I just read a story about Blockbuster, they still have around 80 stores left. Mainly Alaska and a couple of others. Places where streaming services are still not good enough or have an older customer base.
You're awesome ! I'm having so much fun watching your reviews of these bad movies. I feel like I'm watching them without wasting my time. Plus the background info you give for each movie is just great. Good job!!!
Also, I've found to ALWAYS keep my expectations low. I always want to be entertained and hopefully it will be a good movie, but that's easier said than done with the way Hollywood is in it only for the cash grab and in the process destroys the material it's based on, not to mention the way they believe they have the right to change things around just because they fund the production. I've taken to watch a lot of older 80's and 90's movies I missed or haven't seen in YEARS but as you say you have to have fun with them because let's face it, we have WAY better CG and production value in general nowadays (almost always, but not every single time) and if you go into these older movies with today's production values in mind you most certainly will be disappointed and maybe even turn away from a movie that you otherwise would've liked.
despite what many might think, movies like this are not good choices for drinking games as livers unless upgraded to industrial strength are not capable of withstanding such recreational punishment and will explode before the third act...
I watched it on New Years Eve with my 4 year old son, and he was so hyped to stay up til midnight to watch it. It was the best time ever. Then, I took my sister to see it at Rifftrax Live. Great times!
I can't stop watching your reviews! Hell of an ability to do a 5 min resume of a 80+ min movie! Way to put in a joke in a blooper and i still don't think you're insulting the movie. Can't wait to see your take on Maximun Overdrive. One of my all time favorites with a awesome AC/DC soundtrack. Keep up the good work!
Borrowing lines from Twisted and Sharknado: Person1: we have sharks! Person2: we have another shark! Person1: Actually I think that might have been the same one.
cool idea, how do you propose I do this? Skype chat or something? I usually just answer via email and such but I'm not against doing a chat room sort of event. I was thinking about doing a liveriff or something in November or December.
I still have to see Sharknado II and the sequels. This first one is great though. It's intentially BAD and it shows, and yet you just have to laugh at it. Everything is so silly, so over-the-top, so ridiculous and yet the fans can't get enough =) Must be awesome to star in a movie like this. Acting? Nah, just looks somewhat bad-ass with a chainsaw and you're good to go ;)
Thanks! Sharktopus was Roger Corman's group, which is kind of funny to see them getting in on the Asylum's action since the Asylum is sort of a modern Corman. I think if you gave The Asylum 250 million they would make 250 movies. Red Planet is great! Definitely doing it at some point.
I loved this movie. Every time I thoroughly enjoy a movie like this, I think how silly it is that the big production companies don't start small, independent studios to focus on making these kind of movies (and using their contractual obligations to get bigger name stars to at least do a cameo in them - yes they'd have to pay them more than the entire budget, in some cases, but with the right up and coming star, they'd get enough extra viewers for the name alone to make it worth while). But then I realize studios like this one thrive precisely because they aren't tied to a major studio. The rot that is eating the big studios from the inside out is precisely why they're failing and going bankrupt all the time, and studios like this (and Full Moon before them) thrive so well and don't fail until they actually start trying to be something they're not - namely, the big budget studios.
Dozerfleet Studios I'm going to guess and say that you don't like "The Walking Dead" since you didn't mention it. And it's like the number 1 show about zombies.
Just discovered your channel thanks to Reddit and I love it. I love your positive spin on a few terrible movies and ones that I may have just wanted to more about. But I wanted to point out here that having worked for 2 rental companies in the past you wouldn't be surprised how many people thought Sherlock Holmes was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and how many times I had to direct them in the right direction. But also how many associates also put the movie in the wrong location. It was as if they couldn't read the disc and tell the difference between the writing on the disc always drove me nuts as a video associate. But again great channel I have been watching like crazy.
+TheGirlWithTheMonsterMovieTattoos Thanks! Oh I believe it. I think I mentioned it in my Jack Frost video where people were renting the horror version thinking it was the Micheal Keaton family one. Audiences aren't always the brightest and that's why The Asylum has been able to flourish. Glad you are enjoying the videos! Reddit has been a mixed blessing. I get a lot of traffic from them but also a lot of people telling me I have no idea what I'm talking about lol
So far only one of your reviews I went... ehhhh nope.... lol but I love your point and history on movies and it makes me feel less of outcast about movies most would say are terrible.
