Name a movie you like that you are embarassed to admit to..fess up

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

I love Cannonball Run...yep there it is...come on your turn. The funny thing is that it's probably considered a classic on the Free Republic.

[Davion]

1. Hudson Hawk

I have seen it at least twenty times and LOVE it!

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

3. Wow...that movies so bad I've never even heard of it!!!!

Who was in it? From what time period?

[Davion]

11. Bruce Willis

Sure he's a Freeper, but the movie is GREAT!!!!! It is a send-up of his usual Die Hard nonsense and hits the mark PERFECTLY.

I just remember watching Andie McDowell(sp?) walking away from a talking/flashing crucifix and Hudson saying "Catholic girls are SCARY".

The critics all expected another Willis shoot-em-up, and the marketing idiots sold it that way, but this was the precursor to Fifth Element. The bad reviews were based on expectations. If you went and saw The Naked Gun expecting an intense crime drama..... ah well, you get the point.

Three point five out of four stars. Check it out. Just expect a send up of the usual Willis move, not another.... uh.... (hell, I can't think of a serious one besides Die Hard).

[Huckebein the Raven]

42. You're not alone. I love that movie as well

[tjwash]

56. That one's a guilty little pleasure of mine also.

nt

[gmoney]

93. The Hawk has its moments...

If you can get your hands on the Richard E Grant memoir, he has some great stories to tell from the days of making that movie.

I'm sure the guy who wrote "The DaVinci Code" cribbed it all from Hudson Hawk.

[lady raven]

2. Xanadu!

(hiding)

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

7. Ya GOTTA BELIEVE WE ARE MAGIC NOTHING CAN GET IN OUR ..

WAY!!!! WOO-HOO WAY TO GO BUDDY!!!!

[lady raven]

25. HEY!

Now it's stuck in my head!

[vixengrl]

95. You've got to believe we are magic--

don't let your aims
ever stray,
and if all your hopes survive--
destiny will arrive.

I'll bring all your dreams alive
for you.

Oh Terpsicore and the rest of the Muses, if that wasn't my favorite movie when I was like, nine or ten. Olivia Newton John was my hero. "Grease" was the second movie I saw in a theater ever ("Star Wars" was the first--and I so wanted to be her. I got the sondtracks to "Xanadu" and "Grease" and played them on my tape recorder forever singing along. Although I know people who appreciate "Grease" and know *that* soundtrack (because it was on Broadway and whatnot) most people I know do not get choked up when they hear:

Suddenly, the wheels are in motion
and I...I'm ready to sail any ocean,
suddenly, I don't need the answers,
cause I...I'm ready to take all my chances
with you.

And for a little while, it was on HBO (The Early Years) even more than "Beastmaster." (Marc Singer, later to be extra super studly cool in "V". Yes, I am a geekgirl. My own geekmovie thing is ALL HIGHLANDER FILMS (even Highlander II and Endgame) and of course--the "Revenge of the NErds" oevre.

[DrZeeLit]

39. That is so weird. I just downloaded that song last week, and

I've been playing it in my car.
It's a good sing-along driving song.

I'm writing a novel involving magic, and I have been playing all sorts of songs with "magic" themes or words.

But, I think it really applies
And hey! Olivia is a good role model, breast cancer survivor and all.

Kerry On!

[Kipepeo]

77. Love of Xanadu is not to be hidden

it is to be shared with the world.

:D

[UdoKier]

94. Definitely Xanadu.

As a kidd, Olivia Newton-John was my female ideal in every way.

Apparently Xanadu has a big gay following. I also like dance music.

What can I say?

[rot0r_head]

4. Starship Troopers

Depending on how you watch it, it's either the worst SciFi/war flick in existence or the world's most brilliant deadpan satire you'll ever see.

[Lexingtonian]

27. hey, I liked it

The worst kind of B film making in parody, and at the same time an overt reminder that most American sci/fi is offspring of the settlement of the Western U.S.- utopianism and Indian massacres. Pretty brutal by Bradbury.

As for vacuousness and bad movies with a BIG wink, I confess to having seen 'Suddenly Susan'.

[Jean Louise Finch]

5. Desperado

Which caused a nearly fanatic obsession for Antonio Banderas in me. Which is also embarassing.

