# Critically Panned Movies That You Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264 "2009-11-20T05:58:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/61 "2009-11-21T01:56:44Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > - Intolerable Cruelty I’m bewildered by the hatred of this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/62 "2009-11-21T02:15:36Z")
Here a few lists of the stinkest movies ever made: Rotten Tomato’s worst of the worst: [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/worst\_of\_the\_worst/](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/worst_of_the_worst/) Imdb’s Bottom 100: > **[Lowest Rated Movies](https://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom/)** > > Bottom 100 as voted by IMDb Users ---
**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:** [November 21, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/63 "2009-11-21T02:18:16Z")
If we are not restricting ourselves to movies that came out in the past ten years or so, I liked \*The Silver Chalice \*which got such terrible reviews the star, Paul Newman, took out an ad in the newspaper apologizing for being in it. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/64 "2009-11-21T02:19:41Z")
Heh, I don’t like any of the movies on those two lists. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/65 "2009-11-21T02:22:52Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I was going to post about **Rumble in [del]Vancouver[/del] the Bronx**, but I looked it up on Rotten Tomatoes and it inexplicably got 78%. I watch that movie every time it’s on, but it’s _awful_. But apparently the majority of people agree with me. You sure it’s not Rumble in Hong Kong? [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124836/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124836/) RiHK got 2.9 at imdb. Both star Jackie Chan, but Rumble in the Bronx is far superior. Also, RiHK co-stars the impeccable detective, Charlie Chin…oh wait. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/66 "2009-11-21T02:44:59Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Two by Joel & Ethan: > > - Intolerable Cruelty > > - The Ladykillers > > I think they’re hilarious. Agreed. > [@Maiira](#): > > **Newsies**. I know it’s not a good film, but goddamn if I don’t love it to pieces. The songs are catchy and the guys are hot. Also, Christian Bale can do no wrong. I loved that movie as a kid, and I think I’d still like it. I really, really liked _One from the Heart_. It has great music, a great atmosphere, and I even liked the central romance. I admit I teared up a little when he sang “You Are My Sunshine”. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/67 "2009-11-21T04:21:41Z")
I liked _Wanted_ enough to buy the DVD. It’s a brain-dead action movie but it’s a fun brain-dead action movie, and Angelina Jolie manages to look hot while eating a burger in a factory cafeteria. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/68 "2009-11-21T04:30:40Z")
Please don’t kill me. I liked Ishtar, saw it in the cinema way back when, watched it a couple of times on tv. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/69 "2009-11-21T04:33:55Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I loved Howard The Duck when it first came out on video. Of course, that was 1986 and I was 10. I don’t know what I’d think of it now though. Then again I was [del]obsessed[/del] had a crush on Lea Thompson ever since BTTF. > OK I still do. Oh Lea why won’t you return my calls? Yeah, me too, except for the Lea Thompson thing. And I was 39. ---
**Author:** ![1GothMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/90ced4/32.png) [@1GothMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1GothMama)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/70 "2009-11-21T04:42:54Z")
Seconding _Lady In The Water_, _The Prophecy_ and _Newsies_ and adding my own, _13th Warrior_. It’s one of my all time favorite movies, and a top pick for “having a bad day/feel sick and want to curl up on the couch with a movie.” I even said the Northman prayer as a mantra while in labor with my Gothlette. A friend of mine also enjoys it and once called into a radio station asking for “You’re favorite movie that everyone hates” and cited it. Don’t get the hate, really. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/71 "2009-11-21T05:24:31Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Here a few lists of the stinkest movies ever made: > > Rotten Tomato’s worst of the worst: > [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/worst\_of\_the\_worst/](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/worst_of_the_worst/) > > Imdb’s Bottom 100: > [http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom](http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom) I don’t think I’ve seen any of imdb’s bottom 100, or at least not more than random snippets. Working upward through RT’s list, the first movie I’ve seen that I genuinely kinda liked was _Serving Sara_ at #62. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/72 "2009-11-21T05:28:10Z")
