Bad movies that make you laugh

[DeathWolf1982]

To me it's the films from Video Brinquedo for their poorly made mockbusters of well known animated movies from Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks, such as Little and Big Monsters, What's Up: Balloon to the rescue, and Ratatoing, and Little Panda Fighter, I've found the horrible animation and the characters glitching and clipping and the poor dialogue funny due to how bad it is.

[Sonikkumania]

Animal Soccer World, a "game" for PS2 which is practically a movie, it's amazing.

 

Food Fight, another brilliant farce.

 

Wheels of Terror, a film based on Sven Hassel's novels. It's something...

[mrthejoshmon]

Another reason to talk about After Last Season?
 

 

 

A disaster in every single possible way, it truly transcends all possible convention, the hilarity comes from the absurdity that it was greenlit and released.

[Rudolph]

DRAGON HUNT!!!

 

 

It is a considerable improvement over the McNamara Twins' first movie, Twin Dragon Encounter, which is just bad.

 

Also, the (cheesy) soundtrack kicks ass.

Edited October 3, 2022 by Rudolph

[Stethr1]

8 hours ago, mrthejoshmon said:

Another reason to talk about After Last Season?
 

 

 

A disaster in every single possible way, it truly transcends all possible convention, the hilarity comes from the absurdity that it was greenlit and released.

Gotta give props to them for shooting it on film for some reason.

[Walter confetti]

12 hours ago, Rudolph said:

DRAGON HUNT!!!

Looks like big fun!

 

Anyway, my best worst movie pick is Nuovo Ordine Mondiale - New World Order:

(I remember a subbed version of this trailer in English, but i can't find anywhere! Try search for the full movie, it was on YouTube subbed)

Conceptually it could be even a funny low budget movie, if in the movie they don't have to fill up your throat with their conspiracy theory stuff.

[Thelokk]

11 minutes ago, Walter confetti said:

Looks like big fun!

 

Anyway, my best worst movie pick is Nuovo Ordine Mondiale - New World Order:

(I remember a subbed version of this trailer in English, but i can't find anywhere! Try search for the full movie, it was on YouTube subbed)

Conceptually it could be even a funny low budget movie, if in the movie they don't have to fill up your throat with their conspiracy theory stuff.

 

Still better than Alex l'Ariete.

 

Personal pick is Stan Helsing. So dumb yet so comfy.

[DeathWolf1982]

2 hours ago, Thelokk said:

 

Personal pick is Stan Helsing. So dumb yet so comfy.

Dude, i like that movie! it was so funny unlike Scary movie 5.

[Sonikkumania]

Can't forget about Deadly Prey:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFH0CZZnXhA

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiX4m3OOiPU

[Rudolph]

Who Killed Captain Alex is not a good movie by any means, but given how it was made with an extremely low budget, it is hard not to find it endearing.

 

 

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

51 minutes ago, Rudolph said:

Who Killed Captain Alex is not a good movie by any means, but given how it was made with an extremely low budget, it is hard not to find it endearing.

 

 

I loved this movie. Australians have such wild imaginations.

[Sonikkumania]

Plan 9 from Outer Space, especially Tor Johnson's AMAZING delivery at 09:30. I'm surprised they even gave him a role with dialogue but knowing Ed Wood's production value, he propably did the casting last minute lol.

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by Sonikkumania

[MrFroz]

 

Haven't seen the full film (Tough Guys Don't Dance), I don't plan to either, but this clip is hilarious.

[Rudolph]

@MrFroz Eh. I have seen so much worse.

 

I mean, take a look at this clip from the French dub of a shitty Hong Kong movie:

 

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by Rudolph

[Sonikkumania]

Sovietsky Rambo :D

 

[yourlocalchef]

Tiptoes.

 

 

[yourlocalchef]

And Space Truckers

 

 

[Sonikkumania]

Deathstalker 1:

Wouldn't know this without James Rolfe tbh, I watched this 1st one and it was awesome.

[MrFroz]

A bad movie that I did see one time, the "studio too cheap to pay Brendan Fraser" bit always gets me:

 

 

[Sonikkumania]

13 minutes ago, MrFroz said:

A bad movie that I did see one time, the "studio too cheap to pay Brendan Fraser" bit always gets me:

Oh shit it's the kid actor from 2 and a Half Men, I knew that face but still had to check it out. Angus T. Jones.

[Rudolph]

@MrFroz Oh my god, that CG elephant...

 

So the movie itself really is not good, uh?

[out_of_service]

At the 0:45 mark:

 

"I'm taking a shit you fucking gimp..."

 

This line gets me every time. It's just so random. lol.

 

 

Edited October 23, 2022 by Piper Maru

[LadyMistDragon]

Anything with Neil Breen in it. How could one be so pretentious and yet so bad.

 

 

[Rudolph]

22 minutes ago, LadyMistDragon said:

How could one be so pretentious and yet so bad.

Well, is it possible to be pretentious, yet good? :P

[CFWMagic]

Metal Gear Solid 4. What do you mean it's not a movie? O.O ('twas a joke. I actually like the damn thing.)

