I was tagged by way2busymom!

[tzikeh]

"Once tagged by this entry, the assignment is to list 10 movies: your 5 Favourites & your 5 Guilty Pleasures. Then, pick 5 of your friends and tag them. No tag backs. This explanation should be included."

5 Favorite Movies (in no particular order)

1) Singin' in the Rain
2) To Kill a Mockingbird
3) Howards End
4) Citizen Kane
5) Wings of Desire

(5 runners-up, because fuck rules: Lawrence of Arabia, Mulholland Drive, The Princess Bride, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, Amadeus)

5 Guilty Pleasures (in no particular order)

For purposes of clarification, I will define a "guilty pleasure" as a movie which is qualitatively poor that I love anyway.

1) Xanadu
2) Annie
3) Flash Gordon ("FLASH! AAAAAAHHHAAAHH")
4) Bulworth
5) Skidoo -- if you have not seen Skidoo, you have not seen the worst movie ever made. You may *think* you've seen the worst movie ever made, but you haven't. (ETA: There are some clips from Skidoo at a Jackie Gleason fansite, if you dare....)

(5 runners-up: Ishtar, Somewhere in Time, Creator, Tank Girl, Joe Versus the Volcano)

And now, I tag: movies_michelle, keiko_kirin, yahtzee63, lydiabell, and thebratqueen.

Comments

[the-shoshanna.livejournal.com]

SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE!

HE'LL SAVE EVERY ONE OF US!

Someday I must see Skidoo.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

OMG you really, really must. ;) There is nothing worse. I promise.

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

ISHTAR? Man. I'm going to have to reevaluate our friendship.

Hee.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

BWAH! Come on, an movie that casts Dustin Hoffman as the romantic lead and *Warren Beatty* as the nerdy friend?

That's comedy gold right there. :-D

[watergal.livejournal.com]

Ishtar! Hehee! The world needs more blind camel movies.

*makes note to obtain Skidoo*

Skidoo -

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I wish you great fortune in trying to find Skidoo. I saw it once at B-Fest (Northwestern's 48-hour horrible-movie marathon) and looked for it for YEARS. I finally found someone who had a vhs copy of a betamax version someone had taped off the Late Late Show in 1976.

If you find a nice clean copy? Let me know.

It's truly horrible, in a completely indescribable way.

Well, okay, it's describable but it takes a long time to describe how truly awful it is, and *why* it's truly awful, and all of the AWFUL AWFUL things about it.

Jackie Gleason drops acid, Carol Channing strips down to her underwear, and oh, did I mention it's a musical?

[terrie01.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I still uphold "Plan 9 From Outerspace" as THE worst movie ever. (If only for the line "The atmospheric conditions in outer space...").

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Ah, but have you *seen* Skidoo? Because I have seen Plan 9, and can make a call for myself based on knowledge of both. ;)

[emyrys.livejournal.com]

Well, I just watched "American Dreamz" yesterday, and I'm pretty sure that is a brand new contender for the worst movie ever made.

But but....Creator? I loved that movie. OK ok it was pretty bad, but still. Peter O'toole!

[emyrys.livejournal.com]

Wait -- I just reread your comment. Were you saying those extra 5 were runners up to the worst movies ever made? or 5 guilty pleasures?

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Five guilty pleasures - sorry if I wasn't clear!

[beebalm.livejournal.com]

Somewhere in Time! That's on my Guilty Pleasures list, too!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Well, really, how could it not be.

[keiko-kirin.livejournal.com]

Ishtar! Yes! I don't know that it would make my top 5 guilty pleasures, but it would be up there. Granted, I haven't seen it in a very long time, but I have a soft spot for it because of the line: "We don't NEED a pencil!" Which is still funny, and I occasionally use it in conversation, and no one knows where it came from because, dude, it's Ishtar.

And Skidoo. Oh man. It is definitely the worst movie ever made. People who think other movies are bad are only people who haven't seen Skidoo. And I've seen Du-Beat-e-o, which I would've sworn was the worst movie ever made -- until I saw Skidoo. Skidoo wins because it had a budget and a cast who should've known better. And Otto Freakin' Preminger! Du-Beat-e-o was no-budget, done for drugs I suspect, and alas, Ray Sharkey did not know better by then in his ailing career. So, although on a par in terms of general badness, Skidoo wins by sheer unbelievableness.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I tagged you because I *always* think of the various expressions which crossed your face when I related the ... plot? ... whenever I mention Skidoo. :-D

"It's a musical!"