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skippercollector

(206 posts)
Fri Sep 4, 2015, 12:09 PM Sep 2015

movies you love that everyone else hated

What movies do you love that:
1. Got horrible reviews
2. Did terrible at the box office
3. Got horrible reviews but did well at the box office
4. All of the above?

These are five that I can think of:
The Day After Tomorrow
The Lone Ranger
The Phantom Menace
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Xanadu

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movies you love that everyone else hated (Original Post) skippercollector Sep 2015 OP
I think Marvin's Room is one of the best-acted, best- written films... Smarmie Doofus Sep 2015 #1
I was my mother's caregiver TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #16
Oh... really? Scootaloo Sep 2015 #2
Loved Tank Girl flying rabbit Sep 2015 #3
All of the above? joshrichiiji Sep 2015 #4
the question skippercollector Sep 2015 #5
I liked Day After Tomorrow. Mine would be District 9 Menshunables Dec 2015 #6
District 9 got an Oscar nomination, no? nt geek tragedy Dec 2015 #8
Mommie Dearest. Got a Razzie. valerief Dec 2015 #7
Dune. nt geek tragedy Dec 2015 #9
Dune, great movie. I agree. nt oasis May 2016 #10
My list Paulie May 2016 #11
Oh come on pressbox69 May 2016 #12
It's one of my all time favorites Paulie May 2016 #13
Mine too. pressbox69 May 2016 #15
bollywood tarunlatwal May 2016 #14
The Three Amigos, Death to Smoochy. nt Still Blue in PDX Aug 2016 #17
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #18
movies you love that everyone else hated Larrymn Aug 2016 #19
Miracle Mile! longship Aug 2016 #20
I actually watched that the other day and did not like it. rusty quoin Aug 2016 #22
Love pressbox69 Aug 2016 #24
Twelve Monkeys. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #21
"All About Steve" rusty quoin Aug 2016 #23
The Wicker Man JamieJohnson Sep 2016 #25
I found the movie interesting the first time I watched it. rusty quoin Sep 2016 #27
Straight To Hell. johnp3907 Sep 2016 #26
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2016 #28
I kick this thread, because there is a lot more to be said. rusty quoin Oct 2016 #29
The English Patient. cwydro Oct 2016 #30
Love Story mainstreetonce Oct 2016 #31
Casa De Mi Padre cagefreesoylentgreen Nov 2016 #32
ilove..... janyao Feb 2017 #33
 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
1. I think Marvin's Room is one of the best-acted, best- written films...
Fri Sep 4, 2015, 12:16 PM
Sep 2015

... of the last 20 years.


No one else seems to agree w. me, however.


Someone... I think it was Diane Keaton... got an Oscar nom, though.

Still.... check it out... it's good stuff.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
2. Oh... really?
Fri Sep 4, 2015, 12:39 PM
Sep 2015

1) Tank Girl
2) The Black Cauldron
3) Dungeons and Dragons (you can't NOT love Jeremy Irons eating that set like a buffet)
4) Battle: Los Angeles
5) The Crow: City of Angels

Red Sonja and Clan of the Cave Bear deserve special mention. There are both bad movies. Really bad movies. I like to watch them just to stare in awe of the badness.

 

Menshunables

(88 posts)
6. I liked Day After Tomorrow. Mine would be District 9
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 07:30 PM
Dec 2015

I enjoy well crafted disaster movies, always have.
I didn't know this was a hated movie.

---District 9 ---
I think I was the only one in my family and friends that liked it.

Paulie

(8,462 posts)
11. My list
Mon May 9, 2016, 10:29 PM
May 2016

Colossus the Forbin Project
Chronicles of Riddick
Lifepod (90's version)
Hackers

And I agree on Day after Tomorrow.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
12. Oh come on
Fri May 20, 2016, 01:31 PM
May 2016

Colossus the Forbin Project is a great movie. Worth seeing for the electronically altered voice of Paul Frees alone.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
15. Mine too.
Thu May 26, 2016, 02:18 PM
May 2016

The ending isn't all that different from the ending of The Day The Earth Stood Still except Gort wasn't created by humans.

