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From: akhanna@bbncc5.UUCP (Atul C. Khanna)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Totally Bad Movies
Message-ID: <443@bbncc5.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 11:20:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 11:20:32 1985
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Reply-To: akhanna@bbncc5.UUCP (Atul C. Khanna)
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In article <97@intelca.UUCP> clif@intelca.UUCP (Clif Purkiser) writes:

>> So I went around and polled some of my colleagues, to see if they could
>> name some movies that were totally bad. The criteria for acceptance were:
>> 	(1) It must be a movie made for theatres (TV movies don't count;
>> 		they would probably overload the list).
>> 	(2) There must not be one single good thing to say about it; if
>> 		the movies were bad overall, but had one good scene or
>> 		good direction, or a short clip of good cinematography,
>> 		it would not qualify as a totally bad movie. There must
>> 		be ABSOLUTELY NOTHING good to be said about any part
>> 		of the movie in order for it to make the list.
>> 	(3) The film need not be horrible in all respects (i.e., it may be
>> 		mediocre on some points); but it MAY NOT HAVE ONE SINGLE
>> 		thing that could be said to have been done well, or
>> 		even the least bit above mediocre. And it must have at
>> 		least one thing which is done truly badly.
>> 
>> So far the nominations are:
>> 
>> 	Sheena of the Jungle (No plot, bad acting, didn't even show
>> 		any good skin. Direction mediocre at best.)
>> 	
>> 	Silent Night, Deadly Night (This is the only movie that I
>> 		saw Siskel and Ebert actually get furious at. It was
>> 		so offensive and bad that many theatres wouldn't show it.)
>> 
>> 	Sword and the Sorcerer (Just plain boring.)
>> 
>> 	Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (A spoof that didn't come off.
>> 		Had a maudlin ending, and terrible acting.)
>> 

I don't think any of these could be much worse than "Insignificance",
an attempted comedy dealing with a hypothetical (?) affair between 
Einstein and Marilyn Monroe.  Of course, my opinion is based upon the first
fifty minutes only, after which I left.
-- 
Atul C. Khanna


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