# Bad Movies You Still Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122 "2001-07-20T00:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/21 "2001-07-20T04:01:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by detop \* > \*\*Red Sonja. \*\* Dude! That was on, like two days ago. And I couldn’t help but watch Bridget Nielson struggling to speak in English wearing a hairstyle frighteningly similar to a mullet. ::shudders:: ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/22 "2001-07-20T04:17:42Z")
The Fifth Element _hangs head in shame_ ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/23 "2001-07-20T04:44:25Z")
Hey! **Red Sonja** and **The Fifth Element** were cool! _Cool_, I say! My personal favourite bad movie is **Grease 2** , so you might not want to listen to anything I have to say. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/24 "2001-07-20T05:23:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mercutio \* > \*\ ***Oscar**. Where Sylvester Stallone plays a mob boss and the story revolves around his daughter getting married and Stallone trying to make a meeting but someone keeps showing up to his house. At the end, during the weeding vows, some guy runs in wearing an army uniform screaming “Wait! Wait!” Everyone asks him “Who are you?” to which he replies “I’m Oscar!”. Still gets me everytime. The movie ends shortly thereafter. > > I catch it every now and then when I stay up late at night. Failed attempt for a comedy career, but it was damn funny. \*\* I’m with you man. When I saw the thead title Oscar jumped into my mind. It’s such a bad movie, but for some reason everytime its on(and HBO has been showing it alot lately) I just have to watch it. To thow something new into the discussion I have to say Men at Work.(The Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estivez one) ---
**Author:** ![Pnuk\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Pnuk\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pnuk_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/25 "2001-07-20T10:18:44Z")
**BRAINDEAD**!!! Starring Harold from ‘Neighbours’. It’s a corker. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/26 "2001-07-20T11:35:27Z")
I’m ashamed to admit I thought **Hudson Hawk** and **Fifth Element** were entertaining (in a bad sort of way). Also: **Undercover Blues** , starring Dennis Quaid, Kathleen Turner, Fiona Shaw, and Stanley “My name is _Muerte_!” Tucci. I even went to see it in the theatre twice. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/27 "2001-07-20T13:28:45Z")
Oh, I loved Hudson Hawk and Oscar and the Evil Dead Movies! My candidates: **Xanadu**. I don’t know why. I think it’s just the music and the time it came out. **The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas** : Dolly Parton in tight fitting, low cut evening gowns, Charles Durning dancing around the State Capitol, Dom Deluise as the pompass, self righteous singing reporter. What’s not to love? Well, besides ol’ Burt’s singing. **Zorro: The Gay Blade**. I love George Hamilton and his cheesy accents. 🙂 I even liked **Love at First Bite**. **The Hidden**. Suffice to say Claudia Christian’s in it. As a striper. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/28 "2001-07-20T13:37:49Z")
**One Crazy Summer** **I second Who’s That Girl** **Desperately Seeking Susan** **Men at Work** **April Fool’s Day** (early 80s slasher flick) **Overboard** ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/29 "2001-07-20T14:11:20Z")
I also love **The Fifth Element**. Another one of my guilty pleasures is **Summer Rental** , a mediocre John Candy comedy from the mid-80’s. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/30 "2001-07-20T14:42:02Z")
I love **Mom and Dad Save the World**! Its the best bad movie ever!!! And, **Crunchy Frog** , I got Track of the Moonbeast MST3K on tape if you want to borrow it, since we live in the same town. Just give me an email. If anyone else has MST3Ks and wants to do some swapping, LMK as well… ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/31 "2001-07-20T14:54:31Z")
The first movie that jumped out at me was **St. Elmo’s Fire** -I love this film. It’s not that great, nor is the acting that good. But the characters are very well-written, I think. And yes, I was the one that liked **Howard the Duck**. I saw **Teenage Mutanat Ninja Turtles** about 30 times in theaters. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/32 "2001-07-20T15:02:23Z")
**The Adventures of Ford Fairlane** is my favorite movie that everyone else hated. Yes, I actually think Andrew Dice Clay is funny. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/33 "2001-07-20T15:03:51Z")
Everyone I know who saw it, and every movie review I read, thought that **Meet Joe Black** was an awful movie. I happened to enjoy it. So there. [sub]Of course, Claire Forlani certainly helped to make it one of my favorites, too. Mmmmm. She’s a cutie.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/34 "2001-07-20T15:17:09Z")
God, there are so many. **Bad Taste** and **Dead Alive** for starters. Sure, the director moved on to bigger things (_cough_ Lord of the Rings _cough_), but still. Incredibly tasteless, silly films. I second **Plan 9** although everyone says that. **Big Trouble** is also a good one. **Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity** is a really bad b-movie that I found myself liking anyway. **Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death** also comes to mind. Hey, Bill Maher and Shannon Tweed in the same movie? Sign me up! I also really enjoyed **Hellraiser 2** , even though it was, objectively speaking, crap. Not too wild about the other ones, though. Others as I remember them… ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/35 "2001-07-20T15:27:49Z")
I loved **The Fifth Element** and **Meet Joe Black** [sub]it made me cry![/sub]. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/36 "2001-07-20T15:57:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by THespos \* > **The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is my favorite movie that everyone else hated** I forgot to mention this one. I love this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/37 "2001-07-20T16:40:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff \* > \*\*The Fifth Element > > _hangs head in shame_ \*\* There is absolutely no reason to be ashamed of that. The Fifth Element is one of my all-time faves! I don’t think it qualifies for this thread because it’s not BAD at all. I love that movie. Arden Ranger, I can’t believe you said Xanadu. That is the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. I think my mom rented it for my siblings and me to watch while my parents went out. I think my little sister kind of liked it, but I can’t even believe I watched the entire thing. Horrible. Everything about it is horrible. My favorite bad movie is homemade: **The Cocaine Movie**. About 25 minutes of nonsensical, strange, messed-up insanity, with some very valuable information on the history of cocaine thrown in to make it educational. We had to make it for health class. I think that if you all saw it, it would be your favorite bad movie too. The acting is horrendous, the film quality sucks, and the editing (done in 2 nights) is very shakey. Yep, that’s my fave. Oh, and also The Crow is pretty bad/good. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/38 "2001-07-20T16:43:09Z")
My favorite bad movie is a little-known B flick called **They Call Me Bruce.** I think it was made in the 1970’s. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/39 "2001-07-20T16:53:45Z")
. . . And I return just in time to bring up the hallowed title “Kiss Her Goodbye.” I am also fond of glitzy soap operas of the late '50s/early '60s, where aging glamour girls in perfect coifs suffer beautifully in their Jean Louis frocks. “Madame X,” “Imitation of Life,” “Back Street,” “The Best of Everything.” It helps if the leading men are carved from wood and heavily varnished: Hugh O’Brien, John Gavin; that sort. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122/40 "2001-07-20T17:15:52Z")
Labyrinth. David Bowie-In tights. Also lots of funky goblins and Moral Lessons to be learned. What else could you want, really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-you-still-love/73122.md?page=3)