Why?

Over the course of my life I have watched many movies. When I was a young child it was mainly due to my brothers obsession with watching any movie that was on. My Dad had gotten Sky at the first available chance and as a wee kiddiewinkle we had the movie channels. Lots of Steve Martin, I seem to remember, and Bill Murray. This is possibly more to do with a cycle of What About Bob? and LA Story more than my brother having an obsession with either. I very muched liked films - especially action packed things like Jurassic Park and Star Wars, and things that tied in with cartoons of the time, such as Ghostbusters and Teenage Mutant Ninja/Hero Turtles. Things I could replicate to a highly accurate degree (in my mind) in the backyard.

As I got older I started to enjoy films more and more. Enough for me to want to study them at college and university. Whether or not this was wise is no longer relevant.

One thing that does seperate me from a lot of other film lovers, though, is my love of terrible films. Not just B-Movie, low budget horror stuff (as brilliant as that is) but bigger budget flops, obscurities, star vehicles that bombed, Kevin Costner movies, straight to DVD films, terribly acted dramas, films featuring pro wrestlers - just shitty films. They don't all float my boat - if a film is 'bad' because it is just plain borning then I don't tend to go back to it but, with the exception of the original Star Wars triology, The Big Lebowski and BASEketball (on a year end of Worst-Of show, as selected by Roger Ebert so maybe that also counts as a 'bad film') my most watched movie is probably No Holds Barred. NHB was the first film to include Hulk Hogan as the primary lead. It was produced by WWE owner/chairman/boss Vince McMahon. It is superb. On of my all time favourites. But, in everyone elses book (give or take a few other enthusiasts) it is considered woeful, without worth and should be buried alongside all those copies of the ET computer game in Mexico.

So, why do I love bad films so much? What is it about them? Is there anything more than just laughing at other peoples incompetence and irony? And can I stretch out this idea for a whole blog? Well, let's see. I am now going to watch as many bad films as I can and record my findings on this here blog. To start with Heartbleeps - review coming shortly.