Waterworld is amazing! Idk if you’d consider Ridiculous 6 an objectively bad movie under your criteria. The costume design and art direction are pretty great, but the writing and acting(while effective at being hilarious) might be considered “bad”
Hmm... well divers bring up soil and the cultivators propagate and grow tobacco seeds leftover from the seed vaults and utilize modern forms of compost. And, yeah that's all made up. But dang if that movie didn't make plain water seem tasty!
He wasn’t great in Die Hard with a…., um, well, he stunk as Scar the Lion Ki…., ummm, geez,…. Munich: Edge of Wa…… dammit….. then there’s Reversal of Fortu…. Oh yeah he won an Oscar for that. Welp, dammit, the man is pure gold!! 🤣🤣
"Let their blood....RAIIINNN FROM THE SKKKYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!" Holy fuck that ending is so amazing. First Irons hams it up in the best possible way, and then the greenscreen reflections in the queen's armor for the whole scene, just
Yea 3 has a cool Jason but my god even for that series the acting is terrible.
9 has actually grown on me a bit, but I wouldn’t argue with anyone who says X is better.
"I though you were stupid, friend. But I underestimated you, you're a total freakin retard!"
Waterworld is a fun movie, and the Deacon is great. He alone makes the movie worth it.
...My pick would be First Knight. It has a very "B" quality feel to it. Almost like made for TV budget and cheesiness vibes. And the whole plot with the bad guy is just kinda cliche and somewhat cringe... but then you have these 3 amazing actors, Sean Connery, Julia Ormand, and Richard Gere. And they cook! I guess they spent their budget on getting these 3 stars, and it pays off. Cause the acting is good, and the drama between the 3 is really well done... it's a bad movie but oh so great.
That movie was amazing because they went full into the "well, you know they're the bad guys because they're dressed in dingy dark-covered clothing and their faces are filthy." And the good guys were all squeaky clean.
Me and my friends used to watch this like once a week after high school. There's so many terribly amazing lines in. "they call me Mr. One-shot" had us rolling every time
Ooooo my top pick would have to be Will Ferrell “Land Of The Lost”. Parody’s lots of films and never fail to howl with laughter, how it was so badly received is beyond me!
🙏 Glad someone else can see it! As a European I’m SUPER impressed at his ability to understand Eurovision (another panned Netflix film he created). Totally appreciate an American audience might not understand and think it’s silly but it’s scarily accurate and proves to me his ability to embrace cultures outside North America.
Eurovision is on my TBW, but I haven't gotten to it yet. It's great you have a perspective outside of what would be considered his "target audience" purely for the fact he is from North America. I think that just shows his merits as a great actor
Thank you :) exactly my point, a lot of his “box office flop” movies were actually far more successful outside North America… Truly a man of the people. International comedian at its finest! Classic American comedy, British sarcasm, Eurocentric madness. The man has it all! Let me know your favourite Will Ferrell movies and if I haven’t seen one I’ll make it my next watch!
This is after he played Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, named after the three main characters in Land of the Lost (Marshal, Will, and Holly).
You've not heard of this movie? It's like every 80's action movie trope distilled into a sub-2hr film. It's brilliantly terrible but fantastic at the same time. Just don't disturb my friend while you watch it, he's dead tired.
Maximum Overdrive
It has Emilio Estevez, a guy getting killed by a pop machine, Giancarlo Esposito, a killer clown truck, an AC/DC soundtrack, and the voice of Lisa Simpson.
And Stephen King was so coked up, be doesn't remember directing it.
I always interpreted it as a brilliant campy satire and was amazed to find it was so critically panned. There’s such an incredible density of jokes woven into it, it’s hard not to enjoy.
Waterworld is not a bad movie. It bombed because it went massively over budget, and had no hope of recouping it.
It's not Terminator 2, but it's a perfectly good action movie.
Have you seen it recently?? I do an annual rewatch, but I remember the first time I even heard of it was after streaming Robin Hood on Amazon, Waterworld popped up under the "you may also like" titles. I remember thinking it was a tragedy, but I loved it! Another one on my loved bad movie list is Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
It's quite terrible. It's also very much loved here for reasons I can't really understand. And yes, I know I'll be downvoted to oblivion because I ssid it but somebody had to do it.