More seriously, anything by Stanley Kubrick really. Kubrick is one of the biggest reasons I actually gave up on cinema for the most part. It's commonly accepted that Kubrick is a virtuoso, but his works typically either do absolutely nothing for me, or actively make me facepalm and shake my head in disappointment. The Shining is the worst example of it for me. I simply do not understand what's the critical acclaim about. It's cheesy and childish. The "Here's Johnny" scene made me turn off my screen with just how over the top and ham it was. It nuked my suspension of disbelief into oblivion.

The only exception to this is the first part of Full Metal Jacket, which despite being extremely over the top and cheesy, explored something peculiar. Namely, it is my belief that Pyle suffered a form of PTSD due to the constant abuse from Hartmann. Again, most things about it are overplayed, but I really, really liked the glazed over gaze that Pyle was giving right before snapping. Genuinely made me feel uneasy. I've seen people with such a gaze before and can relate.

I simply don't understand the hype about Kubrick. And not for the lack of trying. I've been told repeatedly to watch his movies. Look at the art. Look at the effort. And all I could see is a hackish D-movie. Something that Tarantino would make, but instead of laughing with the film, I laughed at it. Eventually, I just gave up and got over the fact that I have no taste in cinema. Ever since, interactive media (games) is my go to. Cinema just doesn't work for me. I don't have the ... Artistic view? ... Necessary to understand it.

Edited October 23, 2022 by CFWMagic

[Rudolph]

@CFWMagic Stanley Kubrick was reportedly a horribly abusive director (notably towards poor Shelley Duvall), so while I would argue that there is value to his filmography, you do not have to feel bad about not thinking much of him and his filmography.

 

You might still want to check out Mike Flannagan's Doctor Sleep; while it is technically a sequel to The Shining, it does not try to simply replicate Kubrick's directorial style and it also manages to adapt scenes and threads from the original Shining novel that were omitted or changed in the Stanley Kubrick adaptation.

Edited October 24, 2022 by Rudolph

[CFWMagic]

@Rudolph > Hey mate. Thanks for the heads up. To be honest, I've only watched maybe, a grand total of 10 hours of film in the past 5 years. It's become really difficult for me to watch cinema. Once I got into games, the interactivity is just something I miss too much. Strangely, I don't get that effect with books. Text is more interactive than film to me, because it's very imagination active. Character voice, appearance, demeanor, action scenes and such ... All of this can be interpreted by the observer. Cinema meanwhile, I realized, is very static. There is only one vision, that of the direction, and that vision alone. There's very little room left for any sort of interactivity, be it direct like with games, or indirect like with text.

That said ... I am a man of contradiction. And apparently a masochist. So I'll give it a try, if nothing else, just so I can rest easy knowing that I tried to enjoy the medium.

Incidentally, the few films I did watch in the past 5 years are mostly military themed:

- Restrepo. This one I appreciated quite a bit. It's half documentary. I really liked to see some of the details of US military life, equipment, interaction with local populace while on duty ... But it's really a dad film. Most people don't watch it for the spectacular action.

- The Hurt Locker. I didn't actually like this one. Mostly because it tries to be realistic, but does some very, very glaring mistakes which put it in an awkward position of both trying to be realistic, but spectacularly failing on some core issues.

- Doom (The old one) ... I actually watched for reference material. I've been using some of Project Brutality sprites. Notably, the G36 is based on the one in the film. I've also tried to reproduce the particle effects of the BFG in that film on top of the BFG10K. It's about as memorable as everybody describes it. As in, if you've seen the first person sequence, you've seen the film.

- Jin-Roh: Wolf Brigade: Again, watched this one for reference material. Mostly because I'm a real sucker for that armor. Other than that ... Ehh. Don't really have much to say about it. I'm not much of a weeb, despite knowing my own fair share of anime references and such. Akira was a better take on culturally asian near-future dystopia imo.

And ... That's all that comes to mind in the past 5 years. Should tell you just how much I've been living under a rock when it comes to cinema the past few years, heh.

[Rudolph]

15 minutes ago, CFWMagic said:

- The Hurt Locker. I didn't actually like this one. Mostly because it tries to be realistic, but does some very, very glaring mistakes which put it in an awkward position of both trying to be realistic, but spectacularly failing on some core issues.

Oh yeah, fuck that movie. People around me kept saying it was amazing, but then I saw it and it was just this cringeworthy pro-military occupation of Iraq movie with an insufferable protagonist. Also, to this day, I still do not understand what was supposed to happen in that sniper scene: the enemy snipers get to effortlessly dispatch easily most of the British mercenaries, but then they suddenly stop shooting and patiently wait for the protagonist - who was not even trying to conceal his presence - to take them out one by one. Like, what?

