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[Tarrasque Wrangler]

This is a thread for films you love that no one else seems to. Not exactly a guilty pleasure, but a film you honestly thought was good that no one else did. Maybe it got panned by critics and no one saw it, so everyone's reaction when they see it at the video store is "That movie's supposed to be really bad." Maybe it was just too ahead of its time, or too smart for dumb audiences.

Anyway, two films that jump to mind for me are Final Fantasy and Mystery Men. While the plot of FF was murky, I was just blown away by the animation, and anyway, I've seen animes that made a lot less sense. Heck, I've played FF games that made less sense. The reaction of everyone coming out of the theater was, "It had nothing to do with the games!" Well duh, the games don't really have anything to do with each other.

I just loved Mystery Men. Maybe you have to be a comic geek, but I loved the idea of ordinary people putting on the suit when the real superheroes go down. The Blue Raja throwing silverware, Mr. Furious getting super-mad, the Shoveler, the Not-So-Goodie Mob! I want to watch this again right now!

 

[Crothian]

Hudson Hawk, people either seemed to like it or hate it. Most of the critics seemed to hate it, and it did lousy at the theaters. But it's one of those movies I can sit and watch at any time.

 

[Look_a_Unicorn]

Have been a fan of horrors (B-grade or otherwise) since I watched Nightmare on Elm Street 1 when I was 8 or so....
Three "horrors" I've seen on big screen that I thought were fantastic, but nobody I talked to seemed to understand what was happening:
Dark City
Event Horizon
Stephen King's "Them" (You may have missed this one, was only out 6 months ago, but no trailors or ads).

"Them", especially was a really well put together movie. Beautifully done. But I think I'm the only person in Australia who's seen it!

 

[Viking Bastard]

You can count all the movies mentioned in this thread on my list,
except for SK's"Them". I haven't seen it.

I guess I'm just a sucker for weird new age sci-fi movies and
general absurdity.

 

[Severion]

I'm with VB on this, You guys havn't mentioned one yet that i didn't like (and i would probably like "Them" as well).
As for my own list:

Howard the Duck (i don't even think the anamatronic duck in the movie liked this one)
Alien 3
Kull the Conquerer

Hmm thats all i can think of

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

I'll break with the horror tradition (well, somewhat).

The Elephant Man - it's a very good movie, but I've never come across anyone else who said (was willing to admit?) they liked it. I really feel for ol' Mr. Merrick.
I'm Gonna Get You Sucka
Orgazmo - coming out on DVD in September! Woohoo!

But yeah, my unsung movies for the most part are devoid of any intellectual content whatsoever.

 

[Mean Eyed Cat]

Dead Man (my favorite) or any movie by Jim Jarmusch.

People either love his movies or they "don't get them." All his movies contain depth and symbology. Ghost Dog, Down by Law, and Dead Man are brilliant (and funny). His story compilations (Mystery Train, Night on Earth) get a bit varied in entertainment, but they are still great.

Oh, and I love Mystery Men - reminds me of The Tick.

 

[Alzrius]

Jason X was a great movie. It just had so many elements in it that were so amusing. It was a wonderful Action/Comedy movie.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Dumb and Dumber is a movie I absolutely love. No matter how many times I watch it, it still manages to make me laugh until my sides hurt.

 

[Wayside]

Let's see. I really liked Disturbing Behavior (came out early in highschool so was around the time of reading Vonnegut). I know that one got a lot of grief.

Big fan of The Beach (no idea how well recieved it was; I refused to watch any Leo movies after Titanic, only happened on it later by luck).

Hackers is a classic.

All of Linklater's stuff is good (every Film major I know prefers him to Kevin Smith, but I'm still a sucker for insane amounts of profanity and kittens so..). I think these are just unknowns though. Waking Life and Before Sunrise are my favorites.

The Teen Apocalypse Trilogy (Totally ed Up, Doom Generation and Nowhere). Everybody I've had watch these has just kinda stared at me like 'what the hell was that?'

And my favorite Hong Kong cinema deal is not some crazy John Woo masterpiece, but the awesome Gen-X Cops.

I am ashamed to say that I STILL have not seen Dark City .