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Movies you secretly love

After reading through the Movies You're Supposed to Love But Hate thread I thought it would be interesting to see what everyone's guilty pleasure is movie wise. I know I have my fair share of movies that I get shit for liking and I want to see if everyone else does too. ( I apologize if this has been posted before, I did a quick look and didn't see this and didn't feel up to doing a thorough search for similar topics)

So I'll start.

 

Tank Girl - I love it, my friends think it's horrible and stupid but I can't help but suggest it everytime someone wants to watch a movie. Maybe it's Lori Petty, maybe it's her lines or maybe it's her in the torpedo bra but I can't get enough of this film. 

 

Shoot Em' Up - I watched it with a friend the other night and loved it, my friend thought it was stupid and unrealistic. To me it's just a movie that you don't have to pay too much attention to enjoy and how many movies have you seen where someone is killed with a carrot not once but twice!

 

The Love Guru - I saw it in theaters with a friend and her boyfriend and laughed my ass off. My other friends said it wasn't up to Mike Myers' standards but I thought it was good. Favorite moment by far is when he was riding in the car and started fiddling with the radio and Bohemian Rhapsody came on, I got shushed because I yelled out "oh my god yes!"

 

 There are probably allot more movies that I should be ashamed for liking but they are slipping my mind at the moment. 

 


the_Rad_Seed's picture

spice world!

My kid sister and little cousins were 5-7 at the time and I was a middle schooler, so with the girl power train flowing it was probably the most positive trend they could have fallen for. And they did, cd's dolls, etc. Til one day I had to go with them plus my mom and aunt to the movie Spice World. and I LOVED it. I felt like the only one in the the theatre who laughed when the bus driver (Meatloaf) said "i'd do anything for those girls, but I wont do that", or at the cameos from AbFab or the million other funny sly moments in the film. If it wasnt the cause for my crush on Alam Cummings, it was most DEFINITELY for my crush on Mel B, Scary Spice.I still think its a great, fun movie, thats perfect for hanging out with friends, or sleepovers, or just the  nostalgia of all the music.

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Weeza's picture

Legally Blonde.  love that

Legally Blonde.  love that movie!
mallieable's picture

legally blonde!

legally blonde is a great movie! i definitely don't consider it a pleasure to be guilty about! my guilty pleasures are it takes two (olsen twins movie) and the parent trap (lindsay lohan version)! i used to be able to recite every line from both of those movies!
rarticalsista's picture

Tank Girl

As soon as I read the forum name I thought of Tank Girl. The "two dollars and fifteen cents" line is probably what does it for me.

Rugrats, the first 2.

DEBS, all of my friends give me crap about that.

The Little Rascals

Viva's picture

Secretly love

Knocked up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Wedding Crashers, etc.. 

 

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Rowena's picture

Jurassic Park.  The

Jurassic Park.  The music!  The action!  The dinosaurs! 

I'm prettymuch a ten-year old boy.

bubbles03's picture

Romy and Michelle...

Spice World definately, but also Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion.  Too funny!

 

 

 

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Lauz's picture

Blue Crush

Appauling script, heterosexual girls but still surfer babes in bikinis love it!!

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Holly's picture

Disney movies

Disney movies.

I love Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King, and loads of other Disney movies, mostly the old stuff. Although I do love Disney's Atlantis, but most people have never heard of it.

Old cheesy sci-fi movies, Batteries Not Included and Flight Of The Navigator to name a few.

A Walk To Remember. Makes me cry everytime.

I'm sure I have loads of others.

Wrestling09chick's picture

stick it!

i dont't care if that girl is "straight" on the movie, i pretended she was gay!

 

 

i want an athlete!'s picture

stick it

haha i'm so with you - there is no way that girl was straight! she just hadn't come out yet. she was hot too.... ohhhh missy...

 

apart from that i love Proof and 21 and all other mathematically nerdy movies (secretly).

K's picture

Heart Breakers - Love JLH

Heart Breakers - Love JLH when she plays nasty Page.

