# Films you ARE ashamed to admit you Like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616 "2004-03-31T21:46:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/1 "2004-03-31T21:46:45Z")
OK, so what films do you like, that you wouldn’t mention your enjoyment of to someone you wanted to impress. Myself I am a big Jean Rollin fan, cannot get enough of his vampire films. Shiver of the Vampires is probably my favorite. There is something very charming about the naive sexyness of his films and his actresses. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/2 "2004-03-31T22:02:19Z")
**Dumb and Dumber** Something about that movie just cracks me the hell up every time. I can practically recite the dialogue by heart, but I _still_ watch it whenever it’s on TV as I’m flipping past. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/3 "2004-03-31T22:15:46Z")
HA! I have no shame. If I like a movie I’m not supposed to like, I try to talk everyone else into liking it too. E.g.: _Showgirls Cabaret Last Action Hero Maid in Heaven My Giant Hudson Hawk Willard_ Etc. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/4 "2004-03-31T22:19:34Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > HA! I have no shame. If I like a movie I’m not supposed to like, I try to talk everyone else into liking it too. E.g.: > > _Showgirls > Cabaret > Last Action Hero > Maid in Heaven > My Giant > Hudson Hawk > Willard_ > > Etc. What the hell is _Cabaret_ doing on that list? ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/5 "2004-03-31T22:24:01Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > _Showgirls > Cabaret > Last Action Hero > Maid in Heaven > My Giant > Hudson Hawk > Willard_ > > Etc. Ok, I’ll give you that _maybe_ the other movies belong in this category, but Cabaret? Why would anyone be embarrassed to admit liking that? Didn’t it win several Oscars (or at least was nominated)? As for me, I didn’t exactly hate _Dude, Where’s My Car?_ I’m embarrassed just typing that! And then there’s the multitude of bad 80’s films: _Dirty Dancing The Breakfast Club Grease (technically 70’s) (side note: I went to Rydell High_) Pretty in Pink Some Kind of Wonderful Short Circuit About Last Night etc.\* \*A lot of the exterior scenes were filmed at Venice High School in LA (my alma mater) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/6 "2004-03-31T22:24:10Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > What the hell is _Cabaret_ doing on that list? Considered by all but a certain segment of society to be a campfest, when in fact it’s a decent, serious movie. Many people I know refuse to see it because Liza Minelli’s in it, which is just stupid. If she had died right after filming it, she’d be up there with James Dean and Marilyn Monroe; she didn’t disintegrate till later. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/7 "2004-03-31T22:27:11Z")
All I know is that 9 out of 10 times, when I recommend that movie, I get a funny look: “Cabaret? with _Liza Minelli_? are you _serious_?” ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/8 "2004-03-31T22:35:41Z")
_Sense and Sensibility_ is one of my top 3 movies of all time. Considering I’m a 26 year old guy, I keep this one close to the vest when I’m talking to other guys my age. I wouldn’t tell people in my film program that I enjoyed Eurotrip, A guy thing, and Mr. Deeds. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/9 "2004-03-31T23:02:03Z")
Dude where’s my Car was a great little movie, the ostritch scene and Giant alien Babe were great fun. Kung Pao Enter the dragon is another film I am not ashamed to like. But I am ashamed to admit liking the LA Blue Girl, live action animes, something about female ninjas in fishnets combined with tenticle porn and awful martial arts action. ---
**Author:** ![fc1114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@fc1114](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fc1114)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/10 "2004-03-31T23:11:04Z")
Batman Forever. Jim Carrey was so good in that. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/11 "2004-03-31T23:15:01Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Considered by all but a certain segment of society to be a campfest, when in fact it’s a decent, serious movie. Many people I know refuse to see it because Liza Minelli’s in it, which is just stupid. If she had died right after filming it, she’d be up there with James Dean and Marilyn Monroe; she didn’t disintegrate till later. It also doesn’t help that a large segment of the filmwatching audience seems to hate musicals with a passion, for reasons that I have never understood. Which version of “Willard”, BTW? ---
