# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/121 "2014-01-21T16:39:53Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > _Kung Pow: Enter The Fist_ is hilarious. It’s intentionally stupid, doesn’t take itself at all seriously, the villain randomly changes his name half-way through the film for no reason, and it perfectly takes the piss out of bad Kung Fu movies. One of my favourites. The part where the main character repeatedly gets hit with bamboo canes, I have never laughed so hard in my entire life. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/122 "2014-01-21T16:42:31Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Starship Troopers** – never before have I seen a movie so completely at odds with its source material. Veerhoeven’s philosophy is completely at odds with Heinlein’s (which isn’t the fascist image Veerhoeven presents). The science is abysmal and ludicrous in the movie, the opposite of Heinlein’s careful attention to detail. The military actions at all levels – command, strategy, and tactics in the film is absolutely ludicrous (again, in opposition to the book)(He has soldiers surrounding the Bugs in a circle and firing on them – which must have made for _LOTS_ of Friendly Fire casualties on our side) I should have hated this film completely. But the special effects are gorgeous, and it’s amusing to watch a film in which everyone’s actions are so completely screwed up. A friend of mine worked on Starship Troopers, as an actress / stuntwoman. She said that Verhoven’s direction was pretty humorous, and often simply amounted to “Shoot de bugs! Shoot de bugs!” ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/123 "2014-01-21T16:43:33Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > \*\*Solarbabies > > My Chauffeur > > Better Off Dead\*\* Better Off Dead is at 82% on RT. I think sometimes people assume that comedies like this one are considered bad movies, but it turns out that they’re pretty well respected. I’m with you on Solarbabies (0% on RT - with only a few reviews), though I haven’t seen it since I was about ten (but watched it about 100 times before that). I’m guessing if I watched it now, it would be quite terrible! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/124 "2014-01-21T16:53:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > _Megaforce_-A film so cheesy and full of holes it should have been filmed in Switzerland. A 0% on the Tomatometer, and an absolute hoot! I’ve shown this one at my Bad Film Festival. It was immediately obvious when it came out how bad it was, but the cast seemed to be so damned happy making it that it’s infectious. certainly the stuntmen loved it – the desert trikes were apparently really well-made and robust, unlike what they often had to work with. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/125 "2014-01-21T17:27:14Z")
A couple bad 80s movies that I love to rewatch…they weren’t great, but they fun to watch and much better than the %'s below. Tango & Cash - 39% Rambo: First Blood Part II - 29% Twins - 36% and one’s I’ve already seen mentioned in this thread… Spacehunter and Tommy Boy. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/126 "2014-01-21T18:17:54Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Sahara** – Clive Cussler’s novels are a guilty pleasure. There are lots of them on audio at the local libraries, they’re fairly thick, and they make for good listening fodder for my daily commute. They are also over-the-top ludicrous. The first Cussler move adaptation, _raise the Titanic_, was actually too staid and tried to make itself seem plausible, and the result was a stodgy and too-slow action movie. Sahara embraced the looney plot and premise, and it certainly has movement and sweep. Fun to watch, if you put your brain on "hold’. I’ve read a S#$T ton of his books and they are so over the top that I’ve come to the conclusion he’s deliberately doing it to punk his readers. It’s like Picasso renting a monkey to paint for him so he has more free time to play with his money. And I’ll probably read a few more of them. Still have a stack from the used book store. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/127 "2014-01-21T18:20:08Z")
I’ve seen Midnight Madness, and I mean that expressly. My unique contribution: Mr. Mom. Taught me what NOT to do in the supermarket. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/128 "2014-01-21T18:35:18Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I’ve read a S#$T ton of his books and they are so over the top that I’ve come to the conclusion he’s deliberately doing it to punk his readers. It’s like Picasso renting a monkey to paint for him so he has more free time to play with his money. And I’ll probably read a few more of them. Still have a stack from the used book store. I should point out, by the way, that absurd and over-the-top as the movie is, the book is even wilder (Abraham Lincoln conspiracies, anyone? And Cussler finagles a guest shot for himself in the book). The works of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childs (and of either of them independently) are similar over-the-top techno-thrillers. AFAIK, the only one to be filmed is _The Relic_, which is relatively tame (believe it or not) in terms of how ridiculous things can get. The fact that we’ve only had two Cussler movies and one Preston/Childs movie, despite their humongous output and the inherent cinematic quality of these books is a puzzle to me. It _can’t_ be because the American audience is too sophisticated or discriminating for these books to be filmed. So there must be some other reason. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/129 "2014-01-21T18:43:17Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The works of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childs (and of either of them independently) are similar over-the-top techno-thrillers. AFAIK, the only one to be filmed is _The Relic_, which is relatively tame (believe it or not) in terms of how ridiculous things can get. You forgot to mention that the film left out the hero of the book, that human X-File-The incredible Aloysius Xingu L. Pendergast. Pissed me off to no end. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/130 "2014-01-21T18:52:41Z")
