# Unpopular Positive Movie Opinion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 2, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082 "2019-08-02T20:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/1 "2019-08-02T20:04:40Z")
Based on a recent XKCD [Comic](https://xkcd.com/2184/). Name a movie that: 1. You genuinely really like (not ironically). 2. Post 2000 3. Has less than 50% on Rotten Tomatoes One of mine is easy since I just rewatched it again: Justice League. I genuinely enjoy this movie. Yes the DC Movie version of Superman sucks but that is really the only issue I have with it. The other characters are good to great. The plot is fine for a popcorn Superhero movie. I really like it and I am probably the only person who is sad they didn’t release Justice League 2 this year (as was the original plan). What is yours? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/2 "2019-08-02T20:14:19Z")
Armageddon. ---
**Author:** ![pmwgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/3 "2019-08-02T20:22:26Z")
Odd Thomas (2013). From the maker of The Mummy (1999?). I thought the movie was intriguing, read the books as a result. On checking, I see it had 36% from the critics, but 65% from the rotten tomato audience. Does it have to be less than 50 on both? ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/4 "2019-08-02T20:23:27Z")
Aeon Flux (2005) is a guilty pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/5 "2019-08-02T20:25:26Z")
National Treasure (2004) (46%). I wouldn’t even call it a guilty pleasure. It’s just a pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/6 "2019-08-02T20:27:46Z")
_Star Wars: The Last Jedi_. Sure, it wasn’t _great_, like Episodes 4 and 5 were, but I thought that it was clearly, unambiguously better than _The Force Awakens_, at least, and took the series in some interesting new directions. But apparently 56% of audiences disagree with me. Likewise, I thought that _Terminator 3_ was the movie that _Terminator 2_ should have been, and that it fixed almost all of the flaws with that one. But 54% of audiences disagree. Right on the edge of eligibility was the 2016 _Ghostbusters_. Maybe it wasn’t quite as funny as the original, but it was still funny enough, and did a lot better job of characterization and world-building. Opinions are exactly split. EDIT: I was assuming audience ratings were what’s relevant, here. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/7 "2019-08-02T20:29:32Z")
I had to click “Show More” quite a few times before I found a movie I had even seen, but I finally found one that I had seen AND liked: Baywatch. It was freaking great; reminded me of the first Brady Movie from the 90s because it was both an homage and a spoof (altho I’ve never actually seen the show). ETA: I liked T3 too, **Chronos** ; thought it was pretty ddamned good and have watched it more than a dozen times. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/8 "2019-08-02T20:36:19Z")
The Lone Ranger (Tomatometer/Audience average = 41%) ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/9 "2019-08-02T20:38:31Z")
I didn’t check Rotten Tomatoes, but I seem to be the only person alive who thinks that “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” was the most enjoyable of the 4 Indiana Jones movies, even though the character of Short Round is beyond cringeworthy. ETA Should have read the OP more carefully, I didn’t see the “Post 2000” stipulation… ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/10 "2019-08-02T20:47:43Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > National Treasure (2004) (46%). I wouldn’t even call it a guilty pleasure. It’s just a pleasure. I came here to post that. National Treasure is excellent. My kids & I made it our mission to visit all the historical sites from that movie. We succeeded, but sadly, we couldn’t find the wooden elevator under Trinity Church. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/11 "2019-08-02T20:49:07Z")
_Knockaround Guys_ is clocking a 21% on the Tomatometer. I enjoyed it. The acting was good, especially Vin Diesel as the disinterested tough guy. It wasn’t a great story, and the ending was pretty predictable, but I still liked it quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/12 "2019-08-02T20:49:34Z")
I loved The Best of Times (31%), starring Kurt Russell and Robin Williams. A few scenes don’t work, but the dialogue and acting are above reproach. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/13 "2019-08-02T20:59:01Z")
