A So-So Movie That you Watch Over and Over

[javero]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 7:14pm

I know of no one who has proclaimed Red Sparrow (2018) as a cinematic masterpiece but Jennifer Lawrence was hellahot in it.  I bought the streaming version a couple of days ago and have watched it 4 times already.  The movie had so much potential but like Atomic Blonde (2017) before it coasted on the leading actress' box office cachet & costuming.   

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 7:44pm

I actually liked Atomic Blonde a lot. Exciting, lots of great fight sequences, interesting plot, some hot girl on girl, etc, I thought it was very good even though I don't much care much for Charlize Theron as a person. But be clear, you;re not watching a so-so movie over and over. You're watching JLaw's boobs and butt over and over. And there ain't nothing wrong with that.

[BPfan81]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 8:09pm

It Runs In The Family - Michael/Kirk/Cameron Douglas and Bernadette Peters. And I watch it because she's in it. I can't say the movie is any good. Cameron Douglas' acting in it is appalling - horrible. As is Kirk Douglas. I assume he was one of the great actors of his day? But I believe he had suffered a stroke prior to its filming because he sounded like he did. And Michael Douglas' real life mother has a supporting role in it. Michael Douglas is just okay in the role. But I love Bernadette Peters and I watch it because of her. I have it on dvd. 

Updated On: 5/19/18 at 08:09 PM

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 9:09pm

Barbarella

 

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/20/18 at 4:44pm

Slapshot. What can i say? I'm Canadian i  "get" this.

 

Oh and Nobody's Fool- There is one scene in the truck that breaks my heart every single time, so I put up w Bruce Willis & Melanie Griffiths. 

 

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/20/18 at 5:00pm

Although I wouldn't call it a so-so movie, I have to watch Cat Ballou, anytime it's on.  Everytime Cat (Jane Fonda) says you won't make me cry, I tear up instantly.  I love the title song sung by Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye.

Updated On: 5/20/18 at 05:00 PM

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/20/18 at 5:16pm

THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY -- whenever it's on cable I usually give it a look, usually to check out Martin Freeman's take on Arthur Dent, and the production design, and Stephen Fry's voice-work as The Book.  I have to work really hard to overlook Sam Rockwell's misconceived Zaphod Beeblebrox, and most damagingly of all, the utter incompetence of that Mos Def person trying to play Ford Prefect -- but even they can't quite entirely screw up Douglas Adams' work.

[javero]

Posted: 5/20/18 at 5:17pm

A couple of decades ago Fresh Horses was my go-to bad weather movie.  It stars Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy as two unlikely star-crossed lovers and attempts to explore class divide along with regional stereotypes.  Ringwald saves it from being a complete turkey.  Her character reminds me of someone from my own past which probably explains the movie's appeal on some level.  A review is available here.  

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 9:25am

 

sabre, I strongly object to “Nobody’s Fool” as a so-so movie! It’s tremendous. And while Paul Newman’s great performance is unquestionably its center, I think both Willis and Griffith do very, very fine work in it.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 10:06am

Legally Blonde. It's one of those films I'll always sit down and watch if I discover it's on.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 10:26am

A few years ago, one Saturday morn, I woke up and discovered BURLESQUE was about to start.  I watched it.  Later that evening, just as I was preparing for bed, I discovered BURLESQUE was about to start again. I watched it again. I f*cking love BURLESQUE.  

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 12:06pm

Mysterious Growl I think it is the story I find mediocre. The "frienemies" bit with Willis struck me as false esp the dog bit and then when Toby- does what she does.

I mean yes it's Paul Newman but he was 37 yrs older than Mel/Toby!

I know he was having a problem with the fact that the industry kept sending him romantic leads with women young enough to be his daughters in fact he stopped working for a few years to show he was serious about becoming a character actor.

There were elements that were too cutesy and I didn't buy but I did love the Family reunion aspect so- that's my take

[Snazzy2]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 1:30pm

I call them flu movies. When I'm in bed and not 100% there are these movies that you can catch 20 minutes of, fall asleep, wake up half an hour later and pick it right back up. My #1 flu movie is Love Actually. I think I've seen it once all the way through, and 30 times in bits and pieces while on Nyquil.

Other good flu movies:

Soapdish

Wild Wild West

Pitch Black

Ghosts of Mars

Lifeforce

And any of the multi-part made for TV Stephen King adaptations

Achew!

 

[Luscious]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 1:58pm

Mamma Mia! and Burlesque, to name two.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 12:00am

Maid in Manhattan and The Wedding Planner. Shhh... don’t tell!

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 2:21pm

Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

I even planned a trip to Devil's Tower and camped at the base of it.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 2:55pm

Forces of Nature
While You Were Sleeping
It Could Happen to You
The Legend of Billie Jean (fair is fair!)
Good News!
Too Many Girls
Earth Girls are Easy
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Blonde Venus

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 4:42pm

A New Leaf, a 1971 comedy with Walther Matthau and Elaine May. So funny. Unfortunately, it's rarely on TV. 

 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 5/24/18 at 5:16pm

For me it’s clue or spaceballs

[Marianne2]

Posted: 5/24/18 at 5:43pm

Troop Beverly Hills- It's so cheesy, but it always puts me in a good mood.

[South Florida]

Posted: 5/24/18 at 8:49pm

So many, hundreds, usually westerns or war movies.  She Wore A Yellow Ribbon or maybe Chisum, bad movies, with bad history.  War Wagon, or the man who shot Liberty Valance.  

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 5/24/18 at 9:19pm

Oh. Also National Treasure 2

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/25/18 at 10:26am

Flu movies? What a great concept!

My #1 "flu movie" is MIXED NUTS. The scene where Madeline Kahn is stuck in the elevator is truly hysterical.

Updated On: 5/25/18 at 10:26 AM

[wonkit]

Posted: 5/25/18 at 11:06pm

The Holiday. Mainly to watch Jude Law.

[South Florida]

Posted: 5/27/18 at 2:38pm

Jaws