Crap films you love

[HandsomeButchIII]

Grease 2 is the only real Grease.

Also, The Ups and Downs of a Handyman. Has a great theme song, and those 70's style tits you never see anymore.

Edited August 16 by HandsomeButchIII

[Jazzy G]

Ups and Downs was a rival to the Robin Asquith Confessions series back then wasn't it? Or was it more The Mechanic to Confessions Transporter? 

[Lorne Malvo]

On 8/15/2026 at 9:24 PM, Chest Rockwell said:

Fucking hell. For limp bizkit to be the high point of anything the rest of it must be seriously bad.

I think you better quit, talking that shit... or you'll be leaving with a fat lip!

Weirdest part of Mission Impossible 2 is Anthony Hopkins incredibly misogynistic IMF chief cameo.

[BarryOVega]

12 hours ago, weevil said:

here's the godzilla trailer. i think it was shot just for the trailer, and never intended as part of the film.

Pretty sure I saw that before Men In Black in the summer of '97, always thought it was just dick swinging to show how much bigger Godzilla was compared to Spielberg's big bad, especially with Lost World being out that summer

[BomberPat]

if we're doing Bonds, it's Live and Let Die.

Cynical, racist, daft, the worst fashion sense of any Bond film. But Baron Samedi is still fucking great, and it's a fun time.

 

[Merzbow]

Is Showgirls too obvious now that it's hit that major reappraisal moment in the past few years with some calling it a misunderstood classic, I still think it's kinda bad by Verhoeven standards but I enjoy it immensely and put it in the top third of my 90's erotic thrillers while still being far behind the likes of Exotica and Crash.

[gmoney]

11 minutes ago, Merzbow said:

Is Showgirls too obvious now that it's hit that major reappraisal moment in the past few years with some calling it a misunderstood classic, I still think it's kinda bad by Verhoeven standards but I enjoy it immensely and put it in the top third of my 90's erotic thrillers while still being far behind the likes of Exotica and Crash.

Hilarious to me that people would say it was a misunderstood classic, but it is utterly fascinating, batshit, beautifully crafted disaster. Completely killed the NC-17 rating in America as a commercial option too. 

[Merzbow]

4 minutes ago, gmoney said:

Completely killed the NC-17 rating in America as a commercial option too. 

You just know Paul's saw that as a badge of honour, too.

You Must Remember This did a great podcast series on that entire era of erotic cinema and obviously a big part is about that, a must listen as Karina Longworth knows her shit.

https://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2023/erotic-90s-archive

Edited August 17 by Merzbow

[Chili]

Showgirls isn't some underrated gem. It's a bad movie but in an absolutely fascinating and completely watchable way, so I'm not surprised it got a cult following. If people like it for being kitche shite, they're correct. Anyone thinking it's something more is trying way too hard. I'd group it with something like Mommy Dearest. Utter dogrel, but immensely watchable for everything around it. Thinking it's a masterpiece is just stroking your chin too hard.

[gmoney]

I thought Mommy Dearest was great when I watched it a few years ago. 

[ReturnOfTheMack]

Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot.

 

Its a bad film. No, its terrible. But I love it as it was my first solo cinema trip.

[Onyx2]

21 hours ago, ReturnOfTheMack said:

Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot.

 

Its a bad film. No, its terrible. But I love it as it was my first solo cinema trip.

Not sure if it's made up after the fact but the best thing is Arnie talking up how much he wanted to do this film just so Sly would swoop in and take it, when Arnie knew it was a pile of dung.