+TheGirlWithTheMonsterMovieTattoos some of my older stuff is...not my best because I was still figuring things out back then. Been doing this for about 5 years now but really only got serious with it about 2 years ago. The old stuff is still worth watching but there are some I admit are meh.
This really was so bad it was good. Believe the hype. This movie is so bad on so many levels: bad acting, scene chewing, bad CGI, impractical situations, it's a logic and physics free movie, and fails as a movie on all accounts. But somehow, it worked, to make a pretty damn entertaining film. This is the new The Room.
I would argue that most of the movie is bad because it's boring. There's about 90 seconds of genuinely good stuff in that movie. On an unrelated note, most trailers are 90 seconds long. Go figure.
Hate it or Love it... it lead to Piranhas tornadoes in telephone network commercials and even "Zomnados" in Z-Nation... one of the best scenes in the whole series. "Anythingnados" are here to stay and there is something just fun and cool about bad movies... ask the Killer Tomato fans.
I love how in the middle of so much absurdity, the director look at the helicopter scene and goes like "Nah guys, it's 8 people, there's no way the heli would be able to fly" I swear that this whole script based on "What are the things that absolutely could not happen?" I love it! ps; Poor John Heard man, but ncanootow i can't wait to watch Kevin being Home Alone and Orphan now
I saw both the Asylum and the "real" versions of Sherlock Holmes and I honestly agree that the Asylum version is better: neither come close to doing the source material justice, but at least it was made interesting and fun by the addition of robot dinosaurs.
The dude that gets crushed by the Hollywood sign is the voice of Michelangelo in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies!!!!! I think he was on the Brady Bunch too...
Hell, all of the sharknado and lavalantula movies are just plain campy fun. These flix are the textbook definition of "amusement" - don't think, just watch and laugh.
5:08 Use Boll said she was a miscast for his action horror film: Alone In The Dark. He also said he did like her in comedic roles. Asylum Pictures used her in their Princess of Mars they made after Avatar and before John Carter
I may not enjoy everything the asylum puts out, but I am glad you brought up that very important point.... Big name studios copy each other all the time!!! Why give the asylum crap when their doing the same thing... I still can't tell the difference between all those volcano movies, Dantes peak etc.
You should totally review their version of Sherlock Holmes. To me, it's up there with The Asylum's best, alongside Battle of Los Angeles and of course Sharknado. Can't go wrong with Sherlock Holmes in a hot air balloon fighting a fire-breathing mechanical dragon being driven by his brother, Iron Man, while Watson goes to stop Iron Man's android assistant from blowing up Buckingham Palace. That right there, is cinematic gold. :D Great review as always, Cecil!
Do you think you'll do a video on Birdemic at some point? I know you mention them in one your best of videos but I was wondering if you were planning on a full video for it as well
I loved all 4 Sharknado movies. I love all the crazy Syfy killer doubleheaded creature fight flicks, too. The whole point is to check your brain at the door and just laugh :)
Technically if a bombs is powerful enough it can disrupt the air flow and in a sense take out the tornado however the helicopter would have trouble getting that close and the bomb may only have an affect depending on its strength an the tornado's
While I don't agree with you on all of your reviews, I really do appreciate your stance on bad movies. I feel like you really know your stuff and make an educated opinion on the movies you watch. Keep it up!
Fun review as always Cecil a few people at my job told good things about this silly little flick I'll give it a shot. BTW I'm sure if you know that ''The New Arsenio Hall Show'' did a tiny skit of ''Sharknado''with Tara Raid making a cameo did you see it? The only from Asylum I really enjoyed was ''I Am Omega'' only because I really enjoyed Mark Dacascos performance in it did you ever catch that one?
i thought a mention of rifftrax would've been appropiate. the guys doing mystery science theater 3000 had a lot of fun with this one. even made a live version. Freaking Hilarious!!!
