How is it even possible to make a film this bad?

[lesbiassparrow]

Last night a friend came over for a bad movie night. We started with GI Joe,* followed with Showgirls and ended with Clash of the Titans. Complete with alternate ending courtesy of my new Blu-ray player. There were many themed drinks and I woke with something of a hangover, but that's not the point of this post.

OMFG, SHOWGIRLS. I had seen it once and clearly my brain just couldn't believe something could be that terrible because it had (perhaps mercifully) blurred the memory of its sheer awfulness. Even with most terrible films there is something where you can see that what they might have aiming at was decent or there's at least ONE scene where you don't roar with laughter at the stupidity of it all. But EVERY FUCKING SCENE IN SHOWGIRLS IS TERRIBLE. How is that even possible? How can there not be one moment that you think, well, this isn't painful to watch.



*Mini-ninjas are still awesome. Spark of genius.

Comments

[chelseagirl47.livejournal.com]

I have never seen Showgirls but what it always brings to mind is the ads for one of the Scream movies:

"What's your favorite scary movie?" asks the psychotic killer, via cell phone
"Showgirls. Absolutely terrifying," comes the victim-to-be's response.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Showgirls is even less than you think a movie can be. Which is remarkable in its own way.

(You should watch it. It sets the standard for all bad movies. And it sets that standard very low.)