Heh! I think Mars Attacks is cool simply because it’s the only movie (to my knowledge) ever to be based entirely on a trading card set.
Rustler’s Rhapsody is one of my favorites; practically unknown among most of my friends.
And Erik The Viking. I wanted this movie so bad on DVD that I bought a multi-region NTSC/PAL DVD player and bought the disc from Amazon.uk.
I absolutely loved that movie. Partly because I hang out with a lot of die-hard theater types. Also because I am a teen of alternative sexuality. Also because I had my own life-changing, excellent, utopian-ish camp experience (5 summers running at an academic camp run by Johns Hopkins Univ.). It amazed me that there are other camp experiences like that. All my camp friends also loved the movie. None of my ‘normal’ friends really seemed to get it. I think it’s playing to a mega-small audience, but there’s definitely a chunk of teens at least out there that Get It.
Brazil, The Fisher King, Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, ** Blade Runner, and Gattaca are all among my favourite movies, and my family likes some of them.
However, one movie that I love, and that nobody else will sit through with me (when I saw it in a theatre years ago, my husband fell asleep after 3 minutes, and no amount of prodding would keep him awake), is the Kieslowski film, La Double vie de Véronique. I’ve seen it on tv again a couple of times and even managed to rent the video once, and again, nobody would even pay attention for 5 minutes. I just get lost in that movie, I lose all contact with reality, I love it so much.
I thought Ishtar was ok, too. I confess I enjoyed it, though I’ve been too chicken to say so when people asked me why I named my cat after a bad movie…
I haven’t seen that Louis Malle movie, Reality Chuck, thanks for pointing me in that direction. Since I enjoyed 3 of the 5 titles you posted, I’m going to look for it.
Nemesis Game. Of the few people I’ve talked to who’ve seen it, none have them have understood why it ended the way it did. It’s subtle, to be sure.
Oh, add me to the Big Hit’s list. Love hitman movies, and it’s very funny.
If Lucy Fell was really panned by critics for being too sentimental and unrealistic. Guess critics can’t grasp whimsy very well…
Gotta disagree with you here. Not about liking the movie; I like it quite a bit. Your theory, on the other hand, seems a bit weak to me. I seem to recall that there are times when Hauer is off killing someone while we can see Howell on screen, and don’t the authorities eventually manage to get Hauer, while Howell goes free? (it’s been a while since I’ve seen it, so my memory might be fooling me here). This would seem to be impossible if your theory is correct. In any case, I’ve put it on my Netflix, so I can watch it again with your theory in mind, and check out the commentaries to see if this is what the filmmakers had in mind. I can always use a good excuse to rewatch old favorites.
Searching for Bobby Fischer is one of my favorite movies, and I have yet to find anyone who can get into it the same way I can. Likewise Pleasantville, and most of my Japanese horror movies, He Never Dies being the one that has offended the most people. The first time I saw Limbo, I knew what was going to happen with that plane before it happened; the title is just too obvious of a hint. It pissed my wife off, while I loved it.
I seem to be the only person on the planet that loves Some Girls.
Atreyu: Finally, a person that actually appreciated A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
I really enjoyed Hart’s War, but most people didn’t think much of it.
The Emperor’s New Groove is one of the best movies Disney has ever cranked out. Others seem to think it’s a weak effort, but they’re wrong. I was literally crying with laughter in the theatre. No other comedy’s done that to me, ever. I still laugh just thinking about Eartha Kitt’s brilliant performance.
Hudson Hawk is nothing if not unique. It doesn’t deserve the hate it gets.
Gattaca and Blade Runner are two of the best science fiction films out there. Dune isn’t one of the best, but I love it anyway. I saw it before I read the books, and now I can’t read them without seeing Lynch’s cast and fine production design in my head.
I could go an entire day speaking in nothing but Buckaroo Banzai quotes. That, or Big Trouble in Little China.
Morelin and I are HUGE fans. It’s one of the few Disney movies I can stand, David Spade is PERFECT, and it’s so, so quotable. “No touchy!” “Ahhh! Llamaface!” “Not THAT lever!” “Lookit this guy, he’s doing his own theme music!” Various references to the shoulder angels (“He’s wearin’ a dress!” “It’s a robe!”), etc. etc.
Road to El Dorado is one I feel like only I appreciate.
On another note, I don’t know anyone else who’s seen the French Cyrano de Bergerac with Gerard Depardieu, but I love it all the same. Fantastic movie.
Jesus…I LOOOOVE ** Harold and Maude**. I’ve showed it to my former boyfriends and friends. Everyone I know says its boring and long and confusing and gross. I think its truly an inspiring movie. Maude makes me love life. I still watch it whenever I’m sad.
I’ve seen the Cyrano de Bergerac with Gerard Depardieu. Our high school principal made us watch it. On the bus. On the way back from our senior trip. And we weren’t supposed to talk while it was on.
Under those conditions it wasn’t very pleasant. But I actually kind of enjoyed it anyway. I kept trying to hear the words and see if I could understand it without glancing at the subtitles. I mostly failed miserably.
Caveman: Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach from 1981. We had a crappy VHS copy of this years ago that my brother and I used to watch all the time. I don’t know anyone else who’s even heard of it.
**Strange Brew:**Bob and Doug at their finest. 
My buddies and I watched this so often (and listened to the albums) that we started talking like them all the time.
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane: I don’t think many people liked this one but it cracks me up.
The Big Hit: mmmmm…China Chow. One of those movies that I have to watch at least once a year. By far Lou Diamond Philips’ best role.
Ahh, understandable, I hated most of the stuff I was forced to watch. And I’ve taken some French and back when I still sort-of-knew what I was doing, it was close to impossible to understand. I just love listening to the way they speak, especially Depardieu’s gravelly babble of French syllables. Why oh why did he have such crap roles here in the States?
Anyway, great movie that I adore. And it’s coming out on DVD in February!
Oh, and the Dudley Do-Right with Brendan Frasier is NOT horribly bad. Well, it IS horribly bad, but it’s amusing in its badness. Likewise, Monkeybone.
Versus, a Japanese samurai/gangster/zombie/kung-fu flick chock full of madcap goofy energy and cheerfully conscious of the silliness of its own style (yet not self-conscious–everyone really hurls themselves into their cardboard roles with gusto), has joined this category for me. Not that my overall impression isn’t shared–it gets good word-of-mouth in a cult-movie sorta way for a reason–but in that I think the ending bit, and what it does to assumptions built up throughout the entire preceding film, is a perfect fit.
Jayjay
Not so!
There was also the atrocious Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
Buckaroo Banzai is pure genius.
I would think many would agree with me on Battle Royale, the Japanese movie of teenagers ordered to kill each other. Unfortunately it is frowned on by many.
Yellowbeard - With the Pythons and James Mason.
Used Cars - A classic.
A Boy and His Dog - With Jason Robards and Benji (not really).
It was supposed to be funny?
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