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Post by grinch on Sept 4, 2020 21:01:59 GMT
Let’s face it, we all have them. And this topic is bound to come up whenever a discussion regarding cinema comes up.
I have quite a few myself. As I’ve mentioned on the board before The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is one of them.
From the same year I also greatly enjoy The Cat in the Hat. I know, I know, it’s easily one of the worst Dr Seuss adaptations. But not THE worst. That accolade easily belongs to the walking contradiction that is The Lorax.
But I do have some fond memories of watching this in cinemas and I like a lot of the visuals. Not to mention my friends and I use to quote this all the time back in the day.
Probably helps that The Cat in the Hat was one of the first books I ever read and I have a great love for the works of Dr Seuss.
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Post by melkur on Sept 4, 2020 22:28:59 GMT
Depending on who I'm with, the first 'Dungeons & Dragons' film would definitely count as a guilty-pleasure... (Which reminds me that I haven't actually seen any of the 'trio' recently).
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Post by timegirl on Sept 4, 2020 23:51:55 GMT
I have many: Labyrinth, without a doubt I watch it multiple times a year! I love David Bowie!!! When I first watched this movie growing up I am pretty sure Jareth sent me into early puberty! He can sing, he can dance, he can he can wear tight pants! He’s so sexy! Plus I really relate to Sarah and I genuinely think it’s simultaneously one of the best fantasy movies as well as one of the best coming of age movies! Oh and the masked ball scene! I am genuinely obsessed with this scene! Side note: No, I have definitely never imagined a Doctor Who version of the Labryinth masked ball scene with 12 and Clara standing in for Sarah and Jareth! No, never!😉😁 Lair of the white worm, has quickly become one for me for one reason: young Peter Capaldi defeating vampires while wearing a kilt and playing the bagpipes!😁 youtu.be/ujjIVoAN2YcDuring Halloween time I love Hocus Pocus! It’s pure ridiculous campy Halloween flavored nostalgia! Guilty Pleasure movies from when I was younger: So I kind of watched nearly everything the Pythons ever did when I was in high school, even the obscure ones. Also I may have had a slightly embarrassing celebrity crush on Eric Idle (yes I know I’m weird)😳 And two major movies that were massive guilty pleasures at the time were: Splitting Heirs, a slightly corny black comedy where Eric Idle and Rick Moranis were switched at birth and in a love triangle with Catherine Zeta-Jones. I thought it was one of the best movies ever at certain time, and I probably watched it so many times I could quote whole lines of dialogue! Mr Toads Wild Ride It’s an extremely cartoony live action adaptation of Wind and the Willows that is I still enjoy! It’s got a lot of Pythons in in as well! Terry Jones is brilliant as Mr Toad! Also Eric Idle as Ratty! John Cleese as a judge and Michael Palin as a river and a clock! Also Steve Cogan! And this extremely bad-ass introductory song to the weasels! youtu.be/au_tL122R6g |
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Post by kurumais on Sept 5, 2020 3:09:14 GMT
riddick the parts of him hanging out with dog i just love
warcraft not sure why but just perfectly content to watch it again and again
basically all the godzilla and gamera movies
my sister and her girls love labyrith and hocus pocus too they couldnt count the amount of times they watched them
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Post by muckypup on Sept 5, 2020 7:08:10 GMT
hudson hawk........its a masterpiece in my eyes
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2020 10:01:24 GMT
They did a remake of Psycho back in 1998 which nobody likes. Nobody except me! It's a shot-for-shot copy of Hitchcock's classic original, and stars Vince Vaughn and Julianne Moore, and that's the reason people dislike it so much. I like it because the performances are good, there's a similar element of creepiness about it, and forty years have passed since the first one and there's an audience now that would have missed out on the film because they don't like black-and-white. So that is my guilty pleasure movie. That and Godzilla Versus Gigan, for entirely different reasons. And the Rising Damp movie from 1980, for similar reasons!
