# Movies that, apparently, you were the only person to like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723 "2004-05-18T05:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/1 "2004-05-18T05:58:52Z")
I saw _Battlefield Earth_ on some free week of some paid movie channel promo a couple of years ago. I heard it was the Worst Movie Ever Made. I loved it. I absolutely loved it. Of course, I likes me some badfilm, so the cheesy John Travolta as an Evil Alien Overlord bits were right up my alley. Then there was Sony’s _Godzilla_. I went in with some fairly minimal expectations, actually. Really big lizard comes out of the ocean and invades a major metropolitan area. Does massive property damage. I wasnt disappointed. I also liked _The Postman_. The movie was good in spite of Kevin Costner’s best efforts at acting. And really, how could you not love a movie in which Tom Petty plays… Tom Petty? That alone was worth the price of admission. Apparently I am the only person on the planet who liked these movies. There surely must be other movies that were universally panned that somebody out there liked. Are you that somebody? And what movie was it? ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/2 "2004-05-18T06:13:02Z")
I really liked _Death to Smoochy_. Ed Norton, Robin Williams, and Danny Devito in a black comedy about one honest man’s attempt to succeed in the seedy underbelly or children’s television programming. Jon Stewart does absolutely nothing. And everybody save for the people I saw it with seems to loathe it. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/3 "2004-05-18T06:17:03Z")
_Swept Away_. It is a rancid smear of diarrhea compared to _Travolti al Destino_, but when I watch SA I just pretend _Travolti_ doesn’t exist. I love Madonna. I love Madonna’s T & A. I love topless Italian men with teddy-bear faces. I love Guy Ritchie. I love fantasy musical montages and I love watching people play drunken charades. _Swept Away_ scratches _all_ of my itches, baby. I would never expect anyone else to think it’s anything other than an unmitigated piece of crap and a sad, stillborn excuse for a movie. I would never ask anyone else to sit through it. I won’t even watch it when other people are in the house. But I just _love_ it. [sup]The best part is in the director’s commentary how, whenever Madonna is walking across the screen in her bikini, both Guy and Matt go silent, and after a few seconds shake themselves and go; “Nice… shot. I mean, that was a nice shot. Yeah.”[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/4 "2004-05-18T11:43:31Z")
Dude, where’s my car? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/5 "2004-05-18T12:24:51Z")
_Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive!_ Trucks run amuck! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/6 "2004-05-18T12:31:10Z")
I like _Ishtar_\*, but that’s not that uncommon these days. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/7 "2004-05-18T12:40:10Z")
Heaven’s Gate, which was considered to be the worst movie of all time, is one of my all-time favorites. The photography alone is worth the movie. And Krisstofferson is just so awesome in it. I don’t care how much it cost – this movie is brilliant. Another favorite of mine is Raggedy Man, with Sissy Spacek and Eric Roberts. I tell ya, this movie is a work of art. WWII small-town Texas. What more do you need? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/8 "2004-05-18T12:40:24Z")
**Bicentennial Man** It wasn’t perfect, but it was a helluva lot better than people gave it credit for. And it’s the first adaptation of an Asimov work I’ve seen that _felt_ like Asimov. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/9 "2004-05-18T12:46:50Z")
**Dune.** ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/10 "2004-05-18T12:58:24Z")
Costner’s _Wyatt Earp_ is way better than _Tombstone_ IMO. A very good movie indeed. I also love _Heaven’s Gate_ ---
**Author:** ![GreyWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@GreyWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreyWanderer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/11 "2004-05-18T12:59:26Z")
I loved Death to Smoochy too. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/12 "2004-05-18T13:05:17Z")
The Key to Sex It’s a softcore film that somehow managed to get the feel of a light sex farce. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/13 "2004-05-18T13:13:35Z")
Of everyone I know I’m the only one who likes Hulk and Blade 2. My girlfriend and I both prefer the Daredevil movie to the Spider-man movie - I think that puts us in a minority of 2! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/14 "2004-05-18T13:23:41Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Another favorite of mine is **Raggedy Man** , with Sissy Spacek and Eric Roberts. I tell ya, this movie is a work of art. WWII small-town Texas. What more do you need? You’re not the only one! I love that movie. It was directed by her husband Jack Fisk, and you can tell he loved her dearly. Every frame is like a painting and she’s the most beautiful woman in the world as seen through his lens. Even if it were a bad movie, I’d just love watching it, and her, but it’s a good movie too. It’s also Eric Roberts, who often plays creepy, at his sweetest and cutest. The ending gets a bit weird, but I can deal because the rest of it is so wonderful. It also features a pre-ET Henry Thomas. I wish it were on DVD. My pick is a 1985 Australian movie called **Bliss**. It’s not on DVD either and I don’t understand why not. It’s based on a book by the celebrated Peter Carey, and was directed by Ray Lawrence, who most recently made the acclaimed **Lantana**. **Bliss** is about a man who tell stories named Harry Joy. One day he has a heart attack and dies, and things just go downhill from there. He is brought back to life, but he sees his life and the world in a different way. It’s funny, sad, lovely and absolutely unique. You’ll never see another film like this. Not a good movie by any means, not like the two above, but we had a great time at Van Helsing. It’s a leave-your-brain-and-age-at home, throw-popcorn-at-the-screen, fun, dopey, daffy, silly, goofy, Saturday afternoon matinee cheesefest. Loved it! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/15 "2004-05-18T14:15:17Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Costner’s _Wyatt Earp_ is way better than _Tombstone_ IMO. > > A very good movie indeed. I also love _Heaven’s Gate_ I like Wyatt Earp much better than Tombstone. My one off is The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. The Terry Gilliam version. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/16 "2004-05-18T14:23:22Z")
**Gummo** by Harmony Kornine. I loved this twisted little flick, but everyone and I mean EVERYONE I’ve recomended it to has been really angry at me afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/17 "2004-05-18T14:48:04Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > My one off is The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. The Terry Gilliam version. I love that movie. So does my father, who was the one what introduced me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/18 "2004-05-18T14:58:36Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > My girlfriend and I both prefer the Daredevil movie to the Spider-man movie - I think that puts us in a minority of 2! Make that three. > [@yanceylebeef](#): > > \*\*Gummo \*\* by Harmony Kornine. > I loved this twisted little flick, but everyone and I mean EVERYONE I’ve recomended it to has been really angry at me afterwards. Make that two. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/19 "2004-05-18T15:19:27Z")
One word, three sylables. Nemesis. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723/20 "2004-05-18T15:29:18Z")
> [@torie](#): > > One word, three sylables. > > Nemesis. As in Star Trek:…? Not a BAD movie, by any means, but would have been better had B4 been handled differently. SOME mention of Lor, for instance. The Reman guy could have been handled better, too. No problem with the existance of either character, or their parts in the plot, but the dialogue surrounding them was painful, in either what it had, or what it lacked. Throwing in one of my own: Matrix: Revolutions. Hey, it was a fun ride. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-apparently-you-were-the-only-person-to-like/245723.md?page=2)