This was suggested by Mr. Cooper, I hear and obey ;-)

You know it's happened, You head all your friends tell you how stinky a film was. It's late, you can't sleep, you put on the tv. There it is! The film that was called the granddaddy of all steamers. You watch, you like. In fact, you love it. You don't know what to do. Have you lost your judgement? Have your friends? Can you tell anyone? How do you live the rest of your life?

Get it off your chest! Tell us about a film that "everyone" hated but you loved.

Same ruels apply. No flaming, No one is wrong or stupid. We're hear to share, not judge. Explain as much or as little as you wish. This is a place of love and trust.

I'll start...

The Postman, no not "El Postino", the Kevin Costner film.

The gist of the film is that America is taken out in a nuclear war. Raving bands of yahoos raom the wasteland. Costner finds a bag of mail and travels the badlands trying to convince people that the country is starting to get it's act together and the mail is getting through. He battles his old gangmates and becomes an inspiration to the survivors.

I loved everything about this film. I really thought the film had a lot to say about the power of belief. It was a "realistic" film. It was like "High Noon." It was the story of a legend, not what "really" happened.

My favorate part is when they run the American flag up in front of a post office, a gang of thugs (the tribe of 8) see it, and says "take that down and burn it, that flag is an abomination." I thought it really captured the anger that a lot of "survivalists" felt toward the government, rejecting the myth that everyone with a bomb shelter was a "true, blue Ahmer'kin."

Yet everyone hates it. On the "Simpons" Lisa is watching it on dvd and the directors commentary is just Costener saying "I'm sorry" over and over again. Well, I'm not sorry. I loved it.

But then again, I also like marmite!

Mine usually come in the form of comedies. I mentioned on the other thread "Dude Where's my Car." I think it was amazingly funny. So simple, yet so funny. The other one I get flack on is a movie from 1984 called "Top Secret". It stars a young Val Kilmer, and is like a Naked Gun except 10x better. If you havent seen it, get it. Its my favorite comedy of all time. I also really really liked "Reloaded", but I was disappointed in the ending of "revolutions".

Looks like everyone hated Starship Troopers but me, so I'll start with that. I loved it from start to finish. :)

Wow, I have so many more... I think half my movie collection is bad movies that I love.

I don´t think that TOP SECRET falls into the category of "Bad Movie everyone hated but I liked".
TOP SECRET has to be one of the funniest films I´ve watched. And certainly the one I like best on that kind of humour.

Most people I know that have watched it, agree with me.

(Maybe I´m surrounded by weird people?)

Anyway, I think I might give that "Dude where´s my car" a shot.

Top Secret is meant to be bad and full of corny jokes. It can only be criticized if it wasn't funny enough.

In that category, however, there was a film called "Reposessed" starring Linda Blair and Leslie Nielsen. It was supposed to be a parody of the Exorcist films but there was very little funny in it.

Oh, there are tons, but the most recent one is probably The Transporter (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293662/). Typical action flick, but the action itself is very cool. Especially the first car chase.

I've recently started to adopt Tarantino's approach to movies, the gist of it being he doesn't look at it critically in terms of artistic achievement, he just enjoys them for what they are. There are definitely films that I prefer to have in my collection over big blockbusters, but it can be fun and relaxing sometimes to just sit down with an easy mainstream movie.

Another one of my favorite comedies that most people I know hate is Broken Lizards' Super Troopers. I laugh almost all the way through, and it's just as funny as the first time I watched it.

meow.

I liked "The Prince of Darkness," but---. I shouldn't because the resolution could have been stronger.

Stealing Harvard. "Why is anybody talking?"

Frank, I keep on bugging Dylan to see it. It's probably Carpenter's last good film.

I disagree about the ending, however. It's what I loved the best. It's the kind of ending that stays with you because there is no resolution.

I´m having so much fun remembering all these crappy movies I actually liked. So I´ll post a few more that come to mind now:

- George of the Jungle

- The one with John Ritter where he and his wife get sucked inside the TV and start going around different TV shows...

- Frighteners (way before I even knew who Peter Jackson was).

I think Joe Versus the Volcano was an absolutely wonderful film, with great music, great atmosphere, and a sense of fairy-tale wonder that just captivated me.

But everyone else seems to think it sucks.

I will say, though, that I think it failed to reach its audience because of when it came out. I have found that when I force people to watch it today, they like it much more. Or at least don't think it's dumb any more.

I thought the movie 'Orgasmo' was funny. Everyone always laughs and me and says its stupid but I think its hilarious. If any of you here like the show 'South Park' then you would probably enjoy watching 'Orgasmo.'

The first Conan movie. I still love it; I probably watch it once a year, at least.

Polanski's Pirates is another one.

I am also a huge fan of the forgotten Sci Fi classic, Forbidden Planet- wherein one can find almost the entire concept behind the original Star Trek series.

Oh yeah- I liked Anaconda too...

