Guilty Pleasure Film

lc180

Just wondering what is everyone's ultimate 'Guilty Pleasure Film'.

One that is totally of of character for you and would die of embarrassment if your friends ever found out!

I'm 28, into sports and going for pints with the lads. usually watch gross out comedies and OTT action movies.

My guilty pleasure is: You've Got Mail

I find myself turning into a complete dork when I watch it haha. Its bloody brilliant! but would I dare say this to the mates? F*CK NO!

I'm glad I got that off my chest. Feel free to share yours!

There should be no such thing as a guilty pleasure, if you enjoy a film or a book or a band then you should feel no shame in admitting as such. Cinema like all art is subjective and as such what one finds entertaining is not necessarily what another will. As such it leads to debate and discussion on the film in question and makes the world a far more interesting place to live. Be an awful boring world if we all liked the exact same things.

krudler

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There should be no such thing as a guilty pleasure, if you enjoy a film or a book or a band then you should feel no shame in admitting as such. Cinema like all are is subjective and as such what one finds entertaining is not necessarily what another will. As such it leads to debate and discussion on the film in question and makes the world a far more interesting place to live. Be an awful boring world if we all liked the exact same things.

this tbh,if you like a movie you like a movie, shouldnt matter what its about or who its aimed at, in the spirit of the thread though mine is probably Mean Girls, its way funnier and smarter than it should be, and its one of the best teen comedies ever. so there.

krudler

oh, and Rocky IV, a giant ball of pure 80's cheddar, but damn if its not infinitely entertaining

Duggy747

Cheesy, American, gung-ho, 80's action movies have a place in my heart.

I miss movies with slimy, scarred Euro-baddies with a funny accent whose henchmen die in increasingly horrible fashions and have their death further insulted by awful puns :pac:

lc180

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There should be no such thing as a guilty pleasure, if you enjoy a film or a book or a band then you should feel no shame in admitting as such. Cinema like all art is subjective and as such what one finds entertaining is not necessarily what another will. As such it leads to debate and discussion on the film in question and makes the world a far more interesting place to live. Be an awful boring world if we all liked the exact same things.

Completely valid point, this is just a lighthearted thread to reassure myself that I'm not the only one out there with dodgy taste in films.

Be an awful boring world if we all took threads started on Boards so seriously....

Nolanger

Cannibal girls - Eugene Levy as a hippie.

sillo

Ms Congeniality.
I honestly cannot help but enjoy that damn movie.

bnt

sillo wrote: »

Ms Congeniality.
I honestly cannot help but enjoy that damn movie.

Join the club! It has some great comedy of all sorts - wordplay (getting "chip-faced"), slapstick (high heels, self-defense), scenery-munching (Candice Bergen vs William Shatner), and more. Pity the sequel was such a dog, but hey ...

krudler

Masters Of The Universe, the slashed budget meant most of it was set on 80's earth but its a ton of fun, and Frank Langella is immense as Skeletor.

jammstarr

Rambo III, Last Action Hero, Big Trouble in Little China. Clearly I like explosions and cheese

saintsaltynuts

Ghostbusters 2,Crocodile Dundee 2.

krudler

krudler wrote: »

Masters Of The Universe, the slashed budget meant most of it was set on 80's earth but its a ton of fun, and Frank Langella is immense as Skeletor.

It's his favorite role and one he told me that he wished he could have played again. I had him recite many of the lines to me when I met him a few years back,

AnonoBoy

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It's his favorite role and one he told me that he wished he could have played again. I had him recite many of the lines to me when I met him a few years back,

That's brilliant!

krudler

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It's his favorite role and one he told me that he wished he could have played again. I had him recite many of the lines to me when I met him a few years back,

thats supremely awesome. He has a great entrance too, marching into Castle Greyskull like an absolute badass. I'd love a big budget MOTU movie, done on the same scale as something like the Asgard scenes in Thor, it'd so work.

krudler

jammstarr wrote: »

Rambo III, Last Action Hero, Big Trouble in Little China. Clearly I like explosions and cheese

Last Action Hero was years ahead of its time, love that movie. and BTILC is just one of the most fun movies ever to watch, its got everything! Jack Burton ftw.

mike65

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There should be no such thing as a guilty pleasure, if you enjoy a film or a book or a band then you should feel no shame in admitting as such. Cinema like all art is subjective and as such what one finds entertaining is not necessarily what another will. As such it leads to debate and discussion on the film in question and makes the world a far more interesting place to live. Be an awful boring world if we all liked the exact same things.

Blimey O'Reilly you must be a gas at parties. "today we'll be discussing Penny Marshalls 'Big' with particular emphasis on the unspoken subtext of paedophilia and the damaging effects of wish fulfilment"

eleven1

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There should be no such thing as a guilty pleasure, if you enjoy a film or a book or a band then you should feel no shame in admitting as such. Cinema like all art is subjective and as such what one finds entertaining is not necessarily what another will. As such it leads to debate and discussion on the film in question and makes the world a far more interesting place to live. Be an awful boring world if we all liked the exact same things.

i totally agree with you , people have different tastes & that what makes us special (not just me ) everyone one if us is unique & has his own ideolgy & way of understanding what life throw at us .
in my case i will say i like cartoons watch them all the time with the kids .

Mickeroo

krudler wrote: »

this tbh,if you like a movie you like a movie, shouldnt matter what its about or who its aimed at, in the spirit of the thread though mine is probably Mean Girls, its way funnier and smarter than it should be, and its one of the best teen comedies ever. so there.

