What is the worst movie that everybody loves?

[tjwash]

My choice:

Top Gun. A 90 minute navy recruitment poster with Tom Cruise sticking out his long, throbbing air-to-air missile for all the world to see, Val Kilmer in a competition with him in an "I'm-a-bigger-asshole-than-you" contest (which had to be difficult) and guy's high fiving each other in the showers for the rest of the movie. Sorry if you joined the Navy after watching this one...

[ChompySnack]

1. Pretty Woman

Really bad, somewhat disturbing.

[Skittles]

4. extremely disturbing

it was popular with women - :puke:

[MuseRider]

112. Oh do I agree!

I thought the whole premise was disgusting and never could understand why women liked it.

[sundog]

22. agree somewhat--

I just don't get the whole Julia Roberts phenomenon...

[Rhiannon12866]

106. I don't, either

I have a male friend who thinks she's really a man.:shrug:

[BlackVelvetElvis]

2. You mean not everyone loves "Hot Rods to Hell"? n/t

[tjwash]

7. No but I was partial to "Redneck Zombies"

nt

[LostInAnomie]

18. YES!!!

I didn't think anyone else had seen it.

[devilgrrl]

3. Titanic

What a pile of crap that was!

[tcfrogs]

8. Agreed

[tjwash]

10. That one barely missed the list.

nt

[Anarcho-Socialist]

25. I agree...

...wow before now I thought I was only one who thought Titanic was the cinematic representation of vomit.

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. Fortunately I rented Titanic so saw it on the cheap.

At the Mom-and-Pop video store I patronize, they wanted me I wouldn't like it. Those endless scenes of whatsernames running down flooding corridors were like watching grass growing. Towards the end, I kept shouting "Sink!!! Goddamnit!!! Sink!!!!"

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

29. Yes

Besides the bad acting and boring plot, Titanic had an awful sound-track. I think I began disliking Celine Dion because of her association with Titanic and "My Heart Will Go On".

[Beaker]

30. Titanic without a doubt

who were those morans that were seeing it dozens of times?

it sucked big monkey balls.

[JohnLocke]

36. Agreed.

[GiovanniC]

49. My ex-girlfriend

(Then current girlfriend) didn't want me to leave her side throughout the whole movie. Which is nice and sweet until you understand that we had gotten the 512 ounce Bathtub 'o' Mountain Dew, the movie is like 18 and a half hours long, and most of it involves swooshing and rushing water.

I kept telling her that I was going to run to the men's room, but she kept saying, "No, don't leave."

Finally I just had to do what any man in my position would do. I pissed on myself.

PS (Not really)

[Burma Jones]

101. Absolutely, Titanic Stunk On Ice...............

I never heard so many actors "declaring" their lines. And then, Celine Dion. BLECCH

[ncrainbowgrrl]

103. $9.50 to see that crappy movie. Wish I had those hours of my life back.

n/t

[Skittles]

5. LOTR

it was a painful experience just seeing one of them

[Beaker]

31. says you.

the only pain involved was/is in the agonizing wait for the expanded edition(s) to come out.

[Skittles]

46. well, read the subject line

I thought it sucked.

[tjwash]

47. Did anyone else here feel an urge to complete...

...every line that Elrond said in the trilogy with "Mr. Anderson?"

[realisticphish]

91. lmao nt

[bubblesby2002]

113. Oh yes I did....

And I loved the movies

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. Ferris Beuler's Day Off

MAN I HATE that damn movie

[LWolf]

34. But...but...

Is that a garantua I see in your sigline?

I still like Ferris Bueller.

Of course, "War of the Gargantuas" was my favorite really bad monster movie as a kid.

[DS1]

9. I Spit On Your Grave. I swear, I'm skipping the next family reunion if

I have to watch this crap again :grr:

[HuckleB]

11. Forrest Gump.

Ack. It gives me the creeps just typing it.

[LDS Jock]

14. So I'm not alone!

I hate it too.

[zeemike]

62. Me too

I only saw 30 minuets of it and could never figure out how so many sat all the way through it.

