My son badgered me into watching** Sky High**. Maybe I was just in the right mood or something, but I enjoyed it thoroughly and laughed a lot. Go figure.
D-War. Saw it, expecting it to be the worst movie ever made. Well, it was the worst movie ever made. Which turns out to be quite an enjoyable thing! Me and my brother were laughing hysterically through the entire movie, and my friend was laughing at us laughing. From the American actors who still sounded like they were being dubbed over Korean, to the moments where the audience was thinking “huh? that doesn’t make any sense” and the characters on the screen would suddenly agree with us saying “this doesn’t make any sense!”, to the dinosaurs with missiles!, to the fact that our government apparently has a special code system for natural disasters of which “Code 3!” apparently was established with amazing foresight for the day when we’d need a shorthand way to tell our troops that “giant snake is attacking skyscraper!”, to the propensity of the characters to be thrown into dramatic situations where they are seemingly left for dead and they either simply get up and say “I’m fine” or appear later with merely a bandaid on their forehead…
Cheesey 60’s flicks can claim Dr Goldfoot And His Bikini Machine, starring Vincent Price & Frankie Avalon, as one of the oddest spy-spoofs ever made.
And I own a copy.
When I sat down to watch Pulp Fiction I expected, well, pulp fiction.
I did not think I was going to like My Cousin Vinny, about Joe Pesci going into law and defending his nephew who’s on trial for murder in Alabama. I mean if you just hear the plot you think this can’t possible work. Yet somehow it does.
I thought The Princess Bride was going to be a cheesy kids flick. It turned out better than I thought.
The Mummy is not really my kind of movie–a ‘scary’ special-effects extravaganza with plenty of explosions and not much plot. But the heroine is a librarian, so I love it. 
I had zero interest in seeing “The Iron Giant”, but Mr. Cake brought it home and I was absolutely hooked. Now I’ll watch anything Brad Bird cares to put on film.
Yes! This is exactly the movie I had in mind. I have to fight back tears for the entire last 20 minutes of this cartoon. It was the only thing remotely interesting looking playing one day at a theater (I think I was one of about 70 people total who caught it on the big screen). My though process - “Hmm. a cartoon, it’s going to suck It’s about a kid who makes friends with a giant robot. Might not be terrible.” I’ve been demanding that people go see this movie NOW ever since.
Armageddon. Everyone hated it. It has Ben Affleck in it, who annoys me. It’s got a ridiculous premise based on an asteroid.
I’ll watch the sequence where they are gathering up the roughnecks over and over.
I’ll laugh myself to death during the interviews.
I’ll cry like a baby during the going home sequences.
and I’ll be a little pile of mushy pulp during the animal cracker scene.
And as the patch is ripped off, so is any modicum of self-respect I have left.
Count me in on Armageddon. Seriously, when Affleck is in the elevator and Willis tells him he loves him & thinks of him as his son, and Affleck has the huge react, I have to cry.
I named my son AJ… 
Crazy/Beautiful. At first I thought it was going to be slow and not so good actors. Though I liked the meaning behind it. I’ve watched it a couple times.
What Dreams May Come - Someone told me the theory behind it and I didn’t think it was something I would be interested in. Though a cousin of mine told me to watch it. He explained to me a few things about it and then told me it reminded him of our grand parents. So I rented it. Wasn’t bad and I liked the concept of it. Or the fairy tale possibility.
And City of Angels. Loved that move. Cried like a baby. but loved the movie.
Casablanca. I avoided it purely out of spite and distaste of the art snob poseur hoi polloi intelligencia critic weenies.
My wife made me watch it one day and I sat down, arms crossed and brow furled, ready to sneer and MST3K wisecrack my way through it…and I got pulled in and appreciated everything that everyone raves about.
Gone with the Wind still sucks though.
Brain Smasher…A Love Story. It’s got Andrew “Dice” Clay and Teri Hatcher in it, for ghod’s sake!
Maybe it’s because it was filmed here in Portland(at night, most likely without a permit :D), maybe it’s because of lines like(addressed to an evil Chinese monk), “If my sister says you’re a ninja, you’re a god damn ninja!”
I’ll echo the earlier sentiments on The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Hilarious and very raunchy, but with a sweetness running beneath.
Dawn of the Dead, the more recent version. It’s so honestly presented; I find it fascinating. And I’m not a horror film, and zombie films in particular, fan by any stretch.
Ooh, and ditto Mean Girls.
Hi, my name is Mahaloth, and I and Mrs. Mahaloth both love Daredevil.
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Despite this, we loved it!
I’m glad I no longer have cable, because now I’m not compelled to watch Volcano every time it comes on.
I can’t stand John Wayne movies, yet I used to love McLintock! Of all the messed-up misogynist piles to watch and love…
[Abe Lincoln] Party on dudes![/AL]
for me it’s Happy Gilmore. I don’t care for Adam Sandler, and I hate golf. I loved that movie.
Well, let me second Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
For my contribution to the thread: Robocop. I am really not a fan of over-the-top violent action films, but this one drew me in with the world-building from the beginning, and kept it up, even when I was cringing at all the violence, and even while I was saying to myself, “That’s not possible.”
Similarly, I had heard the title of the Cary Grant film I was a Male War Bride, and thought it would be campiest piece of crap Archy ever signed a contract for. It’s actually charming and fun. Not a great film, but a good and enjoyable one. And one of the the films that made me admit that I really am a Cary Grant fan. Even though he’s been dead most of my life.
If you haven’t already seen it, can I recommend the film upon which City of Angels is based - Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders? I think it’s one of the most beautiful films ever made.