[mrbassman03]

81. What the hell? Desperado rocks!

I am not embarrassed to admit that! C'mon, everybody should see this movie!

[jdots]

6. Rocky & Bullwinkle is that SO WRONG !

" you talkin to me ? " why did people hate this movie ? then again i like Steven Segal films

[Dookus]

8. Trog

one of my favorite movies of all time. Joan Crawford as an aging anthropologist who discovers a murderous troglodyte, and as expected, comes to love him. Then he kills her. Awesome flick.

[TransitJohn]

9. Rudy

Makes me cry when he gets the sack at the end.

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

14. That movie isn't in the same league as the other waste of celluloid

in this list...LOL!! Its too good. Actually,I've never seen it but people have told me they like it.

[TransitJohn]

18. If I have to pick a BAD movie

It's got to be The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Too funny.

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

21. Isn't that the movie with the line,"Where ever ya go...there ya are"?

something like that? I always thought that was a good line...hope its the same movie.

[vixengrl]

Yes!!! That is the one.

And all the aliens were named John something (like our next Pres and VP, hopefully?) My favorite name? John BigBootie.

[Bridget Burke]

34. Fie upon you! "Buckaroo Banzai" is not a bad movie.

It's one of the major cult films of all time--the apotheosis of silliness & 80's fashions. Too bad they never made the sequel.

[TransitJohn]

69. I meant "bad" in a good way

I love it, its just that almost everybody else can't stand it. I once read it described as "that silly movie for smart people."

"Hey, what's that watermelon there for?"
"I'll tell you later."

Plus, is there a better name in cinema ever than John Smallberries?

[JSJ]

10. 'mother, jugs, and speed'

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

16. MMMMM...Raquel the sexiest woman to ever walk the planet...

so at least it has some redeeming qualities.

[JSJ]

20. i'm not that embarrassed anymore- thanks!

[eleonora]

12. Spaceballs....

Yes, I own it.

[TransitJohn]

13. True story.

I lost my virginity watching Spaceballs.

[realisticphish]

54. why are you embarrassed?

i own it too, and will shout it to the world; mel brooks is a genious...


:hippie: The Incorriigible Democrat

[ghostsofgiants]

15. Dude, Where's My Car?

Fucking hilarious movie.

[TransitJohn]

17. "Zoltan!"

With the hands in the Z. Too much.

[ghostsofgiants]

23. Exactly! Haha...

One of the most absurd movies ever made. I love it.

[flygal]

19. ok ok - I own Grease .....

.......and Grease 2 (head down in shame)

I can't believe I admitted that on a public forum.

[Champ]

22. Steel

I liked it, it had potential but it just fell flat. I even admit it was a really bad movie but I can't help myself from liking it but Shaq is a BAD ACTOR and all the basketball references were unnecessary. But I like to watch and laugh everytime it comes on. It's so bad it's good :D

Also Vanilla Sky, heard it was lousy but I liked it :)

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Vanilla Sky was amazing.

Whoever said it was lousy just has no taste.

[mrbassman03]

83. Yes it was, watched it again last night...

Amazing soundtrack as well... Radiohead, R.E.M., Sigur Ros. Awesome!

[cedahlia]

101. Vanilla Sky

The video store clerk practically begged my husband and I not to rent it...said it was the worst movie she'd ever seen and they'd had customers who rented it demand their money back after renting it. I told her that only made me want to see it more.

I thought it was great, and for me that is saying something because I really can't stand Diaz or Cruz. I do love everything Cameron Crowe does though, and having Jason Lee in it also helped. So anyway, yeah, I don't understand why this film is so passionately hated...I say Mr. Crowe is a genius and has yet to make a bad film! :thumbsup:

[Dukakis88]

26. "The Matrix..."

...I'm only embarassed to say it because the two sequels were so inexcusably lame they made me ashamed to like the first one.

[OneBlueSky]

28. well, if you must know . . . "Trading Places" . . .

"Looking good, Louis . . ."

"Feeling good, Billy Ray . . ." :)

[NewJeffCT]

64. come on - nothing to be ashamed of there.

Every straight male in the country & beyond likes that movie for the Jamie Lee Curtis topless scene.

[gmoney]

96. "Once you had a man with no legs baby, you'll never go back..."

