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Favorite Unintentionally Funny Movies
I'm not really talking about obvious camp movies like Plan Nine from Outer Space. I'm thinking more about serious movies, that some people actually liked, that you thought were hysterical in their badness. These are movies that have great repeat viewing value, but not for the reasons the filmmakers intended. A few of my favorites:
"Stayin Alive" http://www.geocities.com/johnny_love...y_on_Stage.jpg the most hilarious part of this movie is the dance musical at the end, "Satan's Alley". It's billed as a musical trip through hell. And it is, at least for the audience. Also, the gayest thing I've ever seen. So funny. I also love the play's director in this movie, who looks like Kenny Loggins and always wears riding boots and a reindeer sweater for some unknown reason. "Cocktail" http://www.sineport.com/poster/eski/cocktail.jpg Best part of this movie is how they portray a TGIF restaurant as the most swinging night spot in Manhattan. Also love the movie's cheezetastic tag line "When he pours, he reigns", as well as the way Tom's voice gets all high and puberty-like when he yells "The bar is open!" at the very end. St. Elmo's Fire http://www.impawards.com/1985/posters/st_elmos_fire.jpg Probably the funniest yuppie movie ever made. Jules' (Demi Moore) apartment alone makes this worth watching. Why is she sitting in an empty pink room with billowing curtains and a clown? Other great moment: When Billy (Rob Lowe) yells, "Let's Rock!" as he launches into another horrible sax solo. Also had the lamest ending to a love triangle in movie history: Ally Sheedy: "I just want us all to be friends." Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy: "Ehhhhh.... ok." "Sleeping With the Enemy" http://images.art.com/images/product...0/10336925.jpg Patrick Bergen gives one of the best over-the-top performances of all time in this movie. I love it how he tracks down his wife, sneaks into her house - and then takes the time to rearrange the pantry. He sure is a neat freak. Or maybe he's got OCD. I also love Julia Roberts' caveman-like love interest (Kevin Anderson) in this movie. Perhaps the hairiest leading man I've ever seen. Any other nominations for the Unintentionally Funny Hall of Fame? |
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It's has to be, positively, absolutely, completely, utterly:
SHOWGIRLS With its ludicrously serious "watch me act intense" leading lady, ridiculous mood changes and situations, insertion of supremely coarse dialogue is supposedly tender moments, and the whole ghastly mess is entertainment Grade A+ Props also to a recent one I've seen and greatly enjoyed for its ludicrous acting and script: Survival Island. |
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Twister
"He's not in it for the science, he's in it for the money." LOL physicsaments And Bill Paxton delivers perhaps the worst, most hilarious monologue in the history of cinema as he tries to bring back Helen Hunt from crazy. "C'mon Jo! You got your whole life ahead of you Jo!" etc. |
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My wife and I went to see Cocktail when it came out, solely because our air conditioning wasn't working and it was extremely hot at the time.
It was truly awful. And it amazes me that this movie seems to get shown on tv not that infrequently. |
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^for real? I thought MDB was really really good.
Umm some that I put high on my "unintentionally funny" list are The Ring and something I just saw recently, Smokin' Aces, which was amusing for its ridiculous plot holes. |
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I'd love to say Snakes on a Plane, but they definitely knew it was a silly movie in the way it was put together, so it drops the ball on unintentional.
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^for real? I thought MDB was really really good. Umm some that I put high on my "unintentionally funny" list are The Ring and something I just saw recently, Smokin' Aces, which was amusing for its ridiculous plot holes. [/ QUOTE ] So, was Smokin' Aces good? I forgot about this movie. I thought by the previews it would be a can't miss. Oh, and for my movie it has to be Vertical Limit. As a rock climber this is LOL. |
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Titanic and The Da Vinci Code.
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I'd go with Hannibal.
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Jean Claude van Damme is an A+ comedian.
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OMG, run from the savage wolves, stupid pig capitalists made NY freeze, d'oh! |
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Even before Stayin' Alive there was Saturday Night Fever.
