The Unintenional Surrealism of Bad Movies (Part 2)

Earlier we discussed the connection between "bad films" and surrealism.

We need to make a clarification and a correction.

First the correction: Sam Mraovich's Ben & Arthur is no longer the second worst film of all time (according to the IMDB). It is now the fourth worst. The new number two is called Fat Slags - which leads us to our clarification...

Not all bad films are surreal. Case in point, Fat Slags. The film is based on a comic strip from British humor magazine Viz, which we can assume is like a British version of Mad or maybe a less funny version of the awesome British magazine Acne (which we wrote about here). The film stars Jerry O'Connell, Sexy Spicy Geri Halliwell, Naomi Campbell, and most-importantly actor-turned-auteur Dolph Lundgren. Check out the scene below:



Not surreal.

But the ball breaks when the not-even-all-that-fat-woman sits on it, then there's a mild earthquake. Not surreal, it's exagerration at best.

But the scale talks. Not surreal, you can buy those at Target.

But you should list three things about this clip... it's just good writing. I agree, I am a bad writer.

Anyway, this film works on the premise that fat people are funny- and while it's true sometimes; W.C. Fields, Chris Farley, Jon Belushi- it's really overly generous, and frankly unfair to us, the skinny, to simply assume that all overweight people are funny. Think about it Steve Martin, Kate Moss, the mummified remain of King Tutankhamun- all skinny and hilarious.

In summary:
1. Sam Mraovich made the fourth worst film of all time.
2. Sometimes bad movies are just plain bad.
3. Don't hog the comedy spotlight, fatty, us skinny/attractive people could use a break every once in a while...

Dan