Guilty Pleasures

[Pants]

Innerspace?
That was such a great, wacky movie. I'd hardly call it a guilty pleasure.

 

[Villano]

Alien Resurrection: This movie dosen't really turn bad until the Newborn shows up. I just like to pretend that the final 20 minutes of the movie didn't happen.

I agree totally. I can't imagine, when the Newborn showed up on the set, people saying, "Wow! That looks great!" That was the crappiest-looking monster I've seen in a big-budget film.

Showgirls
Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (aka Dracula's Dog)
Twins of Evil (identical twin Playmates in a Hammer film? Sign me up!)
Dracula A.D. 1972: Super-swingin' horror baby, yeah! Caroline Munro is absolutely luscious, 'tho she's only in about a third of the film. Do not, I repeat, do not watch this while stoned or overly drunk. You will hurt yourself. A personal favourite, I make sure to watch it at least once a year, preferably with Twins of Evil.

Showgirls is so horrible, it's funny. There was a great review that said that Esterhaus (sp?) not only writes women like he's never met one, but as if they are some strange, mythical creature on which he was too lazy to research.

Zoltan will have a special place in my heart along with all the cheesy movies that Commander USA used to show on Groovie Movies back in the '80s.

And Dracula, A.D. 1972 rocks! It reminds me in a way of Marvel's old Tomb Of Dracula comic. And I love any movie made in the '70s which is so dated, it was out of fashion 2 minutes after it hit the screen.

Sing with me: I'm an Alligator Man! An Alligator Man!

Never saw Twins of Evil (one of the few Hammers I haven't). I hear it's supposed to be making its way to dvd, so I'm keeping an eye out for it.

Andy Sidaris films--You may not know who he is, but Andy Sidaris makes the most entertainingly bad 'R' rated skin flicks around. Stuff like Malibu Express, Hard Hunted, Enemy Gold, Dallas Connection, Savage Beach. You know, those late night movies on Cinemax where Julie Strain plays either a world-reknowned spy or an infamous assassin? THOSE films. For my money, the most fun low budget T&A flicks ever.

Sidaris is actually a multi-Emmy winning tv director. He gave up tv for direct-to-video T&A action films. You have to love that guy. Probably makes alot more money now, too. He's releasing all his movies on dvd. He's even doing some in boxsets.

As for my guilty pleasures:

Hell Comes To Frogtown

Conquest - Lucio "Zombie" Fulci's stab at fantasy, with some Frazetta and Quest for Fire tossed in for good measure.

Battlefield: Earth - So beautifully, beautifully bad.

Also, anything by Spanish horror actor (director, producer, writer) Paul Naschy, Mexican horror films from the '50s, Fillipino horror/exploitation movies (especially Brides Of Blood, aka Brides Of Blood Island, aka Brides Of The Beast), Al Adamson films, Hammer Films, old-school kung-fu, old movies with gorillas in them (the faker the costume, the better ), caveman movies, and Masked Mexican Wrestler movies (expecially Santo Contra La Hija Del Frankenstein and Santo Vs Dr. Death).

 

[Fast Learner]

If we're talking TV, then Trading Spaces (who else thinks Amy and Gen have something going on?)

Oh absolutely. I also pray that Paige (who I otherwise hate) and Gen have something going on. In fact every time I see or hear Paige I begin slightly revulsed and then I mentally pair her with Gen, and POOF she's tolerable.

and Nigella Lawson on FoodTV.

Oh my sweet lord, Nigella Lawson.

God yes. Absolutely stunning. I just watch (and listen!), mouth agape, for the duration of the show. Hard to believe such a sexy woman is real.

Sorry, what was the topic?

 

[barsoomcore]

Sorry, what was the topic?

Topic? Who brought a topic? What?

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Well, if we're doin' the Val Kilmer thing, I gotta say the newest version of Island of Dr. Moreau. I really dug this, too bad very few others did.

And I'm Gonna Get You Sucka.