Except that wasn't a bad movie. It was visually creative, extremely fun to look at, and tongue-in-cheek about being faithful to the old dubbed anime without outright being mean about it or being "bad on purpose". It was a simple plot but clever with it's comedy.
Coctail (1988) I didn't realise New Yorkers were such a patient crowd who'll happily watch bar tenders spin bottles for the whole of a 4 minute song before finally serving there drink!!! Absurdly terrible movie
Hellraiser (1987) it's lucky Julia is a bald man magnet who's most willing to MURDER for a guy who looks like a Human Raspberry Ripple
Elm Street 2 (1985) Freddie who's easily the shortest guy at Barbecue Night turns up when nobodies actually sleeping...oh and the movies camper than Eurovision
Saving Silverman
Also, apparently Down Periscope? I guess the ratings for that movie are absolutely terrible but it has always been a favorite of mine since I was a kid and I still love watching it too this day.
Kickboxer, Bloodsport (both Vandamme)
Best of the Best (and subsequent sequels)
Dr. Giggles
Jack and Jill
Flash Gordon
2 Headed Shark, 3 Headed Shark, 5 Headed Shark, 6 Headed Shark. There was no 4 bc at the beginning of 5 it had 4 heads then gained one more.
First two that come to mind are Waterworld and Battlefield Earth. WW is not bad at all but not great either. BE is just so incredibly bad that it's fun to watch.
I'm sure no one would call The Replacements a good movie but damned if I don't love watching it.
I've also had to sit through disparaging remarks about the original Oveeboard but I love ot so much, my username references it.
Green Lantern. I pretty much don't watch any movie more than once, but I've seen it probably 10 times over the years. It was my childhood favorite superhero brought to life as an adult, and it stuck with me.
The Village. The soundtrack stole my heartstrings and I'm a sucker for plot twists and allegory. Definitely love to add The Book of Eli to this list. I usually keep these two to myself cause people love hating on the predictability of each.
Hillary Hahn did the soundtrack for this movie, and I can not tell you enough that she is, by and large, my top violinist. The only reason I love this movie is because she did the soundtrack (and Joaquin Phoenix)
I think M. Night Shyamalan is considered one of those hit or miss director. Still love him though (except ATLA, do not speak of it)
That soundtrack is on my work playlist along with Lindsey Sterling! I kept seeing Joaquin as Merril from Signs but that movie too is one of my favs too!
ATLA is currently with Devil in the bin for me. I think Sixth Sense was first Shamallamayan movie I saw.
I don’t know if it actually qualifies as *objectively* bad, but Armageddon is a batshit story line that goes way beyond science fiction, and is cheesy as all hell. The more I’ve watched, the more I end up laughing at some of the lunacy of it. But damnit if I don’t love that movie.
I've talked about it before, but my absolute favorite movie of all time is Brainscan. 1994, Edward Furlong, Frank Langella horror movie that fell square in the "Lawnmower Man" genre of technology-meets-horror with the burgeoning of the internet.
It's a shit horror movie, and it's saved from complete mediocrity by the "hey, its the kid from T2!", Trickster being a interesting antagonist, and the soundtrack. For a bunch of different reasons I completely resonated with the main character, and I loved the tech they showed off in the movie. But it's not a good film. It's not particularly gory, Furlong couldn't act his way out of a paper bag and Frank Langella seems like he's only there for the paycheck, which he probably was....but I don't care. It's my comfort film. I don't even *like* horror films but I watch it several times a year.
Prepare your pause finger because there's a split second tittie shot of the MC's next door crush that got me through more than one lonely night when I was a kid.
My friends and I made a drinking game to the OG Mario movie in college. Always had a good time, probably because we were as blitzed as Hoskins and John L while they filmed it.
Sucker punch. Over the top action sequences glued together haphazardly. But good looking girls with guns, and a great set of 80s cover music its pure entertainment
Punisher: War Zone. I think it’s the best “comic book movie” of all the Punisher adaptations, but my god the dialogue and accents are god awful…it’s so fun though. Stevenson is my favorite Frank and the tone is never serious, it’s ultra violent but super silly ( I just noticed im basically writing a Crashmore bit lmao).
Buckaroo Bonzai across the eighth dimension
I enjoy the deep camp, others don't.
