Author Topic: Come clean with your guilty pleasure movies... (Read 5181 times)

somunny · « **on:** April 13, 2007, 09:17:49 pm »

One of my favorite guilty pleasure flicks was on the other night. This got me wondering what other peoples' emabarrassing movie tastes are.

So I'll go ahead and start:

Valley Girl and (I'll probably regret releasing this information)... Xanadu.

I'd say I've set the bar.

leapinlew · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2007, 09:36:08 pm »

You Got Mail
Bring it On

But if anyone asks - I'll deny it

saint · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2007, 09:42:25 pm »

Any of the three Lord of the Rings movies (Jackson).

horseboy · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2007, 09:54:38 pm »

Well they aren't movies, but I do fancy the Golden Girls and Designing Women.

MikeQ · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2007, 09:56:05 pm »

The Quick and The Dead...and Tombstone

Xam · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2007, 10:31:51 pm »

Quote from: MikeQ on April 13, 2007, 09:56:05 pm

The Quick and The Dead...and Tombstone

"Christ, it's like I am playing cards with my brothers kids"

Tango and Cash and Demolition man.

Xam

AtomSmasher · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2007, 10:37:06 pm »

Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure

danny_galaga · « **Reply #7 on:** April 14, 2007, 08:42:01 am »

sodapopinski · « **Reply #8 on:** April 14, 2007, 09:13:03 am »

The Slutty Professor and Lord of Asses

shardian · « **Reply #9 on:** April 14, 2007, 09:50:25 am »

Sex and the City

If you haven't seen it, then you should. It is hilarious.

ArcadeMaze · « **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2007, 10:27:23 am »

ChadTower · « **Reply #11 on:** April 14, 2007, 10:51:49 am »

Deuce Bigalow

Chris G · « **Reply #12 on:** April 14, 2007, 11:20:51 am »

For me, it's almost easier to list by actor:

Nicolas Cage (Gone in 60 Seconds, The Rock, Con Air)

Van Damme (the first few)

Steven Seagal (the first few)

Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman, Steel Magnolias)

And I truly feel no guilt about it, but since most people think the movie sucked, I'll add on The Ref.

Chris G · « **Reply #13 on:** April 14, 2007, 11:25:13 am »

Oh, and how could I forget Hugh Grant???

Love Actually, Nine Months, Four Weddings...

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #14 on:** April 14, 2007, 11:58:03 am »

I enjoyed Star Treks V & X (and hated Star Trek IV)

RTSDaddy2 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 14, 2007, 07:37:05 pm »

I wouldn't call Valley Girl a guilty pleasure - I actually thought it was a pretty classy film myself (and yes, you may quote me).

Ours would have to be either:

Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Slither (mine only)
Tank Girl (my wife's)

danny_galaga · « **Reply #16 on:** April 14, 2007, 09:14:31 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on April 14, 2007, 10:51:49 am

Deuce Bigalow

the first one is cool. if you liked the second one however, you should definitely feel guilty...

shmokes · « **Reply #17 on:** April 14, 2007, 11:01:14 pm »

I'll second Bring it On.
Sky High
Notting Hill
Pride and Prejudice

kudah440 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 15, 2007, 12:55:43 am »

Vanishing Point (1971 or 1996 both are great)
Crazy Larry Dirty Mary
Apocolypse Now

boykster · « **Reply #19 on:** April 15, 2007, 01:37:08 am »

John Carpenter's The Thing
Big Trouble in Little China
Escape from New York

AtomSmasher · « **Reply #20 on:** April 15, 2007, 02:32:20 am »

Quote from: boykster on April 15, 2007, 01:37:08 am

John Carpenter's The Thing
Big Trouble in Little China
Escape from New York

Guilty pleasures? I have posters of those movies hanging up in my house. Liking those movies is nothing to be ashamed of

