Everyone's Got One: What's Your Guilty Film Pleasure?

GLOW22

Everyone's got that one ****ty movie that they don't mind watching: whether they own it on DVD or see it on cable.

For me, it's the live action Street Fighter movie. Absolutely horrendous, but I can't look away.

And yes, I laugh at Zangief's idiot lines.
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The Denouncer

Waterworld.
I love its. its got loads of water in it, and Dennis Hopper and a manfish. Its a true story, or will be in about 10 years. Basically a misunderstood comic book movie, brilliantly shot, expensive, and has amazing stunts.

Gillie

Titanic or Armageddon.
Tick the boxes for me!

(a close third is Howard the Duck!)

spacecoyote

//hangs noose around neck and waits for someone to kick the table from under me

D2: The Might Ducks

Vegeta

The Denouncer wrote:

Waterworld.
I love its. its got loads of water in it, and Dennis Hopper and a manfish. Its a true story, or will be in about 10 years. Basically a misunderstood comic book movie, brilliantly shot, expensive, and has amazing stunts.

yup i actually like Waterworld as well

Karl Hungus

I have no guilty pleasures. Honestly, if you enjoy something, enjoy it. You shouldn't feel guilty about anything.

S.M.B.

spacecoyote wrote:

//hangs noose around neck and waits for someone to kick the table from under me

D2: The Might Ducks

I enjoyed all the Ducks films and would gladly watch them whenever they are on.

Wacker

I don't tend to like many films that are considered 'bad' by general consensus. I'm no slave to genre or anything; some people look down on dumb action movies and the like, but I'll like them if done well, and dislike them if done badly. My closest would be Rocky III and Rocky IV. Rocky IV is more of a series of music videos than a movie, as it has four (yes, four!) musical montages.

In the second round when Rocky smashes Drago with the uppercut and finally begins a comeback, it is pretty much the greatest moment in the history of the universe. "The Russian is cut! And it's a bad cut!"

Roar

Superman 3 for me.. FFS you can see the wire holding him up in about 5 scenes!

on a related note i watched Supergirl the other day for the first time in years and years, and have to admit i enjoyed it!

Aedh Baclamh

Braveheart probably falls into that category for me.

gandalf

13th Warrior, Happy Gilmore or Tommy Boy for me.

faceman

Best of the Best

johnny_ultimate

Karl Hungus wrote:

I have no guilty pleasures. Honestly, if you enjoy something, enjoy it. You shouldn't feel guilty about anything.

"The Official Karl Hungus Response to a 'Guilty Pleasure' / List Thread (c)"

djkeogh

Head of the Family. Brilliantly bad horror movie with the delectable Jacqueline Lovell. Hmmmm

tman

Vegeta wrote:

yup i actually like Waterworld as well

Same here, it wasn't all that bad in fairness...

Keeping with the Kevin Costner theme;
Robin Hood - Prince of thieves:o

and this thread has gone far too long without a mention of the fifth element... Mila's hair keeps bringing me back to it

Ay Cee

gandalf wrote:

13th Warrior, Happy Gilmore or Tommy Boy for me.

Happy Gilmore as a guilty pleasure?! :eek:
I love that film

Jack Sheehan

Rocky IV for me too. Especially when Rocky convinces the entire Russian public to denounce communism.

billy the squid

Your not trying to find out what chick flicks fellas these days are watching now glow are you?

If you must know i actually laughed at one of the jokes in Hairspray.

other than that i tend not to get embarrassed by what movies I watch, If i don't like it i won't buy it/watch it on TV.

The Bollox

tman wrote:

Robin Hood - Prince of thieves:o

thank God, I'm not the only one

the Rocky films are brilliant popcorn munchers, especially IV where they pretty much decide that all the fans want is fighting and montages

also Starship Troopers, what a brilliant yet highly embarrasing film to love

Ghost Train

Solaris

That george clooney film

Normally fall asleep before the end, but do like watching the dvd...

Vanilla skys another one...

Rhyme

tman wrote:

and this thread has gone far too long without a mention of the fifth element... Mila's hair keeps bringing me back to it

The pinnacle of her acting career.

