Please name a movie that you love, but everyone else hates.

[elshiva]

"Envy" with Ben Stiller and Jack Black, I LOVE that movie, but everyone hates it.

[AlCzervik]

1. Hot Rod, everyone i know thinks it sucks.

it is really stupid but i thought i was hilarious.

[harmonicon]

2. Cabin Boy

[Tom Kitten]

18. I like Cabin Boy

what is there not to like about that movie, other than it's really dumb? At least it's not stupid!

[dropkickpa]

48. One of my all time favorite comedies

What's not to like, there's Chris Elliot, Andy Richter, Sailors, and Dave Letterman with a sock monkey! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-29wqgRdN1U

[vi5]

130. Best.....Movie.....EVER

Don't let anyone ever talk about hating Cabin boy in MY presence.

[Lethe]

3. Life Aquatic

it's in my top 5

[sakabatou]

15. I liked it

[Canuckistanian]

16. Top 10 for me

I LOVE that film. It's such an over-the-top parody of the Jacques Cousteau documentaries, it's not funny. Except it's hilarious.

They even shot the whole film on old Ektachrome film stock to give it that "'60's" feel.

My favorite line? "I never figured a bond stooge would stick his neck out like that"

[harmonicon]

22. only poop-faces don't like that movie

It's really Wes Anderson's best film, I think. It certainly deals with the nature of cinema in a delightful way that almost no other hollywood movies would dare even attempt, and does so successfully. The Darjeeling Limited certainly had some elements of that as well, but was a far more cynical story, and a hell of a lot less entertaining.

[midnight armadillo]

29. Life Aquatic is really fantastic

I understand The Royal Tennenbaums (sp?) is considered his best by critics, but I found that movie to be painfully dull and slow. Life Aquatic is a riot. I especially like the line about how everyone carries a Glock except the interns, who share.

[harmonicon]

31. I don't know if Life Aquatic is better....

but it is certainly a great leap in terms of what film is/can be, and the uneasy relationship between ideas of documentary and fiction when delivered through the same medium (cinema). I think that The Royal Tenenbaums is funnier and more entertaining, but not as nearly as intelligent or interesting.

[Forkboy]

81. "Don't point that gun at him, he's an unpaid intern."

:rofl:

That movie is brilliant. For a film set on the sea it's the dryest movie ever made.

[kentauros]

101. Okay, just for that line alone

I'm gonna have to rent this one :rofl:

[sasquatch]

119. "FUCK. THEY WIRED IT!!"

:rofl:

[Ikonoklast]

4. Repo Man

Either you love it, or loathe it.

[Skittles]

12. LOVE IT!!!!!

:thumbsup:

[harmonicon]

32. who loathes it?

Everyone I know who's ever seen it considers it to be a masterpiece.

[kentauros]

98. Truly

Even my Republican dad loves it :D

"Oh, you don't want to look in there..." }(

[billyoc]

40. Repo man's ALWAYS intense.

[Danger Mouse]

103. Loathe it.

[Ikonoklast]

118. J. Frank Parnell asks to have a word with you...

"Ever been to Utah? Ra-di-a-tion. Yes, indeed. You hear the most outrageous lies about it. Half-baked goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it's bad for you. Pernicious nonsense. Everybody could stand a hundred chest X-rays a year. They ought to have them, too. When they canceled the project it almost did me in. One day my mind was full to bursting. The next day - nothing. Swept away. But I'll show them. I had a lobotomy in the end."

"Lobotomy? Isn't that for loonies?"

"Not at all. Friend of mine had one. Designer of the neutron bomb. You ever hear of the neutron bomb? Destroys people - leaves buildings standing. Fits in a suitcase. It's so small, no one knows it's there until - BLAMMO. Eyes melt, skin explodes, everybody dead. So immoral, working on the thing can drive you mad. That's what happened to this friend of mine. So he had a lobotomy. Now he's well again."

[begin_within]

123. I saw that with my Mom, and afterwards she said,

"That was the worst FUCKING movie I've ever seen!" (and she rarely swears, she was just making fun of all the f-words in the script.

[BrklynLiberal]

125. At the time I saw it, it was the weirdest movie I had ever seen, but could never forget it..

Loved it..

[InternalDialogue]

5. I don't know about "everyone"

But those friends of mine who have sat down with me to watch Bagdad Cafe have hated it.

