BAD MOVIE.ORG: REVIEWS

[thomasallencummins]

www.badmovies.org/


I stumbled across this web site a few days ago and I can't stop going back to read more. All of our favorite bad movies have been reviewed and most of the comments are tons of fun.

Totally read the review of Superman IV.


I'm goin back in.... ;D

[ram]

A young boy writes a letter, asking the Man of Steel to rid the world of nuclear weapons, and mails it to "The Daily Planet." Previously Kal-El had been counseled not to interfere with human history, but we know how well he adheres to that edict. He agonizes over the decision before revealing his true identity to Lois and taking her flying. That seems to help, except afterwards the woman needs to have her memory wiped. Every now and then Lois figures out that Clark is Superman, then he brainwashes her again. It is cruel and she's going to end up with Alzheimer's.

Indeed.

In one stroke, it rips off both the Superman/Lois flying sequence from Superman I and Superman II's "amnesia kiss" - which was itself the single dumbest moment in a film that had a lot of dumb moments. And that's just scratching the surface of how bad Superman IV is.

It was a good review that pointed out much of Superman IV's idiocy, but I'm afraid this movie will continue to traumatize innocent people in the world.

I've not seen many of the films reviewed on the site (thank goodness? ) but I did read up on a few:

Battle Beyond The Stars - I'm fond of this movie, but I haven't seen it in years. At the time, I thought Robert Vaughn's mercenary character was one cool guy. I was sad when he bit the dust.

Megaforce - well...it's still way better than Superman IV. I admit that I actually saw Megaforce at the theatre, and I remember the collective groan in the audience of 10 other people during Ace Hunter's awesomely bad blue screen "rocket bike" effect. Still, the vehicles themselves were snazzy things.

Starcrash - okay, this film might actually be more awful than Superman IV. However, Starcrash has the lovely Caroline Munro...and Superman IV doesn't. ;D

Zardoz - I saw this on TV some years ago and basically did not understand a single thing in the movie. A freaky floating stone head, people in bubblewrap, Sean Connery wandering around with a gun and a license to kill but no Blofeld in sight...what in the world was going on? And what drugs were the filmmakers on when they made this thing?

[thomasallencummins]

Gosh I'm so tempted to rent Superman IV just to refresh my memory on the level of "badness" it had achieved. Maybe later.

Battle Beyond the Stars was one of my favorite films back when I was a kid. I'm terrified of watching it again. I would expect the same reaction as say watching Godzilla vs. Megalon (which I loved when I was young as well). If I watch either of those films today I'm certain part of my childhood would be crushed into dust.

I'm quite thankful I didn't see either Megaforce or Zardoz.
I had a "Classic Sci Fi Movies" book some years ago that did it's best to describe Zardoz. I like Sean Connery and would like to see every film he's been in. The idea of Sean playing in a strange sci fi film SOUNDS good but when I read descriptions of Zardoz I'm sure I'd be confused and appalled. ;D

Sounds like I've watch far more of the films listed on Badmovies.com than you have, ram. However since we seem to have similar tastes in film you may have missed out on some classic gems. If you haven't already done so you MUST see Darkstar at least.
BTW I have NEVER watched Plan 9 from Outer Space. I know I should just like I'm supposed to someday watch Citizen Kane but I just haven't been in the right mood when perusing films at the video store. Besides my wife would probably think I'm nuts after watching 5 minutes of the film and we've both watched and enjoyed "Ed Wood" (She's a Johnny Depp fan.)