# Movies you like that everyone else hates **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 8, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040 "2001-01-08T19:21:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/81 "2001-01-11T09:00:43Z")
I’ll see your Big Trouble in Little China, 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element, Mars Attacks, and Strange Days… and I’ll raise you **A Night at the Roxbury**. I weep whenever I see a list of “terrible SNL movies” and they include that one. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/82 "2001-01-11T11:33:23Z")
Godzilla. The American one. I liked it, and I really can’t understand why most people seem to prefer the guy in the rubber suit stomping cardboard buildings to this one. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/83 "2001-01-11T14:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AtomicDog \* > \*\*Godzilla. > > The American one. > > I liked it, and I really can’t understand why most people seem to prefer the guy in the rubber suit stomping cardboard buildings to this one. \*\* Well, since you asked… [http://www.brunching.com/toys/toy-harpongodzilla.html](http://www.brunching.com/toys/toy-harpongodzilla.html) Seriously, if you haven’t seen this, it’s hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/84 "2001-01-11T14:52:44Z")
**D.C. Cab** - Almost universally panned, but you get to see Mr. T in his “I pity the fool” prime. The movie has one of my favorite throw-away lines. When the cabbies band together to form their own cab company, Gary Busey is reluctant. Finally, he jumps up on the hood of his cab and says, “All right, all right, I’m in. But there’s just one thing we need to have understood up front. I don’t work on January 8…” [The other cabbies look at him quizzically.] “…'Cause that’s Elvis’s birthday!” Then Busey does a lip curl and starts shakin’ his pelvis. All the cabbies (including Mr. T) join in. Hilarity ensues. There’s all so the damn funny game of cabbie hide-‘n’-seek, to the tune of “The Theme from Mission Impossible.” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/85 "2001-01-11T14:55:24Z")
I actually used that “I don’t work on January 8” line when I got my first real job. Cracked the boss up. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/86 "2001-01-11T15:05:55Z")
My nomination is _ **Eye of the Beholder** _ as the most utterly reviled film I ever loved. Not only did all the critics slam it. The ticket taker at the theater even said as I was going in, “I have to warn you, sir, this is a _very bad_ movie.” Whatever. I liked it! I totally get off on Ashley Judd. In my book, she can do no wrong. Here’s another! Everyone thought _ **Holy Smoke** _ sucked. I loved the heck out of it! I am a total Kate Winslet devotee, I kiss the film she acts on. I also totally dug _ **The Fifth Element, The Ninth Gate, the Thirteenth Warrior** _ (hmm, any other titles with ordinals?), _ **Road House, Eyes Wide Shut.** _ But gosh, folks, _The Fifth Element_ has been praised so much here, we’ll have to move it out of the “hated” column. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/87 "2001-01-11T16:18:55Z")
Real Men WAS hilarious! So was Real Genius! My two contributions: Transylvania 6500 and Solarbabies. Can’t help it, I really liked them! ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/88 "2001-01-11T17:05:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuautemhoc \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by AtomicDog \* > > \*\*Godzilla. > > > > The American one. > > > > I liked it, and I really can’t understand why most people seem to prefer the guy in the rubber suit stomping cardboard buildings to this one. \*\* > > Well, since you asked… > > [http://www.brunching.com/toys/toy-harpongodzilla.html](http://www.brunching.com/toys/toy-harpongodzilla.html) > > Seriously, if you haven’t seen this, it’s hysterical. > > \*\* Well, I didn’t say it was _good_, I just said I liked it. I’m the first one to admit, though, how cheesy Godzilla was. Thanks for the link, it is hilarious. Too bad that MST3k is just a fond memory. On a side note, what was the Japanese reaction to our reverse-engineered Godzilla? Thanks for the link, it is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/89 "2001-01-11T17:09:57Z")
Sorry, hiccups. ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/90 "2001-01-11T17:26:22Z")
