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Chris Bottoms's avatar

I have contemplated this, and have come to the conclusion of a classically bad movie. A movie that is a testament of everything the late 70's and 80's that was a horrible experiment and probably involved many illegal substances. It's so bad that I just cringe and laugh through the whole thing.

Flash Gordon is my final answer!

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Vince Guerra's avatar

That was going to be my answer! 😂

Terrible performances, bad writing, overly colorful sci-fi set pieces and costumes.

But...passable special effects considering its era, and a bada** soundtrack by Queen.

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Sisyphus Achaean's avatar

I am confused by the use of Big Trouble in Little China. You know it has Chinese wizards? And a big rig? And the great Jack Burton? (SPOILER: a wizard explodes.) This film must be on everyone's top ten.

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Vince Guerra's avatar

I almost went with Remo Williams but couldn't find a good graphic.

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Vince Guerra's avatar

And the winner of this week's MFC fight is Maggie Montgomery with The 5th Element. Congratulations, Maggie, you get to choose Monday's question.

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Vince Guerra's avatar

Had to think about this one after Chris took my first choice but I finally settled on another, Pacific Rim.

Mysterious aliens emerge from the ocean destroying cities a la Godzilla. Humans create Godzilla sized robots to defeat them.

As my oldest son says, "That movie has no business being good."

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mama mia's avatar

Scavenger Hunt (1979).

It's over-acted and over-the-top, but oh, the characters!.... 😂

Not sure I could sit through this farce today, but it's definitely crazy-funny and a favorite movie memory from my childhood!

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Elizabeth's avatar

Journey to the Center of the Earth. It is So Bad! But fun and laughable.

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Sisyphus Achaean's avatar

Godzilla vs Kong was beyond preposterous, with subterranean world insanity to beat the band,

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Kris's avatar

Bat or bad? :)

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Vince Guerra's avatar

Good catch. This was rushed into production without an editor. 😀

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Sisyphus Achaean's avatar

Or both. That would be Batman & Robin. Or maybe Batman Returns. DeVito munching down live fish and drooling black spittle in his mayoral campaign ad was...special. Of course, now we have Biden.

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Chris Bottoms's avatar

Noooo!!!! I love this movie! It was a creative masterpiece!

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Vince Guerra's avatar

Did you see they made a remake of Roadhouse with Jake Gyllenhaal? Bletch.

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Vince Guerra's avatar

No way. I can't imagine it being any good and I'm not willing to put in the time to find out.

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