I could watch it on a loop, almost. Love the music, the setting, the characters.

[elshiva]

8. Baghdad Cafe is great.

[FloridaJudy]

45. That's one of my favorite movies!

I've been trying to find an inexpensive DVD of it for years, ever since my VCR died. I just bought a used copy off eBay - can't wait for it to get here!

[InternalDialogue]

49. That was one of the first movies I bought on DVD.

I had worn out the VHS tape I had of it long ago.

[DerekG]

6. Hmmm...

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Alien 3
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Hannibal

[elshiva]

17. I loved all the Star Wars movies,

except for the cartoon versions.

[DerekG]

25. I love two films from each trilogy

Didn't buy the love story from Attack of the Clones; didn't buy the redemption from Return of the Jedi. But four out of six ain't bad at all.

And yeah, those Clone Wars cartoons were turgid. Much too frenetic--Star Wars for the X-Box generation.

[Orrex]

20. I really like Alien 3.

Watched it just last night, as a matter of fact.

:hi:

[semillama]

55. Highly underrated.

I think that the Aliens movies make more sense as a whole if you dump Cameron's "shoot-em-up" spectacular.

[Orrex]

70. Well, I have to admit that I like Aliens, too

But it's always bothered me that Alien 3 gets no love. Sure, the killing of Newt and Hicks is a serious problem with the narrative of the trilogy, but once you get past that the film works very well as a counterpoint to the first. A couple of other nice bits:

Switching the male protagonist midway through the film. I can't think of a single other example of this in modern cinema. It was a very daring move, especially for a "genre film," but Dutton and Dance both managed to give full performances with only half a film's worth of screentime each.

The scene in which Weaver approaches Dutton in the cafeteria to thank him for his benediction, and he says "Lady, you don't want to know me. I'm a murder and rapist of women." She answers "Then I must make you pretty nervous," and then sits down opposite him. That's a moment of such incredible power that you could shatter stone against her character, and it sets up the rest of their interaction through the film.

The scene between the chief administrator and the medical officer is very well written, very well acted, and very well edited. It neatly showcases both characters, as well as their years-long animosity, and their grudging relationship of necessity.

Also, when Ripley is in the medical department and the Alien comes right up to her throat. It's easy to forget this now, but that was a truly horrifying moment at the time, when we didn't know what she was carrying. When I saw the film, everyone in the packed theater cringed, and we all let out a collective sigh of relief when it passed.


Hell, I even like the quadrupedal Alien itself.

Phooey on the haters. I'm going to go watch it again right now.

[Skip Intro]

7. I'm a big fan of Romero's zombie flicks, but none of my friends share my appreciation.

[elshiva]

9. I love them, too.

:)

[charlie and algernon]

10. same here

[harmonicon]

33. you need new friends

unless all your friends are girls.... girls don't seem to like the zombie movies (or horror in general) as much as the boys. I absolutely love zombie movies, and have a girlfriend that puts up with it, but I don't think really likes it.

[Skip Intro]

44. You said a mouthfull there, but that's another story...

[fNord]

11. the SAW flicks.........

I thought the mind-fuck thing was appealing, but no one I know shares that view

[elshiva]

13. I still love the Saw films.

:)

[Lethe]

105. never seen them, but i hear they are a ripoff of Dr. Phibes

which is fucking awesome

[kentauros]

122. Now, both of those were wonderful!

I don't think I've ever seen a bad Vincent Price movie :D

[Skittles]

14. Less Than Zero

80's done with STYLE!!!

[Skip Intro]

19. Got another one - John Carpenter's "The Fog" - 1979

"there's no fog bank out there...there's no fog bank out there...hey, there's a fog bank out there"

you just don't get that kind of dialog these days...

[harmonicon]

34. man, that movie is something else...

so strange. I think it's actually a bad movie, but the soundtrack is fantastic, so I enjoy watching it. Supposedly they'd finished the film and realized that it sucked, so went back and shot the scenes with the figures coming out of the fog and grabbing/stabbing people to add something to it that might be scary.

[Skip Intro]

36. I must've seen that move twenty times. And I'm hoping SciFi will air it again before Halloween.

It's bad, but in such a good way.

and, well, you know, Adrianne Barbeau - well, you know...

