Secret Favorite Movies...

How about Judge Dredd? I mean its a total bastardization of the awesome comic series, but Stallone still entertains in a dumb sort of way.

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I enjoy Future Cop Stallone sometimes too, that was a fun film.

Dirty Dancing and Grease

This is an interesting topic, that I'm obviously late to the game on. I scrolled back some pages and woah! Heated!

Well, my brief two cents is that I too have no shame when it comes to movies. I think what people consider "guilty pleasure" movies, are actually some of the best kinds of movies, because they achieve that wonderful feeling of making you feel rad, and that is all that matters.

That all being said, here are a few movies that I know some people roll there eyes at when I mention them, until they realise I don't care, and soon start telling me all of the terrible/cheesy/craptastic movies that they love too.

I love all of the Fast n Furious Franchise. Including the worst of the lot 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003). It was Dukes of Hazzard meets Miami Vice, and it didn't even have the awesomeness of Vin Diesel in it. But hey, characters wearing clothes that colour coordinate with there cars, high speed chases, and cheesy lines.. you had me at hello.

Along the same lines, except that is DOES have the awesomeness that is Vin Diesel in it. xXx (2002) is a classic for me. I LOVE THIS MOVIE. It's like a bad Gen Y, James Bond movie and I just don't give a damn.

Sahara (2005) is GOLD. Steve Zahn. Steve Zahn. Steve Zahn.

Then there is chick flicks that often get a bad rap, even though the whole romantic comedy genre is based on not winning awards but makin' ya feel nice 'n' stuff.

Center Stage (2000), Forces of Nature (1999), Josie & The Pussycats (2001).

Honorable mention: Torque (2004)

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I've said this so many times before and will say it again: Dreamcatcher.

I also like GI Jane and The Number 23.

The Ghoulies series. Ghoulies 2 is my fave...

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not favorite movies of mine but movies I enjoy watching that people dislike and think are terrible:

Jumper
Spiderman 3
Wedding Crashers
Click

I love Casper (the one with Ricci). It's so beautiful & love the music.

I completely forgot about that movie. Love it. Good choice.

Cool! Wasn't expecting anyone else to like it around here..

One of the best family movies from the 90s, too bad for the awful sequels that followed.
I am guessing they still make those Casper movies, it's even cheaper now to make them.

I love Charlies Angels,Mummy (except the last one),National Treasure.

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Hmm... some more that I love:


Black Mask (1996)

Reign of Fire (2002)
Prince Of Darkness (1987)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

Grease
Mamma Mia
Patch Adams

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And the + rep goes to...

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I am a guy lol, that;s why they're guilty pleasures lol. Though I think watching Mamma Mia in sing-a-along version took it too far!

Oh yeah, I used to love that movie, haven't seen it in ages.

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So Holden Pike sorta ret-conned this into a "guilty pleasures" thread instead of a "secret favourite movies" thread, so I'll say this: the first half of Digimon: The Movie (2000). I was never much of a digimon kid, but dammit, (the first half of) this movie was good. The last half was crap. But the first half was good! The whole plot of the world being taken over by an Internet-based digital digimon (aren't they all digital? Isn't that why they're called digimon?) was super cool, and the way they had all the characters come together from different locations through the Internet, cut off from telephones save for a monotonous phone-tag system was a unique situation. Then, with the whole world watching, when they finally take him on in cyberspace... still gets me a little welled up. Though the whole "merging with your digimon thing" was kinda stupid, but I'm willing to let that one go.
And of course it only goes downhill from there... but, the director (or some other main guy involved with it,) went on to create Summer Wars (2009), a feature-length and much better produced anime movie with the same plot of the first half of Digimon: The Movie! So I'd advise just watching that if anything I just described seemed remotely interesting, because Summer Wars really was a phenomenal movie. But anyways: in terms of "secret favourite" movies, I will have to say The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007). Now, I wouldn't say this is an irredeemable movie, or even a terrible one. Most people seem to agree it was poorly produced and the acting was sub-par, but honestly I really enjoyed it. And that's why it's my "secret favourite." It's torture-porn set to the style of a mockumentary. I don't think it even had an official DVD release, aside from maybe some DVDs sold off of its website. It definitely didn't have a theatrical release, it was just screened at a few film festivals as well as being hosted on YouTube for awhile. But anyways... definitely not the type of film I would bring up as a personal favourite with someone I'm meeting for the first time. I'd be fine with mentioning Saw (I really liked Saw as well,) but not this.

I don't see it as a particularly bad film but I think I love Con Air more than I should and I've seen it far too many times, in terms of realism it's extremely far-fetched and silly at times but I find it a very enjoyable film

I'm with ya! Never quite understood the slating that Dreamcatcher got.