# Bad Movies We Love **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2000, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770 "2000-06-08T18:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/21 "2000-06-08T21:35:49Z")
The Evil Dead movies don’t count, they knew exactly what they were doing. Those movies are parodies, and they are wonderful! I also secretly liked Earth Girls Are Easy. Another guilty pleasure: Weird Science. I know, they accomplished exactly what they were trying to with that one, but it was still so hokey in parts, how could you not call it bad? The big scary bikers at the end, oh god! ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/22 "2000-06-08T21:48:48Z")
Wow, some of the movies mentioned here are faves! Logan’s Run, Raising Arizona? Hell yes! How about Stealing Beauty? Everyone else hated that movie. I dig it. My favorite lame movie is called _The Chase_ with Charlie Sheen. This movie rocks! He kidnaps this girl, somewhat unintentionally, and the whole movie is about them running from the cops. Henry Rollins plays this funny-as-hell cop who is reminiscent of the show Cops. Anthony Keidis and Flea are these two wild vigilantes who chase after Sheen in their monster truck. The acting sucks, the plot sucks, everything sucks, but I laugh my ass off every time! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/23 "2000-06-08T22:18:10Z")
_Glen or Glenda_ by the King of Turkey’s Ed. Wood . Hhhmmmmm angora . Logans Run rocked . Well it did when I was 10. ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/24 "2000-06-08T22:33:57Z")
> [@](#): > > The Evil Dead movies don’t count, they knew exactly what they were doing. Those movies are parodies, and they are wonderful! They were terrible (on purpose of not) thus they count 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/25 "2000-06-08T22:35:37Z")
…But If you want to use that excuse, then I have to pick The Road Worrior. Man, some of that stuff was just lame…but I still love it. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/26 "2000-06-08T23:09:38Z")
Pizzle Boy? Evil Dead Trilogy? Are you INSANE? This is, by no means, _bad_. It rules. Now a _bad_ movie that really is good, is, of course, **Robot Jox**. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/27 "2000-06-08T23:18:49Z")
_Amazon Women on the Moon_ is one of my favorites. I used to be amazed at the celebrities they roped into doing that thing. I’ve never been to a midnight showing of RHPS and haven’t been able to do the audience participation thing, but I actually enjoy the movie on its own merits. I love the music! _Electric Dreams_ about a man whose computer becomes self-aware and falls for the neighbor lady by accompanying her cello playing. Goofy as hell, but I always get misty when the computer self-destructs in the end. _Blade Runner_: The critics say it’s a bad movie, but I’ve always enjoyed it. I particularly enjoy the Director’s Version where they cut out Harrison Ford’s awkward narration. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/28 "2000-06-08T23:23:02Z")
Rock & Roll High School! Yes! the Ramones! Starhops Dr.Detroit Frankenhooker Hairspray ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/29 "2000-06-08T23:29:55Z")
“Grease” - the acting and plot are pretty bad, not to mention the horrible message it sends to young people (He doesn’t like you? CHANGE!) but I just love it anyway. And I always thought Olivia Newton-John (WHO said she is gay? I want names!) looked better before the perm… And I really love Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, with Leslie Warren and the dude who plays that Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital. I’m a sucker for bad musicals, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/30 "2000-06-08T23:46:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Pizzle Boy? Evil Dead Trilogy? Are you INSANE? This is, by no means, bad. It rules. > > Now a bad movie that really is good, is, of course, Robot Jox. I absolutely love these movies. I own them all( directors cut of the first one). But I can also appreciate that certian people would find it stupid(not me though). clatu…feratu…n-hem-hehehea-hmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/31 "2000-06-09T00:17:37Z")
_Caveman_: Atook zug-zug Lahna! _The Last Action Hero_: I liked it! Ah-nuld with cartoon characters! Ditto on the _Porky’s_ I also liked _BASEketball_ Does _Death Race 2000_ count as a “bad” movie? It rocked! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/32 "2000-06-09T01:14:30Z")
