# Movies you're ashamed to admit you like. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104 "2009-05-29T23:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/82 "2009-06-01T17:08:53Z")
I own and love the _Around the World in 80_ Days with Steve Coogan and Jackie Chan. \*D.O.A. \*(the one based on the video game, not the noir) is hysterically funny to me. I’ve seen _French Kiss_ about 800 times. ETA: I just saw\* Night at the Museum 2 \*this weekend… and giggled like a freak through several scenes. I will recommend it to one and all… and I expect to get some funny looks in response. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/83 "2009-06-01T17:20:03Z")
The Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman film about the Irish immigrants. I loved the movie, the soundtrack, the cinematography. The only part that I really didn’t like was Nicole Kidman’s rich parents cheating and taking land from the poor land racers. StG Oh! _Far and Away!_ That’s what it was called! ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/84 "2009-06-01T17:33:28Z")
\*\*Ever After \*\*- the Cindarella remake with Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston. **Zardoz** - a futuristic sci-fi movie with Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling. **Night of the Comet** - someone else mentioned this one already. My favorite quote from it - “Daddy would have got us Uzis”. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/85 "2009-06-01T17:40:18Z")
Fools Rush In-- A romantic comedy starring Selma Hyack and Mathew Perry. Loved it. Nobody’s even heard of it. My most shameful movielove-- a Disney Tweenthing from when my kids were Tweenish. Good Burger. Keenan and Kel slay me. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/86 "2009-06-01T17:49:12Z")
Some of my most favorite movies are also some of the stupidest, **Cabin Boy** , **Kung-Pow: Enter the Fist** , any Trey Parker & Matt Stone creation, and apparently \*\*Death to Smoochy **falls in there too. I also love the obscure, overly bizar, often cringe inducing stuff- Eraserhead, \*\* Un Chien Andalou **,** Fobidden Zone **,** Gummo **,** Meet the Feebles **,** More Moron Movies**(vhs). As well, MST3K worthy horror movies: \*\*Killer Klowns From Outer Space \*\*and **The Willies** among the highlights. However I don’t know if I’d consider any of those all that embarrasing, in fact some I am pretty proud to have in my collection. No, my dark corner of my dvd collection lies in the animation section. Buried among some Disney, Miyazaki, Pixar, Watership Down, Titan A.E., Wizards, and others, sits one blank-faced bootlegged dvd still in a plain black case(apparently I’d rather people think there was porn on the shelf than this one- [Unico In The Island Of Magic](http://www.fujikoma.com/unico/). Cartoon about a kid unicorn? Does not exactly boost one’s street cred. This movie though, has haunted me since I originally saw it on the Disney channel in the way early-AM when I was about 4 years old. Hell, it took me right around 20 years to even figure out if it even actually existed. An old-school anime that is similar to Miyazaki’s work. It has some great music and characters and perhaps one of the creepiest [villians](http://www.fujikoma.com/unico/characters.htm#kuruku)to ever exist on cel. Though as embarrissing as it may be, it always amazes me how often people my age(late 70’s, early 80’s) have vauge memories from it that, like myself, they have often wondered if they didn’t just imagine it. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/87 "2009-06-01T18:01:50Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Coyote Ugly. I’ve seen it probably half a dozen times. What’s shameful about that one ? It’s pretty young gals dancing around half naked and dousing each other in beer, sometimes cut off by an annoying, errand bit of romantic subplot. It’s like gonzo Hollywood ! 😃 As for me : I was surprised to learn so many people bashed _Ultraviolet_. I mean, sure, the plot don’t make a lick of sense… but gun kata, sword fights, gravity switches, virtual gunspace and hair that change colors at will ? How can all of that combined fail to make everyone’s So Fucking Cool meter go right up to 11, then catch fire ? ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/88 "2009-06-01T18:03:30Z")
…also embarrassing, my failure to spell check that last post and some of its more bizarre errors; fo’ sure. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/89 "2009-06-01T21:24:00Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I have no shame, but, Pep just reminded me of one I generally keep mum about. (By the fact that she’s posted.) > > Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It’s…very, very silly. Very silly. > > DELIGHTFULLY silly. > > Some of the music is actually quite good…most of it is bad in entertaining ways - I Want You/She’s So Heavy\*, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite, Mean Mr Mustard - even Maxwell’s Silver Hammer was obnoxious musically, but had an entertainingly silly scene backing it. > > - Ironically, I Want You/She’s So Heavy is my favourite bit in the much better executed take on the same idea, Across The Universe. Everyone I tell that I like this movie thinks I’m insane. I love this movie. ---
**Author:** ![chitchat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@chitchat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chitchat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/90 "2009-06-01T22:18:23Z")
When I was younger I loved the orig. “King Kong” must have seen it everytime it was on. Second one was sooo awful it stunk. Also “Rosemary’s Baby” I have seen it over and over…dont know why really…its so slow. my daughter says its boring. by todays standards I guess it is…But I thought It was so good… And I love, Love “Jaurasic Park” Everytime it is on, I have to see at least a part…only the first one. And fav of fav " The Birdcage" if these people were real I’d love to know Albert. I just love him. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/91 "2009-06-02T00:26:40Z")
