# "Am I the only one who liked this movie?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291 "2003-05-29T15:59:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/41 "2003-05-30T01:26:37Z")
I thought _Super Troopers_ was hilarious. [sub]…cricket…cricket…cricket…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/42 "2003-05-30T01:27:48Z")
I also liked Hudson Hawk. There’s a romantic comedy starring Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek called Fools Rush In that I adore. Most people never even heard about it, much less like it. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/43 "2003-05-30T01:35:59Z")
Yeah, **Kung Pow** was hilarious and so was **Oscar**. And maybe **S1m0ne** with Al Pacino would qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/44 "2003-05-30T01:48:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by freajnt \* > \*\*I have a couple. > > **Lost in Space.** I actually got to liking “Joey” because of his effort in this flick. > > … \*\* I, too, did not find **Lost in Space** to be the irredeemable crapfest that pretty much everyone else apparently did. I do have a lot of goodwill left for the original TV show, though, and that may have clouded my judgement. I do think the film could still have been much better though. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/45 "2003-05-30T02:03:37Z")
Oh dear, where to begin. Last Action Hero Unbreakable Orgasmzo (Southpark creators again) Condorman (Disney film with Micheal Crawford as a superhero) The Lawnmower Man The One (the slowmo effects were _so_ cool!) Anything by Jacky Chan (how can anyone be bored of him?) A.I. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/46 "2003-05-30T02:13:46Z")
I laughed at **Ishtar** and **Jackass: The Movie**. I also thought that **Waterworld** was sort of ok. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/47 "2003-05-30T02:25:50Z")
I absolutely love **Popeye** , starring Robin Williams. I also really, really like **Bubble Boy**. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/48 "2003-05-30T02:29:39Z")
I love Ridley Scott’s **Legend** passionately. This movie features Tom Cruise with uncapped teeth! Also really liked **The Fifth Element**. Didn’t see it for the longest time because I read terrible reviews of it. Finally borrowed it from the library and really enjoyed it. **Blade Runner** got panned when it first came out, didn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/49 "2003-05-30T03:18:42Z")
**Mars Attacks.** \*\*Death to Smoochy. \*\* I’m the only one to say this but… **Daylight**. I must be the only one on earth who actually liked that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/50 "2003-05-30T03:19:28Z")
I second (or third) **Super Mario Bros.** What a great bit of nostalgia. And Dennis Hopper! and \*\* Kung Pow\*\* was hilarious at times. I loved it (but it did get dumb at some points) ---
**Author:** ![Doc\_Trauma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Doc\_Trauma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Trauma)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/51 "2003-05-30T03:24:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HPL \* > > I’m the only one to say this but… **Daylight**. I must be the only one on earth who actually liked that movie. \*\* I liked that movie if only for the fact that an EMT was the hero instead of a fireman. We EMTs generally get the short end of the stick. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/52 "2003-05-30T03:33:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph \* > \*\*I, too, did not find **Lost in Space** to be the irredeemable crapfest that pretty much everyone else apparently did. I do have a lot of goodwill left for the original TV show, though, and that may have clouded my judgement. I do think the film could still have been much better though. \*\* I got _Lost in Space_ free with my DVD player, along with _City of Angels_, _US Marshalls_, and two other movies so bad I don’t ever remember their names (possible a second copy of _City of Angels_, just to rub it in). LiS was the only one I kept. The plot was pretty bad, but the actors all did such a good job, I couldn’t help liking them. Wossisname from _Friends_ really impressed me. I mean, I expected Gary Oldman and William Hurt to be good, but I never expected to buy Joey as an action-type. I kinda wish they’d do a sequel: same cast, but with a better script. I also loved _Death to Smoochy_. Funniest, hippest movie I’d seen in years. _Daylight_ was the Stallone flick about the tunnel collapse, right? Not bad for a mindless action flick. I always liked Stallone better than Schwartzenegger. _Demolition Man_ was great, too. [Rob Schneider]In my last movie, I played a smarmy, obseqious character, but in _this_ one, I play obsequios and smarmy. It’s a big stretch for me as an actor.[/Rob Schneider] ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/53 "2003-05-30T03:46:54Z")
GREASE 2!!! ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/54 "2003-05-30T07:59:51Z")
Both **Hudson Hawk** and **The Fifth Element** are so universally **liked** by almost everyone I know who has actually seen them that I think they should be retired from such discussions, and perhaps put into the “movies that people think other people don’t like” hall of fame. Oh, and I also enjoyed **Fools Rush In** with Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek. It was very very badly promoted however, in that the ads for it implied that it was a goofy, Friends-style comedy, when in fact it’s largely a romance, along with a lighthearted cultural drama, with some comedy thrown in. But it has a good heart. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/55 "2003-05-31T01:44:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FisherQueen \* > \*\*I liked ‘The Frighteners.’ Flawed, yes, but ultimately I found it effective. > > I thought ‘The Last Action Hero’ was hilarious, and, judging from the reviews, I was the only one. \*\* I also enjoyed The Frighteners. It had its moments. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/56 "2003-05-31T01:48:18Z")
Creator with Peter O’Toole was very good, and again I think it was marketed poorly. ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/57 "2003-05-31T01:57:49Z")
**Romeo Must Die**. I can’t imagine how people could complain about this movie and hold it as an example of how Asian stars can’t make good movies in Hollywood. As far as I can tell it is just as good as most of Jet Li’s work back home. It’s no **Fist of Legend** , but it’s at least on par with **The Bodygaurd from Beijing (US The Defender)**, and I think that’s a pretty good movie. True, in a perfect world the producers wouldn’t have felt the need to prop great action up with a bunch of hip-hop, but in **Once Upon a Time in China** there’s implied incestuous desire, so nothing’s perfect. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/58 "2003-05-31T02:00:49Z")
**Kung Pow**. I’d definetly watch the sequal (on DVD that is ;)). ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/59 "2003-05-31T03:15:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuperLorie \* > \*\*GREASE 2!!! \*\* _I’ll be your girl for all seasons All the year through Your girl for all seasons 'Cause I lo-o-ove lo-o-ove lo-o-ove Yes I love to be everything to you Just you_ _ahem_ > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by dil_ > **Return of the Jedi is my favorite Star Wars movie.** 😕 Who wouldn’t like ROTJ? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291/60 "2003-05-31T03:25:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Who wouldn’t like ROTJ? Me, for one. Stupid Ewoks. Lame death of Boba Fett. Too many muppets in Jabba’s palace. Carrie Fisher, clearly coked out of her pretty little skull, blowing all the great Leia-Han chemistry they’d built up in Empire. Giant desert vagina. Creepy retcon incest. Loved the giant dogfight, and the Luke-Vader duel was cool (although nothing compared to the one in Empire), but over-all it was a huge disappointment. Of course, after TPM and Clones, it looks pretty good. Then again, what _doesn’t_ look good compared to Attack of the Clones? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-liked-this-movie/178291.md?page=4)