# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/121 "2004-03-18T03:41:58Z")
Many that I like have already been mentioned, but I’ll go with one that hasn’t, and that I’ll watch when it is aired, though I don’t actually own it, _Somewhere in Time_. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/122 "2004-03-18T04:07:41Z")
**Ladyhawke** --I’ve watched this so much, I’ve memorized it. **Enemy Mine** --you get no arguments from me! ---
**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, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/123 "2004-03-18T04:34:35Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Why, pray tell, should a smart and hilarious comedy like _Wayne’s World_ not be a critical success? Hmm… maybe something about not taking itself seriously enough for many critics to actually be willing to admit to enjoying it? 😃 ---
**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 18, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/124 "2004-03-18T04:46:50Z")
\*\*LadyHawke \*\* Just an all around excellent film. Brooding hero that is a wolf by night. Beautiful Vixen Heroine who is a hawk by day. Smart ass Ferris Bueller who is the exposition. And the surly, cranky monk, who was fantastic. What’s not to love? \*\*Austin Powers \*\* : All of them. Mike Myers is a genius. (Except for Big Fat Bastard, he creeps me out big time.) \*\*Silverado \*\* Great western with a major droolable cast for wimmen. \*\*Ferris Buellar’s Day Off \*\* \*\*10 Things I Hate About You \*\* I adore this film for so many reasons. The sisters. The neurotic dad. The hunky bad boy. The nerdy guys. It’s perfect, really. **Clueless** Brilliant. \*\*Three Kings \*\* Loved this film. Never understood why it tanked. \*\*Glengarry GlenRoss \*\* Fuck. **Best in Show** **Big Lebowski** \*\*Tommy Boy \*\* " Listen up you little spazoids! I know who you are and I know where you live…" Best screaming at a child scene ever. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/125 "2004-03-18T05:19:28Z")
I liked Waterworld goddamit. I liked Willow goddamit. I liked Krull goddammit. I liked David Lynch’s Dune goddamit. _(glares at naysayers)_ Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/126 "2004-03-18T05:50:43Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > \*\*LadyHawke \*\* Just an all around excellent film. Brooding hero that is a wolf by night. Beautiful Vixen Heroine who is a hawk by day. Smart ass Ferris Bueller who is the exposition. And the surly, cranky monk, who was fantastic. What’s not to love? > > \*\*Austin Powers \*\* : All of them. Mike Myers is a genius. (Except for Big Fat Bastard, he creeps me out big time.) > > \*\*Silverado \*\* Great western with a major droolable cast for wimmen. > > \*\*Ferris Buellar’s Day Off \*\* > > \*\*10 Things I Hate About You \*\* I adore this film for so many reasons. The sisters. The neurotic dad. The hunky bad boy. The nerdy guys. It’s perfect, really. > > **Clueless** Brilliant. > > \*\*Three Kings \*\* Loved this film. Never understood why it tanked. > > \*\*Glengarry GlenRoss \*\* Fuck. > > **Best in Show** > > **Big Lebowski** > > \*\*Tommy Boy \*\* " Listen up you little spazoids! I know who you are and I know where you live…" Best screaming at a child scene ever. I love Silverado! One of the best Westerns of all time, probably. And I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like Glengarry Glen Ross or the Christopher Guest movies like Best In Show. I’m not a fan of Spade or Farley, but I’ll always crack up for the “Fat man in a little coat!” scene in Tommy Boy. ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/127 "2004-03-18T05:51:01Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > "A TOAST! TO MONTY!! _giggle_…I love this movie. I’m glad I can admit it, now. Thanks, **Judith**. And yes, Krull rocks. Ohh, I love that movie!! I love the scratching on the buddhist prayer wheel asking for the knife- I do that bit all the time, no one gets it, dammit!! _Bring it On_ is on constant rotation at our home along with Family Guy these last 4 months. But my total guilty pleasure, which I am ashamed to admit is … **Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band** with Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/128 "2004-03-18T06:11:34Z")
**Encino Man Real Genius Rock & Roll High School Forever Drop Dead Fred** ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/129 "2004-03-18T07:18:13Z")
Most of mine have already been mentioned, so I’ll just go with this one: “Rock and Rule”. Hopefully someday this will come out on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/130 "2004-03-18T07:19:49Z")
Sorry, that was supposed to be “Like” not “Lik” in the title. ---
