A Knight’s Tale
Improbably charming (to me at least) and it introduced me to Paul Bettany and Alan Tudyk.
I’m not really ashamed of it, but everyone else seems to think I’m crazy. There are probably others, but this is all I can think of right now.
I actually like the Matrix sequels.
I like Jeepers Creepers, 1 and 2. Also the Night of the Comet.
Matrix Reloaded, I thought, kicked ass, but the third one sucked goats and in a lot of people’s minds dragged Reloaded down with it.
Harold and Kumar is one of those movies that is a lot more entertaining then it sounds. I didn’t see it for a long time because I thought it sounded stupid, then saw it and rather enjoyed it.
Most of the movies I like…
For example:
The Outsiders
A Muppet Christmas Carol
A Polish Vampire in Burbank
Oh sure, Casablanca and Citizen Kane are awesome. But sometimes, I just need the movie equivalent of junk food!
Mamma Mia
The Adventures of Elmo In Grouchland
Caligula. I find it endlessly fascinating.
Yeah so do I. My favorite part is the scene with all the people fucking.
I’ve watched Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers probably around 40 or 50 times each; I certainly am not ashamed of watching them, nor am I ashamed of anything I like to watch, but other people certainly find it odd. I have seen Billy Jack around 15 or 20 times. I’ve seen Enough with Jennifer Lopez 10 or 12 times.
Every time somebody throws on A Walk to Remember I start crying like a little girl with a skinned knee and shit. :rolleyes:
Road House–I love everything about it. It’s endlessly amusing to me. “JC Penny is coming here because of me!” “It’s my way or the highway.” “I thought you’d be bigger.” “Pain don’t hurt.” When I finally bought the dvd (I watched it on VHS for years and it was not a good copy) I noticed that in the final scene where they’re swimming naked and making out, Jeff Healy is sitting on the bank. They’re having naked sex in a dirty pond while their blind friend munches on crackers 20 feet away. That shit is hilarious.
A Walk in the Clouds–Cliched, Keanu trying mightily to act, and pretty cornball all told. But I love it. Love it, love it, love it. And it’s such a beautifully shot film, I can justify watching it.
Point Break–Watching Hot Fuzz gave me the key I needed to unlock this movie. When Danny explains that Keanu doesn’t shoot Swayze because he “loves him so much!” I watched the movie as a love story, and wow, everything fell into place. It makes so much sense now, I’m surprised I didn’t see it before. Plus the rifftrax for it is the best thign ever.
13 Ghosts–The original one. It’s really not a good movie, but I’ve watched it countless times. Like Point Break and Road House, I find it endlessly amusing.
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.
In what way are you saying it’s not? Don’t get me wrong, I like both, but Cheech and Chong is actually better, IMO, if you just count Up in Smoke. There’s no contest.
I shamefully admit to enjoying the Spice Girls movie. I also enjoyed the Charlie’s Angels movies but I’m not quite as ashamed about that.
For B-movies I quite liked Pyscho Beach Party and Lesbian Chicken Vampires from Outerspace as well as various Troma movies (Nice Girls Don’t Explode, Tromeo and Juliet, Killer Condoms).
Oh, and D-War. Don’t get me started on D-War. Me and my brother were literally laughing to tears in the theater.
I don’t usually admit to owning a copy of: Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
I’m not ashamed to admit anything I like. Or don’t like.
Anybody who’d judge me on that isn’t worth bothering with.
I hide my Abby Winters porn DVDs when company is over. Not quite in the spirit of the OP, I suppose.
I think the movies I tend to be ashamed to admit liking are the ones that are aimed at very specific audiences of which I’m not a member; children’s films, teen girl romantic comedies, skateboard videos, stoner comedies, etc.
The Parent Trap (the Lindsay Lohan remake) is a great example. I’m definitely not the target demographic (34-year-old single male with no children), but I think the movie is an enjoyable, fluffy comedy, and bought the DVD a while back when I found it for cheap. However, I’m not likely to bring it up to anyone in normal conversation, especially since acquaintances and coworkers know my usual taste in films is so far removed from Disney stuff. Another Lindsay Lohan movie, Mean Girls, was a hit at work when I brought it in for lunchtime viewing, but I still got a lot of crap from coworkers about having a movie “meant for kids.” (I disagree that Mean Girls is a kid’s film, but will agree The Parent Trap is…)
Also, my friends know I generally hate gross-out/raunchy humor, so it’s easier to just never mention that I loved the Jackass films.