[Cats Against Frist]

103. Oh, I love that movie

one of the favorites of my teen years.

[Historic NY]

29. well

The Blue Brothers, but don't tell anyone.

Other old favorites: 12 O'Clock High with Gregory Peck.
High Noon - Gary Cooper and most of the early John Wayne westerns.

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Roadhouse

Utter piece of crap that i cannot miss anytime it's on. I know it's bad, but i watch it anyway. The whole thing, every time!

Guilty pleasure.
The Professor

[dolo amber]

31. Overboard - Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn

Dunno, it makes me laugh. :D

[Magrittes Pipe]

41. What a lame-ass movie.

"Ishtar," on the other hand, rocks.

[dolo amber]

44. Oh, it's a completely shite movie.

Incidentally, loads of things that are completely shite make me laugh. :P

[Magrittes Pipe]

50. Hey! I take exception to that!

x(

[nicolemrw]

60. ohmigawd!

another person who liked ishtar! i thought i was the only one!

i also liked "jewel of the nile" (the sequel to romancing the stone")

[Mallifica]

32. The Cutting Edge n/t

[July]

33. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

I have very fond memories of watching it with my mom and sibs and of singing along to the album with them.

[yvr girl]

80. It's a classic childhood movie

nothing to be ashamed of.

[Lavender Brown]

35. Ten Things I Hate About You

I quote from it all the time.

[realisticphish]

55. hey

julia stiles is hot! :)


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[mrbassman03]

84. That's really not that bad...

Not too terrible at all. And it was filmed in Seattle, which bumps it up 10 points. Though they showed some of the most ridiculous crap (paddle boat in Lake Union, paintballing at Gasworks...)

[Tikki]

36. Into The Night......

White Castle, Hackers, The Parent Trap (tom), Baby Boom...there's more.

[cedahlia]

105. Baby Boom

manages to suck me in every time I surf by it on TNT or TBS or whatever...it's evil, I tell ya! Definitely a fun, guilty pleasure!

And Parent Trap is an awesome movie...I own it on DVD!!! (Yeah, I'm a dork.) ;)

[terrya]

37. "The Attack of the Amazing Colossal Latino"

A VERY unusual gay porn movie. :-)

[Crankie Avalon]

38. I kinda liked "Willow" when I came across it on TV...

...Billie Bartie, Val Kilmer acting silly, Joanne Whalley looking beautiful, old ladies beating the crap out of each other...I don't know.

I even got a little misty when the Willow guy came home to the little people village and his wife ran out to hug him. :eyes:

[Kelli372]

40. Grease 2

I wanna coooool rider...a cool cool cool cool rider

[flygal]

59. we're gonna scooooore tonight - I fessed up too

[chiburb]

43. "Somewhere In Time" (with Superman and Jane Seymour)

I've actually cried...

[CanuckAmok]

47. RICHARD!!! RI-I-I-I-I-I-C-H-H-H-A-A-R-R-R-R-R-R-D!!!!!!!!!

N/T

[chiburb]

49. Sniffles.

:cry:

[Skittles]

45. VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

a dreadful piece of crap I never miss when they show it on TV

[Magrittes Pipe]

52. BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

:hi:

[Skittles]

57. can you believe I have never see that?

didn't Roger Ebert write it or something?

[flamingyouth]

67. No shame in that!

Not only do I love it, I can practically recite.

But then, I am shameless. :(

[sundog]

99. Absolute trash/camp classic! hedges... that movie is great, no shame

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

46. The Cannonball Run IS A CLASSIC

[CanuckAmok]

48. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

It was a fun romp. Gorgeous set desgn. What's not to like?

[Magrittes Pipe]

51. "Peyton Place" -- but "Return to Peyton Place" is even better!

:D

[SarahB]

53. Dumb and Dumber

[mrbassman03]

87. Hell, thats a classic.

What did you sell Lloyd?
Oh, a few baseball cards, a sack of marbles... Petey...
What? Lloyd! Petey didn't even have a head!!!
Harry, I took care of it....

Pretty bird, pretty bird... Polly want a cracker?

[stlchic]

58. Clash of the Titans

"Release the Kraken!!"

:crazy:

[NewJeffCT]

61. I loved that movie when I saw it

Granted, the robot owl seems a little hokey looking back... but, when I was a kid, it was cool.