**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, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/131 "2004-03-18T15:38:48Z")
I like Lynch’s _ **Dune** _, too. And since I saw it in highschool and loved loved LOVED the soundtrack and didn’t know it was supposed to be a bad movie, I also have a soft spot for _ **Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.** _ ---
**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 18, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/132 "2004-03-18T16:16:45Z")
How about _ **Scooby Doo** _? ---
**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 18, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/133 "2004-03-18T16:59:59Z")
> [@PastAllReason](#): > > Many that I like have already been mentioned, but I’ll go with one that hasn’t, and that I’ll watch when it is aired, though I don’t actually own it, _Somewhere in Time_. I love that movie! Yeah, it’s sappy, but in a _good_ way. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/134 "2004-03-18T17:49:41Z")
> [@](#): > > by Rodd Hill > 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.) If you would like to fire one in anger checkout [wwiionline.com](http://wwiionline.com)🙂 ---
**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 18, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/135 "2004-03-18T17:55:00Z")
Oh, granted **lissener** : but just mentioning that you’ve seen, much less _own_, a movie with **Liza Minelli** to a bunch of guys at the worksite with wrenches in their pockets could fall into the category of “movies that you aren’t supposed to admit to liking (at least in certain circles)”. And just try to explain how good a musical about an East German botched transsexual is to a group like that… ---
**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 18, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/136 "2004-03-18T18:07:48Z")
Oddly enough, **BlinkingDuck** , I’ve just finished re-painting our Bofors up for the spring season…but they won’t let us fire it (besides, the barrel is full of cement!) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/137 "2004-03-18T18:25:04Z")
> [@Judith Prietht](#): > > 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): > > **Krull** : People who don’t like this don’t know what’s good for them. Really. I knew I loved you for a reason. Krull was one of the best D&D-type movies to have come out in the 80s (in sharp contrast, see ‘Dungeonmaster’ \). > [@Judith Prietht](#): > > **The Golden Child** : “We want the kniiiiiiiife.” “Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.” 🙂 My list includes the following: **The Cutting Edge** : What can I say, I just like DB Sweeney, and Moira Kelly is just so damn cute. **Charlie’s Angels** : This movie was tons better than its reputation. Completely tongue-in-cheek. **Varsity Blues** : I love this movie. “Mox, Tweeter stole my clothes and it’s cold. Will you come warm me up?” **Broken Arrow** : Nobody seemed to like this except me. It’s a horrible movie, I’ll admit, but I enjoyed watching Howie Long try to act. Plus, I’m a big fan of Christian Slater from way back. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/138 "2004-03-18T18:47:45Z")
Ooooooo!!! Christian Slater!! Cant think of him withouth thinking of **Heathers**. He made dark and psychotic fun. 😃 And while we’re on the subject of dark and psychotic, am I the only person who has ever seen **The Last Supper**? ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/139 "2004-03-18T18:48:11Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Obligatory _Joe v. the Volcano_ mention. “I have no response to that.” 😃 Okay, now mine: **Just One of the Guys** **Joe Dirt** **Real Genius** **About Last Night** - which has one of the _worst_ lines in cinema history. Demi (walking over to turn on the light) ::click:: “Good, because I think we’ve been in the dark long enough.” Ugh. It’s so bad, it’s good, baby! **Once Bitten** and anything on Lifetime Movie Network involving stalking, high school murders, child custody, and wife beating. Hey, **dalej42** , I tried **Xanadu** again recently, but it didn’t hold up for me. For the 10 minutes that I made it through the movie, I was mostly, “What the…?” **Ivylass** , I liked **Titanic** , too. I just don’t go around admitting it. I especially omit the fact that I cry at the end every time. :o ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700/140 "2004-03-19T00:49:37Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > And while we’re on the subject of dark and psychotic, am I the only person who has ever seen **The Last Supper**? I **own** a copy ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700.md?page=8)