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[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

1000% Monkey Bone with Brendan Fraser.

It's an absurdist comedy that, while it admittedly doesn't hit every mark, is a fantastic and extremely fun watch.

I've seen it like 3-4 times and the art alone is worth the price of admission.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I liked the 2013 Johnny Depp Lone Ranger movie. Apparently nobody else did, though.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

UHF went up against Batman in the summer of 1989. It made only 6 million at the box office and cost 5 million to make. But that film became a cult classic because it was an absolute banger that everyone slept on.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Battlefield Earth (2000).

What started as a scientology passion project for John Travolta turned into the best comedy since blazing saddles imo. I feel like it's a timey wimey sequel to Idiocracy in spirit. The Travolta cyclo trying to bribe man animals with their favorite food (raw rat), thousand year old military equipment working flawlessly with no maintainence, thinking standard gold ingots and gold ore are basically the same, it's a whole acid trip condensed into whatever the runtime happens to be. It's a fuckin riot as long as you go into the experience expecting a comedy.

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly I couldn't finish the movie.

The bf and I love to watch shitty movies and laugh but we had to stop this one about an hour in because the dutch angles were giving me motion sickness.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did say acid trip, and I wasn't being facetious. It's the Ron Hubbard signature

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

You're so right actually

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Going postal.

[–] janonymous@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Two movies come to mind:

Alita Battle Angel (2019) might be the best Anime adaptation to date. It has become one of my favorite movies of all time. I guess it wasn't received badly, it has been barely received at all. This should have been a blockbuster, but most people aren't even aware the movie exists! It's such a shame, I really hope we get the follow up movies, because this one was great!

John Carter (2012) wasn't great, I have to admit. I can't argue with it's 6.6 rating on IMDb. It's a flawed movie, but it is so much fun! It's an epic pulp adventure! If you go in expecting just that, turn off your brain and just enjoy the ride, you will have a great time! People were really too hard on it, when it came out!

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I loved Alita Battle Angel until the love interest plot. If they would've stripped that entire character from the movie it would be significantly higher up on my movies list.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Haven't watched the movie, but I do know the romance plot was lifted from the manga.

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

The main issue wasn't the fact that there was a romance, it was the fact that the romantic interest guy sucked. They could've done a romance well but I hated that guy and any time he came on screen.

[–] Prox@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

+1 to both of these!

John Carter was accused of being too derivative, but hilariously its source material (the book A Princess of Mars) was the great-grandaddy of science fantasy as a genre. So JC is derivative of a bunch of movies that got their ideas and inspiration from APoM.

[–] Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Death to Smoochie (2002) is my #1. It has an insane cast, dark absurd humor, and is honestly beautifully shot and has great pacing. I mean, Robin Williams played a spiraling psychopathic technicolor disgraced childrens' TV show host, opposite a naiive optimistic idealistic purple rhino played by Ed Norton. 🤌There's children's TV networks, the mob, murder, Nazis, meth, ice shows, soy hotdogs, merchandising, brain damaged boxers, and sing-alongs! The only thing it doesn't have is explicit sex - I guess because that would be too much.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Super Mario Bros (1993) is one of my favorite movies of all time.

It's a bizarre mess of a film, full of counter-culture icons in a weird sci-fi dystopian setting. Despite being objectively awful, there isn't another movie quite like it, and it's a fun watch.

It's a shame that the nightmarish production took such a heavy toll on everyone involved in the project because I'd like to see more screwball adaptations of things

[–] scytale@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Equilibrium. The ratings are better now but it wasn’t well received at the time. Also, The Village.

[–] DampSquid@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

Haha, The Village is utterly appalling

[–] Sylence@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago

Joker 2 Electric Boogaloo. I thought it was well made, thought provoking, and a good critique of all the chuds who idolised the first film for the wrong reasons.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m still waiting for the adventure to continue. Remo Williams was a great pilot that should have set up a series or at least some sequels

[–] Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

In a time where everything is getting a remake/sequel it's definitely time we give one to Remo Williams. I can't think of a more deserving movie.

Titan A.E. isn't great, but for some reason i enjoyed it.

Ditto Battle: Los Angeles

[–] mcforest@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago

Jason X is rated pretty bad even for a Friday the 13th film. I think it's just pure fun. It has everything a Friday the 13th film needs and puts it on another level. It's mostly dumb but it doesn't really try to be taken serious.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Speed Racer (2008, written and directed by the Wachowskis) captured the bizarre energy of the animated series perfectly. I watched the cartoon as a kid, so I “got it”. Apparently, a lot of people didn’t.

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Fantastic movie!!

[–] t_berium@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Both G.I. Joe movies are my guilty pleasure.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

i like all of M Night Shyamalan’s movies prior to The Happening. Signs, The Village, and Lady in the Water are some of my favorite movies.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago

The Village is a great example of marketing killing a movie. It was a good film, but the way it was marketed, people were expecting a horror movie, or at least a storyline that centered around scary monsters in the woods. No wonder people were disappointed.

[–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Would you care to make a case for Lady in the Water? I don't recall a huge amount of that movie, but what's there is not positive. Admittedly, his gall in writing a character who is destined to save the world through his art, and then casting himself in said role, left a pretty sour taste in my mouth, but I shouldn't let that affect the other aspects of the film.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

yeah i agree there are aspects about LITW that are a bit arrogant (also how the movie critic character died), and the fairy tale backstory is a bit silly. But aside from that I really love the story of Paul Giamatti's character, and he gives a hell of an acting performance. It's worh watching just for him. His interactions with all the characters around the apartment complex are also pretty amusing. Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban, Bill Irwin, and more.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Signs especially is so good. Really great performances from the core characters. The payoff at the end of all the threads coming together is great. All the criticisms against it are valid, but I still love it.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

exactly. I feel like after 6th Sense MNS got pigeonholed as the "twist" guy and that's all most people judged his movies on, but there's so much more good stuff going on in them. Even The Happening had some redeeming qualities but that's when he really started slipping.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If I look at all my favorite movies, it feels like I just love what critics hate.

The worst rated movie (on IMDB) that I love is Steel. I still quote it when I see something unbelievable.

"Well dip me in shit and roll me in breadcrumbs!"

I fucking loved Moonfall, it was spectacular.

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Jennifer's Body is pretty underrated, was marketed very poorly unfortunately

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Megalopolis. Flew way over peoples heads, I didn't really feel I fully understood it until the 2nd or 3rd viewing.

"Hi, I'm a banana and want a job as a telephone repair guy"

"You want the job? You got the job buddy!!!"

Solo, It is probably my favorite Star Wars movie honestly

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Shark Tale from Dreamworks

[–] towamo7603@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Big Trouble with Tim Allen was a modern American classic and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I love Dave Barry"s writing.

Having a finale where there is a nuke on a passenger plane come out right after 9/11 kind of killed it. They held back it's release for years and them quietly dumped it.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Crazy I just thought of this movie today. "Was that a goat?"

I didn't actually really care for it. Sorry

[–] trk@aussie.zone -3 points 1 day ago

It's cool how everyone is replying with no IMDb or TVDB links. Having to search whatever title is mentioned in a comment and guess at the correct result makes for a truly enjoyable thread.

[–] 50MYT@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Guy Ritchie's OG cut of Revolver (not the shit "director's" cut).

Epic film.