Some dvd’s that I feel safe in admitting I own because no one in these forums knows me in real life 😛 **The Wedding Singer** I don’t really like Adam Sandler’s movies. I have no idea why I like this movie, but every time it’s on I watch it. Oh yeah, Drew Barrymore. MMmmmmmm yeah. **Conan the Barbarian Conan the Destroyer** I have no explanation, other than that they had Ah-Nuld talk as little as possible, a strategy they should’ve stuck with in his future films. Oh, and that blond chick is hot. **Multiplicity** Yes the one with “Wooden Andie” and Michael “I STILL can’t believe they cast him in Batman” Keaton. Which brings us to… **Batman** I’ll actually admit to this one in public, but I cringe a little bit. I think of all the Batman movies, this one’s my favorite. Cheesy dialogue, no chemistry between Kim Basinger and Michael Keaton (What, was Gilbert Gottfrey unavailable?). But it has the coolest toys and badass visuals. And Jack Nicholson, who was an amazing Joker. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/92 "2009-06-02T19:16:53Z")
I’m not ashamed to admit it: I love the _Star Wars_ prequels. There, I said it. Ones I AM ashamed, or rather, embarassed of? _Beavis and Butthead Do America Cool World Waynes World Encino Man Titanic_ (not so much the storyline but for Kate Winslet’s wardrobe!!!) _Earth Girls Are Easy_ ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/93 "2009-06-02T20:28:56Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [The Stupids](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stupids_(film)) Hey, if The Stupids contributed nothing else, at least it made me aware of [I’m My Own Grandpa.](http://www3.clearlight.com/~acsa/introjs.htm?/~acsa/songfile/I2MMYOWN.HTM) ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/94 "2009-06-02T20:55:13Z")
Dune. The 1984 version with Kyle Mclachlan, not the more recent Sci-Fi mini-series, which had more weird hats than a British wedding (and as many bizarre fake accents). Hardcore fans of Herbert’s novels thought the movie was a worthless piece-o-shyte, and the people involved with the making of the movie have tried very hard to distance themselves from it. But I like the sense of style and mood they tried to evoke - and the music - even if the plot did totally go off the rails (the “Weirding module?” What the hell was that???). ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/95 "2009-06-02T21:18:29Z")
> [@Joe Frickin Friday](#): > > Dune. The 1984 version with Kyle Mclachlan, not the more recent Sci-Fi mini-series, which had more weird hats than a British wedding (and as many bizarre fake accents). Hardcore fans of Herbert’s novels thought the movie was a worthless piece-o-shyte, and the people involved with the making of the movie have tried very hard to distance themselves from it. But I like the sense of style and mood they tried to evoke - and the music - even if the plot did totally go off the rails (the “Weirding module?” What the hell was that???). Another Dune fan!? I thought I was the only one. I caught the 4hour version in the middle of the night on, I kid you not, the Disney Channel. I was hooked. Yes, David Lynch needs a weirding module shoved up his capitalAnus but the long version of the film is pretty good and without it I wouldn’t have discovered the book. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/96 "2009-06-05T01:13:53Z")
One final entry. _Catwoman_, with Halle Berry, is on AMC right now. I can’t help it, I like this movie, even though I know how bad it is. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/97 "2009-06-05T02:00:30Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I have a degree in history. By all rights, I should loathe _A Knight’s Tale_. I pretend that it’s a sword-and-sorcery flick, or a D&D game, and I enjoy it. Go to [Act 3](http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=38) and you may feel better. Ira Glass takes a Medieval scholar to Medieval Times to get his snarky take, but is surprised the guy enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/98 "2009-06-05T02:54:54Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Brought to you by Brawno. _“It’s got what plants crave”_ I thought of this perusing [another thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=520005) that discussed people who don’t like the taste of water. Yes, “Idiocracy” is a good movie, and quotable! ---
**Author:** ![jimmycolorado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@jimmycolorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmycolorado)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/99 "2009-06-05T03:37:38Z")
_Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo_ is one of my all time faves. All time. I’d watch the movie through commercials. I could rationalize it by saying the physical comedy was “Chaplin-esque” but we all know what the score is. What genuinely aggravates me about the film (and also why I will defend it to the last man) was that Rob Schneider “won” the Golden Raspberry for this, his second turn as the title character. It upsets me because, why bother telling Schneider he’s a bad actor? Was the film advertised as Shakespeare? It seems mean-spirited, when the award (I thought) was meant to be tongue-in-cheek funny/satire. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/100 "2009-06-05T04:00:22Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > I also love the obscure, overly bizar, often cringe inducing stuff- **Eraserhead** … Oh, yes! Not many of us around, I’m afraid. I first saw \*\*Eraserhead \*\*on a double bill with **Polyester**. Quite an evening. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104/101 "2009-06-05T04:07:45Z")
The 1990s _Little Rascals_ movie. (Those kids were just so damned cute. Plus I love it when Alfalfa said, “Aw, BITE ME.”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/498104.md?page=6)