**Nothing But Trouble** 9% - Good quotable movie, and the 80’s fashions are HILLarious. \*\* Bulletproof \*\*8% - That movie is awesome, I would never have guessed it’d be rated so low. \*\*The Last Airbender \*\*6% - I’ve never seen it all, but there is a lot of hate for this movie I just do not understand. Perhaps it’s because I’m not familiar with anime. …and then I got bored looking. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/131 "2014-01-21T19:01:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You forgot to mention that the film left out the hero of the book, that human X-File-The incredible Aloysius Xingu L. Pendergast. Pissed me off to no end. It’s OK – I didn’t miss him. I really don’t much care for that character, or his Infallible Evil Twin Mad Scientist Brother. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/132 "2014-01-21T19:06:44Z")
The Running Man. Yes, I’ve read the Stephen King book, and yes I loved said book, and yes I realize that to most people the movie was an insult to everything the book was about. But I really see this movie as it’s own separate thing, and love it for what it is, which is a goofy, over-the-top, Reagan-era action romp, complete with professional wrestler-style villains. Oh, and Richard Dawson was fucking great in it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/133 "2014-01-21T19:23:29Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > The Running Man. > > Yes, I’ve read the Stephen King book, and yes I loved said book, and yes I realize that to most people the movie was an insult to everything the book was about. > > But I really see this movie as it’s own separate thing, and love it for what it is, which is a goofy, over-the-top, Reagan-era action romp, complete with professional wrestler-style villains. > > Oh, and Richard Dawson was fucking great in it. It was also the last movie that Erland de Lidthe de Jude appeared in. He played “Dynamo”. It was the movie where we finally got to hear him sing\*, although, with all the noise in his scenes, it was hard to hear. Erland’s character Grossberger sang in the film **Stir Crazy** , but that wasn’t Erland’s voice – I heard him sing when we were both in MIT Musical Theater Guild productions, and that voice sounded nothing like his. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/134 "2014-01-21T19:24:42Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I’ve seen Midnight Madness, and I mean that expressly. My unique contribution: Mr. Mom. Taught me what NOT to do in the supermarket. Mr. Mom is at 84%. I think maybe we just think a lot less of our fellow man that they can’t possibly like the same movies as us! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/135 "2014-01-21T19:27:48Z")
Didn’t check RT, just know that’s my go-to for mindless, “oh yeah I know that movie”, entertainment. ---
**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 21, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/136 "2014-01-21T19:48:30Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > The Running Man. 61%. ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/137 "2014-01-21T19:55:06Z")
The Return of Captain Invincible. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/138 "2014-01-21T20:17:13Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > \*\*The Last Airbender \*\*6% - I’ve never seen it all, but there is a lot of hate for this movie I just do not understand. Perhaps it’s because I’m not familiar with anime. I haven’t seen it, either, but it seems like Shyamalan completely squandered what should have been built-in interest in the film (i.e., the Nickelodeon cartoon, which was very well-liked). He started with a controversy over casting Caucasians in roles that were pretty clearly Asian in the cartoon, and then delivered a movie with bad acting and a lousy story. I wonder if it would have received the same level of scorn, had the movie been an original work, rather than based on the earlier cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/139 "2014-01-21T21:10:56Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I haven’t seen it, either, but it seems like Shyamalan completely squandered what should have been built-in interest in the film (i.e., the Nickelodeon cartoon, which was very well-liked). He started with a controversy over casting Caucasians in roles that were pretty clearly Asian in the cartoon, and then delivered a movie with bad acting and a lousy story. > > I wonder if it would have received the same level of scorn, had the movie been an original work, rather than based on the earlier cartoon. This - the original TV show was much loved by its fans. It would have been hard in any case for anyone to encapture an entire season of a TV show in a movie, but the fact that it was done in such a ham-handed manner made the movie impossible for the fans of the series to like. ---
**Author:** ![Snufkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@Snufkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snufkin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106/140 "2014-01-22T08:33:04Z")
ShowGirls (17%) There is something so filthy about it and ridiculous that I just absolutely love it. I want it on dvd. Also, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead is a cute film I can’t believe it’s considered “bad”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-that-you-genuinely-enjoy/679106.md?page=8)