# "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:** 6
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/101 "2010-12-31T15:50:59Z")
I loved **Duets**. C’mon, it is a movie about karaoke starring Andre Braugher, Paul Giamatti and …wait for it…Huey Lewis. What is not to love? ---
**Author:** ![Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liddle_Lamsy_Divey)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/102 "2010-12-31T16:13:09Z")
**Newsies** and \*\*Reign of Fire \*\* > [@LavenderBlue](#): > > _The Cutting Edge_ – hysterically awful movie about figure skating that I enjoyed quite a lot when I was a kid. Same here; I still love watching it, and am wondering why I don’t own it yet. ---
**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/103 "2010-12-31T16:46:06Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > In the past we have had whole threads devoted to **Waterworld**. Many people, including me, liked it very much. Well then, I see I’ve come to the right place! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/104 "2010-12-31T17:49:01Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I’ve said it before, but UHF is a great movie spoiled only by its pedestrian plot. You get to drink from the fire hose! ---
**Author:** ![Pearson\_Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pearson_flyer/32/7241_2.png) [@Pearson\_Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pearson_Flyer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/105 "2010-12-31T19:27:29Z")
I own the DVD of Captain Ron, and I’m not (too) ashamed to admit it. ---
**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 31, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/106 "2010-12-31T20:26:17Z")
> [@Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](#): > > **Newsies** and \*\*Reign of Fire > \*\* I LOVE _Reign of Fire_. Best dragon movie since _Dragonslayer_. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/107 "2010-12-31T21:58:45Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I LOVE _Reign of Fire_. Best dragon movie since _Dragonslayer_. 100% correct. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/108 "2010-12-31T22:21:11Z")
_The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension_. 68% positive at Rotten Tomatoes, but many of the positive reviews mention how bad it is. I’ve always loved this movie. Someone else mentioned _The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle_. I’m one of the few people I know who liked 1991’s _[Boris and Natasha](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boris_and_natasha_the_movie/)_, (35%) with SCTV’s Dave Thomas as Boris and Sally Kellerman as Natasha. (And a cameo by June Foray!) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/109 "2011-01-01T00:52:49Z")
I’ve got to go with two favourites: 1. Dumb and Dumber. I hate Farelly Brothers movies, but not this one. The script just works, and Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are a hysterical team. “Big Gulps, huh? Well, see ya later!” 2. Happy Gilmore. Maybe this doesn’t count as badly reviewed, but most Adam Sandler movies suck so I’m assuming it was. Again, a movie of a type - the Adam Sandler vehicle - I usually despise, and yet this movie just never gets old for me. It’s funny and madcap and basically Adam Sandler being a violent idiot, but it has a gentle, good-natured approach his other movies don’t. I’m in good company here; Viggo Mortensen has frequently cited this as his favourite movie and said he and his family will watch it “Any day, any time.” ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/110 "2011-01-01T01:04:21Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > 😕 Why is _Run, Lola, Run_ being mentioned in this thread? That is by no definition either a “bad” or “badly reviewed” movie. It got stellar reviews, and has a great viewer rating. [92% and 88% at Rotten Tomatoes](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_lola_run/). I brought _Run Lola Run_ up as my “acceptable” (read: “critically acclaimed”) favorite movie, as opposed to my sentimental favorite movie, _Tron_, which had been getting trashed in the run-up to the sequel. I think people just saw my mention and ran with it; I didn’t mean to imply that it’s a bad movie at all. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/111 "2011-01-02T20:11:00Z")
When it first came out, John Carpenter’s The Thing got a lot of reviews that were nothing short of poisonous. The movie was despised by many reviewers. I’ve seen it at least a dozen times. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/112 "2011-01-03T15:57:28Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Joe vs the Volcano. Yup! ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/113 "2011-01-03T16:25:10Z")
> [@Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](#): > > **Newsies** Bingo. Usually I agree with critics, but _Newsies_ is one of my favorites. Unfortunately, my DVD appears to be broken (at least, it doesn’t work on my DVD player), so I’ll have to buy a new one at some point. At least I still have it on VHS. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/114 "2011-01-03T16:50:17Z")
Already mentioned: Pitch Black, Constantine, Hudson Hawk, Starship Troopers, Caligula, Stargate, Point Break, Twins, Waterworld, Tremors (all of them), Dude Where’s Your Car, Blue Velvet, Not Another Teen Movie, Logans Run, The Fifth Element, UHF, David Lynch’s Dune, The Thing, Not yet mentioned: Eurotrip, D.E.B.S., Critters, Return of the Killer Tomatoes. Very recently, MegaShark vs Crocosaurus was much more fun than it had any right to be. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/115 "2011-01-03T17:05:19Z")
_Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle_ was hysterical. Unfortunately, the sequel, _Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay_, sucked donkey balls. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/116 "2011-01-03T17:08:38Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > _Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle_ was hysterical. Unfortunately, the sequel, _Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay_, sucked donkey balls. Nah, they were both lots of fun. ETA: Alien Raiders, Nightbreed, Battle Beyond the Stars, Lord of Illusions. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/117 "2011-01-03T18:31:46Z")
I thought _Tommy Boy_ was slow cheesy…and I still think that…despite the fact that one scene\* caused me to laugh harder than at any other time I can remember, period. On and on I laughed, guffawed, choked, wheezed, snorted, and brayed, until I was red from lack of air and sank off the couch to the floor. My wife eventually thought she might have to call an ambulance. I hurt afterward for hours. So I guess I have to give the film some credit as a comedy, eh? Big fan of Joe vs the Volcano. I’ve always been sort-of interested in Costner’s _The Postman_, but never seen it…after the comments here, I guess I should. \*which scene, you wonder? The scene with the old-style pneumatic tube office mailing system. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/118 "2011-01-03T18:55:49Z")
> [@Moe](#): > > 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. Agreed. One of John Hughes’ overlooked gems (he wrote the screenplay). ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/119 "2011-01-04T02:55:30Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I’ve said it before, but UHF is a great movie spoiled only by its pedestrian plot. I’m sorry, I think you meant to say “UHF is a great movie spoiled only by the greatness of Weird Al and the greatness of Spatula World and more greatness stacked upon the greatness that is Michael Richards. And his mop.” And another vote for _ **RAT RACE** _! I’ve told serious literate friends they HAVE to rent/buy/watch this movie. I’ve bought multiple DVDs and given them to people. Even bought one for our church, after the youth group watched the copy I’d left there… for the tenth time. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788/120 "2011-01-04T06:33:35Z")
> [@Moe](#): > > 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. Holy crap, _Dutch_ is one of my favorite movies! I’m glad to finally meet the other person who actually watched it. 🆒 Also, mad props for _Joe vs. the Volcano_, _Kindergarten Cop_, and David Lynch’s original _Dune._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-or-badly-reviewed-movies-that-you-love/563788.md?page=7)