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Sept 5, 2020 10:12:44 GMT
I don't have any guilty pleasure movies. Why should I feel guilty about films I like?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2020 18:45:12 GMT
I used to have a reputation for liking 'Arty Farty' films and invariably had to go back to finish watching them alone (Orson Wells 'The Trial', THX1138. The Seventh Seal, The Vanishing -Dutch version, Let the Right One In, Badlands, Orphée, La Belle et la Bête, Blow Up, Suspiria, etc, etc, ). Nothing obscure, just a running case of getting significantly more out of them than the company of peers or family I was watching with, who want something more entertaining and accessible. And not boring.....
So to just a few of those I go back to in spite of the indifference of others ....
I finally watched Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris on Blu-Ray the other week, about 12 months after buying and years since I last watched it. I remember sourcing the Artificial Eye DVD when it came out and received the comment, more as an observation than a compliment, that It was something I have always liked, having been quite effusive since first watching it in 1996. Whilst I received positive feedback about the George Clooney version, which I have not seen, I still feel that I have yet to convince anyone to give the original a try....
Zombie Flesh Eaters. Watched this a few times when I was 10 and it left an impression. to put it mildly. Got the Blu-Ray unedited but despite it having a good traditional story and sense of adventure, the gore puts off others from joining in with a viewing. For some reason.
And at the other end of the scale, 'Dr Who & the Daleks and Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD. Apparently too 'Ham' and no substitute for the televised versions, but I always love watching them again, especially the restorations on Blu-Ray.
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Post by mark687 on Sept 6, 2020 11:09:27 GMT
Depends on what other people would view as guilty pleasure
So
Prince of thieves
Men in Tights
Disney Cartoon
I'd watch over any Errol Flynn Robin Hood
Similarly
The Muppet Christmas Carol over any proper version
The Sheen/ Sutherland collabs
Young Guns and the 3 Musketeers
The Princess Bride
Skelator from Masters of the Universe is still Frank llangela's best roles
The 1st 2 Turtle movies
and the current things that seems to be classed as guilty pleasures
The Transformers movies.
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Post by number13 on Sept 6, 2020 11:23:10 GMT
Depends on what other people would view as guilty pleasure So I think you mean 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights'...
(This started my online day with a chortle! Wasn't life less fun before we had autocomplete/autocorrect ?  )
Fun film.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2020 10:06:49 GMT
For me it's Phantasm IV and V. The ones everyone hates but to me it's where the films get the most interesting. Parallel universes, time-travel, dreams within dreams, demonic apocalypses...the only thing holding them back is budget. The imagination of Don Coscarelli is in full flow in them. Taking out-takes from the first films and finding ways to make them add to the narrative in the newer ones was a cost-cutting measure, sure, but massively creative too. I don't think this series gets the love, even from horror nerds, that it should. To make a series of films over nearly 40 years with the same cast is quite remarkable. Every other horror franchise just kept their villain and moved on, this one stayed true to Reggie Bannister and co.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 7, 2020 10:42:30 GMT
For me it's Phantasm IV and V. The ones everyone hates but to me it's where the films get the most interesting. Parallel universes, time-travel, dreams within dreams, demonic apocalypses...the only thing holding them back is budget. The imagination of Don Coscarelli is in full flow in them. Taking out-takes from the first films and finding ways to make them add to the narrative in the newer ones was a cost-cutting measure, sure, but massively creative too. I don't think this series gets the love, even from horror nerds, that it should. To make a series of films over nearly 40 years with the same cast is quite remarkable. Every other horror franchise just kept their villain and moved on, this one stayed true to Reggie Bannister and co. Awesome, I am old enough to have seen Phantsm II as a new release, the 1st one I was 4.. You are so correct, budget was the enemy. I wonder, the trend of making movies into tv shows.. Chucky is now a tv show, I wonder if this could work?
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 7, 2020 17:19:55 GMT
Quite a few, some of them controversial.
"You've got Mail" because it is just heartwarming.
"Shrek 2" because it is just a fun movie and I love Puss in Boots, plus great soundtrack.
Director's cut of "Sucker Punch". Really like the movie. And I completely fail to be offended by the supposed sexism.
