Birdemic: Shock and Terror.
The Room.
Rubber (okay, not awful, but it's a gas).
I don't know why, exactly, but I've been on a "worst movie of all time"-bing. On my list, I got Citizen Kane to finish, Inception to re-watch and figure out, and others like L.A. Confidential to just watch. But they keep getting pushed to the side when I run into stuff like Uwe Boll & Tommy Wiseau.
I can't explain it.
What I can say is that I'm seeing a pattern between the awful movies I mentioned, and while it's not final, I can guarantee it has something to do about the false "image" of American cinema: excessive music, a dramatic presence of advertising, and a convoluted representation of drama or action.
Frank Capra was an immigrant from Italy. He made Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It's A Wonderful Life. And they are timeless American classics...
Now granted, Hollywood has gone into that direction Wiseau and Boll are attempting to fulfill. But...
I gotta look into this more.
I don't even know why I'm actually trying to look, actually.
- Ant
Sometimes I feel like I learn more from awful movies then really fantastic movies. I think they're really good to watch for that reason. In the best films you can't see the brush strokes. They work so well we take them for granted. It's easier to break down a movie that doesn't work, figure out why and what would need to happen to make it work. If you want to see a really horrible movie, check out The Box.
ReplyDeleteWhich Box, I'm seeing different versions. The 2009 version with Cameron Diaz?
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