It isn't all bad movies. Transformers, for example, I have no interest in. When someone has the money and the skilled crew and everything he needs to make a good movie and doesn't, then that bothers me.
But these movies I'm talking about are different. They were made by people who had no money, no name, and (in some cases) no talent. There are and have been many filmmakers who weren't part of the system for whatever reason, who had no resources. They just loved movies, and they had something to say, an idea that they wanted to share, and they struggled and connived and worked their fingers to the bone to get their visions put on film. In the case of someone like George Romero or Hal Hartley the final product can be magnificent. In the case of someone like Coleman Francis the final product turns out to be pretty lousy. But it's entertaining in its ineptness, and also it is possible to respect the work and the desire that went into making it, even if they were poorly aimed, isn't it?
So, when I talk about this movie (or Francis' Beast of Yucca Flats, which in its way is a kind of bizarre triumph) or others like the mighty Plan 9 or Manos, I don't think I'm really talking about the worst movies ever. I call them that 'cause it makes sense to do so, but any of them is far superior to, say, Catwoman or Epic Movie, or even to many good big-budget studio films, because they are testaments to human will and determination, and because they were labors of love.
Death is...whimsical today.
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falsedichotomies
14 years ago
...or they were some producer's successful plan to cash in on a hastily put together lousy genre movie, but I still pretty much agree with you for the most part. Anything is better than Catwoman, and even lousy movies have their charms sometimes.
I have gone away to come back. For the ones I left behind. For the ones who cannot out.
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mikeegetz
12 years ago
You're missing a few TOP bad movies, The Giant Claw, Santa Conquers the Martians and A*P*E. I wish I could get a Non-MST3K version of Night train to Mundo Fine aka Red Zone Cuba, ACEPIX never answers the phone or emails...
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