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Escape from Atlantis (1997)
Too much fun to pass up
Escape from Atlantis is the best of the bad. I myself have seen it a few times just because I love it so much. Is the storyline predictable? Yes! Is the acting shabby? Absolutely! Are the characters clichéd? You betcha! Is it more fun to watch than most other crappy sci-fi/fantasy movies? Oh yeah! This is not the kind of movie you watch if you want to be dazzled by special effects or blinded by brilliance, but it is the kind of movie you watch if you just want to have some fun laughing at an incredibly shoddy piece of work. When one watches this movie, one has to wonder if the writer of the screenplay and the director deliberately made it so bad. If you don't appreciate this movie for its crap value, you don't get the joke.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Frankenstein...as disturbing as it is well-acted
As I stated above, this movie was disturbing. I had never seen it before, but my mother picked out of the 5.99 bin at best buy because she loved it so much. I watched it and now I am as hooked as she is. While there were a few obligatory corny bits ("I will have my revenge...Frankenstein!") it was still spectacular. Robert De Niro conveyed the part of a tortured soul so well. When you watch the movie, you know that this man was once a well-respected scientist who was one of the most intelligent at the university, and he has been reduced to a wandering madman with no memories who is not even shown basic common courtesies. When he is so utterly consumed by his quest for revenge, he kills Elizabeth, then tries to take her as his own and she still ends up dead, a single act resulting in the death of both Frankenstein and his creation. The movie was dark, gory, and beautiful all at the same time. I have new respect for both Kenneth Brannagh and Robert De Niro.