Guilty pleasures?

Peyton Manning

So - maybe youre girlfriend has made you sit through a chick flick (or your boyfriend has force-fed you one too many Arnie or Sly movies), or maybe there was nothing else on the TV so you decided to give it a watch - but what films have you enjoyed when you know you really shouldnt? I'll start the ball rolling with

The Notebook - yes I am a big softie after all....
A Walk to Remember - less big softie, more total wuss....

Ye shall not be judged in this thread

qwertplaywert

soldier starring kurt rusell........i knew i shouldnt,but i love it!

Pigman II

Titanic http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/
Love's Labour's Lost http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182295/
Finding Neverland http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308644/
About a Boy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276751/
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339291/
West Side Story http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/

Rhyme

People look at me weird when i say i like 'What Dreams May Come' and 'Bicentennial Man'.

I guess those count.

Cake Fiend

Demolition Man!

johnny_ultimate

The new Star Wars films I think I was just the right age seeing Episode One to not come out of it cynically. Three I also think is a great and enjoyable film.

Karl Hungus

I have no guilty pleasures, just pleasures.

Honestly, I wouldn't care what anyone would think of what I watch, so there's no reason to feel guilty.

And nobody should feel guilty about watching Demolition Man! :eek:

Ruu_Old

Pay It Foward, sorry just something in my eye. ;_;

Revelation Joe

Days Of Thunder
Joe vs The Volcano
Erik The Viking

mike65

Airport 79 - Concorde

Mike.

qwertplaywert

die hard 3

Karl Hungus

qwertplaywert wrote:

die hard 3

That's a great film, why on earth would you feel guilty about watching that?

Oh, and for anyone else with a soft spot for Demolition Man, go here!

qwertplaywert

cause everyone else i know hates it.........
another one i liked was employee of the month

Dont be at yourself

I was a big appalled that I enjoyed Notting Hill, I have to say.

Ay Cee

NekkidBibleMan wrote:

I was a big appalled that I enjoyed Notting Hill, I have to say.

If I had to watch a chick flick that would be it

I'm not ashamed of any film I enjoy, though I've been told there are a few I should such as The Lake House, American Dreamz, Life and Lyrics.

purplegeko

Ruu wrote:

Pay It Foward, sorry just something in my eye. ;_;

finally someone who understands, that movie just makes me blub!

missingtime

Not sappy as such but for some reason I just like The Ninth Gate and Rising Sun.
I know they are not great movies but....ah I cant explain it.

Nevyn

What ? Damn and here I was thinking that this thread was about the making of the Laurell K. Hamilton book into a movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty_Pleasures_(novel)

youcancallmeal

Pretty much everything Arnie did in the 80's and and early 90's.
Stuff like Predator, The Running Man, Total Recall, True Lies the list goes on!

Galvasean

Showdown In Little Tokyo http://imdb.com/title/tt0102915/
Death Wish 3 http://imdb.com/title/tt0089003/
Wishmaster 2 http://imdb.com/title/tt0156182/
Frankenfish http://imdb.com/title/tt0384833/
Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze http://imdb.com/title/tt0072886/
Transformers the Movie http://imdb.com/title/tt0092106/
the Land Before Time http://imdb.com/title/tt0095489/

qwertplaywert

i also one who falls for the land before time every time............:D

Revelation Joe

I just remembered a few more:
They Live
The Wraith
Tremors
Serendipity

Red Hand

Legends of the Fall

Galvasean

Lets not be forgetting the Wicker Man sequel starring Nic Cage!

irishash

rambo: first blood part II - oh god what a terrible movie, but for whatever reason i just have to watch it when it comes on tv (like last friday night)

Hudson Hawk : bruce willis sings, he steals stuff, falls in love.......did he play the same character in oceans twelve ??

the goonies : is it really a guilty pleasure ?? well if you are a 29yr old man watching a kids movie.......prob !!

the princess bride : for the same reason stated above.

Jonesy3110

Tron, everyone laughed at me for liking it, then all of a sudden everyone loved it Hate it when that happens! Same thing happened to me with nightmare before christmas!

V for Vendetta, Everyone I know thought this was crap, but I loved it!

Oh and I'm a sucker for crappy horror sequels. Hellraiser 1-9 (especially 3, I find myself not blinking for the whole nightclub massacre scene), Leprechaun and all its sequels like Leprechaun: In da Hood, and Leprechaun: Back in Da hood (real movies, I swear) and all the Childs Plays, Friday the 13th, and Halloween. Oh and Children of the Corn, 1-6 (i think theres 6) especially 3 - Urban Harvest. Oh Yeah.

spacecoyote

qwertplaywert wrote:

i also one who falls for the land before time every time............:D

Revelation Joe

irishash wrote:

rambo: first blood part II - oh god what a terrible movie, but for whatever reason i just have to watch it when it comes on tv (like last friday night)

Hudson Hawk : bruce willis sings, he steals stuff, falls in love.......did he play the same character in oceans twelve ??

the goonies : is it really a guilty pleasure ?? well if you are a 29yr old man watching a kids movie.......prob !!

the princess bride : for the same reason stated above.

Ah yeah I like Hudson Hawk too.
I've never really thought of The Princess Bride as a kid's film. I'm 37, I love it! In fact, I watched again on Saturday night

spudington16

Mean Girls... Don't ask..

