and will be attracted to different elements of a film. You can talk to two people who have seen the same movie and they will give totally different plot summaries and have very different opinions. Just look at the posts in this forum -in the last 24 hours one person has said that Star Wars is terrible (I personally think it is pretty good) and another said that Hellraiser 2 is excellent (I can’t even begin to tell you how much I hated it). There can never be a definitive list of best movies because it varies so wildly from person to person.
The fact is that it is possible to think a film is really bad but still love it. Films, like songs, can bring back memories of your childhood or relationships. They can also mean different things to different people depending on your life experience and how they connect to you.
My personal favourite bad movie is Dr. Giggles. It is a bog standard slasher movie about an insane doctor who kills lots of teenagers. It is unoriginal, tacky, badly acted, but it was also the first horror film I ever saw and has had a lasting impression on me. You would never see this in a list of top 100 movies -you probably wouldn’t even see it in a list of top 100 slasher movies! But for me this would come in the top 5.
Has anyone else here got a favourite bad movie?