Edited October 24, 2022 by Rudolph

[CFWMagic]

27 minutes ago, Rudolph said:

Oh yeah, fuck that movie. People around me kept saying it was amazing, but then I saw it and it was just this cringeworthy pro-military occupation of Iraq movie with an insufferable protagonist. Also, to this day, I still do not understand what was supposed to happen in that sniper scene: the enemy snipers get to effortlessly dispatch easily most of the British mercenaries, but then they suddenly stop shooting and patiently wait for the protagonist - who was not even trying to conceal his presence - to take them out one by one. Like, what?

I don't particularly mind the pro-military angle, since I'm former military myself. That is a complex topic that is probably not for this thread, but I'm probably one of those people you'd call "evil" or "warmonger". Despite war being something I utterly despise ... I am too cynical to believe that war can be eradicated. If it can not be eradicated, the only thing man can do is prepare for it. But as said, this is not something I wish to discuss on doomworld. Or at the very least, not in this topic.

Back on topic. What bothered me about Hurt Locker the most was, as you said, an insufferable protagonist. Although again, probably not for the same reasons you disliked him. My take on it was, that he's the stereotypical film loose cannon. Not that there aren't some really gung-ho, really nasty people serving in the military. But that usually stays out of a mission. Doing something like killing your communications in the middle of an active mission is grounds to reprimand, if not immediate dismissal for review followed by discharge. There's a reason chain of command exists. And getting away with being a maverick who doesn't follow orders does NOT work in any military.

The scene when they get drunk on duty is awkward too. It's not impossible for soldiers to occasionally sneak in a drink or two, but that typically does NOT happen while you're stationed directly in a hostile environment. And you certainly wouldn't be getting drunk, blasting music on full blast and fist-fighting your bunk mates. Because the moment anybody sees you it's IMMEDIATE discharge. There's no playing around with that. You being drunk on duty will kill not only you, but every poor sod who counts on you.

Then there are small inconsistencies too. I'm not a US military specialist, mind you, but I find it hard to believe that a fireteam of three people has this degree of autonomy. Especially for EOD personnel. Typically, those are specialists attached either to a platoon, or even battalion level command. Meaning, you do NOT leave these people alone. You either attach them as an asset to existing squads, or you use them as specialized personnel directly attached to battalion command.

The simple of it is that highly trained specialists actually cost money and time to train, so you REALLY don't want to leave them alone for the enemy to pick-off. More importantly, an EOD tech carries so much crap that they're not going to be focused on combat. They're just not. If you carry boltcutters, a whole plethora of electronic tools, metal detector, specialized flak inserts, your standard issue rifle and ammunition, your IFAK ... That's a LOT of weight. Hell, that three man team is probably loaded with more non-direct combat gear than an entire squad of regular infantry. What that means, is that you're not going to get efficient loadouts for combat. You're not going to strap a guy with 20 kilos of EOD equipment with an additional 20 kilos of ammo, an LMG and a 40 mike mike. He's not going to go ANYWHERE if you do. And without such equipment, you're NOT going to perform modern combat tactics. You won't be breaching and clearing, you won't be suppressing hostiles in an effective manner, you won't be maneuvering to actually kill the suppressed enemy ... It just doesn't work like that. So yeah, pet peeve, but you do NOT deploy 3 EOD techs on their own and call it a day.

I could go on for hours about the small inconsistencies in that film. Which ... Sure. It's a film. But it tries to take itself seriously and tried to picture itself as realistic. Which ... No. Just no. Should've gone the road Restrepo went and actually hired veterans to give the director some basic rundowns on how the military operates and why. And should've actually FOLLOWED that advice. But, La-Dee-Dah, what do I know, I'm no film director ...

Edited October 24, 2022 by CFWMagic

[Rudolph]

57 minutes ago, CFWMagic said:

That is a complex topic that is probably not for this thread, but I'm probably one of those people you'd call "evil" or "warmonger".

No, do not worry. I understand there is unfortunately a lot of incentives for people to join the military, especially in the United States.

 

Unless you are the kind of person who willingly joined the military to kill people abroad, I see no reason to hate the player over the game.

 

57 minutes ago, CFWMagic said:

My take on it was, that he's the stereotypical film loose cannon.

Actually, so do I. I despise any movie that tries to justify the invasion and occupation of Iraq, but even without that context, the character is just so annoying. I am also not a big fan of Jeremy Renner as an actor: I liked him well enough in 28 Months Later (where he also played a soldier, coincidentally enough), but in The Hurt Locker, I just did not care for him.

 

57 minutes ago, CFWMagic said:

But, La-Dee-Dah, what do I know, I'm no film director...

The same director, Kathryn Bigelow, would later direct Zero Dark Thirty, another movie that I do not think much of.

 

I get that the assassination of Osama Bin Laden must have been a big deal for Americans traumatized by the WTC attacks, but the guy was no longer that relevant at that point and the whole operation to track him down reportedly involved CIA operatives running a fake vaccination campaign, which had the predictable outcome of making the local population incredibly distrustful of legitimate vaccination efforts.

 

But of course, the worst offender for me is the way the movie framed torture as an effective interrogation technique. Like, come on!

Edited October 24, 2022 by Rudolph