[AccessGranted]

21. Under The Cherry Moon

With Prince...I Love That Movie!

[blitzen]

23. Ernest Saves Christmas

[elshiva]

26. Yes and you're name is blitzen.

:) I think that was one of the best Ernest movies. And yes, I liked the Ernest movies.

[Iggo]

24. The Postman. (n/t)

[JeffR]

30. Good choice!

After Waterworld, it never had a chance, but it's pretty cool.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

53. Other than the fact it was Waterworld on land, it wasn't that bad.

Wasn't that good either, but not horrible. It had Tom Petty in a cameo role....that was pretty cool.

[Iggo]

58. I know, right?

"Hey! Aren't you...?"
"I used to be..."

Tom Petty in a post apocalyptic world with shoddy mail service? Sign me up!

[mcctatas]

27. Ginger Snaps...

love it

[AlCzervik]

28. i love Ginger snaps movies. Thank you Canada!

[enigmatic]

39. The third one was made down the road from where I live

Fort Edmonton Park:



http://www.fortedmontonpark.ca/pages/FortEdmonton/default.aspx

[Iggo]

59. People hate Ginger Snaps?

What kind of world is this?

[Zavulon]

84. All three were great. I'd love to see a fourth. (N/T)

[Initech]

35. Dirty Work

I dont normally like Norm MacDonald, but he was fucking hilarious in this movie. The jail scene is absolutely hilarious.

"You guys have a lot of growing up to do, I'll tell you that! Ridiculous! You know what hurts the most is the... the lack of respect! Well, the other thing, that hurts the most, but the lack of respect... hurts the second most!!!!"

:rofl:

[flvegan]

43. I LOVE that movie.

I think Norm was pretty well made for that role.

[enigmatic]

37. Ready To Rumble

Oliver Platt is Gold as Jimmy King..

"I weeel ruuule you!"

[Critters2]

38. Bonfire of the Vanities. I'm told I'd hate it, if I'd read the book. But I didn't.

So, I don't understand all the hatin'. I enjoyed it.

[Two Sheds]

41. Wyatt Earp

Thought it was understated and holds up better than the violent porno that was "Tombstone."

[MrSlayer]

127. I too, liked Wyatt Earp far better than Tombstone.

In fact, after seeing the ridiculous fake mustache on Val Kilmer I had to skip it entirely.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

42. "The Shadow"

With Alec Baldwin and Penelope Ann Miller.

[kentauros]

66. Oddly enough

I will watch that one almost every time Encore plays it, or catch it partway through. It has the look and feel of the old Doc Savage movie, if you've ever seen that. Or how about The Phantom with Billy Zane :)

[jbane]

46. Waterworld

Stupid but the ending was good where they land on Mt.Everest.

[cwydro]

47. The English Patient.

[begin_within]

124. When I saw that, I

[dropkickpa]

50. Mystery Men

LOVE IT!!!!

[mainegreen]

57. yeah, that movie was fun as hell.

[kentauros]

63. I love Mystery Men, too!

Though it would have been great if they had included The Flaming Carrot. Bob Burden is another "crazy" comics creator and he's a hoot to talk to as well :D

[marmar]

51. Spice World.....

:hide:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

52. Waterworld

Always used as an example of how horrible Kevin Costner is, but I really enjoyed it.

A lot of people bashed "Joe vs. the Volcano" but I thought it was a nice movie.

And there was a big backlash against "The Blair Witch Project" after its initial success, but I still think it was a clever concept and very creepy in its own right.



Oh, and I too thought "Envy" was hilarious.

"Where did the shit go? We want to know!"

[Skittles]

129. I liked Waterworld too

yes INDEED

[Lilith Velkor]

54. Legend

Tim Curry is teh awesome!

[semillama]

56. Alien: Resurrection

This is my favorite of the lot. It's Jeunet in Space! It has Brad Dourif, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya and Dominique Pinon!

You really had to suspend some serious disbelief to accept the premise behind the Ripley clone, but once you got past that, it was damn good, and I really thought it held to the concept of a dystopian future society.

[kentauros]

60. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

I'm not a gamer, almost "anti-gamer" really, and I loved this movie. Finally a science-fiction movie willing to get into spiritual themes :) (Although Contact approached that subject as well, just not like this one.)