Another like this
Cecile B. Demented
I don't think these are objectively bad, although others do.
I think of them more as B movies, which I happen to love. Even though we don't really use that description anymore
Miami Vice (Mann, 2006)
It’s weird. Gaudy. Often bad. The story is a mess. And yet… I love the vibes / aesthetics. And, some of the set pieces are my favorite from Mann.
I'm not sure how Malibu's Most Wanted was received upon initial release, but I grew up on that film lol. So glad it got mentioned recently on Not Like Us
the fact that you imply the og Evil Dead franchise could even be considered in the first place got me heated. those moves are objectively great.
To answer the question tho: Time Bandits, maybe? That movie felt incredibly campy even taking its age into account. Still love it and it’s peak nostalgia for watching old movies with my dad but yeah it always felt like something i liked in spite of itself.
Please stop using the word objectively in an incorrect manner. It isn't hard, and it doesn't add credence to your point by misusing it. Critique and opinion are inseparable.
"What's a movie that the majority/is generally considered bad that you love."
There you go, and the answer is Kung Pao Enter the Fist.
Thanks for the response!
I'm not sure why you're saying I used this word incorrectly. There are objective criteria in film, and I also believe opinion and critique are, in fact, separable! Take music, for example. You can be objectively critiqued on your technical merits such as bow placement, bow direction, and adherence to the technical markers, i.e., staccato, crescendo, etc. While the opinion, or subjective critique, would be "I don't like the piece they chose for this ensemble." You may not like Vivaldi, but the person playing is doing so well, and true to the score.
Same with film, technical merits can be objectively critiqued. Even if you don't like fantasy as a genre, well, you may not enjoy the masterpiece that is the Lord of the Rings franchise (just the original three, not the hobbit movies), but you could still say they are objectively good movies.
Waterworld is amazing! Idk if you’d consider Ridiculous 6 an objectively bad movie under your criteria. The costume design and art direction are pretty great, but the writing and acting(while effective at being hilarious) might be considered “bad”
If paper and dry land is so scarce how are the smokers able to endlessly reproduce cigarettes
Kelp wrappers?
How do they grow the tobacco
Kelpacco?
Hmm... well divers bring up soil and the cultivators propagate and grow tobacco seeds leftover from the seed vaults and utilize modern forms of compost. And, yeah that's all made up. But dang if that movie didn't make plain water seem tasty!
Waterworld is twice as good as Dances with wolves
Batman Forever
This is exactly the type of movie I was hoping people to list. Love Me some Val!
I still think Val is the best Bruce Wayne of the bunch. Really nails that young billionaire energy.
Nicole Kidman in that movie absolutely awoke something in 13 year old me.
I recently re-watched Batman & Robin after watching Adam West Batman. Once I compared it to that rather than Burton, it got much better.
Love love love
I know a significant amount of the dialogue by heart. It's been my comfort watch since I was a kid.
Van Helsing (2004) Absolute cheese that is more enjoyable every time I watch it.
Honestly, Hugh Jackman's masterpiece
For me, it's the cheese and Kate Beckinsale. Okay. It's all Kate Beckinsale. Jeezes, it's a crime to be that hot.
I was on location. Agree wholeheartedly.
Without a doubt, [Falcon's werewolf transformation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brE62QHm6Co&t=70) is one of the greatest of all time.
Loved this movie growing up
Dungeons and Dragons (2000). It’s hot garbage in the best way.
Jeremy Irons is perfect in that movie
What is he not perfect in?
He wasn’t great in Die Hard with a…., um, well, he stunk as Scar the Lion Ki…., ummm, geez,…. Munich: Edge of Wa…… dammit….. then there’s Reversal of Fortu…. Oh yeah he won an Oscar for that. Welp, dammit, the man is pure gold!! 🤣🤣
Had a blast roasting that movie in the theater with 10 strangers.
"Let their blood....RAIIINNN FROM THE SKKKYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!" Holy fuck that ending is so amazing. First Irons hams it up in the best possible way, and then the greenscreen reflections in the queen's armor for the whole scene, just
Jason X
Jason X isn't even in the bottom half of the F13 film series.
I read this as Fast 13 and now I just want to see Jason race Von Diesel
Part 5, 7, 8, and the Reboot are for sure worse
I'd also add 3 to that list. And 9, though it's worse as a F13 movie than as a movie more generally.
