• Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Fuck yes! One of the first and few dvds I had. Watched the fuck outta that bad boy so many times.

  • Sconrad122@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies. No, not Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, the parody of that film made on the budget of the “plot” portion of a porn flick. I don’t know why I like it, but it’s some good dumb fun

    • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      If you mean the '98 one, hell yeah! That metal helmet scene is so cool, Gary Oldman kills it all the way through, and itty bitty me had a huge crush on Penny Robinson.

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      This is a perfect example for this thread.

      So much of that film officially cannot work:

      The pacing is frantic and weird.

      It relies on familiarity with the source show while being stand-alone and released too late. (Well, maybe it realizes that “Swiss Family Robinson in space” isn’t rocket science.)

      Various wild science fiction elements are slammed together, some very late with little foreshadowing.

      But - the cast carries it off (particularly Garry Oldman and Lacey Chabert).

      I have the hardest time explaining why anyone should watch it, but it’s solidly enterainting, and all the bits that shouldn’t work still somehow work.

      • BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        One of the first movies available on DVD that we had. In the old paper and clamp case, not the plastic ones that became synonymous.

        I think I always say it young enough and the sci-fi captured me so I always loved it.

  • Apeman42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I unironically enjoy the old 2005 Fantastic 4 movie. It was cheesy as fuck, I don’t deny that. But it was fun. And the comics themselves can be as bad or worse sometimes.

    Also I like Julian McMahon.

    Also also, Chris Evans towel scene.

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      I unironically enjoy the old 2005 Fantastic 4 movie. It was cheesy as fuck, I don’t deny that.

      I hated it when it came out, because all super hero movies were cheesy as fuck, and it felt bad seeing another.

      But in hindsight, Fantastic Four movies are better when they’re cheesy as fuck, because so was/I’d the comic (more often than not).

      My only remaining complaint is that the sequel was too chickenshit to give Galactus a giant purple fork hat. I noticed happily that the shadow of the fork hat made it into the trailer, for the new movie.

  • notthebees@reddthat.com
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    2 months ago

    The need for speed movie. It’s not bad. I feel like the game they chose to reference is the worst and best choice for it.

    • Genius@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      My mother used to call me a mean name and tell me she was quoting the movie. She thought it was funny. I’ve never seen that movie, but I don’t like it.

      • toynbee@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        That’s plausible (lots of mean names are bandied about in the movie) and your reaction is understandable. I’m sorry for bringing up the memory.

    • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 months ago

      You need to listen to the “How Did This Get Made?” podcast episode about this movie and the follow up the next week. Two if the hosts, Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael, are married and she loved the film as a child. Their other host Jason Mantzoukas sides with June and June’s BFF Casey Wilson sides with Paul and says it is bad.

      It’s an insane episode as everyone is friends and they all have written scripts for films/TV. It gets so heated Casey and June didn’t talk much for a year after it.

      It’s totally worth the time to listen to.

      Team Sanity

      • toynbee@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I haven’t really had time or enough commitment to listen to a podcast in a long while, but if I can find either I’ll give this a shot, as it sounds interesting. Thank you!

    • kyle@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Buddy of mine grew up on it and loves it, so we watched it. No idea what the fuck I watched lol weird movie

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I blame the marketing for that movie not doing well. People went expecting a “wacky Jim Carrey flick” and what they got was a surreal and frightening thriller.

      Eddie Murphy’s “Holy Man” suffers that bad marketing issue as well. They plastered so many ads making it out to be a loony Eddie Murphy film and the movie itself is more of an uplifting drama about believing in one’s self and not seeking external validation, with a few gags in it making fun of television shopping networks and the stupid shit people buy from them cause yeah, it’s Eddie Murphy of course they’re gonna have fun with it. But that’s only like 1/3rd of the film.

  • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    I unironically love Armageddon and The Core. Yes, they’re both stupid and unrealistic movies, but that works in their favor about as often as against. Something about the way they play with the core concepts makes me love them.