[El Supremo]

12. Red Dawn

Dumb as hell, but a neat fantasy.

[AntiCoup2K4]

50. Red Dawn is one of the best comedies of the 80's

They didn't intend for it to be funny, it just is. And the irony now, that the destruction of the United States won't come from parachuting Commies dropping out of the sky and shooting up some midwestern high school, but from within this very country, and those that the Freeper-like "Wolverines" probably would have trusted wihtout question.

[Emboldened Chimp]

13. Um, most of these movies listed are actually good...

or are considered to be good. I question the veracity of this poll...

[tjwash]

15. It's crappy movies, that everyone thinks are good.

You know, box office smashes, that you saw, and left the theater saying "what the hell was THAT?"

[MrSlayer]

16. So, you read Maddox I see.

http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=five_shitty_movies

I voted for the Rocky Horror Picture Show, utter crap.

[tjwash]

17. I know, there are still goth teens that LOVE that one.

Although that is more of a cult fave, and not really a crappy movie that everyone loves...

[tjwash]

19. Maddox is Hilarious, did you see the "gift" he sent to O'liely?

http://www.maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=bill_oreilly

Gotta give a toast to him, he's a fellow UNIX-head :toast:

[juajen]

20. I nominate that great giant worm movie

with Reba McEntyre (sp.?} and Kevin Bacon. Can't remember its name, but I watch it every time it's on.

[tjwash]

21. That's "Tremors" Die hard is like that for me.

It bites, I can't stand Bruce Willis, but everytime that freakin' movie is on TNT...

[elcondor]

23. Rocky Horror

I'm a big fan of cult movies, but I've never understood this film's popularity. (I guess I'm more of a Pricilla gal! ;-) )

[NightTrain]

24. "Rocky Horror" changed my life.

I stumbled onto the cult at 17 and, for the first time ever, truly felt that I belonged somewhere. I will always be grateful to those who created that film, and to the "Rocky Horror" cultists who not only accepted me as I was, but actually liked me for it.

"Rocky Horror" forever!!! :bounce:

[geniph]

27. Same here, NightTrain

(Jeebus, I almost said 'ditto'!) I pretty much patterned my life on Rocky Horror during my late teens. I still love it. Get me tipsy and I'll sing Touch-a-touch-a-touch-me for you at the drop of a hat.

What I want to know is where is Roadhouse on this poll? That movie is a stinking festering pile of cheese, but it's strangely compelling. It's almost like you HAVE to watch it when it's on, because it is so cheneying bad!

[Beaverhausen]

26. The Hours and Pulp Fiction

although I didn't even make it all the way thru PF... :puke:

[Awsi Dooger]

77. Likewise, I walked out of Pulp Fiction to see Dennis The Menace

Tarantino is the most untalented director of alltime, based on that hideous flick. I was predicting virtually every scene and amazed anyone around me was designating it as anything but incompetent. There is nothing clever about gratuitous violence or displaced brain matter. The friends who took me to see that movie were no longer my friends for quite some time.

The simplest way to handicap taste and smarts is to ask about '94's two most famous movies, Forrrest Gump and Pulp Fiction. One is true cinematic brilliance and the other is the George W. Bush of film, actually much worse.

[stanwyck]

32. Jerry McGuire

stupid movie making. I detest all the characters. And when you have to include the "running through the airport" scene you know you're a hack. But still not as bad as "Bird on a Wire" with Goldie Hawn and Mel Gibson. That movie is Hollywood at its worst because the people involved actually had the money to make choices. And they chose a lousy script made worse by Mel's channeling the Three Stooges and Goldie pretending to be Britney Spears before there even was a Britney Spears.

[Mojambo]

70. Not only is Jerry Maguire an awful film

It just offends me in so many different ways. It's got everything that a crappy, catch phrase driven, please the idiot masses film could possibly want.

1. Stupid, irritating, no talent kid with a future heroin problem.
2. Catch phrases that even the biggest dullard can remember and parrot around the office.
3. Renee Zellwhatever and Tom Cruise in love... awww. :puke:

There is a special place in hell reserved for everyone who had anything to do with that flaming piece of buffalo crap.

