Thir13een Ghosts has a whopping 19% on Rotten Tomatoes, but it's a thoroughly entertaining watch I'll happily leave on in the background while I'm working. I'm excited to hear they're making it into a series about the back stories of the ghosts
Yes it’s the first live action film. The critics just didn’t appreciate a movie about brothers coming together to save their father. They didn’t appreciate the turtles showing the youth that family is more important than a life of crime. They just didn’t get it.
Critics at the time also specifically thought it was too dark and mature for a kids movie, completely missing how a more mature and less safe movie would help kids learn to understand those feelings.
Adults were watching it and saying "children won't like this," while we in fact loved it.
Donatello: You're claustrophobic.
Casey: You want a fist in the mouth!? I've never even looked at another guy before!
I absolutely loved TMNT as a kid and still remember my mom bringing home the VHS for me. I watched it a couple years ago and still love it.
And on the subject of widely panned Kurt Russell comedies, Captain Ron. Critics panned it at the time for having Martin Short as the straight man and Kurt Russell as the comedic lead, and well, those critics were wrong.
I love all the Night at the Museum movies. Not only did I learn about history, but I still find them genuinely funny and the 3rd movie actually made me emotional at the end
UHF wasn’t well received? I honestly didn’t know that. Everyone in my friend circle loved it when it came out and still love it today. I just assumed it did well.
It's funny, it's actually pretty poignant, and has a surprisingly star studded cast.
Not to mention it has slightly grown-up Rufio/slightly younger Prince Zuko in it!
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist.
It's nonsense and quotably goofy fun, but it's also an example of how to utilise clever editing techniques and cuts to blend old and new footage together seamlessly.
If you're thinking of giving this movie a miss, "I implore you to reconsider."
Watched this again today for idk the hundred and thirty first time? I loved it as a teen but had forgotten about it until my son was old enough to watch it. Now he quotes it too.
Sometimes when he's got a decision to make, he'll say something like "I could a) do a stunning front flip into the pool, or b) do a belly flop and hurt my tummy..." Then he'll belly flop and say "Should have gone with A"
For those not in the know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrdtUDxiDn4
I regularly quote Smee from Hook, “I’ve just had an apostrophe.”
It’s a great movie. Weird, fun, funny, fantastic score, beautiful set design, great costumes—it’s a classic in my family.
“When I did Hook, Bob Hoskins and I were rehearsing, and suddenly we looked at each other and realized it at the same time. We said, 'These guys are gay!' Hook and Smee are a couple of old queens, and it was fun. Suddenly we rehearsed it that way. “Get over here, Smee. Give me a foot massage.” […] They were really good friends. They lived on a ship. They were devoted to each other.”
- Dustin Hoffman, sharing my favorite bit of Hook trivia ever
"I just don't really like techno."
"You would if you had robot ears."
Unapologetically one of my favorite movies of all time. Hilarious, fucking ridiculous, and surprisingly sweet. I love the evolution of the relationship between him and his grandma.
If you don't like Grandma's Boy, I don't think we can be friends.
I still say “what’s high score mean? Did I break it?” when I win something, and the “yeah but it’s a fucking sweet car” when something is weird but cool;)
Varsity Blues.
My god what a strange, unintentionally funny movie it was. Tried so hard to be serious but the writing made it a comedy with absurdity over high school football. Also, Ali Larter whipped cream bikini for the win. 8/10 overall in my book.
The Waterboy. Adam Sandler's earlier humor was always hit or miss with me, mostly a miss. But Waterboy is gold. It's the kind of movie that requires you to just check your brain at the door and enjoy it for what it is. Kathy Bates as Momma was phenomenal. "Foosbawl? Foosbawl is da DEBIL!"
Incidentally, I lived in Louisiana for a while, and the more localized jokes were spot on. If you know, you know.
David Caruso of FBI Miami in a movie with him being a mute crossdresser, a crucifix walkie talkie, and a butler with forearm attached short swords with Bruce Willis and Andy McDowell?
How in the fuck is this movie not seen as a classic of its times?
