Bad Movies

I've always wondered what sparks someone to create a movie that, by just -scanning- the brief description on the back cover, you know will be downright dreadful. Unmotivated actors, face full of obnoxious stereotypes, and of course a plot line that looks as though it was taken from the book of a second grader's writing.

At our local store, Family Video, they now have a selection of old VHS's avaible to rent. One, when I was searching through them, looked as though it'd be a -real- keeper.

I forget the title, but it was a kids how-to video. A how-to on keeping a pet, such as a hamster, dog or cat. As it said it had "Fun singalongs and cool animated characters!" And of course, it also dealt with the sorrow of losing a pet. (Dose that part have fun singalongs too?) The whole essence of the movie reeked, as though it were made on a 200 dollar budget. (Which it probably was).

Sometimes I think a bad movie is only bad due to the expectations, and the idea which, in production undoubtedly sounded good, but in practice were so very, very bad. Example? The Crocodile Hunter Movie Collision Course. Now I loved the crocodile hunter.. but seriously? Saying the CIA dropped some special spy thing and a crocodile ate it, whilst Steve Irwin had no idea what was going on... Well, Just watch it; you'll see for yourself.

Then there are movies like "Pumpkin" with Christina ricci that are... good in sentiment- a retarded boy, sorority girl, fall in love- but in accuctal play the acting is absolutely horrific. I love the part in that movie though, where the guy in the male fraternity she likes drives off a cliff, and before the car hits -anything- it bursts into flames. Then it falls about 500 feet. And later he's in the hospital without a single scratch.

Even though there bad though, without horrific movies, what would we laugh at? :P