Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!
This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three high-profile critical and commercial disasters (at the time of their respective releases) by notable filmmakers that have gone on to garner critical re-appraisal in the last decade or more. We start with 1995's "Showgirls," Paul Verhoeven's great American showbiz satire that garnered notoriety upon its release for being the first wide release NC-17 film. It was not perceived as the masterpiece it is at the time, but in the years since, viewers have quickly caught on. Then, we move into 2006's "Southland Tales," Richard Kelly's anticipated-at-the-time follow-up to "Donnie Darko." The film is packed with ideas and is rightfully angry at the sociopolitical climate circa 2006 (and has become somewhat prophetic), but none of them cohere in a satisfying way (at least to us, but it's got its fans). Finally, we move into David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of "Dune," a film that Lynch has disowned entirely but has a ton of merit, most specifically the rockin' Toto score, the Carlo Rambaldi effects, beautiful big sets and locales, and some of that Lynchian trademark absurdism that wasn't sanded off entirely.
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