Oh yeah bad movies exist, I just like to focus on movies I enjoy. Some examples of movies I hate are Juno, The Hangover, Transformers 2, Battlefield Earth, Epic Movie, The Hillz, and the Total Recall remake. Its hard to give it a rating since it is something like Birdemic where it is just funny/bad. I wouldn't recommend it like I would, say, the original Oldboy which is brilliant. Essentially, it comes down more to if you like this sort of film (intentionally bad) then you will like it.
this: I love bad movies. I hate The Asylum and movies like Sharknado. Why? Because I'm not stupid. What makes a bad movie a good bad movie is that while watching it, you realize that someone tried to make a genuinely good movie or thought he had a good idea, and seeing it fail miserably at that on the screen. It's simply fun to see people fail miserably while trying their best. Because of that, bad movies that are actually good bad movies always have unintentionally hilarous scenes. What the Asylum does is making intentionally bad movies. They are tailored to be bad, and there' nothing genuine about them. They are as sleazy as a perfectly marketed big-budget movie with no substance. I'm not here to say what you should or shouldn't like - each to his own. So, enjoy these movies - if you're stupid. Great channel, though - I like it! Keep up the good work.
The crash-course on The Asylum was excellent. I have often wished their silly movies had better special effects. Now I understand why they don't. There's no profit in it. Fair enough!
Blowing up tornado's was already featured in Yoko Tsuno (a Belgian-French comic that features aliens and fringe science). They blow up a tornado with both some sort of thermobaric bomb and a nuke.
darkashtar thanks! I wanted to explain so people understood there is a huge money making machine behind these "bad" Asylum movies. They know exactly what they are doing
2012 zombie apocalypse is actually quite good. If they had more money for the effects it would have been a much better known zombie film. 2 headed shark attack was a lot of fun. A silly story and a decent amount of gratuitous nudity. Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus and Mega Python vs. Gatoroid were lots of fun. Their version of Sherlock Holmes is a blast.
I totally must watch that Asylum Sherlock Holmes. It really looks promising. Sharknado may not be artistic, but it's most likely the best movie night flick ever. It's much more fun than any comedy. Or make it a "A shark ate someone" drinking game. But do that on your own risk.
Yor commentary is very interesting on this one. Especially where you talk about how there are now "knock off" movies for every "big" budget blockbuster movie. And how producers use the alphabet to name titles based on how people search for movies...
I think it was Tara Reid going around shortly before the film came out saying she was going to have to be more choosy in her scripts. (basically bad mouthing the movie) After the film was a big hit they told her to hit the bricks. I'm sure everyone else will be happy to collect that nice paycheck.
Yeah I never understood why critics that new they already hated a film would watch it 2 review it that's pointless to rate a film you know you're going to give a badd raiting to it even if you like it!
For some reason I remember there being a buzz for this movie just because of how bad it was, and people were kinda hyped to see just how ridiculous it was. I even remember there being a countdown timer when it aired on the SyFy channel.
@2:44: "I tnink she hangs up pictures of herself so she knows she's in the right house". Im in the process of copyrighting this right now. Was that about Tara Reid, or an indictment of blondes in general?
when I was a kid from 2009-2012 I was obsessed with the asylum's schlock, I'd watch it all and I loved it, now I'm kind of embarrassed as to why I enjoyed it so much😅
That hippie bus driver that got killed by the Hollywood sign is played by Robbie Rist, who is best remembered for playing cousin Oliver in the final six episodes of The Brady Bunch. Robbie Rist also wrote every song that appeared in the movie.
My son loves sharks… I was tired of spongebob.. we watched sharknado… I loved it. Very fun. Just what I’ve been looking for. I love that John Heard RIP my mom met him when she was younger. She said it was the nicest guy. She was with a bunch of friends and he told them. He gave them some fatherly advice.. You knew that was cousin Oliver
Great review again. I saw your review of The Stuff on your site. I would suggest looking into the movie Bone (starring Yaphet Kotto), probably one of the best Larry Cohen films next to The Stuff.
Great review on Sharknado never saw it. I came in on Sharknado 2 and just watched no# 3 these movies are so fun me and my co-workers got together ordered so much pizza & Chinese food and chips and dip lots of beer & mix drinks. Laughed and twitted through out the movie.
I wondered what they thought when they read the script in the first place and said yes. "Flying sharks, blowing up tornadoes and swimming pools. I'm in!"
