Lessons from MST3K: Which Movies Are Great with Wisecracking Friends But Otherwise Not Worth Watching?

Posted By Action Flick Chick on May 21, 2010

Michael Stephenson in the masterpiece known as Troll 2.
Michael Stephenson in the masterpiece known as Troll 2.

On twitter and Facebook, the Chick posed this question: 

“So which movies are GREAT with wisecracking friends but otherwise not worth watching?”  

 Brittney-Jade Colangelo: Monster Man.
Rich Wolf Rich Wolf: Army of Darkness
Kevin Mack Kevin Mack: Jay and Silent Bob strike back.
Papa Llama Papa Llama: Troll 2 wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun without a group. Death Bed: The Bed That Eats was hilarious with a group but would have been nearly unwatchable otherwise.
Brandon Wolgast Brandon Wolgast: Communion. “Cloud? What cloud?!”
Wendy Harrington Wendy Harrington: Crank!
Jimmy Misanthrope Jimmy Misanthrope: Troll 1, Troll 2. The Wasp Woman. Actually, this list could go on forever. I gots a million of ‘em! Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…
Jonathan Miller Jonathan Miller: Superbad
 Gary Wallis: Sam Raimi films?
Dawn Mead Dawn Mead: The Room.
Erin Lashley Erin Lashley: Jean Claude Van Damme movies.
B.j. Boothe Philip Guest: Lifeforce
Tammy Stinnett Tammy Stinnett: roadhouse lmao
 Brian Solomon: Gandhi
Alex Langley: Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (People)
Ashley Hendrix Ashley Hendrix: Manos: The Hands of Fate
Mike Stark notmikestark: Rocky Horror is my fav for yelling at the screen!
Keith R. Harden keithprime: Jeepers Creepers.
Paul R Paulie_R: Starship Troopers.
Daniel Port danportDemolition Man
This Guy Over Here
thisguyoverhere: Vertical Limit
Adam Smithee kallisti_x: Two words – “Battlefield Earth”.
Cho (초 룽) stankerbell: cool as ice
Andrea ArkhamAsylumDoc: Man-Thing (2005), which we just finished watching. A lot of “Whuuu?? What IS that?!!!” followed by cracking up.
Rick Rodriguez workingclassdogANYTHING with the name ‘Uwe Boll’ in it…LOL
Rick Rodriguez
workingclassdog: also a really bad movie that my friends and I rented called ‘R.O.T.O.R’….wow…that was…rough
Elisabeth Fies kidsis: The Room.
 wyldride: The Star Wars prequels & Return of the Jedi. Also Star Treks 5, Insurrection and Nemesis.(JJ’s Star Trek ripoff not even 4 fun)
Charissa Duff CharPrincessa; I thought Tank Girl was best watched drunk Mystery Science Theater 3000 style.
Batty Shadowbat: Every movie is better the 2nd time with drunk friends
Christopher Renner chris_renner: And further down you have Avatar. Only worth watching with DRUNK wisecracking friends.
Christopher Renner chris_renner: I would have been really pissed if I wasn’t distracted by live tweeting it. LOL
johnemersons johnemersons: mst3k: Mike or bill mentioned birdemic in their avatar riff. I’m so hoping they tackle this sure to be masterpiece.
Christian Lindke ChristianLindke: I have watched all of those without the need of wisecracking friends…Knights of Bloodsteel though definitely needs WCFs

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Action Flick Chick
Action Flick Chick Katrina Hill learned to appreciate all things action at a young age by sneaking into the room while her two older brothers watched action movies and horror. At ActionFlickChick.com, she shares her love of these films with everyone, along with interviews, views, news, and whatever else she happens to choose. You can find some of her interviews and skits on YouTube. Over 100,000 follow her as @ActionChick on twitter, and G4TV crowned her their first Next Woman of the Web champion. Her articles have appeared at MTV.com, io9.com, Geek Girls Network, Newsarama, and others. She and her avatar star in "The Action Chick" webcomic. Upcoming: appearing somewhere in the horror-comedy motion picture "Bad Kids Go to Hell," star of webseries "Geeks and Gamers Anonymous," and the much awaited launch of GeekNation.com. Base of operations: Dallas, Texas. Favorite Movie: Tremors (1990).

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  5. Some suggestions of my own:

    * Judge Dredd
    * Iron Man 2
    * The Warriors
    * the entire Lord Of The Rings trilogy
    * Second on the SW prequels
    * Con Air

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