[stanwyck]

81. You had me at

awful. Sorry. Really. Actually, your validation for my seething hate for this movie is very much appreciated. And didn't Cuba Gooding, Jr. win an Oscar for his part in Jerry McGuire? Imagine how the other nominees must feel. The only award this movie should have won is for hitting every Hollywood cliche while eliciting the most irritating performances of every single actor's career. And considering the actors involved, that's really an accomplishment.

[Jade Fox]

33. The Matrix

Borrrrinnngggg :boring:

[tjwash]

45. That one scene was pretty funny though...

...where we get a "Bill and Ted" flashback after roof jumping scene when Reeves looks down and goes "whoa"

[Bombtrack]

79. TOTALLY AGREE

The Matrix litterally put me to sleep BOTH times I tried to watch it.

I didn't even bother with the second and third films

I also thought Lord of the Rings was impossible to even attempt to follow without the subtitles on the DVD, and therefor makes it sucky, and it and therefor the source material are pretty racist, manifest destiny type stuff.

[JackDragna]

35. Plan 9 From Outer Space!

"You and your stupid minds. Stupid. STUPID!"

[tjwash]

43. Ed Wood Fanatic here!

If you want to see a truly AWFUL wood creation, check out "Glen or Glenda."

You get to see Bela Lugosi "PULL THE STRING--PULL THE STRING"

[Bat Boy]

51. Ed Wood has to be judged on a reverse scale...

I agree, Plan Nine is a much better movie than Glen or Glenda.

When you apply the Ed Wood Reverse Scale, this makes Plan Nine a worse film.

My head hurts...

[Heddi]

54. I love that

...Home? I have no home.....

PULL DA STRINK! PULL DA STRINK!

ha ha

[Cocoa]

37. Shawshsank Redemption

I've gotten to the point where I can sense when someone is going to say they LOVE that stupid movie. :puke:

[name not needed]

38. Really?

I LOVE The Shawshank Redemption! Didn't expect that, did ya? :)

[Cocoa]

39. I had a feeling someone was going to say that

:scared:

[Kat45]

58. I didn't like Shawshank either, and I didn't get why

everyone, including people I respected, thought it was such a great movie. I was bored with it, if I recall.

[Dookus]

40. Lost in Translation

found it nearly unbearable.

And yeah, I thought Shawshank Redemption sorta sucked, too.

[Rhiannon12866]

107. I totally didn't get "Lost in Translation"

Neither did my friend who saw it with me. But she understood more about it than I did. I just didn't see the point of it. I usually like Bill Murray. And I agree with you. I just thought it was never going to end.:thumbsdown:

[POed_Ex_Repub]

41. Moulin Rouge

About ten minutes in I was already scratching my head and going :wtf:

I mean... seriously... WTF???

[2bfree]

55. I second that on Moulin Rouge......

The way they covered songs like that really made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.

[Taverner]

42. English Patient

Elaine was 100% spot on. Worthless piece of crap movie.

[devilgrrl]

59. I loved what Frank DeCarro said on the Daily Show...

He described 'The English Patient' as a "sweeping epic about linen."

Had me rolling on the floor. :-)

[Amaya]

44. Any of the Matrix movies

suckage beyond belief :puke:

[Skittles]

48. OMG that last one

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

52. Titanic, Dances With Wolves, The English Patient

I hate all three!

[Bonhomme Richard]

53. Rocky Horor Picture Show n/t

[zeemike]

63. Rocky Horror was not a movie

It was an event.
And you may have loved it if you had been to the event when it was still magic.

[Deja Q]

56. Gladiator

Poorly written, poorly plotted, mediocrely acted.

Loved for its effects and because "That's how it was back then". :eyes:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

57. The Piano

That piece of pseudo-romantic, brain-dead trash is on my all-time honor roll of bad movies.

[chaska]

60. Willie Wonka. Anything by Mel Brooks.

[philosophie_en_rose]

65. Blasphemy!

Willy Wonka? The Producers? Worse than Julia Roberts, whom you might remember from such crap films as "Notting Hill" and "Erin Brokovich"?

