Okay, it's Monday, which is my day off but probably your least favorite day of the week. I thought I'd brighten your day with some moments from the Best Worst Movie of All Time.There are bad movies and then there are movies that are so bad that they're fun to watch and then there's "Plan 9 From Outer Space."
It has it all - a plot involving aliens who use zombies to stop humanity from accidentally blowing up sunlight and thereby destroying the universe; a dead leading actor (Bela Lugosi died after filming his first scene and the rest of his scenes are played by another actor); constant production mistakes such as flying saucers that are described as "cigar shaped" which are actually shaped like.....saucers; and some of the most amazing dialogue ever written.
Here is a 5 minute clip of some of the best lines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHRq80QNnJM
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I disagree... Snakes on a Plane is the best Worst movie of all time...
"Snakes on a Plane" definitely makes the list of top 20 Great Bad Movies.
But there's a difference. "Snakes" knows it's bad. True it revels in its awfulness but that self-awareness limits its ability to truly suck.
On the other hand, "Plan 9" has no self awareness at all that it is a train wreck
I give you the following dialogue:
Man #1: Modern women!
Man #2: Yeah, and they've been that way all through the ages.
And it's all said without a trace of irony! You simply can't do that anymore.
No my friend. "Snakes" is a great bad moveie but it cannot touch the sublime ineptitude of "Plan 9."
So I've been challenging Elliott as to whether Ed Wood was either a satirical genius entirely unappreciated in his time or a self-diluted idiot who couldn't find a coherent thought with both hands and a flashlight. The real question, though, is... which is really the more optimistic view?
OK, now you are in my area of expertise. Ed Wood was a relative genuis film-maker next to Francis Coleman or Harold Warren. But even the infamous Manos: The Hands of Fate (translated: Hands: The Hands of Fate!!!)made by Warren is Lawrence of Arabia next to...ta da: Monster A-Go-Go. The most wretched piece of filmaking EVER!!It is excruciating even MST3K'd. The monster is a tall balding man in a duct taped jumpsuit. They drink coffee...nothing happens...they drink more coffee...more nothing happens...AHHHHHHH. My favorite part is the scene where a phone rings and it is clearly someone off-camera making a ringing noise with their mouth. OMG!!!!!!LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry Elliott, Plan 9 is definitely bad, but it can't match Monster A-Go-Go for sheer celluloid punishment.
In the more modern vein, Caddyshack 2 is unbelievably bad, especially in comparison to the classic original.
I dunno. I think there's a certain legendary quality to Plan 9. It just seems to get better with age. I have a feeling my grandchildren will be watching it with their friends and laughing.
Jack? Is that you?
Monster-A-Go-Go sounds like something I need to check out, at least on Youtube.
But you are tragically wrong to compare it with Plan 9. Plan 9 is awful in interesting ways. Being bad in dull ways (drinking coffee for an hour?) is just....dull.
I think we need to somehow include bad movies into a community event in the future.
Yep, I missed the title (and the point), "Best" Worst Movie of All Time. Plan 9 is bad, but entertaining in its badness. Very few movies actually reach that sort of level. Roger Corman's got some good ones, ever seen "It Conquered the World" with Lee Van Cleef & Peter Graves? Another one you might like is "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" very 80's with Raoul Julia. Very strange and awful... oh and Hobgoblins, which was kind of a Gremlins ripoff-very over the top and bad, bad, bad.
Yes Elliott, it's Jack. I did miss the title (and the point) of "Best" Worst Movies. Plan 9 is bad in a very entertaining way. Few movies actually achieve that kind of status. Roger Corman has done some good ones - ever see "It Conquered the World" with Lee Van Cleef and Peter Graves, or "The Thing that Couldn't Die"? Very cool stuff. I'll bring you a copy of Monster A Go Go (the MST version so at least it will be watchable). It's fun...
I haven't seen "The Thing That Wouldn't Die" but there was a guy in college who used to come into our dorm room and we referred to him as "The Thing That Wouldn't Leave."
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