[Chovexani]

91. I loved that movie

Which makes me the only one in Final Fantasy fandom who does. :P

[kentauros]

94. From what I've read of the FF-fandom posts at imdb.com

I would have to agree! :P

[riverdale]

61. Little Nicky

Come on, it even had Ozzy in it

[mitchum]

62. "Caligula" and "Mandingo"

the two greatest bad movies ever

[Runcible Spoon]

64. Grandma's Boy

I think it has a good heart for an adolescent gross out movie.

[littlebit]

65. Run Ronny Run

It's a really stupid movie but it's funny.

[lightningandsnow]

67. Foxy Brown.

Cheesy as all hell, but one of my favorite movies ever.

[Dr. Strange]

68. The Big Lebowski

Everybody hates it. Not me, though. :)

[Zavulon]

83. I've never heard of anyone hating it, actually.

In fact, in my circles I'm the only one who doesn't think it's the coolest, funniest, hippest (or whatever the proper terminology is this week) movie ever made. I think it's worth seeing once, but not twice.

[TZ]

132. I have a relative who thinks its one of the most disgusting movies

ever made. In fact he warned me off it. And since we have pretty similar tastes in movies, I have heeded that warning.

[elshiva]

90. Check out my avatar. It's Walter.

;) "Over the line!" :hug:

[Lethe]

108. lets not forget Elshiva, lets not forget that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent,

for um domestic, within the city, that aint legal

[elshiva]

113. Thanks for the tip.

;)

[Dr. Strange]

116. I don't roll on Shabbos.

But my smilies do:

[elshiva]

121. Don't mess with the Jesus.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

133. You're entering a world of pain, son. nt

[Initech]

69. Another one: Death To Smoochy

It had such a great cast and premise... why did it go wrong?

[driver8]

72. I absolutely love this movie!!

So freakin' funny...

It is very dark ,though. Maybe it's too dark for the "average movie goer".

I work at Warner Bros. and we were having a Christmas party and everyone was giving gag gifts. Someone got a VHS copy of the movie and I traded my gift to get the movie. The person I got the tape from said, "You must be one of the four people in this country that likes this movie."

I am now the proud owner of the DVD, and paid four dollars for it at our company store!!

[jpgray]

110. I thought it was neat.

[Tektonik]

71. My Own Private Idaho

[TrogL]

73. A Boy and his Dog

(Harlan Ellison version)

[Felix Mala]

78. That's my number one favorite Sci-Fi movie of all time...

I didn't know who Don Johnson was when I saw it the first time. Now I can't get anyone to watch my DVD copy of it because Don Johnson is in it. They react as if I just asked them to hold my dead mouse. But Johnson is really good in it. (Of course, the dog's better...)

For decades I've felt that the underground world seen in the movie is exactly the kind of world the Neocon wanted for us. Right down to the rosy painted cheeks! I loved the endless droning of the speakers explaining why the USA was so damned superior to everyone else until the bombs dropped...

[carlyhippy]

74. The Slums of Beverly Hills.......That Thing You Do.........everything on Lifetime channel

I am constantly ribbed at my house because of the Lifetime movies.
Carly

[HEyHEY]

88. I love both of those!

[carlyhippy]

89. .

.

[TZ]

75. Xanadu!

I love the music as well...

[Forkboy]

79. I actually paid to see that when it came out.

:scared:

Normally I would get high before a movie, but that was the first one to make me need to get high after seeing it. :)

[racaulk]

99. OMG, I lurve Xanadu!

It's good because it's so damn campy! And I swear a couple of those muses were drag queens. Just sayin'... :hi:

The music to that movie is great as well.

[Frank Cannon]

131. I love everything about that movie

ELO and Olivia Newton-John at the height of their powers.

[Dogmudgeon]

76. Waterworld

I never understood why everyone hates it.

Peer pressure, I guess.

--p!

[Nevernose]

102. Dennis Hopper and the jet skis

Other than that, I thought it was a great movie. Hopper overacts and the jet skis were just too much like an 80s TV show (think A-Team or Miami Vice).

[Tommy_Carcetti]

135. They're all smokers.

They're like a turd that just won't flush.

[B3Nut]

77. Honky Tonk Freeway!

Gotta love a waterskiing elephant!

