# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [May 25, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/101 "2006-05-25T20:28:12Z")
[QUOTE=eTard] And sign me up for **Hudson Hawk, Better Off Dead** … and add **Angus**. [/QUOTE] Yes, but this is supposed to be about movies everyone else seems to hate, and who, aside from a barbarian, could hate **Better Off Dead**? It’s one of Savage Steve Holland’s best three films. ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/102 "2006-05-25T22:03:43Z")
Those three are of course “Better Off Dead” “One Crazy Summer” and “How I Got Into College”… ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/103 "2006-05-25T22:11:30Z")
[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] (Me, either.) My pick would be **Joe versus the Volcano**. And, no, it’s not because of Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan; or should I say, I’m not one of those sappy people that would like anything they are in together. I just find that movie hysterically funny & quotable. ---
**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 26, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/104 "2006-05-26T05:26:34Z")
Perusing the IMDB list: I though “SpiceWorld” was kicky, often clever, and always fun. Musicals have an edge on the “so bad they’re good” field, I think. And one I just spotted sitting atop my DVD player: “Surf Ninjas”. 1993. Starring Leslie Nielsen, Tone Loc, a young Rob Schneider, and several teen stars of the Karate Kid school of Nickelodeon-style stardom. Not only is the “ninjas + surfing” concept still as AWESOMELY RADICAL as it was in the early '90s, but the script, acting and design are so (intentionally) over-the-top that it’s really, um, good. “Kwantsu! They love this word! It must mean, like, ‘free beer’ or something.” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/105 "2006-05-29T00:48:25Z")
[QUOTE=YaWanna] (Me, either.) My pick would be **Joe versus the Volcano**. And, no, it’s not because of Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan; or should I say, I’m not one of those sappy people that would like anything they are in together. I just find that movie hysterically funny & quotable. [/QUOTE] Actually the beginning when he has that horrible job is very well done. What could be more depressing.It feels like some jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967/106 "2006-05-29T01:59:38Z")
I thought **Lost in Translation** was a fantastic movie. It received a great deal of critical praise too. But try to suggest that it’s a good movie and be prepared to be shot down more often than not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-but-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/357967.md?page=5)