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[Pilchard123]

The original Stargate

I have that on DVD...with Greek subtitles. It makes understanding the Goa'uld/Abydosian parts rather difficult, though I'm not sure that it doesn't improve it in some ways.

[LookingIn]

The first Starship Troopers isn't even slightly a bad film, it's just endlessly misunderstood.

It's biggest problem was that it was being compared to the book, but the movie was also something entirely of its own that didn't require you to know anything about the book to enjoy it for what it was.

[Lupercal]

Spoilers, dude!

You survived not knowing anything about this film since 1996? It's played every July 4th even in the UK!

[Method of Madness]

Did you not see the ?



And oddly enough...yeah. I know pretty much nothing about it.

[Kugai]

The first Starship Troopers isn't even slightly a bad film, it's just endlessly misunderstood.

I'm still waiting for Verhovens flogging in Public Square.

[LeeC]

Anger Managment.  For an Adam Sandler movie, it was great!

[Thrillho]

'It might have given me cancer, but it was the best KIND of cancer!'

[Pilchard123]

That would be testicular, IIRC. I think it has the highest 10-year survival rate (in the UK, YMMV elsewhere).

[pwhodges]

(Waves)

24 years here.

[Thrillho]

Every year you're still around is a blessing, Hodgy. We're lucky to have you here as our mod-in-chief.

[Method of Madness]

Anger Managment.  For an Adam Sandler movie, it was great!

For a 21 Century Adam Sandler movie, you mean.

[lepetitfromage]

Oh jeez. I love crappy movies. If it tanked at the box office, you can be sure I've seen it at least once.


For starters, yes to a few previously mentioned: Starship Troopers, Transformers and Independence Day. I'm a huge fan of Will Smith's alien movies. I've seen the first two MIB movies at least 20 times each. Only seen the third twice, but give it time.  I'm obsessed with all of them.

Other "winners" that I love:

Grandma's Boy
Dude, Where's My Car?
Bio Dome
Joe Dirt
Zoolander

[Method of Madness]

Grandma's Boy is criminally underrated.

[LookingIn]

I loved Joe Dirt, funny and contains a lot of jokes and references that now make sense seeing it subsequent times.

I'll add in a Joe Dirt rip-off: "Bubble Boy".

[J]

i only ever saw part of joe dirt, & didn't find it all that funny. however, it has christopher walken saying "stab you in the face with a soldering iron", & for that i am eternally grateful.

The first Starship Troopers isn't even slightly a bad film, it's just endlessly misunderstood.

I'm still waiting for Verhovens flogging in Public Square.

they forced the guy who made robocop to base his movie on a book he didn't even like. what would you expect him to do with it?



my personal favorite bad movie would have to be Street Fighter. love everything about it: raul julia, van damme's comically thick accent, raul julia, the cheesy plot that has nothing to do with street fighting, raul julia, the stupid one-liners, raul julia, the pointless secondary characters, raul julia and of course raul fucking julia

[Thrillho]

I have a Facebook group called 'Street Fighter is the greatest fucking movie ever made.'

[lepetitfromage]

Hehehe. I have one called "The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good.....or just go to Fashion School"

Ah, FIT. Good times.

[Akima]

I have a Facebook group called 'Street Fighter is the greatest fucking movie ever made.'

Which one? Assuming you mean the 1994 effort, at least they cast a Chinese actor (Wen Mingna) to play Chun Li. And Raul Julia was awesome... Of Course!!!

[Thrillho]

OF COURSE I meant that one.

[94ssd]

I think the movie version of The Producers musical (which got very mixed reviews) was fantastic, with my only complaint being that they cut my favorite song (at least it is avaliable as a deleted scene). Nathan Lane is perfect.

[TheCollyWolly]

I don't think anyone actually hates Big Trouble in Little China, but that's probably my favorite movie of all time.

[Kugai]

Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot!

[TheCollyWolly]

There was a movie called Surf Nazis Must Die on Netflix a few years ago, and let me tell you. That movie is the holy fucking grail of bad movies.

[sandysmilinstrange]

So many...

Fern Gully. Tastes like childhood.
Stepford Wives. The remake. I get it, I get it. I just like it.
The Road to El Dorado. I see its problems, I just also see Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline getting to improvise scenes together and BE SO AWESOME. Oh my gosh.

[Kugai]

I have three words for you

Last Action Hero

[J]

last action hero is a severely underrated comedy.

[Thrillho]

The Road to El Dorado. I see its problems, I just also see Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline getting to improvise scenes together and BE SO AWESOME. Oh my gosh.

I honestly thought this was great, and some of the animation is flat out incredible.

[GarandMarine]

I have a secret enjoyment for movies featuring Jean Claude van Dam. He's like Ahnuld, but more of a Fighter class individual to Ahnulds incredible hulk

[mustang6172]

Celtic Pride.  It's the Judd Apatow movie I love and everyone else seems to hate.