 

And not so ashamed to say I LOVE BRING IT ON! WOOOOHOOOOO... yeah I love that movie so much and I don't care if it is corny and crap... I love it. Hee! It's a movie my friends and I used to love watching... they drooled over the boy and I drooled over Elisa Dushku!!! n fact they had to force me to watch it because I didn't watch to watch it because I thought it was going to be crap!

They even got me a cheerleader barbie for my birthday that's now much I love the movie and how cool my friends are... who would have guessed it was my 25th birthday!!

I even know all the cheers and dance moves... uni rocked!!!!!

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bubbles03's picture

Bring It On

How did I forget that one?  Especially since I have the version that has the cheer sing-a-longs at the end.  I'm serious. It has the words and this little ball that bounces over them when it's time for you to say it.  It's like Bring It On karaoke, not that I didn't know all the words from the 1,93478 times that I've watched it.  Also, for Eliza Dushku, haha.

 

 

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K's picture

Ha, ha... yeah it

Ha, ha... yeah it rocks!!

Wow, such a classic movie - I can't believe I was willing to hate it before I saw it!

 

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bubbles03's picture

If Only....

If only the sequels were as good, haha.  I mean granted I've watched them all, let's be honest, but they don't quite live up to the original.  But I may have an Eliza Dushku bias  ;)

 

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K's picture

I haven't seen the sequels

I haven't seen the sequels just because nothing can beat the original BIO movie... NOTHING!!!

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bubbles03's picture

I concur.   It's

I concur.   It's golden!

 

 

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Holly's picture

Heartbreakers rocks!

Heartbreakers rocks! Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sigourney Weaver in one movie. Genius!
K's picture

Agreed... genius. :-) I

Agreed... genius. :-)

I laugh now though because I can't look at Jason Lee without picturing him as Earl from My Name Is Earl!

I love the video in my profile: I ♥ Shane & Carmen!

K's picture

One more!

Ooo... looked through my movie collect (quiet big I hasten to add!) and my heart melted away when I saw a movie I forgot I loved to cry over and over and over and over and over to.

The Notebook

DAMN... I L.O.V.E that movie <- never has a movie made me cry like this movie and never has a movie made my heart melt just by looking at it's name in my collection.

That's the power of an immensely awesome movie ladies!!

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ice cream's picture

Showgirls

I always watch it when its on TV

Its so bad, I know that, but its so nice to immerse yourself in somethin so...lame.

I think its because i'm a film student. I spend so much time watching really random serious pieces of cinema, I have to watch something bad just to balance it out.

F.Y.E.'s picture

Movies

I love musicals!

Sister Act 1&2, The Wiz, Rent, the list goes on though I think I may take the cake with: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Little Women (the 1949 version)

Hocus Pocus

Animated Disney movies, you name it I know the songs, the characters, etc.

I'll stop as I think I've embarrassed myself enough now, tee-hee!

 

 

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EmmaCariad's picture

^^^ WOW!

Did you just read my mind???!!! Seriously, I LOVE every film you mentioned! I loved that version of Little Women. June Allyson was amazing as Jo. I'm sure Jo was gay really!! I have to admit that I watched that on more than one occasion growing up, and I now have the dvd...!

Love Disney - animation and movies like Hocus Pocus and The Parent Trap (both versions), and I ADORE musicals, from RENT to all the Judy Garland and Fred and Ginger movies - perfect on a rainy sunday afternoon!

One of my favourites (and I'm not ashamed!!) has to be Some Like it Hot - Marilyn Monroe with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon dressed as women to escape from the mob. Excellent! If you haven't seen it, you should give it a go.

F.Y.E.'s picture

*High Five*

Great minds think alike! I watched that version of Little Women so many times I've lost count and I secretly had a crush on June Allyson and Elizabeth Taylor. My mom has it on VHS, I need to add that DVD to my collection.

I don't think I've seen "Some Like it Hot", but I will surely check it out. :D

 

 

 

 

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 ♫ βяǐđᶃȩʇ ♫'s picture

Dude I whole heartedly

Dude I whole heartedly agree with you!!!! Witches of Eastwick is another great movie (that is the one that says put the lime in the coconut and mix it all up right?)

