> I love it when people say things like this. On IABBBBM, we get as many submissions for movies like "The Lost World," "The Blair Witch Project," "The Mummy," "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," and "Mimic" as we do for genuinely bad movies. People seem unable to distinguish between movies that, for whatever bizarre reason, weren't precisely to their taste (like "The Blair Witch Project"), and movies that are genuinely horrible. Or, more commonly, movies that failed to live up to their heightened expectations (like "The Lost World"), and movies that are genuinely horrible. Or, worse, movies they spot some superficial formula in and blame for following it on *purpose* (like "The Mummy" and "Anaconda" and "Mimic"). But can any of these really be considered on the same level as "Plan 9 From Outer Space," "Deathstalker," "Sinbad of the Seven Seas," "Wizards of the Lost Kingdom," "Manos: Hands of Fate," or "Eyes of the Serpent"?

Well, by that logic if The Mummy or Anaconda shouldn't be there then something like Evil Dead 2 doesn't exactly belong there either. It's badness was largely intentional (actually, I'd think that Army of Darkness is a better comparison to The Mummy). But I think it's hard to draw the lines easily. I mean, you guys have a reader review for The 5th Element up there, and that's one of my personal favorite movies. I can see why people don't like it (it's certainly a weird movie and if you can't like the style you won't like it at all) but it's hardly in the realm of Manos.

Again though, where exactly do you say what qualifies for IABBBM? Something like Wing Commander is there (and I submitted it) but I wouldn't say it's anywhere near as bad as HORRIBLE movies but it would still get a dreadfully low rating on a normal scale and is fun to mock...

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> I got on a bit of a tangent there. A dissenting opinion about "Bowfinger":

Here's one too: I loved it. Bowfinger was hilarious and was a nice break from most comedies this summer in that bodily fluids weren't a big topic. Pretty much anytime Eddie Murphy opened his mouth I was laughing. It was a good mix of satire and silliness. If only Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin had been making movies of this quality during the past ten years...

Stephen