The Judd Apatow movie I hate and everyone else seems to love:  The 40-Year-Old Virgin.

[J]

let the record show that i absolutely love The Running Man.

[jwhouk]

That's not a bad movie. Dated, perhaps, but not bad.

[GarandMarine]

The first Starship Troopers isn't even slightly a bad film, it's just endlessly misunderstood.

I'm still waiting for Verhovens flogging in Public Square.

Still this.

And as I drunkenly mentioned elsewhere. I fucking love Wing Commander.

[Edguy]

I always though The Punisher (2004) was a pretty cool movie, although I haven't seen it since I was like 12 or something..

[J]

god, damn, did you just make me feel old.

[Blyss]

Okay, put some more thought into this.

I always liked Tango and Cash - even though I admit it is awful.

I loved the American Ninja movies (yeah, all of them) even though I knew I was watching crap.  I couldn't get enough.

Lawnmower man is still a favorite.  Jeff Fahey and Pierce Brosnan - great actors - terrible movie.

Zombie Strippers was great.  Awful, but great.

House, and house II - but the first one more than the second.

I thought Flash Gordon was the greatest movie of all time when it came out - now, not so much.

Always liked Heathers.  I'm a Christian Slater fan, and Winona Ryder was just a bonus.

I guess that's about it for now.

[Method of Madness]

Wait, when has Heathers ever been considered not a classic?

[J]

wait, people think flash gordon was bad?

[Thrillho]

Flash Gordon is absolute trash. Entertaining, but trash.

[J]

but that's exactly what it's trying to be! it is a successful and perfectly executed attempt of campy, retro, shlock.

[Method of Madness]

Its intention is irrelevant.

[J]

i disagree to an extent. a film that successfully accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do is at least worthy of a bit of respect, regardless of whatever that happened to be.

[Method of Madness]

See, I'm the opposite. If it utterly failed in its intention, but accidentally succeeds in another (for example, a movie that tried to be scary and ended up hilarious), then it's still a good movie. If a movie tried to be boring and was boring, then...their intention was stupid. Result is the only thing that matters.

[Thrillho]

I disagree with that entirely. Flash is absolute trash but wants to be, and it is entertaining trash. It is ridiculous to give more credit to a film that attempts to be serious horror and ends up as hilarious bullshit than to a film that wants to be trash and SUCCEEDS at being trash. How can that possibly work, Method?

Similarly, a good film can be ruined by its intentions for me. I long ago stopped enjoying Shrek because it is a product of sheer spite against Disney. It's funny, yes, but it's one of the most mean-spirited films I've ever seen.

Still, I wouldn't call Flash a 'good movie.' A cult classic, perhaps, like Troll 2 or something.

[Method of Madness]

How can that possibly work, Method?

Yeah, I guess it doesn't. To be fair, when I go to see those horror movies, I fully expect them to fail as horror and go into them expecting a comedy. So I guess I override their intention with mine? I dunno. But something that's "so bad it's good" is still good.

[jwhouk]

You also have to understand the time frame when Flash Gordon came out. It was an attempt to compete with stuff like Superman and Star Wars, and it kinda failed at both.

And the willing suspension of disbelief went out the window when they decided that he was the quarterback of the New York Jets...

[Blyss]

Oh, and Torque.  Yep, definitely Torque.

[Kugai]

You also have to understand the time frame when Flash Gordon came out. It was an attempt to compete with stuff like Superman and Star Wars, and it kinda failed at both.

And the willing suspension of disbelief went out the window when they decided that he was the quarterback of the New York Jets...

Yes, but it was saved by Brian Blessed.

[Schmorgluck]

I have a secret enjoyment for movies featuring Jean Claude van Dam. He's like Ahnuld, but more of a Fighter class individual to Ahnulds incredible hulk

Would you happen to have seen JCVD? I haven't yet but I've heard good things about it. It's basically an affectionate deconstruction of Jean-Claude Van Damme's image, with him playing as himself.

Anyway, if I get it right, we're here talking of movies we enjoy that are generally considered bad, but not because they are bad, right? (There's already a Terrible Movies thread, after all)

Mine would be Hudson Hawk. Shamelessly campy and hammy, sacrifices pretty much everything to rhythm and fun, almost universally shunned by critics, nearly killed Bruce Willis' carreer... If you can call a movie made for pure uncomplicated entertainment a "pop-corn movie", then I'll go as far as saying this movie is made of pop-corn.

[Method of Madness]

(There's already a Terrible Movies thread, after all)

Wait, what? I thought this was that thread.

[Blyss]

Somewhere is a "good bad movies" thread, but who the hell knows where at this point?

Edited to add:  it's back on page 11.  So fuck that other thread.