"300". Yes, it is a fantasy movie using fascist art and in reality Xerxes was the "better" guy (not sure the term "good" guy would apply), but I just enjoy the stylised violence when I am in the mood.
"Starship Troopers". Loved it from the start and the anti-fascist message is now as important as it was back in the day.
The German movie "Schuh des Manitu" which I guess nobody outside Germany knows and anyone younger than my generation will never really understand. It was however one of our most popular movies ever made. And makes me laugh EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. For people outside Germany and younger than me, this would be the most insane random weird movie ever, but it is utterly brilliant for the initiated. These days, it might also be considered slightly racist, although the humor is always good natured and it is as offensive towards white people as to the "red-face" "American Indians".
10000 BC. This movie has it all. Cavemen. Ancient Egyptians. Mammoths. Sabre-Toothed tigers. Dinosaurs. ALIENS.
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Post by timegirl on Sept 7, 2020 20:00:47 GMT
Quite a few, some of them controversial. "You've got Mail" because it is just heartwarming. "Shrek 2" because it is just a fun movie and I love Puss in Boots, plus great soundtrack. Director's cut of "Sucker Punch". Really like the movie. And I completely fail to be offended by the supposed sexism. "300". Yes, it is a fantasy movie using fascist art and in reality Xerxes was the "better" guy (not sure the term "good" guy would apply), but I just enjoy the stylised violence when I am in the mood. "Starship Troopers". Loved it from the start and the anti-fascist message is now as important as it was back in the day. The German movie "Schuh des Manitu" which I guess nobody outside Germany knows and anyone younger than my generation will never really understand. It was however one of our most popular movies ever made. And makes me laugh EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. For people outside Germany and younger than me, this would be the most insane random weird movie ever, but it is utterly brilliant for the initiated. These days, it might also be considered slightly racist, although the humor is always good natured and it is as offensive towards white people as to the "red-face" "American Indians". 10000 BC. This movie has it all. Cavemen. Ancient Egyptians. Mammoths. Sabre-Toothed tigers. Dinosaurs. ALIENS. I haven’t seen all of you’ve got mail but I have seen the movie it’s based on the shop around the corner, which is good 😊 Out of curiosity what’s your opinion on human Shrek in SHREK 2? I always thought that was one the most interesting aspects of that movie particularly how people respond to human him when he first wakes up and during the scene where he’s walking down the street. What sort of random is in “Schuh des Manitu”? I’m curious🤔 |
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 7, 2020 21:09:42 GMT
Quite a few, some of them controversial. "You've got Mail" because it is just heartwarming. "Shrek 2" because it is just a fun movie and I love Puss in Boots, plus great soundtrack. Director's cut of "Sucker Punch". Really like the movie. And I completely fail to be offended by the supposed sexism. "300". Yes, it is a fantasy movie using fascist art and in reality Xerxes was the "better" guy (not sure the term "good" guy would apply), but I just enjoy the stylised violence when I am in the mood. "Starship Troopers". Loved it from the start and the anti-fascist message is now as important as it was back in the day. The German movie "Schuh des Manitu" which I guess nobody outside Germany knows and anyone younger than my generation will never really understand. It was however one of our most popular movies ever made. And makes me laugh EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. For people outside Germany and younger than me, this would be the most insane random weird movie ever, but it is utterly brilliant for the initiated. These days, it might also be considered slightly racist, although the humor is always good natured and it is as offensive towards white people as to the "red-face" "American Indians". 10000 BC. This movie has it all. Cavemen. Ancient Egyptians. Mammoths. Sabre-Toothed tigers. Dinosaurs. ALIENS. I haven’t seen all of you’ve got mail but I have seen the movie it’s based on the shop around the corner, which is good 😊 Out of curiosity what’s your opinion on human Shrek in SHREK 2? I always thought that was one the most interesting aspects of that movie particularly how people respond to human him when he first wakes up and during the scene where he’s walking down the street. What sort of random is in “Schuh des Manitu”? I’m curious🤔 I just think that Shrek 2 works on so many levels. The whole body swab issue and the psychology and how the characters react to it is really interesting.