Michael

If I like a movie, then it doesn't suck. period. hehehe


Liked StarShip troopers, even though I read the book and felt
betrayed. The book described a society based on Platonic ideals, not fascist ones. But the director needed a convienent sneaky way to critisize America. (yes, America, not Nazi Germany).

Why I liked..
Great CG, up to that time, the best ever.
Great Action scenes.
Great pacing.
Denise Richards and Dina Myer.

I second Joe vs. the volcano and conan!

although, i didnt realize people didnt like conan...

I really like the 5th element and starship troopers.

howard the duck anyone?

Barbarella

Any movie can seem to be a great movie if seen with the right audience. I loved The Core when I saw it at a big science fiction marathon earlier this year.

Ohhh- I have a great one for you all.

How about "Kung Pow-Enter the Fist."
It was done by the guy who directed Jim Carey's Pet Detective 2. I guess it bombed in the box office, but I saw it on cable, then stumbled onto the wesite:
<http://www.kungpowmovie.com/>
and I just think it's one, damned silly, funny movie. I have tons of those bad kung fu movies and I always wanted to redub the voices for fun.
They even let you try this on the website.

Yeah- stupid ending, and overly silly at parts...so what? I laughed, and ...no I didnt cry. Forget I said that.

Jeff :>)

If you liked Kung Pow, you should definitely check out Oedekerk's "Thumb" series of short spoofs. There's "BatThumb", "The Blair Thumb", "The GodThumb", "FrankenThumb", "ThumbTanic"... all spoofs of big films, but performed by... Thumbs!

They show often on Showtime I think, and I laugh hysterically each time I see 'em...

I really liked the Core too. Saw it on opening night. Then again, I always love apocalyptic (sp?) science fiction. Kung Pow to me was terrible. For some reason, the whole tounge thing wierded me out.

to me Kung Pow was hilarious, but I like martial arts films, so I appreciate the paridy. My fav scene was when the guy kept switching clothes while he was pontificating. but hey, thats just me.

I could list all the cheesy biker/teen sex comedy/drama movies of the 70s I saw, but it's still all a blur. You know, the guy who gets back from Viet Nam, gets a dirt bike and kicks the crap out of all the Harley riding gang members? Or the classic Cheerleader series? Who could forget those? Or even 1980's Last American Virgin? great stuff.

Starship Troopers was fun indeed, I think I even liked The Postman
as well Joe <g>. But that's been a very long time ago since I
watched that.

A lot of people seem to dislike Meet Joe Black. One of the movies
I find brilliant. And I have to confess another one: "Cruel Intentions"

And the whole Matrix trilogy ofcourse... almost everyone seems
to hate it. I thought it was pretty good. But then again I sort-off
like open endings (not always, depends on how it's done). What
I even like more is sad endings.. Hehe.

Okay...

First of all, most of the movies I like are the Indy movies, so those mostly go unappreciated by the mainstream folk anyways. But, some of these I list got snubbed by the "artsy" folks too. Some of these might be considered mainstream flicks.

The Virgin Suicides - by Sophia Coppola
It starred James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst. Awesome movie, especially to those who "came of age" in the 70's

American History X - biggest star in that was Edward Norton. Very powerful drama. Good lesson here... sad ending.

Fight Club - another Edward Norton flick. Also had Brad Pitt. Awesome, and not just cuz Brad Pitt looked so fine in it!

I'll probably be back to add more. Let's see what the rest of you come up with.

I think someone should make a study of these movies...
And why is that people don´t like them.

Most of the mentioned in these thread I did liked or at least enjoyed. (Actually a lot of the Movies mentioned on the paralel "movies you hated" thread, I liked too)

(WARNING: not sure of the truth of this statement)

I read somewhere that the most hated and box office failure "Waterworld" was a few years later... at the top of the rented movies on Video Clubs.

I wonder how much Critics, MAgazines, Friends, etc.. can actually influence people to like or dislike a movie...

(anyone seen that episode of Seinfeld where he says he doesn´t like The English Patient?)

By the way, one more for my list:

Tim Burton´s Planet of the Apes.

I relly liked the short film: A fistful of Yen.
It is a parody on all martial-arts films( kind of like Kung Pow)

I also really liked Luc Bessons The fifth element and Joan of Arc( dont know if poeple really hates them)

-also I didnt think Waterworld was a bad film.

Raising Arizona
just about everyone Ive asked to watch the movie with me never lasts till the end.

COPLAND...

I don´t know how I forgot about this one before... Watched it again.. and still don´t understand what is it that makes everyone hate it..
(and don´t wanna know either... I want to keep the dream alive :-) )

Ditto on "Dude Where's My Car." For when you just wanna have fun.

Also, "Tommy Boy." My wife absolutely could not stand Chris Farley, but this movie had her peeing from laughter. It's even better when you have a couple of adult beverages before viewing. :-)

Yes yes it's Adam Sandler acting like a retard AGAIN but it's stupid funny humour and it has Fairuza Balk as a hot redneck girl. I had fun.