You know the funniest thing is, This isn't the first time the Actor who played Fin dealt with Weird oddities of Nature, Since he used to be the Adoptive Father of a Radioactive Mutant Fire-Breathing Iguana in the Godzilla the Series from the 90s
I have seen ALL of the Sharknado Films and think they are all alot of fun, break out the Beer and Pretzels, sit back and enjoy the ride!!! We also came up with a good drinking game ....every time a shark eats someone ---- Take a drink.
Opening's CGI is better than Sharknado's actual, legit CGI.
Mister Spazzles hehe it probably took longer too
GoodBadFlicks - makes every movie look good
Also 17:08 When burned, apply water.
Thrano :)
"I think she hangs up pictures of herself so she knows she's in the right house."
F@cking love it.
brycepunk1 hehehe :)
brycepunk1 Ha! Yeah, cracked at that.
Possibly a desperate attempt to convince the audience that she really lives there…
The weird thing is that Blockbuster has almost disappeared but The Asylum keeps on being successful.
"Almost"?
Not really. It's much easier for a low budget production company to switch to smartTV than it is for a large brick and mortar rental business.
I just read a story about Blockbuster, they still have around 80 stores left. Mainly Alaska and a couple of others. Places where streaming services are still not good enough or have an older customer base.
@ Brian the ironic part being that those stores were probably the lowest on Blockbusters priorites list 10-15 years ago.
the funny part is, Alaska is the rape capital of the USA.
You're awesome ! I'm having so much fun watching your reviews of these bad movies. I feel like I'm watching them without wasting my time. Plus the background info you give for each movie is just great. Good job!!!
Thank you!
I've found that if you don't take movies like this seriously, you enjoy them more.
have you also found water to be wet?... or is that still a discovery to be made yet?
Also, I've found to ALWAYS keep my expectations low. I always want to be entertained and hopefully it will be a good movie, but that's easier said than done with the way Hollywood is in it only for the cash grab and in the process destroys the material it's based on, not to mention the way they believe they have the right to change things around just because they fund the production. I've taken to watch a lot of older 80's and 90's movies I missed or haven't seen in YEARS but as you say you have to have fun with them because let's face it, we have WAY better CG and production value in general nowadays (almost always, but not every single time) and if you go into these older movies with today's production values in mind you most certainly will be disappointed and maybe even turn away from a movie that you otherwise would've liked.
I don't take any movie seriously... because, you know, they're movies.
despite what many might think, movies like this are not good choices for drinking games as livers unless upgraded to industrial strength are not capable of withstanding such recreational punishment and will explode before the third act...
"It's like Armageddon I tell ya!"
That is freaking funny.
Cynthia Utz :)
GoodBadFlicks Glad you like it
GoodBadFlicks
" Crap! Ow! AGHH! " That's funny! 😂
I watched it on New Years Eve with my 4 year old son, and he was so hyped to stay up til midnight to watch it. It was the best time ever. Then, I took my sister to see it at Rifftrax Live. Great times!
Mondo Connie Sharknado 2 Rifftrax next month!
That pool scene...Michael Bay would be so proud.
*needed to be both in slow motion and in bullet time perspective*
I can't stop watching your reviews! Hell of an ability to do a 5 min resume of a 80+ min movie! Way to put in a joke in a blooper and i still don't think you're insulting the movie. Can't wait to see your take on Maximun Overdrive. One of my all time favorites with a awesome AC/DC soundtrack. Keep up the good work!
Rafael R Torres Thanks!
Possibly. I don't want to do too many Asylum movies too close together
could you possibly do FINAL EXAM, SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE, STEPFATHER 2 or 3...love your videos btw :)
Borrowing lines from Twisted and Sharknado:
Person1: we have sharks!
Person2: we have another shark!
Person1: Actually I think that might have been the same one.
cool idea, how do you propose I do this? Skype chat or something? I usually just answer via email and such but I'm not against doing a chat room sort of event.
I was thinking about doing a liveriff or something in November or December.
I still have to see Sharknado II and the sequels. This first one is great though. It's intentially BAD and it shows, and yet you just have to laugh at it. Everything is so silly, so over-the-top, so ridiculous and yet the fans can't get enough =) Must be awesome to star in a movie like this. Acting? Nah, just looks somewhat bad-ass with a chainsaw and you're good to go ;)
They have fun and get paid, which is why they often come back
Very true. People complain a lot about SyFy but honestly they're doing a great job keeping us entertained.