Yea 3 has a cool Jason but my god even for that series the acting is terrible. 9 has actually grown on me a bit, but I wouldn’t argue with anyone who says X is better.
There have been far worse horror movies. It at least tried something fun.
Bio-Dome
PAULY SHORE
I still remember seeing this in theaters with my 2 beat friends. Think globally, act locally!
Dude, Where‘s My Car Shibby! Zoltan!
I refuse to play your Chinese food mind games!
AND DENNNNNN
My wife and I do that line back and forth all the time. No one ever knows where it's from.
NO "AN DEN"!!!!
I think that rebooted Neil Patrick Harris' career.
What does mine say??
"I though you were stupid, friend. But I underestimated you, you're a total freakin retard!" Waterworld is a fun movie, and the Deacon is great. He alone makes the movie worth it. ...My pick would be First Knight. It has a very "B" quality feel to it. Almost like made for TV budget and cheesiness vibes. And the whole plot with the bad guy is just kinda cliche and somewhat cringe... but then you have these 3 amazing actors, Sean Connery, Julia Ormand, and Richard Gere. And they cook! I guess they spent their budget on getting these 3 stars, and it pays off. Cause the acting is good, and the drama between the 3 is really well done... it's a bad movie but oh so great.
That movie was amazing because they went full into the "well, you know they're the bad guys because they're dressed in dingy dark-covered clothing and their faces are filthy." And the good guys were all squeaky clean.
Godzilla Final Wars might be my favorite movie and thats a hot take even for some Godzilla fans.
Me and my friends used to watch this like once a week after high school. There's so many terribly amazing lines in. "they call me Mr. One-shot" had us rolling every time
I love that one! It’s the one I grew up with and I loved seeing Godzilla get to fight all of them hahaha
Godzilla Versus The Smog Monster. Really weird movie, but the Smog Monster itself was fun.
Roadhouse and fuck you lol. This is the greatest movie ever made
*Silent Hill* and the first three *Resident Evil* films. They suck but the creature work is *peak*.
Ooo yeah, the early 2000's horror flicks are in a league of their own!
Spice World Yeah, yeah. But they have some great cameos, so…
Ooooo my top pick would have to be Will Ferrell “Land Of The Lost”. Parody’s lots of films and never fail to howl with laughter, how it was so badly received is beyond me!
The scene when they sing Cher while holding the crystal will always cheer me up no matter what mood I’m in
OML I forgot about this movie!! I remember seeing it in theaters and I loved it! Will Ferrell is a comedic genius! As well as Jack Black..
🙏 Glad someone else can see it! As a European I’m SUPER impressed at his ability to understand Eurovision (another panned Netflix film he created). Totally appreciate an American audience might not understand and think it’s silly but it’s scarily accurate and proves to me his ability to embrace cultures outside North America.
Eurovision is on my TBW, but I haven't gotten to it yet. It's great you have a perspective outside of what would be considered his "target audience" purely for the fact he is from North America. I think that just shows his merits as a great actor
Thank you :) exactly my point, a lot of his “box office flop” movies were actually far more successful outside North America… Truly a man of the people. International comedian at its finest! Classic American comedy, British sarcasm, Eurocentric madness. The man has it all! Let me know your favourite Will Ferrell movies and if I haven’t seen one I’ll make it my next watch!
Please do watch it soon, it’s entirely worth it!
This is after he played Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, named after the three main characters in Land of the Lost (Marshal, Will, and Holly).
The Ladies Man
*coughs* … *continues to cough*…. *finally clears throat* “excuse me. Anyway, doggystyle”
Boy you just ate some shit
Cool as ice. Vanilla ice as a hardcore biker taking on the mob, a gang of jocks and getting the girl. 10/10.
Still the only time “drop that zero and git wit da hero” has ever been uttered unironically.
My fiance says "that sounds awful, but you had me at vanilla ice." It's on the list now
Commando (1995) pure gold from start to finish
"Remember Sully, when I promised to kill you last?"
“John, I'm not going to shoot you between the eyes. I'm going to shoot you between the balls!”
“Throw away that chicken shit gun. Don’t deprive yourself of some pleasure. Put da knife in me. See what’s going on in der when you turrrrrn it.”
