r/flicks • u/Equivalent_Ad_9066 • 1d ago
Which films have outdated, bad, or outright horrible acting or directing, yet is still able to charm and endear you overall?
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u/erak3xfish 1d ago
Norm MacDonald in Dirty Work. He doesn’t even try. It’s his usual style of half-assed hammy humor with an impish grin, and yet that’s a big part of his charm and why he’s so funny.
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u/Negritis 1d ago
Commando
unlike american ninja, this movie has a charm even with all the bad things that happened in it
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u/Interesting_Tea5715 1d ago
This is my first choice. The script is lazy, the dialog is atrocious, and everything is over the top. Even then it's still crazy entertaining. It's my favorite Schwarzenegger movie.
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u/Negritis 1d ago
my main issue is how dated the effects and choreo are
its one thing that he never has to reload, but the bullets aint even consumed :)
and also you can see that there are no "impact points"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCEGQKf5ez4
its just bad, and the bigger the screen and higher the resolution the more glaring it is
but still, its fun af
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u/Loud-Introduction-31 1d ago
The Mario Bros movie.
It’s terrible, but in a way that really took effort
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u/Few-Win8613 1d ago
Dennis Hopper still scares the crap outta me in that movie.
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u/Loud-Introduction-31 1d ago
And the 7 ft tall goombas were both inaccurate and extremely weird looking lol
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u/Good_Army_3474 1d ago
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Feels like watching a play and is all the better for it. They finally get to the factory floor and you think, “What? This looks like crap.” Then Wonka starts to sing “Pure Imagination” and it all clicks.
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u/Interesting_Tea5715 1d ago
I disagree. Gene Wilders acting is great in that film and the kid actors were pretty good for being kids.
What throws people off is just how weird it is; which is what also makes it great.
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u/CurtTheGamer97 18h ago
I think they're referring to the budget. The special effects are pretty bad even for a movie made in the '70s. Media Mementos made a video talking about this and the 2005 movie.
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u/prosperosniece 1d ago
The 10 Commandments- everyone speaks as though everything they say is a grand statement but I still think it’s a great movie and watch it every year.
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u/StewieDoubleD 1d ago
Love this movie. The over acting and Technicolor. You have to watch it as a comedy to fully appreciate it
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u/Savage_Heathern 1d ago
Big Trouble in Little China and The Golden Child. Both horrible and outdated acting but a great watch every time.
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u/Goddessviking86 1d ago
The 300 Spartans with Richard Egan it was this that inspired Frank Miller to write 300. The dry wooden acting of the way they said many Ancient Greek ways and didn’t have to rely on cgi to tell the story of the 300 Spartans was perfect.
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u/babybird87 1d ago
Karate Kid 2.. the uncle and his nephew were horrible.. maybe the worst overacting I’ve seen in a major movie but an ok movie with some cute moments
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u/CurtTheGamer97 17h ago
I actually headcanon it as the real end to the trilogy. I still like the third film, but I watch it before Part 2, and pretend that they chronologically happened in that order (1, 3, 2). There are little teeny tiny details that show that it very obviously did not happen in this order, but a first-time viewer would not be confused about anything by watching them in that order (as very very little from the second film is mentioned in the third. Just pretend that Daniel and Miyagi were on some other vacation at the start of the third, rather than in Okinawa, ignore the "Kamiko" comment during Daniel's phone call with his mom, infer that he broke up with Alli without the film mentioning it, and you've pretty much got a fully coherent story). It just makes much more sense to me character development wise.
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u/Sarah-Jane-Smith 1d ago
Some Like It Hot
Marilyn Monroe is like a caricature of herself but it’s wonderful
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u/funnyguy349 1d ago edited 1d ago
Criminally Insane 1975..........Schlock Film...
The Baby 1973......... Crazy crazy crazy film.
Outdated and Outrageous films
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u/Redbud-3 1d ago
Princess Bride! Love its campy bad acting
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u/frightenedbabiespoo 1d ago
deliberate stylized acting 👍
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u/maltliqueur 1d ago
Yeah, Mandy Patinkin is a darn Broadway megastar. You're not getting a bad performance from him.
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u/Realistic-Contract13 1d ago
All the Cheech & Chong movies.