# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/21 "2019-08-02T21:58:39Z")
I really like the National Treasure movies, Domino, and Silent Hill also. But my pick is\* The Book of Henry\*. Is it a masterpiece? No. But certainly not worthy of the scornful 22% critics give it. ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/22 "2019-08-02T22:04:04Z")
Another baffling one: Reign of Fire (2002) is at 42% at Rottenttomatoes. It’s a movie where Christian Bale, Matthew MacConaughey, Isabella Scorupco and Gerard Butler fight dragons, for God’s sake! ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/23 "2019-08-02T22:25:50Z")
Are we going by critics or audience score? I also like National Treasure, but while it’s 46% on the Tomatometer, it has a 76% audience score. ---
**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, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/24 "2019-08-02T22:32:41Z")
> [@Jet\_Jaguar](#): > > Are we going by critics or audience score? I also like National Treasure, but while it’s 46% on the Tomatometer, it has a 76% audience score. Presumably critic score, since that’s the main score RT uses. And in the example given by XKCD, Terminator Genisys has a 53% audience score. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/25 "2019-08-02T23:38:22Z")
Speed Racer, 2008 Emile Hirsch version. Highly entertaining from start to finish, great plot, great action, great effects. I just don’t understand how you can watch that movie and not have fun. Somehow only 40% at RT. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/26 "2019-08-02T23:42:18Z")
I loved What Men Want, the Taraji P. Henson comedy from earlier this year that’s at 44% on the tomatometer and 32% audience score. ---
**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 3, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/27 "2019-08-03T00:24:36Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Speed Racer, 2008 Emile Hirsch version. Highly entertaining from start to finish, great plot, great action, great effects. I just don’t understand how you can watch that movie and not have fun. Somehow only 40% at RT. NO! I watch Speed Racer almost annually! This is absolutely a 10/10 movie. Not even joking. smh. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/28 "2019-08-03T00:43:16Z")
\*\*[Small Apartments](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/small_apartments_2012)\*\*released in 2013 is an outstanding movie. I don’t know how rottentomatoes works but the movie has a green splat with 33% and a popcorn box (garbage can?) with 40% ---
**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 3, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/29 "2019-08-03T00:56:32Z")
Well, if we’re going by the critic score, then this year’s _Godzilla: King of the Monsters_ was 41% (but 83% with viewers). They knew exactly what movie they wanted to make, and they made it exactly how they wanted, and the result is an excellent specimen of a kaiju movie. It’s not a very good drama or thriller or whatever, but that’s because it wasn’t supposed to be. Presumably, the high audience score is because most of the people watching a Godzilla movie are there because they want to see a Godzilla movie. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/30 "2019-08-03T01:14:19Z")
I thought _Tron Legacy_ would count, but it’s at 51%. Nothing else came to mind before reading the thread; I guess I’ll second _National Treasure_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/31 "2019-08-03T01:23:30Z")
I found _Vanilla Sky_ to be plenty interesting. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/32 "2019-08-03T01:31:51Z")
Sahara. I thought it was very entertaining and had a great soundtrack. Steve Zahn’s Al was hilarious. It’s an incredibly rewatchable movie. ---
**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/33 "2019-08-03T01:34:05Z")
At 14%, 2008’s _The Love Guru_ certainly qualifies as “unpopular”. This movie is an unappreciated laugh riot. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/34 "2019-08-03T02:27:35Z")
I loved both Speedracer and Justice League. Hansel & Gretel : Witch Hunters has a measly 14% on Rotten Tomatoes but I thought the f/x were top notch, the story moved along, and it was really fun and campy. Not sure what reviewers were expecting out of it. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/35 "2019-08-03T02:32:36Z")
I was going to mention The Ninth Configuration because given all the crap it gets on these boards I thought it must be fairly well hated, but…not. [The Ninth Configuration - Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ninth_configuration) So instead I will nominate [Up in Smoke - Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/up_in_smoke_1978), poor production values and acting but boy is it funny. ---
**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 3, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/36 "2019-08-03T02:36:03Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Hansel & Gretel : Witch Hunters has a measly 14% on Rotten Tomatoes but I thought the f/x were top notch, the story moved along, and it was really fun and campy. Not sure what reviewers were expecting out of it. Good pick, another one my wife and I liked. I mean, it’s not amazing, but it isn’t the kind of crappy movie you’d expect from the title. I also liked The Last Witch Hunter. It had 17% RT and 43% Audience Score. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/37 "2019-08-03T02:41:01Z")
Battle:Los Angeles (36%) It’s a military-squad-dropped-into-big-trouble movie. With aliens! It has some issues with pacing in the first act, but other than that it’s a really, really good action movie. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/38 "2019-08-03T02:43:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > _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. 56% of the people who bother to go to RT to express their opinion–and given how much incel idiots hated TLJ, I’m not sure I’d take that number as significant. The critics gave it 91% fresh. I don’t see enough movies to rank on this list, and also I’m in my forties so my watching-shitloads-of-movies days are behind me. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/39 "2019-08-03T02:53:29Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Battle:Los Angeles (36%) > > It’s a military-squad-dropped-into-big-trouble movie. With aliens! It has some issues with pacing in the first act, but other than that it’s a really, really good action movie. I liked it as well. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082/40 "2019-08-03T03:03:10Z")
I vote for Year One with Jack Black and Michael Cera. Only 23 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but I liked it. Even went out of my way to get the DVD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-positive-movie-opinion/838082.md?page=3)