# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/101 "2004-03-17T16:55:36Z")
Personally, I’m not ashamed to admit to liking something. But here’s a brief list of movies I like that people often roll their eyes in response to or scoff at when I mention them (several have already been named above, which means I believe I am in EXCELLENT company in this thread): **Summer School** , with Mark Harmon and Kirstie Alley. Did I ever crush on Chainsaw. **Krull** : People who don’t like this don’t know what’s good for them. Really. **Labyrinth** : “You remind me of the babe.” **Legend** : I love the unicorns. **Sideout** : C. Thomas Howell plays beach volleyball. **Lethal Weapon 2** : “Diplomatic immunity.” “It’s just been revoked.” **Up the Creek** : Whoever mentioned this upthread is a total genius. **About Last Night** : Terrible adaptation of the Mamet play, but Jim Belushi is incredible as Bernie. **Turner and Hooch** : Slobbery dog, slender Tom Hanks in bikini underwear. **The Golden Child** : “We want the kniiiiiiiife.” **House 2** : Arye Gross! **Big Momma’s House** : I have an inexplicable soft spot for Martin Lawrence. **Blue Streak** : Martin Lawrence and Luke Wilson cop buddy movie. **Journey to the Center of the Earth** : Yep, the 1969 adaptation with Pat Boone and the crazy-ass duck running all over the place. Folks like to rag on the special effects, but I say the crystal cave and the mushroom cave are just awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/102 "2004-03-17T17:28:45Z")
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: **[Cabin Boy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109361/)** And I loved [The Postman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110877/)! A beautiful story about love and poetry in southern Italy. It’s especially poignant when you know the actor who played Mario died in real life… Wait, that _is_ “The Postman” you’re talking about, isn’t it?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/103 "2004-03-17T17:29:51Z")
I didn’t know that **Fandango** and **Erik the Viking** were guilty pleasures. I thought I was just the only person who’d ever seen them. Much like **Sordid Lives** and **Bottle Rocket** , once you get someone to watch them, they’re usually a hit. Now the movie I can’t help but like though I probably shouldn’t is **To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar**. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/104 "2004-03-17T17:48:57Z")
I LIKE **TITANIC**!! (stares around at the stunned silence.) Well, I do. So there. I feel so liberated now. I will no longer be ashamed!! ---
**Author:** ![Gumbercules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gumbercules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gumbercules)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/105 "2004-03-17T17:51:28Z")
OK, I’ll admit it, I actually liked the two new Star Wars movies The acting, dialogue, and plotting are bad, but no worse than the original trilogy in my opinion. Really, were Harrison Ford, Mark Hammil and Carrie Fisher such great actors? And compare the lightsaber battle at the end of The Phantom Menace with the one at the end of Return of the Jedi. C’mon, Darth Vader moved like friggin C3PO. Darth Maul was totally badass! That said, I do hate Jar Jar with a passion and wish he would just go away. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/106 "2004-03-17T18:16:18Z")
> [@Judith Prietht](#): > > **The Golden Child** : “We want the kniiiiiiiife.” "A TOAST! TO MONTY!! _giggle_…I love this movie. I’m glad I can admit it, now. Thanks, **Judith**. And yes, Krull rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/107 "2004-03-17T20:15:40Z")
Loved the new Matrix movies. I think they are both better than the first one. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/108 "2004-03-17T20:59:49Z")
My two favorite B-movies are **Bring It On** and **Mortal Kombat**. Interesting, **Bring It On Again** was a reasonable amount of fun, despite being direct-to-video, whereas **Mortal Kombat: Annihilation** is possibly the worst movie I’ve ever seen. Some of the movies that have been mentioned in this thread I don’t consider guilty pleasures at all, particularly the brilliant **Wayne’s World** , which I could quote and discuss all day long. One movie that I thought was fantastic but which almost no one else likes at all is **Josie and the Pussycats**. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/109 "2004-03-17T21:00:25Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Movies mentioned that I also like: > > Bring It On! (Love, love, love this movie) > Legally Blonde > > Romy and Michelle’s Highschool Reunion > Romy and Michelle’s Highschool Reunion > Romy and Michelle’s Highschool Reunion > Romy and Michelle’s Highschool Reunion > Romy and Michelle’s Highschool Reunion OHMYGOD you are so _gay_. Oh. Well… I’ll go now. 😃 ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/110 "2004-03-17T22:12:04Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > One movie that I thought was fantastic but which almost no one else likes at all is **Josie and the Pussycats**. The one that came out a couple years ago? I thought it was a brilliant skewering of boy bands, MTV, trend-followers, and marketing in general. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/111 "2004-03-17T22:31:34Z")
OK, somebody has to step up to the plate… that sprawling car-wreck of a box-office bust: **1941**! Hey, c’mon, it taught us all how to load and fire the Bofors 40mm Mk I AA gun (in its secondary role as a direct-fire coast artillery gun. Could save your life one day.) I await the deluxe DVD release, with all the restored scenes (which may actually make sense of the whole mishmash) in a month or so… ---
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/112 "2004-03-17T22:37:28Z")
\*\*\*Josie and the Pussycast \* \*\* (that was a typo but I like it so I’ll leave it) started out a brilliant satire, but then it forgot it was a satire toward the end and just got sappy. Still, add it to my list. And \*\*\*Bring It On! \* \*\* was not a B movie! ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/113 "2004-03-17T22:50:38Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Some of the movies that have been mentioned in this thread I don’t consider guilty pleasures at all, particularly the brilliant **Wayne’s World** , which I could quote and discuss all day long. Wow, seriously? I thought I was the only one this whole time. My friends always made fun of me for liking it. Perhaps we’ll have to have a **Wayne’s World** thread just for this purpose. ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/114 "2004-03-17T22:54:57Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > Perhaps we’ll have to have a **Wayne’s World** thread just for this purpose. Wayne’s World! Wayne’s World! Party time! Excellent! ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/115 "2004-03-17T23:02:35Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > I can’t believe no one’s mentioned **Adventures in Babysitting**. You are my new hero. I love that movie! I’m also partial to: **Hudson Hawk** **Bring It On!** **Willow** and, um, **Waterworld** … :o ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/116 "2004-03-17T23:12:22Z")
Oh god, there are so many. **Revenge of the Nerds** 1 and 3 **High Spirits** **Dirty Dancing** **Grease** 1 and 2 **Willow** **The Three Amigos** **Clue** **Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure** **Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey** **Wayne’s World** 1 and 2 **Lethal Weapon**. All of them. I’ve never met a Lethal Weapon movie I didn’t like. I’m sure there are many, many more. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/117 "2004-03-17T23:24:39Z")
Oh, and just to get in on the in-touch-with-the-little-gay-man-inside-of-us-all action, I \*own[/own] copies of **Cabaret** and **Guys and Dolls**. Right next to **Zardoz** (it was only $7.99!), **Hedwig** , and **Run, Lola Run**. ---
**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 18, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/118 "2004-03-18T00:57:19Z")
_ **Ladyhawke** _ \*\*\*Cabaret, Hedwig, Wayne’s World, \* \*\* and \*\*\*Run Lola Run \* \*\* don’t count: those were critical successes. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/119 "2004-03-18T01:01:40Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > \*\*\*Cabaret, Hedwig, Wayne’s World, \* \*\* and \*\*\*Run Lola Run \* \*\* don’t count: those were critical successes. Don’t you mean finacial successes? I shudder to think of the state of the world if Wayne’s World was a critical success. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/120 "2004-03-18T03:14:40Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Don’t you mean finacial successes? I shudder to think of the state of the world if Wayne’s World was a critical success. 😃 'dem’s fighting words!!! Why, pray tell, should a smart and hilarious comedy like _Wayne’s World_ not be a critical success? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700.md?page=7)