 

[Dark Jezter]

* Starship Troopers is an incredibly-misunderstood movie. Simultaneously a great action flick (war movie) with amazing effects while at the same time a statement about Fascism and Patriotism-taken-too-far.

No, if Starship Troopers was misunderstood, then people would like it.

As it is, the movie features acting that's even worse than Star Trek, incredibly bad dialogue, hit-and-miss special effects (the large-scale battle scenes looked good, but the brain bug was just stupid looking), and a cast that looks like they were pulled out of a GAP commercial. The movie also abandons the power suits worn by the Mobile Infantry in the novel and replaces them with WWII-style large-scale infantry assaults (and for some reason, they don't get any air or artillery support). Paul Verhoeven abandoned the novel's message about personal sacrifice and proving oneself as a follower before becoming a leader, and instead chose to makee a (poorly-done) satire of patriotism and the military. But then again, I expected as much from the person who brought us Showgirls and Hollow Man.

I don't think I can continue along this thread without drifing into the political, but to sum things up, I would definately consider Starship Troopers a bad movie. So, it could definately be a guilty pleasure.

 

[reapersaurus]

You don't think Top Secret is a guilty pleasure but that Disclosure should not be -- which is perfectly fine, but doesn't mean somebody else might hold opposite opinions. Neither of you would be wrong. It's impossible to be incorrect about what makes you feel guilty.

True, however I think what may have bearing here is whether the movie has a "Cult Classic" reputation or status, as well as the genre they're in.

Top Secret! is so out-there and zany, it's hard to call it a guilty pleasure, since it's entire existence is as a niche movie. It was made for a small market, and it succeeded in what it tried to do. Same as Big Trouble in Little China and many of the other movies that (IMO) have been incorrectly listed here as Guilty Pleasures.
Further, it has a good "reputation". Meaning, that it is remembered fondly by MANY many people.

A movie like Disclosure doesn't exactly have too many defenders out there, on the internet or in real life.
I'd bet that the average person doesn't remember it, even though it came out fairly recently and was a big movie at the time.
It just has been forgotten, and has no "reputation" nor is it a cult film by any stretch of the word. I don't think many people thought it was a good film, even in its genre. I just like it, and have difficulty turning it off when it does come on (TNT, invariably).

In a thread like this on DVDFile, the movie's Rotten Tomatoes rating was used as a barometer of a film's Guilt-Ratio.

For example, Top Secret! has a rating of 79% fresh - hardly a movie to be embarassed about enjoying... (although I think there may be a bit of revisionist history going on with that rating - I don't remember it being so well received when it came out.)

 

[BluWolf]

I'm sorry but I will sing the praises of Hudson Hawk from any mountain. I love that movie. NO ONE else I know personally does. I laugh my fool head off from one end of that flick to the other.

Guilty pleasure..

Sniper with Tom Berringer. Man what a weak a$$ premise and script. Can't turn it off.

MTV Cribs. I don't know I guess I'm just a bling monkey.

Mommie Dearest. Come on, no truer portayal of damaged humanity film exists.

ANYTHING WITH SANDRA BULLOCK. I could watch her eat celery.

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

Something I would never admit to enjoying in public is Cannibal the Musical.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Does Big Trouble in Little China count in this regard?

buzzard

Absolutely not! BTiLC is an awesome flick!

I'll just be parrotting most of the res tof you but here goes

Willow - Mad Martigan inspired many a D&D chracter 'You are great!'

Predator 2 - in many ways I liked this one more than the first. The sceen with the Pred healing himself up was freaking cool!

Mystery Men - goofy and silly - I love the sceen with Cpat Amazing strapped to the bad guys death machine when the MM's find him.

Point Break - yeah that stupid Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze surfer dude film. I don't know why but it has some kind of evil hold over me - I watch it everytime I see it listed on TV (back when I had TBS that was about every 2 months ).

The Rock - I hate Nicolas Cage and even Sean Connery can barely save the over worked and under-thought plot for this but I looooove the gun battles and those wicked cool chemical 'beads'