Didn't Costner get someone to play his ass in that Prince of Thieves? (for the nudie parts).

Too many films spring to mind (some of which have been mentioned already)... i have soft spots for Silent Hill and Equilibrium though. Can't get enough of that Pyramid Head.

Necronomicon

Freddy vs Jason.

I don't feel a bit guily though

purplegeko

Bring It On

Still makes me laugh even though i've seen it a dozen times.

EdgarAllenPoo

Lake Placid.

Maynooth

Aedh Baclamh wrote:

Braveheart probably falls into that category for me.

Ah Braveheart wouldn't be a guilty pleasure surely??

mikemac

The Bollox wrote:

also Starship Troopers, what a brilliant yet highly embarrasing film to love

Yep, loved that film

MrMojoRising

Darkman.

The perfect superhero (anti-hero?) movie of all time.
Always makes me laugh my ass off

Muzzy

"Robocop" Love it! Unreal and some nice smart tongue and cheek humour.

I'm a 22yr old guy, but I love "Mean Girls". I'd also like to add, I'm very much straight!

Universal Soldier, Rocky IV, Point Break, I know that's, more than one so I'll stop now.

......Finding Nemo too!!!!

The Bollox

purplegeko wrote:

Bring It On

Still makes me laugh even though i've seen it a dozen times.

I watched that when it first came out on DVD just for Kirstin Dunst, but Eliza Dushku stole the show! what a sexy biatch!

I also must add The Beach to that list. I love Danny Boyle, but many see The Beach as his weakest film, personally I think it's his best, and I have just watched Sunshine, good, but not a keeper

Goat Mouth

Last action Hero... actually no, that's a brillaint film!
it's supposed to be that rediculous!

Gillie

Muzzy wrote:

"Robocop" Love it! Unreal and some nice smart tongue and cheek humour.

I'm a 22yr old guy, but I love "Mean Girls". I'd also like to add, I'm very much straight!

Universal Soldier, Rocky IV, Point Break, I know that's, more than one so I'll stop now.

......Finding Nemo too!!!!

Robocop, Point Break and Finding Nemo are all class imo!:eek:

Wacker

Gillie wrote:

Robocop, Point Break and Finding Nemo are all class imo!:eek:

I agree partially with two of those three, and whole-heartedly regarding Finding Nemo. I really must take Muzzy up on that. I'm a tolerant bloke, and I'll happily take a live and let live attitude to someone saying that the Godfather or Shawshank or whatever are rubbish, even if I totally disagree. I cannot let someone say that a truly brilliant movie like Finding Nemo is a guilty pleasure (as in bad but enjoyable) without finding out more, because I believe it is indicitive of a large problem that I have addressed many times on this board but is still prevelant (I'll get to that!).

Why must the idea of animated (or is it merely computer animated?) movies being purely for kids and thus not to be taken seriously continue to persist? Why is it that someone (in this instance: Muzzy) could watch a brilliant film like Finding Nemo, really enjoy it, and yet think that they should be embarrassed about it? I'm really curious about that, so please help me out here?

CiDeRmAn

I love an aussie comedy called Hercules Returns, a must see when pissed/stoned! A redubbed italian movie, a bit like Whats Up Tiger Lilly, but funnier!

I have been slagged about my need to see Pretty In Pink every 6 months or so, I can't help it, I always fancied Molly Ringwald, the soundtracks very cool and Jon Cryer is a legend in it.

And Robocop is brilliant, a proper classic, nothing to be ashamed of, thats like being ashamed of liking High Noon or Star Wars.

I also seem to be the only person I know that really liked Mousehunt, odd that.

The Denouncer

Wacker wrote:

I agree partially with two of those three, and whole-heartedly regarding Finding Nemo. I really must take Muzzy up on that. I'm a tolerant bloke, and I'll happily take a live and let live attitude to someone saying that the Godfather or Shawshank or whatever are rubbish, even if I totally disagree. I cannot let someone say that a truly brilliant movie like Finding Nemo is a guilty pleasure (as in bad but enjoyable) without finding out more, because I believe it is indicitive of a large problem that I have addressed many times on this board but is still prevelant (I'll get to that!).