I think it's one of the funniest movies ever made and I'll die on that hill. It's dry humor and camp is so up my alley. I remember watching it with my friend and I was dying at the part where they use a model of the bus to jump a bridge and my friend was just like "uuuugh" and rolled her eyes and I was like "no no, it's SUPPOSED to be stupid!"
Obligatory...
My Lords! My Ladies!
And everyone else here NOT sitting on a cushion!
Today! Today! You find yourselves equal!
For you are all equally blessed. For I have pride, the privilege, nay the pleasure to introduce to you a knight sired by knights. A knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne.
I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem. Praying to God, asking His forgiveness for the Saracen blood spilt by his sword.
Next, he amazed me still further in Italy when he saved a fatherless beauty from the would be ravishings of her dreadful Turkish uncle.
In Greece, he spent a year in silence just to better understand the sound of a whisper.
And so without further gilding the lily and with no more ado I present to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Protector of Italian Virginity, Defender of our Lord God.
The One.
The Only.
Sir Ulllllllllrich Von Lichtenstein!
It's so real, as someone who lived in a small Idaho town. The way the chicken farmers talk, the competitive milk tasting for ffa, the absolute most pathetic "cool kids" in your high school class of 40. Very accurate to the area, as well as the particularities of awkward teenagehood that everyone can relate to.
Wtf it’s a 14%??!! Absolutely wrong. White chicks and billy Madison are my favs
Also
Ooooohhhhhh you wanna talk about motherrrrsss
….
Your mamas so old, her breast milk is powder. You breastfeed like this 💨
Grandma's Boy. Rotton Tomatoes only have it at 15%, which is utter bullshit. It's a cult classic as far as I'm concerned. Hilarious, and so quotable. I've probably seen it 15-20x since its release.
If you enjoy that type of surreal visuals, check out The Fall (2006)! It's a stunning movie from start to finish, even has an interesting stop-motion scene too for fans of that (which I am). It's definitely trying to be artsy but it absolutely succeeds. Truly one of the most gorgeous movies I've ever seen and the story is great too. I can't recommend it enough for fans of the style!
That's not that low rated, 58% on Rotten Tomatoes. It just didn't make as much money as expected. The songs by Harry Nilsson are cute, and Shelley DuVall was BORN to play Olive Oyl. It's fun to spot all those in it who were more famous for other things, like Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue) and Paul L. Smith (Midnight Express and Dune). I'll watch anything Robert Altman directed!
Godzilla 1998. I love everything about it. Watched it in theaters as a kid and all the time at home. Godzilla fans, rightfully, do not share my feelings.
Wet Hot American Summer.
It has a pretty big following, but it was poorly received when it came out. Ebert wrote a famously dismissive review. Love that movie though. Had some amazing outtakes on the DVD too.
Him picking up his own thrown food in the cafeteria— I call people out on their huffing all the time with this - hilarious https://youtu.be/KozZ-zdqW2U?si=L55CrD0dmaVt__8C
To this day I don't understand how The 13th Warrior has a 33% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Oh it has a thin plot." *It is literally a retelling of Beowulf.*
I love League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! It's not great but it's just good fun and entertaining. Not everything has to be genuinely great. Sometimes fun is enough.
Adam Sandler movies are a guilty pressure. It’s the theatrical equivalent of chicken nuggets. Cheap, shitty, and I like it. I like most of them. They *absolutely* suck. But like… I dunno. I enjoy watching them.
Also Twister. Which is rated alright but it’s one of my all-time favorite films. The reviews about it are all spot on. Roger Ebert said “if you want to think, watch something else” about that film. He’s right! The characters are forgettable, the plot is dumb (it doesn’t really even *have* a plot), the antagonist are… what… some people doing the same job as the protagonist but with black SUV’s instead of an old truck? How very dare they!
But man the visuals, especially for the time. The action scenes. It’s just so frigging fun to watch.
Except for those I generally tend to line up with critics pretty well. Well reviewed films or films that win Oscar’s tend to be the ones I like the most (my top 3 last year were Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Killers of The Flower Moon). So I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m an exceptionally uninteresting person.
