# Movies you know are bad, but still watch/enjoy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139 "2013-04-19T15:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/1 "2013-04-19T15:29:28Z")
Just to be clear, I am NOT talking about movies “so bad they are good” for the comedic effect. I am talking about movies that you just know are not well written, have bad acting, bad effects, plot holes, etc but for some reason you simply enjoy in the way the director intended. There are two for me: Event Horizon - sci fi turned sill horror, but for some reason I really enjoy it. Van Helsing - Cannot explain what I like about it… not a big vampire fan but its entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/2 "2013-04-19T15:35:57Z")
Independence Day. It’s not good. It’s almost bad. I enjoy it every single time. Twister. We have cows. Krull. Mainly because I watch it with my 11 year old grandson. I wince at the Cyclops’s makeup everytime. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/3 "2013-04-19T15:40:35Z")
_A Stranger Among Us,_ the movie where Melanie Griffith (I can’t stand her!) goes undercover in the Chasidic community in Brooklyn to solve a murder. I can’t help it. I love this movie and I’ve watched it a zillion times. It gets a 25% on Rotten Tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/4 "2013-04-19T15:53:33Z")
> [@chargerrich](#): > > Event Horizon - sci fi turned sill horror, but for some reason I really enjoy it. Checking the user name, I see you’re not my husband. We hated hated **hated** it in the theater, but still end up watching it at home maybe once a year or so. I think it’s partially mourning what it could have been before partway through the film it takes a sharp right turn into “we need a rewrite / hey I just saw Hellraiser” land. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/5 "2013-04-19T15:56:20Z")
Point Break. Lori Petty is yummy. And it’s got some good Concrete Blonde music. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/6 "2013-04-19T16:32:16Z")
I’d go with Independance Day and Point Break. Buckaroo Banzai is right up there as well. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/7 "2013-04-19T16:39:10Z")
> [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](#): > > I’d go with Independance Day and Point Break. > > Buckaroo Banzai is right up there as well. Gasp! Buckaroo Banzai is not a bad movie! Turn in your Blue Blazer Irregulars badge! (Okay, maybe it is, but I can’t get enough of Lithgow’s performance in that.) ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/8 "2013-04-19T16:40:16Z")
**Bloodsport**. I hate the genre, I hate Jean Claude Van Damme, the acting is atrocious, the script is weak, yet somehow it doesn’t get turned off. I’m guessing some sort of chemical imbalance. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/9 "2013-04-19T16:41:19Z")
_ **2012** _. Full of plot holes and too many near-miss escapes, but darn if I don’t enjoy it every time. ---
**Author:** ![Neo-Calredic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/10 "2013-04-19T16:43:38Z")
The Nicholas Cage version of The Wicker Man. Best unintentional comedy in years, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/11 "2013-04-19T16:45:21Z")
**The Day After Tomorrow**. Trash, but I love it, and will almost always watch it when it’s on. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/12 "2013-04-19T17:02:38Z")
Hudson Hawk Megaforce Casino Royale(the original) ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/13 "2013-04-19T17:02:47Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > **The Day After Tomorrow**. Trash, but I love it, and will almost always watch it when it’s on. Seconded. I love “disaster” movies, the more ridiculous the better. I will never not laugh at downtown L.A. being destroyed by tornados. **Center Stage** is another favorite. It has every ballet dancer stereotype/cliche in the book, and the ending ballet set to a Michael Jackson song is just a riot. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/14 "2013-04-19T17:11:01Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > **The Day After Tomorrow**. Trash, but I love it, and will almost always watch it when it’s on. Thirded. Those “tornadoes” are the worst effects ever. Also **Lake Placid** and **Dante’s Peak** and any of the **Scary** and **Police Academy** movies. I’ve never watched those movies in one sitting, but whenever they’re on, I’ll watch for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/15 "2013-04-19T17:12:22Z")
[QUOTE=chargerrich;16210791\Van Helsing - Cannot explain what I like about it… not a big vampire fan but its entertaining.[/QUOTE] Two words : Kate Beckinsale 😃 > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Checking the user name, I see you’re not my husband. We hated hated **hated** it in the theater, but still end up watching it at home maybe once a year or so. I think it’s partially mourning what it could have been before partway through the film it takes a sharp right turn into “we need a rewrite / hey I just saw Hellraiser” land. Maybe it’s besause you watch it on the TV. Lower expectations from that medium. I know that I hated **Speed 2** in the theater, but I almost enjoy it watching it at home on the TV. ---
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/16 "2013-04-19T17:31:42Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Point Break. Lori Petty is yummy. And it’s got some good Concrete Blonde music. Lori Petty definitely [WAS](http://www.google.com/search?q=lori+petty&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Q39xUdO3EuTW2QXq-IDwAg&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=638&safe=active#imgrc=3zKs6AFA3LyvJM%3A%3BNaxII8OuKKaXhM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252Fthumb%252F5%252F51%252FLori_Petty.jpg%252F220px-Lori_Petty.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Ffr.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FLori_Petty%3B220%3B281)… now, not so much :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/17 "2013-04-19T17:46:37Z")
Asian Anal Sluts VII ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/18 "2013-04-19T17:53:27Z")
_ **Star Trek: The Motion Picture.** _ I know the story and pacing and costumes are lame, but seeing Kirk and company back in action after such a long hiatus was such a thrill; seeing how great they all looked back in 1979 still is, albeit a sad one. With all its flaws, I believe it’s a much better movie than most people give it credit for. I would like to see the director’s cut sometime, since I hear it’s much better paced, and the whole focus of the story shifts to Spock finally coming to grips with his human half. _ **Clash of the Titans** _ (1981). Tacky, tacky, tacky, but it beats the 2010 version by a mile. Harryhausen’s special effects may be dated, but they’re **so** much more charming than CGI, which really does nothing but try to overwhelm you. And seeing that cast in action (Olivier, Andress, Smith, Meredith, Piggot-Smith, Phillips, Bloom, et al … and yes, even Harry Hamlin) makes me want to weep for the current generation of “stars.”\* \*And the naked chicks were cool, too! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/19 "2013-04-19T18:05:34Z")
_ **Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure** _. I never would have believed I’d enjoy a _really, really **dumb** _ movie about a couple of total morons, but I laughed myself silly. Maybe it was the historical figures/time travel aspect of it … and any movie George Carlin agreed to appear in couldn’t have been **that** bad. Not at all surprising that I should have loved Beavis and Butt-Head when they came out a few years later. Basically the same comments apply to _ **Dumb and Dumber** _, though the underlying theme was “buddies on the road” instead of “history/time travel” (and there was no George Carlin ☹ ). ---
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