I’m yet another fan of _Hudson Hawk._ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/73 "2009-11-21T05:37:21Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I don’t think I’ve seen any of imdb’s bottom 100, or at least not more than random snippets. Working upward through RT’s list, the first movie I’ve seen that I genuinely kinda liked was _Serving Sara_ at #62. And having taken the time to go through the entire list, _Serving Sara_ is it for me. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/74 "2009-11-21T06:53:31Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > Please don’t kill me. I liked Ishtar, saw it in the cinema way back when, watched it a couple of times on tv. I’ve never seen it, but have read a couple of different movie people (I can’t remember if they were critics, actors, directors, or what) who say that Ishtar is a _much_ better movie than is generally thought. I know this is a uselessly vague statement, but that’s all I remember. . ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/75 "2009-11-21T06:55:53Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Two by Joel & Ethan: > > - Intolerable Cruelty > [@planetcory](#): > > I’m bewildered by the hatred of this movie. [It](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/intolerable_cruelty/?critic=creamcrop) wasn’t critically panned. I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/76 "2009-11-21T09:26:58Z")
Definitely The Prophecy, although I found Christopher Walken lost a lot of his creepy appeal when he opened his mouth and started loudly chewing scenery. Virginia Madsen looks amazing. There was a lot of great humor too for such a dark movie. (“Study your math kids, it’s the key to the universe!”) I loved the beginning where Eric Stoltz comes down to Earth and we see him for a split second, eyeless. Then he blinks and he’s got eyes. Creepy! I loved The Great White Hype, which I don’t think has ever won any popularity contests. I will never understand why more people don’t love Harlem Nights. Who can’t love a movie with an exchange like this: Red Foxx: I love to see shit like that! Della Reese (!!): You’d love to see anything, you blind muthafucka! Harlem Nights, according to Wiki, was “savaged” by most critics. Oh, here’s a cinematic turd in the lovely punchbowl we’ve got here. I loved Alien Vs. Predator. Yes, that right, you heard me. Loved it. I also enjoyed Terminator 3 and 4. Star Trek: Insurrection is my favorite of the TNG movies. I love The Boondock Saints, which critics universally hate. I will love BDS 2, despite the current 22% at RT. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/77 "2009-11-21T10:46:07Z")
> [@1GothMama](#): > > Seconding _Lady In The Water_, _The Prophecy_ and _Newsies_ and adding my own, _13th Warrior_. It’s one of my all time favorite movies, and a top pick for “having a bad day/feel sick and want to curl up on the couch with a movie.” I even said the Northman prayer as a mantra while in labor with my Gothlette. A friend of mine also enjoys it and once called into a radio station asking for “You’re favorite movie that everyone hates” and cited it. Don’t get the hate, really. I thought Lady in the Water was interesting, and saw a couple ways to improve it just by trimming a couple of scenes a bit [sometimes a scene that was dragging when shortened can make a huge difference] and I though the internal mythology good. I really do think if magic was in the real world that something like a random group apparently being given D&D type roles in something that wasnt their cultural mythology would be confused about who is actually in which role. And I ADORE 13th Warrior. I like the way they sort of work in the language learning, and the bit where he jumps the mounted guy is fantastic. I like the way Beowulf is set on the palisade in the final fight, all in all a very entertaining movie. We tend to watch it a lot when there is nothing else on. Excellent popcorn flick. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/78 "2009-11-21T12:06:11Z")
I also found Death to Smoochy hilarious and thought that Island of Dr. Moreau was trippy good fun. I thought The Post Man had a lot of potential but failed to deliver. It was a long slow movie that needed a little more action. The ending was disappointing as hell. Instead of the epic battle that had been building up the whole movie, the hero and the villain engage in a wrestling match. The impregnate me because my husband’s sterile subplot was stupid and boring. It was completely unnecessary and made a long slow movie longer and slower. I find it hard to believe that post apocalypse there would be a shortage of orphans that needed adopting. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/79 "2009-11-21T14:12:23Z")
**Popeye** - I think the casting is spot-on (especially Robin Williams and Shelley Duval) and the whole look and feel of the town of Sweethaven is perfect. I like that it’s goofy and cartoony, but also a little bit gritty. **Reign of Fire** - The second-best movie ever made about dragons (Dragonslayer is #1). The dragon special effects are great and are used judiciously for effect. The whole idea of setting it in the near future instead of a medieval setting was a good choice. The casting is pretty solid–Christian Bale, Gerard Butler, and Isabella Scorupco (one of my favorite Bond girls) are all good. Matthew McConaughey is a little grating, but it’s worth it to see him get eaten by a dragon. ---
**Author:** ![BKReporter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@BKReporter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BKReporter)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264/80 "2009-11-21T14:29:32Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > _bulletproof_, one of adam sandler’s great, underappreciated gems. Dineelaaaaand [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264.md?page=5)