# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/61 "2013-04-22T19:37:51Z")
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash > **[Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082177/)** > > Chu Chu and the Philly Flash: Directed by David Lowell Rich. With Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, Jack Warden, Danny Aiello. Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he... Carol Burnett was great ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/62 "2013-04-22T19:47:23Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Eurotrip. > > Dumb and predictable teen comedy, but it’s just so… much… fun. Sort of along the same lines is _If Looks Could Kill_. It hasn’t been on in a while but it’s amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/63 "2013-04-22T19:47:41Z")
You know, I keep forgetting that **Hudson Hawk** is supposed to be bad. It’s just such a fun movie. I would even apply the word romp to it. **The Fifth Element** and **Independence Day** are also romps. Although Independence Day seems to be trying to take itself seriously. Is **Flash Gordon** considered a bad movie? As romps go, it’s the rompiest. And it’s got a great sound track. I have to make sure I see it every few years. ---
**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 22, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/64 "2013-04-22T19:48:47Z")
The _Puppet Master_ series The _Jack Deth_ series _Dollman_ ---
**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 22, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/65 "2013-04-22T19:50:50Z")
> [@Carryon](#): > > Chu Chu and the Philly Flash > > [Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082177/) > > Carol Burnett was great Isn’t that the one with the shaving cheese? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/66 "2013-04-22T20:23:45Z")
> [@wombattver](#): > > Anything about dance (preferably ballet) and/or gymnastics! Ugh, “Center Stage,” “Stick It,” etc. I’ll watch _Stick-It_ any chance I get. (I follow Wei-Wei on Twitter) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/67 "2013-04-22T20:25:34Z")
_Ice Pirates_ and _Starcrash_. The young Ron Perlman without five pounds of rubber on his face makes the first one, and the luscious Carolyn Munro in saran wrap makes the second. (The clip of Munro asking “But did they find the planet?” and then raising her eyebrows in a peculiar “was that good enough” expression never fails to make me laugh insanely.) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/68 "2013-04-22T21:09:16Z")
As I’ve recently mentioned in another thread, I really like the _Lost In Space_ movie. I also honestly feel this way about _Star Trek_ (2009). I also do not have any problem watching any of the non-Nolan Batman movies. I find them entertaining as hell. If we included TV shows, I’d have quite a list. I just tend to find things entertaining as long as they aren’t boring, no matter how badly they are written. I don’t consciously turn my brain off, but I just have a much stronger suspension of disbelief than many people–strong enough to recover when I do notice something stupid, even. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/69 "2013-04-22T21:31:16Z")
I’m really hesitant to mention [Thunder Road (1958)](http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/10/13/driving-thunder-road/?ref_=ttexrv_exrv_2#more-4293) because it was well into my adulthood when I watched it again with my teenage son on a Sunday morning program dealing with old movies. Before it got going I told my son how it had been the pacesetter for all the successful car-chase movies like _Bullitt_, _The French Connection_, and others of that genre. But as it progressed I became more and more aware of how cheesy it was. Photography, acting, stunts, you name it. It’s a perfect example of the old idea of “you can’t go home again.” Even so, I can recall with some measure of pride that I saw it when it was a real thriller and the standard for derring-do in cars that took a decade or longer to improve on. The review I have linked to supports the idea that despite its low-budget look, it really is worth watching – if you can pretend you’ve never seen the better ones that have followed it. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/70 "2013-04-22T22:23:53Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > As I’ve recently mentioned in another thread, I really like the _Lost In Space_ movie. That one, too. For all its weak spots, it’s worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/71 "2013-04-22T22:49:08Z")
**Super Mario Bros.** It has nothing to do with Mario. I LOVE Mario. I have Luigi’s Mansion playing on my 3DS in the background as I type this. I always dreamed of making a computer animated show based on the Mario games. It would no doubt be better than the movie… if I had the capabilities of showing people how I imagine it in my head. I could go on and on about how I think Mario’s story could be told… despite that, the movie is fun to watch. I still enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Pops\_Negro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@Pops\_Negro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops_Negro)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/72 "2013-04-22T23:02:31Z")
I love _Bob&Carol&Ted&Alice._ Natalie Wood was at the height of her sexiness is my only excuse. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/73 "2013-04-22T23:04:07Z")
Con Air ---
**Author:** ![Pops\_Negro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@Pops\_Negro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops_Negro)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/74 "2013-04-22T23:05:24Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m really hesitant to mention [Thunder Road (1958)](http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/10/13/driving-thunder-road/?ref_=ttexrv_exrv_2#more-4293) because it was well into my adulthood when I watched it again with my teenage son on a Sunday morning program dealing with old movies. Before it got going I told my son how it had been the pacesetter for all the successful car-chase movies like _Bullitt_, _The French Connection_, and others of that genre. The original _Vanishing Point_ is pretty cool too. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/75 "2013-04-22T23:12:13Z")
> [@Pops\_Negro](#): > > The original _Vanishing Point_ is pretty cool too. Yeah, especially for the pseudo-mystical overtones. Gas and gurus, what a combination. And naked biker chicks. And Charlotte Rampling playing the vanishing hitchhiker (cut from most original US releases). Kowalski! ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/76 "2013-04-22T23:15:36Z")
**Overboard**. “Let me pitch you this movie. This guy gets screwed over and wants revenge, so he kidnaps, enslaves, and sexually exploits this woman who has a head injury. What? No, it’s not along the lines of _Last House on the Left_ - it’s a romantic comedy!” And yet, if it’s on, I’ll watch it happily and totally buy in to its intended sweetness. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/77 "2013-04-22T23:32:09Z")
Kull the Conqueror (1997), a sort of Conan the Barbarian type costume nonsense. I will watch any movie where they dress up funny, or live in different times. This one has my lifelong crush, Kevin Sorbo, as the star, so I feel compelled to watch it now and then. Barbarella and Diabolik, because I also have a crush on the late John Phillip Law. I don’t know if these two movies are considered ‘bad’ or not (I think they’re bad). ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/78 "2013-04-22T23:34:51Z")
> [@chargerrich](#): > > Have to add 13th Warrior, really enjoy that one! Good choice. _Twister_ _Armageddon_ _Conan the Barbarian_ (yes, the original with Schwarzenegger. I think it fits the OP perfectly). _The War of the Worlds_ (Tom Cruise version). But I turn it off when Criuse is walking along the empty streets carrying his daughter approaching his ex in-law’s house. Makes for a better ending. ---
**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 23, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/79 "2013-04-23T00:42:34Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Is **Flash Gordon** considered a bad movie? Dunno, but _ **Flesh Gordon** _ was outrageously funny! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139/80 "2013-04-23T00:44:07Z")
Sorry **UC** , but I loathe that movie with a passion I can’t adequately convey. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-are-bad-but-still-watch-enjoy/656139.md?page=5)