# Bad movies that you genuinely enjoy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106 "2014-01-17T22:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/81 "2014-01-19T02:39:52Z")
**Club Paradise** Robin Williams, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, John Candy…and Peter O’Toole and Jimmy Cliff, all in a tropical paradise. Yeah, it was stupid. Yeah, the acting was pretty bad. But I thought it was a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/82 "2014-01-19T02:50:25Z")
I only saw it once, but I liked\*\* Vibes\*\*, at 6% Is that the lowest? What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/83 "2014-01-19T04:34:54Z")
For all the flack it got, I kind of liked Men In Black II (though not as much as the original). 39% seems a little low to me. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/84 "2014-01-19T05:29:34Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > That’s at a 92 on rotten tomatoes, so it is not in any way a bad movie, but a pretty well loved one. … And when was the last time you heard a movie that could be described as “deliciously moronic” winning any Academy Awards? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![sugarcookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@sugarcookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugarcookie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/85 "2014-01-19T05:35:17Z")
My favorite bad movie (44%)— Tommy Boy ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/86 "2014-01-19T05:57:51Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Johnny Mnemonic (14%) is a guilty pleasure. Came in here to mention this one. HALT, SINNERS! _thump_ > [@DCnDC](#): > > _Freddy Got Fingered_ - best movie I’ve ever seen involving jerking off an elephant. This one I’d forgotten entirely, but yeah–I enjoyed the heck out of this one. [Daddy would you like some sausages?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2aKsoizx1w) > [@nevadaexile](#): > > **The Black Hole** (1979) - If you can forget that the titular Black Hole is actually a swirling blue mass and that Maximillian Schell is overacting his butt off, this one is a hoot.Kudos to Robert Forster for keeping a straight face throughout this one. and Yvette Mimieux proved that her looks were the only reason that she got work in Hollywood. Another forgotten one. This was a favorite for me as a kid; right now I’m not sure I’m willing to watch it again, for fear of finding out that it sucks and I was just a dumb kid. 😛 Honorable mention: _ **Titan A.E.** _, which clocks in at 52% over on RT. I’m a big Don Bluth fan, so I was terribly excited about him making something that tried to break out of the Animation Age Ghetto at least a little bit. Wasn’t spectacular, but it was a fun flick, and if I happened to bump into it scanning the channels I’d probably stop and watch. Plus, have to admit to a bit of a crush on Stith. :o 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/87 "2014-01-19T07:45:15Z")
Another vote for _Joe Dirt_. In spite of all that the radio host (played by Dennis Miller) does to put him down, and the hellish parents he turned out to have, Joe stays positive. Gotta love Joe and his friends! I’ll add another David Spade movie, _PCU_ (47%, RT). I like this one partly because it was filmed at the University of Toronto, where I did my undergrad; but also because it is just plain funny. The university student stereotypes it portrays are wonderfully over-the-top, and it never fails to make me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/88 "2014-01-19T10:13:50Z")
Equilibrium is at 37% or so. I know it’s bad but that doesn’t stop me enjoying it. Plus another vote for Hudson Hawk: it’s just so frickin’ unhinged. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2014, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/89 "2014-01-19T10:46:34Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Agreed. Also, Kate Beckinsale was hawt, even with the silly accent. > > I was amused to learn that, several years later, the actor who played Frankenstein’s Monster (Shuler Hensley) played essentially the same role in the Broadway version of “Young Frankenstein”. 😃 I would see any movie with that version of the Frankenstein Moster, even if it were titled “Van Helsing II”. Shuler Hensley, btw, is a trained operatic singer. ---
**Author:** ![HaikuDaWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@HaikuDaWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HaikuDaWombat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/90 "2014-01-19T16:25:23Z")
Over the Top (36%): I am a child of the 80’s, and I had never heard of this 1986 Stallone movie until my wife found it on Netflix. My three year old son fell in love with it, and now I find myself stopping what I’m doing whenever a “good” part comes on. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/91 "2014-01-19T21:42:52Z")
My God, there are so many good movies listed here, that are too good to be rated below 50% on RT! I came in here to add Hudson Hawk. The scene where Bruce Willis throws money to raise the gate at the toll booth is pure genius hilarity! What a great slapstick movie. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX_jCwNTKHU) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/92 "2014-01-20T01:26:36Z")
_Lifeforce_, starring Mathilda May’s breasts, and a bunch of British actors. By Golan-Globus standards, it had a remarkably high budget. The special effects are pretty good for 1985. _Sword of the Valiant_, with Michael O’Keefe as Sir Gawaine and Sean Connery as the Green Knight. As a work of cinematic art, it is horrible. As a cinematic version of a medieval romance, it’s not bad. It’s exactly the sort of story that troubadors wrote, to entertain pampered aristocrats who never had to work a day in their lives. The music is a horrid example of early 1980s synthesizer music, but it is less annoying than the _Ladyhawk_ soundtrack. _Exit to Eden_. Dana Delany full-frontal. Rosie O’Donnell, back when she was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/93 "2014-01-20T01:38:05Z")
There’s always _Space Truckers_, with Dennis Hopper. 9% critics, 27% watchers. I know it’s terrible, but it’s like some of the Toho monster movies, so bad it’s fun. ---
**Author:** ![Kobalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@Kobalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobalt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/94 "2014-01-20T02:03:42Z")
I can’t elieve no one’s mentioned **Battle Beyond the Stars**. Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, Richard Thomas and John Saxon doing The Magnificent Seven IN SPACE. And the special effects aren’t half bad in an low budget, 80’s kind of way. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/95 "2014-01-20T02:24:30Z")
Just took a cursory glance at the 40% tier, Angus and Animal Farm were pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/96 "2014-01-20T02:55:22Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I was sure a couple of other dumb comedies I liked would fit this, but _ **Blades of Glory, Step Brothers** _, _ **Get Smart** _ and \*\*\*Dodgeball \*\*\*all make it over the 50% bar. I’m too lazy to think of more. Actually, I should have known \*\*\*Dodgeball \*\*\*got pretty good reviews. **Ace Ventura: Pet Detective** clocks in at only 45%, which is obviously wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/97 "2014-01-20T03:34:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > There’s always _Space Truckers_, with Dennis Hopper. 9% critics, 27% watchers. I know it’s terrible, but it’s like some of the Toho monster movies, so bad it’s fun. I legitimately liked _Space Truckers_. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/98 "2014-01-20T03:56:40Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > I legitimately liked _Space Truckers_. I’ll third Space Truckers. An unpretentious, fun little B SF movie. Dennis Hopper and Debi Mazar made it a hoot to watch. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/99 "2014-01-20T04:14:15Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > … And when was the last time you heard a movie that could be described as “deliciously moronic” winning any Academy Awards? :dubious: I don’t think the Oscars are a good measure of comedy quality in general (or, really, movies in general, for that matter.) Comedies are generally underrepresented (to put it mildly) in Academy Awards as well as other film awards. I personally don’t think it’s for lack of quality–it’s just that these films aren’t taken as “seriously” unless they are dark comedies or dramedies. ---
**Author:** ![joemama24\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/100 "2014-01-20T04:35:04Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > _Exit to Eden_. Dana Delany full-frontal. Rosie O’Donnell, back when she was funny. Seconded and thirded. But let us not forget Pooty Tang[http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0258038/](http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0258038/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106.md?page=6)