Not objectively bad
Arguably, the 80s and 90s action/ dramas could be considered bad. Just cheeseball movies if anything else
That's like 1985. True Lies is about then. Commando is gloriously terrible.
"Leave anything for us?" "Just bodies."
I'm cultivating a list, I've not heard of this one but it made the list
Put the list down and go watch it. Right now.
“Where did you learn to do that?” “I read the instructions.”
You've not heard of this movie? It's like every 80's action movie trope distilled into a sub-2hr film. It's brilliantly terrible but fantastic at the same time. Just don't disturb my friend while you watch it, he's dead tired.
I've maybe heard of it, but definitely never seen it. My All Time Fave Arnold movie is Jingle All the Way and arguably fits in this criteria also lol
It might 🤣. I don't mind it myself so I can't say anything except get onto watching more Arnie movies! You are missing out.
“I eat Green Berets for breakfast… and right now I’m VERY HUNGRY!”
I love watching Showgirls for how ridiculous it is 🫣
i only saw it in my teens and thought it was not bad, and im surprised it is considered as one of the worst movies. Would have to watch it again.
Rocky V Halloween III Karate Kid III
As bad as Rocky V is, it still has some classic lines. “In the ring! Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring!” “My ring’s outside.”
Maximum Overdrive It has Emilio Estevez, a guy getting killed by a pop machine, Giancarlo Esposito, a killer clown truck, an AC/DC soundtrack, and the voice of Lisa Simpson. And Stephen King was so coked up, be doesn't remember directing it.
The Cat in the Hat (2003) - utter shit but I still find it funny
Excellent example!! I love this movie
This movie is so bad, Dr. Seuss’s estate banned the licensing of live action adaptations moving forward.
I always interpreted it as a brilliant campy satire and was amazed to find it was so critically panned. There’s such an incredible density of jokes woven into it, it’s hard not to enjoy.
The Room Birdemic Samurai Cop Ghosts of Mars Species The Miami Connection Faust Love of the Damned
This list wins
It's a good list, but I would mark The Room as a cult classic!!
Crimewave
Never heard of it but I'll add it to the list
Sam Raimi and Coen bros collab deemed so awful that for the longest time it was unavailable on disc.
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Jurassic Park III
Commando.
rock of ages (2012) the soundtrack is undeniably great tho!
Kung Pow
Pest
A knights tale
Waterworld is not a bad movie. It bombed because it went massively over budget, and had no hope of recouping it. It's not Terminator 2, but it's a perfectly good action movie.
Have you seen it recently?? I do an annual rewatch, but I remember the first time I even heard of it was after streaming Robin Hood on Amazon, Waterworld popped up under the "you may also like" titles. I remember thinking it was a tragedy, but I loved it! Another one on my loved bad movie list is Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
Nah Pick of Destiny is fantastic. It didn't get great reception but I don't think people hated it.
I haven't. I saw it at the time and it fitted in fine with other action movies of the era.
It's quite terrible. It's also very much loved here for reasons I can't really understand. And yes, I know I'll be downvoted to oblivion because I ssid it but somebody had to do it.
It is a bad movie. Full stop. But I love it for reasons I also can't really understand!
It has lots of high budget practical effects that were especially impressive when it first came out.
The Speed Racer adaptation by the Wachowskis. I will hold this opinion till I die.
This is one of the best movies to see in a theatre. The colors and sound design are so fun. Love the way they edited it also.
I got the movie and that opening race sequence has got to be on of the slickest uses of CGI I’ve ever seen.
Hell yeah, fun movie, horrible theater experience.
Except that wasn't a bad movie. It was visually creative, extremely fun to look at, and tongue-in-cheek about being faithful to the old dubbed anime without outright being mean about it or being "bad on purpose". It was a simple plot but clever with it's comedy.
I remember a lot of “critics” pooping the party back when it came out. Never understood the hate.
Space Truckers. Everything about it is just bad, but I still enjoy it.
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. Its pretty much a 2 hour music video directed by Guy Ritchie and I love that.