Anyways I am a huge dork I love all disney movies I buy the kiddy movies for my nieces and nephews just to watch them lol

oh and the old school sing along movies for disney i still have them from when i was younger and yes i still watch them even when my nieces and nephews arent around lol 

 

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F.Y.E.'s picture

Sing Alongs!

I totally forgot to list those.

My favorites are the Jungle Book sing along as well as "Heigh-Ho", my nephews have alot of these. Remember the little Mickey Mouse head that bounces on each word to keep you on track? lol 

 

 

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GrrrlRomeo's picture

Space Camp

I really don't know why...but I've always loved Space Camp.

I also love Beloved even though few people do.

mallieable's picture

Beloved

as in the toni morrison book? with oprah? parts of that movie freaked me out...
natz's picture

errrrm...

it is majorly wrong that i like high school musical? :P hehe

i'd have to agree with sister act and spice world :D i know i shouldnt like them but i just cant help myself
also i loove literally all the disney movies... luckily i have a little brother who "forces" me to watch them with him! :P

RWL's picture

I'll admit my guilty viewing pleasures...

Starship Troopers. It's craptastic. 

Die Hard 4.0. Sometimes I just want a movie where stuff blows up from beginning to end.

SWAT. Same reason as Die Hard, plus added bonus of Michelle Rodriguez. Also, I'm a huge stalker of Samuel L Jackson.

katy Gnosis's picture

Twilight

I don't want to admit this to all the series' readers, but I secretly really liked this movie...

ice cream's picture

hahaha I LOVED this

hahaha I LOVED this movie!

All my friends ripped on it, but I thought it was amazing and I loved the books too.  Can we talk about kristen Stewart in that movie? oh.my.god. 

Radicalmind's picture

agreed

She looked rediculously hot as always :}

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Kelsey's picture

I really like a movie I

I really like a movie I watched when I was like 12 it was "The Rugrat Movie" and I still love it.It is just so cute, sweet and it is a bit funny! I watched it with my little cousin a while ago and I was more into than him!

 

film.vixen's picture

Grease 2...

My sister was completely into all those 80's movies and I would watch them with her. I am a complete sucker for musicals and music themed movies, so yeah, twelve years later I can still remember every single song. Plus Michelle Pfeiffer. Hot!!! (Still is, Stardust, anyone?)  Along the same lines Dirty Dancing and Cry-Baby, also...
Kay's picture

Step Up 1 and 2.

The dancing is actually pretty good, and Step Up 2 has *no* business being as good as it is. *G* And I love banter.

Starship Troopers. Things go splat! :D

overmyhead's picture

air force one

People shake their heads at me in disgust when they see this movie in my dvd collection. But i have to say i'm really love any movies that have an american president in them especially when they are in an aeroplane!
zephyr's picture

An heroic president

I've got it in my dvd collection too.  A President who's intelligent and courageous, how could we resist?
isayhello's picture

hahah mine would be "bring

hahah mine would be "bring it on: in it to win it" i've seen it more than five times. it's soo cheessyy

Sarah's picture

North!

The critics totally panned this movie, but I don't care!  I thought it was so cute and frickin' hilarious! 

"Winchell, I've got exactly ten minutes to find my parents and if you don't tell me where they are, I'll show you how the summer's broadened me, you little a**hole!" 

HAHAHA!  I think it's funny to me because I don't expect such profanities to come out of such a cute little kid like Elijah Wood.  

zephyr's picture

National Treasure

If you're an American State Papers geek, you'll love it.  Plus there's a lot of action, adventure and a pretty woman who's also a brainiac.
Lindsay (Scout)'s picture

Never Back Down.WHHYYYYY?

Never Back Down.WHHYYYYY? I'm so ashamed of myself. I finally gave in and bought it the other day because the video store was having a buy 2 get 2 sale. and i had loved it in theaters. I was pretty sick at myself for watching it the other day and wanting to watch it again as soon as I had finished.

But besides that I have a whole collection with crap in it, that I LOVE. I don't always have to think a films is "good". Sometimes I just want to be entertained. 

icanwaitforever.'s picture

love love love

Mars Attacks

 

Best. Movie. Ever