5 "Guily Pleasure" Movies

[Albin]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 11:47am

5 movies you're ashamed to admit you love:

Grease 2
Somewhere in Time
Xanadu
Mommie Dearest
The Towering Inferno

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 11:53am

Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Billy Madison
Ali G Indahouse
Down With Love
Carrie

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 11:54am

Death to Smoochy was awesome and I wouldn't say its a bad movie to be guilty of liking


Scream 2
10 Things I hate about you
Bring it On
Empire Records
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the movie




Updated On: 10/17/05 at 11:54 AM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:06pm

I would never be ashamed of Mommie Dearest, Albin.......it is pure art!

the ones I am embarrassed about liking are

Scrooged
Horror Hotel
ALL of the Hellraiser movies
Howard the Duck
Somewhere in Time

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:11pm

I don't understand most of these choices. Why would you be ashamed to admit you love these films? THE TOWERING INFERNO, for example was the most successful film of 1975. Millions of people loved it. Others, like SOMEWHERE IN TIME, CARRIE and BILLY MADISON, were also trememdous box-office hits, that remain popular with millions. Why the shame?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:13pm

Somewhere in Time is a piece of crap, a really bad movie........but it plays on the emotions so well....that it became popular. I cannot watch that movie without crying....BUT, I still realize it's a piece of poop

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:18pm

But as million love it, I just don't understand why someone would be ashamed to admit they did. Besides, what's a piece of crap is just a matter of opinion. There isn't a bigger piece of crap than THE ENGLISH PATIENT to me, yet they awarded it an Oscar, as Best Picture!

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:20pm

Well, to me, Billy Madison is a quirky and inventive comedy, but not everybody would agree and Carrie can also be very campy, despite its Oscar noms...I love them but, as a movie snob, I wouldn't list them as "great."

[Kringas]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:27pm

I can only think of four, but I've only been up for an hour and at work for half an hour.

Myra Breckinridge
Grease 2
Valley of the Dolls
A Diva's Christmas Carol (granted, it was a tv movie, but I watch it gleefully each year at Christmas time, despite how atrocious it is)

Updated On: 10/17/05 at 12:27 PM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:29pm

well, convince...I am not really ashamed.....I think there is an art to appreciating a bad movie.
Since I have never been able to get past 30 minutes of the English patient, I'd have to agree with you...

[iwearshoes]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:31pm

1. Never Been Kissed
2. A Goofy Movie (I love the songs, what can I say?)
3. Fever Pitch
4. That Thing You Do!
5. Serendipity

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:37pm

You guys MUST check out THE APPLE....it takes a bit of the "pleasure" out of guilty pleasure, but you still have to see it!

Also, did anyone see the 1982 Australian "New Wave" musical STARSTRUCK? LOVE IT!!!

Oh, and the fun horror flick BLACK CHRISTMAS.

Updated On: 10/17/05 at 12:37 PM

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:54pm

I would list CARRIE as great. The prom sequence is, perhaps, my favorite piece of film making, ever! It's great!

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[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 1:03pm

Spice World. There are more, but I'm too tired to think of them.

[peach]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 1:13pm

Showgirls
The Skulls
Dirty Dancing
Run Lola Run

There are more, I'm sure...actually some would argue that Dirty Dancing is a good movie. It's really not. But I always like watching it!

EDIT: How could I have forgotten Drumline and Center Stage - two more guilty faves.
Updated On: 10/17/05 at 01:13 PM

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 1:20pm

I think MYRA BRECKINRIDGE, is a prime example of what is a "Guilty Pleasure". Although, how anyone could find pleasure in watching that piece of garbage, escapes me. Easily qualifies as worst film ever made. VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is GONE WITH THE WIND or CITIZEN KANE by comparison!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 1:39pm

Nothing guilty about Run Lola Run. It's a brilliant film and Franka Potente is quite possibly the best actress to be introduced to Hollywood in the past decade.

Mine:

Xanadu
Flash Gordon
Logan's Run
Never Been Kissed
Bring It On

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 1:55pm

Love 'em, and am not ashamed to admit it.

Sugar & Spice
Clue
Urban Legend
House of Wax '05
Private Eyes (w/ Don Knotts and Tim Conway)

[Princeton78]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 2:03pm

Clueless
Cinderella
Can't Hardly Wait
Pride and Prejudice (A and E)
Emma

(I'm SO gay!)

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 2:17pm

Define Guily... (kidding)

Dirty Dancing
Faithful(Cher)
Grease 2
Can't Hardly Wait
What a Girl Wants
9 to 5
Rhinestone
Fried Green Tomatoes
Does Steel Magnolias count as a Guilty Pleasure?

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 2:18pm

I dunno about anyone else, but I'd consider Clueless to be a legitimately good movie.

[pattifan2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 2:32pm

No way do 'Steel Magnolias' or 'Fried Green Tomatoes' count as guilty - just pure pleasure. You should never feel guilt about the two films that put 'my personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair' and 'Face it, girls - I'm older and I have more insurance' out there! I'd also throw in 'Mommie Dearest - again, attaching no guilt - and a recent addition, 'Monster-In-Law'. And a seasonal offering would be 'Miracle on 34th Street'.

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 2:42pm

Private Eyes!! Yeah!!

Watch out for the Wookalar!


I agree with Run Lola Run as a great pic!

Guilty pleasure is subjective, CM2; do you need to weigh in on every choice? :)

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 2:44pm

Independence Day (I think that counts for 5)

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 2:48pm

You mean like you, lildogs? Yes!