Well I'm glad some of you are happy with syfy
This is actually better than watching the movie! Takes less time and is just as entertaining :D
lol thanks!
Thumbs up for "nom nom nom nom nom!" 1:19
om nom nom nom nom nom 1:19 is such a funny sound effect.
Reminds me of Janet Jackson. 😉
Had some problems with it so I'm delaying it for now. I'm looking at a November window for it.
When he said, It was the same shark Nova was in, I died xD
I loooooooove The Guyver 2. Some awesome fights and really cool effects.
I'm surprised they haven't done an X-men mockbuster yet.
Thanks! I had lots of fun on the shows.
Thanks! Sharktopus was Roger Corman's group, which is kind of funny to see them getting in on the Asylum's action since the Asylum is sort of a modern Corman.
I think if you gave The Asylum 250 million they would make 250 movies.
Red Planet is great! Definitely doing it at some point.
I loved this movie. Every time I thoroughly enjoy a movie like this, I think how silly it is that the big production companies don't start small, independent studios to focus on making these kind of movies (and using their contractual obligations to get bigger name stars to at least do a cameo in them - yes they'd have to pay them more than the entire budget, in some cases, but with the right up and coming star, they'd get enough extra viewers for the name alone to make it worth while). But then I realize studios like this one thrive precisely because they aren't tied to a major studio. The rot that is eating the big studios from the inside out is precisely why they're failing and going bankrupt all the time, and studios like this (and Full Moon before them) thrive so well and don't fail until they actually start trying to be something they're not - namely, the big budget studios.
RandomTXDude210 Well said!
+RandomTXDude210
Tom Cruise Shark hunter! That would be something i would like to see! Hard R of course.
GoodBadFlicks
Please review the other 3 movies. Also Lavatunla.
RandomTXDude210 me too
Sharkcano with lava sharks sounds awesome!
They already made Sharknado part of a shared universe. Ever hear of Lavalantula? And the sequel: 2 Lava 2 Lantula!
And it's also part of the same universe as the TV show "Z-Nation".
Now I have to watch that. I enjoy iZombie.
Dozerfleet Studios I'm going to guess and say that you don't like "The Walking Dead" since you didn't mention it. And it's like the number 1 show about zombies.
Clayton Luce : I've only seen one season of it so far.
Just discovered your channel thanks to Reddit and I love it. I love your positive spin on a few terrible movies and ones that I may have just wanted to more about. But I wanted to point out here that having worked for 2 rental companies in the past you wouldn't be surprised how many people thought Sherlock Holmes was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and how many times I had to direct them in the right direction. But also how many associates also put the movie in the wrong location. It was as if they couldn't read the disc and tell the difference between the writing on the disc always drove me nuts as a video associate. But again great channel I have been watching like crazy.
+TheGirlWithTheMonsterMovieTattoos Thanks! Oh I believe it. I think I mentioned it in my Jack Frost video where people were renting the horror version thinking it was the Micheal Keaton family one. Audiences aren't always the brightest and that's why The Asylum has been able to flourish. Glad you are enjoying the videos! Reddit has been a mixed blessing. I get a lot of traffic from them but also a lot of people telling me I have no idea what I'm talking about lol
So far only one of your reviews I went... ehhhh nope.... lol but I love your point and history on movies and it makes me feel less of outcast about movies most would say are terrible.
+TheGirlWithTheMonsterMovieTattoos some of my older stuff is...not my best because I was still figuring things out back then. Been doing this for about 5 years now but really only got serious with it about 2 years ago. The old stuff is still worth watching but there are some I admit are meh.
I'm just watching all of it but it seems like you really found your footing!
Man i love the originality of your show and how you you inform me and keep me rolling on the floor at the same time.very few can pull that off.
As far as I know the sequel hasn't been filmed yet. Its going to be Sharknado: The Second One
"Still more believable than Twister"
Ow. I saw that movie four times in the theater.
Thanks!
