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Post by EFG on Jul 15, 2005 11:49:21 GMT -5
::typing one-handed:: mr g and i watched gremlins 2 the other night. it's fun to watch movies at our house. everything gets mocked.
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Post by tigerjeb on Jul 21, 2005 16:42:11 GMT -5
rock and roll high school forbidden planet (is this too popular to be "cult"?) the golden voyage of sinbad "Believe in Allah, but tie up your camel"
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Post by Laslo Hollyfeld on Jul 26, 2005 13:56:48 GMT -5
The grandaddy (or should that be grandmommy?) of all "cult" films is The Rocky Horror Picture Show, although I'll be the first to admit that this film is lost on me--outside of "Time Warp" being a really cool song.
Other films I would put in the "cult" category:
Napoleon Dynamite: either you love it or hate it, there seems to be little ground in between. This film is especially popular in my neck of the woods (the Utah/Idaho area--the "Jello Belt")
2001: A Space Odyssey: certainly a classic Sci-Fi film, but oh, so much more to those who love it. The sheer length of discussion threads for this film over at IMDB.com demonstrate that there are people who consider this film canonical. Again, I don't really get it.
The Sound of Music: I think any film that spawns a dedicated fan base that will dress in costume while attending and sing along qualifies. I've heard of outdoor screenings/sing alongs of this film. The same goes for...
...The Wizard of Oz. This film has possibly the strangest fan base when you consider that you have the Judy Garland worshippers right there with the Pink Floyd fans who get baked and watch the film with "Dark Side of the Moon."
That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
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Post by Rhiannon on Jul 26, 2005 14:45:33 GMT -5
Nobody's said it? OK.
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
odds are, if you don't already know the whole script by heart, you'll never understand.
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Post by MsCali on Jul 26, 2005 15:45:22 GMT -5
They do this at the Hollywood Bowl every year. This year's was just a couple weeks ago, and I'm very disappointed that I didn't get to go. I can sing the yodeling song with the best of them! I don't look at it as a cult thing though - but probably only because it's not your traditional cult-like movie. This is my all time favorite movie, but I never really thought of it as a cult classic. You have a point there though. There's also Monte Python & the Holy Grail (or whatever the actual title of that is). When I was in college, we went to a midnight screening of that at the cheap theater, and were amazed at the cult-following it brought. People dressed up as the characters, and the guy next to us drove us insane because he brought coconuts and kept hitting them together during all the wrong parts! That actually ruined the movie for me for a few years.
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Post by Rhiannon on Jul 26, 2005 16:06:20 GMT -5
Yeah, Search for the Holy Grail - that's a movie that I learned most of the lines to before I ever actually saw it, which definitely puts it in cult status.
Then again, it is a fabulous movie.
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Post by tigerjeb on Jul 26, 2005 17:12:25 GMT -5
the 2 dvd set of "the holy grail" has a great segment where palin and the director visit the locations. other than the castle arggh, they used one castle for everything. they showed how they would use just a few rooms shot differently for everything. really much more interesting to watch than that read actually.
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Post by Laslo Hollyfeld on Jul 26, 2005 17:56:39 GMT -5
My favorite special feature is the "Camelot" musical number using LEGO figures... or else watching it with Shakespearean subtitles.
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Post by tangentgirl on Aug 8, 2006 19:39:35 GMT -5
Cult classics ---- (1980) Flash Gordon, Big Trouble in Little China, Rocky Horror, Blade Runner, This is Spinal Tap, Blues Brothers, Army of Darkness, The Blob, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Killer Clowns from Outerspace, Eraserhead, Brazil .... actually most things by (or featuring) David Lynch, Ed Wood, Sam Rami, Bruce Cambell, Christopher Guest, John Waters, Divine, etc...
Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Refer Madness, Clueless, pretty much anything John Hughes....
There are movies that are cult classics because they are so horrible they are good... (ex. Troll 2 --- I have never seen this movie personally, but Mr. Betts has attested to this on numerous occassions.) We will call this the Camp factor. Speaking of... add Troll to the list. (I'd consider it a cult classic).
There are movies that might have been low budget or independent and somehow found an underground or in some cases mainstream following.
There are movies that entire generations grew up on and hence they may achieve cult status.
We could go on forever.... but there's just a few more added to the list.
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Post by AustralianAnn on Aug 12, 2006 6:43:49 GMT -5
Hmmm, I need to by some of the DVDs of the above movies.
The Warriors Heathers (did I mention that already today?) Mad Max
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Post by tangentgirl on Aug 13, 2006 1:59:49 GMT -5
I found Warriors at Walmart for cheap and bought it.... I got ID'd for it. I couldn't believe it. I had to laugh. It was like the time I was ID'd to see American Pie. The kid seemed soooo embarrassed when he looked at my license.
Oh... this reminds me (my logic is convoluted and not linear in anyway... so don't bother trying to figure out how that reminded me of this).... SCARFACE has a cult following among certain circles.
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Post by The Movie Mark on Aug 14, 2006 9:15:46 GMT -5
I've gotta put The Usual Suspects and Memento on the list. These are two great movies that didn't set any box office records but due to their unique stories and style they found dedicated fanbases.
I finally watched all the Usual Suspects special features this weekend, and I have to say that the featurettes really complement the movie well. Stephen Baldwin's commentary is hilarious. Well, all the guys are pretty funny, actually.
If you've never seen this movie then you really need to rectify that soon.
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Post by tangentgirl on Aug 15, 2006 6:22:19 GMT -5
I'll second that!!! The Usual Suspects is a MUST see for sure!!!
I still remember when I went to see it in the theatre with my friend (whom I had a scorching crush on at the time), Jim. I left the movie completely exhilerated and stoked and he didn't like it. At that point, my crush took a turn... I never quite looked at him the same after that.
Seriously... I wondered what he had been smoking!!! *(I thought we had been smoking the same thing, but obviously not. )* --- insert winking smile here.
YOU will be happy to know that Jim later watched the movie again w/ a clear head and informed me that he couldn't believe that he hadn't liked it the first time around and that it was (as I had maintained all along)... "effing amazing!"
Still remains one of my favorite movies to this day!
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Post by rcbdyndns on Feb 2, 2007 9:31:59 GMT -5
I suppose that everyone has their own definition of what a 'cult movie' is; my definition probably varies from yours.
As soon as I read the thread topic, I immediately thought of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. It's my favorite movie, and I must say I'm in that cult - watched at least twice a year.
A couple of other mentions: Donnie Darko: I watch this one over and over because I just can't seem to figure out the sequence. Blade Runner: Wish there were more like this one.
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Post by EFG on May 15, 2007 22:56:47 GMT -5
Nobody's said it? OK. THE PRINCESS BRIDE odds are, if you don't already know the whole script by heart, you'll never understand. As you wish. *mass cute blinkage and grinning ensues*
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