The Obscure, Unusual, or just plain BAD Movie Thread

[johnnyapollo]

Try these:

Deathrace 2000 with David Carradine as "Frankenstein" - you basically get points for killing people on the road with your car as you race to the finish.
Dead Alive - One of the best period gorey zombie films ever made (another Peter Jackson film) - "I kick *** for the Lord!"
Sean of the Dead - recent Brit parody of the zombie film - actually quite good.
Bubba Ho Tep - Elvis was replaced by an impersonator (who dies - everyone thinks it's the Real Elvis but it's not) and ends up in a retirement home, that's being terrorized by a soul sucking egyptian pharoh. Some great dialog in this one.
Mad Max and the Road Warrior - the AU cuts of each film if you can find them.
Nightmare Before Christmas - Tim Burton at his best.
Blue Velvet and Dune - David Lynch's bastardized cousin films. I recently bought the extended version of Dune - fairly boring stuff compared to the theatrical cut but interesting in its content.
Rushmore - if you haven't seen this I think it's worth a rental.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - an incredibly beautiful film - I still thrill in viewing (and I've probably watched it a dozen times).
O Brother Where Art Thou? - another must view.
Actually, pretty much anything by the Cohen or Farrelly brothers are worth a look-see.

I'll let you guys decide if those are "best" or "worst"

-- John

[Anita]

If you want to see a visually stunning movie, go see Ultraviolet. Its pretty amazing - every shot is beautiful.

[climbcovey]

BUBBA HO TEP! cant believe I watched the whole thing. Did have some good lines though..

Best movie...... Snatch!........ no its not porn but in the true style of lock stock and 2 smoking barrels it has many of the same actors. The guy from tansporter, And "spynx" from gone in sixty seconds. great flick!!!

[Joe_Black]

Rushmore - if you haven't seen this I think it's worth a rental.

YES! Not as good but definitely as "out there" by the same director is "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou".

[MZ-N10]

the 2 worst movies i ahve ever seen....
"talented mr.ripplies"(sp?)
"1 hour photo"

[yal^]

"Thirtheen Ghosts" was a bad, I mean bad movie - people were leaving the theather 15 minutes into it. It is the only movie I ever left the theather before it ended.

Two the most moving, deep movies I've seen were "Life as a House" and "Upside of Anger". The second one has a surprising twist to it just when you could think it gets boring....

[Bulldoggie]

Movies I can watch many times:
The Fifth Element; Mad Max; Road Warrior; Forbidden Planet; Logan's Run; Matrix; Galaxy Quest; Brazil; The Day of the Jackal; Kill Bill 1 & 2; Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Groundhog Day; Rushmore; Grand Prix; The Hot Spot; Ben Hur; Planet of the Apes; Predator; Goldfinger; ect...
Comedies:
Animal House; Stripes; Caddyshack; Support Your Local Sheriff; Father Goose; Donovan's Reef; Cat Balou; Romancing the Stone; Captain Ron; Man's Favorite Sport; Kelly's Heroes; ect....
Oddities:
THX 1138; Wizards; A Boy and His Dog; Hell in the Pacific; Princess Mononoke; Titan A.E.; ect...
The Movies I would rather be clubbed before seeing again:
I forgot the names but one was with Don Johnson & wife. and the other one was with Robert Duvall, both showed no action or acting, painful to watch.

[Beavertractors]

Has anyone seen? A Boy And His Dog . A scifi from the 70's. I read the Book and saw the movie- Tony B

[biju]

"Blood Lake".

-biju.

[Numba1goalie]

Ok ok, i have the worst movie ever. Ready?


Cabin Fever.

Honorable Mention:
The Aristocrats
Drop Dead Fred
Ishtar

Favorites:
Fight Club
Snatch
The Boondock Saints
Reqium for a Dream

[technocoy]

a boy and his dog was definitely trippy.

also, you MUST find and watch.... "plankton" the worst movie ever, but one that you have to see once in your life. just for a sample: one scene of the film has a woman giving birth to a slew of caviar. 'nuff said.

favorites: too many to list, so i'll put a few:

Bladerunner, ghost in the shell, iron monkey, moonlight mile, donnie darko, big trouble in little china, of course LOTR (entire series), beetlejuice, Batman '89 and Batman Begins, the bourne identity, matrix (first one only), with honors, serenity, monsters ball, slingblade, contact, clash of the titans, dark crystal, about a boy, life of brian, 28 days, shawn of the dead, bubba hotep, army of darkness, they live, brotherhood of the wolf... oh god.. the list could go on forever.

[WyldWeasel]

Obscure but funny:

Strange Brew (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas playing the Mackenzie brothers. Fav quote: "Luke, I am your father, give into the Dark Side, you hoser.")

Morons from Outer Space (a mid eighties British comedy about some morons who put their space RV on cruise control and crash land on earth--and are greeted as advanced beings)

To Be or Not to Be (the original Jack Benny version, not that lame remake by Mel Brooks)

Great military courtroom drama, and thematically applicable with what's going on in Iraq today:

Breaker Morant (Australian film about some Aussies in the Boer War)

And in the Horror category:

Dog Soldiers

[johnnyapollo]

I recently found copies of some very obscure films by Alejandro Jodorowsky:

El Topo (the mole) - about the oddest spaghetti western ever filmed
Holy Mountain - the scene recreating Cortez invasion of the Aztecs is brilliant
Santa Gangre - transplanted limbs and possession, what more can you ask for

The only copy I've ever seen of Holy Mountain was a VHS copy from the Playboy channel - I've heard it was only aired once. Santa Sangre was filmed in the 90's but it still has the surreal acting, sets and music of the first two. The director was really unusual, he was hired to do the first, abandoned Dune movie in the 70's:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodorowsky

In any case, I thought you all might be interested.

-- John

[colmhd]

OK most recently re watched movies would have to be.
Serenity,good tale told well with good fx and characters, tight fight scenes.
Azumi, the sword fighting Samuri kids.
Underworld, just foxy stylish well told vampire tale.
The Cell, The best art direction for this gendre,good story, Oh yes Jaylo!
The Fifth Element, sound track and excellent FX even if it is ripped from a whole pile of other movies.
The Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy, great paced movies.
Brotherhood of the Wolf, French production, stylish great slo-mo fight sequences, bad special FX with the beast, But you can forgive it for that.
Worst movie, any remake of an old classic where Hollywood couldn't be bothered writing new material. WHy ruin a good thing with a cheapo plastic version.
It's just not right.

[nocturnalVX]

Hostel ... watch this movie and be scarred for life. Now, don't get me wrong... I love horror movies! However... this movie was not scary, only disturbing. I have heard of snuff films before. Never had any desire to see one. This movie was as close as I ever want to get. I know there are some of you out there that are going to watch it to see how Mr. Nocturnal's delicate sensibilities could possibly be offended... they made a Hostel2 after all. Trust me... do not.

Other than that... I love all the obscure horror, comedy, action films listed. I haven't thought of some of these flicks in a long time... gotta go on a DVD shopping spree!