Not a poll question: your most favorite unpopular film?

[Orrex]

Come on, fess up. There must be some movie out there that you really, really like, even though you know that it's not very good, and even if you kind of regret liking it.

I'll admit to liking Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, just to start the ball rolling.

[taterguy]

1. Con Air

[flvegan]

2. Oscar.

Yeah, Stallone sucks in a huge way, but I loved this movie. If Tim Curry hadn't been in it, this would not be my answer.

[fishwax]

5. Rocco the rum runner rubbed out Rico the rat for robbing his rum-running receipts

That was a funny movie :thumbsup:

[Turbineguy]

14. "It's like

disarming Germany!"

[Va Lefty]

50. "I don't want to marry Bruce Underwood! He's a snob and has pimples."

"A couple of dates with you and that will clear up."

[zanana1]

3. The City of Joy. nt

[jobycom]

4. I never regret liking anything I like, but "In The Electric Mist" might fit the bill

It's a poorly made movie of a novel I like. The scriptwriting is horrible, they take random scenes from the book that don't really tell a cohesive story (like LoTR :) ), they underuse great actors like Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman, and they take all the brilliant dialogue of the movie and rewrite it to blandness, or to irrelevance by removing the context of the dialogue. They even take Budy Guy, who is maybe one of the top five blues guitarists to ever live, and give him an acting roll and almost no music time. He can't act worth a damn, btw.

And I own a copy and watch the damn thing once a month, anyway. Maybe I'm just homesick for bayous, I don't know.

[Deep13]

6. Troy. I thought it was fantastic.

I also love the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven.

[Jade Fox]

15. Brad Pitt in a leather mini-skirt.....

What's not to love? :)

[Deep13]

19. LOL. I liked his character and his nihilistic and laconic view of the world.

When warned that his non-participation will result in the defeat of Greece: "Someone has to lose."

Plus I liked the conflict between rationality and religion. One way to criticize religion safely is to use an extinct religion. Every time Priam relies on the gods, he gets fucked.

[WinterParkDonkey]

24. Yes...

I saw that post. I bought the DVD set of Kingdom of Heaven and there is a feature that has a lot of interesting info. on it.

[caitxrawks]

54. ohhhhh brad.

And Orlando...and Eric...*drool*

[AllenVanAllen]

7. That would be Ron Howard's "Willow"

Battle with the Eborsisk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbzxuXTmruI

[Orrex]

18. Well how about that.

I haven't seen it in years, but I had no idea that it was a Ron Howard film. I knew that Lucas was very vocal in his support of it, though, so I sort of assumed that he'd directed it.

I recall one of Lucas' quite brilliant comments about it at the time, which I paraphrase here:

My story is criticized for being derivative, while Rambo is praised for "reworking the genre."

Lucas was specifically referring to the baby-in-a-basket scene, as well as others, for which his story was fairly harshly criticized.

Still, for my money, Willow is about the best of the standalone fantasy films of the 70s, 80s, or 90s. That Eborsisk (a name I didn't know until your post) was awesome!

[AllenVanAllen]

31. Ron Howard sort of co-directed it with Lucas

He gave Lucas a lot of creative say, like Spielberg did with Raiders of the Lost Ark. Howard said he would never do that again.
The Eborsisk ranks up there as one of Phil Tippet's best pre-CG animation scenes. It was worth the price of admission for me. :)

I dug Remo Williams btw. I can dodge bullets now because of Chiun.

[darkstar3]

32. It's not unpopular among my friends.

In fact, I don't think I know anyone IRL who has seen the movie that didn't love it. And now that I remember I have it on DVD, I may have to break it out tomorrow. :)

[AllenVanAllen]

36. I can dig it.

"Ooh, I'm really scared. No! Don't! There's a- a peck here with an acorn pointed at me!"

[justgamma]

8. The Postman. n/t

[TZ]

9. Xanadu

And yes, I own the album too. SHUT UP SYMARIP!!! :P

[Deep13]

21. .

[Mad_Dem_X]

59. The soundtrack is awesome!

I'm going in May to see the stage version of Xanadu. I can't fucking wait!

[Biker13]

10. "Meatballs"

With Bill Murray.

Just...be kind!

Biker's Old Lady

[Deep13]

20. I would, but it just doesn't matter.

:evilgrin:

[Biker13]

23. Thank You...

It's been a secret for years!

I'm just so happy to know someone else knows this film exists!

"And even if we win, if we win, HAH! Even if we win! Even if we play so far above our heads that our noses bleed for a week to ten days; even if God in Heaven above comes down and points his hand at our side of the field; even if every man woman and child held hands together and prayed for us to win, it just wouldn't matter because all the really good looking girls would still go out with the guys from Mohawk because they've got all the money! It just doesn't matter if we win or we lose. IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER!"


