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Not the worst movie ever made


I know this movie has a reputation of being one of the worst movies of all time, but I think that's preposterous. Yes it's a low budget movie and maybe David Kory was a bit on the annoying side but there are thousands and thousands and thousands of other low budget movies that have been made at the time and over the years. I know of so many other cheap movies made over the years that are worse, and make this movie *seem* like a classic. From all those grade Z monster movies that came out of Tokyo to more recent fare such as SHOWGIRLS and GIGLI.

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I know what you're saying. To me, the only bad movies are those that bore me or offend me for their moral stance (portraying criminals as heroes, advocating drug use, etc.). But I can sit through some of those in the latter category. But boring films, whatever their budget and cast, just can't be sat through.

I guess I'm more tolerant of bad films than other people because I grew up with such a thirst for entertainment that I learned to watch anything on the three TV channels we could get. It's a little like somebody who had such little food to eat as a kid that they learned to eat any food they could get and as adults they can eat foods (poorly prepared, unusual ingredients, etc.) other people reject.

"Truth is its own evidence." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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