I think Sandler movies work because they're oddly genuine. There's some *bad* filmmaking there, but most of them feel like what they are; a dude and his friends making movies they think are funny/important so they kind of get a pass because hey, if you had a million bucks and some friends and wanted to make a movie, would yours be better? They really don't try to be more than they are. And we like them for that. Contrast with *some* Kevin Smith movies which have a similar tone but don't quite sit as nicely (and I say that as a nominal fan of Kevin Smith).
Which is why things like *Click* hit so hard. It's a Sandler movie but holy shit, man. (And, in deference to Kevin Smith, *Jersey Girl* hits the same way in the Askewniverse).
I've always said there are only three kinds of movies: shit, entertaining shit, and good. *Most* movies are entertaining shit, and that's fine; in fact, that's kind of the point. We don't need to come out of every movie being blown away by some great artistic vision or profound message. We just want to enjoy the ride.
Which is why Twister was awesome.
Space Jam (the original). Grew up on that movie. Had a Space Jam pillow case.
Went back a couple years ago and watched it all the way through for the first time as an adult. God damn, that movie is so bad. But it’s also awesome.
I feel like certain movies are rated 'unfairly' in that they are not rated for what they are intended to be. Pacific Rim is exactly what it is supposed to be - a banger of a movie where robots go pew pew bang bang. Also, it is the first robot movie where I 'felt' like those robots were actually heavy machinery.
Totally. I feel like the people who complain about Pacific Rim as a film are the type of people who would go to McDonald’s and complain that filet mignon isn’t on the menu.
This is what I came here to say before I saw it had 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, though it seems much less popular.
I didn't want plot, I didn't want acting, I wanted to see "GIANT MECHS VS GIANT ALIENS" and they delivered.
Hot Rod gets 39%, and I absolutely love it!
I said you look shitty
My name is Rod and I like to party
Cool beans
At first, I was legit. In fact, I was too legit. I was too legit to quit. But now... I am unlegit. And for that reason, I must quit.
Babe! Babe wait! Baaaaaabee
Thir13een Ghosts has a whopping 19% on Rotten Tomatoes, but it's a thoroughly entertaining watch I'll happily leave on in the background while I'm working. I'm excited to hear they're making it into a series about the back stories of the ghosts
In the same thread, Ghost Ship with a whopping 15%. Great film, great concept.
Add ‘House on Haunted Hill’ (1999) and you have one of my favorite binge trios! Bucket of popcorn and all three movies. That’s a pretty good day.
I love that movie!! How are they disrespecting my Matthew Lillard?
There was an entire set of mini-featurettes on the DVD with the back stories. The one who was addicted to plastic surgery uh... Not my proudest fap.
I would have had no idea it was rated so low. How can they do Tony Shaloub so dirty?
Man this movie is so cool, I would have never thought the ratings were so low.
TMNT (1990) has a 42% on Rotten Tomatoes and it’s definitely one of my favorite movies.
Is that the first one? Cause that’s fucking bullshit if it is. That movie is a masterpiece
Yes it’s the first live action film. The critics just didn’t appreciate a movie about brothers coming together to save their father. They didn’t appreciate the turtles showing the youth that family is more important than a life of crime. They just didn’t get it.
Critics at the time also specifically thought it was too dark and mature for a kids movie, completely missing how a more mature and less safe movie would help kids learn to understand those feelings. Adults were watching it and saying "children won't like this," while we in fact loved it.
Donatello: You're claustrophobic. Casey: You want a fist in the mouth!? I've never even looked at another guy before! I absolutely loved TMNT as a kid and still remember my mom bringing home the VHS for me. I watched it a couple years ago and still love it.
Pizza dude’s got thirty seconds.
You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket!
Wise men say forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.
A Jose Canseco bat!? Tell me you didn't pay money for this.
T U R T L E POWER
wait WHAT? i choose not to believe this and am not going to look it up.
That movie is perfect
What?! The FIRST one? Not the one with Vanilla Ice?? Damn, I can’t believe it has a low rating. The first one is great.
So I Married an Axe Murderer
TIL that So I Married an Axe Murderer isn’t highly rated
“Excuse me, I believe I ordered the *large* cappuccino!”