I’ll add **Streets of Fire**. Some cool fights and Rik Moranis is hilarious as always. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/91 "2001-01-11T19:05:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mofo Rising \* > \*\ ***The Stupids** > > I’ve answered to this thread type several times, and am a regular at a bad movie site message board, but nobody has ever seconded me on **The Stupids**. > > I think it’s frickin’ hilarious. They’re not just stupid, they have a _complex_ stupidity. > > “Actually, it’s pronounced Lloyd.” \*\* The Stupids was hilarious and weirdly brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/92 "2001-01-11T19:18:11Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by lissabeth \* > \*\*Not really related but…M_A_S_H on TV or even the movie. My friends and family refuse to come in room when it’s on. Do any of you have an aversion to M_A_S\*H? And why? \*\* Why was the TV show M_A_S\*H so incredibly poplar [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28660](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28660) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/93 "2001-01-12T05:00:56Z")
To ad my rapidly depreciating 2 cents, I’d hafta say Amazon Women on the Moon (“I know what you want. I was young once. Licorice whips! Came in fresh this morning!”) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (“He’ll find out about the bats soon enough.”) Brazil (“Have you got a 27 stroke 9?”) Henry and June (“Anais, this is Henry Miller. He writes about f\*\*\*ing.”) Monty Python’s The Life of Brian (“I’m NOT the Messiah!”) And that’s all that I can think of at the moment (at least of the films that haven’t been mentioned or discussed a lot). Could ad a few (The 5th Element), but they’ve been mentioned lots of times. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/94 "2001-01-12T21:17:19Z")
Okay, now that I think about it I’d have to add: Dark City (“He can TUNE!”) The Road to Wellville (“Oh, its not going in THAT orifice, sir!”) The Explorers (“We’ve seen what you do to our kind.”) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (“Uh, excuse me. Why does God need a star ship?”) Meet the Feebles (“I’ve got bunny pox?”) And that’s all I can think of at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/95 "2001-01-13T00:53:49Z")
Ooooh, I forgot The Road to Wellville. Though I’ve never heard anyone say they didn’t like the movie. Also, if I recall, the quote went more like: Kellog: Secretary! Take Mr. Lightbody to the Yogurt Room and give him 15 gallons. Mr. Lightbody: I can’t eat 15 gallons of yogurt!!! Kellog: Ohhh, it’s not going in that end, Mr. Lightbody. I also love the movie Mortal Kombat, mostly because I was a HUGE fan of the game. But I didn’t really like the sequel at all. And, I know the rock people from Return To Oz were made with stop-motion animation, but I can’t tell what material they made it with. It looks like they cut away one section on one side of it while adding more material on another side of it, somehow keeping the lines straight. And it was a cool effect. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/96 "2001-01-13T02:13:23Z")
Gracious! I had no idea I had such “bad taste” in movies. 🙂 I _love_ most of the ones that have been listed so far. I know I already posted once, but I just have to add a couple more. \*\*Best Little Whorehouse in Texas \*\* **High Spirits** **My Favorite Year** ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/97 "2001-01-13T03:14:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kid\_Gilligan \* > \*\*A number of critics have listed this as one of their 10 best of all time, but it was a huge bomb at the box office. > If you can deal with Steve Martin lip-syncing to old 20’s era songs in a movie that was never meant to be funny, try Pennies from Heaven. \*\* Ack! This movie rules! It’s, without question, the best Christopher Walken with a dance scene film ever. Just in case you’re wondering, Suicide Kings comes in second, and the Deer Hunter in third. ---
**Author:** ![Pollo\_Boyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Pollo\_Boyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollo_Boyo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/98 "2001-01-14T10:39:50Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve seen Tranformers: the Movie like, a hundred times now. I really like it, but for no real reason. That’s because it’s secretly a cinematic masterpiece. The government doesn’t want you to know that. ---
**Author:** ![Pollo\_Boyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Pollo\_Boyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollo_Boyo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/99 "2001-01-14T10:41:07Z")
PCU. I’m sorry, it’s just a cool movie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040/100 "2001-01-14T16:26:17Z")
Another Terry Gilliam flick, THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN. Huge bomb when it came out, but it has one of the most gorgeous production designs ever done (and a nekkid Uma Thurman as Venus.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-that-everyone-else-hates/49040.md?page=6)