**Author:** ![Magnolia\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Magnolia\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magnolia_B)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/12 "2004-03-31T23:24:01Z")
The first few that spring to mind are: Grease 2 The Last Dragon Labyrinth Breakin’ 1 & 2 I’m sure that there are some modern ones that I’m embarrassed to admit that I like, but I’ve spent so many years catching hell for knowing these older ones by heart, I can’t think of any. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/13 "2004-03-31T23:30:02Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > It also doesn’t help that a large segment of the filmwatching audience seems to hate musicals with a passion, for reasons that I have never understood. > > Which version of “Willard”, BTW? The remake; haven’t seen the original in 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/14 "2004-03-31T23:50:08Z")
_Flowers in the Attic_-a terrible, terribly made movie, but I still watch it whenever it’s on. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/15 "2004-04-01T00:02:52Z")
Now now, Labyrinth is a brilliant movie, I even got the super-bit version when it became available on DVD. Jim Henson at his best, with Bowie music, Terry Jones writing and imagery, George Lucas as executive producer. It’s a truely great movie, not something to be even slightly ashamed of. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/16 "2004-04-01T00:04:00Z")
> [@jk1245](#): > > **Dumb and Dumber** > > Something about that movie just cracks me the hell up every time. I can practically recite the dialogue by heart, but I _still_ watch it whenever it’s on TV as I’m flipping past. Me too. And to this day I cannot hear someone say “I like it a lot” without having to fall into Jim Carrey mode. “I like it, I like it a lawt.” ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/17 "2004-04-01T00:04:40Z")
Godzilla (the remake with Matthew Broderick) I like Broderick, I thought it was fun eye-candy, I liked the mocking of Ebert & Siskel, and thought Maria Pitillo was SO UNBELIEVABLE CUTE. Woof! But I know it’s a “horribly bad movie.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/18 "2004-04-01T00:06:23Z")
I like a lot of crappy movies, and am hardly ever ashamed to admit it. _Dude, Where’s My Car?_ was hilarious. I laughed my ass off at _Dumb and Dumber_. _Last Action Hero_? No dumber than any other movie Schwartzenegger has been in, and quite a bit cleverer than a few of them. I’m down with Bruce Leeroy in _The Last Dragon_, the muppet goblins in _Labyrinth_, and the four thousand metric tonnes of teen angst in _The Breakfast Club_. These are all movies I’m proud to say I liked, even if a few of them did suck. There are only two movies I’m ashamed to say I liked. So ashamed, I’m putting them in a spoiler box. [spoiler]_The Chase_, staring Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson in an OJ-like flight for the Mexican border, after Sheen is wrongly convicted of robbing a bank. Awful, awful movie. Absolutely nothing redeeming about it (well, except for the cameos by Henry Rollins, Anthony Kiedis, and Flea), but I love it none the less. The other movie is the craptacular Tommy Lee Jones/Anne Heche disaster film _Volcano_, which, my hand to God, regularly moves me to tears.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/19 "2004-04-01T00:07:20Z")
Rotten Tomatoes[ul] [li][Starship Troopers](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/StarshipTroopers-1080606/reviews.php)[/li][li][Beneath the Planet of the Apes](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/BeneaththePlanetoftheApes-1002017/)[/li][li][Galaxy of Terror](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-1008055/reviews.php?critic=all&sortby=default&page=1&rid=804072)[/li][li][Destroy All Monsters](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/DestroyAllMonsters-1079928/preview.php)[/li][li][Hardbodies](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/movie.php?searchby=movies&search=hardbodies).[/ul][/li] After admitting I like those preceding bombs, dare I say the following: You can put me down as one of those members of the _filmwatching audience that **hates** musicals with a passion_. I’ll tell you why. The odds that… =\>Earth will be attacked by a bug planet, =\>Apes will rule the world, =\>Godzilla will pop out of the East River, and =\>Giant space worms will one day rape humans, …are all much more likely to occur than people breaking into song and dance whilst going through their daily lives. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616/20 "2004-04-01T00:09:53Z")
You’ve Got Mail Sleepless in Seattle and Stree Fighter The Movie (but only in a so bad it’s good way!) How will I ever redeem myself? ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-are-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/237616.md?page=2)