Why must the idea of animated (or is it merely computer animated?) movies being purely for kids and thus not to be taken seriously continue to persist? Why is it that someone (in this instance: Muzzy) could watch a brilliant film like Finding Nemo, really enjoy it, and yet think that they should be embarrassed about it? I'm really curious about that, so please help me out here?

I'm not embarrassed to say, as a 34 year old male..I love this movie and animations in general. The effort that goes into them, the enjoyment factor..they are an amazing artform. In fact I'd put The Incredibles for one up there with the best movies of all time. Can't wait for Ratatouille, it looks like another work of genius.
Anyway Robocop and Starship Troopers are brilliant fun too and sci-fi classics, though in the guilty pleasure stakes its hard to beat Killer Klowns from Outer Space, can't get my wife to watch it though! Also like The Burbs and The Hudsucker Proxy, 2 movies that I find very enjoyable but get tend to get very mixed reviews.

Vokes

Far too may timeless classics mentioned on this thread here - Fifth Element, Equilibrium, Starship Troopers, Robocop, Universal Soldier, Point Break :eek:

They're not guilty pleasures, folks - rejoice in their greatness!!

zoos

definitely for me.... Three men and a baby, and the sequel three men and a lady!
also the look who's talking films!

plastic membrane

Considering the subversive elements of Starship Troopers (added to the subtle bugs eat humans, human shoot bugs thread running through it) i dont think its embarrassing to say you like it.

Myself im a massive fan of The 13th Warrior, Its got vikings!

CiDeRmAn

Hudsucker Proxy, that film rules! "Its like, you know, for kids!".
13th warrior was brilliant, never understood why no one liked it.
Robotech was anime I loved, no one else seemed to get it.
Explorers,
I actually liked Waterworld,
I love The Cat In The Hat, watch it drunk!
Rock Horror Picture Show,
Baseketball, by the southpark guys
Freaked, made by the guys who brought you Bill and Ted,
and
Mom and Dad save the world, check this out, must be available somewhere, absolute legend!

Xios

Zulu!!!!!

Muzzy

Wacker wrote:

Why is it that someone (in this instance: Muzzy) could watch a brilliant film like Finding Nemo, really enjoy it, and yet think that they should be embarrassed about it? I'm really curious about that, so please help me out here?

Response,

The reason why I put that in there as a "Guilty Pleasure" was based on yer exact point, we all know those annoying people who act like; if it's not 20yrs old/Black & White/De Niro/Thought provoking/Directed by someone who died in suspicious circumstances/Serious/Deep/Arty/etc then the film is automatically crap

....or

The people when you say you really loved Finding Nemo, only to be call, "ya big gay"

Hence, my reason for naming Finding Nemo a guilty pleasure, a film that I really really (really!!) like, but get moderate to serious amount of a slagging for really liking it.

Xios

Xios wrote:

Zulu!!!!!

I whole heartedly agree...

Wacker

Muzzy wrote:

Response,

The reason why I put that in there as a "Guilty Pleasure" was based on yer exact point, we all know those annoying people who act like; if it's not 20yrs old/Black & White/De Niro/Thought provoking/Directed by someone who died in suspicious circumstances/Serious/Deep/Arty/etc then the film is automatically crap

....or

The people when you say you really loved Finding Nemo, only to be call, "ya big gay"

Hence, my reason for naming Finding Nemo a guilty pleasure, a film that I really really (really!!) like, but get moderate to serious amount of a slagging for really liking it.

Good answer. If it is based on abuse you get from other people. I have no issue. Just so long as you yourself don't feel guily or something for liking brilliant movies; that would be nuts.

marco_polo

Not exactly a truely terrible film but..

The Fifth Element after Chris Tucker comes on the screen.

Failing that, for a grown man I have a disturbing weakness for overt sentimentality see The Notebook, Titanic, Armageddon ....etc

Angus MacGyver

Hudson Hawk

mewso

Shoot me but I never tire of The Core. Great fun if you ask me.

Slutmonkey57b

I've devloped a liking for Hugh Grant romantic comedies. They're all the same and they're all pretty good.