Gladiators, We Salute You!

 “The only reward of a slave is scars.”

Spartacus Spartaco (1953)

“[After quickly killing another gladiator]

Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?”

Maximus  Gladiator (2000)

“When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it.”

Spartacus Spartacus (1960)

 Hail Rome, Hail the gladiators!

The Magnificent Gladiators (Gladiator films)

Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov in Spartacus (1960)

Movie Failures, That Still Deserve a Watch

These are movies, that get a PMTM grade of a Fail (4 IMDB = F-, F, F+). However I still recommend seeing these films, because you have to see these films to believe them. They are so bad, that they are good. These are films, that may have one or two, entertaining or interesting qualities in them, that propel these movies into deserving time, for a watch session by movie-buffs. Movies graded 4 IMDB deserve a watch. 

My List Order is random, so you might want to sort these alphabetically or in release year order.

My Rating System compared to IMDB:

10 IMDB = A+ (9.7 - 10.0) - Perfect 9 IMDB = A, A- (8.9 - 9.6) - Excellent 8 IMDB = B+, B, B- (7.7 - 8.8) - Very Good 7 IMDB = C+, C, C- (6.5 - 7.6) - Strong 6 IMDB = D+, D, D- (5.3 - 6.4) - Fair/Good

5 IMDB = E+, E, E- (4.1 - 5.2) - Worse than a D, Better than an F (E for Effort)

4 IMDB = F+, F, F- (3.1 - 4.0) - Fails, but still recommend seeing these films, because you have to see these films to believe them.

3 IMDB = UNWATCHABLES = 3 (2.1 - 3.0) = You shouldn't waste your time watching these films, but they are not the Worst Movies Ever Made. I still dare you to watch these.

1-2 IMDB = The Worst Movies Ever Made = 1 (0.1 - 1.0), 2 (1.1 - 2.0)

Movie Failures, That Still Deserve a Watch (134)

Charles Laughton, Bud Abbott, Hillary Brooke, Lou Costello, and Fran Warren in Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

Antonio Banderas and Meg Ryan in My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)

John Wayne and Shirley Jean Rickert in 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)

Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984)

Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Jonah Meyerson, and Grant Rosenmeyer in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

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