In general, the characters are great and the writing is very clever.
Well, to really get Schuh des Manitu, you need to have grown up in Germany, raised on a steady diet of Karl May and the resulting live-action Western movies (German Westerns). 2 whole generations grew up with their heroes from the old American West as written by a German author who dreamed it all up... noble savages and their noble white friends, fighting against evil greedy villains and riding into the sunset. Greatest of them all: Apache Chief Winnetou and his friend Old Surehand.
There are still annual festivals held in the honor of these characters with live open air performances.
Schuh des Manitou rips all that down and drags these glorious heroes through the dirt, makes a loser comedy out of them, including the pink clad gay brother of Winnetou by the name of Winnetouch. It is NOT politically correct, but done in such a good natured manner you really cannot be offended, especially because basically everybody on all sides is made fun off.
The most glorious scene in the movie is- Old Surehand and the Chief are tied to a totem pole soon to be sacrificed in the morning. And old Surehand starts whining. The Chief: "What is your problem?" Old Surehand: "I am unhappy with the general situation." "Ich bin mit der Gesamtsituation unzufrieden." (which is basically THE go to position for Germans as a whole, just before they go off getting another title as the world's best complainers) Then he starts ranting that all they do all day is completely unnecessary sneaking, fighting and riding around on horseback and ending tied up some place or another every second day.
This is just the epitome of German characterization. I still cite this scene to this day at least once a week.
And of course all of the text of the heroes in the movie is done in BAVARIAN dialect. Which is labelled Confederate accent/ Southern Drawl. (which is kind of accurate because Bavaria is in the very South of Germany).
It is just so utterly ridiculous, but somehow it REALLY works.
The movie is a masterpiece.
But completely inaccessible for the un-initiated.
Random enough for you? I would say an American would be utterly bewildered.
Edit- but one thing you would really love- the musical numbers. Especially a fake advertising song for the "Super- Perforator" gun 
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2020 21:43:29 GMT
Quite a few, some of them controversial. "You've got Mail" because it is just heartwarming. "Shrek 2" because it is just a fun movie and I love Puss in Boots, plus great soundtrack. Director's cut of "Sucker Punch". Really like the movie. And I completely fail to be offended by the supposed sexism. "300". Yes, it is a fantasy movie using fascist art and in reality Xerxes was the "better" guy (not sure the term "good" guy would apply), but I just enjoy the stylised violence when I am in the mood. "Starship Troopers". Loved it from the start and the anti-fascist message is now as important as it was back in the day.
The German movie "Schuh des Manitu" which I guess nobody outside Germany knows and anyone younger than my generation will never really understand. It was however one of our most popular movies ever made. And makes me laugh EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. For people outside Germany and younger than me, this would be the most insane random weird movie ever, but it is utterly brilliant for the initiated. These days, it might also be considered slightly racist, although the humor is always good natured and it is as offensive towards white people as to the "red-face" "American Indians". 10000 BC. This movie has it all. Cavemen. Ancient Egyptians. Mammoths. Sabre-Toothed tigers. Dinosaurs. ALIENS. It's a deceptively clever film Starship Troopers. The whole thing is essentially one big propaganda film for the United Citizen Federation's mobile infantry division done as self-aware satire. Paul Verhoven did something very similar with RoboCop back in the late 1980s. Pretty effective too when you get to the end of it, in that victory moment for the humans, and go: "Yep... Yep, these are undeniably the bad guys." Their win feels baaad. I can see it being churned out by EarthGov under President Clark in Babylon 5 as agitprop. |
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Post by timegirl on Sept 7, 2020 22:54:14 GMT
I haven’t seen all of you’ve got mail but I have seen the movie it’s based on the shop around the corner, which is good 😊 Out of curiosity what’s your opinion on human Shrek in SHREK 2? I always thought that was one the most interesting aspects of that movie particularly how people respond to human him when he first wakes up and during the scene where he’s walking down the street. What sort of random is in “Schuh des Manitu”? I’m curious🤔 I just think that Shrek 2 works on so many levels. The whole body swab issue and the psychology and how the characters react to it is really interesting.
