# horrible movies that are classics simply becuase the're on non stop **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172 "2016-04-26T07:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/21 "2016-04-27T00:28:27Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Sorry Quimby, _Christmas Vacation_ is my new holiday go-to movie; I have to watch it every time it’s on. On the other hand, _Scrooged_ still bites. I agree with both of these statements. I love _Christmas Vacation_, it makes me laugh every time, and _Scrooged_ is a terrible movie. When _Groundhog Day_ came out just a couple of years later, with almost the exact same redemption plot but about 100x better, I saw it as Bill Murray correcting his horrendous misstep with _Scrooged_. Anyhoo, I recall _Love Actually_ got terrible reviews and everybody dismissed it as one of the worst Richard Curtis movies, nowhere near as good as _Four Weddings_ or even _Notting Hill_ (which a lot of people hate anyway, though I like it). But now it’s listed as many people’s favourite romcom. Fools! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/22 "2016-04-27T00:54:18Z")
one that might fit the category is children of men… the movie was great but 10 years before the book was trashed by every major critic around at the time but now its a great book because of the movie ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/23 "2016-04-27T01:02:35Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I don’t think you understand. Hocus Pocus is amazing **because** it’s kind of dumb and janky. It’s almost perfectly Halloweeny in that it’s a mix of self-aware edgy and ridiculous. In some weird ways it’s the essence of every low-budget Halloween display put up in a grocery store. SJP has possibly the best singing performance of her film career in that movie too. ([Yes she Can sing.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEYgyWC_BpM)) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/24 "2016-04-27T01:18:25Z")
Although I notice this trend on the kid channels the most supposedly they learned this with rugrats no one watched it at first but they showed it every 3rd show for like a year and it became was so popular they brought it back 2 years after they ended the original run now thell run a show for years until it clicks cartoon network did this with a few of their kid shows but family guy and futurerama on adult swim are prime examples too Someone told me once in a aol sponsored chat (remember those ? come in with tons of other people and try to ask a question in a interview ithat was supposedly live) that when they used to have the nye marathons on adult swim more people watched it on t hat single night then than the original entire fox run also I was told that’s why these days if its a long running show tell rerun it on ION or USA and such in the hopes that youll get caught un in the characters enough to watch the new ones (and why it takes forever for them to rerun them … there usually 2 seasons behind the current plots ) A&E showed everyone on how to do this with law and order … it was going to get cancelled until they ran it 12 hours a day and people started watching the new ones … ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/25 "2016-04-27T02:27:42Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I don’t think you understand. Hocus Pocus is amazing **because** it’s kind of dumb and janky. It’s almost perfectly Halloweeny in that it’s a mix of self-aware edgy and ridiculous. In some weird ways it’s the essence of every low-budget Halloween display put up in a grocery store. Mom and I watched it every Halloween for many, many years. I don’t know what I’ll do this Halloween now that she’s gone ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/26 "2016-04-27T03:01:23Z")
> [@nightshade2016](#): > > Someone told me once in a aol sponsored chat (remember those ? come in with tons of other people and try to ask a question in a interview ithat was supposedly live) that when they used to have the nye marathons on adult swim more people watched it on t hat single night then than the original entire fox run “nye”? 😕 Bill Nye the Science guy? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/27 "2016-04-27T03:04:55Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze seems an excellent choice here. I was going to nominate this, and the “Deuce Bigelow” movies too. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/28 "2016-04-27T03:08:19Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > “nye”? 😕 Bill Nye the Science guy? New Year’s Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/29 "2016-04-27T13:56:43Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I know lots of people love it but Christmas Vacation is not a good movie. True, but somehow it resonates. Randy Quaid’s character at one point volunteers to fix the lights, but cautions that if he gets shocked, it will react with the steel plate in his head, he won’t remember his name for 30 minutes, and he’ll pee in his pants. My oldest brother was the same way because of a brain cyst. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/30 "2016-04-27T14:16:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “It’s A Wonderful Life.” This only became a Christmas classic relatively recently, like the late '80s. I first saw it at a classic movies night in a college town bar in the early '80s. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/31 "2016-04-27T14:29:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Randy Quaid’s character at one point volunteers to fix the lights, but cautions that if he gets shocked, it will react with the steel plate in his head, he won’t remember his name for 30 minutes, and he’ll pee in his pants. My oldest brother was the same way because of a brain cyst. Well, let me just say that I’m a fan of your work, Dennis Quaid. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/32 "2016-04-27T23:46:23Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > True, but somehow it resonates. Randy Quaid’s character at one point volunteers to fix the lights, but cautions that if he gets shocked, it will react with the steel plate in his head, he won’t remember his name for 30 minutes, and he’ll pee in his pants. My oldest brother was the same way because of a brain cyst. Nitpick, the actual line is: “Don’t go puttin’ none of that [super lubricant] on my sled, Clark. You know that metal plate in my head? I had to have it replaced, cause every time Catherine revved up the microwave I’d piss my pants and forget who I was for a half hour or so. So over at the VA they had to replace it with plastic. It ain’t as strong so I don’t know if I should go sailin’ down no hill with nothing between the ground and my brains but a piece of government plastic.” ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/33 "2016-04-28T00:04:15Z")
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is stupid. It is. A Charlie Brown Christmas is dumb too, but at least it has some redeeming thematic lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/34 "2016-04-28T00:45:59Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze seems an excellent choice here. Hey, what, like a good action sequence don’t belong in Christmas? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172/35 "2016-04-28T00:48:24Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is stupid. It is. A Charlie Brown Christmas is dumb too, but at least it has some redeeming thematic lesson. I got a rock. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-that-are-classics-simply-becuase-there-on-non-stop/753172.md?page=1)