Guilty Pleasures

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/11/03 at 6:29pm

I will be the first to own up to bombs I loved

In no particular order

1. The Civil War
2. DOTV
3. Rockabye Hamlet

More to follow . By the way, I made Broadway Star without realizing it . That makes up for having to deal with the world's most moronic boss in history. I will always remember what he said in the job interview - "I do not want my company to grow any bigger". Here is a real brain surgeon . The only man in the world who owns a company & does not want it to grow. Reason is he is a micromanager of the highest order & he needs it that small so he can control every aspect of it. Mr Mc Murphy, time for your medication

Updated On: 9/11/03 at 06:29 PM

[sharon1]

Posted: 9/11/03 at 6:42pm

If we are owning up I have to admit my loving of two bombs weren't in the theatre. They were movies. The Blob and Buckaroo Bonzai.
Sorry I know, but true.

[Musetta1957]

Posted: 9/11/03 at 7:07pm

The awwwwwful Rage of the Heart concept CD with Michael Ball.

I get immense joy from listening to such drivel.

[DofB5]

Posted: 9/11/03 at 7:25pm

Man, have you hit a topic for me. It seems that a LOT of the shows/movies I like other consider bombs.

Knightriders–not the car. It was the first movie that Ed Harris starred in. A traveling Ren Fest with motorcycles. I’m not into the cycles but I loved the message of the movie. “I’m fighting the dragon!” the king, Sir William (Ed Harris) says and I understand him 100%

EnemyMine–Dennis Quaid/Louis Gossett, Jr. At first glance I thought it was a remake of an old Star Trek show, “Arena”. Lizard man VS Human but it’s so much more. Two mortal enemies stranded on a desolate planet, each with little or no hope of rescue. Hate turns to reliance on each other to grudging respect and that turns to friendship and understanding. It’s a great movie.

Just two of my guilty pleasures.

D

[Hello Gorgeous]

Posted: 9/11/03 at 7:50pm

The Goodbye Girl: I'm sorry, I love that show's music. I know it was a totaly bomb, but hey it's a guilty pleasure!

Posted: 9/11/03 at 11:40pm

METROPOLIS
WITCHES OF EASTWICK *i love 'Another Night at Daryll's'*

...and CARRIE.....

ah and the demo for DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 9/11/03 at 11:41pm

Metro

[Juliette Capulet]

Posted: 9/12/03 at 3:05am

"Romeo and Juliet ~ the Musical", "Xanadu", "Grease 2"

They're so bad, they're good.

Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet

[Benzy92]

Posted: 9/12/03 at 9:29am

Ahh... this is a good one.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Big
DOTV

[foliage]

Posted: 9/12/03 at 12:11pm

Whistle Down the Wind
Never even made it to B'way

[QueenS]

Posted: 9/12/03 at 12:41pm

I have a soft spot for Metro myself. I think it was the flying ballet in black light.

And Jennie, the Mary Martin musical based on the life of Laurette Taylor...

Posted: 9/12/03 at 12:45pm

never seen it but love listening to

Flora the Red Menace

[WOSQ]

Posted: 9/12/03 at 2:20pm

Mamma Mia!
Ballroom

Film:
Can't Stop The Music (but of course)
The Legend of Lylah Clare - Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Rosella Falk, Coral Browne, Michael Murphy among others in the most fabulously bad Hollywood movie ever and that's saying quite a lot.

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 9/12/03 at 3:07pm

Dof,
Oh my gawd, I remember ENEMY MINE! Remember when Louis Gossett has a baby and Dennis Quaid raises it? Hee, hee, that one it definitely a guilty pleasure.

THE DEAD ZONE - Christopher Walken at his creepy, but not TOO creepy, best.

REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS (TV movie) - It was like a car wreck, I could not turn away! I was RIVITED! It was so bad that it was beautiful!

XANADU - of course!

Posted: 9/12/03 at 3:09pm

Sleepaway Camp! The BEST worse horror film EVER EVER made! The end is so shocking you will die, literally die laughing!

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 9/12/03 at 3:38pm

also liked BUCKAROO BONZAI and XANADU and GREASE 2 ("Coo-ooo-ooo-ool Rider" Miss Pfeiffer!).

Enjoyed GOODBYE GIRL's performances a lot, both Peters and Short were way beyond the material.

Posted: 9/12/03 at 3:39pm

Grease 2 rules, ahhhh guilty pleasures.

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 9/12/03 at 4:46pm

I love Grease 2. I always want to get up and dance during "Who's That Guy".

[CourtneyM]

Posted: 9/13/03 at 12:47am

mine would have to be dotv and urban cowboy

[DofB5]

Posted: 9/13/03 at 8:35am

Hey Chris! Yea, I forgot to mention that it had a twist. Great movie. I just bought it at Walmart in the $5.00 DVD bin but haven't set down to watch it again. "Zammis get four, five?"

I guess I should have also mentioned DOTV but I don't really consider it bad --I liked it--or a guilty pleasure so it didn't fit the thread.

D

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 9/13/03 at 11:43am

Ahhh...yes...the flying Ballet in Metro was breathtaking.

As for the Dead Zone..I think that was a pretty well reviewed movie...so I wouldn't feel too guilty.

Just thought of my two biggest..non theater related...guilty pleasures.

Fried Oreos
Britney Spears

[Songsstresss]

Posted: 9/13/03 at 12:02pm

Definitly Grease 2! I organized "Girl For All Seasons" for our talent show in 6th grade. :-P And a movie that I would actually almost consider a musical, but not quite, Get Over It. I ADORE this film with its cheesyness (I've never tried to spell that word before and I think I've failed at spelling it right), silly songs and musical sequences, and of course: Martin Short! It really is hilarious despite its ridiculouness.

[EnyaWeiss03]

Posted: 9/13/03 at 12:16pm

Rob,

"Sleep Away Camp"...OMG, I thought I was the only one that was completely mesmermized by such a trashy, tasteless movie. I remember watching it at a slumber party when I was 13...Let's just say we re-played the ending numerous times.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/14/03 at 9:32pm

Believe it or not, I saw the original production of METRO when I was visiting Poland. As I don't speak Polish, I couldn't understand a word of it. I really can't judge its merits.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/14/03 at 10:26pm

To Dollypop

I saw it & it made no sense in English either. Maybe Swahili might do it