Ticlaw...Ticlaw....wonderful, beautiful part of heaven.... :D

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[Zavulon]

80. Con Air.

Malkovich was actually Oscar-worthy as a bad guy in that one, but of course an action movie like Con Air eliminates him from consideration.

I've never seen "Envy," but if Ben Stiller and Jack Black are in it that's enough to keep me away no matter what the plot or script. I can't stand either one.

[YankeyMCC]

82. 1941

[kentauros]

111. YaY!

"My name's Wild Bill Kelso, and don't you forget it!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtAHXJGEM2Q

:D

[Forkboy]

85. Man Bites Dog

An extremely black comedy about a serial killer and the film crew doing a documentary on him. It has some very jarring scenes that have disturbed a few people I know who saw it, but I love the movie myself.

[Bryan]

86. David Cronenberg's Crash

Funny, creepy, sexy, unpredictable-and yet, not a good date movie.

[HEyHEY]

87. My Cousin Vinny

[kentauros]

97. I think My Cousin Vinny is brilliant!

I even have a co-worker that starts quoting from it every now and then, like today:

Vinny Gambini: It is possible that the two yutes...
Judge Chamberlain Haller: ...Ah, the two what? Uh... uh, what was that word?
Vinny Gambini: Uh... what word?
Judge Chamberlain Haller: Two what?
Vinny Gambini: What?
Judge Chamberlain Haller: Uh... did you say 'yutes'?
Vinny Gambini: Yeah, two yutes.
Judge Chamberlain Haller: What is a yute?
{beat}
Vinny Gambini: Oh, excuse me, your honor...
{exaggerated}
Vinny Gambini: Two YOUTHS.

[driver8]

136. That movie is hilarious!!

Who doesn't like "My Cousin Vinny"??

[Chovexani]

92. Both Matrix sequels

They weren't confusing at all if you bothered to pay attention. And I liked the decidedly non-Hollywood ending of it, literal Deus ex Machina or not. And god damn was that highway chase in Reloaded amazing.

But maybe it's because I'm an anime fan.

[XemaSab]

93. I think the original fooled everyone into thinking it was this deep, mystical movie

and the sequels were totally not deep OR mystical.

The second and third movie were watchable, but I think they were setting something up to happen that didn't come through in the end. :shrug:

[elshiva]

96. I loved all the Matrix films, too.

Joss Whedon was a big fan of the Matrix. :hug:

[Chovexani]

117. Larry fuckin Fishburne was wielding a nodachi

how can anyone not get on board with that?

[Auggie]

95. Woody Allen: Everyone Says I Love You

[kentauros]

100. Michael Mann's "The Keep"

The Keep (imdb link)

Visuals like Thief, music by Tangerine Dream, unseen evil force killing Nazis right and left, a man in a rubber monster suit and a Jewish hero/supernatural-monster-slayer. What's not to like? :D

[Danger Mouse]

104. "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" If you 'get it,' you'll love it.

If you don't, you'll hate it.
For the record, it has the most hilariously inept mafia goons in movie history.

[kentauros]

106. I got it

:)

Although the assassination through the drainpipe miffed me a bit because there wasn't any water trap in the plumbing. Straight shot right up through the sink.

[Danger Mouse]

107. You forget. He was a samurai. He used his magical samurai powers.

[kentauros]

112. lol!

And he understood French without ever speaking any of it and his French friend understood him ;)

[Release The Hounds]

109. Street Fighter

[oregonjen]

114. "Oh God!" with John Denver and George Burns

A movie with a message that is still relevant today. LOVED it!

[noonwitch]

134. People actually picketed the theaters over it in my hometown

Grand Rapids, MI. They also picketed Jesus Christ, Superstar. The Last Temptation of Christ never showed at a theater there-it showed in Detroit, and they had protestors there. Last Temptation was shown later in GR at Fountain Street Church.

[coyotespaw]

115. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Much better than the TV show of the same name.

[quiet.american]

120. Here we go: Moulin Rouge. nt

[BrklynLiberal]

126. "Tank Girl" with Lori Petty

Whenever I see it listed...I have to watch it. I get such a kick out of it. I think Lori Petty did a great job.

[BlueIris]

128. "28 Days." That's a realistic picture of the rehab experience, and although it has a "happy ending"

it's not like the film's plot doesn't earn it.