Biker's Old Lady

[Orrex]

25. I love that movie!

And its sequels make it look like Citizen Kane!


Lots of fun--an entirely serviceable goofball flick.

[Biker13]

27. Good Lord!

Thanks,Orrex!

Suddenly, I don't feel so...ashamed anymore!

Biker's Old Lady

[RoyGBiv]

33. That's unpopular?

Now, Meatballs II ...

[rcrush]

11. Death to Smoochy

Everything thinks they are so damn cool for hating that movie. Well SUCK IT that movie was AWESOME!

[Glorfindel]

41. Yes, it was

I thought I was the only one who liked it! :hi:

[sakabatou]

44. Yes it was awesome

[mcctatas]

12. I love bad big budget movies...

Armageddon, Independence Day, Gladiator. Ya know, macho bullshit that would never happen in real life

[GoCubsGo]

13. Speed Racer

Too long and too busy, but still entertaining. Matthew Fox as Racer X--hubba hubba!

[WinterParkDonkey]

16. My picks....

Even though it wasn't strictly by the book, I really liked Troy. I also liked "Kingdom of Heaven". I am a fencer and a history buff and anything that makes people more aware of swordsmanship and history or ancient literature is a good thing to me. I also liked "Valkyrie" with Tom Cruise.

[bigwillq]

22. Did you see this post?

:shrug:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=9309724&mesg_id=9309784

[jobycom]

29. I liked all those. nt

[Jade Fox]

17. Catwoman....

I thought Halle Berry was great!

Also, the 1980ish version of Clash of the Titans. Love those old fashioned special effects.

[Orrex]

26. I just watched Clash of the Titans last night

Turner Classic Movies ran it @ 10:00PM.


Sure, the stop motion effects look very dated, but considered with in its genre and its contemporaries, it stands up quite well. For my money, it's leaps and bounds better than anything cast in the Hercules or Zena mold, and it's greatly superior to any of NBC's various mytho-fantasy epics.

[AllenVanAllen]

28. Ron Howard sort of co-directed it with Lucas

He gave him a lot of creative say, just like Spielberg did with Raiders of the Lost Ark. Howard said he would never do that again.
The Eborsisk ranks up there with some of Phil Tippet's best pre-CG animation work. It was worth the price of admission for me. :)

I dug Remo Williams btw. Chiun taught me to dodge bullets too.

[Orrex]

30. IIRC, Willow included the first cinematic use of digital morphing

Near the end, when Willow's trying to turn the good enchantress back into a human, he sends her through a series of transformations. The sequence used the now-primitive but then-amazing morphing technique, which I found tremendously cool.

[RoyGBiv]

34. Howard the Duck ...

I'm not ashamed.

[Alexander]

35. Logan's Run

I'd say "They Live", but I consider that to be a really good movie.

[Tabasco_Dave]

37. The Road To Wellville

very funny and underrated.

[Burma Jones]

58. +1

We were watching it on Cable when my wife went into labor.....I told her to laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWQ9iwXwEeA

[lazarus]

38. I agree with Remo, add the Matrix trilogy

I'm one of about a dozen people who like the second and third Matrix movies.

[Iggo]

39. Chronicles Of Riddick. (n/t)

[mitchum]

40. Imitation of Life

[Glorfindel]

42. "The Golden Compass"

I still can't understand why it wasn't a gigantic hit.

[CBGLuthier]

43. Zardoz

Everyone hates and ridicules it for having Sean Connery in a red loin cloth but I thought it was attempting to do serious, if a little pretentious, SF.

I also like Remo Williams.

[Ikonoklast]

47. When my Dad saw it , he thought it was just a way to get every unemployed English actor a job.

And off the dole for at least a short time.

[Broken_Hero]

45. Ice Pirates...

"I hope no one minds but I have no intention of facing this sober. "

[Soylent Brice]

52. +1

[bif]

46. Waterworld

[Odin2005]

48. Armageddon.

[HopeHoops]

49. Benny & Joon.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

51. Waterworld, Joe Versus the Volcano. nt

[Soylent Brice]

53. Killer Clowns From Outer Space, The Last Temptation of Christ, the list goes on forever.

and for the record, Remo Williams is a BAD ASS movie.
i'm still amazed to this day that more people don't know what it is.

i also someone mention upthread about Ice pirates. That's another one for me.

[Moondog]

55. Conan the Barbarian ....

... I'm so ashamed ....

[BreweryYardRat]

56. "Bram Stoker's Dracula." n/t

[kwassa]

57. Angels and Demons

just watched it while folding laundry. It served the purpose well. Sequel to the Da Vinci Code.

It made me think how the Catholic Church invites conspiracy theorists due to its penchant for secrecy, such as the extreme cover-up for pedophile priests.

[Kat45]

60. I don't love it, but I do enjoy "Paradise Alley."

One of the unsuccessful Stallone movies that followed "Rocky."