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A Cult Film: Hot Tub Time Machine
Hot Tub Time Machine
A Cult Film

I will argue that the movie “Hot Tub Time Machine” is in fact a cult film. Hot Tub Time Machine tells a story of a malfunctioning time machine in the form of a hot tub, at a ski resort. The hot tub takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and one of their nephew. They are taken back in time where they must relive a fatal night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born in the future. Cult films are my favorite type of movie. They are movies that I can relate to, like when my friends and I go out to parties and just have and forget about all our stress. I enjoy being able to watch a movie over and over again and still find it just as funny as the first time I saw it. Some people believe that Hot Tub Time Machine is not a cult film because they do not find it humorous because they cannot follow the plot. However, cult films may be best described as being “so bad it’s good.”(EAA. Time Warp, pg. 278) …show more content…
“It Feels Real” pg.277) Cult films are not that well processed or clean cut. They are more like real life and do not always offer a clean conclusion. The films cause one to use their imagination in order to interpret the hidden humor. Cult films are meant to be funny. The movies are full of innuendos and adult humor. For example, Hot Tub Time Machine expresses foul language, excessive drug use, and sexual content. These movies have the kind of humor that teens are attracted to. I personally find the humor to be very enjoyable; my mother on the other hand hates the movie. She thinks the movie is wildly inappropriate and just down right stupid. She does not like when I watch it, and I find that ironic because the movie plot takes place during 1986 when she was young and partying at ski resorts as
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