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Tank Girl! 
Posted: 23:48 Oct 23 2003
Go on be honest - Films
Strictly amongst friends, can you think of a film generally considered poor, embarassing or just plain bad that you have a real soft spot for...
Posted: 23:48 Oct 23 2003 
Waiting for someone to say The Care Bares Movie
No seriously Id have to say.... Wizard of Oz, which is not so much bad as just well, inappropriate for us macho types
No seriously Id have to say.... Wizard of Oz, which is not so much bad as just well, inappropriate for us macho types
Posted: 00:03 Oct 24 2003 /me waits for Spike to happen upon this thread...
by Wobag
Waiting for someone to say The Care Bares Movie
Posted: 00:08 Oct 24 2003 
I really want to see the Care Bears Movie again as I've not seen it since I was ickle. 
Posted: 00:46 Oct 24 2003 its on one of the sky movie channels once a week usually ill record next time i catch it
by PictureOfFlowers
I really want to see the Care Bears Movie again as I've not seen it since I was ickle.
Posted: 11:13 Oct 24 2003 I love that film.
by Whistler
Tank Girl!
Also, I haven't yet found anyone who agrees with me on this, but Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
I mean, it's why I got into the series & it has 2 of the funniest deaths in movie history
Posted: 11:28 Oct 24 2003 
No! Not that! Anything but that!
by Wobag
Waiting for someone to say The Care Bares Movie
No seriously Id have to say.... Wizard of Oz, which is not so much bad as just well, inappropriate for us macho types
Had to watch it last night for a uni seminar this afternoon (which was then cancelled
), but I was watching X-Men about an hour before, then watched Oz til about 2am-ish. I woke up with a start at about 4:30am after having a nightmare about Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen et al dancing along the Yellow Brick Road singing "We're off to see the Wizard"... 
Can't think of an appropriate film to post right now, but I will when I can think of one...
(Edited by Alan 24/10/2003 11:41)
Posted: 11:39 Oct 24 2003 Hahahaha!I remember it well.
by Alan
Had to watch it last night for a uni seminar this afternoon
Posted: 14:25 Oct 24 2003 Ooooooh, thankyou!!
by bipolar
its on one of the sky movie channels once a week usually ill record next time i catch it
Posted: 00:34 Oct 25 2003 
Plunkett and Macleane.
It got panned for reasons ranging from being a Trainspotting clone to making no historical sense upon its release, but stuff the lot of them, it's a wild swashbuckling ride through and through. Everything from Liv Tyler's gloriously wooden performance, to the Tiger Lillies' stomping soundtrack to Ken Scott's 18th century Grant Mitchell clone delight, and it does what a thousand poe-faced piles of cinematic indlugence fail to do, namely entertain the pants off me.
But it's not just eye-candy. Ironically, given it's gratuitously modern sensiblities, it's also the most realistic recreation of historical squalour I've ever seen on screen. Directed with panache by Ridley Scott's son (his debut feature), it's filled with clever touches like cutting modern beats into 18th century dances to give the viewer a feel of the times, a device Baz Lurman recieved much praise for with Moulin Rouge, but went unnoticed here.
To quote a review from the time: "Any film set in Georgean London where people call each other 'wanker' gets my vote!"
It got panned for reasons ranging from being a Trainspotting clone to making no historical sense upon its release, but stuff the lot of them, it's a wild swashbuckling ride through and through. Everything from Liv Tyler's gloriously wooden performance, to the Tiger Lillies' stomping soundtrack to Ken Scott's 18th century Grant Mitchell clone delight, and it does what a thousand poe-faced piles of cinematic indlugence fail to do, namely entertain the pants off me.
But it's not just eye-candy. Ironically, given it's gratuitously modern sensiblities, it's also the most realistic recreation of historical squalour I've ever seen on screen. Directed with panache by Ridley Scott's son (his debut feature), it's filled with clever touches like cutting modern beats into 18th century dances to give the viewer a feel of the times, a device Baz Lurman recieved much praise for with Moulin Rouge, but went unnoticed here.
To quote a review from the time: "Any film set in Georgean London where people call each other 'wanker' gets my vote!"
Posted: 02:54 Oct 25 2003 Ahem. I have defended that film on a number of occasions, especially on this web site.
by Taz
Also, I haven't yet found anyone who agrees with me on this, but Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
I'd hardly count Wizard of Oz, as it is pretty much seen as a classic, although I take your butch comment, it's just not a problem for me.
Hmm. Got a soft spot for the original Nightmare On Elm Street, which isn't particularly cool. Evita. Lion King, I suppose. But I can't think of any others. After all, I am the doyen of good taste, whether it is music, film or Hawaiian shirts...
Posted: 17:49 Oct 26 2003 
Me, Myself & Irene - It's been slated by a few of my friends, but I love it. The 3 kids are hilarious.
Posted: 18:24 Oct 26 2003 I'm with you on that one, though I'd say that it's damn cool. But I'd also go several steps further and say that I love the whole Nightmare on Elm Street series. I know they can be pretty bad in parts (parts 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 for example (not my opinion, just pre-empting others
by Jayjay
Got a soft spot for the original Nightmare On Elm Street, which isn't particularly cool.
)), but I just love them!I also love My Girl. I'll watch it every time it's on TV. I also love Titanic, and in fact bought it on DVD recently. Basically there's loads of chick-flicks that I love that I probably shouldn't.
Posted: 22:33 Oct 27 2003
I have a soft spot for romantic teen flicks that I know will tarnish my great (ahem!) reputation, but I just can't help myself
Posted: 11:32 Oct 28 2003 You wear *pink* on a regular basis and you're worried about loving chick-flicks???...priorities my boy
by PictureOfFlowers
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I also love My Girl. I'll watch it every time it's on TV. I also love Titanic, and in fact bought it on DVD recently. Basically there's loads of chick-flicks that I love that I probably shouldn't.
Posted: 13:53 Oct 28 2003
Actually, after watching a certain film on Channel 5 the other night, I was reminded of my love for another, well, naff film - Karate Kid!
And, that led to the memory of the Karate Kid except with guitars instead of karate, and Steve Vai for extra measure - Crossroads (nothing to do with a motel, I assure you).
Have I mentioned I quite like Cocktail as well...
And, that led to the memory of the Karate Kid except with guitars instead of karate, and Steve Vai for extra measure - Crossroads (nothing to do with a motel, I assure you).
Have I mentioned I quite like Cocktail as well...
Posted: 02:47 Oct 29 2003
Well, seeing as it seems everyone's got one to confess, so do I: Transformers: The Movie...
Aaarrrgh, the embarrassment! (oh, and let's not forget a few 
while no-one's looking... )
Aaarrrgh, the embarrassment!
(oh, and let's not forget a few while no-one's looking... )
Posted: 11:17 Oct 31 2003 
Had to watch it last night for a uni seminar this afternoon (which was then cancelled
), but I was watching X-Men about an hour before, then watched Oz til about 2am-ish. I woke up with a start at about 4:30am after having a nightmare about Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen et al dancing along the Yellow Brick Road singing "We're off to see the Wizard"... Okay, i had such a vision of that in my head LMAO!!!
Me?
Have a few... Highlander Endgame, Kate and Leopold, pretty much anything featuring Jackie Chan
Those are the ones i can think of right now... Jay Jay: I loved Cocktail too and i haven't seen "Crossroads" for years
(Edited by Keenangel 06/11/2003 19:22)
(Edited by Keenangel 06/11/2003 19:23)
Posted: 19:21 Nov 06 2003