L-R: Friends Gareth Winterman, Will Bailey and Chris Barnes, who launched the Notts Bad Movie Club last year, have responded to public demand by holding the first-ever meeting of its sister event, the Notts Good Movie Club
Organisers of a smash-hit club which screens some of Hollywood’s worst movies kicked off Oscars weekend in triumphant fashion by launching a new event celebrating films that are really quite good instead.
Friends Gareth Winterman, Will Bailey and Chris Barnes, who launched the Notts Bad Movie Club last year, brought film fans from across the county together for the first-ever meeting of its sister event, the Notts Good Movie Club.
Taking place at Annie’s Burger Shack in Broadway last Friday, the event was a sell-out, with the crowd drawn to the double delights of BASEketball and South Park: The Movie, accompanied by hot-dogs, beers and a few surprises.
The Notts Bad Movie Club was an instant hit when it first took place last year, with a double-bill of video-game inspired films Mortal Kombat and Streetfighter rolling back the years.
Its meetings are held every two months and every one is a sell-out thanks to the chance to glory in the terrible special effects, dodgy acting and questionable scripts of the films.
Notts Good Movie Club is being presented in the same spirit with the difference being that the films – at least in the opinion of the founders – are classics for good reason, and, said organiser Will, both BASEketball and South Park: The Movie justified their inclusion by going down well on Friday night.
He said: “Despite the weather warnings, the first screening of the Notts Good Movie Club went ahead and it was very successful – in fact it was one of our best meetings yet!
“For BASEketball, we put up a basketball hoop and whenever anyone said the word ‘BASEketball’ in the film, people had to throw a ball of paper into the hoop. With South Park The Movie, we handed out Canadian flags – whenever anyone said the word “Canada” people had to wave the flag.
“It was chaos, and more reminiscent of the Last Night Of The Proms than a movie night!
“There are so many films that fit into the good movie category and we’re looking forward to showing them over the next few months, but the real joy is getting people together to enjoy films in the company of people who love them just as much as they do.”
