A very special kind of movie

6 comments November 3rd, 2008

I was reading Some Came Running, writer Glenn Kenny’s excellent movie blog, and while describing a discussion with his wife of the original PLANET OF THE APES, Kenny made a description of a sort of movie I’m definitely familiar with, but had never thought about specifically until now:

“For a lot of people, APES belongs in that very special, peculiar category of film appreciation: a movie you always loves despite knowing it’s not much good.” 

I have a lot of movies on my personal “Loved But Not Good” list, and the original APES is one of them. (So, strangely enough, are the other Charlton Heston end-of-the-world movies THE OMEGA MAN and (especially) SOYLENT GREEN. In fact, the early ’70s account for a lot of those movies, probably because I was a kid then, and came to love certain films before I realized they were lacking in the actual quality department.

How about you folks? Any less-than-good movies you love?