# Movies you love but everyone else seems to hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967 "2006-05-23T22:21:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/81 "2006-05-25T04:12:01Z")
Oooh, National Treasure! I _loved_ that one! I thought it was a perfect example of a “smart” action movie – none of the characters were stupider than they should have been (even the FBI guys were completely on top of things), they all had their own agendas even when they were working together, the whole script was very deftly done. Plus shit blew up and the hero and heroine fell for each others’ brains. Good choice! ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/82 "2006-05-25T04:39:58Z")
I also like **Caligula** and agree that the porn bits were boring. I think I’ve admitted this once before Leonard Part 6 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slip_1)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/83 "2006-05-25T11:53:15Z")
Anchorman was pretty funny, IMHO. I could see how it would be irritating to some, though. The partner Slip salivates over Dune - it is pretty breathtaking from a cinematographic perspective. The Cell. Lousy plot, creepy, J to the LO. But eye candy? You betcha. Watched it two times in a row on a long flight 😃 Not sure if I LOVED Ishtar, but finally saw it the other night. It wasn’t nearly the steaming pile that people made it out to be when it first came out - I’ve seen far worse! Xanadu, Phantom of the Paradise, Can’t Stop the Music (although they’ve achieved cult status, so I guess I’m safe? :rolleyes: ) One more - The Apple. For those who are fans of “bad musicals”, this is the musical for you. Set in 1994, done in 1980, lots of prism tape, and a plot that gets stranger and stranger. The day they released it on DVD was a VERY happy day in the Slip household. The night I saw it at the mightnight show on the big screen was indescribable 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/84 "2006-05-25T12:46:37Z")
Loved “The Last Action Hero.” It’s my opinion (OPINION) that people who didn’t like it were trying to watch it as an action movie/fantasy, but it was actually parody pretty much from beginning to end. Arnold and the kid driving away from a chase scene, and then, through their rear window, watching a car fly up a ramp and explode (and being able to figure what the camera angle would be if I were just watching THAT movie) and the kid and Arnold casually conversing. I dunno; made me laugh my balls off. (Ovaries out?) There’s this movie called “Kuffs.” It has Christian Slater, Bruce Boxleitner, Milla Jovovich … Hubman and I find it fucking hilarious. I have yet to meet another human being who a) has seen it and b) liked it. ---
**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/85 "2006-05-25T12:49:08Z")
I too like quite a few of those mentioned so far. I would also add _Fantastic Four_ to the mix. I have a dvd rental service and generally pop them into the out tray at work. Someone asked me what I was watching last night (dvd in tray was a giveaway). I said Deadwood episodes. It was in fact Doom. And I enjoyed it. :o How about _A Knights Tale_ with Heath ledger? I absolutely love that film. Does that qualify? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/86 "2006-05-25T13:59:24Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] But why was that guy the spy? [/QUOTE] IIRC wasn’t it because he had gone back to town, gotten caught and they made him swallow a bug so he would lead them back to the others? Why he couldn’t have either said something or not gone back for a few days I don’t know. I liked National Treasure, it was a fun movie. I also like Freddy Got Fingered, at least I think that’s the name of the Tom Green movie that everyone hates, I think I laughed through the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/87 "2006-05-25T14:10:26Z")
[QUOTE=Edward The Head] IIRC wasn’t it because he had gone back to town, gotten caught and they made him swallow a bug so he would lead them back to the others? Why he couldn’t have either said something or not gone back for a few days I don’t know. [/QUOTE] I was actually talking about the reason the scriptwriter decided to make the spy and the smart guy the same person. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/88 "2006-05-25T14:53:35Z")
But that kid isn’t presentd as “the smart guy” he’s given very little characterization at all. And what little he gets is “preppy kid” not “the smart kid.” ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/89 "2006-05-25T17:08:48Z")
[QUOTE=Hamadryad] There’s this movie called “Kuffs.” It has Christian Slater, Bruce Boxleitner, Milla Jovovich … Hubman and I find it fucking hilarious. I have yet to meet another human being who a) has seen it and b) liked it. [/QUOTE] My favorite bit in that movie was the “okay, we’ve established that you can add and he can subtract” line in the standoff. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/90 "2006-05-25T17:09:04Z")
