# movies you're embarrassed to admit that you like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476 "2002-03-15T15:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/101 "2002-03-27T00:19:43Z")
I don’t understand the concept “guilty pleasures.” The following movies have been mentioned here as such, but I’m hear to assure each of you who named them that you can come out of the closet: each of these films has something of real value that has been overlooked by the lemmings that make up most of the audience:[ul]_Hudson Hawk The Incredible Shrinking Woman Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion Hairspray Dude, Where’s My Car? Legally Blonde Bring It On Crash Dead Alive The Fifth Element Showgirls Beavis & Butthead Do America Starship Troopers The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension The Faculty The Last Action Hero The Shining_[/ul]In fact, I predict that within the next few years, _Showgirls_ will undergo a transformation in the critical canon and will someday soon be seen as the great film it is. (Note the distinct lack of smileys in this post.) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/102 "2002-03-27T00:20:48Z")
aw geez Pretend I previewed. This board is too slow to preview, so I don’t, but I always wish I had. ---
**Author:** ![hillbillycavewoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bc8723/32.png) [@hillbillycavewoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hillbillycavewoman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/103 "2002-03-28T07:42:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silvio \* > \*\*I really enjoyed THE POSTMAN, Kevin Costner’s epic futuristic flop…something about its earnest pompousness worked for me. \*\* I liked that one a lot. Also, I must have seen “Waterworld” about twenty-five times (always good for a hot summer afternoon). It’s not that I just love Kevin Costner, though. Couldn’t stand him in his “Robin Hood”. ---
**Author:** ![meathead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@meathead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meathead)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/104 "2002-03-28T13:45:40Z")
Don’t ask me why, but I absolutely love _Armageddon_. Watched the DVD at least 20 times. ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/105 "2002-03-28T15:13:50Z")
I’ve been thinkin’ and thinkin’ .I wanna be embarrassed too. 😛 I get nagged a lot, for liking \*\* Ferris Bueller’s Day Off \*\* that much. And another favourite is \*\*Shoot to kill \*\*. But they’re not that bad, right? Nothing to be embarrassed about. \*_still thinking_ \* ---
**Author:** ![justinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@justinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justinh)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/106 "2002-03-28T16:38:01Z")
What about all the testo movies? Road House Steven Segal’s … Van Damme’s … ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/107 "2002-03-28T16:58:49Z")
_Meteor_, _Earthquake_, _The Swarm_, and all those other 70s disaster flicks. And the remake of _Planet of the Apes_. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/108 "2002-03-28T19:21:40Z")
I don’t think **Legally Blonde** , **The Princess Bride** , or **Ferris Beuller’s Day Off** Should cause anyone to be embarrassed. **Legally Blonde** was critically acclaimed, and was a hilarious movie, in my opinion. **The Princess Bride** is one of the funniest movies of all time, and what I consider to be a classic, that is infinitely more popular now than it was during its release. (and I saw it in the theater). **Ferris Beuller** is just THE movie for anyone growing up at the time it came out. I’ve probably seen it at least 35-40 times, and I know nearly the entire script by heart. Me, I feel a little odd admitting that I liked **SW:Episode I**. I also liked **Titanic** and **Gladiator** but enough people liked them that they won Best Picture, so they can’t be THAT bad. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/109 "2002-03-29T01:07:21Z")
_Earnest Goes To Camp_ Shut up, I liked when I was 12. I know it was one of those paint-by-numbers ‘Evil Corporation wants to strip-mine Indian ceremonical grounds’ storylines, but for Christ’s sake, it’s a Jim Varney movie. And its hard to take an evil corporation seriously when Dean Wormer is the CEO. Mindless entertainment. And besides, any movie featuring a sub-plot about ‘Eggs Erroneous’ can’t be all bad, right? ---
**Author:** ![Krab\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Krab\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krab_King)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/110 "2002-03-29T10:52:07Z")
I would have to say “Dude, Where’s My Car” and “Dumb and Dumber” , both of which I have just seen recently and found them hysterical…and I’m 53! The truth is, I’m not at all embarrassed about admitting that I like them either. I think I saw parts of my past, much younger life in each of those flicks and NOW I think it’s funny! ---
**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:** [March 29, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/111 "2002-03-29T11:34:35Z")
**Joe Dirt** ---
**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/112 "2002-04-07T09:20:27Z")
I am happy to report that the first two movies that came to mind are ones that nobody has mentioned yet: [Oscar](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0102603) [Doctor Detroit](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085450) ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/113 "2002-04-07T10:52:45Z")
[**Modern Girls**](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091534) ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/114 "2002-04-07T21:11:17Z")
I’m pretty much embarrassed by all the romantic comedies I love, but these are special: _Addicted to Love_ - I don’t understand the thrall this movie has me under. I’ve watched it at least twenty-five times. Meg Ryan is just so dadblasted CUTE. _The Truth About Cats and Dogs_ - I wouldn’t be embarrassed about this one except it has Uma Thurman in it. _The Mirror Has Two Faces_ - I’m not embarrassed to love Barbra Streisand, but I’ve watched this one an embarrassing number of times. _You’ve Got Mail_ - again with the Meg Ryan cuteness :gulp: _The Wedding Planner_ - How can I resist watching two such beautiful people? I just stare at them and think, “My God, they’re beautiful” for the full duration of the film. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/115 "2002-04-07T23:33:43Z")
You just goota see “THE BIG BUS”-absolutely hilarious! A spoof of the 70’s AIRPLANE movies…the best part is when the first atomic-powered bus gets t-boned by a Ford pickup truck full of hillbillies!😃 ---
**Author:** ![mancunian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mancunian/32/12244_2.png) [@mancunian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mancunian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/116 "2002-04-07T23:39:27Z")
I love ‘West Side Story’ I would never tell anybody that though. Great film, but, being an artsy farty film, kinda embarrasing. ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476/117 "2002-04-08T02:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mancunian \* > I love ‘West Side Story’ > > I would never tell anybody that though. > > Great film, but, being an artsy farty film, kinda embarrasing. You love West Side Story **and** Spinal Tap? How _you_ doin’? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youre-embarrassed-to-admit-that-you-like/98476.md?page=5)