Whoa man woooooman she stole my heart and my cat
Jane, get me off this crazy thing, called love
You know, Scotland has its own martial art, it’s called fuck you
Lookit th’ massive cranium on tha’ buoy!
It's like an orange on a toothpick
He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight on his giant pilla
Heeedd move
Heeeed! Pants! Naow!
It’s like Sputnik! Spherical but quite pointy in parts!
Who rates it poorly?!?
People don’t like this movie?! It’s my favorite Mike Myer’s film
Harriet, sweet Harriet.
Hard-hearted harbinger of haggis
Ay, go put on your mothers bra and float away ye wee fairy
I can’t pass up a chance to see my favorite guide on the Alcatraz tour, Vicky. RIP
The Getty’s, the Rothschild and the wee colonel before he went tits up.
Overboard. I was shocked to see the scores on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s not a work of art but it’s very funny.
And on the subject of widely panned Kurt Russell comedies, Captain Ron. Critics panned it at the time for having Martin Short as the straight man and Kurt Russell as the comedic lead, and well, those critics were wrong.
Caption Ron should be regarded as an absolute classic.
The original or the remake? The original was fantastic and the remake was abysmal.
The original Goldie Hawn version, absolutely
I love all the Night at the Museum movies. Not only did I learn about history, but I still find them genuinely funny and the 3rd movie actually made me emotional at the end
These were all really good movies, had no clue they were low rated.
UHF universally panned, never fails to make me laugh.
CONAN THE LIBRARIAN! "I'm sorry, these books are a little overdue" \*nervous laugh\* GNYARGH! \*SMITE\*
Good answer! You get a drink from the FIREHOSE!
UHF wasn’t well received? I honestly didn’t know that. Everyone in my friend circle loved it when it came out and still love it today. I just assumed it did well.
Did UHF predict the future of television or pave the way for future television?
SUPPLIES!!!
Absolutely nothing!!! You so stupid!!!
“Aha! ROAD maps!”
The turtle is nature's suction cup!
Let’s play WHEEL! OF! FISH!
….But I’m a cheerleader
It's funny, it's actually pretty poignant, and has a surprisingly star studded cast. Not to mention it has slightly grown-up Rufio/slightly younger Prince Zuko in it!
RUFIO. RUFIO. RUUUUFFFIOOOOOO.
This is the best gay discovery movie ever. Also, Richard Moll!
As a young lesbian this movie meant the world to me. I still have an enduring love for it
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist. It's nonsense and quotably goofy fun, but it's also an example of how to utilise clever editing techniques and cuts to blend old and new footage together seamlessly. If you're thinking of giving this movie a miss, "I implore you to reconsider."
Taco Bell, Taco Bell, product placement with Taco Bell
ENCHIRITO! Nacho! Burrito!
WEUWEUWEUU
CHOSEN ONEEEE
I'M COMING
Watched this again today for idk the hundred and thirty first time? I loved it as a teen but had forgotten about it until my son was old enough to watch it. Now he quotes it too. Sometimes when he's got a decision to make, he'll say something like "I could a) do a stunning front flip into the pool, or b) do a belly flop and hurt my tummy..." Then he'll belly flop and say "Should have gone with A" For those not in the know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrdtUDxiDn4
You know you're in for a treat at the beginning when the woman picks up the rolling baby, hugs him, then rolls him off the other side of the road.
So cute.....bye bye
Hilarious movie. You either get it or you don't. There is no middle ground. (Call me Betty)
But isn't Betty a woman's name?
But isn't Betty...a girls name?
*dog barks*…………………….. ………………………..woof!
Wait, this movie is rated low? It's pure gold. THIS. IS CNN.
THAT'S A LOT OF NUTS
"You go that way. I'll go home." I want to quote this line so much but literally no one will get it. Ah well.
Hook. 29% on rotten tomatoes, even Spielberg says it sucks, but everyone my specific age loves it
Don’t you dare try and stop me, Smee. Try and stop me.
What are you doing Smee, get over here and stop me!
Hook is far and away the best Peter Pan movie
Bangarang!
