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The thread "Movies that aren't even good for one viewing thread" reminded me of yet another class of movies: Movies you love to hate.
These are the movies that are so bad they almost transcend badness. Movies that you like to watch just because its fun to laugh at how pathetically bad they are. Sometimes they can even get to be virtual classics (at least with in a certain social group) with people quoting classic bad lines.
Tell me I'm not alone in this one. What are the movies you love to hate.
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Spy Kids 3-D. THE best movie-going experience my friends and I ever had together. Especially when Elijah Wood kicked the bucket, though I have nothing against him.
Also, The Transporter. Quote from friend: "That movie was so bad it was good. If I had to choose again, I'd still pay $8 to see it."
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Some loved it, but... I couldn't stand it. It wasn't funny to me, it was pointless, and it stole a couple hours from my life I'll never get back as well as the time of others making grating references.
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quote:Originally posted by Lisa: And it's twin sister Stick It.
I've watched this a few times when it came on cable, and I like it too. It's definitely not high cinema, but it's enjoyable, and the lead actress is pretty hot.
To add to the list, New York Minute.
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quote:Originally posted by Vadon: 'Napoleon Dynamite'
Some loved it, but... I couldn't stand it. It wasn't funny to me, it was pointless, and it stole a couple hours from my life I'll never get back as well as the time of others making grating references.
I think, for you, this falls squarely in the "Movies I hate" instead of "Movies I love to hate"...
I will give you my letter "T" list: Twister Tron Twilight
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The Star Wars Prequels, especially if you start replacing certain words from lines with "Pants". You can get some interesting results that way!
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quote:Originally posted by BandoCommando: especially if you start replacing certain words from lines with "Pants". You can get some interesting results that way!
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A lot of my friends feel that Titanic belongs in this category, although I think it's actually good, for the most part.
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quote:Originally posted by Jhai: My first two: Starship Troopers and Bring It On
PSH. I love to love both these movies. They're so sickly awful and weirdly interesting.
I wasn't going to be the first to admit it.. but yeah...
Isn't that the point of this thread? If I ever flip past either of them on TV I always end up watching them all the way through. I love them. And I think they're awful movies. Or does my relationship with them belong on a thread entitled "Movies you hate to love, but still do, anyways"?
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C'mon. Anyone who watches How I met your mother can appreciate Neil Patrick Harris as the brilliant scientist mind who saves the world!
My move i love to hate is AI. I HATE AI.
Some people think that a movie that makes you cry is good - I think so too, so long as it is meant to be productive in some way, or if one can relate or learn from that emotion.
AI tries to make you cry for the sake of crying. Why don't you just kick me in the crotch?
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Oh, I've got a BUNCH of these! How about...
Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot! starring Sylvester Stallone Legend starring Tom Cruise Anaconda starring J-Lo and Ice Cube
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Anaconda, wow I'd completely forgotten about that movie. That was one seriously over the top bad movie. You rarely find a movie quite that lovably bad with such a big budget. Definitely much better if viewed as a comedy than a horror film.
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Caveman definitely falls into this category, but it's only perfect if it's hosted by Gilbert Gottfried, Cat Psychologist. Our copy of the movie (sadly, lost long ago) was taped off of USA, back when they had the Up All Night program. A few years ago I saw Caveman on DVD, and it just wasn't the same!
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Fern Gully, sort of. There's actually some very funny and talented people involved with it, so it is often funny in ways that it intended to be funny, but it is far MORE funny in ways that it intended to be dead serious.
"What are you doing?" "I'm carving your name [into the tree]" *Long, dramatic pause* "Can't you feel it's pain?"
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quote:Originally posted by Armoth: My move i love to hate is AI. I HATE AI.
Some people think that a movie that makes you cry is good - I think so too, so long as it is meant to be productive in some way, or if one can relate or learn from that emotion.
AI tries to make you cry for the sake of crying. Why don't you just kick me in the crotch?
I was furious by the end of it. Just such a horrid movie, playing on feelings, like you said, just for its own sake. Stupid, stupid, stupid, and I will never watch it again. Same with Pay It Forward, which was actually a pretty good movie except for the ending.
The two most evil movies I've ever seen, and I use the word with full intent, are The Hitcher (the original, with Rutger Hauer) and Se7en. Both of them made me want to take my brain and eyeballs out and wash them off in lye.
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the best love-to-hate movie is Ichi the Killer.
It's so bad, like, one of the worst movies possible, but it is terrible in a way which is 'arty' and violent enough to endear itself to idiots.
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quote:Originally posted by Hank: Fern Gully, sort of. There's actually some very funny and talented people involved with it, so it is often funny in ways that it intended to be funny, but it is far MORE funny in ways that it intended to be dead serious.
"What are you doing?" "I'm carving your name [into the tree]" *Long, dramatic pause* "Can't you feel it's pain?"
I totally internalized that lesson only to later find out that plants don't feel pain. I was pretty annoyed.
I submit Killer Clowns From Space, and Three Kings.