"In time you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe but with love." Colossus.

Come to think of it, Colossus sounds a little like Trump.

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Larrymn

(11 posts)
19. movies you love that everyone else hated
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 05:20 AM
Aug 2016

Recently, there were many new movies,
1. Batman vs. Superman (1&3)
2. Suicide Squad (1&3)
3. Shawshank redemption (2)

longship

(40,416 posts)
20. Miracle Mile!
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 02:24 PM
Aug 2016

Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mile_(film)

Directed by Peter de Jarnatt.

Yup! The plot is an utter mess, as are the characterizations. And yes Mare Winningham's hair looks wretched, like it was cut with hedge clippers.

But the film basically plays out in real time and within the rather small geological region of LA given in the title. But this film has extraordinary energy driven forward by the equally extraordinary Tangerine Dream soundtrack.

In the end -- and I do mean end -- one forgives this film's excesses as well as its liabilities.

Plus, there is some awesome scriptwriting.

Condoms? What do we need condoms for when we have to repopulate a planet? (from memory)

And any film which features John Agar has to be a B Film. And this one is a damned good one.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
22. I actually watched that the other day and did not like it.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 10:34 PM
Aug 2016

I thought maybe I was wrong, because Ebert gave it 3/4, at the time, but I don't think it lived up to the time test.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,851 posts)
21. Twelve Monkeys.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 04:28 AM
Aug 2016

It's not exactly a movie that everyone else hated, but for me it is the most purely science-fictional movie ever, and to my dismay many in the s-f community don't like it. I have no idea why. I've seen it several times over the years, and it always holds up.

And in case you were wondering, the totally bizarre and inexplicable French movie "La Jetée &quot upon which "Twelve Monkeys" is said to be based, forget it. "La Jetée " has almost NOTHING in common with "Twelve Monkeys", and worse yet is incomprehensible and dumb. Don't even bother to watch it. Another episode of the Kardashians or any other reality TV show would be a better use of your time. However, if you're looking for recommendations about better use of your time, I'll recommend anything at all on PBS's "American Experience". The episodes aren't readily available on PBS itself, but are on Youtube. Bless the internet deities for Youtube.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
23. "All About Steve"
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 10:44 PM
Aug 2016

Two Golden Razzies...I disagreed. I thought there was maybe something wrong with me even though I know good movies, so I had my wife watch it and she loved it too, so maybe both of us are nuts.

Or maybe, as time goes by, the consensus will be positive. It is one of my favorite Bullock movies...and certainly not the one in which she jumps a bus across an unfinished bridge.

JamieJohnson

(20 posts)
25. The Wicker Man
Thu Sep 8, 2016, 05:12 PM
Sep 2016

I really like The Wicker Man with Nic Cage, which is meant to be one of the most ridiculous movies of all time. I love his over acting!

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
27. I found the movie interesting the first time I watched it.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 11:39 PM
Sep 2016

I found out it was a remake of a English sixties movie and watched that later.

I don't love either movie, but I don't think the one with Nick Cage was that bad.

He was chosen, because he was a cop who never gave up, and he was tricked and manipulated into the cage to be burned to renew the vigor of their isolated island. I think he played that part well enough. After all he was all about saving a girl, if I remember right was suppose to be his daughter.

Some movies seem to get big time negatives to later receive more acceptance, and I think this one just might...worst movie ever...no way.

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rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
29. I kick this thread, because there is a lot more to be said.
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 01:08 AM
Oct 2016

"Where the Heart is" with Natalie Portman. The male me watched it and needed confirmation from my wife. She felt the same. Damn the critics and full speed ahead.

Kick this thread, because there is much more to be said.

32. Casa De Mi Padre
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 12:47 AM
Nov 2016

It's a weird guilty pleasure, and yeah it is a pretty terrible movie, but all the actors seem to know it's (deliberately) awful and are having lots of fun.

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