The current cult of bad movies has gone just too far. Some (not many) bad movies may be actually enjoyable, because of bizarre acting, gross mistakes, and the like. But most bad movies are just that, plain bad, and only deserve to be forgotten. Despite what some viewers say, Skidoo is simply too bad to be viewable.
Let's see. It's 1968, counterculture flourishes everywhere and old Hollywood does not know how to react. Doris Day - Jerry Lewis style comedies just don't cut it anymore. So how about putting together a bunch of old stars and make them tell an absurd tale of acid tripping? Huh?
If it sounds like a lousy idea today, it is just because it was lousy back then. But somehow Otto Preminger and some geniuses at Paramount thought it might work and went for it. The movie is plain painful to watch. Slow, stupid and forced. Equally painful for the lover of old stars watching Groucho and Gleason embarrassing themselves or for the younger viewer who must have thought "Hollywood will never learn".
Don't rent it, don't buy it, forget all about the "bad movie" fad. Pick a good one for a change.
Let's see. It's 1968, counterculture flourishes everywhere and old Hollywood does not know how to react. Doris Day - Jerry Lewis style comedies just don't cut it anymore. So how about putting together a bunch of old stars and make them tell an absurd tale of acid tripping? Huh?
If it sounds like a lousy idea today, it is just because it was lousy back then. But somehow Otto Preminger and some geniuses at Paramount thought it might work and went for it. The movie is plain painful to watch. Slow, stupid and forced. Equally painful for the lover of old stars watching Groucho and Gleason embarrassing themselves or for the younger viewer who must have thought "Hollywood will never learn".
Don't rent it, don't buy it, forget all about the "bad movie" fad. Pick a good one for a change.