SNAAKE · « **Reply #21 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:25:43 am »

american psycho

the island

lokki · « **Reply #22 on:** April 15, 2007, 03:53:41 pm »

There are a couple of movies that I always like to watch when they are on TV. (oddly enought I don't have the DVDs)

Real Genius (val kilmer)
My Blue heaven (steve martin)

Drives the wife crazy.

patrickl · « **Reply #23 on:** April 15, 2007, 04:37:53 pm »

I went to see The Lake House (Keanu Reeves and ---Smurfette---) and actually liked it. I had no I dea what it was about, but my GF wanted to go see it. When I sat down I noticed I was the only guy in an otherwise completely female audience. So I was a bit afraid of the crappy chick flick comping up. The twist was a bit obvious and I had noticed it right at the beginning of the movie already, but apart from that it wasn't so bad.

rlemmon · « **Reply #24 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:58:45 pm »

sorority boys, so damn funny

Also really loved lake placid and anaconda. I'd have to say my all time favorite movie is robocop but I wouldn't call it a guilty pleasure.

ArcadeMaze · « **Reply #25 on:** April 15, 2007, 09:39:19 pm »

DaveMMR · « **Reply #26 on:** April 16, 2007, 09:48:53 am »

I think most of my collection consists of guilty pleasures:
Xanadu, Hardware Wars, Groove Tube, The Spirit of '76, Head, and the "Breakin'" series. All bizarrely entertaining.

I had an old friend show me the entire (?!) series of Sex & the City. It was not as bad, annoying or obnoxious as I thought it was going to be - actually quite good.

lordtodd75 · « **Reply #27 on:** April 17, 2007, 09:36:05 am »

PM sent to Dave MMR about groovetube.

Here is my list:

Drop Dead Fred
Xanadu
Sword and the Sorcerer

I will post more as I think of them.

rumpelstiltzkin · « **Reply #28 on:** April 17, 2007, 10:12:31 am »

Bukkake Babes 5 , Ass Fiends , Interracial Banana cock diarys 3

shardian · « **Reply #29 on:** April 17, 2007, 10:28:03 am »

While I admit I enjoy these movies quite a bit (hence the guilty pleasure theme), I'll also say that they can be a very good tool to use when your wife gets mad at you for bringing in another arcade machine - They are a sucker everytime for overly sappy love stories.

A walk to remember
The Notebook

ChadTower · « **Reply #30 on:** April 17, 2007, 11:52:39 am »

Quote from: DaveMMR on April 16, 2007, 09:48:53 am

I had an old friend show me the entire (?!) series of Sex & the City. It was not as bad, annoying or obnoxious as I thought it was going to be - actually quite good.

That must have taken forever and felt longer. My wife watches that show. It's excruciating.

RayB · « **Reply #31 on:** April 17, 2007, 12:00:03 pm »

umm, the tv show "G-Spot".
Unfortunately, looks like it only lasted 1 season.

ArtMAME · « **Reply #32 on:** April 17, 2007, 12:21:54 pm »

Let the sunshine... let the sunshine in... the sun...shine in!!!

Dervacumen · « **Reply #33 on:** April 17, 2007, 03:44:21 pm »

Spaceballs
Princess Bride
Falcon & the Snowman

danny_galaga · « **Reply #34 on:** April 18, 2007, 05:39:56 am »

Quote from: gynoug on April 17, 2007, 10:12:31 am

Bukkake Babes 5 , Ass Fiends , Interracial Banana cock diarys 3

Quote from: shardian on April 17, 2007, 10:28:03 am

While I admit I enjoy these movies quite a bit (hence the guilty pleasure theme), I'll also say that they can be a very good tool to use when your wife gets mad at you for bringing in another arcade machine - They are a sucker everytime for overly sappy love stories.

ArtMAME · « **Reply #35 on:** April 18, 2007, 12:02:49 pm »

"Pinball... what I see now before me... is way beyond the game, beyond your wildest dreams..."

