Name a movie the critics (and everyone else) hated, but you like.

[Archae]

For me, David Lynch's "Dune."

I don't have the DVD, but I do watch it when it is on TV.

[taterguy]

1. Smokey and the Bandit

[Swede]

2. Waterworld

[applegrove]

3. I liked Waterworld too.

[fizzgig]

16. yup

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

4. Southland Tales

It is a disjointed mess, but it is a glorious mess. After I watched it I just thought "I have no idea what that was about, but I liked it." It never bothered me that it doesn't make any sense.
I have the DVD and rewatch it on occasion.

Oh, and great sig line BTW.

[Frank Cannon]

5. The Core

I know it was scientifically preposterous, but it's still a fun sci-fi movie that my wife and I much enjoyed. Plotwise, it's like The Empire Strikes Back compared to the Avengers movie.

[FloridaJudy]

25. Read the review on "Bad Physics"

http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/core.html

After reading that, I rented it. It's a hoot!

[Frank Cannon]

30. That review makes me want to watch it again.

As far as "check your brain at the door" movies go, it's not half bad.

[CBGLuthier]

6. Zardoz and A Clockwork Orange

Everybody hates on Zardoz but I saw it as an attempt at greater SF than the movies allowed. Certainly greater than the kiddie ride that came out in 77.

Roger Ebert gave Clockwork Orange ZERO stars for its unrelenting violence. I think he was nuts. But he is the one critic I usually agree with or at the very least respect. Personally I found that movie a more likely scenario of "the future" than 2001, which I have learned to like but still am not all that impressed with as the acting just plain sucks.

[hifiguy]

7. A little known National Lampoon film called "O.C. and Stiggs"

I thought it was funnier than hell. Featured Martin Mull, Dennis Hopper, Jane Curtin and Tina Louise (!). Directed by Robert Altman.

[charlie and algernon]

8. Battle: Los Angeles

Brutal urban warfare in downtown Los Angeles with aliens.

[Kaleva]

18. That's a good action movie.

[rug]

9. Kazam!

Shaq should do more acting.

[protect our future]

10. The Postman

[guardian]

11. Mr. Frost

MOVIE INFO

Directed by Philip Sebton, Mister Frost chronicles the life of serial killer Mr. Frost (Jeff Goldblum), who, after stashing 125 tortured corpses in and around his property, is caught by a British detective (Alan Bates) and brought to a mental institution. Strange things begin to happen immediately after his arrival--the egotistical Dr. Reynhardt (Roland Giraud) suddenly loses confidence, an angelic young boy goes insane, and people see images of Satanic eyes in their rear-view mirrors. Meanwhile, the only person Frost (Goldblum) will speak to is psychiatrist Dr. Sarah Day (Kathy Baker), who questions why the police could not find any official records of his existence. He tells her that he is, in fact, none other than Satan himself. According to an angry Frost, the world has tossed aside the notion of pure evil, opting instead to use psychological explanations to aid them in understanding why terrible things happen to good people. Frost's mission on earth is to remind man that the devil does exist, and is still bargaining for immortal souls. He believes if he can convince a psychiatrist (Baker), to murder him because she believes he is the devil, it will not only help his cause, but act as a resounding personal victory. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

[Swede]

17. I liked that one.

Goldblum was creepy in that one.

[Populist_Prole]

12. 'Clerks'

Yes, ultra low budget , which is evident in the filming and picture quality, but scads of some of the snappiest quotable dialogue I've ever heard in one movie.

[OriginalGeek]

14. there's people who don't like Clerks?

fuck fuck, mother mother fuck...



for me the movie is Shakes The Clown - Bobcat Goldthwaite, Lawanda Page, Julie Brown, Robin Williams...it was great. My friends and family make fun of me for liking this movie. I don't care.

MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMES!

[hamsterjill]

13. Bed of Roses

What woman wouldn't fall in LOVE with a man who sent her a room full of sterling roses!!!

[Tabasco_Dave]

15. The Road To Wellville

I think the health nuts where too offended.

[Graybeard]

26. Anthony Hopkins was a hoot in that.

"...Well formed and with no more odor

than a warm biscuit."

[Generic Other]

19. Plan 9 from Outer Space

I even went to see a musical version! Awesomesauce!

[Enrique]

20. Cabin Boy

[beknighted]

31. Cabin Boy was awesome

[AsahinaKimi]

21. 5th Element

Multi Pass!!

[pa28]

22. The ninth gate.

Critics panned it and even the star, Johnny Depp, hated it but I thought it was pretty good. Maybe because I collect books.

[JoePhilly]

23. Joe Versus the Volcano

[Initech]

24. Dodgeball

[beknighted]

27. Cheech And Chong's Nice Dreams

[cynatnite]

28. Howard the Duck...

Loved it when it came out.

Watched it again a few years ago and I was like what was I thinking?

[Graybeard]

29. Annie

I like the energy and spunk. The kids are cute and I liked singing along with Eleanor and FDR.

And a reminder that in the midst of the Great Depression huge projects like Radio City Music Hall and the Empire State Building were built.

[Aristus]

32. "Rollerball" - 1975, with James Caan.

The critics were like: "Meh, mediocre science fiction, heavy-handed social commentary."

I think it is a marvelous film, and that the social commentary, far from being heavy-handed, is incisive and razor-sharp. Superior acting too (except for Pamela Hensley, who couldn't act her way out of a wet paper bag): James Caan, John Houseman, Moses Gunn, all excellent.

Caan's performance is a wonder all its own. His character, Jonathan E, is quiet, thoughtful, reserved, heck, almost shy. It's a welcome change from the muscle-bound, sweaty, chest-thumping, wise-cracking action hero we've been trained to expect. And light-years from his performance as Sonny Corleone in 'The Godfather'.

[GaYellowDawg]

33. Star Trek: Generations

I liked it and most Star Trek fans didn't, and no one else cared.

[gratuitous]

34. Ishtar

Okay, it cost $48 million to make (a fabulous amount in those days), and it didn't have $48 million in laughs, but what the hell? It's not like it was your money, right? Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty both playing against type. Isabel Adjani and her breasts. What's not to like?

[GoCubsGo]

35. Speed Racer

It was pretty much everything the critics said it was: Too long, no coherent story line, overkill with the computer generated special effects... But, seeing John Goodman beat up a Ninja was worth it.

[Waiting For Everyman]

36. O.C. and Stiggs (1985), directed by Robert Altman.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089715/

[PassingFair]

37. "The Hulk" (Ang Lee's version)

I liked everything about it except the
"monster dog" fight scene.

[sarge43]

38. Conan the Barbarian (original)

For what it was meant to be, it was excellent. I think Howard would have liked it.

Kick ass score, too.