Movies You Like Nobody Believes Are Good

[ace_in_the_hole]

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"Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man" is one of the best movies ever made.

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Don Johnson! Holla!

[Evan]

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Actually, I haven't seen The Godfather III due to its crap reputation.

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Me either. I loved the second one and the first is excellent. However, I heard the third is crap compared to the other two. I prefer just not seeing it than having my expectations ruined.

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Godfather 3 is crap compared to pretty much any movie.


FF,
I might be wrong about this, but based on a very small personal sample it seems very few people have seen 61*. I think because it was an HBO movie originally it has a bad stigma, but it's actually very good.

[private joker]

There was an OOT thread today where people ended up debating Goodfellas vs. The Big Lebowski. KKF said that Goodfellas was his favorite movie of all time, and someone responded sarcastically saying "oh then you must not have seen Final Destination 3." Hahaha.

Well that's my answer to this thread. FD3 is the type of movie people would joke about, since they assume it sucks, but I really doubt that anyone who jokes about it has actually seen it. Not only is it the best film of the franchise, it's one of the most effective and subtextually rich mainstream horror films of this decade.

[7ontheline]

Evan,

I have not seen 61* but I don't know anyone who pre-judges it as bad due to its HBO origins. Every review I have ever read of it said it was really good. Besides, Sopranos, Deadwood, the Wire, etc. are all from HBO - not much of a stigma there I'd say.

[KRANTZ]

i dont know if you can classify this as a movie, but R Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" DVD. whenever i bust it out to play for people and illustrate its genius, they just look at me all funny-like

[private joker]

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i dont know if you can classify this as a movie, but R Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" DVD. whenever i bust it out to play for people and illustrate its genius, they just look at me all funny-like

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I've heard this before. I think it was Shant who previously hailed this DVD's genius. Maybe I need to see it after all this praise...

[Cornell Fiji]

"For the Love of the Game." is one of my top 25 of alltime.

I recognize that it is not a great movie but I am a sucker for a baseball movie even when they are just thinly veiled chick flicks. Of all the chick flicks I have seen I think that For the Love of the Game has the most rewatchability.

I agree with Evan that "61*" was really well done and it is a great movie (one of my top 15 of alltime)

The Who's "Tommy" rock opera is also one of my top 3 movies of all time. While it recieved critical acclaim in its day the movie is now considered to be just some crazy drug movie when in actuality it is a sophisticated critique on religion and idolitry in modern society.

[pete fabrizio]

I think The Descent was the best movie of last year, although it may not qualify b/c it actually got very good reviews (even though people still don't take it seriously). Similarly, Babe is one of my favorite movies of all time, even though a lot of people refuse to watch a talking pig picture. As for movies that were critically panned, I really liked The New Guy -- DJ Qualls's very existence cracks me up. Oh, and Halloween 4.

[Wondercall]

The Hunted - Its nice to get away from all the CGI sometimes.

[samjjones]

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