Brendan Fraser Is The Emperor Of Bad Cinema
When it comes to laughably shitty cinema, no one does it like Brendan Fraser. With his sequel The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor hitting theaters today on the heels of his Journey to the Center of the Earth remake, he celebrates 16-plus years of making movies so bad they’re…still bad. In an ever-changing world, it’s nice to know that you can always depend on the Frase to shart on celluloid. Complex celebrates his highest cinematic lows below.
ENCINO MAN
Fraser learned to “play dumb” as a caveman thawed-out in sunny California by Pauley “The Weasel” Shore and Sean Astin. And you thought the creators of the Geico cavemen were the first assholes of their kind.
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE
In this story of a man who was raised by apes before coming in contact with civilization, there’s curiously no mention about his having spread HIV to the human population. George was curious indeed.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
A man who’s spent his entire life in a bomb shelter living like it’s 1962 emerges in 1997 L.A. With lines like “Oh, my lucky stars'a negro!” we want to go back in time so we can see it all over again for the very first time!
MONKEYBONE
A comatose cartoonist wakes up in the fantasy world he created, where he competes with his monkey protagonist, Monkeybone, to regain control of his body. It’s bad to the bone it skull fucks you with.
BEDAZZLED
A dweeb makes a deal with the Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) for seven self-improvement wishes that might win over the girl of his dreams. It’s hotter than Lucifer’s pitchfork in your ass!
DeShawn Stevenson August 1, 2008 at 5:53 pm
isn’t it somewhat counterintuitive to celebrate someone’s bad movies with a bunch of youtube clips?… “this guy’s a terrible actor, his movies all suck… here click and watch five scenes from them!!”
tim August 2, 2008 at 12:37 pm
the chick in bedazzle rules, same with racehle weisz whatever you spell her name
Jazzy Fey August 4, 2008 at 11:06 am
How dare you sully the name of The Frase! He and his cinematic legacy will be remembered and revered long after you stop dribbling onto your keyboard, you troglodyte.
Grockouji November 16, 2008 at 10:44 pm
i guess it is best to be remembered as a crappy actor than not at all