Their Sherlock was quite good. One of their best. I'll probably do it next year. (the rest of this year is just about locked)
This really was so bad it was good. Believe the hype. This movie is so bad on so many levels: bad acting, scene chewing, bad CGI, impractical situations, it's a logic and physics free movie, and fails as a movie on all accounts. But somehow, it worked, to make a pretty damn entertaining film. This is the new The Room.
I would argue that most of the movie is bad because it's boring. There's about 90 seconds of genuinely good stuff in that movie.
On an unrelated note, most trailers are 90 seconds long. Go figure.
I... don't have a response to that.
We really need a Sharknado 3 review. The final act is amazing.
Wow I actually learned something!
Hate it or Love it... it lead to Piranhas tornadoes in telephone network commercials and even "Zomnados" in Z-Nation... one of the best scenes in the whole series. "Anythingnados" are here to stay and there is something just fun and cool about bad movies... ask the Killer Tomato fans.
this is the definition of a good/bad movie,i love it and anxiously await part 3.
I really need to do more Larry Cohen. Q just was released on Blu...
I love how in the middle of so much absurdity, the director look at the helicopter scene and goes like "Nah guys, it's 8 people, there's no way the heli would be able to fly"
I swear that this whole script based on "What are the things that absolutely could not happen?" I love it!
ps; Poor John Heard man, but ncanootow i can't wait to watch Kevin being Home Alone and Orphan now
I saw both the Asylum and the "real" versions of Sherlock Holmes and I honestly agree that the Asylum version is better: neither come close to doing the source material justice, but at least it was made interesting and fun by the addition of robot dinosaurs.
I would very much like to see a serious Sherlock Holmes movie.
You had me at "fire-breathing pterodactyl" :|
Same holds true for Battleship and its mockbuster. The Asylum one is better, overall, despite the much lower production values.
When i first seen this i shut my brain off for 2 hours and just enjoyed it, not thinking about anything and just laughing at the ridiculousness of it.
The dude that gets crushed by the Hollywood sign is the voice of Michelangelo in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies!!!!! I think he was on the Brady Bunch too...
COUSIN OLIVER!!!!
@@JennaLeigh He was so adorable in the Brady Bunch show
@@1964amora oh my gosh, yes he was! That blond hair- he was a doll!💖💖
this video is the reason I found and loved goodbadflicks, no one else on yt seems to want to egmit they like b movies, gotta respect that
Man the intro is just golden on these old videos.
Thank you!
Sharks has no hands or feet but accurate af dammit 🦈
It would be pretty amazing
Hell, all of the sharknado and lavalantula movies are just plain campy fun. These flix are the textbook definition of "amusement" - don't think, just watch and laugh.
Birdemic is almost in a league of its own. That movie sends me into complete fits of laughter
Ghost Shark looked hilarious. I have it Tivo'd, I haven't seen it yet. (just a few clips)
“The group decides they’re going to make a stand and fight the sharknados.” This was the moment I decided that desperately need to see this movie.
5:08 Use Boll said she was a miscast for his action horror film: Alone In The Dark.
He also said he did like her in comedic roles.
Asylum Pictures used her in their Princess of Mars they made after Avatar and before John Carter
I may not enjoy everything the asylum puts out, but I am glad you brought up that very important point.... Big name studios copy each other all the time!!! Why give the asylum crap when their doing the same thing... I still can't tell the difference between all those volcano movies, Dantes peak etc.
You should totally review their version of Sherlock Holmes. To me, it's up there with The Asylum's best, alongside Battle of Los Angeles and of course Sharknado. Can't go wrong with Sherlock Holmes in a hot air balloon fighting a fire-breathing mechanical dragon being driven by his brother, Iron Man, while Watson goes to stop Iron Man's android assistant from blowing up Buckingham Palace. That right there, is cinematic gold. :D Great review as always, Cecil!
Do you think you'll do a video on Birdemic at some point? I know you mention them in one your best of videos but I was wondering if you were planning on a full video for it as well
I love Birdemic but I feel it may have been done to death. If I do cover it, I'll do it from a unique angle.
