Movies everyone else hates that you liked?

[Dr Fate]

Marie Antoinette- what was wrong w/ this flick? I was expecting this to stink like everyone said, but I liked it. I think people who hated this movie just didn't "get it."

Wild Wild West- great special effects, interesting & weird concepts rarely used in movies, funny dialog. I am the only person in the WORLD who likes this movie.

AI- I admit it was a little too long, but otherwise, not so bad.

(Ducking tomatoes)

What are yours?

[DarkTirade]

1. As long as I'm not expecting too much I tend to enjoy a movie

even though I usually can't in good conscience call it good, I'll still enjoy it. Like the Mummy I and II, or like you said, Wild, Wild West, and even some of the sci-fi sequel/prequels that others hated I'll still manage to enjoy. Like the second and third Matrix movies. I know they aren't that good, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying them anyway. :)

Although Lucas made it awful hard to enjoy his prequels. :\ Usually it takes a lot of fast-forwarding to skip over the bad parts and get to the good stuff, and a dash of denial to tell myself that they're still Star Wars, there have to be some redeeming qualities there...

[RainDog]

2. I liked Marie Antoinette too

I LOVED the set design and costumes... it was soo over the top, like living in whipped cream with pink icing!

The only Spielberg movie I REALLY REALLY like... the one I could watch repeatedly.. is Empire of the Sun. It's the only one of his movies in which he doesn't go for the sentimental gut punch too often for my taste.

People have also said negs about The Hudsucker Proxy, but I love that one.

[taterguy]

4. Where was the sentimental gut punch in Jaws?

Which happens to be a Spielberg movie that I can watch over and over and over, even though I walked out of it when I saw it in the theater at age 10.

[RainDog]

18. forgot that one

I was thinking of ET and Schindler's List... that sort of thing.

I'm just not fit for this world. I don't think I've ever seen jaws all the way through. I've never seen a Rocky movie all the way through. I had no idea what BSG was when the threads popped up. my tv viewing is mostly limited to high-faluting stuff like Futurama. :)

[asjr]

5. Empire of the Sun is one of

the best things he has done. I loved it. It didn't seem to stay in theaters very long though. Glad you mentioned it. I will hot foot it to Blockbusters to see if they have it.

[JCMach1]

68. Love Sophia Coppola... I like Marie Antoinette

very daring to turn Versailles into High School circa 1985 metaphorically speaking.

[BlueFireAnt]

3. Freddy Got Fingered.

I am a huge fan of toilet humor.



I also enjoyed Godzilla. It wasn't good, but it kicks ass on the surround sound.

[CRF450]

51. I'm a fan of Tom Green too

Though I havent heard anything about him or what he's been up to for a good while now. Have you?

[kentauros]

6. 1941

Even though Speilberg supposedly hates it, too (like he has to go along with the "critics") I thought it was hilarious! :D

General Joseph W. Stilwell: "This isn't the state of California, it's a state of insanity."

[YankeyMCC]

39. People hate that movie?

I loved it.

[calico1]

7. I liked "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything,

Julie Newmar" and I also liked "Canadian Bacon." Nobody else seems to like either.

[last_texas_dem]

9. I liked "Canadian Bacon", too

I don't think anyone else to which I've brought it up has ever agreed with me about it!

[SeattleGirl]

25. I liked "To Wong Foo" also.

Never saw "Canadian Bacon" though.

[Pharlo]

38. I liked "To Woo Fong..." and "Canadian Bacon"

and another that was grossly under appreciated movie was 'Spaced Invaders'

http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/spaced_invaders.htm

I swear, there were times I was the only one laughing in the theater. Hell, I think my nephews were embarrassed, but I found it hilarious.

[Westegg]

8. Movies designed to make money repulse me...

...because movies, like other forms of art (and yes, entertainment), should be about communicating something. Of the three movies you mentioned, "WWW" was about making money. It was crass, stupid and pointless and, to my great glee, was a box-office disaster. The other two movies were genuine attempts at saying something, and I found things to admire in them despite their flaws, particularly Marie Antoinette-- I kinda agree with you that most critics didn't get it, or else were looking for a reason to trash Sophia Coppola.

[redqueen]

62. Aw... but what about art that's just for fun?

Don't you like any songs or tv shows or movies that are just silly?

