# The worst movies that you liked. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967 "2007-08-17T17:55:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/101 "2007-08-19T05:52:54Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] But you know realize that they are, in fact, bad movies. Right? [/QUOTE] _Spluh!_ They just have parts that make me chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/102 "2007-08-19T06:10:03Z")
The original _The Haunting_ from the 1960s and a little-known Elliot Gould vehicle called _Little Murders_ from the early 1970s. When I discovered them in high school I was captivated. made my wife site through both of them within the last few years, and they are leaden, dull. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/103 "2007-08-19T06:12:49Z")
Another one. All the guys I worked with at Bose were obsessed with _Rustler’s Rhapsody_, and I found it hysterical when I borrowed one of their copies. Talk about peer pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/104 "2007-08-19T08:15:17Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] Wait a minute. I like **The 13th Warrior** too. (There are people who _don’t_?) [/QUOTE] I know lots of people in real life who don’t like _The 13th Warrior_. But this thread is starting to make me think that _they’re_ the freaks and not me. Back to the thread – sorta. It’s not a movie, but when “The 10th Kingdom” first aired, I loved it. It was funny and about fairy tales and had a talking dog and a werewolf and ohmygod I loved it. So, I re-watched it last year, about ten years after the first time, and I still loved it. I remembered almost nothing about it, so it was like watching it for the first time. Then I re-re-watched it, and while there are lots of parts that are still funny (“It’s natural to want to touch it.”), the acting is uneven. I found myself wondering when the actors were going to start taking bites out of the scenery, since they were sure as hell chewing on it. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/105 "2007-08-19T08:25:28Z")
**Red Dawn** I love the scene with Harry Dean Stanton talkin’ to his boys…“Avenge me!” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/106 "2007-08-19T08:33:01Z")
I love introducing people to movies I figure that they wouldn’t find for themselves. A while ago I came across Peter Sellers in _The Party_ and rented it to show my son. I touted it as one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. We watched maybe half an hour of it and it barely raised a laugh from either of us. I was mortified, shit “Birdy numnums” was funny once? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/107 "2007-08-19T08:33:41Z")
I also enjoyed The Postman. I’m still a little astounded by how universally it’s considered a bad movie. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/108 "2007-08-19T10:21:06Z")
[QUOTE=Mrs. Cake] Hey! I loved _Ice Pirates_. Of course, I haven’t seen it in 25 years… When I was a kid I loved all the Roger Corman EA Poe flicks, holding _The Raven_ in particular esteem. Mostly now I just feel so sorry for how low Peter Lorre had fallen. And he’s still the best thing in it. [/QUOTE] Just a sidetrack, but you should seriously make an effort to see M if you have a thing for Peter Lorre. IIRC it is the first german talkie, and a phenomenal thriller. I typically watch it on the prelinger archives [use the search engine and look for fritz lang, m] It is subtitled white on black and white, so you need to watch it in a larger than postagestamp screen. And I _love_ the movie The Raven. Anything with Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre is just plain fantastic [did you like The Comedy of Terrors?] ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/109 "2007-08-19T13:58:50Z")
**Billy Jack** also had a couple sequels. Those were pretty bad, but the first one was great! Great song, too – _One Tin Soldier_ by\*\* Coven\*\*. I think I _still_ have the worn-out 45 in a box somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/110 "2007-08-20T02:08:58Z")
I just read this thread today. There was an article in today’s newspaper about the movie Billy Jack and how it was a cultural phenomenon at the time. They interviewed Tom Laughlin, he’s 76 years old now. Apparently he’s made/is making a new movie about today’s political environment. I don’t think Billy will be doing much kicking in this one. Yeah, I liked Billy Jack when I first saw it. I was a hippie at heart in a family of squares. But I also know it was a bad movie. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/111 "2007-08-20T03:06:36Z")
[QUOTE=scotandrsn] The original _The Haunting_ from the 1960s and a little-known Elliot Gould vehicle called _Little Murders_ from the early 1970s. When I discovered them in high school I was captivated. made my wife site through both of them within the last few years, and they are leaden, dull. [/QUOTE] Had to jump in when I saw this. “Little Murders” is a CLASSIC. You should not feel any remorse whatsoever about it not holding up. Alan Arkin at his finest. The best Donald Sutherland “cameo” ! “‘Lesbians of Venus’ ???..I’m paying $5,000 in tuition for this ?? !!!” It is dark. It may be dated. And it literally plays as a series of Jules Ffeiffer strips. But it is brilliant ! And certainly doesn’t belong in the same category as “Billy Jack” or “Armegeddon” ! If anything, perhaps belongs in the same category as “Napolean Dynamite”: many people just didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/112 "2007-08-20T04:37:21Z")