Gr8Kat writes: \> Blade Runner: The critics say it’s a bad movie The hell they do. _Blade Runner_ has a very good critical reputation. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/33 "2000-06-09T01:14:41Z")
Everyone says it was horrid, but I loved it… _Escape From L.A._ I don’t know why… it just snagged me with some funky lookin’ tweezers. ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/34 "2000-06-09T04:07:14Z")
Last actions hero!! I forgot about that one…I love the part where he rips the plus from the light, jams it into the dead, who proceeds to shoot all the bad guys…HA!! good one Dive ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/35 "2000-06-09T05:01:29Z")
Hudson Hawk was NOT a bad movie!! It was great. Obviously the frivolity and deeply-rooted satire just went over most people’s heads. And the Pirate Movie was a bit bad but I loved it anyway… ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/36 "2000-06-09T05:06:37Z")
Don’t you hate when you post something and the millisecond AFTER you do so, you want to add something? _sigh_ Have to agree with The Last Action Hero - I enjoyed it and didn’t think it was as bad as everyone made out. /rant on And Luc Besson’s Joan of Arc which I thought was a wonderful look at whether the maid of new orleans was delusionary or indeed blessed. I thought the deliberate ambiguity made i incredibly powerful and only added to Dustin Hoffman’s character (excellent performance btw). And for those criticising Jovavich’s performance I have nothing but scorn for. While I agree she isn’t the world’s best actor, here she did very well. SHe was playing a peasant girl with no education but unshakable conviction for godsake!! Which I thought she did very well. Joan of Arc: A so-called bad movie which I loved. /rant off ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/37 "2000-06-09T05:07:03Z")
Democritis: > [@](#): > > How about Stealing Beauty? Everyone else hated that movie. I dig it. I really loved this movie too. I watch it alone, in the dark, with a canlde lit and a window open. Sets the scene, ya know? I like every cheesy 80’s movie: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, the Goonies, Dirty Dancing, Teen Witch, Twins, Joe Vs. the Volcano, BIG…And my most shameful, OVERBOARD, which I watch every time it’s on. 🙂 Also, I loved the cop movies, all thought I’ve forgotten most of them - always if their was a dog sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![radspam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@radspam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radspam)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/38 "2000-06-09T13:20:38Z")
My dad loved Paint Your Wagon (Clint Eastwood sings - badly!) For some reason, I like it too - maybe it brings up good childhood memories or maybe it’s just a genetic defect. One my own volition, I think Clue (all three endings) is hilarious, and Real Genius is great! ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/39 "2000-06-09T14:11:54Z")
> [@](#): > > One of my all-time favs: Rocky Horror Picture Show. Used to go to that movie once a month. Dressed up like Dr. Frankenfurter, threw rice, toast, hot-dogs, cards, toilet paper, etc… LOVED that movie, but have you ever tried to watch it by yourself, without all the audience participation?? BAAAAAD movie!! RHPS is bad without the audience participation? I’ve NEVER been to a showing of it (The first time I saw it I was at my cousins and she was watching it) and I LOVE it! Its hilarious and wonderful. > [@](#): > > Nah…there are two people in the world that don’t think “Hudson Hawk” sucks…I’m the other one. If you loved “Robin Hood Men in Tights” there are two of us on that too. Make that 3! > [@](#): > > And I really love Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, with Leslie Warren and the dude who plays that Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital. That was bad? I loved that movie! I’ve not seen _Last Action Hero_ yet or _Earth Girls Are Easy_ I’ll have to see about getting them. Maybe soon I have a couple of free movie rental things. What about _Army of Darkness_? I really enjoy that one but I think most would consider that a bad movie. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770/40 "2000-06-09T14:32:54Z")
The MST3K movie. It was _This Island Earth_. Pure crap [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-we-love/21770.md?page=3)