only one of these is in any way good and its the very good gump
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:24 (five years ago) link
whither national lampoon’s loaded weapon and/or nothing but trouble tho
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
love that unlike other jean claude van damme movies, they make zero effort to explain why colonel guile, an american army dude, sounds like jean claude van damme
― vote no on ilxit (Will M.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
that’s one of the least-baffling creative choices in that movie tbh
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
unperson and omar little OTM about Stone Cold
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
lol i missed that forrest gump was in the list, it's oddly at home here for a best picture winner
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
Exit to Eden
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
Encino Man and it wasn't a hard choice
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link
i'm reading the Robin Williams bio right now, so whither Toys?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
leslie nielsen was the best dracula
― brimstead, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:59 (five years ago) link
i never troll about important stuff like shit movies
― unproven (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:00 (five years ago) link
I really really need to see footage from "The Misery Brothers Y2K," somebody find this for me
https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Misery-Brothers-Y2K/20376084
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
I have seen two (2) of these films, and decline to choose between them on the grounds that the poll is racist
― Bing The Mighty Seat (sic), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
I vote for the one where Jim Belushi cheats on his wife with Rene Russo just because he’s living in an alternate reality.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
I remember really liking Taking Care of Business a lot when I was a kid.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
Men in Tights
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
Forrest Gump is tedious, pandering, unpleasant, and unmemorable
I half-watched the Mortal Kombat movie with the volume quite low recently; I recommend that.
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
omg, the "you can't handle the truth" impersonation in the Misery Brothers is just so, so bad
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
Have seen 1 and 3/4 of these. Walked out of Exit to Eden about 3/4 through, so that means Encino Man is the winner.
― Josefa, Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:49 (five years ago) link
I saw Beethoven, Forrest Gump, Freejack, The Jerky Boys: The Movie, Ladybugs, Mr. Destiny, Richie Rich and Taking Care of Business in theatres, and Ghost Dad at the drive-in (as a double feature with Bird on a Wire, which would have fit right in with this batch). Of those, I remember actually kind of enjoying Ladybugs and Taking Care of Business at the time, though I don't imagine that I'll make any effort to see either of them again. I would argue in my defence that 1990-1995 covers ages 11-16 for me, but in the same span I also went to theatres to see Dick Tracy, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, L.A. Story, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Wayne's World, Death Becomes Her, Unforgiven, Matinee, Groundhog Day, Jurassic Park, In the Line of Fire, The Fugitive, The Age of Innocence, Schindler's List, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Se7en, Leaving Las Vegas and Toy Story, so its not like I was unable to distinguish good Hollywood product from bad. More likely it was a time in my life when going to see a movie--any movie--was a treat, and a lot of the time I was at the mercy of whatever friends or family wanted to see (I can't imagine that I will ever end up willingly seeing a worse movie The Jerky Boys in my lifetime).
But yeah, that's a pretty depressing list. Very few of those movies even manage to be awesomely bad in that way that is catnip to bad movie lovers (and of the ones that are, I'd very much include Forrest Gump alongside Nothing But Trouble and possibly Exit to Eden). They're just bland, forgettable mush.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 15 November 2018 01:10 (five years ago) link
TBF, that's pretty much exactly what I was going for.
― My mother set great store by that microwave oven! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 November 2018 01:14 (five years ago) link
This era is replete with both great + seminal flicks that form a large part of my cultural foundation and amazing cheese that was likewise formative. And I intentionally excluded some of the movies I disliked the most because I thought they might find some defenders. Was mostly looking to poll the cinematic equivalent of an unpleasantly moist and flavorless slice of bread.
― My mother set great store by that microwave oven! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 November 2018 01:19 (five years ago) link
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Wednesday, November 14, 2018 7:11 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post P
First 3 ok, callin BS on the last
― calstars, Thursday, 15 November 2018 01:30 (five years ago) link
that trailer for The Misery Brothers is the most appalling-looking thing I’ve seen in my life. There were so many atrocious comedies like that made in the early ‘90s that littered your average Blockbuster.
― omar little, Thursday, 15 November 2018 01:43 (five years ago) link
U may be right calstars, further reflection reveals I may be saddled with more fragments of that movie than I would care to be
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 15 November 2018 01:46 (five years ago) link
In case it informs anyone’s vote:
Watched Street Fighter in black and white. Turns out it's actually a masterpiece? pic.twitter.com/SRHepX8QkT— Ty Dunitz (@glitchritual) November 27, 2015
― Chris L, Thursday, 15 November 2018 05:58 (five years ago) link
I have seen around two thirds of these. This is the type of garbage I'd rent on VHS as a tween or young teen.
