# "Bad" (or badly reviewed) movies that you love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788 "2010-12-11T15:56:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/81 "2010-12-29T01:06:53Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I also don’t get the hate for _Death to Smoochy_, but here’s one few people recall: > > _Drowning Mona_ > > Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Jamie Lee Curtis and a town full of Yugos. What’s not to like? Geez, I haven’t thought about this movie for–well, since forever. The title doesn’t ring any bells and I only know I saw it because of the town-full-of-Yugos reference. However–about the only other thing I remember about it besides the Yugos is that it was a “Bette Midler movie,” only then her character dies, what, two minutes into the film, if that. Which was a disappointment as the Midler connection was the main reason we’d rented it in the first place. We kept waiting for her to come back (Ha ha! It was all a joke!). But she didn’t. I do wonder if the it’s-a-Midler-movie-oh-no-wait-it-isn’t aspect colored some reviewers’ opinions? Anyway, I can’t say it was a badly reviewed movie that I loved, so I guess I’ll shut up about it. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/82 "2010-12-29T02:23:02Z")
I didn’t realize that _Joe vs. the Volcano_ was considered a ‘bad’ movie. I thought everybody loved it…what’s not to like? I also liked _Hudson Hawk_ quite a lot. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/83 "2010-12-29T02:30:44Z")
I like _Constantine_ so much that I own the Blu-Ray edition. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/84 "2010-12-29T02:54:26Z")
Like others have mentioned… Starship Troopers, Logan’s Run, and Tommy Boy (c’mon! the scene with the deer and the car?). Also Night of the Comet. And some others I can’t think of right this moment. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/85 "2010-12-29T03:38:22Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > I like _Constantine_ so much that I own the Blu-Ray edition. Me too–it’s one of the few movies on which I’ve ‘double-dipped’ and bought the blu-ray even though I already owned the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/86 "2010-12-29T03:45:06Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I didn’t realize that _Joe vs. the Volcano_ was considered a ‘bad’ movie. I thought everybody loved it…what’s not to like?. I personally thought it took too long to get going, my bro’s ex loved it, though. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/87 "2010-12-31T00:59:58Z")
The inspiration for the title of Roger Ebert’s book “I Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated This Movie!”: **North** starring Elijah Wood. (ZERO stars!) I thought it was really cute and funny. **Toys** is a good example. I’ll throw in Weird Al Yankovic’s **UHF**. Ebert gave it one star saying "I’m sure there’s an audience for this SOMEWHERE. " Most of it is chuckle-worthy, and parts of it are downright hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/88 "2010-12-31T01:13:34Z")
The Spitfire Grill got a 35 / 77 on the tomato meter. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/89 "2010-12-31T01:17:54Z")
I often use reviewers comments to help me decide whether I want to see a movie or not. The more they pan a movie, usually the more I’ll like it. When they use words like “Original, beautiful, stunning, unexpected”. I know it’s going to be some depressing piece of artsy fartsy garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/90 "2010-12-31T01:23:30Z")
David Lynch’s Dune. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/91 "2010-12-31T01:32:43Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > I have not seen this movie, but **WOW** ; I have never seen such a divergence between critical opinion and popular opinion. [19% from the critics, _93% from the audience_!](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boondock_saints/) ([It also gets a 7.8 viewer rating over at IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/).) > > Is there any other movie with that kind of separation? > > (I see _Boondock Saints_ is on IFC tonight. I think I’m gonna have to check it out to try to understand this phenomenon.) So, did you get a chance to check it out? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/92 "2010-12-31T01:43:35Z")
The Halle Berry _Catwoman_ was on tonight - the epitome of a bad movie. I kinda enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/93 "2010-12-31T02:07:21Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > So, did you get a chance to check it out? Yeah, I can see why it has a following. The stylized violence has echoes of Pulp _Fiction_, _The Professional_, and _Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels_. In fact, there was a sly wink toward _The Professional_ in the script. (“No women, no kids.”) But while the violence was well-choreographed, the plot and character development were weaker than in those other films. I did like Willem Dafoe’s character, and the way they handled the crime reconstruction scenes. Worth a look-see. Better than the critics’ reviews, not as good as the fan reviews, I guess would be my take. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/94 "2010-12-31T03:30:47Z")
_The Cutting Edge_ – hysterically awful movie about figure skating that I enjoyed quite a lot when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/95 "2010-12-31T06:21:04Z")
**The Amateurs**. Grabbed it at Blockbuster (man, _that_ was a few years ago) randomly since it had Jeff Bridges in it. I loved it! [16% on Rotten tomatoes](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-amateurs/). ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/96 "2010-12-31T08:15:25Z")
All of the “bad” Star Trek movies except for V. A “bad” Star Trek movie is still better than most movies. Except V. ---
**Author:** ![Cara\_mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/97 "2010-12-31T12:00:01Z")
This is my first post: I am the only person I know who liked Waterworld. Good to see Joe Vs the Volcano getting all the love! ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/98 "2010-12-31T14:11:49Z")
Another mention for **Joe vs. the Volcano** , the only movie with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan together that I will ever watch. I think I’m the only one in the world to actually like \*\* [Dutch](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dutch/)\*\*. Yes it’s formulaic, but I found the Ed O’neill character to be multidimensional and the relationship between him and the spoiled kid genuinely believable. And there’s a very sweet, sentimental melodic motive that appears in the score throughout the film in different arrangements which I always liked. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/99 "2010-12-31T14:24:18Z")
> [@SerenaPerido](#): > > This is my first post: I am the only person I know who liked Waterworld. Good to see Joe Vs the Volcano getting all the love! In the past we have had whole threads devoted to **Waterworld**. Many people, including me, liked it very much. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/100 "2010-12-31T15:15:38Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > I’ll throw in Weird Al Yankovic’s **UHF**. Ebert gave it one star saying "I’m sure there’s an audience for this SOMEWHERE. " Most of it is chuckle-worthy, and parts of it are downright hilarious. I’ve said it before, but UHF is a great movie spoiled only by its pedestrian plot. Two more that I liked were _Soldier_ and _Payback_. Both were slapped around by the critics, but I liked both movies a lot. I acknowledge that neaither are perfect, of course, but I htink they’re both better than what everyone else says about them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788.md?page=6)