Super Mario Bros. (1993) – Video games spent in the reel
Difficult to make more confusing than this free – very free – adaptation – of the famous mustachioed plumber. We discover a dystopian underground world, strange goombas with a tiny head, a koopa styled like a crooked banker and a general atmosphere that recalls more Blade Runner than the mushroom kingdom. Despite everything, it is impossible not to look to the end, as each scene seems to be out of a slightly vague dream (or a bad trip). A great moment of cinema … in another reality.
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Batman & Robin (1997)-The top of superheroic kitsch
Impossible to evoke cult nanars without citing this fluorescent monument to the glory of bad choices. Speeding costumes with exposed nipples, frosts frozen by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Mister Freeze, Bat-Credit … Each scene seems to have been designed to test the limits of tolerance. It’s overplayed, overloaded, on everything. But it is also a precious testimony of an era when the word “sobriety” had obviously not been invented in Hollywood.
Dragonball Evolution (2009) – The adaptation that no one had requested
If it was necessary to designate a perfect example of the failed adaptation, it would be a favorite. Forget the world of Toriyama, transforming Goku into an American high school student, zap more than anything that makes Dragon Ball salt … The film checks all the boxes of disappointment. And yet it exists. And that’s what makes experience so strange. A bit as if an AI had tried to summarize a cult manga without ever having read it.
The Room (2003) – The absolute mystery of misunderstood cinema
More than a film, The Room has become a legend. Directed, written and interpreted by Tommy Wiseau, this romantic wobbly drama fascinates as much as it confuses. Improbable dialogues, situations without logic, scenes that seem to come from another world: everything is against the tide. And this is precisely what makes it unique. Despite – or thanks to – its flaws, The Room has become a rite of passage for lovers of strange cinema. A UFO to live at least once … with spoons to launch on the screen.
Howard the Duck (1986) – The weird ancestor of the Marvel universe
Before the Avengers and billions at the box office, there was Howard, a humanoid duck powered on earth by cosmic accident. He plays the guitar, smokes cigars, and flirts with Lea Thompson in a sometimes doubtful, often confusing atmosphere. Produced by George Lucas, this film is an improbable mixture of science fiction, comedy, and embarrassment. A real specimen of curiosity, to look at as we would go to visit a museum of the strange.
These films are not good. They have never been. But they give off a strange charm, a kind of clumsy sincerity that makes them unforgettable. In their own way, they also tell another story of cinema: that of failed bets, crazy ideas, and experiences that we look at with several, laughing a little, sometimes to tears.
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