What Are Your Favorite Guilty Pleasure films?

Vaz said:
Serenity is amazing!

Mine is Beetlejuice.

Oh, and Waterworld
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If only Serenity had been a hit a the box office.:( It was a pretty good film.:)

Beetlejuice is my second favorite Michael Keaton film.:)

Waterworld despite it's many problems is overall, a very good and entertaining film. :)
 
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BAYLOR said:
Beetlejuice is my second favorite Michael Keaton film.
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Okay, so I'm curious - what was the first? Batman or the newspaper one would be my guess (probably also my choice, too). Or there was that Birdman one, though I've yet to see it. Or... Well, for some reason I can't think of any other films Keaton was in (although I'm sure there are loads) - this could possibly be due to an early morning coffee deficiency.:)

BAYLOR said:
Waterworld despite it's many problems is overall, a very good and entertaining film
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Yeah, I enjoyed it too. And, although I may never live this down... I also enjoyed other films in the very large category of "Questionable Kevin Costner Films", including The Postman and Dances With Wolves*.

*And the titles go together quite well. Maybe they should do a sequel to both called The Postman Dances With Wolves (And Runs From Dogs).:whistle:
 
The postman was also pretty underrated.

I still love David Lynch's Dune. It's got its faults, but I still rate it. I've seen it get a lot of criticism lately which I felt was a little unfair.

The tide appears to have turned for Avatar. Another movie that I really do rate.
 
"Judge Dredd" (1995)

On another day I may have considered dumping this film in the "worst film you've seen in the entire history of the universe" thread. As it is, I feel it has some merit to be dumped kicking & screaming in this thread instead.

So much promise, but the execution and delivery was very VERY poor! Not least for Sly revealing his face. Which is big no no as far as diehard Judge fans are concerned!

But to its <limited> credit it does have some curious attraction. Again its one of those films you would only really appreciate after a Friday night's night out with a few drinks and a dodgy curry!

2/5
 
I like this movie. Ok, I still don't understand why it was so comical and you are spot on about Stallone revealing his face however, Mega City One was the star of this movie and I thought she looked wonderful.
 
After deciding that it wasn't clear to me exactly what was meant by "guilty pleasures," I read back through this thread and found that a large number of the films mentioned were ones that I could not even watch once (all the way through, I mean) -- I must be out of sync...
My own inclination was that the term includes both films that people generally panned but I loved enough to watch over and over -- or films that I can watch over and over even though they aren't considered great films... (Side-note: deliberately not including most of the recent Marvel films...)
That explained, I'll start with the first two of the Brendan Fraser "Mummy" films (Rachel Weisz in both, and Patricia Velasquez in the second, va-va-voom!).
John Carter of Mars (I really expected there to be more in the series!)
The Wrong Box
Zulu
The Fifth Element
Batman versus Superman

But now I have a question: is there room in this thread for films that might well be considered "classical," even though no one talks about them much? In that category, my "watch over and over" list includes

A Fistful of Dollars
The Magnificent Seven (the original Yul Brynner one)
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
The 47 Ronin (the original Kurosawa one)
The Horse Soldiers
Kelly's Heroes
 
Gonk the Insane said:
Okay, so I'm curious - what was the first? Batman or the newspaper one would be my guess (probably also my choice, too). Or there was that Birdman one, though I've yet to see it. Or... Well, for some reason I can't think of any other films Keaton was in (although I'm sure there are loads) - this could possibly be due to an early morning coffee deficiency.:)
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How about The Dream Team, in which Keaton sports a mullet and a seriously bad attitude?
 
2DaveWixon said:
John Carter of Mars (I really expected there to be more in the series!)
The Wrong Box
Zulu
The Fifth Element
Batman versus Superman
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The Wrong Box is a (cult) classic. What's not to like with Michael Caine, Ralph Richardson, Dudley Moore and Peter Sellers. Great story and clever comedy. Zulu is a fascinating film on many levels. Michael Caine's first starring role as well as one of Stanley Baker's last. A bravura performance from Jack Hawkins as the inebriated missionary. Filmed on location in South Africa. The supporting cast consisted of many Zulu men and women. Although they contributed mightily to the telling of the story, the apartheid government refused to allow any Zulu to attend a screening of the movie. Worried about another uprising, I imagine.

I'd add Hara Kiri (1962) to your list of Japanese classics. A beautifully filmed (black and white) story with constant tension and drama. An indictment of the Samurai code that ultimately proved to be ineffective.
 
Yojimbo could never be considered a guilty pleasure!


To me a guilty pleasure is a film that you're not sure you want other people to see you own.

Most Women in Prison films will fall into this category.

