# I Can't Believe I Loved That Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488 "2007-12-28T17:27:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/61 "2007-12-31T00:26:11Z")
**Twister**. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/62 "2007-12-31T01:09:15Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] **Twister**. Yep. [/QUOTE] Maybe I would have enjoyed that film if I could have heard a word of the dialogue, yelling into the wind as they were constantly - possibly a film to be viewed with subtitles. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/63 "2007-12-31T02:29:22Z")
**Take the Lead** immediately sprung to mind. You know, the feel good film where Antonio Banderas teaches a group of troubled inner-city youth how to ballroom dance, who must then compete for the self-respect they’d so been lacking. Utterly formulaic, completely devoid of major character development, a hodgepodge of cliches that you only pay $2 to see so you can laugh at it with friends… And I adored it. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/64 "2007-12-31T08:26:24Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] f First Shrek. I had no interest and it was actually quite cute. **Napolean Dynamite, I do not know why.** [/QUOTE] Ugh , I turned that movie off after twenty minutes into it , does it get any better or is the movie an aquired taste. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/65 "2007-12-31T08:28:36Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] _Love, Actually_ just finished and yet again I had to get up and go to the toilet so I could blow my nose. What a sap I am: it’s so brilliantly manipulative. (BTW I loved _Topsy-Turvy_. I think it’s just so brilliantly acted - not a miscast in the whole movie.) [/QUOTE] My most enduring question from that movie ( love actually) , who uses a manual type writer , i mean cmon. But yeah , tears of laughter and tears of joy with that movie. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/66 "2007-12-31T08:42:13Z")
[QUOTE=Declan] Ugh , I turned that movie off after twenty minutes into it , does it get any better or is the movie an aquired taste. Declan [/QUOTE] The rest of the movie is pretty much like the first 20 minutes. Once the shock of so much bullshit being presented to you all at once wears off, it’s easier to handle though. I actually liked the movie a lot. I came here to mention the last Rocky flick. What was it, Rocky 6? The one where he fights Mason “The Line” Dixon. That wasn’t just a good film - I thought it was fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/67 "2007-12-31T12:43:53Z")
Another vote for _40 Year Old Virgin_. There was an underlying sweetness to it that I totally didn’t expect. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/68 "2007-12-31T14:31:33Z")
I see a lot of votes for _Mean Girls_ here. I knew from the start that I would love that movie so it doesn’t count I guess. I always liked Tina Fey stuff. I am embarrassed to submit _13 Going on 30_ I liked the idea. I would have love to be 30 when I was 13. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/69 "2007-12-31T18:28:44Z")
Oooh, **lobstermobster** , I’m with you on _13 Going on 30_. I was surprised at how cute and entertaining it was–Jennifer Garner was really quite endearing in it. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/70 "2007-12-31T18:56:50Z")
I dislike dumbass fratboy humor, so I was shocked that I liked _Little Nicky_ with Adam Sandler. Yeah, the jokes were dumb, but what’s not to like about Hitler taking a pineapple where the sun doesn’t shine? And Ozzy showing up to bite off the villain’s head? And various other silly visual pranks that were usually funny and only occasionally lame. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/71 "2007-12-31T19:00:03Z")
I flew to Europe a few weeks ago (and back, of course), and _Hot Rod_ was offered on the return leg. I typically don’t like movies in the stupid-humor slacker genre, of which _Hot Rod_ seemed to be a member. I had no interest in it during its theatrical run, and I’ve ignored comments about it elsewhere. But hell, I’m stuck in an airplane over the ocean for several hours, and I’ve never, ever been able to sleep during a flight, so what the hell else am I going to do? To my enormous surprise, I enjoyed the movie. A lot. Wonderfully absurd, and very smart about its stupidity, with good supporting characters and several standout comic moments. I liked it enough that I feel comfortable recommending it to the right kind of viewer. It’s not perfect (Sissy Spacek is totally wasted), but much, much funnier than I expected it to be. That’s especially true in comparison to some of the other in-flight movies, such as _Mr Bean’s Holiday_ and _License to Wed_, which gave me cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/72 "2007-12-31T20:22:54Z")
[QUOTE=Declan] My most enduring question from that movie ( love actually) , who uses a manual type writer , i mean cmon. But yeah , tears of laughter and tears of joy with that movie. Declan [/QUOTE] Lots of writers still use manual typewriters. I came in to mention the 2004 remake of _Dawn of the Dead_, but that’s taken. So I’ll just admit that I enjoyed _Must Love Dogs_. I think it’s the refreshingly understated delivery of some of the funnier lines. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/73 "2008-01-01T12:44:33Z")
**Pulp Fiction** I really did not expect to like this. The description I heard was “very very violent, the underbelly of society, but funny” Ugh, I hate violence! I am a pretty girly, nicey, sweetie type movie lover. But I suppose I am a whore for dialogue where the characters speak like I WISH people spoke (cf. Coen Bros.). I LOVED it. The funny thing is my friends that made me go thought I walked out. I was suffering from a back injury at the time and couldn’t sit down for long, so walked to the back of the theater to stand after about 30 minutes. My friends thought I’d left in disgust, but I was just in the back laughing my ass off. When people ask me my favorite movie I love to say "Ummmm…either “It’s a Wonderful Life” oooorrrrr…“Pulp Fiction” " didn’t really like anything else Tarantino’s done though ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/74 "2008-01-01T14:35:54Z")
I loathed Mike Judge’s \*Beavis and Butthead \* and was lukewarm to his _King of the Hill_, so I avoided \*\*Office Space \*\* until its growing reputation as a cult favorite persuaded me to rent it. Now it’s one of my favorite comedies from the past 20 years. **Idiocracy** was a mixed bag, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488.md?page=3)