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Gold Raiders (1982)
An unbelievable film
This movie has got to be one of the worst films ever made. It's extremely poorly acted, the script just couldn't be worse - all scenes are ridiculously stupid - let alone all the dialogues, the special effects are as if they were executed by small children and so on. In fact I could go on pointing out its flaws for ages.
But this film also is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. It is one of the best - if not THE best - "so bad it's good" films I have ever laid my eyes on. I regularly watch it with my friends and we never tire of talking about it. No matter how often you watch it you can always find a new example of extremely bad film-making.
Those who hate poor movies should stay far away from this one, but those who can laugh at all the catastrophe should definitely check it out. They won't be disappointed.
I can't give this film more than 2/10 although it is as funny as I have described. I would have given it 1/10 but the fun factor raised the grade. In my opinion it would not be fair to give it any higher a grade - no matter how funny it is - it is just so bad.
Hayley Wagner, Star (1999)
Not a bad idea, but poorly executed
This review doesn't exactly contain a spoiler but it does contain a description of one rather insignificant scene.
This is one of those movies I watched without knowing anything about it and therefore not having any expectations whatsoever. And I did not like it at all. In short the story revolves around this former child star, Hayley Wagner, who announces her retirement at the age of 15 as the puberty has deprived her of more offers. She comes home, starts attending to her local high-school and tries to adjust to her new life.
This is not at all a bad idea for a movie but unfortunately it's just not very well executed. There are two main reasons. First, the script is not good. It's trying hard to be funny but fails repeatedly and in many scenes it's just plain stupid. Example: The zombie extras are tired of waiting for the star to come out of her trailer and shoot the scene so they start chasing her around, acting like zombies. What was that? Why was the star so afraid of this people? A bad and stupid idea. Second, the acting in the movie is generally bad. This could be the director's fault, though. It seems as if his standards weren't high enough.
These reasons contributed to the film being difficult to watch as I thought it was boring. But it has its upsides. Although I didn't particularly like Richards' performance in the movie I must give her that she is a hugely charismatic actress and she's great to look at. But I think comedy isn't her style as the scenes that were supposed to be funny -- weren't. I would like to see her later in a more dramatic role, she might do well there. Also, the movie carries a beautiful message on the importance of being generally nice and to follow your heart.
But it simply wasn't enough and all in all this is a poor movie.