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7...20fevertq1.jpg Maybe even more so now because it is so dated. I recently caught part of it on late night TV and had a very good laugh. Tony Manero: "Would ya just watch the hair. Ya know, I spend a long time on my hair and he hit it; he hit my hair." Stephanie: I'm sick of guys who ain't got their [censored] together! Tony Manero: Well, all ya need is a salad bowl, and a potato masher, [he mimics stirring in a bowl] Tony Manero: and you got your [censored] together! and yes, it does fall under the Drama genre. |
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Even before Stayin' Alive there was Saturday Night Fever. http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7...20fevertq1.jpg Maybe even more so now because it is so dated. I recently caught part of it on late night TV and had a very good laugh. Tony Manero: "Would ya just watch the hair. Ya know, I spend a long time on my hair and he hit it; he hit my hair." Stephanie: I'm sick of guys who ain't got their [censored] together! Tony Manero: Well, all ya need is a salad bowl, and a potato masher, [he mimics stirring in a bowl] Tony Manero: and you got your [censored] together! and yes, it does fall under the Drama genre. [/ QUOTE ] Oh I love this movie. Do not disrespect Tony Manero! But you're right, some parts are actually quite funny, especially the scenes with Stephanie. (I hate that casting.) Good call. |
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Even before Stayin' Alive there was Saturday Night Fever. http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7...20fevertq1.jpg Maybe even more so now because it is so dated. I recently caught part of it on late night TV and had a very good laugh. Tony Manero: "Would ya just watch the hair. Ya know, I spend a long time on my hair and he hit it; he hit my hair." Stephanie: I'm sick of guys who ain't got their [censored] together! Tony Manero: Well, all ya need is a salad bowl, and a potato masher, [he mimics stirring in a bowl] Tony Manero: and you got your [censored] together! and yes, it does fall under the Drama genre. [/ QUOTE ] The hair was golden, man, that was beautiful. It was even great when John Belushi did it in Samurai Night Fever. Surprisingly good movie. I don't think it dated that much in a bad way. More like, slice of life from a different time. But the drama still works. Guys really WERE that serious about their time. Two great scenes right off the top of my head: 1. Tony gets told by his boss in the hardware store that one day, maybe HE could be an assistant manager too. Tony's awful despairing premonition that he could be right and that's the last thing he could ever want was fantastic. 2. Angie's calling out to Tony while she screws his friend in the back seat and cries because she really wants to be screwing him was great stuff indeed. Gave the girl a whole career. Plenty more great ones, like Tony responding to Angie's telling him that he once said men had to have sex constantly or they'd get sick or their balls would explode or something with an embarassed half-laugh and quick glance backward, as he goes, "I told you that?" Tony's messed up friend falling off the bridge. Tony's awesome strut down the street with the Bee Gee's twanging and shrieking in the background was iconic. Movie history there. Tell me you haven't ever felt cool or really, really wanted to feel cool and look cool and eat up the world that way. Great movie! |
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What's the over/under on how many pounds Travolta has gained since Stayin' Alive? He was ripped to shreds in that movie.
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Saturday Night Fever was full of terrific characterizations of how people from a certain class and location really behaved in the mid 1970s. And I think that its fidelity to that era probably makes it seem dated now.
The scene about the hair was hysterical even then and it was meant to be interpreted that way. |
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Great movie! [/ QUOTE ] And everything else Blarg said. This was a terrific movie and instant classic. |
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The Army of Darkness "we've got plans for you...." "Gimme some sugar, Baby." "I look bad, but I feel so good." "Klatu, Verata, Nictobaerrsdfweris" "Let's get outta here!" "Ma'am, I'm going to have to ask you to leave the store." |
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Wha...? It was all intentional there. The whole movie is a complete goof.
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How come no one mentioned this yet? Too obvious?
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mcellis/Eden/aodlogo.jpg The Army of Darkness "we've got plans for you...." "Gimme some sugar, Baby." "I look bad, but I feel so good." "Klatu, Verata, Nictobaerrsdfweris" "Let's get outta here!" "Ma'am, I'm going to have to ask you to leave the store." [/ QUOTE ]lol u got leveled. |
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Can we post comedys in which you almost never laugh at the jokes but at other stuff, like how retarded the movie is?
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http://espn.starwave.com/i/magazine/new/karate_kid.jpg "Get him a body bag!" [/ QUOTE ] LOL yes forgot about this one. "NO MERCY!!!" I'd also add Duets, a laughably bad movie about the high-stakes world of the professional karaoke circuit. |
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for some reason i found the last legion funny even though i dont think it was supposed to be (its getting released in the us in september i think)
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I don't think unintentional means what you think it means.
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Jean Claude van Damme is an A+ comedian. [/ QUOTE ] Blood sport. I love how he is supposed to be american but he doesnt even try to cover his accent I give 4 1/2 stars! [ QUOTE ] Titanic and The Da Vinci Code. [/ QUOTE ] Da vinci = insta-nap |
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Someone said "They Day Afetr Tommorow" already. It was insanely hysterical how Richard Dreyfus was so OBVIOUSLY supposed to be Dick Cheney.
