I have a tiny bit of movie snobbery in my bones. There are many movies that folks rave about that I internally scoff at. I hate lazy writing, cheesy story lines, obvious acting, and lack of originality.
But then there is “Road House”. It contains all of the above elements in varying degrees.
But, dayum, I cannot not watch it when it’s on. I just love it.
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I’d say the comedy “Welcome to Mooseport.” It treats an interesting premise: a retired US President gets the chance to run for mayor in a small town. He seems to be a shoe-in until a young local shopkeeper decides to run against him. How will each of them handle the campaign, coming from their respective backgrounds?
The Andromeda Strain (1971) Well done all around. Gives me the heebie-jeebies — how would you incinerate a helicopter in hover?
City Slickers (1991).
With Billy Crystal I expected garden-variety slapstick, but was surprised at how well they explored the concepts of aging, and coping in an unfamiliar environment.
It was better than it had to be, and I’m always impressed by that.
Twister was playing at the drive-in when my daughter was six or so. She wanted to go see it, but I explained to her that it was rated PG-13, and might be too scary for her.
She rolled her eyes and said, “daddy, it’s about weather. How scary could weather be?” I swear she had a writer feeding her lines. We went . She enjoyed it.
“Scary as HAAAAAAIL!”
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IMHO, it contains one of the most underrated jokes in the Coen Brothers’ oeuvre:
“I’m president of the company now…” “I don’t care if you’re president of the company!”
Neighbors (1981) - This film wasn’t a critical darling, but it sure tickles my funny bone. Despite the lukewarm reviews, I actually prefer it to John Belushi’s and Dan Aykroyd’s other films. The against-type casting is particularly enjoyable, especially knowing that Belushi and Aykroyd switched roles just before shooting. Belushi’s turn as the subdued suburbanite Earl Keese and Aykroyd’s performance as the wild and disruptive Vic both really worked, making for a unique and memorable comedy—for me at least.
I’m not really a rom-com fan but every once in a while I have to watch The Cutting Edge. I am a sucker for the enemies to lovers trope, the witty banter and the cute male lead.
Like Winnie the Pooh. One of the most enchanting, droll series of books ever written. As soon as it was sold to Disney, they dumbed it down to the stupidest mediocre loud kids time-killer. (I realize a cartoon based on the original wouldn’t fly in these times. But that loud idiot Tigger! I wanted someone to show up with a gigantic mallet and put him out of our misery.)
Which ones? “As soon as” implies you’re talking about the earliest adaptations, from the 60s and 70s, but I thought they were reasonably well done and faithful to the source material.
If you’re talking about the Pooh stuff they did later, I’m not familiar with it, and I’d just as soon keep it that way.
Yes, my bad, they started off closer to the original material. But once they used up those stories, they decided to make it loud, noisy, and commercial. After all, WTP was theres, and there was a lot of mileage to be had from funny talking animals, but only American funny talking animals.
I thought the 2011 movie did a reasonably good job bringing back the spirit of the 60s and 70s adaptations - in part by giving a lot less screentime to Tigger.
I’d go with The Mist. Great characters, great dialogue, genuinely a story, that you’re not sure how will pan out. But it doesn’t feel like the kind of movie anyone would put in their top 10.
I need to rewatch Galaxy Quest, because, to be honest, I thought it was fairly average at the time.
Here in the UK, we tend to love the same American movies as American audiences, but not always. There are movies like Ferris Bueller, and Anchorman, that are seen as classics but never got much traction here.
And I think Galaxy Quest might be one of those…the box office outside of the US was pretty poor and, while I have no doubt that many people have enjoyed the film internationally on home media / streaming, I think a relatively small minority would put it up there as a beloved comedy sci fi.
Because Sam Elliott, natch 
For me, Tank Girl comes to mind. Nobody’s award winner, and so over the top, but I watch it a few times a year when there’s nothing worth watching on the broadcast channels.
Is that allowed under the OP, since Jack Palance won an Oscar for his role in the movie?
I echo most of the suggestions by others in this thread, and I have to recommend what would be a horrible movie if it were cast differently:
Street Fighter.
It’s a bad movie, but Raul Julia elevates it to a thing of beauty every time he opens his mouth.
KPAX - it’s one of those movies you have to watch again. It’s not that it’s a complex plot or anything but it’s a feel-good movie with moments that make you smile even when you know them ahead of time. You actually look forward to them.
The remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair”. I usually hate to see remakes of movies but they pulled this off well. James Bond meets the art world. The James Bond franchise should be this clever and sophisticated.
Agree. I’ve watched it many times and you summed it up well. It’s always better than I give it credit for.
The female lead was (still is) cute as well.