As a result of not being able to sleep, I have watched a fair amount of presumably crappy movies from 2 to 5 am. These are presumed to be crappy because if they were watched at 8 pm, I would feel cheated. But at 2 am I find that I am not as picky about what I consider entertainment.

For example, Alien VS. Predator - How did this not get an Oscar mention. Big pyramid, aliens, explosions. This had nearly everything. Through in a nude robot and you would have a perfect show. 2 am rating 8/10.

Resident Evil and the sequel - Man, these were great. Dark and scary, and I think there was a booby shot. The problem with early morning viewing is that you can't always remember it well, but while I watched them, I loved them. 2 am rating 8/10

A Man Apart - At 2 am I can smell what The Rock is cooking, and it's buttery.....KICK BUTTERY!!!! How has his movies seemed to stay at the level of Jean Claude Van Dam? Although, those movies also kick butt at 2 am. 2 am rating 9/10

Chronicles of Riddick - A little confusing at 2 am, and sometimes hard to piece together, but at 2 am I know that it is because it is 2 am and assume that those fully awake followed it perfectly. 2 am rating 7/10.

28 Days Later - WOW!!! Nearly the perfect 2 am movie. 9/10

Anchorman - Okay, you can't watch this at 2 am. I hear it was good and funny, but at 2 am it was painful. I only got through about half an hour. I need action and explosions. 2 am rating 3/10

Vin Diesel was in A Man Apart and Anchorman is painful at any time of the day. You're right about bad movies being better in the wee hours, though.

That's the other problem with watching late at night, you get your movies mixed up. Which one had The Rock and Stifler? That was a great show.....at 2am. A Man Apart was the drug one where he was the DEA guy and they were after the Mexican drug lord? Great show at 2 am.

Dude where's my car, is probably the perfect 2am movie. I watched it somewhat recently and was like WTF is going on? If it wasn't late at night or if I wasn't in a group I probably would have turned it off.

That'd be The Rundown -- pretty good flick actually.

Tonight's schedule looks promising:

Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood
Against the Law (starring Richard Grieco)
Cloak & Dagger
The Peacemaker
Dodgeball

28 Days Later is a good movie any time you watch it.

Agreed.

Of course a bong hit always helps and a carton of ice cream.

I'll remember this when Serenity comes to DVD.

Exactly.

Also, horror films, good or bad, always need to be viewed at night.

Oh, I agree. But it was awsome at 2 am.

Shawn of the Dead was decent at 2 am. Tonight I will watch Dawn of the Dead, though.

I really liked the truly dire and schlocky sci-fi junk, Fortress and Fortress II, both starring Christopher Lambert, at 2am in the morning. I also feel any Van Dam movie is enhanced past 11pm as well.

Fortress was fantastic.

Whatever happened to Emanuelle or Lady Chatterly movies? Those are what I always remember being on in the middle of the night.

Or all the other European imports from the late 70's/mid 80's! So much sexier than all the crap they got on now.

I remember the good ole days of watchin' crap movies on late night TV. Old Japanese monster movies, low budget thrillers, some decent dramas. Then the "Infomercial" was invented and it's been raping late night TV for many years now. I mean when you look at the listings for some channels it has "Paid Programming" listed from 11p all the way til 6a the next day.


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OH SNAPE!

I'll agree with this. Though whenever it's late any movie becomes and instant classic.

Sci-Fi Channel used to play anime movies like Vampire Hunter D and Akira at 2am on Saturday night. Then they stopped.

All these are dvd viewing or Tivo. I have looked at live tv, and it is bad. I watched Sports Center twice through, and finally decided it was time to watch bad movies.

Paid programming kicks ass man! "You set it...and (crowd kicks in) FORGET it"

You should switch to infomercials. They'll put you to sleep.

I have rock hard abs, 10 properties I bought with no money down, and a bunch of kitchen appliances that say otherwise.

Going to sleep is generally a bad thing, right now. I just woke up from sleeping a few hours, and have a headache. If I continue to sleep, it will get much worse, but if I stay awake, the headache will go away.

That's messed up.

Joe Bob Briggs was the best for late night viewing. He pulled in some great movies.

Dawn of the Dead was tonight's treat. Been sitting on that one a long time. I had unrealistic expectations, but it was still a very good show at 2 am. Headache is just below the surface so I couldn't fully enjoy it.

Looking at the DVD shelf, and looking for those still sealed, the first one I see is Insomnia with Robin Williams. How fitting.

Well, we'll see what comes up next.