[QUOTE=cormac262] Had to jump in when I saw this. “Little Murders” is a CLASSIC. You should not feel any remorse whatsoever about it not holding up. Alan Arkin at his finest. The best Donald Sutherland “cameo” ! “‘Lesbians of Venus’ ???..I’m paying $5,000 in tuition for this ?? !!!” It is dark. It may be dated. And it literally plays as a series of Jules Ffeiffer strips. But it is brilliant ! And certainly doesn’t belong in the same category as “Billy Jack” or “Armegeddon” ! If anything, perhaps belongs in the same category as “Napolean Dynamite”: many people just didn’t get it. [/QUOTE] There’s still a soft spot in my heart for the film, but I am no longer so infatuated with it that I can overlook the extreme clumsiness of the execution, or the abysmality of Marcia Rodd’s performance. And yes, Donald Sutherland’s scene is a classic, both for his monologue, and the lady who says to Elliot Gould, “I don’t approve of your views, but I respect your right to have them.” ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/113 "2007-08-20T18:24:08Z")
[QUOTE=LunaV] **Dragonheart** … **Roadhouse** … those weren’t well-liked? I loved them! I really, really enjoy **Waterworld** , with Kevin Costner. Also with him, **The Postman**. For some reason, no one I’ve met seems to like them. Am I alone? [/QUOTE] Both of those were rated so poorly by critics, I never actually saw them. Even though I wanted to at the time. maybe I’ll NetFlix them. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/114 "2007-08-20T18:31:24Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I just read this thread today. There was an article in today’s newspaper about the movie Billy Jack and how it was a cultural phenomenon at the time. They interviewed Tom Laughlin, he’s 76 years old now. Apparently he’s made/is making a new movie about today’s political environment. I don’t think Billy will be doing much kicking in this one. [/QUOTE] He’s been “making” that one for at least 10 years now. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/115 "2007-08-20T18:45:04Z")
Lots and lots of _Lifetime_ movies. **Joe Dirt**. My husband teases me about it and I should never have mentioned it to him. [QUOTE=cbawlmer] Oh, I like _Tommy Boy_ too. That movie makes me laugh like a crazy person. [/QUOTE] That’s not a bad movie! It’s one of my favorite comedies ever! The sequel(?), **Black Sheep** was on Comedy Central yesterday and I told my husband how odd it is that Tommy Boy is my favorite comedy, while Black Sheep is the worst movie I’ve ever seen. He likes it. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/116 "2007-08-20T18:51:35Z")
**Road House** is one of the worst movies ever inflicted on an unsuspecting audience. Every time I watch it, I’m astounded anew at how horrible it is. The villain is the guy who runs the local JC Penny. There’s not a cop within a hundred miles of the Double Deuce. Bouncers apparently have international reputations. Patrick Swayze spends 85% of the movie topless. “Pain don’t hurt.” But you know, I’ll watch this damned movie every time I see it on tv. I haven’t bought the DVD yet, but it’s just a matter of time. I don’t know what it is about it that I must watch. I know it’s awful. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/117 "2007-08-20T18:52:39Z")
Black Sheep isn’t a sequel… it’s basically a remake. A shitty one starring the same leads which makes it even more confusing… ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/118 "2007-08-20T18:55:55Z")
[QUOTE=Nutty Bunny] Lots and lots of _Lifetime_ movies. **Joe Dirt**. My husband teases me about it and I should never have mentioned it to him. [/QUOTE] Weird Al [teases](http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Close-But-No-Cigar-lyrics-Weird-Al-Yankovic/B3E6C4EE22845DB3482571F7000A7FE2) you about that, too. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/119 "2007-08-20T18:58:09Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] He’s been “making” that one for at least 10 years now. [/QUOTE] Well he’s pretty old, and I’ll bet The Man is trying to stop him, too. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967/120 "2007-08-20T19:03:44Z")
[QUOTE=pepperlandgirl] **Road House** is one of the worst movies ever inflicted on an unsuspecting audience. [/QUOTE] Yes, but without it, we’d never have the MST3K song “A Patrick Swayze Christmas”. “I’ll have to smash your kneecaps if you bastards touch my car…” I have to admit that I really enjoyed \* Independence Day \* the first time I saw it, but on the second time, I started checking my shoes to make sure I hadn’t tracked dog shit into the theater, because it stunk so bad. As for bad movies that I knew were bad, yet enjoy thoroughly, I ashamedly admit that \*\* Bio-Dome \*\* cracks me up every time it’s on. " Iron Man, Iron Man. Does whatever an iron can." Comic genius, I tell you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967.md?page=7)