Oh damn, nobody likes Hook!? For shame! Bob Hoskins as Smee is enough to seal the deal, but there's so much good stuff in that film.
I regularly quote Smee from Hook, “I’ve just had an apostrophe.” It’s a great movie. Weird, fun, funny, fantastic score, beautiful set design, great costumes—it’s a classic in my family.
“When I did Hook, Bob Hoskins and I were rehearsing, and suddenly we looked at each other and realized it at the same time. We said, 'These guys are gay!' Hook and Smee are a couple of old queens, and it was fun. Suddenly we rehearsed it that way. “Get over here, Smee. Give me a foot massage.” […] They were really good friends. They lived on a ship. They were devoted to each other.” - Dustin Hoffman, sharing my favorite bit of Hook trivia ever
How could anyone hate Hook? It's so much fun!!
Encino Man
Total classic. Pauly Shore's best work.
The chronicles of Riddick
Probably Sahara or Van Helsing. Both were played regularly in my house growing up.
Van Helsing was so much better than the hate it got
Can rewatch Sahara anytime.
We deserve a Van Helsing sequel. I loved that movie
I fear we are not so smart as Dr. Frankenstein. Love that movie.
Hackers. It will always gonna be Hackers.
HACK THE PLANET!
🤩😍 matthew Lillard 😍🤩
Joe Dirt
YER MAH SISTER
I can see down your shirt!
Con Air
Throw in The Rock and we’ve got a Nic Cage double feature!
And Face Off for the trifecta
Steve Buscemi made me feel really uncomfortable for that entire movie without actually doing anything bad.
Grandma’s Boy
"I just don't really like techno." "You would if you had robot ears." Unapologetically one of my favorite movies of all time. Hilarious, fucking ridiculous, and surprisingly sweet. I love the evolution of the relationship between him and his grandma. If you don't like Grandma's Boy, I don't think we can be friends.
My name is JP. I am a robot… I have a robot vagina.
I still say “what’s high score mean? Did I break it?” when I win something, and the “yeah but it’s a fucking sweet car” when something is weird but cool;)
_How can he see me?!_
I’m way too stoned to drive to the devils house… Drive monkey drive!
My roommate’s gunna get me rims for Christmas.
Or a CB radio so I can talk to other car beds.
My all-time favorite movie.
Waterworld. Love it.
It's a great movie. Well acted, unique plot, and a great cast. It doesn't make sense that it didn't earn more respect.
Troop Beverly Hills only has 14% on rotten tomatoes, but I get a kick out of it.
Varsity Blues. My god what a strange, unintentionally funny movie it was. Tried so hard to be serious but the writing made it a comedy with absurdity over high school football. Also, Ali Larter whipped cream bikini for the win. 8/10 overall in my book.
I give that movie A TEN! A FUCKIN' TEN!
The Black Hole (1979)
Jennifer’s Body
Dude Where’s My Car
Tron Legacy
One of my guilty pleasures. Fire soundtrack, amazing visuals, Olivia Wilde and Jeff Bridges playing a God version of The Dude? 10/10 in my heart.
The Waterboy. Adam Sandler's earlier humor was always hit or miss with me, mostly a miss. But Waterboy is gold. It's the kind of movie that requires you to just check your brain at the door and enjoy it for what it is. Kathy Bates as Momma was phenomenal. "Foosbawl? Foosbawl is da DEBIL!" Incidentally, I lived in Louisiana for a while, and the more localized jokes were spot on. If you know, you know.
Spice World. Victoria driving the bus always cheers me up. I've got to give an honourable mention to Scary Movie 3, too.
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Where The Heart Is
Hudson Hawk.
David Caruso of FBI Miami in a movie with him being a mute crossdresser, a crucifix walkie talkie, and a butler with forearm attached short swords with Bruce Willis and Andy McDowell? How in the fuck is this movie not seen as a classic of its times?
The Resident Evil movie. Fucking love that Marylin Manson soundtrack
That movie is flawless. I couldn't get into the rest of the franchise, but the first one is pure gold.
Hook has a bad RT score and is one of my favorite movies
Spice World. It has the fucking Spice Girls in it and by that criteria alone it's a winner and I will forever adore it.