DaveMMR · « **Reply #36 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:05:31 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on April 17, 2007, 11:52:39 am

Quote from: DaveMMR on April 16, 2007, 09:48:53 am
I had an old friend show me the entire (?!) series of Sex & the City. It was not as bad, annoying or obnoxious as I thought it was going to be - actually quite good.

That must have taken forever and felt longer. My wife watches that show. It's excruciating.

It did take forever (it was over the course of a couple of months) but it seriously didn't make me want to put a head through my wall. Doesn't mean I'm going to be watching reruns or anything.

ChadTower · « **Reply #37 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:07:34 pm »

Ah, it makes me want to put the TV through a wall. I have little patience for people going on and on about how bad their life is when they are wealthy, healthy, and have friends. That seemed to be pretty much the entire premise.

Grasshopper · « **Reply #38 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:44:10 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on April 18, 2007, 01:07:34 pm

Ah, it makes me want to put the TV through a wall. I have little patience for people going on and on about how bad their life is when they are wealthy, healthy, and have friends. That seemed to be pretty much the entire premise.

Couldn't agree more.

Grasshopper · « **Reply #39 on:** April 18, 2007, 02:24:13 pm »

As far as guilty pleasures are concerned, I'll watch almost any high school or college comedy/drama no matter how juvenile. For example, in no particular order:

Lucas, Revenge of the Nerds, Bring it on, Risky Business, Porkys, The Sure Thing, Road Trip.

The only films from that genre that I really can't stand are the American Pie series which are incredibly overrated IMHO.

rovingmind · « **Reply #40 on:** April 18, 2007, 06:06:11 pm »

late night anime on adult swim. Not really movies per se

Any old jackie chan/jet li/bruce lee/sonny chiba or just plain crappy martial arts movies i can pick up for a dollar

DaveMMR · « **Reply #41 on:** April 18, 2007, 06:42:06 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on April 18, 2007, 01:07:34 pm

Ah, it makes me want to put the TV through a wall. I have little patience for people going on and on about how bad their life is when they are wealthy, healthy, and have friends. That seemed to be pretty much the entire premise.

See, you just described how I feel about most anything on MTV. My niece watches Super Sweet 16 and even though I know these girls are "coached" by producers (like any reality show), it's just the most annoying thing to witness. Great values it teaches too: whine enough and you'll get more than you'll ever deserve in life.

And just for the record, there are literally thousands of shows I'd watch before Sex and the City (including Full House). But after a while, I was kinda curious to see where some of the characters were going. If it's worth anything, I was deeply ashamed of myself afterwards.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #42 on:** April 19, 2007, 06:01:08 am »

Quote from: DaveMMR on April 18, 2007, 06:42:06 pm

If it's worth anything, I was deeply ashamed of myself afterwards.

and hence the guilty aspect...

ChadTower · « **Reply #43 on:** April 19, 2007, 11:18:57 am »

Quote from: DaveMMR on April 18, 2007, 06:42:06 pm

If it's worth anything, I was deeply ashamed of myself afterwards.

Of course, because you're a man, and a man should be. I am ashamed that I have sat down and watched a few episodes. I did it mostly to give the wife some equal time since she'll sit and watch Raw at times with me, but still, I did it.

lordtodd75 · « **Reply #44 on:** April 19, 2007, 11:51:54 am »

street fighter (sonny chiba)
riki oh: the story of riki (anyone who hasn't seen this, it is a must for for campy kung fu flicks)

thank you for reminding me rovingmind

rovingmind · « **Reply #45 on:** April 19, 2007, 12:07:45 pm »

Quote from: lordtodd75 on April 19, 2007, 11:51:54 am

riki oh: the story of riki (anyone who hasn't seen this, it is a must for for campy kung fu flicks)

I'll have to look for that now

edit*

have you seen howl's floating castle?

somunny · « **Reply #46 on:** April 19, 2007, 10:29:03 pm »

Quote from: rovingmind on April 19, 2007, 12:07:45 pm

have you seen howl's floating castle?