Its an incredible disservice to the awesomeness of Mean Girls to call it a guilty pleasure!

I agree with what you said, but if I were to refer to something as a guilty pleasure it would be a movie that I can acknowledge its flaws yet appreciate it. With that in mind out of recent years I would consider Hot Rod to be a guilty pleasure. it may have been disjointed and extremely hit and miss but I laughed my ass off for the majority of the running time. Cool beans.

wayfarers

Mad Max 3. Gotta love that theme tune also.

Led Zeppelin The Clash

Caligula

ziedth

Any Given Sunday all day long for me. It's so over the top it's insane and I know there are sone major problems with it but none of that bothers me. I love every second of it. To this day I still listen to the Al Pacino speech before I go for a run or something.

dave3004

Wild Hogs.....It's so unfunny its funny !

JohnMearsheimer

Mine would have to be Just Friends. Ryan Reynolds in a fat suit miming along to I Swear at the end is the best part.

mikemac1

Moulin Rouge

Over the top, singing, dancing, catchy tunes, what's not to like

I have the soundtrack on my ipod

Sir Gallagher

City Slickers 1 & 2 I can't really explain why.. they're just comforting.

Michael Collins is another one when I come in locked and feel all rebelious.

seanybiker

sillo wrote: »

Ms Congeniality.
I honestly cannot help but enjoy that damn movie.

I fupping love that movie hahaha.

Don't know should I mention this but sure feck it.
I love grease. The both of them. Grease 2 I could almost say word for word hahahaha.
/ takes off biker gear and cries.

mikemac1

One more

Dirty Dancing

Patrick Swayze the very definition of cool :cool:
Like the soundtrack too, especially that Hungry Eyes song

Give me music and dancing in a film and a good chance I'll enjoy it
Singing in the Rain with Gene Kelly for example but that's a well recognized film, hardly a guilty pleasure

seanybiker

mikemac1 wrote: »

One more

Dirty Dancing

Patrick Swayze the very definition of cool :cool:
Like the soundtrack too, especially that Hungry Eyes song

Nobody puts baby in the corner.
love it.

Tipsy McSwagger

mikemac1 wrote: »

One more

Dirty Dancing

Patrick Swayze the very definition of cool :cool:
Like the soundtrack too, especially that Hungry Eyes song

Give me music and dancing in a film and a good chance I'll enjoy it
Singing in the Rain with Gene Kelly for example but that's a well recognized film, hardly a guilty pleasure

Doesn't he have sex with an underage girl?

Skinfull

jammstarr wrote: »

Rambo III, Last Action Hero, Big Trouble in Little China. Clearly I like explosions and cheese

This should not be a guilty pleasure! That movie is AWESOME!!! :cool:

For me its gotta be the musicals! Prefer the old ones but quite like the newer ones too like Hairspray with Christpher Walken and John Travolta!

Also dance / rhythm movies, like Drum Line, Stomp The Yard. I cant get enough of these.

krudler

Roadhouse, cos Patrick Swayze is awesome in everything.

mattjack

Last of the Mohicans.I always wanted to be a Mohawk.

pickarooney

Titanic. I've only seen it once but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

FortuneChip

The Legend Of Bagger Vance...
I can look at it, knowingly acknowledge it's sentimental, cheesy, whimsically romantic drivel...
I can look at all this, know this, and still watch it with a big grin on my face

leposean

23y/o male, into football, soccer, racing and yet i love both legally blondes and definitely maybe

Mickeroo

mattjack wrote: »

Last of the Mohicans.I always wanted to be a Mohawk.

LOTM is a freakin awesome film

Jimdagym

Niles

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. As a 20-something struggling in the recession era job market I can kind of relate to being tempted to make up stuff on the 'oul CV...

lc180

Niles wrote: »

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. As a 20-something struggling in the recession era job market I can kind of relate to being tempted to make up stuff on the 'oul CV...

hahaha I hear ya!

dark crystal

Pretty Woman. Love it unashamedly!!

OldeCinemaSoz

putting me heart on me sleeve as they say and i just love staying alive!

i don't know how many times i've seen it but if it's playing somewhere on the telly i always try to have a gander. i don't know why but it always works for me everytime.

Goldstein

I frickin' LOVE the first Mortal Kombat movie. It pretty much nailed the ol' fun+cheese+best techno song ever made trinity.

...Yes, the one from 1995

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG3sjYA94G4

...No, I didn't **** up the youtube tag

Phony Scott

Lifeforce. Space vampires! Exploding zombies! Gratuitous female nudity! Cannon Films! What more could you ask for?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqNquDlAanE

redcortina

I may or may not of been watching PS i love u there on rte 1. wouldn't call it a guilty pleasure but i did change over from watching match of the day.

Joe10000

Rolling with the homies......

Clueless.

deem79

Definitely The Notebook

lucycat

Super Mario Bros.Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper? Don't mind if I do











(not that I would EVER admit it to anyone. EVER)

Spacedog

Yellowbeard - first movie i ever had on VHS, taped off the tv. would always watch it when there was nothing on.

yeppydeppy

Demolition man - I know, it's sad but any time it's on I watch it.

fullback4glin

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There should be no such thing as a guilty pleasure, if you enjoy a film or a book or a band then you should feel no shame in admitting as such. Cinema like all art is subjective and as such what one finds entertaining is not necessarily what another will. As such it leads to debate and discussion on the film in question and makes the world a far more interesting place to live. Be an awful boring world if we all liked the exact same things.

No need to be so pedantic, you know what the OP meant!