Is there that one movie in your repertoire that is universally loathed; yet for some reason, you love it. Movies that have won countless Razzies and bombed big time, yet you find them entertaining and enjoyable. I love the movie Judge Dredd, a sci-fi action flick starring Sly Stallone, and have never met anyone else who liked it. What movies do you love and everyone else hates?

I actually thought 'Showgirls' was a decent film, but it's been universally condemned since its release by the whole of the film-fan fraternity. I really don't think its that bad.

I've got to go with "Dumb and Dumber". One of the stupidest movies ever, but it cracks me up every time.

I liked Judge Dredd as well!! It's one of my dad's fav movies. lol He goes around saying, "I am the law" a la Judge Dredd. lol It's funny.

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"No Such Thing". I don't know anyone who's seen it but if everyone else includes movie critics, the vast majority of them hated it. Me, I thought it was brilliant. This was a dream cast ensemble for me- Robert Burke, Sarah Polley, Julie Christie, Helen Mirren and the film was directed by Hal Hartley. It's both a twist on the Beauty and Beast story and a satirical commentary on the news media & society. I think some critics wanted a lovey dovey Beauty & Beast story and maybe some critics were put off by the how the news media was portrayed. Phooey on them.

Then again I also consider "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie" not just a comedy masterpiece but perhaps the funniest movie of all time. Cool Cheech quote from the movie- "Responsibility is a heavy responsibility, man."

"Timeline," that one about the archaeologists in medieval France, was, in my opinion, excellent. When I went to class after seeing it, however, no one else agreed with me. Quite to the contrary, in fact, they all hated it. -M.

I liked Timeline as well. I didn't feel that it really captured the book but the movie was still pretty good.

'Arthur' with Dudley Moore, Sir John Gilegood and Liza Minnelli

Oh, where to start...

"Hudson Hawk" - a Bruce Willis vanity pic from 1991. Though it was roundly panned at the time, I still can't help liking this movie. I watch it about once a year.

"Down Twisted" - a 1987 "Romancing the Stone" ripoff. This pic is so '80s it hurts! It stars SNL alum Charles Rocket (remember him?) in the Michael Douglas role and Carey Lowell in the Kathleen turner role. Honestly, I have no idea why I like this movie.

Oh, almost forgot...

"Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins." - about half a good movie from '85. It's good when Joel Grey & Fred Ward are on screen, absolutely terrible when they're not.

Oh-and how could I forget "The life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'? This pleasant movie is mainly comprised of a drunken bear in a poolhall, poker games, and lots of casual shoot-outs with more drinking afterward. There are a couple of those inane love song sequences in slow motion - picnics, and so forth {including the bear}. Paul Newman was wonderful in the part of Roy Bean.

"All That Jazz" is the one I'd pick. Everyone I knew thought it was weird, boring and senseless. I thought it was great. I guess a self-destructive fellow flirting with Death doesn't interest most people.

I think I'd go with that Beach Party series by American International in the 60's, starring (usually) Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. I like the campiness of it all, especially Harvey Lembeck's bungling cycle punk Erich Von Zipper, Candy Johnson's hip-grinding go-go dancer (she makes Charo look like a zombie!) and such trappings as the old-time cameo stars (Keaton, Lorre, Karloff et al), the corny asides to the audience and those nutty fast motion chases (ripped off by the Munsters show). And sometimes, if you could endure the sappier songs, you got a real rocker, such as my favorite, Stevie Wonder's dynamite "Happy Street" from "Muscle Beach Party", my favorite of the series. (Cripes, wasn't he young then!) Maybe it was all fantasy, but maybe we needed a bit of it back then!

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I like Thoroughly Modern Millie, the 1967 movie starring Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore. Most people think it's silly, and a lot of reviewers slam it as a "flop." However, I think it's a fun spoof of the flapper era, and many of the songs are just great--catchy tunes I find myself singing out of the blue!

I like White Hunter, Black Heart with Clint Eastwood. Not a terrible movie by any means but nobody else seems to like it much.

I figure I shouldn't list so-called cult movies or the terribly cheap horror films my friends and I watched as teens and focus on bigger budget pictures. Here's what I've got:

Three Amigos-- Pretty bad, my friends didn't like it, but I laughed and liked it enough to watch it again on TV. I used to jokingly call myself el Guapo for a while. The flick is probably most notable for marking Steve Martin moving away from being so darn wild and crazy and becoming mild and ocassionaly humorous.

America's Sweethearts-- Australian television shows bad movies nearly every night. I guess good movies cost more or everybody saw them already or something. Anyway, I'd never heard of this one. It had bad reviews (but not completely terrible) on rottentomatoes.com. I gave it a shot because I like John Cusack, who stars. Again, not a good movie considering the talent involved, probably due to the influence of Billy Crystal, who I find corny, saccharine, shallow, and jokey-- in a word, lame. He got a laugh out of me this time, though, with the line "no laugh, no tip".

Looking through the index to Roger Ebert's I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie, I find:

Blue Velvet, Erik the Viking, Happy Gilmore, The Hitcher, Lair of the White Worm, Pink Flamingoes, and U-Turn.

I'd watch any of those if they happened to come on TV at a convenient time... might even tape them. Not that Ebert qualifies as "everyone" but I tend to listen to him-- sometimes to my regret. Nice thumbs up on The Haunting there, Roger. Thanks a lot.

I agree with your "Millie" assessment, Little Woman. I guess we two are the only ones that thought it was enjoyable. After all - it wasn't meant to be War and Peace, or anything. Just bright costumes, hummable songs and ballyhoo. I even saw it at the theatre!

It's a bit of a cult movie with a wicked sense of humour than none of my friends can quite grasp and thats why I liked Killer Klowns From Outer Space and they didn't

The Truman Show. You either love it or hate it.

I thought "Showgirls" was good too. And I love "Jay and Silent Bob strike back"