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Added 2022-03-17 01:41:21 +0000 UTCLet's do another one. What's a movie you love that most people hate, and why?
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A lot of critics hate Stay (2005) but I thought it was really interesting and cool. I get where a lot of people are coming from, I know it’s always hard to gauge movies where the acting is intentionally hollow and off-putting, but I enjoy the mystery of world and the meta-cinematic approach to the story. There are so many clever visual tricks and things that I never would have thought of. Highly recommend if you haven’t seen it. I feel like it’s perfect for fans of David Lynch.
Jared Angcanan
2022-03-17 21:48:18 +0000 UTCI think Hot Rod is underrated as far as dumb comedies go. I’ve always found the way it mocked inspirational 80’s movies to be hilarious. The forest dance scene and the scene where “You’re the Voice” by John Farnham leads to a violent riot are particularly funny. I also get the feeling that more effort was put into the one liners than your typical Will Ferrell/Adam Sandler movie, even if they didn’t land for most people.
Hart
2022-03-17 16:00:39 +0000 UTCThis is a weird one, but Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows. I have no connection to the old TV show and I know that the movie is really poorly written, but I really like his aesthetic in it. The vampire/witch stuff with all the ‘70s music is a really fun time. Alice Cooper’s in it. What’s not to love? Compared to a lot of the stuff he’s done later in his career like Alice in Wonderland and Dumbo, there’s something more authentic about Dark Shadows despite all of its flaws, especially since it’s a comedy.
Jackson Littlewood
2022-03-17 11:24:55 +0000 UTCPola X. I've seen it get hated on quite a bit by critics, and while I can't really defend it's flaws (overripe plot, uninteresting characters), I still quite liked it.
Woosh
2022-03-17 05:21:38 +0000 UTCWaiting… (2005) Some people dismiss this movie about a group of restaurant employees as being puerile, unfunny, and offensive, that it’s nothing but a stepping stone on the way to bigger and better things for the likes of Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris. Years after I’ve first watched and loved it, I might on some level be inclined to agree, but it will always have a special place in my heart, not just out of nostalgia but also for the character of Naomi, played by Alanna Ubach. She’s my spirit animal. Anybody who has ever held a service job for far longer than they should have knows her pain—and her rage. She’s hilarious, and very easily steals the movie. It’s worth checking out just for her. One other remarkable quality: this is the only movie with Dane Cook in it that has made me laugh. That in itself makes the movie some kind of unicorn.
Bennett Oliver
2022-03-17 04:13:55 +0000 UTCGuess Who's Coming to Dinner. While it's a historically important film depicting interracial relationships, most critics have labelled it as corny and it is. However, for me it's salvaged by the terrific performances of Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, and Sidney Poitier. The speech that Tracy gives at the end of the film always gets to me especially knowing that he would die a few weeks after filming it and he ends it with a classic Tracy line: "When the hell are we gonna get some dinner?". It was also an early influence when I was starting to become a cinephile so I'll always have a soft spot for it.
Wolfman Brandon
2022-03-17 02:28:47 +0000 UTCFriday the 13th (2009) It came out around the same time as the abysmal Nightmare on Elm Street so I think it gets grouped in with how shitty that movie is but it is a higher class of remake in my opinion. It distills what makes the first four Friday movies fun into a tight, quick 90 minute package with all the sex and violence you want from a slasher. As a fan of the franchise, I was expecting it to be utter garbage but was surprised with a movie that knew where to borrow from the past and polish up some of the more outdated ideas of the original series. Love it.
Tyler Shobe
2022-03-17 01:46:03 +0000 UTC