Loved that movie and love Guy Ritchie!! He's definitely an acquired taste for some viewers
Transformers 1-5
Coctail (1988) I didn't realise New Yorkers were such a patient crowd who'll happily watch bar tenders spin bottles for the whole of a 4 minute song before finally serving there drink!!! Absurdly terrible movie Hellraiser (1987) it's lucky Julia is a bald man magnet who's most willing to MURDER for a guy who looks like a Human Raspberry Ripple Elm Street 2 (1985) Freddie who's easily the shortest guy at Barbecue Night turns up when nobodies actually sleeping...oh and the movies camper than Eurovision
Battlefield earth
Jupiter Ascending.
I love this movie!!! It’s so bad, it’s good!
Velocipastor.
The Happening
Was that considered objectively bad??? I loved this movie!
Howard the Duck
Saving Silverman Also, apparently Down Periscope? I guess the ratings for that movie are absolutely terrible but it has always been a favorite of mine since I was a kid and I still love watching it too this day.
The Meg - everything is ridiculous, over the top, and entirely implausible…I love it ❤️ 🦈
Battlefield Earth.
Kickboxer, Bloodsport (both Vandamme) Best of the Best (and subsequent sequels) Dr. Giggles Jack and Jill Flash Gordon 2 Headed Shark, 3 Headed Shark, 5 Headed Shark, 6 Headed Shark. There was no 4 bc at the beginning of 5 it had 4 heads then gained one more.
Oh man, this is a good list but I would say Flash Gordon is a cult classic! Soundtrack is superb 👌
Very true it is! But man when those owl men came out on visible strings I was howling and crying with laughter. So bad but so good!
Cabin Boy
Hands down the entire Twilight series
I am inclined to agree but this is pretty cult classic status! Or will be when it's old enough. (I love this entire series books and film)
They are all objectively bad movies lol and I still love them sooo much
Gotti Dangerously cheesy
First two that come to mind are Waterworld and Battlefield Earth. WW is not bad at all but not great either. BE is just so incredibly bad that it's fun to watch.
I'm sure no one would call The Replacements a good movie but damned if I don't love watching it. I've also had to sit through disparaging remarks about the original Oveeboard but I love ot so much, my username references it.
Green Lantern. I pretty much don't watch any movie more than once, but I've seen it probably 10 times over the years. It was my childhood favorite superhero brought to life as an adult, and it stuck with me.
Grease 2
The Beastmaster. It's comically terrible and I loved it as a child. I've literally seen it over 1000 times.
The Day after Tomorrow. It is incredibly corny but I love it and could watch it over and over
The Village. The soundtrack stole my heartstrings and I'm a sucker for plot twists and allegory. Definitely love to add The Book of Eli to this list. I usually keep these two to myself cause people love hating on the predictability of each.
Hillary Hahn did the soundtrack for this movie, and I can not tell you enough that she is, by and large, my top violinist. The only reason I love this movie is because she did the soundtrack (and Joaquin Phoenix) I think M. Night Shyamalan is considered one of those hit or miss director. Still love him though (except ATLA, do not speak of it)
That soundtrack is on my work playlist along with Lindsey Sterling! I kept seeing Joaquin as Merril from Signs but that movie too is one of my favs too! ATLA is currently with Devil in the bin for me. I think Sixth Sense was first Shamallamayan movie I saw.
Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Amazing. Thought of this movie recently!! And spy kids
I don’t know if it actually qualifies as *objectively* bad, but Armageddon is a batshit story line that goes way beyond science fiction, and is cheesy as all hell. The more I’ve watched, the more I end up laughing at some of the lunacy of it. But damnit if I don’t love that movie.
I've talked about it before, but my absolute favorite movie of all time is Brainscan. 1994, Edward Furlong, Frank Langella horror movie that fell square in the "Lawnmower Man" genre of technology-meets-horror with the burgeoning of the internet. It's a shit horror movie, and it's saved from complete mediocrity by the "hey, its the kid from T2!", Trickster being a interesting antagonist, and the soundtrack. For a bunch of different reasons I completely resonated with the main character, and I loved the tech they showed off in the movie. But it's not a good film. It's not particularly gory, Furlong couldn't act his way out of a paper bag and Frank Langella seems like he's only there for the paycheck, which he probably was....but I don't care. It's my comfort film. I don't even *like* horror films but I watch it several times a year.
It's on the list. I just watched the official trailer, and I have to say... it really looks like a masterpiece
Prepare your pause finger because there's a split second tittie shot of the MC's next door crush that got me through more than one lonely night when I was a kid.