[LanternWaste]

10. The Boy Who Could Fly and Watership Down

The people I personally know who have seen those resoundingly claim they're simply cheesy crap. Maybe they are-- maybe I like cheesy crap and didn't know it...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. I like Watership Down...

but I liked the book better.

[underpants]

11. "Joe vs. the Volcano"

and "From Justin to Kelly" ---just because it was so god awful.

Not "Joe" though that was awesome. Abe Vigoda as the tribal chief. :rofl:

[skygazer]

20. I love Joe vs. the Volcano

And I want luggage like that! :hi:

[FloridaJudy]

56. I love "Joe vs. the Volcano"

I needs some of that orange soda!

"The Color Purple" was also critically panned, but I thought it was a great three-handkerchief job. I always cry when that car pulls up to the farmhouse at the end, even though I've read the book and seen the movie twice. I could have done without that church scene, though. Suge is meant to be an outcast.

[nomorenomore08]

12. "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me"

Seems to be almost universally considered Lynch's career nadir, but I liked it.

[Archae]

13. "Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey."

Oh come on! Playing "Twister" and "Clue" with Death? :rofl:

[Doc_Technical]

14. The fifth element.

Ruby Rodd rules!

[kentauros]

19. Muultipass!

Corbin...Dallas! :D

I have the soundtrack, though the one I have might be part of a legendary larger 40-track composition. Mine's 25-tracks, downloaded from some site no longer in existence, but it's one of the brilliant soundtracks out there :)

I would have loved to have seen it in the theatre...

[ceile]

23. Love that movie!

I watch it every time it's on.

[lost-in-nj]

34. LOVE IT!!!

I love this movie



lost

[graywarrior]

15. Immortal Beloved

I know a lot of people who hated it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. Really?

They're crazy.

[graywarrior]

55. Idiots.

[GRLMGC]

16. Mars Attacks!

I don't know, I thought it was funny.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. I like it too!

I'm surprised people don't...

[DarkTirade]

49. There are people who don't like that movie out there?

:scared: I never even suspected...

[redqueen]

63. That's what I was wondering.

I loved that one. :)

[trotsky]

69. Koresh on a stick I hated that movie.

So now you've met one. :)

[DarkTirade]

72. Them's fightin' words there...

:grr:

:P

[driver8]

17. Death to Smoochy.

I thought this movie was hilarious -- I don't know many people who liked it.

[Dr Fate]

28. Yup- that one was pretty funny- no one ever talks about that one...n/t

n/t

[philosophie_en_rose]

64. I love that movie.

Friends come in all sizes...

[trotsky]

70. That movie rocked.

"When my brothers and I played cowboys and Indians, I was always the Chinese railroad worker."

"My stepdad's not mean, he's just adjusting."
:rofl:

[skygazer]

21. The 13th Warrior

I just like it. I like the story. I like the way it's told.

[lost-in-nj]

33. I loved the book

and have the DVD but never watched it.....


maybe a weekend movie on Sunday!!!!



lost

[Diana Prince]

53. Loved the movie!

Husband laughs whenever it comes on because I must watch it, even though I have it on dvd. I read the book also, liked the movie a little better.

[redqueen]

65. I like that one too.

[raouldukelives]

22. Breakfast of Champions

And Pecker. I don't know why nobody else seems to like em.

[ceile]

24. The Replacements

I've seen it way too many times, but it always makes me laugh.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. Mr GoG loves that movie...

I can take it or leave it. It's not bad.

[Arkham House]

26. Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves

...Costner's accent is neither more nor less "authentic" than a modern Briton's would be...Alan Rickman is incredibly cool...it's beautifully filmed, has a cool score, and the contrast of Rickman to everyone else in the movie makes for an interesting contrast...sue me...

[Faygo Kid]

27. Consider yourself sued.

Costner's speech "rallying" his merry men is one of the worst acting moments in cinematic history.

[Aristus]

29. Every film review I've ever read about the 1975 original "Rollerball"

just said something akin to "Meh. Boring science-fiction movie".

I think it's a masterful film, layered like an onion with deep multiple meanings. Every time I watch the film, I catch something new I hadn't noticed before. It sure had a lot of prescient things to say about life in a society entirely dominated by ruthless, greedy corporations. Amazing film.

