# Movies you love that most people don't? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393 "2017-07-02T21:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/101 "2017-07-05T15:27:54Z")
More great lines from _Mystery Men_: [spoiler]Mr. Furious: Okay, am I the only one who finds these sayings just a little bit formulaic? “If you want to push something down, you have to pull it up. If you want to go left, you have to go right.” It’s… The Sphinx: Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage… Mr. Furious: …your rage will become your master? That’s what you were going to say. Right? Right? The Sphinx: …Not necessarily. Invisible Boy: Hey Dad, I’m going to my room with three strange men. The Shoveller: If we had a billionaire like Lance Hunt as our benefactor… Mr. Furious: That’s because Lance Hunt IS Captain Amazing! The Shoveller: Oh, here we go… The Shoveller: Don’t start that AGAIN. Lance Hunt wears glasses, Captain Amazing DOESN’T wear glasses. Mr. Furious: He takes them off when he transforms… The Shoveller: That doesn’t make any sense, he wouldn’t be able to see! The Bowler: Maybe you should put some shorts on or something, if you want to keep fighting evil today. Lucille: If ONE person vomits in my pool, I’m divorcing you! The Shoveller: That’s fair. The Shoveller: Watch it, Spleen, you’re going to kill someone with that thing! Dr. Heller: Oh, no, no, no. All these weapons are completely non-lethal. The Bowler: Wow. How wonderfully eccentric while simultaneously being a complete waste of our time. Good day, sir. I say good day. Invisible Boy: Let me see, who else have I met? There’s The Pincer, The Pickler, Princess Headbutt, um… White Flight And The Black Menace - they work together. The Blue Raja: I’m a superhero, mother. Blue Raja’s mother: A superhero? The Blue Raja: An effete British superhero, to be precise. The Shoveller: Lucille, God gave me a gift. I shovel well. I shovel very well. Mr. Furious: I’m a Pantera’s box you do not wanna open. Casanova Frankenstein: It is “Pandora.” Mr. Furious: Please don’t correct me, it sickens me. The Bowler: There’s not enough beer in the world, Spleen, I’m sorry. PMS Avenger: [at the tryouts] PMS Avenger. I only work 4 days a month. Anybody have a problem with that? The Blue Raja, Mr. Furious, The Shoveller, Invisible Boy, The Spleen: [nervously] No, no problem at all. That’s good for us. Thank you. Waffler: I… am the Waffler. With my griddle of justice, I BASH the enemy in the head, or I burn them like so! I also have some truth syrup, which is low in fat. I also have this theme song: “Waffle Man! The Waffler! Gold and crispy! Bad guys are history!” The Bowler: Aren’t you angry? Come on, man! The Shoveller: Your penmanship is atrocious! The Sphinx: You dress in the manner of a male prostitute! Monica: I don’t find you threatening. Mr. Furious: Oh! Well, you’re very, uh… you’re very, uh… kind. Monica: At _all_. The Shoveller: And who are you supposed to be, the Disco Plumber? The Bowler: I’ve avenged your death. OK, now I’m going back to graduate school. That was the agreement. The Shoveller: We struck down evil with the mighty sword of teamwork and the hammer of not bickering.[/spoiler] > [@cmkeller](#): > > …Tomorrow Never Dies: …I love the …hotel-garage car chase… Me, too! One of my favorite action sequences in all of the Bond movies: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKAME9fAA-4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKAME9fAA-4) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/102 "2017-07-05T15:28:42Z")
I’m going to throw Joe Dirt (already mentioned) in with most Adam Sandler movies. I like these movies. They’re dumb movies that are rarely all that particularly funny, but they all have great heart in them. Mr. Deeds, Grown Ups and the like all have a happy ending and have some feel-good moments, and I’ve said 1000 times that I want to watch movies that make me smile because my life is super shitty and I don’t want to watch a movie that makes it worse. Adam Sandler movies do not make it worse. Can I put the National Treasure movies on here? I don’t know if they’re “bad” enough, but I always watch it when it’s on TBS. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/103 "2017-07-05T16:59:15Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > “Brassed off” = “pissed off” > “noises off” isn’t slang, it’s theatre jargon - the stage direction for sound coming from offstage. Which reminds me that Noises Off is another movie most people don’t like but I found absolutely hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/104 "2017-07-05T17:23:26Z")
The reviews for _Noises Off_ made it sound much funnier than I thought it was. Not even in my Top Hundred comedies. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/105 "2017-07-05T18:50:49Z")
**Last Action Hero** with Arnold Schwarzenegger and **Oscar** with Sylvester Stallone and the great Tim Curry ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/106 "2017-07-05T18:55:27Z")
**Men in Black II** It’s not a bad thing that the movie is short. It’s still good popcorn fun. **Batman Forever** The best of the first run of Batman films. Jim Carrey is excellent. **Air America** Not sure if it is hated or just unknown. Quite a fun movie. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/107 "2017-07-05T19:02:05Z")
With a massive 4% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, I think I’m the only person on earth who found _Problem Child_ pretty hilarious. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/108 "2017-07-05T19:28:39Z")
