Movies I'm Somewhat Ashamed to Admit I Like
Submitted by Antihero on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:15
Tags:
- BASEketball
- Cannibal: The Musical
- Dune
- Starship Troopers :)
- History of the World: Part 1
- The Ace Ventura Movies
- Tombstone
- The Highlander series
- Movies based on Stephen King books (yes, even "IT")
- Johnny Mnemonic
- Hackers (I can't believe I forgot this one at first)
Author Comments:
This is basically just a list of movies that, despite peer pressure from my fellow man, I find I actually enjoy, at least on some level. While these aren't my all time favorite movies, I own quite a few of them. Mindless fun, by and large =)
On Tombstone: Maybe this one shouldn't be included, but a lot of people really don't seem to like it for some reason, so I put it in.
On the Highlander series: This is only included if the second one is the Director's Cut... otherwise exclude #2
I'm sure there are more, but I can't think of any right now. Go wild.
I also felt guilty about Tombstone until a friend reminded me of all the great lines.
And congratulations! The Listology has a fine tradition of guilt- and shame-inducing movie lists. Welcome aboard.
I have no shame regarding Tombstone as a matter of fact it made one of my lists. Thanks for the great lines site. They missed my favorite for this film: Wyatt to Doc right before the OK Corral shootout, "You don't have to get mixed up in this Doc. It's not your fight." To which Doc replys, "That is one hell of a thing for you to say to me."
Yeah, in reply to both jim and sk, I feel the movie is a great one, and indeed has some of the best lines around, not least of which is sk's quote, which I also can't believe isn't up at the imdb site. Great site you linked there, jim.
I still think my all-time fav from tombstone is "It's true, you are a good woman. Then again, you may be the antichrist."
Kinda sums up relationships between men and women, doesn't it?
heh, and I'll be the first to admit that the scene at the end, when Wyatt showed Doc the book he wrote, I got a little misty-eyed ;)
D'oh, this'll teach me to log in first
dude, don't be ashamed of Baseketball! Everybody likes to laugh, right? And what beats a movie where an entire conversation takes place exclusively with the word "dude." Dude. Gotta see Cannibal the Musical.
Dude. DUDE!
*smile* I'm glad SOMEone sees things my way about baseketball
As for Cannibal: The Musical, it's definitely worth the time you'll probably spend finding it. I live in fairly affluent suburb of L.A.... There are, therefore, like 2 dozen video stores in town, and one, count 'em one had Cannibal. And, most spectacularly of all, it was filed under "Documentary" :)
actually, I've already found one in my area. I live in a college town Amherst, Ma part of the year, and sure enough one of our many weird video stores has it. i plan to watch it before going home for the summer. How long is it, by the way?
>>How long is it, by the way?
Well that's a rather personal question, don't you think? :)
Now that the ode to Python is out of the way, hrm... I don't remember exactly, but I'd say around an hour and a half.
If you're lucky, yours won't be like my copy, which had extremely poor sound quality... not enough so you couldn't hear, but enough to make it very annoying. Oh well- the price we pay for art =P
One more bit about the TOMBSTONE thing. I just finished reading this latest history. The point is that TOMBSTONE may be closer to the truth than the other Earp opus'. I know that seems hard to believe, but there it is.
That's really interesting... I had always assumed that, as the better movie, Tombstone would likely be the less true version.
I will say, on a related note, that while I really like Tombstone, I really don't like "Wyatt Earp"... it was just about 3 hours too long.
I agree. I also thought Kilmer was a better Doc than Quaide, and like the actors that have played the role before him (Kirk Douglas, Vic Damone, Stacey Keach) he "stole the show".
oh, no doubt... Kilmer made an amazing Doc, I thought, and he was definitely the high point of the movie.
Although, I was also pleased with each of the other's performance too, and thought Kurt Russell made a better Wyatt than Costner.
Until I found this site, I didn't realize there were others who enjoyed "Baseketball" :) I just love this film...How about "Orgazmo?" It is really just not well done at all, but I just laugh hysterically during it.
Great suggestion! If anyone can enjoy the, um, colourful humour in Baseketball, then Orgazmo isn't a far leap. Truly a guilty pleasure (I still occasionally find myself saying, superhero-like: "Choda boy!!").