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Post by joanne28 on Nov 24, 2010 18:18:13 GMT
The thread on cult movies made me think of movies that are mainstream but really doggo movies.
I have always loved "Thoroughly Modern Millie". I realize it was nominated for tons of awards and made pots of money but I've always thought of it as a very bad movie - Julie Andrews, a musical, white slavery in the 1920s - what else could you want?
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Post by myrt on Nov 25, 2010 20:20:07 GMT
I'm still thinking about this....trying to think of films I love which are truly dire and which I can own up to!  One is 'French Kiss'...a pretty awful film redeemed by the very silly French accent of Kevin Kline and the presence of the rather cool Jean Reno.... |
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 26, 2010 3:57:23 GMT
Ohgawd. Is that the one where Meg Ryan (  ) staggers around bellowing "lactose intolerant!"? Can we just say "almost redeemed by ...", since nothing can really neutralize the presence of Meg Ryan in a movie? |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Dec 4, 2010 20:00:05 GMT
I think 'August Rush' has to be one of our favourite films...
It is a bit sentimental and silly...but the music is amazing...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2010 21:09:00 GMT
Tonight I am watching Nim's Island on cable (Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin, Gerard Butler) which was pretty much universally panned by the critics and indeed poorly written, acted and filmed, and yet I enjoy this movie every time I see it.
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Post by myrt on Dec 5, 2010 9:16:14 GMT
I enjoyed that film............my daughter loves it too...I don't think it's that bad actually really either. It's a nice empowering plot for younger viewers and always reminds me of the truly dire Disney 'Swiss Family Robinson' film with John Mills - now that was abysmal! And 'Nim's Island' is more than a cut above your average children's film fare - I'm thinking of such low points as the 3D Guinea Pig thing and The Chipmunks, amongst many others - and I've seen 'em all........ |
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 2, 2011 17:48:05 GMT
Be careful what you say that you like. I remember thinking that "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" was about as fun as a movie could be. This was based on seeing it as a pre-teen.
I finally saw it again as an adult, and couldn't watch it. The young Sean Connery alone is enough to make you run screaming away from the screen.
You all at least are recommending movies you've seen in the recent past.
I remember loving "Women in Love" when it first came out. I was in my early twenties then, and was greatly offended that an older friend mocked aspects of the movie. I wonder how I'd feel about it now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2011 18:39:25 GMT
I still love Women in Love. I've probably seen it more than 10 times. How dare you mention it on a 'bad movies' list!  There are lots of other Ken Russell movies that qualify for that, such as The Boyfriend. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 2, 2011 21:47:13 GMT
Really?! I am so relieved to hear that. I've watched Women in Love more than once, but was afraid my more mature, refined sensibilities would now reject it.
I only vaguely remember The Boyfriend, but the mention of it shook loose a bit of information from my dustmop-like brain. The stockings worn in the movie were real silk stockings, a huge stock of which was found in an abandoned warehouse in London.
Geez -- remember Russell's movie about Tchaikovsky? Glenda Jackson was really powerful in that.
Ken Russell also did a television biography of Isadora Duncan. I wouldn't swear to this, but I think also one on Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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Post by joanne28 on Feb 4, 2011 21:27:54 GMT
I also loved Women in Love when I first saw it but I was in my teens at the time. I also liked The Music Lovers, the one about Tchaikovsky. I too thought Glenda Jackson was magnificent. Pity she gave up acting.
As for bad movies, I also really enjoy "Mars Attack". I truly don't think it's as bad as people say.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2013 11:41:49 GMT
Since I just saw it today, I can't say that I "love" Upside Down, but I will go along with quite a few of the critics who said "who cares if the plot has more holes in it than a collander?" -- it is both sweet and poetic. Quite a few of the special effects are quite nice but most of the matte paintings are ultra fake. You really can't expect much more (due to money issues) out of a Franco-Canadian co-production made by a Spanish Argentinian director and disguised to try to look like an American movie. But both of the actors were good and gave the movie their best effort and as I said -- the whole concept was very poetic, which is a quality that is lacking from so many movies these days.
This is another case where different countries have totally different trailers.
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Post by fgrsk8r1970 on May 3, 2013 14:08:49 GMT
I loved the 80's version of "Flash Gordon" and just thought it was awesome (I was a teenager). I recently saw it again (by accident lol) and I cannot for the world see why I loved it so much, it's cheese, cheaply made and just overall terrible ha ha ha. The ONLY thing that still holds it's own and always will is the Score!!! QUEEN rocks  |
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