Guilty movie pleasures?

[Phillycat]

Okay, I admit it. I am female and I love exactly the sort of movies that perpetuate the "sappy girl" stereotype. My favorites are romantic comedies like Bridget Jones' Diary and When Harry Met Sally.

I know these aren't good movies! But there's something so fun and soothing about watching them. I cringe whenever someone looks at my DVD collection.

What movies are you ashamed to love?

[Screaming Lord Bob]

1. I love Lethal Weapon movies!

Even though the end to #2 was the dumbest thing I've ever seen...

[Phillycat]

2. Which one was 2?

Is that the one that Mel gets shot on the freighter ship at the end of it and Danny comes to save him?

[Screaming Lord Bob]

7. yes - that's the one.

Don't die man!

Get me a cigarrette ... don't you know those things'll kill ya?

:eyes:

[Phillycat]

13. Yeah, that was pretty bad.

:)

[bif]

3. Waterworld

After getting hammered. Great mindless late night entertainment. I can't wait until it's about $5.99 on DVD.

[Phillycat]

4. I think they'd pay you to take it.

:)

It was sort of like Mad Max from what I remember. I really didn't think it was that bad either. Certainly not half as horrible as, say, the recent Catwoman with Halle Berry.

[Lavender Brown]

5. I think Bridget Jones and When Harry... are good movies

At least, they aren't something to feel guilty about liking. :shrug:

I will always watch some of "Steel Magnolias" when it's on TV... now THERE is something to be embarrassed about!

[Phillycat]

6. Ha ha!

How about Fried Green Tomatoes? That one's pretty bad too.

As far as Bridget Jones, I think the main reason I like the movie is, Hugh Grant is so sexy in it! I don't usually find him hot, but he's such a bad boy in that one, I just love it. :)

[Lavender Brown]

8. I'm a Colin Firth girl myself (see avatar)

:)

[Phillycat]

10. Ah yes, Mr Darcy!

:)

[Bridget Burke]

43. OT question here....

What's your opinion of the upcoming Pride & Prejudice movie?

With Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennett & Matthew MacFadyen as Mr Darcy:

[Lavender Brown]

44. I've seen that actor in other movies and thought he was good

and he IS cute... But I feel like the TV version is such a classic - why does it need to be re-made already? :P Especially because Jennifer Ehle was PERFECT as Elizabeth and Keira Knightley just doesn't seem right to me. But hey, I'll definitely go see it! :)

[Richardo]

9. "Throw Momma from the Train"

What can I say? The movie cracks me up.

"I dreamed Louis Armstrong was trying to kill me!!"

[Phillycat]

11. No, that's a great movie!

Love Danny DeVito in it.

[tigereye]

38. my husb loves that and Caddyshack

after the Kurosowa films of course!

[alexisfree]

12. y tu mama tambien

[Phillycat]

14. Is that a bad movie?

I've never seen it, but I didn't know it was considered a bad movie.

[UpsideDownFlag]

33. yes, i saw that when i was 16...i couldn't think straight for a few days.

lol.

[tigereye]

39. yes that is a guilty pleasure

rowr... :evilgrin:


but it is also a Marxist polemic, so you get the best of both worlds, think of it that way!

[demnan]

15. Arnold Muscle-head movies

I know, that's why I feel guilty about liking them. But Terminator was a hoot and so was the one about Mars.

[Phillycat]

17. Now what about Van Damme?

Or Segall?

[redqueen]

30. The one about Mars

was a Philip K Dick story (if I'm not mistaken, in which case someone please spank me), so there's good reason for liking that one. :)

[tarkus]

16. Jersey Girl is a good movie, dammit! NM

[Phillycat]

18. Is it really?

[7th_Sephiroth]

22. clerks and Dogma

thank you kevin smith (AKA silent Bob)

[FunBobbyMucha]

19. I think both those movies are very good!

And I am a straight male! I love both those movies.

Even still, staying on topic, I love Point Break. It is awful and stupid and yet once a year I pop it in and quote the entire script as I watch--"Just waitin' for my set...Vaya Con Dios, Man...The Expresidents are surfers!!!..."

I love One Crazy Summer. Horrible movie but my first night out after my mom died in '86, and therefore the comedy I give the most slack to.