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quote: The two most evil movies I've ever seen, and I use the word with full intent, are The Hitcher (the original, with Rutger Hauer) and Se7en. Both of them made me want to take my brain and eyeballs out and wash them off in lye.
I loved Se7en. I mean, it wasn't award-winning material, but it's hard not to like a movie with both Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman. They were their usual awesomeness, I thought. Pitt was pretty awful, though.
Titanic and Starship Troopers most certainly belong on the love to hate list.
Here's another: The Cutting Edge. Talk about cheese, and yet I'm compelled to watch it all the way through every time I see it on.
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Don't get me wrong (or, rather, don't forget the stipulations of the category), I love watching it. But you have to admit it really is pure cheese. It tries too hard.
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quote:Originally posted by Hank: Fern Gully, sort of. "What are you doing?" "I'm carving your name [into the tree]" *Long, dramatic pause* "Can't you feel it's pain?"
I totally internalized that lesson only to later find out that plants don't feel pain. I was pretty annoyed.
Did you also believe that littering and stabbing people in the face are morally equivalent, because my childhood Fern Gully phase definitely included that. Also, I like the token hip-hop-flavored song...with leeches as high-pitched back-up singers.
May I also submit The Gnomemobile? A.K.A. the darkest days of Walter Brennan's carreer.
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Mars Attacks - The only part of that movie that I really like is when the aliens destroy Congress and the crazy old lady laughs and points at the TV while saying "they killed Congress!" Heh.
Twister - Dude, what was wrong with Twister? Helen Hunt, sweet CGI, storm chasers, romance, comedy, drama, it had everything! The only thing bringing it down was Bill Paxton, but you can't condemn a good movie just because he's in it.
Titanic - The fact that it made a billion dollars is just proof that woman have both a high level of purchasing power and a high level of influence over men.
Ferngully - I grew up on it, so naturally I love it. Mostly I just watch it for Batty. Even now he still cracks me up whenever I think about that movie.
A Few Good Men - I thought this was actually a pretty good movie, and that most other people thought it was at least decent as well. Maybe I'm just misunderstanding the premise behind a movie someone loves to hate.
The Gnomemobile - I watched this a lot when I was a kid, along with Darby O'Gill and the Little People (I think I have that name right) and a few others. So I have fond memories of it (that and the fact that I can't get that Gnomemobile song out of my head), but I wouldn't put it up for any awards.
I don't know if I really have any movies that I love to hate. I think if you rephrased the category as Awesomely Bad rather than love to hate, it'd be easier to classify some things, because movies that are that bad I don't hate it all. But really, the absolutely ultimate awesomely bad movie for me is Snakes on a Plane. Congo is up there somewhere too, either because I like Laura Linney and Tim Curry, or because I watched it a lot when I was younger and always thought it was really funny.
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Ah, I didn't get what 'love to hate' are supposed to be. They're the 'this movie is so bad, it's good!' type?
Well, for that one, I'd go with The Gods Must be Crazy
And on A Few Good Men, I don't think the movie tries too hard so much as a few of the actors do to no avail. Jack Nicholson and Kevin Pollack were fantastic. Tom Cruise and to a lesser extent Demi Moore? Not so much. Posts: 1831 | Registered: Jan 2003
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The Gods Must be Crazy is one of the funniest movies ever made. I don't think its in the least bit bad.
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I forgot to mention one of my favoites, "Night of the Lepus", Giant killer rabbits rampage across the southwest US. It was supposed to be a horror film, but no matter how big they made the bunnies look and no matter how many close up of rabbit teeth they show, they still look like fluffy bunnies. And as a plus, it stars Defoest Kelley.
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quote:Originally posted by rollainm: Here's another: The Cutting Edge. Talk about cheese, and yet I'm compelled to watch it all the way through every time I see it on.
Ha ha... Oh yes, that one definitely goes on the list!
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: The Gods Must be Crazy is one of the funniest movies ever made. I don't think its in the least bit bad.
I completely agree. II, not so good, but the first one is BRILLIANT.
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quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: The Gods Must be Crazy is one of the funniest movies ever made. I don't think its in the least bit bad.
The thing with The Gods Must Be Crazy is that it doesn't take itself seriously at all - it acknowledges that it's a silly movie, and that keeps it from being bad.
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I'm definitely agreeing with "Bring It On". After seeing "Twilight" for the first time I thought it would end up in that category, but I found that after some time has passed I don't like it enough to put it here.
My personal additions to this list would be "Escape From New York" and "Spiceworld".
And possibly "Matrix: Reloaded" even though I can't make it all the way through. The sex scene is funny enough to sit through the first part, at least.
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quote:Originally posted by PSI Teleport: My personal additions to this list would be "Escape From New York" and "Spiceworld".
Oh, didn't even think of Spiceworld! This little girl I used to babysit over summers was hooked on it, and I found I could watch it several times in a row simply because it fits in this category of movie. Also, she was less of a brat when a movie was showing.
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