GoodBadFlicks Good point. Keep up the good work anyway
I loved all 4 Sharknado movies. I love all the crazy Syfy killer doubleheaded creature fight flicks, too. The whole point is to check your brain at the door and just laugh :)
Technically if a bombs is powerful enough it can disrupt the air flow and in a sense take out the tornado however the helicopter would have trouble getting that close and the bomb may only have an affect depending on its strength an the tornado's
Best movie ever, best commentary ever, best industry business analysis ever
While I don't agree with you on all of your reviews, I really do appreciate your stance on bad movies. I feel like you really know your stuff and make an educated opinion on the movies you watch. Keep it up!
...still a better love story than twilight!
+Lord Sandwich combine sharknado with the twilight saga? absolute brilliance...sharks that sparkle and wimpy vampires that get eaten
Scott Mantooth
I think you're on to a winner there! :D
only a matter of time before someone does the mash up of this concept or an animation
A Dorito falling on the floor next to a pretzel is a better love story than twilight.
Fun review as always Cecil a few people at my job told good things about this silly little flick I'll give it a shot. BTW I'm sure if you know that ''The New Arsenio Hall Show'' did a tiny skit of ''Sharknado''with Tara Raid making a cameo did you see it? The only from Asylum I really enjoyed was ''I Am Omega'' only because I really enjoyed Mark Dacascos performance in it did you ever catch that one?
The "Ian Zering chainsaw through a shark scene" was featured on an episode of The Soup LOL!!!😂🦈
my big problem with the
SHARKNADO franchise is that
there aren't that many
SHARKS on EARTH
It's called a movie doesn't have to be set in reality!
i thought a mention of rifftrax would've been appropiate. the guys doing mystery science theater 3000 had a lot of fun with this one. even made a live version. Freaking Hilarious!!!
I love Rifftrax but this video was made a year before they did the Sharknado live show.
RUclips: Broadcast Yourself!
Millions of people: Ok!
Me: its all garbage...
RUclips Recommendations: Try GoodBadFlicks
Me: Happy Happy Joy Joy
It was probably the most believable thing in the move lol
Oh yeah bad movies exist, I just like to focus on movies I enjoy. Some examples of movies I hate are Juno, The Hangover, Transformers 2, Battlefield Earth, Epic Movie, The Hillz, and the Total Recall remake. Its hard to give it a rating since it is something like Birdemic where it is just funny/bad. I wouldn't recommend it like I would, say, the original Oldboy which is brilliant. Essentially, it comes down more to if you like this sort of film (intentionally bad) then you will like it.
this:
I love bad movies. I hate The Asylum and movies like Sharknado. Why?
Because I'm not stupid. What makes a bad movie a good bad movie is that
while watching it, you realize that someone tried to make a genuinely
good movie or thought he had a good idea, and seeing it fail miserably
at that on the screen. It's simply fun to see people fail miserably
while trying their best. Because of that, bad movies that are actually
good bad movies always have unintentionally hilarous scenes. What the
Asylum does is making intentionally bad movies. They are tailored to be
bad, and there' nothing genuine about them. They are as sleazy as a
perfectly marketed big-budget movie with no substance. I'm not here to
say what you should or shouldn't like - each to his own. So, enjoy these
movies - if you're stupid.
Great channel, though - I like it! Keep up the good work.
RUclips Garbage If you really feel this way, avoid all Troma movies as well.
Shelock Holmes battled a T-Rex and and a dragon!?!
Is the Orange Cat angry because someone said he has 3 brain cells? LOL
The crash-course on The Asylum was excellent. I have often wished their silly movies had better special effects. Now I understand why they don't. There's no profit in it. Fair enough!
Blowing up tornado's was already featured in Yoko Tsuno (a Belgian-French comic that features aliens and fringe science). They blow up a tornado with both some sort of thermobaric bomb and a nuke.
Some friends have me as that 'cult' friend that watch only really good movies, and get angry when they find out that I LOVE sharknado.
I loved the last one with dolph lundgren in the end driving a car like back to the Future xD!!!!! That movie saga always makes me chuckle
Wow, you do an amazing review and even explain how Asylum makes movies bravo
darkashtar thanks! I wanted to explain so people understood there is a huge money making machine behind these "bad" Asylum movies. They know exactly what they are doing
Love this review! Have you worked with Asylum before?
