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Having only just watched the Wicker Man remake yesterday, I agree that it is cack, but it does have one or two moments that are at least hilarious in their awfulness. One is the sight of Nicholas Cage running around in a bear suit punching women, and then there's:

"KILLING ME WON'T BRING BACK YOUR GODDAMN HONEY!!!"

Classic.

"I have at deperate times"

That should have said "seperate", but given the subject matter, I suppose I could just as easily have been leaning towards "desperate".

Despite my fierce and deep hatred of Adam Sandler, I have at deperate times been convinced to sit and watch The Waterboy and Big Daddy. It did not change my views of the man, or his "comedic" ability.

The Lady In The Water. I quite like Shyamalan's films, even the ones that get a lot of flack like the Village, and Unbreakable, but I didn't expect too much out of this when I went to it and it still managed to be one of the most pants-filled and ego-fuelled films I have ever seen. The director cameos as a writer who will save the world, and it has lines like "walk backwards towards the hidden scrunt." Says it all really.

Others would be Virtuosity, Scary Movie 2 (I gave up on anything with "movie" in the title after that), Beowulf, Ghost Rider, and more....

I'm not really including the "so bad it's good" here, because at least you can still get a laugh out of them.

Well I guess he got squeezed out in favour of the Mystic Teleporting Monk.

This truly is a work of genius: The only martial arts film to come out of Ireland (to my knowledge), apparently made by tinkers, about tinkers, for tinkers, and possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen, and the most shameful. (It's got a mad monk for Christ's sake!) The whole thing's on Youtube, so watch it for the "kickass" motorbike scene, the film debut of Mikey from Boyzone, and the fella you looks like all our grandads rolled into one who's supposed to be the Godfather of County Trim.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHSCNMH4wE" target="_blank">Enjoy the slide!

Ahhhh, that's it. Like I say, I only ever saw the first episode, but I want more.

"Help yourself to toast."

"The Prisoner: I desperatly would like to see this buts its never shown on terrestial channels or any other bloody channel come to think of it."

I watched the first episode of this, and I keep meaning to get more. It's so gloriously weird, the "homages" in the Simpsons can't even do it justice. The anti-escape orb (which has a name in the show, but I can't remember it) is just classic.

It also occured to me recently (while watching Be Kind Rewind actually) that to my eternal shame, although I've seen bits and pieces on TV over the years, I have never actually completely seen Ghostbusters.

I have never seen any of the Dirty Harrys. I am sorry.

Haven't seen Zulu, Lawrence of Arabia, the original Manchurian Candidate, Casablanca, the Maltese Falcon. I know there are more, and I'm feeling kinda crappy writing this list now....

I'd probably also have to go with Shawshank and Back to the Future. I just never get bored of those films.

V for Vendetta, after they make a deal for Evey to help V, and Evey asks who said that Latin phrase with all the Vs in it, and V responds:

"Nobody you'd have heard of. A German gentleman named Dr. John Faust. (Close up on V's mask) He made a deal too."

Because that's when you start to wonder about this masked man....

Another one is in Preacher, I'm only halfway through the second TPB, but I'm loving it and it's full of great lines, although not necessarily with that same kinda weight. One is when the Saint of Killers walks up to the cops.

"Looks like you're carrying some guns there mister."
"Yeah....but you don't look like the man who'll take 'em from me."

And Sheriff Root's deformed son's pledge to avenge his father:

"I will become ARSE-FACE!"

Tragic and hilarious all at once.

I've just seen The Spiderwick Chronicles, and there's a very brief scene where Nick Nolte appears as an old man with long white hair, hunched over in a black coat, walking with a stick, and with bony protrusions from his back, cutting through the coat. And I thought to myself, "hmmmmmmm..."

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Also, Taye Diggs for Judge Giant (the younger)