[chaska]

68. Wrong! Hate Pretty Woman and never saw those other Julia R movies.

Pretty Woman, The Producers, Willie Wonka - crap is crap. I should note that I only recently saw Willie Wonka for the first time a few years ago. My twenty-one year old GF forced this then 42 year old to watch it. The end was fast upon us soon thereafter. I blame Gene Wilder.

[Skittles]

82. LOL..............................CHASKA

I'd never seen Willie Wonka - my boyfriend made me watch it and I HATED IT!!!! Here were four asshole grandparents all in beds together (what the F*** is up with that) - and that poor woman is slaving away looking after them. Then when her boy wins the trip ONE OF THOSE LAZY F***S JUMPS OUT OF BED and then the boy takes HIM instead of his MOM who has been SLAVING AWAY!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. An unrelentlessly CREEPY movie!!!

[OKNancy]

83. Don't say that

The producer of Wonka is a DU poster! Shame.
I love Wilie Wonka by the way.

[Rhiannon12866]

108. I never saw the first one, but I agree with you about Mel Brooks

When I saw "Blazing Saddles," the others I went with said I spoiled the movie for them because I didn't laugh. Sorry, but I just didn't think it was funny. But then, you already know all this.:hi:

[SmileyBoy]

61. Remember The Titans

I can't believe ESPN rated it the #1 football movie of all time.:puke:

[BigMcLargehuge]

64. The Princess Bride

Hated it the theater, hate it on cable, hated the book (I figured it HAD to be better than the movie... I was wrong).

People always bring it up to me as if to say "I'm cool... I can quote Mandy Patinkin's character's idiotic 'prepare to die' line..." As if because I write I am immediately enamored with that pedestrianly shot, poorly acted (except Wallace Shawn... he can do no wrong), badly scripted, boring, Lifetime movie network romance with dull swords and sitcom humor.

There, I've said it. I hate The Princess Bride.

Have at me.

[Amaya]

66. That is just wrong

:P

[chaska]

69. Hmm, I actually liked that 1, but 2 each his own. I have no personal stake

[fortyfeetunder]

67. Waterworld

Yeah, water water everywhere....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

71. Showgirls

Shitty acting, lousy plot but lots of eyecandy.

[sundog]

87. Showgirls is trash camp classic

I love that movie -- trash cinema at its best!

[fujiyama]

114. I caught that the other night on TV

I've seen skinemax made-for-TV movies with better plots and acting than that.

[realisticphish]

72. Happy Gilmore

and almost anything else by Adam Sandler. I start to get nauseous just THINKING about it

[tjwash]

88. Yeah but you gotta admit...

...when Bob Barker kicked the shit out of him, I was on the floor.

[realisticphish]

90. ok

yeah that WAS funny, but not worth the whole movie

[solinvictus]

73. Anything with Adam Sandler

The man's annoying as hell and I despise his movies.

[chaska]

74. And yes, ladies and gentlemen ..., we ... have ... a winner!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

109. I can't stand him, either. His appeal escapes me

He is annoying and what's with that haircut? The only movie of his that I was dragged to was "Anger Management," which wasn't as bad as I expected, but that's not saying much.:thumbsdown:

[Swamp Rat]

75. "They Call Me Trinity" starring Terence Hill.

[sir_captain]

76. American Beauty

tripe; and that's doing a disservice to tripe.

[jobendorfer]

78. Dark Star (1974)

First feature-length film by Dan O'Bannon (went on to write
_Alien_) and John Carpenter (I'm sure you've heard of him).

Worth seeing just for the "Sergeant Pinback, it's time to feed
the alien" sequence. To say nothing of the hal-9000-like
intelligent nuclear bombs programmed with a death wish and
a profound understanding of phenomenology.

J.
"Benson Arizona and the warm wind in my hair
Although I roam the galaxies my heart longs to be there"

[terrya]

80. "Xanadu"....I adore it!