I sing along when _Xanadu_ is on…but then again I do the same when _Hudson Hawk_ hits the screen. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/109 "2017-07-05T19:48:21Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Mr. Deeds, Grown Ups and the like all have a happy ending and have some feel-good moments, and I’ve said 1000 times that I want to watch movies that make me smile because my life is super shitty and I don’t want to watch a movie that makes it worse. Adam Sandler movies do not make it worse. Click is a pretty dark movie. As is Punch Drunk Love, though it’s not a comedy really. > [@Hampshire](#): > > With a massive 4% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, I think I’m the only person on earth who found _Problem Child_ pretty hilarious. I won’t say anything about this movie’s quality, but Rotten Tomato ratings of movies that came out before the website should be taken with a grain of salt as they are often grossly inflated or deflated. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/110 "2017-07-05T19:48:45Z")
_Popeye._ ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/111 "2017-07-05T19:59:39Z")
Nashville…and I’m not a C&W fan. I can’t think of an Altman film I didn’t like including the above mentioned Popeye. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/112 "2017-07-05T20:19:01Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I sing along when _Xanadu_ is on… Great soundtrack; terrible movie. A memorable one-word review: “Xanadon’t.” ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/113 "2017-07-05T20:23:40Z")
_The Best of Times_, with Kurt Russell and Robin Williams. “In short, gentlemen, we need to forge from the foundry of history a new past and a new future with, hopefully, a new present caught in the middle.” ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/114 "2017-07-05T21:08:01Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > Totally Agree on **Dune** > A couple of guilty pleasures are > **Waterworld** - Yes it’s dumb, with huge world building/plot issues, but it’s just a damn fun movie IMO. > **The Postman** - Far too long, and again some plot issues, but again for some reason I just enjoy it. > > I’m not sure what it says that two of three that leap to mind are Kevin Costner films?! 😃 We’re in the same headspace, apparently. I enjoy watching them, no matter how “dumb” they are. **Wyatt Earp** completes my “long Kevin Costner trilogy”. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/115 "2017-07-05T21:17:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Count me in as another who likes _The 13th Warrior_. I also liked _The 13th Warrior_- watched it just because I was a huge fan of Michael Crichton, and had read _Eaters of the Dead_ many, many times, and wanted to see if they could pull off another watchable movie after the garbage that was _Congo_ and the minor disappointment that was _Sphere_. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/116 "2017-07-05T21:31:08Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > **Last Action Hero** with Arnold Schwarzenegger I’m very on board with this one. I found it poignant and accurate and fun, too. I’m also a fan of **Mystery Men**. Thanks for reminding me of it. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/117 "2017-07-05T21:32:02Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > Given that, I am a little hesitant to mention “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)”, because the only metric by which it fails is Rotten Tomatoes overall critics’ score. Still, I recall fans not liking it, so I still think it qualifies. > > I absolutely loved it, and I have been a fan of the radio series, books, TV series and LP releases since the early '80s. > > It was always going to be nearly impossible to translate the radio series/books to the big screen, but I think they did the best job possible. “Not liking it” is an understatement to my absolutely visceral reaction to that movie. I’ve tried to redeem it in my own eyes, and it makes me irrationally angry every time I (attempt to) watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/118 "2017-07-05T21:43:12Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > **Air America** Not sure if it is hated or just unknown. Quite a fun movie. One of my favorites! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/119 "2017-07-05T21:51:05Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I think I need to see _Mystery Men_, now. _Mystery Men_ is the best Terry Gilliam film that Terry Gilliam didn’t make. (Second best is _The City of Lost Children_.) ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393/120 "2017-07-05T22:47:53Z")
I love the Cohen brothers’ _A Serious Man_. I’ve probably watched it 10 times. It seems to be one of their least-known films; it did garner some great reviews, but it seems it didn’t blip on many folks’ radar. _Valley Girl_ is one of my favorites, I saw it at a very formative time in my teen years when I was trying out a “New Wave/Punk” persona. It’s a silly early Nic Cage flick and I’m sure most people (at this time) would find it unwatchable. I love _Purple Rain_ for the same type of reasons. _Peggy Sue Got Married_: not so much about the movie not being loved by others, but I seem to be in the minority about it being profoundly sad. When I need a good, cathartic cry I watch it for the scenes where Kathleen Turner “goes back” in time whilst in a coma and visits her grandparents, who have long been deceased. I get a little verklempt just writing about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-love-that-most-people-dont/790393.md?page=7)