Do I REALLY want people to know I own a copy of Caged Heat, Women’s Prison Massacre, or The Big Bird Cage? No.
Do I sometimes really want to watch a bunch of not very good American actresses with big hair suffering through scenes of mild sadism, unwanted attentions from 'butch' lesbians, terrible dialogue and an obligatory mass shower scene - and if you're lucky all of them simultaneously? Damn right I do.
Do I want to broadcast this fact to the world without feeling a deep and overwhelming sense of shame? Good question.

THAT'S a guilty pleasure
 
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JunkMonkey said:
Yojimbo could never be considered a guilty pleasure!


To me a guilty pleasure is a film that you're not sure you want other people to see you own.

Most Women in Prison films will fall into this category.

Do I REALLY want people to know I own a copy of Caged Heat, Women’s Prison Massacre, or The Big Bird Cage? No.
Do I sometimes really want to watch a bunch of not very good American actresses with big hair suffering through scenes of mild sadism, unwanted attentions from 'butch' lesbians, terrible dialogue and an obligatory mass shower scene - and if you're lucky all of them simultaneously? Damn right I do.
Do I want to broadcast this fact to the world without feeling a deep and overwhelming sense of shame? Good question.

THAT'S a guilty pleasure
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Now that is the best explanation I've yet seen for the criteria of this thread!
 
HanaBi said:
"Judge Dredd" (1995)

On another day I may have considered dumping this film in the "worst film you've seen in the entire history of the universe" thread. As it is, I feel it has some merit to be dumped kicking & screaming in this thread instead.

So much promise, but the execution and delivery was very VERY poor! Not least for Sly revealing his face. Which is big no no as far as diehard Judge fans are concerned!

But to its <limited> credit it does have some curious attraction. Again its one of those films you would only really appreciate after a Friday night's night out with a few drinks and a dodgy curry!

2/5
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They got the look of the Judge Dredd world right. :)
 
clovis-man said:
The Wrong Box is a (cult) classic. What's not to like with Michael Caine, Ralph Richardson, Dudley Moore and Peter Sellers. Great story and clever comedy. Zulu is a fascinating film on many levels. Michael Caine's first starring role as well as one of Stanley Baker's last. A bravura performance from Jack Hawkins as the inebriated missionary. Filmed on location in South Africa. The supporting cast consisted of many Zulu men and women. Although they contributed mightily to the telling of the story, the apartheid government refused to allow any Zulu to attend a screening of the movie. Worried about another uprising, I imagine.

I'd add Hara Kiri (1962) to your list of Japanese classics. A beautifully filmed (black and white) story with constant tension and drama. An indictment of the Samurai code that ultimately proved to be ineffective.
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May I request a small clarification? does the word "ineffective" modify "code" or does it modify "indictment"?

Have never seen Hara Kiri, but I'll take your words as an endorsement, with thanks.
 
JunkMonkey said:
Yojimbo could never be considered a guilty pleasure!


To me a guilty pleasure is a film that you're not sure you want other people to see you own.

Most Women in Prison films will fall into this category.

Do I REALLY want people to know I own a copy of Caged Heat, Women’s Prison Massacre, or The Big Bird Cage? No.
Do I sometimes really want to watch a bunch of not very good American actresses with big hair suffering through scenes of mild sadism, unwanted attentions from 'butch' lesbians, terrible dialogue and an obligatory mass shower scene - and if you're lucky all of them simultaneously? Damn right I do.
Do I want to broadcast this fact to the world without feeling a deep and overwhelming sense of shame? Good question.

THAT'S a guilty pleasure
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OK, I award you the prize for most to feel guilty about.
 
2DaveWixon said:
May I request a small clarification? does the word "ineffective" modify "code" or does it modify "indictment"?

Have never seen Hara Kiri, but I'll take your words as an endorsement, with thanks.
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Difficult to provide an explanation without major spoilers. Suffice to say that "technically" the Samurai code is not harmed by the events in the story. However, the moral implications are ruthlessly explored. And the word "ruthlessly" does not need to be in quotes.
 
clovis-man said:
Difficult to provide an explanation without major spoilers. Suffice to say that "technically" the Samurai code is not harmed by the events in the story. However, the moral implications are ruthlessly explored. And the word "ruthlessly" does not need to be in quotes.
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Thank you...I'll need to chew that over for a while.
 
"Bridget Jones' Diary"

Not a great fan of romcoms, but I have to say I thoroughly enjoy watching this. It has a very good feel-good factor, and the fact Zoe Thingymebob (can't spell her surname without checking, sorry), does a very good job with the role of Bridget, and pulls off a pretty convincing English accent too.

Good support from Colin Firth and Hugh Grant; and all wrapped up in a easygoing script by ever-dependable Richard Curtis.

4/5

(Not so keen on the two subsequent sequels though!)
 
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