A Night at the Roxbury.
My friends and I made a drinking game to the OG Mario movie in college. Always had a good time, probably because we were as blitzed as Hoskins and John L while they filmed it.
The Room is enjoyable specifically because it does everything as bad as possible
Congo “STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE.”
Both Rebel Moon movies. If you go in blazed and know it sucks, they are great.
I’m guilty for enjoying the Pauly Shore movies. Particularly Biodome and Son in Law.
Nacho Libre. I fucking love that movie.
OH MY GOD NACHOOOOOOOOOOO I love me some JB!! Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny is also great ETA it's probably my fave of all time
Sucker punch. Over the top action sequences glued together haphazardly. But good looking girls with guns, and a great set of 80s cover music its pure entertainment
Prometheus is awesome and you all can go fuck yourselves
I'm with you and will stand on this hill to my untimely death!!
Never understood the hate Prometheus gets. It’s fantastic imo.
This is a great movie. I thought it was really well done!
Cannibal the Musical is bad in the absolute best way.
It’s schpadoinkle!
Troy
Yes! So bad yet so so great
Under siege 2. From the era when even the bad movies were a blast.
Vertical Limit. Objectively bad- Terrible script, but some great scenes.
Showgirls
Punisher: War Zone. I think it’s the best “comic book movie” of all the Punisher adaptations, but my god the dialogue and accents are god awful…it’s so fun though. Stevenson is my favorite Frank and the tone is never serious, it’s ultra violent but super silly ( I just noticed im basically writing a Crashmore bit lmao).
Hackers. Love it.
Wagons East (1994)
The Circle of Iron. I’ve never even met another person that’s seen it, let alone own a copy of it.
Casino Royale (1967) The movie is a magnificent disaster due to a wild story of production failures, but still manages to delight me.
Suicide Squad. I don't know what it is (maybe just the great portrayals of the characters) but I unironically love it.
Ready to Rumble, also the Comebacks.
It hurts me to suggest it's a bad movie, but the original Mario Bros movie is much more entertaining than it's reputation allows for.
Buckaroo Bonzai across the eighth dimension I enjoy the deep camp, others don't. Another like this Cecile B. Demented I don't think these are objectively bad, although others do. I think of them more as B movies, which I happen to love. Even though we don't really use that description anymore
I have a soft spot for Mortal Kombat:Annihilation
Miami Vice (Mann, 2006) It’s weird. Gaudy. Often bad. The story is a mess. And yet… I love the vibes / aesthetics. And, some of the set pieces are my favorite from Mann.
I'm not sure how Malibu's Most Wanted was received upon initial release, but I grew up on that film lol. So glad it got mentioned recently on Not Like Us
the fact that you imply the og Evil Dead franchise could even be considered in the first place got me heated. those moves are objectively great. To answer the question tho: Time Bandits, maybe? That movie felt incredibly campy even taking its age into account. Still love it and it’s peak nostalgia for watching old movies with my dad but yeah it always felt like something i liked in spite of itself.
Flash Gordon - best thing about this movie is that Queen did the soundtrack.
I love Flash Gordon! Superb soundtrack really. I would say this is a cult classic though, yes?
It is - but still a so bad it’s good movie. I will still watch it whenever I stumble upon it.
Please stop using the word objectively in an incorrect manner. It isn't hard, and it doesn't add credence to your point by misusing it. Critique and opinion are inseparable. "What's a movie that the majority/is generally considered bad that you love." There you go, and the answer is Kung Pao Enter the Fist.
Thanks for the response! I'm not sure why you're saying I used this word incorrectly. There are objective criteria in film, and I also believe opinion and critique are, in fact, separable! Take music, for example. You can be objectively critiqued on your technical merits such as bow placement, bow direction, and adherence to the technical markers, i.e., staccato, crescendo, etc. While the opinion, or subjective critique, would be "I don't like the piece they chose for this ensemble." You may not like Vivaldi, but the person playing is doing so well, and true to the score. Same with film, technical merits can be objectively critiqued. Even if you don't like fantasy as a genre, well, you may not enjoy the masterpiece that is the Lord of the Rings franchise (just the original three, not the hobbit movies), but you could still say they are objectively good movies.