Guilty Pleasures

[johnsemlak]

Sword and the Socerer- Great movie when I was like 10. Great movie still. I need one of those three bladed swords. I still don't know how the blades come back after he shoots it but who cares. Own it on DVD.

Has anyone ever statted out that three-bladed sword for 3.5?

 

[PowerWordDumb]

Robot Jox: "I thought only we had the green laser!", "One, two, three, four - I declare a thumb war!"

 

[BrooklynKnight]

They Live by John Carpenter.

"I came here to chew bubblegum and kick a$$."

(cocks shotgun)

"And I'm all out of bubblegum."

Holy $$$$, Duke Nukem stole that?!

 

[Dark Jezter]

I'll second Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. I love that movie.

I'm going to make another contribution to the list that I'll probably get yelled at for, since this is a movie that internet people love to hate...

Pearl Harbor: Okay, I'm going to begin by saying that I hate the love story in this movie. In fact, the first hour of this movie could pretty much be skipped entirely. What I do love about this movie is the special effects, sceneray, and cinematography, as well as the scenes that feature the leaders on each side in the days leading up to the bombing. The bombing scene itself is both breathaking with its visuals and chilling when you remember that it's based on an actual event. I still get cold chills whenever I see the Hawaiian sky filled with Japanese fighters and bombers.

 

[Zaukrie]

My wife says I should feel guilty about Top Secret, but I think it is funny and never feel guilty about watching it.

Now, the Victoria Secret fashion show, that I feel guilty about watching

Given how many people slammed them on the "worst" movie thread, I guess I should feel guilty about SW1 and SW2, but I don't get that.

For some reason, my mind is a blank. I was going to start this thread, and even had 2 other moview I was going to name, I guess work has sapped my soul again today.

 

[Scarbonac]

Dude, Giant Robo rules. No apologies needed there! I think we should add Inframan, as well.

At the risk of appearing to be a supa-wuss (though I was no more than 10 at the time), I cried when

Spoiler

Giant Robot sacrificed himself, against Jonny's orders, to save the world from Emperor Guillotine by flying them both into an asteroid

.

 

[Rackhir]

The only film that I watch that I would consider a true guilty pleasure is "Barb Wire".

Most of the films listed in here are movies that people seem to feel strongly about one way or the other (I hate Willow for example, but consider Big Trouble in Little China and Top Secret to be some of the greatest movies ever made). These are all movies that are at least well made, with decent acting and a plot that doesn't make you cringe at the sheer stupidity of it all. I don't think that kind of movie can truly count as a guilty pleasure. A guilty pleasure has to be the kind of movie that you would hesistate to mention you enjoy, lest people think less of you.

Barb Wire however, is a film with essentially no redeeming features. It exploits blatantly Pam's body, the plot is a poorly conceived rewrite of Casablanca, none of the characters are interesting or especially well acted, it isn't even faithful to it's source material (a very old comic).

However, there's just something about the movie that endears it to me. Part of it is that Pamela Anderson just looks soooo good sneering while wearing skin tight black leather. Part of it is that as a friend pointed out to me, in many ways Barb Wire IS what Casablanca was supposed to be. A B-Movie made as a throw away. Casablanca just happened to wind up with great actors and a script that has struck an eternal chord in people. Barb Wire was .... not so lucky. Plus I like Pam, she's so disarmingly frank and simply just doesn't take herself too seriously.

 

[jdavis]

Well Hudson Hawk was already mentioned, I loved that movie. Anybody else seen Hardware? Great movie. But when you get right down to it my real guilty pleasure movie would have to be Streets of Fire. When people ask you what your favorite movie of all time is and you say Streets of Fire then you really know something about a guilty pleasure movie. You combine the 1950's with early 1980's pop music, add in as much bad Michael Pare acting as you can fit, throw in a little Rick Moranis trying to act serious, then top it off with a very young Willem Dafoe in hip waders and you got the makings of pure 80's movie crap. Star Wars has nothing in Streets of Fire, it's my all time favorite movie bar none, heck I even own the soundtrack.

 

[Lady Mer]

But when you get right down to it my real guilty pleasure movie would have to be Streets of Fire. When people ask you what your favorite movie of all time is and you say Streets of Fire then you really know something about a guilty pleasure movie.

You're kidding! You mean I'm NOT the only person to have seen this film? I absolutely love the movie, and I've never been able to find anyone else who has ever heard of it.

Most of my other guilty pleasures have already been mentioned (Cutthroat Island, Top Secret, Dragonheart and Red Dawn are the big ones) but I'll insert another title.

Robotech

Yes, I know it's 3 unrelated animes put together, and the music is atrocious, and the translation is awful... but I still love it. Don't ask me why- I'll never be able to explain.

 

[aliensex]

Well, I'm never guilty about anything I like, but lets see.....

I guess I would rate my biggest guilty pleasure right now (according to the criteria) as...

Freddy vs. Jason

Man that was a surprisingly good movie. It perfectly encapsulated the genre these two franchises help found.