# Movies you are NOT ashamed to admit you like. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700 "2004-03-16T20:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/1 "2004-03-16T20:58:36Z")
I cannot express how much pure giggles I get off of the sublimely sophomoric flick \*\*The Black Knight \*\*. It is so stupid, yet entertaining. I feel dirty. ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/2 "2004-03-16T21:04:10Z")
**Ishtar** Although widely reviled as one of the worst films, I think the film has been unjustly maligned because of its outlandish (at the time) budget. The stereotype swapping - with Dustin Hoffman as a ladies man and Warren Beatty as the shy nerdy guy - played very well, and the scenes where the two of them worked on their nightclub act together were hilarious. I think everyone just watched the movie trying to figure out where all the money got spent. thwartme ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/3 "2004-03-16T21:07:41Z")
I _love_ Grease. I don’t care what anybody says. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/4 "2004-03-16T21:19:25Z")
Don’t get me started. \*\*\*Ishtar \* \*\* is a good movie. Not great, but better than most Ebert thumbsuppers. \*\*\*Showgirls \* \*\* is in my lifetime top ten. None of the following films received the critical response they deserved: \*\*\*The Last Action Hero Made in Heaven Stone Cold Hudson Hawke Willard \* \*\* (2004) \*\*\*Starship Troopers \* \*\* (and all of Verhoeven’s) _ **The Edge** _ . . . I’m sure I’ll think of some more. ---
**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/5 "2004-03-16T21:20:11Z")
> [@ruadh](#): > > I _love_ Grease. I don’t care what anybody says. Ruadh, I’m with you I love Grease. I also love “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” which is this incredibly dorky 80’s dance movie starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt. ---
**Author:** ![Redsland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de0a6/32.png) [@Redsland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redsland)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/6 "2004-03-16T21:21:10Z")
This straight guy enjoys _Pretty Woman_. Quit snickering. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/7 "2004-03-16T21:23:21Z")
**Godzilla 2000.** Just to watch the Big Green Guy stomp all over all of Devil and Emmerich’s “blockbuster” movies. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/8 "2004-03-16T21:26:00Z")
I loves me some **Last Action Hero.** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/9 "2004-03-16T21:28:53Z")
I’m totally with you on _Grease_, and somewhat embarrassingly, _Grease 2_ as well. I can’t help it. _Hudson Hawk_ is one of my all-time favorites, if only for the line “Look, you Eddie Munster-looking motherfucker …” I’m also going to have to go with _Explorers_, which is perfect in a triple-feature with _Goonies_ and _Monster Squad_. I own a 99-cent copy of _Zapped_ that I got from the Blockbuster Clearance Sale. And _Tank Girl_. The crowning jewel of my collection, though, is probably _Sleepaway Camp_. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/10 "2004-03-16T21:28:55Z")
Hello, My name is Mausmagill “Hello, Mausmagill.” I’m a grown man who likes Hienlein books, and who also enjoyed the movie “Starship Troopers”. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/11 "2004-03-16T21:33:41Z")
> **[Fandango (1985) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089126/)** > > Fandango: Directed by Kevin Reynolds. With Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Sam Robards, Chuck Bush. Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain... Fandango staring the much maligned Kevin Costner and Judd Nelson. ---
**Author:** ![taichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@taichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taichi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/12 "2004-03-16T21:34:30Z")
I am always lookin to be a Girl for All Seasons for some Cool Rider, so I am with you on Grease 2, **Draelin**! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/13 "2004-03-16T21:48:04Z")
I’m usually pretty snobby about the movies I watch, but one of my all-time favorites is **Up The Creek,** a **Porky’s/Animal House** ripoff, starring people from both movies. Unbelievably well-written for such a cheapie. Very funny. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/14 "2004-03-16T21:49:33Z")
Count me in as another fan of **Starship Troopers**. Also, I’m totally into a lesser-known action/sci-fi flick **Six-String Samurai**. Dammit, it was a good flick! ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/15 "2004-03-16T21:59:07Z")
I don’t care what anyone says. My all time favorite movie is **Dirty Dancing**. Nobody puts Baby in a corner! ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/16 "2004-03-16T22:01:53Z")
[Making Mr. Right](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093477/) - John Malkovich as an android AND a scientist. What’s not to love?? [High Spirits](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095304/) - OK it’s bad - but it’s also unbelievably funny. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/17 "2004-03-16T22:02:58Z")
_Last Action Hero_ - Good movie. _Hudson Hawk_ - Fantastic movie. _Six String Samurai_ rocks. “Nice shoes. Nice shoes to _die_ in.” You can’t _buy_ dialogue like that. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/18 "2004-03-16T22:03:05Z")
I also gives Ishtar a thumbs up. I liked that show. I liked that show when I first saw it. EVERYONE hated that show. It was the laughing stock of the world with everyone bashing it and I felt that I, alone, liked it. Not even my friends admitted to liking it. The Blind camel. The actual songs they sang…whoever really wrote them deserves a hand! Magnificent bad songs. 🙂 The translator scene. The dying in the desert scene. Many more! 🙂 I also very much liked Starship Troopers. I was driving home from work and the radio DJ was making fun/angry comments/whatever he’s heard from other media blasting the show. People were calling in with scathing comments on it. All of a sudden, several calls came in from younger (\<30) males talking that the DJ really needs to see it and that ‘it rocked’. Was it a good show? Perhaps not…but it rocked! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/19 "2004-03-16T22:03:17Z")
Oh! Oh! I remembered another one! **The Last Boy Scout** 😃 Particularly for this exchange: **Bruce Willis** : (being held at gunpoint) Hey, man, I farked your wife. **Pimpy-Looking Black Dude:** Heh heh…yeah? How’d you know she was my wife? **Bruce Willis:** : She said she was married to a big pimp-looking motherfarker in a hat. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/20 "2004-03-16T22:11:49Z")
[My Boyfriend’s Back](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107626/) The best zombie movie ever!! > [@](#): > > Mr. Dingle: You know son… your mother and I, and the ambulance driver, and the coroner, and the embalmer, were all pretty much convinced that you were dead. > Johnny: I got better. > Mr. Dingle: Huh. Well, welcome home, son. > Johnny: Thanks. > Mrs. Dingle: Are you hungry, do you want something to eat? Gee, there’s a lot of food left over from the funeral. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700.md?page=2)