Guilty Pleasures

[buzzard]

Just to warn you -- it's a stupid movie. The soundtrack will drive you crazy. And the line above is delivered by none other than Rowdy Roddy Piper. It's a really stupid movie.

Just so you can't say I didn't warn you.

But what a FUN stupid movie.

CONSUME

buzzard

 

[barsoomcore]

Oh, yeah, Beastmaster's pretty fun. I love those weird 80's fantasy movies that came out, I guess, in the wake of Conan. The Sword and the Sorcerer, and um, well, there's probably others.

Good party fun.

 

[Olive]

UHF - How can anyone not love this movie? If you have the DVD, you must watch it with the commentary on.

I have no idea what UHF is, but the only movie I feel genuinely guilty about enjoying even slightly (and I hated it in the theatre, but I have a friend's DVD collection for a year while he's in the UK) is Cruel Intentions. and the comentary is trully hilarious. Totally dumb, but pretty damn funny.

So cratch my previous post. I don't feel guilty about liking Willow, Starship Troopers, or BTILC.

 

[Datt]

My guilty pleasure?
The first (and only the first) Beastmaster movie. I loved it; no-one else I know around here did.

I am with you on the first one. After that that got really kind of silly. I used to watch the TV show also. I was glad they had the real beastmaster do some guest spots on the show.

But let's see. My guilty pleasures, along with a few others already listed would be,

Top Secret! with Val Kilmer. It is just a bad movie, but for some reason if it is on I have to watch it.

Real Genius also with Val Kilmer. I am a Val fan. He doesn't make many good movies, but for some reason I still find a reason to like them.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Plan 9 From Outer Space. I actually enjoy this movie now. I suspect too many viewings have warped my mind. Tor Johnson is a god.

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia. Except for having the same name, no relation to the song. Kristy MacNichol, Dennis Quaid, and Mark Hamill. It doesn't get any worse/better than this.

Night of the Comet. Lots of "B" stars (Geoffrey Lewis, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran), but Mary Catherine Stewart (or is it Catherine Mary Stewart?) steals the show.

The Hulk. I enjoyed it. Except for the "Daddy was an elemental" (or whatever the heck he turned into--Mega Hulk/Sentinel/whatever) ending. That was just stupid.

 

[Tauric]

Many of these movies (Robin Hood, UHF, Big Trouble) I watch without any guilt.

Movies I am reluctant to admit liking (face to face that is, on a messageboard I seem to have no trouble ):

Starship Troopers

Star Wars ep II

Entrapment (oh, the laserbeam training scene...)

 

[Wombat]

Guilty pleasures, eh?

Well, I'm one of the few folks I know who actually liked Zardoz...

And there is something cheesiliciously fun about the old Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon serials

And finally for sheer, pointless fun there is the double-header of Earth Girls Are Easy and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

 

[reapersaurus]

Again, I'll be the one to clarify an approach:

Many of these movies are nothing to be guilty about.
Sure, they might not be cinema artistry at their best, but guess what? Not many movies worth watching are.
Many of them are classic examples of the best the genres produce, or are classic genre-breaking movies.

For example;
* Star Wars ep 2 was seen and enjoyed by millions of people - it's hardly a guilty pleasure, or anything to be ashamed about liking.
* 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.
* Big Trouble in Little China is a classic - no guiltyness there.
* Same with Army of Darkness.
* Real Genius is a classic 80's comedy. Top Secret! is a Zucker film, and close to a classic. You might as well say that Airplane! is a guilty pleasure, when it is far from guilty.
* They Live is a good 80's sci-fi film.
* Willow is one of the most loved fantasy films of all time.
*UHF is getting close to something you'd have to feel guilty about, but in my opinion, it's a classic piece of comedy. I don't see anyone feeling guilty about liking Dumb and Dumber of There's sOmething About MAry, and those are just as questionable of niche-comedys.

Some good examples of Gulty Pleasure movies mentioned are things like BeastMaster, Plan 9 form Outer Space, the Hulk, etc.

My examples of guilty pleasures are:
Oscar - I just love play-type fast-talking comedy movies. I put this up there with Clue.
Point Break - whenever this is on, I cannot turn it off.
Disclosure Same thing here.

I'd think some other Guilty Pleasures for some people might include Captain Ron, Overboard, Innerspace (seeing a theme here? ), Best of Times, Popeye, LXG, Tomb Raider, etc.

A word of advice - don't put very much weight on what "internet people" say - I have learned that they are NOT indicative of the general public, nor the prevailing opinion of films.
While it may be common to hear things like "Gladiator was a terribly written, acted, and directed piece of trash" on the internet, in real life most people think it's a great film.

 

[Bass Puppet]

Pee Wee's Big Adventure & Goonies.

 

[barsoomcore]

While it may be common to hear things like "Gladiator was a terribly written, acted, and directed piece of trash" on the internet, in real life most people think it's a great film.

Which of course doesn't help us at all -- because the proposition that the opinion of most people is more reliable than that of any particular subset of people is an indefensible one. Some subsets will be better selectors of some things -- like movie quality.

I guess where you advise putting little weight on what "internet people" say, I say learn to select people whose opinions matter to you -- regardless of the medium by which you interact with them.

For me, admitting that I liked Gladiator would be a guilty pleasure -- since I know I should know better. What you think about whether or not it SHOULD be a guilty pleasure is beside the point -- except insofar as it reveals your tastes. And the particular definition of "guilty" you subscribe to, I guess.

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.