Brendan Petrizzo not personally but I know some folks who have worked with them in the past
2012 zombie apocalypse is actually quite good. If they had more money for the effects it would have been a much better known zombie film. 2 headed shark attack was a lot of fun. A silly story and a decent amount of gratuitous nudity. Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus and Mega Python vs. Gatoroid were lots of fun. Their version of Sherlock Holmes is a blast.
I totally must watch that Asylum Sherlock Holmes. It really looks promising.
Sharknado may not be artistic, but it's most likely the best movie night flick ever. It's much more fun than any comedy.
Or make it a "A shark ate someone" drinking game. But do that on your own risk.
schattentaenzerin their Sherlock is a lot of fun. Its probably one of their best
its fun and a good movie to just kick back with some friends and laugh
Yes it is!
Entertaining and informative as always Cecil. You see the beauty in everything.
Yor commentary is very interesting on this one. Especially where you talk about how there are now "knock off" movies for every "big" budget blockbuster movie. And how producers use the alphabet to name titles based on how people search for movies...
Arachnoquake... hahahaha. Mega Python vs Gatoroid, this stuff is gold.
The daughter in this movie didn't come back for the sequels so she could be Jem. That's got to be rough. :p
Are you going to do a follow up on the big success of this franchise since they are doing a 4th installment sharknado.
I heard I am Omega was one of their better ones. I'll catch it soon. Didn't see the Tara cameo but I'm kind of happy to see Arsenio back on the air!
"The outro song is just about perfect"
*BABY SHARK DO DO DO DO DO DO*
I think it was Tara Reid going around shortly before the film came out saying she was going to have to be more choosy in her scripts. (basically bad mouthing the movie) After the film was a big hit they told her to hit the bricks. I'm sure everyone else will be happy to collect that nice paycheck.
Yeah I never understood why critics that new they already hated a film would watch it 2 review it that's pointless to rate a film you know you're going to give a badd raiting to it even if you like it!
For some reason I remember there being a buzz for this movie just because of how bad it was, and people were kinda hyped to see just how ridiculous it was. I even remember there being a countdown timer when it aired on the SyFy channel.
The worst thing about this film is that tara reid survives.
@2:44: "I tnink she hangs up pictures of herself so she knows she's in the right house". Im in the process of copyrighting this right now. Was that about Tara Reid, or an indictment of blondes in general?
when I was a kid from 2009-2012 I was obsessed with the asylum's schlock, I'd watch it all and I loved it, now I'm kind of embarrassed as to why I enjoyed it so much😅
That hippie bus driver that got killed by the Hollywood sign is played by Robbie Rist, who is best remembered for playing cousin Oliver in the final six episodes of The Brady Bunch. Robbie Rist also wrote every song that appeared in the movie.
My son loves sharks… I was tired of spongebob.. we watched sharknado… I loved it. Very fun. Just what I’ve been looking for. I love that John Heard RIP my mom met him when she was younger. She said it was the nicest guy. She was with a bunch of friends and he told them. He gave them some fatherly advice..
You knew that was cousin Oliver
Great review again. I saw your review of The Stuff on your site. I would suggest looking into the movie Bone (starring Yaphet Kotto), probably one of the best Larry Cohen films next to The Stuff.
Great review on Sharknado never saw it. I came in on Sharknado 2 and just watched no# 3 these movies are so fun me and my co-workers got together ordered so much pizza & Chinese food and chips and dip lots of beer & mix drinks. Laughed and twitted through out the movie.
While I like some of the Asylum movies, Troma is on a whole other level. I like some Asylum flicks but I love Troma.
Thanks! I just saw Battledogs pop on Netflix instant, I'll have to put it on the queue
I wondered what they thought when they read the script in the first place and said yes. "Flying sharks, blowing up tornadoes and swimming pools. I'm in!"
You know the funniest thing is, This isn't the first time the Actor who played Fin dealt with Weird oddities of Nature, Since he used to be the Adoptive Father of a Radioactive Mutant Fire-Breathing Iguana in the Godzilla the Series from the 90s
3:10 everyone is a graduate of The Prometheus School of Running Away From Things.
The backstory of Asylum makes me root for them. Go, underdogs!
I have seen ALL of the Sharknado Films and think they are all alot of fun, break out the Beer and Pretzels, sit back and enjoy the ride!!! We also came up with a good drinking game ....every time a shark eats someone ---- Take a drink.