Movies you are ashamed of....
 

We had a TV show thread but not one for movies. We all have enjoyed movies that we know have been critical flops, or that our friends considered lame.

I'll start with a few.

Doctor Detroit

Big Trouble in Little China

The Last Starfighter

Lord help me, I even enjoyed parts of Battle Beyond the Stars, a second rate sci-fi version of The Magnificent Seven, both movies including Robert Vaughn in the same role.

I've seen both of those last two. I'm still waiting for an explanation of the breasts on that spaceship.

The David Lynch version of Dune has grown on me over the years.

I'll still pop in The Cannonball Run when I'm in the mood for something completely mindless.

Empire Records gets an occasional showing too (back to back with Fellowship of the Ring for full Liv Tyler goodness).

I'll definitely second BTILC and TLS...I love both those movies.

Enemy Mine
Any Bond film with Roger Moore as Bond
Smokey and the Bandit movies
Clint Eastwood with the organutan movies

I saw this movie on TV once...I think it was called "Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell"...maybe? Anyway. It's awesome because it's so lame. It seriously looks like it was shot in somebody's backyard with the home video-camera. I haven't seen it in a while, but I still have to consider it my favorite bad movie.

Warriors of the Lost World? With the Mystery Science Theater treatment?

(Megaweapon! Megaweapon!)

Student Bodies

Oh, I forgot Cheerleader Ninjas.

Hell Comes to Frogtown.

Roddy Piper before 'They Live.'

Love 'Big Trouble' and 'Battle Beyond'..... absolutly great pop-corn munchin movies. Turn on, Switch off..... who does'nt need to do that sometimes?


and I would add....

the 'Tremors' movies ....and

the 'Spy Kids' movies

"Bloodbath in the House of Death" (no really) with Kenny Everett

White Noise was really bad in my opinion

Has anyone seen Dog Soldiers? possibly the best and worst movie ever- about werewolves that look like Cher. fantastic stuff! We were halfway through the movie when we realsied it may be a piss-take.

I also love any Western..its my dad's (bad) influence on me.

From Beyond.

Absolutely awful horror adaptation of a Lovecraft story. One of my favourite films *grins* terrible acting from most of the cast, especially the resident scream-queen Barbara Crampton; seriously cheesy scripts and nurses who smoke on duty:P

What's great about it though is: Jeffrey Combs delivering the line "It bit off his head......like he was a gingerbread man!" and Barbara Crampton investigating the death of the scientific and occult genius, discovering his 'playroom' complete with video playing a film of him flogging his latest conquest (followed later, by Crampton inexplicably dressing in the leather outfit); also good is Combs' transformaton from traumatised underling, to third-eye enhanced brain eating freak.

God I might just go and watch it again!


[edited to add] I forgot to mention the brilliant Psychiatric hospital (Miskatonic) where Combs' character is held after the death and destruction which opens the film. He is thought to be an axe wielding maniac and is being assessed by Crampton. The brilliantly awful dialogue between her and psychiatric nurse about psychiatric treatments is funny and that's then followed by a trip through the secure wing, where we see several madmen including a a guy who spends his entire time wanking and grunting like a monkey :P

I LOVE the old movie cartoon version of Puff the Magic Dragon. I cry every time!

Underworld.

Kate Beckinsale is truly DEEEE-VINE in it, beautiful as anything, but... terrible plot, terrible acting, terrible writing, and terrible dialogue. Great action, though, and plenty of hot leather-clad goth vampire chick eye candy.

Batteries not included, Moulin Rouge, The Little Mermaid, The Brave Little Toaster....the one with the cat whose eyes glowed green, and he could talk, and move things telekenetically....er...no i'm not on crack!

The Cat from Outer Space, right?

My husband loves that movie. He tried to get me to watch the sequel, too...he might manage to trick me with one of those "Any movie I want....really?" nights.

I am ashamed of loving the 2nd Indiana Jones movie: Temple of Doom. I even love it more than the somewhat less silly other two Indiana Jones movies.

Mars Needs Women
You've Got Mail
Practical Magic
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
David Lynch's version of Dune
The Stuff
The Deserter
The Trouble with Angels/Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (I live near where they were made)
Any Chuck Norris Movie
Billy Jack
Creator

I know that I'm barely getting started here ... these are the ones that I remember off the top of my head without grubbing through my video cabinet.

Creator and Billy Jack are nothing to be ashamed of.

Not really ashamed of bad movies... if they are funny-bad.
Bad-boring, now that is a different story, and I can't think of one I like. But, I bet there is one.

Plan 9 From Outer Space
Reform School Girls
Waterworld
Brusier
84 Charlie MoPic
The Walking Dead (C 1/9)
The Five Deadly Venoms
Point Blank (w/ Donald Sutherland)
Murders in the Rue Mourge

84 Charlie MoPic was good!

Plan 9 is bad in a special way, so that's cool too.

Please Pass The Ammo anyone?

Blowout

A terrible, terrible John Travolta movie, but it's about an audio engineer, and I geek out on it despite my best efforts.

It was made in Philadelphia, by Brian dePalma. What's awful about that, even if it was before people recognized that Travolta was actually an actor?

Crank

I never understood why Waterworld got such a bad rap. I *like* it. I especiallyi like Dennis Hopper in it.

Did anyone else notice that the name brand of the canned meat they had on the tanker was "Smeat"?

Oh, damn. That reminds me. I liked The Postman.

The book was pretty damn good.

Kentucky Fried Movie.

How can you not like "Frying the cat in pure Wesson oil"?!

...or Safety Sam?

Legally Blonde 1 & 2
Tomb Raider 1 & 2
All romantic comedies, I love them
All the Harry Potter movies

I really liked both the Underworld movies. I didn't think they were bad... but I am very easily entertained and not picky, so that could be it. :blush:

I liked it too. It's not my usual type of movie, but the concept was so enthralling to me.

Oh, same with The Truman Show.