Movies you love but others hate.

[Admiral Shran]

^ Count me as a fan of both of those movies. In fact, I didn't know they were hated by a lot of people.

The Abyss - it is often dismissed as Cameron's "bad" movie.

That honor justly belongs to Avatar.

 

[propita]

Love The 13th Warrior, too.

And just watched Bowfinger last night. Hilarious!!

 

[John Clark]

My two are:

13th Warrior - This movie is way better then people think. I'm not a Antonio Banderas fan but I think he really works in this movie. I know there was a lot of trouble on the set and Michael Crichton had to step in and do reshoots. However this is my favorite Michael Crichton book and I love the movie.

The Abyss - I know there are fans of the movie out there, but it is often dismissed as Cameron's "bad" movie. I couldn't disagree more, I think this is actually his best movie. From story, to pacing, and performances everything works on multiple levels.

I enjoyed both of these too

 

[Mike Farley]

The Abyss is by far my favorite James Cameron movie. Ed Harris' performance is nothing short of amazing.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

I unabashedly adore The Three Amigos.

"Hey Mister, can I have your watch when you are dead?"

You're not the only one. I still love that film.
I might go as far as saying that there is a plethora of fans out there.

It's an infamous film. That means it's more than famous.

It taught us all that tequila is like beer. Invaluable knowledge on my 21st birthday. I can still sing "My Little Buttercup" from heart, too.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

M. Night's "The Village". Most people hate this one and it's one of my favorite movies ever.

Yes! I enjoyed this movie, and Signs too. In fact, Signs is my favorite M. Night movie.

I LOVE Signs! I love most of his movies, even "Lady in the Water" (which, admittedly, i had to watch a few times before i "got" what he was trying to do with that one). And "The Happening" was awesome until it got stupid. Brutally stupid. But it started out GREAT.

Well... I love a few movies that my best friend just hates. They are:

- District 9

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One of my all time favorite Sci-fi movies. I thought D9 was incredible!

Star Trek: Generations

My second favorite ST movie (after WoK). i LOVE Generations.

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That honor justly belongs to Avatar.

Indeed. MHO, Avatar is gorgeous to look at but pure shit.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

My two are:

13th Warrior - This movie is way better then people think. I'm not a Antonio Banderas fan but I think he really works in this movie. I know there was a lot of trouble on the set and Michael Crichton had to step in and do reshoots. However this is my favorite Michael Crichton book and I love the movie.

The Abyss - I know there are fans of the movie out there, but it is often dismissed as Cameron's "bad" movie. I couldn't disagree more, I think this is actually his best movie. From story, to pacing, and performances everything works on multiple levels.

First off, I agree that 'The 13th Warrior' is awesome and deserving of better reviews than it got.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN-no1Ka7yU[/yt]

Secondly, what heathens think 'The Abyss' is a bad movie?

 

[Mary Ann]

The Abyss is by far my favorite James Cameron movie. Ed Harris' performance is nothing short of amazing.

I didn't know this movie wasn't much liked. My husband and I watched it again the other night and we both love it. The acting's superb, it features a pet rat (always a plus in my books) and the aliens aren't hostile, but friendly, and that's such a refreshing change.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

You're not the only one. I still love that film.
I might go as far as saying that there is a plethora of fans out there.

It's an infamous film. That means it's more than famous.

It taught us all that tequila is like beer. Invaluable knowledge on my 21st birthday.

I never did find out if tequila was fattening, though.

 

[Switch]

The Abyss is by far my favorite James Cameron movie. Ed Harris' performance is nothing short of amazing.

I didn't know this movie wasn't much liked. My husband and I watched it again the other night and we both love it. The acting's superb, it features a pet rat (always a plus in my books) and the aliens aren't hostile, but friendly, and that's such a refreshing change.

Clearly you weren't watching the Special Edition.

 

[Australis]

I watched The 13th Warrior a few weeks back and quite liked it.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

It's an infamous film. That means it's more than famous.

It taught us all that tequila is like beer. Invaluable knowledge on my 21st birthday.

I never did find out if tequila was fattening, though.

I've never found out either. I have this problem keeping it in my system long enough.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I used to have that problem as well. In my case that means I was a Tequila mockingbird.

 

[Avalon]

I am sooooo happy you started this thread -- I've been thinking about doing the same topic but was a bit chicken about it.

My list:

The Fifth Element

The Shadow

The Phantom

Invincible (the Billy Zane tv movie, not the Mark Wahlberg one)

Lost In Space

Star Trek: Insurrection (PLEASE don't tell anyone!)

Watchmen

Big-Top Pee Wee (Where else can you see a horse flipping pancakes?)

Daredevil

Minority Report

A.I.


(I'm sure I'll think of a ton more in the morning.)

 

[BolianAuthor]

I LOVE The Fifth Element! One of my top favorites!

"Moooooooooolltiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Pass!"

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Supergreen.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

How can anyone hate The Fifth Element and Minority Report? That's just not right.

Audiences seemed to like it more than critics (who hated it), but I thought the Martin Lawrence/Tim Robbins comedy 'Nothing to Lose' was hilarious. It's one of my favorite comedies.

I just saw that for the first time about a month ago and I loved it.

Awesome!

For the longest time whenever I was in the car with my friend Tony, if he got pissed about something I would turn to him and say "Don't kill me freaky Jason!" and he would start cracking up.

 

[Mary Ann]

The Abyss is by far my favorite James Cameron movie. Ed Harris' performance is nothing short of amazing.

I didn't know this movie wasn't much liked. My husband and I watched it again the other night and we both love it. The acting's superb, it features a pet rat (always a plus in my books) and the aliens aren't hostile, but friendly, and that's such a refreshing change.

Clearly you weren't watching the Special Edition.

Nope, I must have watched the non-Special Edition that LoveFilm sent me. Must get my hands on the Special Edition now...

 

[Tora Ziyal]

-Hairspray (the newest one)

Good one!

 

[Small White Car]

-Hairspray (the newest one)

Good one!

It has a 91% rating on rotten tomatoes. I'd say it's as far from eligible for this thread as you can get!

As for me, I'll be brave and say Will Smith's Wild Wild West made me happy.

Sure it was only a fraction as good as it could have been (should have been?), but I still enjoyed it enough to see it twice in the theater. I may be the only person who can say that.