Saturday, 27 December 2008

Cheesey or Bad films that are great because of that reason.

Know i love my serious films... god sake i love Lynch, Kubrick and Meadows, but theres times when you all you want to see is a bad or cheesey film.
My first example is "Loch ness terror", i was in asda and in the middle of all these blockbusters was this film, the cover itself caught my eye. I read the back and it says how nessie is in canada which it got there by subterrian tunnels and is terrorising the locals.
But james murphy (played by a guy from charmed... i believe he was the angle that turned bad) a cryptozoologist is hunting down nessie because it killed his dad. If thats not one of the funniest storys ever, then i dont know what is.
The C.G.I is terrible, the acting is serious, make up effects are terrible and theres scenes that make you laugh for the reason its terrible, like the scene when james pulls out equipment which hasnt been mentioned and is pretty much impossible for him to get.
This film cost me a fiver and ts been a great buy, it makes me laugh and its every you want in a poor film.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OjclQLxyJFk

My other film that i think is great for cheesey reasons... Cliffhanger.
This film makes me cry of laughter, the story once again when you say it is brilliant, a guy who is good at rock climbing, loses confidence because he drops his friends wife, then gets involved with terroism when he thinks hes helping people.
The opening scene when he drops his friends wife is cheesey and it does make me laugh... even though its ment to be serious. With the line "Your not gonna die" said by Stallon in his epic way.
It has everything that can go wrong on a cliff happens in this film except a bear, thats why i would only remake this film and add a bear and a extended ending.
But with scenes where he goes under ice takes his top off and swims underneth it... brilliant, he would die but he doesnt.
Slow motion in this film makes it funny aswell, theres one scene when he's sliding down a cliff and stallons face is soooo funny.
The end fight scene takes place on a helicopter thats being holded by a ladder... Genius.
Once again i find this film great because of its cheese and generally being an obscure story.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bhtIlZCy_UA&feature=related

Now some of my fellow students might know of the exchange shop in old market square, this is a great place for dvds, they have good films for dirt cheap.
But there also another great thing, terrible films from the price of 50p and the film Alien Intruder was found and bought bu my friend.
This is possible one of the worst films ever made, this is the prime example of how not to make a film. It just is bad effects, acting, story, i mean so much... but still if you want a good laugh this film is on the money.
The best thing is that it stars Billy Dee Williams A.K.A Lando, now if you dont know who Lando is then you shouldnt be on this course... Im not joking either... all im going to say is "Star Wars".
This is about an alien that has taken over a ship, a rescure team of prisoners have to rescure them. But when in hyper sleep the alien starts to contact them, which when they are in hyper sleep it will be a famous genre for example Film Noir.
Basically in a nut shell its a bad speices (which was bad enough) but made years before.


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D4dDYpYfVTY

My point is, people need to stop looking at films seriously all the time. As i said i love serious films, i make serious films but you cant beat a bad film or a cheesy film... my list could go on but i dont want to drag it and 3 is the magic number.
Also the film today that are terrible are not good terrible and i think some people should adopt this terrible style of film maker where its that bad its good.
I know most people will see this blog and be like "what the hell is he talking about?"
But for the few people who know... you know what im talking about.
Lets just take films for what they are and that means enjoying them because there terrible.
XXX

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