Guilty Pleasures

[Templetroll]

No embarrassment for me but often dismay from friends that I enjoy....

Beach Party movies from the '60s. Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, the Playboy Playmates gyrating in bikinis on the beach; man, that's film-making! Cowabunga!

Carry On films - humor that even embarrasses sophomores. Barbara Windsor... Brilliant!

On TV, should be obvious by now.... Benny Hill His part in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was hilarious considering what his show was like!

 

[Ancient Pariah]

I like Mummy 1 & 2. Unfortunetly my fellow students at University in the film college and theatre arts hated and denigrated it. Most of the deterrents were of the female gender with the exception of myself and another male. I liked it because of the escapism and the chance to enjoy a good quality production. Ah well, as they say you can not please everyone, especially the elitist snobs.

 

[tetsujin28]

L.A. Story (Wacky Weatherman Steve Martin)

Can't really count that one. Got great reviews, made a bundle of money, and is genuinely good.

 

[tetsujin28]

That's a well-done movie. It's rare that I'll tape some cartoon movie off TV and insist that my friends watch it in between translating Caesar's historical writings

Oh, dear. Someone else trapped in the world of classics ;-)

 

[tetsujin28]

Carry On films - humor that even embarrasses sophomores. Barbara Windsor... Brilliant!

I have a real soft spot for the old "Up Pompeii" series.

 

[Larcen]

I loved The sword and the sorceror as a kid.

What ever happened to that sequal announced in the credits, 'Tales of a forgotten Empire' or something like that?

This is amazing. When I saw this thread, I said to myself "I just gotta post Sword and Sorcerer...no one else will." Imagine my surprise when so many others liked it too!

To this day, the old timers in our group still quote this movie. There are SO many good lines. Some examples:

When surrounded by multiple enemies in a seemingly hopeless situation, glare at them and say "Who dies first?"

The bad guy, Cromwell, who IMO is one of the best ever, proves his huge cahones when he says this to an ancient resurrected sorcerer, after the sorcerer just ripped out someone's heart FROM A DISTANCE: "I will allow you to live as long as you serve me, betray me, and I will joyfully send you back to rot in hell."
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/swordsorcerer/swordsorcerer2.wav

And then there's the best line ever to start an adventure with: "Come now, let's be off. There's a battle in the offering! We've got kingdoms to save and women to love!"

However, I also have a question about the 3-bladed sword, which admittedly WAS a bit silly. How the heck was it in one piece again at the end after Cromwell sundered it?

JUST ADDED: Hey! After writing about this movie, I searched and found this site dedicated to it. Go there for no other reason than to see a picture of the goofy sword. Enjoy: http://www.angelfire.com/film/swordandthesorcerer/

OO! Oo! But wait, there's MORE. Check out the trailer. Pay attention to the very first words spoken to understand the target audience of this movie. Also see The Sword in action! http://videodetective.com/home.asp?...=&CustomerID=14817&WM=True&Ads=True&Play=TRUE

Can you tell how much I love this movie? Hey, don't take my word for it, read how much Harry gushes over it and you'll begin to understand: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=4255

 

[Dr. Talos]

Waterworld: I may be the only person who really likes this movie but I just loved the whole concept of the movie.

The Replacements: I tend to like offbeat sports movies.

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

 

[Reprisal]

Oh my sweet lord, Nigella Lawson.

Were that I was Catholic, my guilt in this instance would be such that I'd be saying Hail Mary's from here unto the end of days.

Johnny Mnemonic, I love this movie -- and I don't know why!

 

[danzig138]

Oh my sweet lord, Nigella Lawson.

Lawson does nothing for me. Rachael Ray on the other hand. . . well, let's just leave it at a happy "well"

 

[tetsujin28]

Rachael is cutey. So is Gianna di Laurentiis. But Nigella. Mmmm. Nigella.