This post was inspired by a blog set up by my friend Alex. His posts will all be "Top 5" list style. So in an attempt to help promote his blog, and because it's a brilliant idea, I'd thought I should it steal for one post, here is this shameless confession of guilty film pleasures.
Alex's blog: http://weebldude.blogspot.co.uk/
We all have those films that we love, but can openly admit that they are pretty shoddy. So, here are mine, laid bare for all you lovely people to see. Feel free to point and laugh.
1) Mean Girls
This is one of those fabulously cheesy American teen comedy films, so please take this film with a pinch (or maybe a ladle) of salt. Mean Girls follows Cady Harring (Lindsey Lohan - post child actor drug and booze rampage) as she enters the scary dog eat dog world of American high school. This over exaggerated representation of high school life is the nucleus for everything that is brilliant about Mean Girls - the bitchiness, the groups and the scare tactic sex education classes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q1y1JYvMlc
2) Exit Through The Gift Shop
A "documentary" from street artist Banksy. Basically this film is trying to pretend to pretend to not be factual.Confusing. In essence it is one big rip-take on how graffiti as an art form, with odd fictional (?) subplots of the "filmmaker" turned graffiti artist Mr Brainwash. Let's all be honest with ourselves, I don't think the whole concept works, as it's trying a bit too hard to be some crazy commentary on consumerism, but a comedy also. Despite this, I actually like it. I have no idea why!
Lovely but uninteresting fact: The DVD comes free with these amazing Elton John-esque polarising glasses!
3) Bridget Jones' Diaries
Oh come on, I'm female. I'm not even sure if I could include this as a crappy film, it's so bloody brilliant! I'm sure this is one of the most relatable films to anyone with two X chromosomes.
4) Eight Legged Freaks
Giant spiders roam, hilarity ensues! This is a prime example of a mock horror film and it's cringe-worthily bad. Please skip this one if you are the type to faint at the sight of a spider, although this film may momentarily stop your phobia and lull you with its crappy charm. Remember it's all dated CGI!
5) The Human Centipede
Wait, who am I kidding, this film was shoddy and not even half as gruesome as expected.... Sigh.
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