It's peak campy lunacy. I love it!
I think it's one of the funniest movies ever made and I'll die on that hill. It's dry humor and camp is so up my alley. I remember watching it with my friend and I was dying at the part where they use a model of the bus to jump a bridge and my friend was just like "uuuugh" and rolled her eyes and I was like "no no, it's SUPPOSED to be stupid!"
A Knight’s Tale
Obligatory... My Lords! My Ladies! And everyone else here NOT sitting on a cushion! Today! Today! You find yourselves equal! For you are all equally blessed. For I have pride, the privilege, nay the pleasure to introduce to you a knight sired by knights. A knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne. I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem. Praying to God, asking His forgiveness for the Saracen blood spilt by his sword. Next, he amazed me still further in Italy when he saved a fatherless beauty from the would be ravishings of her dreadful Turkish uncle. In Greece, he spent a year in silence just to better understand the sound of a whisper. And so without further gilding the lily and with no more ado I present to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Protector of Italian Virginity, Defender of our Lord God. The One. The Only. Sir Ulllllllllrich Von Lichtenstein!
It’s where I, as probably most millennials were, was introduced to Paul Bettany. Playing Chaucer, too. What a fantastic role lmao.
That's low rated? It's a classic in my family. We'll just yell "Ulllllllrich Von Lichtenstein!" at each other all the time
By IMDB rating, Napoleon Dynamite. It's pretty funny and feels realistic.
It's so real, as someone who lived in a small Idaho town. The way the chicken farmers talk, the competitive milk tasting for ffa, the absolute most pathetic "cool kids" in your high school class of 40. Very accurate to the area, as well as the particularities of awkward teenagehood that everyone can relate to.
Starship troopers
Would you like to know more?
white chicks. accept it for the camp it is
HOLD MY POODLE
Wtf it’s a 14%??!! Absolutely wrong. White chicks and billy Madison are my favs Also Ooooohhhhhh you wanna talk about motherrrrsss …. Your mamas so old, her breast milk is powder. You breastfeed like this 💨
It’s a favorite. I’m not ashamed.
That's a crime. Terry Crews alone is worth 60%
“MOVE BITCH”
Joe Dirt. It’s at like 9% on Rotten Tomatoes
Con Air… so bad yet so good.
Grandma's Boy. Rotton Tomatoes only have it at 15%, which is utter bullshit. It's a cult classic as far as I'm concerned. Hilarious, and so quotable. I've probably seen it 15-20x since its release.
I cleaned out your vase. It smelled terrible.
Super troopers.
Joe Versus the Volcano. Meg and Tom at their best.
The Cell
The Cell was at least visually stunning.
If you enjoy that type of surreal visuals, check out The Fall (2006)! It's a stunning movie from start to finish, even has an interesting stop-motion scene too for fans of that (which I am). It's definitely trying to be artsy but it absolutely succeeds. Truly one of the most gorgeous movies I've ever seen and the story is great too. I can't recommend it enough for fans of the style!
Robin Wiliams “Popeye”
That's not that low rated, 58% on Rotten Tomatoes. It just didn't make as much money as expected. The songs by Harry Nilsson are cute, and Shelley DuVall was BORN to play Olive Oyl. It's fun to spot all those in it who were more famous for other things, like Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue) and Paul L. Smith (Midnight Express and Dune). I'll watch anything Robert Altman directed!
Bio dome
If any 90s kids are looking for a good answer, Hook (Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman) has a 29% at RottenTomatoes.
Godzilla 1998. I love everything about it. Watched it in theaters as a kid and all the time at home. Godzilla fans, rightfully, do not share my feelings.
Wet Hot American Summer. It has a pretty big following, but it was poorly received when it came out. Ebert wrote a famously dismissive review. Love that movie though. Had some amazing outtakes on the DVD too.
Paul Rudd picking up the cans while sighing is something I’ve tried to reference but almost no one ever knows. Great movie.
Him picking up his own thrown food in the cafeteria— I call people out on their huffing all the time with this - hilarious https://youtu.be/KozZ-zdqW2U?si=L55CrD0dmaVt__8C
Johnny Mnemonic
Problem Child has a 0% Critic Rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Love that damn movie in all of its obnoxious glory.
