Hey folks,
I've got a question for you. I still haven't seen this movie and I know you'll probably try and dissuade me from doing so. However, I would just like to ask if this movie is so bad that it is funny. Perhaps, laugh out loud funny? I'm usually up for checking out stuff so bad it's ridiculous. Let me know, OK? Thanks.
This movie is my all time favorite "so bad it's funny". You can tell even the actors feel the same way. See it with some of your funniest friends and you'll have a hoot.
sharewhen the thing in the jungle came out and said his name was "assimon" i laughed pretty hard though. i watched it with my friend and they liked that the animals had ak47's, where the hell did they get them from anyways?
shareThanks for the comments folks! "Animals had ak47's"??? Awesome!! I'm totally checking this one out and with plenty of friends too. Maybe we'll do something like the "Kevin Costner Post Apocalyptic film Fest" night we had a while back!
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So RyanLoweMPLS, you never came back to tell us what you thought of it!
shareI saw an interview with Val Kilmer, and yes, that was pretty much the case. At least with he and Brando.
shareI'm pretty sure there is a scene with one of the actors and Marlon Brando in which Brando is delivering his line and then stops to verbally berate one of the actors, something to the effect of, "What the hell are you doing"? Then he continues on and finishes the line. This is all in the final cut IIRC.
That is pretty funny.
It's so bad, Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy dedicated one of their Rifftrax to it.
Mike: When you can see a character's eye boogers, you're too close..
"when the thing in the jungle came out and said his name was "assimon" i laughed pretty hard though. i watched it with my friend and they liked that the animals had ak47's, where the hell did they get them from anyways?"
Yeah, I didn't get that there was this law of not killing anything ever but they have all these guns on the island.
"Which lever do I pull to be crushed by a safe?"-Karen(Will & Grace)
Yeah I noticed there should've been some seen explaining exactly where these guns were instead of "I know where there's more" and suddenly every animal in the forest is packing heat. HYENAS ARE SHOOTING PEOPLE! So bad it's funny? Come on, that's burning the fireplace. This movie at some point went from a tad creepy in the early scenes, to full blown action movie, to wait...is Val Kilmer feeding morphine & shrooms to all the animals?! Any movie that has Val Kilmer in white rags, reading poetry while doing a Brando impersonation, while 2 pig-women give him lap dances, WHILE smoking a joint with some kind of a monster named Assimon...all during a half-human/half-animal orgy?!...deserves some kind of props!
Also, it's the dinner scene where Brando breaks character. His little midget/guy/worm/thing puts his feet up on the table and Brando FLIPS on him "Please don't do that!", then just falls right back into the scene. It's called acting professionalism folks.
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Quote: "when the thing in the jungle came out and said his name was "assimon" i laughed pretty hard though."
That part was a real gut busting belly laugh --the character's name was "ASSASSIMON" -- probably an Assasin of Asses named simon. Ha Ha Ha!
The "Assimon" part had me laughing my ass off as well.
I also loved the bit where Brando puts the ice bucket on his head. Apparently during the actual filming he put it on and refused to take it off!
There are definitely laugh-out-loud moments; unfortunately, one has to wade through interminably dull stretches for those few gems.
BTW, did you end up watching it?
Currently feeling:
(out of 5_s)
I hate to admit it but I LOVED this movie! The idea of it is so cool!! Marlon Brandon played his part to the hilt!!! I was actually hoping they make a second one!!!! So all you haters piss off!!!!!
shareI loved the part where the little dude (or maybe it's his daughter) is putting the ice in the strange looking hat Brando is wearing. Something to cool his head I think. Wonder if I can order one off the internet?
shareIt is a good example of how NOT to film a classic novel. H.G. Well's novel gets ripped apart worse then Dr Moreau.....
I'll Teach You To Laugh At Something's That's Funny
Homer Simpson
I finally watched this last night, and yes, it is wonderfully bad!!
Next time you see me, it won't be me
Edward is totally bug eyed, freaked out when the little freak wants to shake his hand, but afew minutes later, doesn't give it much thought when the little guy is naked and doing the mongoloid dance on Batmans jeep.
WTF was that?
Yeah, that little fellow looked like Jimmy Durante's deformed Mini-me; even played the piano.
shareNo, it's just bad with a capital B.
shareConsidering the amount of wacky stuff going on in the movie, it´s actually surprisingly dull. Silly, yes. Funny, no.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
I'm on the fence with this film. On one hand, the film is poorly paced and the first half is rather boring. Once the monsters start showing up though the film becomes a fun guilty pleasure.
Truly fits the definition of a "fascinating failure".
Oh, yeah.
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