I also nominate American Beauty. The scene with the paper bag, and the scene where the father thinks the son is givign spacey a blow job, I couldnt stop laughing. This movie backed its way into the Best Picture award when ciritcs found symbolism that wasnt there because the movie made so little sense. |
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Da Vinci Code was another good answer, there were so many plot twists I started to get amused at the end, I was waiting for Tom Hanks to somehow be the bad guy. I really think someone actually needs to do a satire of Davinci Code there is a ton of material.
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Pretty much any Steven Segal film. Hard to Kill and Above the Law are up there.
Also if anyone has seen Gymkata that is bad it's hilarious. |
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Pretty much any Steven Segal film. Hard to Kill and Above the Law are up there. Also if anyone has seen Gymkata that is bad it's hilarious. [/ QUOTE ] "Ryback? Casey [censored] Ryback is on that train?" "Nobody beats me in the kitchen." I love Steven Seagal. |
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Pretty much any Steven Segal film. Hard to Kill and Above the Law are up there. Also if anyone has seen Gymkata that is bad it's hilarious. [/ QUOTE ] OMG yes, paraphrased from hard to kill: Crooked politician guy: " And you can take that to the bank!" Steven: " I'll take you to the bank...To the BLOOD bank.." |
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[ QUOTE ] Pretty much any Steven Segal film. Hard to Kill and Above the Law are up there. Also if anyone has seen Gymkata that is bad it's hilarious. [/ QUOTE ] OMG yes, paraphrased from hard to kill: Crooked politician guy: " And you can take that to the bank!" Steven: " I'll take you to the bank...To the BLOOD bank.." [/ QUOTE ] haha pure awesome |
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_Sea_1961.jpg I thought the stupidest submarine movie ever made was Crimson Tide until I saw this POS. What makes this movie so unintentionally funny? The Submarine has a reactor compartment without a lock on it. It's nice and spacious inside and has a set that must be the size of an aircraft carrier. There is an olympic sized aquarium in the submarine with sharks in it. The sharks are rubber and lifeless until the sabotuer falls in. The submarine has cadallac fins on the back, and apparently, the nuclear reactor makes bubbles and thats how the submarine moves. The submarine has a glass nose which can miraculously take the changes in pressure from above the ocean all the way to the bottom. The Van Allen belt catches on fire. This is perhaps the most idiotic plot in movie history. First of all, the Van Allen Belt is a radiation belt and radiation cannot catch fire. Secondly, the most brilliant solution to putting out the fire is to....that's right....nuke the Van Allen Belt. Oh, yeah, the fire in the Van Allen Belt causes the world to catch on fire and melts the ice at the North Pole causing it to sink and hit the submarine (ice floats, folks). BTW, the purpose of nuking the Van Allen Belt (which protects the Earth from cosmic radiation) is to remove the belt from around the Earth, thereby allowing the Earth to be steralized by the solar wind. So, we don't want to burn up, but we'd turn to goo from massive amounts of cosmic rays Did you know that you can put a big yellow timer on top of a nuclear missile cone and launch the missile from outside the ship? Submarines don't implode by going too deep, they pop like balloons. All sea life is hostile and will attack any diver exiting a submarine, except of course if he has a big yellow timer to set on the nose of a nuclear missile. The Submarine had a fantastic air quality system because everyone smoked like a forest fire. When they have a fire on board from someone smoking in bed the solution is to hand out more cigars to replace the ones that were burned up. When everyone is outside the submarine choking from the smoke of the nearby burning forests, they all light up. edit: I forgot to mention the presence of hot love interest secretaries and a hippie-scientist-peace-loving-religious-freak on board. This doesn't mention the dog that the hippie carries or the parrot on the shoulder of the head cook (I guess it's OK to have parrots [censored] in your food). This movie took itself deadly serious, too. I'm not joking. Get drunk, better yet, get high, and enjoy. Apparently, a whole generation did. |
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[ QUOTE ] Pretty much any Steven Segal film. Hard to Kill and Above the Law are up there. Also if anyone has seen Gymkata that is bad it's hilarious. [/ QUOTE ] OMG yes, paraphrased from hard to kill: Crooked politician guy: " And you can take that to the bank!" Steven: " I'll take you to the bank...To the BLOOD bank.." [/ QUOTE ] Here's another good one, from Marked for Death *Segal gets done killing one Rasta dude with his fists and then throws a Rasta bad guy off the top of a building and then meets up with his partner. Partner: What happened? Segal: One thought he was invincible. The other thought he could fly. *turns head to look at camera* THEY WERE BOTH WRONG. so stupid yet so funny |
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