And then there are the Bad Movie Tuesday movies, movies I watch with friends that are awful, but entertainly awful: Black Dog with Patrick Swayze, Great Balls of Fire, From Justin to Kelly, Frankenhooker, and in the shute for this month, YOU. GOT. SERVED.

[Phillycat]

23. How about Road House?

And only on Tuesdays do you watch them?

[liontamer]

20. stupid teen movies

american pie, can't hardly wait, bring it on, not another teen movie (which isn't really a guilty pleasure as it was so very clever)

[Phillycat]

26. Oh yeah those are great.

10 Thing I Hate about You

[redqueen]

31. That's my weakness as well

I love Legally Blonde. (Isn't that the one with Reese Witherspoon as the law student?)

[tigereye]

40. yeah that was cute

and vaguely feminist to boot.

Hi Redqueen!

[redqueen]

41. Hi there tig!

:hi:

[plcdude]

21. Show Girls

is still my favorite

[Phillycat]

27. yes, but that's good because it's so bad.

No one actually sincerely likes showgirls.

[plcdude]

29. right

it is just so bad.

[sundog]

51. great midnight trash - I love it

[Blue_Tires]

24. Josie and the Pussycats

lol...just one of many

[Phillycat]

28. I loved that movie!

It was all about how image is everything in our culture. I thought it was very smart, actually.

[liontamer]

42. I loved that one too

[ismnotwasm]

25. Bad horror movies

It's my dark side. I love "House of a Thousand Corpes" and the Evil dead movies. There is just no hope for me.....

[redqueen]

32. I'm the same way

I'll watch any zombie movie, and some of those REALLY REALLY suck.

[Phillycat]

34. Did you see the new Milla Jovovich video game one?

My BF even said it sucked, and he loves her.

[redqueen]

36. Not the new one

not yet... have to wait for video. But I'll watch it and like it, even if it sucks. :)

[ismnotwasm]

35. Whew,

I'm glad I'm not the only one

[redqueen]

37. Have you seen the one about the Blood Moon or whateverthehell it was?

SOOOOOO bad... worst zombies EVER... just boring people eating raw meat at the supermarket.

Oooooh! Scary!

[NYCGirl]

55. The ultimate GORY movie:

Directed and written by Peter Jackson, of "Lord of the Rings" fame. Even better, find the unrated version of the above film, entitled "Brain Dead."

[NYCGirl]

45. "The Best of Everything" is my favorite "trash" movie:

About the publishing business in Manhattan, made in the 50s. Great, glossy, soapy! (And Joan Crawford, too!)

[Phillycat]

46. Ooh, "Eyebrows" herself!

Can't say that I've seen it. I may have to check it out!

[NYCGirl]

48. It's absolutely worth it!

My favorite "non trashy" Joan Crawford movie is:

[Phillycat]

49. Now THAT I've seen.

I find her unutterably disturbing because of Mommy Dearest. Isn't that strange?

[NYCGirl]

54. I'm sure lots of people feel that way.

Ironic that "Mommie Dearest" should have played the ultimate sacrificing mom in "Mildred Pierce".

[XNASA]

47. As always, "Last Action Hero"

Ahnold spoofing Ahnold. What could be better?

[Joe Chi Minh]

50. I noticed

a lot of blokes are kind of ashamed to own up to lapping up Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns, until you start raving about them. Then they'll start quoting bits of dialogue:

"Ha! ha! ha! No-one gess away with double-crossing Tuco! Ha! ha! ha!

"Didn't you know? Everyone has a guardian angel, even a dirty scoundrel like that. That man has a golden-haired angel looking after him at all times".

"How d'he wear his piece? Was it like this? Or this-a-way? Why that would be Colonel Douglas Mortimer! A bra-a-a-ve soldier! He was the colonel of a regiment of sharpshooters in the Carolinas..", etc., etc. And now he's reduced to bounty-hunting like you!"

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

52. "Howard the Duck"

I'm a cult of one. But dammit, it had Tim Robbins and Lea Thompson.

...and a midget in a duck costume.

[Connie_Corleone]

53. Another one for Bad Horror Movies.

I can't help myself. Gargoyles, Pirahna, Evil Dead, and the movie where the older brother and sister planted people in their garden. Classic!

[noonwitch]

56. "Wild at Heart"

I love that twisted movie.