No, but I've see Howl's Moving Castle. Nothing to be guilty about there. Great movie.

shardian · « **Reply #47 on:** April 19, 2007, 11:08:49 pm »

When it comes to kung fu guilty pleasures, it doesn't get better than
Master of the Flying Guillotine
I frikkin loved that movie!

Oh, and one of my biggest guilty pleasures: The Toxic Avenger
I have seen that movie quite a few times, mostly from ages 10-16. I think it might have corrupted me a little

. I finally got the wife to watch it a few months ago, she got a guilty kick out of it, though I felt ripped off because the dvd skipped right at the point when they run over the kids head.

How could she fully appreciate the movie without that pivotal image?

Texasmame · « **Reply #48 on:** April 19, 2007, 11:11:03 pm »

Thought long and hard about adding to this thread but really, best I can come up with are:

It's a Wonderful Life

Bachelor Party

and

Anything by Cheech and Chong.

Those aren't too bad, tho. . . right???

Texasmame · « **Reply #49 on:** April 19, 2007, 11:12:44 pm »

Quote from: SNAAKE on April 15, 2007, 06:25:43 am

american psycho

the island

Hang on there! American Psycho is a very good flick!!!

shardian · « **Reply #50 on:** April 19, 2007, 11:25:00 pm »

Here are my last collection of guilty pleasures:

Better off dead: It is only my favorite movie of all time without the slightest doubt. Noone else understands my obsessive fascination with it. I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!!!

The Best of Times: My wife HATED this movie. I have seen it over 100 times easy. It was always in my rainy day movie rotation as a kid...right behind Better Off Dead.

Camp Cucamonga: The only people here who will know this one is the 25-30 crowd (if you aren't in this age group and do know it, then you have some issues

). I had this taped and watched it ALOT back in the day. I could totally watch it again and enjoy it.

And finally, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. My wife kept telling me how good the show was. I kept telling her how gay the show sounded. Needless to say, I own the entire series on dvd...though I am careful who I let know that little tidbit. I must say though, that the last season sucked balls, and I ended up liking the Angel series much better in the end.

RayB · « **Reply #51 on:** April 20, 2007, 10:12:27 am »

Hmm. Many of you are listing good, great or cult classics. Very strange you should feel embarassed about those (which is the premise of "guilty pleasure").

ChadTower · « **Reply #52 on:** April 20, 2007, 10:16:15 am »

Benny Hill.

owenowen · « **Reply #53 on:** April 21, 2007, 09:42:48 pm »

Bring it on

Zero_Hour · « **Reply #54 on:** April 22, 2007, 05:12:53 am »

Big Trouble in Little China (Have the collectors edition DVD)

Raw Deal - "You should not drink and bake." Best Arnie one liner ever.

Last Action Hero - Weird thing about this one, If I come across it when flipping channels, I HAVE to stop and watch it, no matter how far into the story it is at the time. I've seen it so many times, someone finally got me a copy on DVD as a gag. The DVD is still shrink wrapped, but my Pavlovian response to it on TV can't be shaken.

AtomSmasher · « **Reply #55 on:** April 22, 2007, 12:12:18 pm »

Quote from: Zero_Hour on April 22, 2007, 05:12:53 am

Last Action Hero - Weird thing about this one, If I come across it when flipping channels, I HAVE to stop and watch it, no matter how far into the story it is at the time. I've seen it so many times, someone finally got me a copy on DVD as a gag. The DVD is still shrink wrapped, but my Pavlovian response to it on TV can't be shaken.

Most people really hate this movie, but I also like it and have seen it a bunch of times. "Want to be a farmer? Heres a few acres. (kicks guy in crotch)"


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Author Topic: Come clean with your guilty pleasure movies... (Read 5181 times)

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