In general, the characters are great and the writing is very clever.
Well, to really get Schuh des Manitu, you need to have grown up in Germany, raised on a steady diet of Karl May and the resulting live-action Western movies (German Westerns). 2 whole generations grew up with their heroes from the old American West as written by a German author who dreamed it all up... noble savages and their noble white friends, fighting against evil greedy villains and riding into the sunset. Greatest of them all: Apache Chief Winnetou and his friend Old Surehand.
There are still annual festivals held in the honor of these characters with live open air performances.
Schuh des Manitou rips all that down and drags these glorious heroes through the dirt, makes a loser comedy out of them, including the pink clad gay brother of Winnetou by the name of Winnetouch. It is NOT politically correct, but done in such a good natured manner you really cannot be offended, especially because basically everybody on all sides is made fun off.
The most glorious scene in the movie is- Old Surehand and the Chief are tied to a totem pole soon to be sacrificed in the morning. And old Surehand starts whining. The Chief: "What is your problem?" Old Surehand: "I am unhappy with the general situation." "Ich bin mit der Gesamtsituation unzufrieden." (which is basically THE go to position for Germans as a whole, just before they go off getting another title as the world's best complainers) Then he starts ranting that all they do all day is completely unnecessary sneaking, fighting and riding around on horseback and ending tied up some place or another every second day.
This is just the epitome of German characterization. I still cite this scene to this day at least once a week.
And of course all of the text of the heroes in the movie is done in BAVARIAN dialect. Which is labelled Confederate accent/ Southern Drawl. (which is kind of accurate because Bavaria is in the very South of Germany).
It is just so utterly ridiculous, but somehow it REALLY works.
The movie is a masterpiece.
But completely inaccessible for the un-initiated.
Random enough for you? I would say an American would be utterly bewildered.
Edit- but one thing you would really love- the musical numbers. Especially a fake advertising song for the "Super- Perforator" gun
I love how in Shrek 2 how startled Shrek is when he first wakes up as a human and how shy and nervous he is expecting people to still be terrified of him at first walking down the street but then starts to embrace it more as people respond positively to him during the montage to the song “Changes” I think it’s one of the best post transformation/fish out of water scenes ever because it really delves into the psychology of transformation, self perception and perception of beauty unfairly equaling goodness in certain people’s eyes, not to mention it’s all conveyed through animation yet feels very real. That western does look and sound interesting! I’m not big on the western genre but that musical number super preferator was hilarious and random!😄 I loved the cheesy dubbed voices!😁would I be right in thinking it’s sort of a German Blazing Saddles?! Are there more musical numbers in that movie?!🤣 |
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 8, 2020 6:11:46 GMT
I just think that Shrek 2 works on so many levels. The whole body swab issue and the psychology and how the characters react to it is really interesting.
In general, the characters are great and the writing is very clever.
Well, to really get Schuh des Manitu, you need to have grown up in Germany, raised on a steady diet of Karl May and the resulting live-action Western movies (German Westerns). 2 whole generations grew up with their heroes from the old American West as written by a German author who dreamed it all up... noble savages and their noble white friends, fighting against evil greedy villains and riding into the sunset. Greatest of them all: Apache Chief Winnetou and his friend Old Surehand.
There are still annual festivals held in the honor of these characters with live open air performances.
Schuh des Manitou rips all that down and drags these glorious heroes through the dirt, makes a loser comedy out of them, including the pink clad gay brother of Winnetou by the name of Winnetouch. It is NOT politically correct, but done in such a good natured manner you really cannot be offended, especially because basically everybody on all sides is made fun off.
The most glorious scene in the movie is- Old Surehand and the Chief are tied to a totem pole soon to be sacrificed in the morning. And old Surehand starts whining. The Chief: "What is your problem?" Old Surehand: "I am unhappy with the general situation." "Ich bin mit der Gesamtsituation unzufrieden." (which is basically THE go to position for Germans as a whole, just before they go off getting another title as the world's best complainers) Then he starts ranting that all they do all day is completely unnecessary sneaking, fighting and riding around on horseback and ending tied up some place or another every second day.