I recognize that it's bad, but I've seen this wonderful film many times. What could you NOT like about Olivia-Newton John as a roller skating muse who comes to Earth to inspire a failed artist (Michael Beck)? With the legendary Gene Kelly...and a terrific soundtrack to boot.

[Paladin]

84. The Bug Movie! YES!!

Count me in as a huge fan of "Starship Troopers" (or, as it's known around my place, "The Bug Movie").

It's always fun to express enthusiasm for this flick to Heinlein True Believers---drives them even battier than they normally are. I figure that any movie that features Doogie Howser prancing around in an S.S. uniform and torturing large insects is worthwhile.....

[DuckFan4ever]

85. Tremors, of course.

It's a really dumb movie but I've seen it a dozen times. Kevin Bacon is a simple hick living in the Nevada desert running from giant worms who tunnel through rock. If it were on right now I'd be watching it. Anyone else watch this movie multiple times?

[jdsmith]

97. Really dumb on purpose

There's a certian kind of wellmade movie about dopes that I love (another example: _Dick_). And then there are moron movies that are just terrible.

[sendero]

104. I love Tremors...

... as well as Tremors 2 and 3. They made a prequel that is pretty bad tho.

Sure the movies are cheesy, but they are fun!

[tXr]

86. Sgt. Pepper - Thank God It's Friday - Duel -

:puke:

[Rhiannon12866]

110. I liked "Duel"

But maybe I was influenced by the interior of the car. It had the exact dashboard of my first car, a 1971 Plymouth Duster.
:loveya:

[LiberalTechie1337]

89. Top Gun

[HEyHEY]

92. Something about mary

[Dr Fate]

94. It does not hold up to repeated viewings, as opposed to "Meet the Parents"

SAM is funny, but once you've seen the gags, it's done.

The humor in MTP however, is so subtle & true to life- I can watch it over & over...

[Dr Fate]

93. Forrest Gump & Private Ryan.

Which both happen to Hanks films.

I like "Catch Me If You Can" though.

[jonnyblitz]

100. I thought Private Ryan was cheesy and corny as hell.

everybody LOVED that movie....

[NYCGirl]

95. Only the WORST movie ever made!

And it's wonderful!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

96. Blair Witch Project?

I admit that I went to see it when it just came out and people were flocking to the theaters and were proclaiming it the scariest movie ever made. I was somewhat impressed with the raw style at the time. But upon seeing it again on the small screen I just can't figure out how I could sit through it the first time. Maybe too much reality-type programming since Blair Witch has worn off the novelty.

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

98. Pirates of the Caribbean

I liked it, a lot. But people loved it too much.

[timtom]

99. Club Dread

I've interpreted the question to mean (and I may be wrong) a movie that I know, without a doubt, is really, really, BAD -- but for some bizarre and inexplicable reason, I like.

Club Dread is such a movie. Done by the same gang that did Super Troopers. Really bad as a teen slasher spoof. And yet...and yet... I want to see it again! Please somebody stop me!!

[Nlighten1]

102. Raising Arizona and anything by the Cohen Brothers.

[Az]

105. Had to go with Rocky Horror

It's a great experience, but a horrible movie. The reason it became the cult hit it was is exactly because of how horrible it was. It was so bad it allowed people to burst out of their masks and share in the experience. Sit down and watch it as a regular movie. Its really really bad.

[Rhiannon12866]

111. "Forrest Gump"

I don't care what anybody says, including the Academy. I found it pointless and interminable and I was totally incredulous when I learned that any other people actually liked it.:thumbsdown:

[bookfreak]

115. So I liked Top Gun, so what?

And I also liked Diehard and Starship Troopers (and even Titanic, which didn't make the list but almost did apparently).

And I even watched A Few Good Men and G.I. Jane on tv on Sunday afternoon. And I didn't hate them. So there! :evilgrin:


Geez....my taste in movies pretty much sux...

[Rhiannon12866]

116. This is a progressive forum, so we believe that everybody's entitled to

their own opinion. Two of the movies that I hated the most, "Forrest Gump" and "Places in the Heart," won for Best Picture. Go figure?:shrug:

Welcome to DU, bookfreak! I prefer books to movies, anyway!:D