[YankeyMCC]

40. That's one of my favorites too

they did a remake a couple years ago I think. Perhaps it's unfair of me but just from the TV ads I could tell all they were after in the remake was the superficial, futuristic full contact spot aspect and not the deeper ideas the origional explores. So even though I'm sometimes a sucker for remakes - meaning they usually get my ticket money even if I end up hating it - I stayed away from that one.

[Moochy]

52. Required Viewing!!

It's like a glimpse in the slightly near future.

I really like the dinner party scene where they get to play with the laser gun. Incidental sci fi schtick, but just to prove the point of the scene.

[Pacifist Patriot]

30. Waterworld

Just kidding!!!!

Can't think of anything off the top of my head, but I enjoyed Marie Antoinette too. I tend to go easier on movies than most folks. I take them for what they are. I'm always amused when critics slam a movie for being pointless, syrupy or campy. Yeah, so?

[redqueen]

36. Roland Emmerich movies.

Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 10,000 BC

I love that stuff.

Also They Live... people panned that but I love it. :)

[Forkboy]

43. If you say Godzilla I'm going to have to get violent....

;)

[redqueen]

61. I'm sorry... but yes!

Godzilla too!

Does it make it worse if I confess that I have them all on DVD? :blush: :P

[DarkTirade]

66. Independance Day is another one that is hard for me to rightly call a 'good' movie

but I enjoy the shit out of it when it's on. :P

My personal fave of Emmerich's is Stargate, but that's just 'cause I'm a sci-fi geek and I've been obsessed with ancient egypt since I was little.

[nytemare]

41. "Meet Joe Black"

Brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it.

[Jade Fox]

45. I love that movie.....

and usually end up sobbing when I watch it. The film brings up a lot of feelings about the death of my parents.

[applegrove]

42. My Brilliant Career. People I shared this with (spoiler) were so upset

the actress didn't get together and stay with her love in the end. I loved the twist.

[Forkboy]

44. Howard the Duck.

[Jade Fox]

46. I didn't hate "Catwoman" as much as.....

apparently just about everyone else did. I actually thought Halle Berry did a good job.

I think one of the reasons that movie was so disliked was it's difference from other Comic book films: "Catwoman" was more about female empowerment, as opposed to.....whatever it is that other comic book movies are about.

[SocratesInSpirit]

47. Haunted Mansion and The Fountain

I thought the former was good fun, even though the critics panned it, and I thought the latter (if a little pretentious), said something important about man's eternal quest for immortality/fear of death.

[joeybee12]

48. It's Pat!

I think the humor was twisted, and that always appeals to me!!!

[many a good man]

50. Neighbors - 1981

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://video.aol.com/video-detail/neighbors-swampshower-scare/253648763&h=90&w=120&sz=3&hl=en&start=17&um=1&tbnid=7f7WBud5PJLhEM:&tbnh=66&tbnw=88&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dneighbors%2Bbelushi%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2005-49,GGLG:en%26sa%3DN

[liberal1973]

67. I like that movie

[Glorfindel]

54. "Congo" - it's beyond description

If someone set out deliberately to make a really, really bad movie, they'd wind up with "Congo." It's a masterpiece of awfulness. I just love it. If you haven't seen it, check it out. Joe Don Baker. Tim Curry as a mad Romanian. African porters singing "California Dreaming." Murderous grey gorillas. A talking female brown gorilla. The curly-haired doctor from Nip/Tuck. Ernie Hudson as an African dictator. King Solomon's diamond mines. Volcanoes. Laura Linney. Death rays from space. Killer hippos. And much, much more. :)

[elshiva]

57. I liked Catwoman, don't see why so many

people think it's one of the worst movies ever. I LOVE cats, though and Halle Berry is SEXY.


Marie Antionette is great.

I LOVED ALL the Star Wars movies and ALL the Matrix movies.

[Critters2]

58. I liked "Bonfire of the Vanities". There, I said it.

I never understood all the hate for that movie.

[Broken_Hero]

59. Troy,

Rambo, Commando, Timecop....

[alphafemale]

60. Crazy In Alabama. I Love that movie.

[ruiner4u]

71. Starship Troopers!!!! Yeah Baby!

AWESOME movie...:)

[jakefrep]

73. I liked "Godfather 3"

Not as much as the first two, mind you (the fling between the Corleone cousins was kinda creepy). But I had a crush on Sophia Coppola.

I thought the bit about the murder of the Pope was interesting.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

74. i loved it