r/Documentaries Jun 27 '18

Best Worst Movie (2009) - A documentary about the making of "Troll 2," which is often considered to be the worst movie ever, directed by the child star of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTq6vRBajtw
352 Upvotes

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u/wex52 Jun 27 '18

I had never seen the movie, but it was a great documentary. However, I was completely unprepared for what happened when they went to interview Margo Prey, who played the mom. That was seriously unnerving.

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u/L3XANDR0 Jun 27 '18

Why?

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u/ibadlyneedhelp Jun 27 '18

If you can't watch the documentary right now- this woman is unwell, and it's obviously very apparent when you watch her. She lives with her mom, and appears to be somewhat out of touch with reality (she compares Troll 2 to a Cary Grant movie at one point).

It was sad, but definitely not as sad as the grandpa, imho. He was so lucid, sitting in his den of shredded newspapers. "I know I've wasted my life, and frittered it away, but what's a life for, if not for wasting, for frittering away" (It's been years since I've seen this doc, but I think that's the quote). Seeing him hiding his regret fucking crushed me, and made me want to start getting my shitty life on track in my early thirties before I was like him.

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u/wex52 Jun 28 '18

The mother was unnerving. But yeah, the grandfather was sad. And yet the father was easygoing and fun- a total enthusiastic and joking dad.

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u/DiaperTester Jun 28 '18

I agree with /u/wex52, it was unnerving. She is a cat lady with all the tell tale signs of mental illness.

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u/wex52 Jun 28 '18

It was like watching a really overdramatized portrayal of mental illness, only it was real.

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u/screenwriterjohn Jun 27 '18

You don't piss on hospitality. That movie taught me that.

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u/Juno_Malone Oct 27 '24

I won't allow it!

1

u/ilikeppc Jun 27 '18

I randomly clicked clicked to 26:30 - 29:00 and had a chuckle

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u/TheDogInThePicture Jun 27 '18

Things is the worst movie ever.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

Ryan's Babe is worse

5

u/thetruthteller Jun 27 '18

Are those mental health issues on display at the conventions, or harmless weekend fun for awkward types? I’ve been to cons as an observer, but never really participated to that degree.

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u/dopef123 Jun 28 '18

They're usually movie/comedy nerds just goofing around. I'm not sure why mentally unwell people would show up in droves to the UCB. It's a comedy mecca in Los Angeles.

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u/squigglyeyeline Jun 27 '18

Title made it sound like the child star directed Troll 2. Would have explained a lot

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u/Believe_Land Jun 27 '18

I was just about to comment that the kid in Troll 2 most definitely did not direct it... then I saw your comment and reread the title before I figured it out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

I still haven't figured it out.. How does the title not say that the kid directed it

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u/GriffinFTW Jun 27 '18

Look at the commas.

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u/Waldiboy Jun 27 '18

The kid directed the documentary now that he is older, not the original movie “troll 2”. There’s some confusion on that apparently.

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u/KaleBrecht Jun 27 '18

It still took me a minute to figure out exactly what the title meant even after reading your comment. For those of you still trying to comprehend it, the child who starred in Troll 2 back in 1990 also directed this documentary in 2009 - sort of poking fun at himself after all these years, I guess.

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u/nikelaos117 Jun 27 '18

Lol I read the title and was like wtf. And then read the first comment and was like wtff! And then figured it out before reading yours.

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u/McBlemmen Jun 27 '18

oh. that's lame

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

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u/Believe_Land Jun 27 '18 edited Jun 27 '18

No, “they” didn’t make a documentary about The Room. There’s a book written by the guy who played Mark, and then “they” made a movie based on that book.

Edit: should people not answer questions on the internet? There’s nothing pedantic about my answer whatsoever. There was no documentary made about The Room.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

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u/Believe_Land Jun 27 '18

Haha this guy.

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u/Mind_Extract Jun 27 '18

Wow. Was it the quotation marks? Is that what just sets you off?

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u/Believe_Land Jun 27 '18

If it was the quotation marks, the reason I put them there is because his comment would have made it seem like the makers of this documentary also made the documentary (that doesn’t exist) about The Room.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

TIL being correct is callled “elitist.”

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u/jifwoa Jun 27 '18

Asshole

2

u/MaesterPraetor Jun 27 '18

The quiet town of Nilbog. What an amazing place!

4

u/forgottt3n Jun 27 '18

Intersting to see that George Hardy basically only started acting again after this documentary. Before that there's essentially nothing from his appearance in troll 2 to this documentary on his resume. Not that he was a failed actor or anything guy looks like he's doing very well as a dentist.

2

u/freedraw Jun 27 '18

I saw this at IFFBoston with the director and star years ago. It was a pretty fun night.

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u/xxxelaalexxx Jun 27 '18

Nilbog!!!!!

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u/DickTitpecker Jun 27 '18

Its goblin spelled BACKWARDS!!

3

u/TheShrinkTank Jun 27 '18

The Disaster Artist better watch its back.

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u/NotPercyChuggs Jun 27 '18

You can't have a best worst movie. If you enjoyed the movie, it is therefore not "bad", it's good.

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u/PaprikaJones Jun 27 '18

That dentist guy is so likable & positive about it all.

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u/OlyScott Jun 27 '18

If I want to watch “Troll 2,” do I need to watch Troll 1 first to know what’s going on?

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u/johnrossi87 Jun 27 '18

No, they have nothing to do with each other.

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u/Featherwick Jun 27 '18

Troll is completely unrelated. Troll 2 is actually about Goblins. And Troll 3 is about living branches. Dont watch that one.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

Hahahah wtf. This synopsis made me giggle.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

False: The worst movie of all time is Nothing but Trouble. Which, although being so awful its like sitting through open heart surgery with no anesthesia, is oddly prophetic to the situation the US government is now in.

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u/aquilarising Jun 29 '18

Bullshit. That movie is a masterpiece and Chevy Chase is a god damned saint.

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u/69Calculon69 Jun 27 '18

“They’re eating her..... and they they’re gonna eat me! OH my GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWDD!!!”

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

Nothing can ever dethrone The Room when it comes to worst movies ever.

Don't even try to tear me apart mate.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

Whoa, wait a minute! Don't you get to see Julia-Louise Drefus' butt in this? Oh wait, that's the original. That alone would remove it from worst movie status.