This post in another thread [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7424977&postcount=10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7424977&postcount=10) reminded me of another - I really, really like **Aeon Flux** , from the styling to the acting. I could give a flying stuff for the cartoon, though… ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/91 "2006-05-25T18:21:52Z")
Not sure whether I _love_ it, but I did very much like **Eyes Wide Shut**. In lists of hated or walked out of or most overrated movies, this movie is ubiquitous. I thought **Unbreakable** was pretty great, too. And **Hudsucker Proxy** is one of my favorite Coen brothers films. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/92 "2006-05-25T18:56:20Z")
I think some people are cheating a bit. Unbreakable, The Hudsucker Proxy, Buckaroo Banzai, The Fifth Element and some of these other quirky comedies are not universally hated movies, nor even particularly disliked movies. Likewise, decent movies that nevertheless don’t live up to their hype, like the Star Wars prequels, don’t belong either. Of course you can find people who dislike any movie, and no movie will appeal to everyone. I mean, you could say you liked Citizen Kane, and justify it because all your stoner friends thought it sucked, but does that really belong on a list of “Movies you love but everyone else seems to hate”? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/93 "2006-05-25T19:08:30Z")
[QUOTE=Lemur866] Of course you can find people who dislike any movie, and no movie will appeal to everyone. [/QUOTE] That’s true. How about from the list of IMDb’s [Bottom 100](http://imdb.com/chart/bottom). Anyone love any of these movies? (I’ve never seen any of them.) ---
**Author:** ![Webner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@Webner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Webner)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/94 "2006-05-25T19:22:34Z")
[QUOTE=The Big Cheese] \*\*Waterworld \*\* with Costner. I liked it, most hated it, and it gets shit for being too expensive to make, but it’s a good movie. [/QUOTE] Seconded. I think this movie is fascinating. I love the depictions of how humans would survive stranded on the sea, the different societies they make, the way they use old things. There are a few corny moments, but overall it is well made. Some sets, like the “Smoker” boat and the peaceful village are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/95 "2006-05-25T19:25:12Z")
From the bottom 100 House of the Dead (2003) Leonard Part 6 (1987) The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) Rhinestone (1984) Are four very beloved movies of mine. ---
**Author:** ![eTard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eTard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eTard)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/96 "2006-05-25T19:54:07Z")
I know I’m going to take some heat for this… however let me first say that I’m in agreement with the majority of the movies mentioned here. Everyone should have a little “cheese” once in a while. I’m SHOCKED that I read through this whole thread and am the first person to mention the greatest movie of all time… **Orgazmo**. A movie that combines the most outrageous aspects of the Porn Industry, Mormonism, and Comic Book Superheroes?? What’s not to love!!?? And sign me up for **Hudson Hawk, Better Off Dead** … and add **Angus**. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/97 "2006-05-25T20:01:16Z")
I’ll see your \*Waterworld \* and raise you \*The Postman \* (Of course, I’ve never read the book). And how could I forget the funniest comedy of the '60s, _Casino Royale_? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/98 "2006-05-25T20:06:33Z")
[QUOTE=blinkingblinking] I quite like a lot of those movies and many of them are very popular including Batman Returns, Dances with Wolves(Imdb rating of 7.8/10),Out of Africa. You are including Oscar winners for Best Picture as Movies everyone else hates? his makes no sense. [/QUOTE] A lot of people say that _BR_ is wose than the first Burton _Batman_–IMHO, it’s much better. (Jack Nicholson wasn’t around to steal the movie from Batman.) I’ve seen a lot of hate expressd toward DWW, mostly from the anti-Costner folks. In the past, on this board, some of the more uptight PC types have expressed hatred toward\* Out of Africa \* on political as well as artistic grounds. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/99 "2006-05-25T20:11:41Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] I’ll see your \*Waterworld \* and raise you \*The Postman \* (Of course, I’ve never read the book). [/QUOTE] I like Waterworld…But I really LOVE The Postman. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/100 "2006-05-25T20:16:36Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] That’s true. How about from the list of IMDb’s [Bottom 100](http://imdb.com/chart/bottom). Anyone love any of these movies? (I’ve never seen any of them.) [/QUOTE] 1. 2.0 Son of the Mask (2005) I think this movie is unfairly panned. I can’t say I loved it; but I did find it mildly entertaining. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967.md?page=6)