― adam the (abanana), Thursday, 15 November 2018 06:30 (five years ago) link
Poor fuckin’ Ebert probably saw all of these.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 15 November 2018 10:27 (five years ago) link
I've seen/read some savage takedowns of it recently, but I haven't watched BABY'S DAY OUT since I was a kid and boy, me and my sister rented that on the regular and watched it maybe 30 times. So I voted for it.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 15 November 2018 11:42 (five years ago) link
leaning captain ron b/c even though it's lousy, it's got kurt russell. but i feel like i need to see encino man before i vote.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:46 (five years ago) link
I did a lot of work to get this under fifty options
Be honest, you went with the lowest-rated films on IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes, didn't you?
Of the few movies on this list I have seen, several of them were because my then-boyfriend wanted to rent them. That's not THE reason he's my ex, but it certainly didn't weigh in his favor.
― Accattony! Accattoni! Accattoné! (j.lu), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
a bottom-50 from any site would be way less aesthetically coherent than this list
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
I actually did scour through lists of films in compiling this hand-picked list. Never underestimate my commitment to a completely ridiculous endeavor that most reasonable people would consider a waste of time and energy.
― My mother set great store by that microwave oven! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
what could be more romantic than a candlelit viewing of a well-worn vhs copy of cool as ice xxp
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
Never underestimate my commitment to a completely ridiculous endeavor that most reasonable people would consider a waste of time and energy.
we've all seen your posts, we're under no illusions
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
if i recall, grodin was still on his game for at least the first beethoven. so maybe that.
― andrew m., Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
xpost Recognition of the effort it takes to be so consistently exhausting makes it all worthwhile.
― My mother set great store by that microwave oven! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnNHmaIMYpg
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 15 November 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
I will grant that the presence of Grodin (who's in at least a few of these things) might elevate a movie which would otherwise be a pile of irredeemable garbage.
(Almost completely off the topic at hand because it's a fantastic movie, but I'd say that Grodin's role in The Great Muppet Caper is among the top five comic performances of the '80s.)
― My mother set great store by that microwave oven! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 November 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
Fun fact about Freejack: among its cast is tenor saxophonist/composer George Coleman, former sideperson for Miles Davis, Max Roach, Jimmy Smith, and many others.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 15 November 2018 15:19 (five years ago) link
voting for Mr. Doubtfire
― twin sinema (voodoo chili), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
You just made me think way too much about what the plot of Mr. Doubtfire might entail. Thank you very much.
― My mother set great store by that microwave oven! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKOSyTWu-Og
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
Sincerely almost posted that gif, glad we're of like minds.
― My mother set great store by that microwave oven! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
― My mother set great store by that microwave oven! (Old Lunch), Thursday, November 15, 2018 12:20 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
best movie of the 90s imo
― twin sinema (voodoo chili), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
I guess we actually did split off into an alternate timeline after all.
― My mother set great store by that microwave oven! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
we live in a timeline where Dollman vs. Demonic Toys is real, but Mr. Doubtfire is not.
― twin sinema (voodoo chili), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
missing this masterpiecehttps://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWVhZWNlZjMtNDM1Zi00ZjhkLWFkYTAtNWZjZTVmNDM1MWUzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzU0NzkwMDg@._V1_.jpg
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 31 December 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
heey buuuuuuuuuuuuddy
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 00:03 (five years ago) link
voted Freejack, which I haven't seen, because that bit where Estevez slams his in-car video-call closed but it pops open again for 1 second so Jagger can laugh at him is better than any 1-second bit in Performance
― sans lep (sic), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 01:51 (five years ago) link
I don't know if I could ever watch Freejack because for some reason whenever I think of it I think ofhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoGofvVhKTo
It's unfair, I know, but I would be disappointed to discover that his Freejack character didn't berate the poor for being lazy.
― The Mandal Brah Set (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 09:08 (five years ago) link
Street Fighter 1 - 0 Mortal Kombat is insane and a travesty and I might've been the Street Fighter vote oh no
― teen heartthrob Pacey Winger (Will M.), Thursday, 3 January 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
Where is Schindler's List?
― love craptually (Eric H.), Thursday, 3 January 2019 15:58 (five years ago) link
Ah, knew I forgot one!
― The Mandal Brah Set (Old Lunch), Thursday, 3 January 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link