toddvj Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I don't understand some of the choices on here, some people are picking critically acclaimed movies and calling them guilty pleasures. (LOTR, Star Wars, some of these actually ARE award winners). My Pick would be: A Night at the Roxbury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDeSimone Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I actually thought of that before submitting but since most films win awards of one kind or another. "best advance in left handed props" And darn it LOTR Trilogy extended version is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I don't understand some of the choices on here, some people are picking critically acclaimed movies and calling them guilty pleasures. (LOTR, Star Wars, some of these actually ARE award winners). My Pick would be: A Night at the Roxbury. I took the thread to be a favorite movie thread or a movies I like thread, not a I shouldn't like these but do anyway thread. I guess the last definition does best fit the title, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I don't understand some of the choices on here, some people are picking critically acclaimed movies and calling them guilty pleasures. (LOTR, Star Wars, some of these actually ARE award winners). My Pick would be: A Night at the Roxbury. I took the thread to be a favorite movie thread or a movies I like thread, not a I shouldn't like these but do anyway thread. I guess the last definition does best fit the title, sorry. Yeah I kind of looked at it like comfort food movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 "I feel the need - the need for speed" Top Gun - 1986 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyjoe72 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Well here goes..My guilty pleasure movie is a chick flick too. Steel Magnolias. I am a dude...right? Don't tell my friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Well here goes..My guilty pleasure movie is a chick flick too. Steel Magnolias. I am a dude...right? Don't tell my friends. It takes a dude with major cohones to admit that. I haven't even seen it once. Don't worry, I won't tell your friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 American Pie Tremors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Def Leper Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I don't know why so many of you are listing top-quality films that were big hits as "guilty pleasures." What we're talkng about here is those slinkers, stinkers and wannabees, box office bombs, or monster budget films made by people who should have known better. A few of mine that immediately come to mind: Strange Brew starring the Makenzie Brothers. Proves that the Canadian film industry isn't all good. Certainly the high point of several people's careers. Dune directed by David Lynch. Between the Elephant Man and Blue Velvet, David decided to go on vacation and have absolutely nothing to do with film making. Dune is the result. Crap within Crap within Crap.Battle Beyond the Stars by Roger Corman. Watch the credits and look at the people who did the space ship models and the music. God bless Roger, he has probably started more Hollywood greats than anyone else in history. Team America Unrated Version by the South Park guys. Most likely George Bush's favorite Saturday Night at the Movies flick. Really gets Laura hot.Explorers Joe Dante must have been a bit stung by criticisms that Gremlins had a mean streak, and Explorers was aimed a bit too far to the kiddie side of the street. But the saccharin script is saved by an amazing first performance by Ethan Hawke and one of Jerry Goldsmith's best scores. (Along with another Dante hit, The 'Burbs.)Armageddon I know the credits say the Michael Bay directed this one, but it's a Jerry Bruckheimer stinker through and through. Lots of explosions, noise, expensive special effects. pricey stars, and not a single shred of intelligence, wit, class or scrap of respect for the audience. And yet I watch it again and again. Go figger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Spaceballs Uncle Buck Jenna Jameson is In The Zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 I don't know why so many of you are listing top-quality films that were big hits as "guilty pleasures." What we're talkng about here is those slinkers, stinkers and wannabees, box office bombs, or monster budget films made by people who should have known better. A few of mine that immediately come to mind: Strange Brew starring the Makenzie Brothers. Proves that the Canadian film industry isn't all good. Certainly the high point of several people's careers. Dune directed by David Lynch. Between the Elephant Man and Blue Velvet, David decided to go on vacation and have absolutely nothing to do with film making. Dune is the result. Crap within Crap within Crap. Battle Beyond the Stars by Roger Corman. Watch the credits and look at the people who did the space ship models and the music. God bless Roger, he has probably started more Hollywood greats than anyone else in history. Team America Unrated Version by the South Park guys. Most likely George Bush's favorite Saturday Night at the Movies flick. Really gets Laura hot. Explorers Joe Dante must have been a bit stung by criticisms that Gremlins had a mean streak, and Explorers was aimed a bit too far to the kiddie side of the street. But the saccharin script is saved by an amazing first performance by Ethan Hawke and one of Jerry Goldsmith's best scores. (Along with another Dante hit, The 'Burbs.) Armageddon I know the credits say the Michael Bay directed this one, but it's a Jerry Bruckheimer stinker through and through. Lots of explosions, noise, expensive special effects. pricey stars, and not a single shred of intelligence, wit, class or scrap of respect for the audience. And yet I watch it again and again. Go figger. Man! You have a real talent for movie reviews! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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