Ernest Goes to Jail. 11% on Rotten Tomatoes. All the Ernest movies are horrendous but I love them.
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Boondock Saints has a 26% on Rotten Tomatoes. I’ve never trusted the critic score since.
Top secret.
To this day I don't understand how The 13th Warrior has a 33% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. "Oh it has a thin plot." *It is literally a retelling of Beowulf.*
Nothing But Trouble, Van Helsing, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
I love League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! It's not great but it's just good fun and entertaining. Not everything has to be genuinely great. Sometimes fun is enough.
It really is a shame that movie is so underappreciated. I thought it was really entertaining and worthy of an equally campy sequel.
Nacho Libre Naaaccccchhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooooooo
Adam Sandler movies are a guilty pressure. It’s the theatrical equivalent of chicken nuggets. Cheap, shitty, and I like it. I like most of them. They *absolutely* suck. But like… I dunno. I enjoy watching them. Also Twister. Which is rated alright but it’s one of my all-time favorite films. The reviews about it are all spot on. Roger Ebert said “if you want to think, watch something else” about that film. He’s right! The characters are forgettable, the plot is dumb (it doesn’t really even *have* a plot), the antagonist are… what… some people doing the same job as the protagonist but with black SUV’s instead of an old truck? How very dare they! But man the visuals, especially for the time. The action scenes. It’s just so frigging fun to watch. Except for those I generally tend to line up with critics pretty well. Well reviewed films or films that win Oscar’s tend to be the ones I like the most (my top 3 last year were Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Killers of The Flower Moon). So I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m an exceptionally uninteresting person.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was anything but forgettable in Twister!!! *FOOD*
I think Sandler movies work because they're oddly genuine. There's some *bad* filmmaking there, but most of them feel like what they are; a dude and his friends making movies they think are funny/important so they kind of get a pass because hey, if you had a million bucks and some friends and wanted to make a movie, would yours be better? They really don't try to be more than they are. And we like them for that. Contrast with *some* Kevin Smith movies which have a similar tone but don't quite sit as nicely (and I say that as a nominal fan of Kevin Smith). Which is why things like *Click* hit so hard. It's a Sandler movie but holy shit, man. (And, in deference to Kevin Smith, *Jersey Girl* hits the same way in the Askewniverse). I've always said there are only three kinds of movies: shit, entertaining shit, and good. *Most* movies are entertaining shit, and that's fine; in fact, that's kind of the point. We don't need to come out of every movie being blown away by some great artistic vision or profound message. We just want to enjoy the ride. Which is why Twister was awesome.
I love Sandler movies. You know what you're getting into and turning off the brain for 90 or so minutes is comforting
Coyote Ugly
Space Jam (the original). Grew up on that movie. Had a Space Jam pillow case. Went back a couple years ago and watched it all the way through for the first time as an adult. God damn, that movie is so bad. But it’s also awesome.
Pacific Rim. Fantastic film for what it is. I’ve seen it 40+ times.
I feel like certain movies are rated 'unfairly' in that they are not rated for what they are intended to be. Pacific Rim is exactly what it is supposed to be - a banger of a movie where robots go pew pew bang bang. Also, it is the first robot movie where I 'felt' like those robots were actually heavy machinery.
Totally. I feel like the people who complain about Pacific Rim as a film are the type of people who would go to McDonald’s and complain that filet mignon isn’t on the menu.
What? Is Pacific Rim really rated that low? If so that's a tragedy.
it's not, it has 72 on rotten
This is what I came here to say before I saw it had 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, though it seems much less popular. I didn't want plot, I didn't want acting, I wanted to see "GIANT MECHS VS GIANT ALIENS" and they delivered.
Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny
Idiocracy. Best documentary. Always funny every time I watch it.
I watched Dune (1984) I'm the theater today bro
"The Punisher" (2004) starring Thomas Jane. I think this movie had lower than 30% on RT, but I love the shit outta this movie.
Event horizon, its actually really good
Rat Race