I was sure Europa Report was going to meet the requirements but it got 85 on the “Tomatometer” and 53 with the “audience”. Not sure which one of those I’m supposed to be looking at. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/14 "2019-08-02T21:03:49Z")
[Domino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_(2005_film)) (2005) is 18% at RT. (Wikipedia says 19%. Somehow it lost a percent since that was written.) I recorded it off of cable to watch since I have a thing for bad movies. I was planning on zipping thru it, catching a scene here or there. But I kept watching more and more of it in normal time. Eventually I gave up and watched the whole thing. It surprised me. Not at all bad. It is not to be confused with the 1988 or 2019 films of the same name. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/15 "2019-08-02T21:20:24Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > National Treasure (2004) (46%). I wouldn’t even call it a guilty pleasure. It’s just a pleasure. National Treasure 2 is rated even lower (36%), but I liked it, and the original. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/16 "2019-08-02T21:34:36Z")
I’ll go all in on a _series_ that deserves your immediate purchase: The Maze Runner trilogy, which my wife and I bought on Blu-ray for something like $20. We love this series so much, we knew the moment it came in a Blu-ray bundle, we’d buy it: **Maze Runner** : 65% Rotten Tomatoes. Let me tell you, this is a really great movie. **Scorch Trials** : 46% Rotten Tomatoes - I’ll say it. It’s better than the first one. What a movie. **The Death Cure** : 43% Rotten Tomatoes - A truly great finale. > [@pmwgreen](#): > > Odd Thomas (2013). From the maker of The Mummy (1999?). I thought the movie was intriguing, read the books as a result. On checking, I see it had 36% from the critics, but 65% from the rotten tomato audience. Does it have to be less than 50 on both? Great call. I actually think they did not fully finish the effects in this movie, but even so, it holds up incredibly. > [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > National Treasure (2004) (46%). I wouldn’t even call it a guilty pleasure. It’s just a pleasure. Great, great pick. My kids and I love these movies. They are: - well made - funny - actiony - totally appropriate for kids under 10 ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/17 "2019-08-02T21:39:28Z")
Christophe Gans’ \*\*Silent Hill \*\*(2006) is rated 30% in RT. 30%. That’s just insane to me. Oh, sure, it’s not perfect. I’m not saying it should have won all the Oscars that year or anything… but it’s one of the finest horror movies I’ve ever seen, with plenty of really effective scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/18 "2019-08-02T21:44:19Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Christophe Gans’ \*\*Silent Hill \*\*(2006) is rated 30% in RT. > > 30%. > > That’s just insane to me. Oh, sure, it’s not perfect. I’m not saying it should have won all the Oscars that year or anything… but it’s one of the finest horror movies I’ve ever seen, with plenty of really effective scenes. Wow, I liked this one too. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/19 "2019-08-02T21:53:08Z")
_Van Helsing_ (2004). 24% RT rating, 57% audience score. Yes, it’s a silly movie, with overblown fight scenes. It’s still a lot of fun, Hugh Jackman is good in it, and Kate Beckinsale looks fabulous in tight pants (even if her Transylvanian accent leaves a lot to be desired). I like to refer to it as “a big wheel of monster-movie cheese.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/20 "2019-08-02T21:57:09Z")
It came out before 2000, but it came out when I was an adult, and it has a 13% on RT: _Slaves of New York_. I feel the same way about the book-- I freaking love this book. I bought it fully intending to hate it-- I want to hate all the right things-- but I loved it. I couldn’t put it down. Anyway, regarding the movie: both Siskel and Ebert absolutely hated it. It’s very rare that I like something they BOTH hated. Sometimes I hate something they both liked, but the other way around, not so much. A film not on Rotten Tomatoes, because I don’t think it’s ever been officially released; it tested horribly with preview group. However, I saw a torrent, that was missing a few parts, but was about 90% complete, and easy to follow. It’s the US version of _Ab Fab_. No, it was in no way as good as he original, but I still liked it. Maybe I liked it because it starred Kathryn Hahn, who is married to one of my brother’s best friends, and Kristen Johnston, who is genuinely hilarious in anything she does, including reading Mr. T’s autobiography. But I liked it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082.md?page=2)