# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/61 "2004-03-17T01:29:08Z")
**Grease, Xanadu** and **Clash of the Titans** And I have to second **The Money Pit**. When she’s running with that raccoon on her shoulder I just about fall off my chair laughing! ---
**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 17, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/62 "2004-03-17T01:54:05Z")
I LOVE Tank Girl! I have made many, many people watch that movie. “I wouldn’t wanna miss Baywatch.” ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/63 "2004-03-17T02:23:14Z")
I still love **Red Dawn**!!! There. I said it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/64 "2004-03-17T02:27:03Z")
I like \*\*Big Trouble in Little China \*\* too. My absolute favorite movie that I’ve watched over a dozen times (more than any other movie) is \*\*Young Frankenstein \*\* - but that’s not at all embarassing, right? … Right? Or is it Abby Normal? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Iacob\_Matthew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Iacob\_Matthew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iacob_Matthew)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/65 "2004-03-17T02:53:09Z")
You mean that there are people who **don’t** like _Tank Girl_? I’ll agree on Mars Attacks, Hackers, and Erik the Viking, and be semi-ashamed at admitting that, for a few years, my favorite movie was _Urusei Yatsura II: Beautiful Dreamer_. ---
**Author:** ![RitzyRae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@RitzyRae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitzyRae)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/66 "2004-03-17T03:25:13Z")
Groundhog Day. Over and over and over again… ---
**Author:** ![DevilDan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@DevilDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DevilDan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/67 "2004-03-17T04:17:58Z")
I have a soft spot for odd comedies. And it’s not just “camp” appreciation. \*\*Hudson Hawk Jose Versus the Volcano Toys Oscar The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Brain Donors \*\* ---
**Author:** ![float\_face\_down](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@float\_face\_down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/float_face_down)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/68 "2004-03-17T04:30:43Z")
Who would be ashamed of Last Action Hero? That movie r0x0rz! ---
**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 17, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/69 "2004-03-17T04:41:26Z")
**Buckaroo Bonzai** simply awesome. \*\*Nate & Hayes \*\* One of my top five desert island movies. A young Tommy Lee Jones. _ummmanahummmana_ \*\*Young Sherlock Holmes \*\* The kid who plays the title role was brilliant. **Flamingo Kid**. " No Swing Outs." **Shanghai Knights** and \*\*Shanghai Noon \*\*. Owen Wilson & Jackie Chan sandwich…_:::::drool:::::_ ---
**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 17, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/70 "2004-03-17T04:45:19Z")
> [@RitzyRae](#): > > Groundhog Day. Over and over and over again… Nothing to be ashamed of here; GD is a critical darling (and a seriously brilliant movie). ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/71 "2004-03-17T05:38:05Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > **Shanghai Knights** and \*\*Shanghai Noon \*\*. Owen Wilson & Jackie Chan sandwich…_:::::drool:::::_ Good call. Not on the drooling. On the movies. On the Jackie Chan topic, I think Rush Hour is unappreciated brilliance, if only for Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan’s repartee. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/72 "2004-03-17T05:40:49Z")
I will boldly confess that I believe **Joe vs. The Volcano** is the best movie ever made. And I could watch **UHF** over and over and over. ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/73 "2004-03-17T05:41:47Z")
Not ashamed to admit I enjoyed **Bedazzled** (the Brendan Fraser & Elizabeth Hurley version). ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Star_to_the_Right)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/74 "2004-03-17T05:57:50Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > i own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the first TMNT, the other two were sell-outs 😉 True! TMNT kicked ass, and I just realized I still remember how the movies changed around the Shredder/Splinter backstory from the original comics. Wow, that’s really sad. **Masters of the Universe** is another. Who doesn’t want to watch a live action He-Man adventure? [sub]oh. carry on, then, nothing to see here[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/75 "2004-03-17T06:08:20Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > **Mom and Dad Save the World**. Yes, I know. I’m a sick woman. I can’t help it. Jon Lovitz cracks me up. heh. “I’m not insecure! If I were insecure why would I be **speaking so LOUDLY**???” ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/76 "2004-03-17T06:11:54Z")
> [@GMRyujin](#): > > Good call. Not on the drooling. On the movies. > > On the Jackie Chan topic, I think Rush Hour is unappreciated brilliance, if only for Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan’s repartee. **GMRyujin** , I love you, will you marry me?? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/77 "2004-03-17T06:33:57Z")
Holy crap. Most of the movies listed already, that I’ve seen anyway. Except for the Pauly Shore movies. I have yet to see an Adam Sandler movie I didn’t like. And _Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo_. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/78 "2004-03-17T06:38:24Z")
> [@torie](#): > > **GMRyujin** , I love you, will you marry me?? I don’t think my girlfriend would approve. And, well, I think the TiVo is technically half hers… Favorite Sequence from Rush Hour: Chris Tucker: Punk ass bitch! Chinese Noodle Guy: I no punk ass bitch! You punk ass bitch! ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/79 "2004-03-17T07:06:45Z")
I like Mouse Hunt. There, I admit it. I honestly think it’s underappreciated for the quality of it’s slapstick. And writing dialogue above and beyond what you’d expect from a film like this. The whole movie is worth it of only for the following scene: > [@](#): > > Lars: I don’t believe it. He snapped the trap, ate the olive and left the pit just to mock us! > Ernie Smuntz: I think you’re giving him a little too much credit. Mice don’t mock. They don’t even have a sense of humor. He’s not sitting in his little home in a smoking jacket by the fireplace saying “I left the pit!” Nathan Lane just absolutely nails that last line. Makes me laugh out loud every time I see it. And I’ll third the vote for Fandango. I almost thought I was the only one to have seen that movie… ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/80 "2004-03-17T07:07:47Z")
> [@DevilDan](#): > > **Jose Versus the Volcano** Is that the Spanish version ? 😃 I have to say that either I own or have seen most of the movies listed above. Please allow me to include my own entry : **The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700.md?page=5)