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irishash

big trouble in little china - last great john capenter movie, great comedy performance from kurt russell, and a really fun movie to watch with friends.

road house - puts dirty dancing in a whole new light.

the green mile - last movie i admit crying at the end (wimp that i am)

mallrats - under-rated kevin smith flick that demands more than one viewing

Jonesy3110

big trouble in little china - last great john capenter movie, great comedy performance from kurt russell, and a really fun movie to watch with friends.

road house - puts dirty dancing in a whole new light.

the green mile - last movie i admit crying at the end (wimp that i am)

mallrats - under-rated kevin smith flick that demands more than one viewing

Lol why do you feel guilty about any of these movies there all awesome! Kurt Russell is GOD! Love him in Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from LA/New York and Grindhouse. Marry me Kurt!

Ph3n0m

guilty pleasures for me - cause every time I mention liking these flicks, I get the **** slagged out of me (and in some cases for good reason)

Goonies
Princess Bride
A Little Princess
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Stone Cold
Bad Seed
Nightmare on Elm Street (all of them)
Transporter/Crank

probably loads I am forgetting - I like my cheese cheesy and crap craptacular

Clank

Ph3n0m wrote:

Transporter/Crank

Nothing wrong with them or The Goonies, i like both of 'em!

Heartbreakers and Jumanji for me.:o

Duggy747

youcancallme>al wrote:

Pretty much everything Arnie did in the 80's and and early 90's.
Stuff like Predator, The Running Man, Total Recall, True Lies the list goes on!

Nothing to feel guilty about with those classics (Same goes for Die Hard series and Demolition man)

I lose it at chick flicks as the mushy scenes turn me off them immediately. My guilty pleasure would be Transporter 2, absolutlely stupid film but also absolutely hilarious. Some people don't seem to understand the intended over-the-top sequences (He detaches a bomb off his car by flipping it on a ramp and letting a crane hook take it off, letting it explode and thus allowing our hero to land safely on his wheels, ridiculously hilarious!)

qwertplaywert

spudington16 wrote:

Mean Girls... Don't ask..

thats a classic!

irishash

Jonesy3110 wrote:

Lol why do you feel guilty about any of these movies there all awesome! Kurt Russell is GOD! Love him in Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from LA/New York and Grindhouse. Marry me Kurt!

well i suppose I feel guilty bout them as I feel they are the definition of a guilty pleasure, which i would say is "a film that is considered to be of a questionable quality, or of kitch value, that is enjoyed for its sheer fun factor and appeal"

but you are right, i dont really feel guilty bout them, just that other people would make me feel guilty for watching them, like spongebob squarepant the movie (which is one of the funniest films i have ever seen). of course most people that will hammer you for watching these films have a) never seen them and b) are absolutly no fun !!

some more :

jaws 3(d) - it is a ridiculous, but that moment at the end with the shark.....gets me every time. funniest movie ever !!!

omen 2 - the death sequences people !!!!

bugsy malone - kids with guns shooting other kids with cream splurges while singing and dancing........can it get any better ?? oh yes it can.....cars that you pedal !!

Jonesy3110

I feel they are the definition of a guilty pleasure, which i would say is "a film that is considered to be of a questionable quality, or of kitch value, that is enjoyed for its sheer fun factor and appeal"

Good point :P

Bugsy Malone = Awesome!

You have great taste in movies btw

Smarmore

I actually watched You, Me and Dupree a few weeks ago and thought it was pretty funny. But then I also liked One Night at McCools.

Btw Days Of Thunder should never be listed as a guilty pleasure. Rubbin's Racin!! And the immortal line: We ended up lookin like a monkey f**ckin a football!!

Ph3n0m

Ph3n0m wrote:

Transporter/Crank

Crank is one of the finest films ever made. I've sen it 31 times since it was released in cinemas, it's my new default film for when I can't decide what to watch.

Transporter is rather good also. Hell it's from Luc Besson so you know it's going to be good.

irishash

Jonesy3110 wrote:

You have great taste in movies btw

i thank you - but i am sure for every jonesy3110 out there, there is a ih8tyouash555 gunning for me too !!!

re-animator - now that is a guilty pleasure !!

johnny_ultimate

Any one who feels guilty watching the Goonies, there is no need! Tis widely accepted as one of the great modern adventure films. Would feel guilty if ye didnt like it tbh

Mean Girls and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days...........that is all.





I managed to fall asleep during Legally Blonde thank god!!




Never seen the Notebook and never will, I hope!!

stipey

Bedazzled (The 2000 remake).

A very good friend reccommended it as follows .. "Terrible. Terrible. Terrible. Make sure you go see it." Then he made a face best described as a combination of the following :eek:

I'm.... just going... to the.... gents.... back in a bit!

qwertplaywert

whats that other movie with ben fraiser .....the one where hes in the fallout shelter? everyone i know hated it but i loved it.......

PixelTrawler

I really enjoyed Happiness - judging how shocked some people were who saw this with me - should i be feeling guilty:)

Cracking film, amazing acting and tough subject to take on

I worked in the omni when it was in and I remember people walking out!

Oh and I think its Pleasantville you might be looking for?

qwertplaywert

pretty sure that wasnt the name........

Vikings

What women want :eek: ...im so ashamed im leaving now.

PixelTrawler

qwertplaywert wrote:

pretty sure that wasnt the name........

your right, i think Toby Macguire might have been in that

Karl Hungus

qwertplaywert wrote:

whats that other movie with ben fraiser .....the one where hes in the fallout shelter? everyone i know hated it but i loved it.......

Blast From The Past.