# Bad movies that you actually think are great **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999 "2007-08-26T17:59:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/81 "2007-08-28T00:49:38Z")
[QUOTE=AtomicDog] **Judge Dredd**. I absolutely _love_ that movie, and I have yet to find anyone else that does. [/QUOTE] Consider your search for a fellow fan fulfilled 🙂 Loved it. I was a massive fan of the 2000AD comics when I was growing up, and I thought the movie captured the spirit of Judge Dread very well. “I AM THE LAW” ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/82 "2007-08-28T01:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=Ferd Burfel] **Red Dawn** **Roadhouse** **Smokey and The Bandit** and, sad to say, but I kind of enjoyed **Up Periscope** [/QUOTE] Ok, I will admit that there are a lot of crappy movies mentioned in this thread, and some people may have enjoyed them, but **Smokey and the Bandit**? That movie was a classic. It is still worth watching by anyone who has ever thought of driving a big rig. I will admit the sequels sucked donkey balls, but the original to be labeled a bad movie. I feel a Pit thread upcoming. I don’t feel as strongly about **RoadHouse** , but that was generally a good movie. Not a classic, but I don’t feel icky if someone catches me watching it. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/83 "2007-08-28T01:23:56Z")
Speaking of Stallone, I will watch _Demolition Man_ whenever it is on. Lots of great humor for a sci-fi flick. I am also the only person on the planet who liked _Doctor Detroit_. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/84 "2007-08-28T01:27:50Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] I am also the only person on the planet who liked _Doctor Detroit_. [/QUOTE] Not by half, you aren’t. It’s got a substantial cult following. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/85 "2007-08-28T01:30:20Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Not by half, you aren’t. It’s got a substantial cult following. [/QUOTE] Well that’s good to hear. I always thought it was underrated. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/86 "2007-08-28T01:40:14Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Well that’s good to hear. I always thought it was underrated. [/QUOTE] [Underrated?](http://www.the-earchives.com/scripts/download.asp?id=424) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Vimp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vimp/32/4186_2.png) [@Vimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vimp)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/87 "2007-08-28T03:55:26Z")
Glad to hear other folks liked \*Destroy All Monsters \* (I get a lot of static for liking it at home). I still think it’s great. Also a fan of _The Rocketeer_. \*Plan Nine from Outer Space \* is a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/88 "2007-08-28T04:09:40Z")
I forgot about the sweetness that is Cabin Boy and Dude Where’s My Car? I wanted to mention Bloodsport. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/89 "2007-08-28T05:07:12Z")
I just watched _Beer League_ with Artie Lange. What a marvelous piece of crap! I laughed my ass of for some reason. I thought it had quite a few great one-liners, and the insults were classic. I thought it was well written… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/90 "2007-08-28T13:30:59Z")
[QUOTE=ExTank] I didn’t ever think _Mars Attacks_ was a bad movie. Ack-ACK-ack-ack! !ZAP! _:do not run, we are your friends!:_ [/QUOTE] Same here; I think it’s awesome! _We come in peace!_ [QUOTE=cmyk] My vote: **The Fifth Element.** Once you realize it’s a comedy, it’s gold. Maybe I just dig Willis’ style in more lighthearted roles? [/QUOTE] There are people who don’t think it’s a comedy? It’s total camp! ---
**Author:** ![j00licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@j00licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j00licious)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/91 "2007-08-28T15:43:09Z")
Empire Records. Hands down. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/92 "2007-08-28T17:43:16Z")
You’ve described my ideal movie channel! Mars Attacks The Fifth Element Doctor Detroit Judge Dredd. Hudson Hawk Xanadu Big Trouble In Little China Tremors Joe vs. the Volcano Waterworld. The Golden Child Armageddon I’m probably one of the few people to like _Jekyll and Hyde…Together Again._ Or _Caligula_. Malcolm McDowell, Sir John Gielgud, Peter O’Toole, Helen Mirren in hard core porn! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/93 "2007-08-28T18:06:56Z")
A.I. (complete with the ending that everyone hates. I loved that ending.) Pootie Tang (I think it’s hilarious) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/94 "2007-08-28T18:11:26Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] [**Return to Oz**](http://www.sff.net/people/rothman/GBF/oz.htm) [/QUOTE] There’s no way Return To Oz is a bad movie. Though not without flaws, it’s a excellent movie. Just because some critics and viewers couldn’t get past the fact that it’s based on the Baum books and is MUCH more faithful than The Wizard of Oz, doesn’t make it a bad movie. The problem was with them, not the movie. Most Baum fans think it’s a stellar adaptation of his work. ---
**Author:** ![Grossbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/95 "2007-08-28T19:29:07Z")
1492: Conquest of Paradise, and Tideland. ---
**Author:** ![Suda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Suda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suda)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/96 "2007-08-29T10:24:05Z")
**Battlefield Earth** OK admittedly it wasn’t a great movie, but c’mon, I really don’t understand all the flak this movie gets! I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/97 "2007-08-29T12:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] A.I. (complete with the ending that everyone hates. I loved that ending.) Pootie Tang (I think it’s hilarious) [/QUOTE] I didn’t\* love\* the Spielberg ending but I knew it couldn’t end the Kubrickian way. Pootie Tang IS hilarious! Like my before-named Nothing But Trouble, it excites very divided opinions in IMDB & Amazon. An abyssmally bad movie that is great fun (partly but not entirely due to Sybil Danning & her girls) is THE HOWLING II:YOUR SISTER IS A WEREWOLF. And I really found HOWLING III (the Australian marsupial werewolves) to be touching. Oh- and let’s not forget the Sidaris productions which star Playboy Playmates as federal agents! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/98 "2007-08-29T14:16:52Z")
Does the original \*Conan the Barbarian \* count as bad? I sure read some nasty reviews of it. A group of us guys in college went to see it expecting camp trash – Dino Di Laurentiis does Robert E. Howard? It was a hack’n’slash sword movie, overlaid with tendentious Nietzschean themes and steroid porn, starring the inarticulate future governor of California. But it also laughed at itself, gently. “Dinner for wolf?” shrugged Subotai, wryly lamenting his fall in the world. It had lyrical moments, a crucifixion/rise from the dead metaphor, terrific (if bombastic) musical score, and of course both Mako, growling and groveling, and James Earl Jones, intoning mellifluously his iron-age philosophy as a priest-king. We loved it. I still feel a thrill when I watch “two stand against many.” Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/99 "2007-08-29T16:31:59Z")
I just remembered one of my all time favorite bad movies:_Beastmaster_! Back when cable was new it was one of the staples. Dennis Miller said the HBO stood for, “Hey, Beastmaster’s On!” ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999/100 "2007-08-29T16:38:46Z")
_Eyes Wide Shut_ has a 77% fresh rating on [Rotten Tomatoes](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eyes_wide_shut/). A lot of people liked it, myself included. Calling it a “bad movie” is a minority opinion. I think it should be disqualified from this thread. Any multiple-Oscar winner should be disqualified as well. _Titanic_, etc. … I’m not at all sure I’d call it great, but I do also like _Joe Versus the Volcano_ and I thought _Mars Attacks_ was hilarious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-actually-think-are-great/416999.md?page=6)