This is just the epitome of German characterization. I still cite this scene to this day at least once a week.
And of course all of the text of the heroes in the movie is done in BAVARIAN dialect. Which is labelled Confederate accent/ Southern Drawl. (which is kind of accurate because Bavaria is in the very South of Germany).
It is just so utterly ridiculous, but somehow it REALLY works.
The movie is a masterpiece.
But completely inaccessible for the un-initiated.
Random enough for you? I would say an American would be utterly bewildered.
Edit- but one thing you would really love- the musical numbers. Especially a fake advertising song for the "Super- Perforator" gun
I love how in Shrek 2 how startled Shrek is when he first wakes up as a human and how shy and nervous he is expecting people to still be terrified of him at first walking down the street but then starts to embrace it more as people respond positively to him during the montage to the song “Changes” I think it’s one of the best post transformation/fish out of water scenes ever because it really delves into the psychology of transformation, self perception and perception of beauty unfairly equaling goodness in certain people’s eyes, not to mention it’s all conveyed through animation yet feels very real. That western does look and sound interesting! I’m not big on the western genre but that musical number super preferator was hilarious and random!😄 I loved the cheesy dubbed voices!😁would I be right in thinking it’s sort of a German Blazing Saddles?! Are there more musical numbers in that movie?!🤣 Haha, they are not dubbed, they are all original German actors / comedians. As were the ones in the original movies of the 60s and 70s. Yeah, indeed, you could call it a German Blazing Saddles. Yes, that would fit since it also makes fun of everyone and also has a serious social commentary under all the slapstick. Yes, there are more musicial numbers, especially in the extended version.
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Post by project37 on Sept 8, 2020 8:43:46 GMT
Pee Wee's Big Adventure *still* makes me laugh out loud!
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Post by polly on Sept 8, 2020 18:48:50 GMT
Quite a few. I guess it's kind of a mixture of guilty pleasure and underrated but whatever. It's two sides of the same coin - "I know I'm wrong" vs "No, you're all wrong." All of the Nightmare on Elm Street sequels - There's only two of them I would insist are good (3 and New Nightmare), but I like them all for the creative dream-world stuff that puts the franchise a cut above other slashers. Even when it's silly.
Mad Max - I know everyone loves Road Warrior and Fury Road, but I like the first one the best. It's an interesting look where society is on the brink of collapse but it's not quite the end of the world yet.
Napoleon Dynamite - This movie is not funny. It is painfully unfunny. That's why it's hilarious. It's a masterclass in the art of the non-joke.
A Goofy Movie - "Hi Dad Soup" makes me cry every time.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service/The Living Daylights - A pair of much-maligned 007 flicks starring short-lived Bonds, but they're a couple of my favorites. "But Lazenby" all you want, that ski chase and bobsled stuff is great, as is the tragic ending. Living Daylights is A+ action packed fun. What's not to like?
The Matrix sequels - I think these are kind of diamonds in the rough. There are a lot of good ideas packed into these movies, but they are underneath a lot of overlong speeches and other such nonsense. They needed more revision to really shine, and they could have been great. As it is, I still don't think Reloaded is all that bad, but Revolutions, well...Probably the Wachowskis should have concentrated their efforts instead of splitting focus with Animatrix and Enter the Matrix.
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist - This is a profoundly stupid movie, and I know it. But it makes me laugh, and I must've seen it a hundred times by now. Endlessly quotable. Shame there is no Blu-Ray version.
Mystery Men - Same as Kung Pow, only this one was lucky enough to get a Blu-Ray release.
Halloween III/Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers - Okay, so Halloween III is "the weird one" because it doesn't have Michael Myers and tells an unrelated story of its own. But I like that unrelated story. I think it's a fun spooky flick for the Halloween season. Meanwhile, Curse is actually an awful movie, but it was tampered with so badly during production that, like the Matrix sequels, I can't help but be entranced by what might have been.
Also timegirl you got nothing to be ashamed of with Labyrinth. That movie is incredible.
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