[stlchic]

66. A lot of parts of it were hokey

"How dare you compare your daughter's beauty to mine!!!"

yet I never missed the TNT re-runs (when they still ran it on a regular basis).

But what a cast, huh?

Lawrence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress, Burgess Meredith, Harry Hamlin...

:thumbsup:

[Jade Fox]

104. Last of the great cheesy special effects movies.

[animuscitizen]

62. Pretty in Pink--corny and cute...

I love when Ducky lip syncs and dances to Otis Redding, as a tribute to Molly Ringwald.

[nicolemrw]

63. message from space

a truly dreadful japanese star wars rip-off. i never laughed so much in my life when i saw it, and i'd love to see it again.

[redqueen]

65. Kentucky Fried Movie

I love it!

oh and on edit, add Hawk the Slayer - I love that one too!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

68. Last Action Hero

Plus Xanadu, Cannonball Run, and a few others already named here.

Edit: no (nt). There is (t).

[Cerridwen]

70. TRON - just further proof of my geekiness - n/t

[Maiden England]

71. Oh Man, Tron was excellent

Don't be embarrassed

[Cerridwen]

78. Thank you. I've spent most my life with non-geek friends

during a time it wasn't "cool" for girls to be geeky. I've taken a lot of ribbing over some of my movie choices.

:hi:

[qnr]

88. Didn't I just hear something about a TRON remake?

I liked it too, by the way.

[Cerridwen]

89. You know, now that you "say" that, I think I've heard that.

Wouldn't that be too cool with the technology available now.

Do you think the command program would look like Bill Gates?

Okay, I'm sick. It's a disease.

:silly:

[Dukakis88]

90. They recently did a sequel as a computer game: Tron 2.0.

It wasn't as good as the movie, unfortunately. It was a first-person shooter like Doom, but with better graphics. There is a storyline told in the game about having to enter the computer and fight to stop a new evil computer system, but it doesn't quite take off. The lightcycle part of the game looks great but is incredibly hard because you are essentially travelling at the same speed as depicted in the film, and trying to control that with the arrow keys.

[Cerridwen]

91. Ew. With arrow keys? Can't you use a stick on it? Geez,

they even have a joy-stick on the Enterprise.

[DrZeeLit]

72. Love Actually

Just had it on in the background again tonight.

[Maiden England]

76. I loved that movie

[qnr]

73. Ishtar & The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!

The Gnome Mobile was cute too

[Maiden England]

74. FLASH, ahhhahhh SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE

Flash Gordon is my axe to bear...

[BoX o BooX]

75. Yentl

God help me, I know it's dreck, but I love it.

[Kipepeo]

79. Speed

I can't help it. I love it when she says "There's Gum in my seat....Gum!" in order to get away from that creep.

Greatest_excuse_ever.

Well, actually a close second to "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" when Romy says that she cut her foot and her shoe is filling up with blood...and then she limps away.

[yvr girl]

82. Twister - I saw it in the theatre 4 times.

I also own it. It's strangely compelling to me. Maybe I should move to Oklahoma or one of the other flat states.

[Champ]

97. Same here

I watch that movie atleast 100 times, I own the movie. It is strangely compelling to me as well. I almost used Twister as my answer earlier in this thread.

[telex54]

85. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

I'm by no means a Star Trek fan(it's Star WARS for me) but that movie is great. :think:

[Redleg]

86. Debbie Does Duluth.

A horrible movie.

[SoCalDem]

92. The Happening..

:)

[Hello_Kitty]

98. The Sound of Music!!!

I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned yet. I love it. I know every word by heart. I AM Liesl when I'm singing "I Am Sixteen Going on Seventeen" in the garden. And when the Mother Superior sings "Climb Every Mountain" to the Baron and Maria I'm a goner.

[Cats Against Frist]

100. Showgirls

I could watch it one-thousand times. And I am a girl, and I'm not attracted to other girls -- so it's not for the prurience. It's strictly for the storyline and the acting.

[alittlelark]

102. South Park - Bigger, Longer and Uncut

it was truly disgusting, but full of guilty laughter

[tigereye]

106. Breakfast Club

I had this crush on Judd Nelson at the time. That bad boy look, sigh.