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Old 10-07-2009, 1:56 PM   #1
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Films you shouldn't like but you do!
For me one of my all time fav terrible movies is GalaxyQuest. I love it, would never buy it but if its on TV at 1am then theres nothing i'd rather do than watch it again and chuckle the whole way thru.
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Re: Films you shouldn't like but you do!
Blimey, you sure got that thread off to a bad start.

What is terrible about Galaxy Quest ? It is a much liked comedy with a great cast and a witty screenplay, which got fantastic reviews when it came out. Did you not get that it is a parody ?
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Re: Films you shouldn't like but you do!
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Blimey, you sure got that thread off to a bad start.

Galaxy Quest is a much liked comedy with a great cast and a witty screenplay, which got fantastic reviews when it came out. It's a film that has many fans. Did you not get that it is a parody ?
Ofcourse i did, but its still a terrible film none the less, its not the sort of film you'd have a pub talk chat about.
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Ofcourse i did, but its still a terrible film none the less, its not the sort of film you'd have a pub talk chat about.
What is terrible about it ?
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Old 10-07-2009, 2:22 PM   #5
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What is terrible about it ?
Its a parody of the original StarTrek series which in its own right is terrible and it has Tim Allen as the lead character. Since i like neither Tim Allen or the original StarTrek series then really should i like this?
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Re: Films you shouldn't like but you do!
Friday the 13th the remake,generally very porrly regarded but it is like a film made20 years ago done now!!My guilty pleasure
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Oh and the last John Rambo film as well,utter drivel but an hour and a half of pure unrelinquished fun!
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Old 10-07-2009, 2:54 PM   #8
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Its a parody of the original StarTrek series which in its own right is terrible and it has Tim Allen as the lead character. Since i like neither Tim Allen or the original StarTrek series then really should i like this?

I think a great many people are going to disagree with you that one of the most groundbreaking and infuential TV series of all time is terrible.

Even if you don't like Tim Allen (I don't but he is great in this) then just remember that the film also stars the always excellent Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub, Missi Pile and Sam Rockwell. Casts for genre comedies don't get better than this.

Anyway, you like the film, but there is no reason to feel guilty about it. Next time try to pick something that actually is rubbish.
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Its a parody of the original StarTrek series which in its own right is terrible and it has Tim Allen as the lead character. Since i like neither Tim Allen or the original StarTrek series then really should i like this?
I suspect you maybe in a minority with that one, I thought Galaxy Quest was very good, and definitely one I would mention in a pub...

A film I really like, but perhaps shouldn't is Legionnaire... not because it's a bad film, but because 3 words that normally make me want to switch off are "Jean Claude Vandamm"
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Old 10-07-2009, 2:59 PM   #10
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Re: Films you shouldn't like but you do!
I love Galaxy Quest. Can't wait for it to come out on Blu-Ray, personally. But hey, everyone has different tastes so no worries.

"Where are you going?"
"To see if there's a pub!"

Class.

For me, it'd be The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Rather liked that. Especially the last half hour (no, not because it was half an hour from the end...).
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Similar thread What movie is your guilty pleasure?
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Re: Films you shouldn't like but you do!
Bit of a strange thread for me as I pretty much adore all film. It’s what I’m most passionate about so if I see a film and I like it, so be it. I can’t say I really care what others think.

Don’t get me wrong I get the point about liking something others may find embarrassing but its something I’d more associate with music when I find myself singing along to some atrocious boy band.

If I did have to pick a film I enjoy but others (certainly at the time) hated, it would have to be At worlds End the third in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Whilst others found it overly long and possibly not as well made as the ones that preceded it, I however thoroughly enjoyed the adventure, loved the sound track and the astonishing graphics.
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I'm glad I wasn't alone Galaxy Quest is a brilliant film and a lesson on how to do parody, with love and respect.

My guilty pleasure, well there's a couple 'Deep Rising' is utter trash but i love it.
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Bit of a strange thread for me as I pretty much adore all film. It’s what I’m most passionate about so if I see a film and I like it, so be it. I can’t say I really care what others think.
Very true.
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Does TMNT count?
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I've said it before and I'll say it again but for a film that is truly bad but somehow great at the same time : LIFEFORCE !
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Does TMNT count?
I'm at a point where I often have no idea what people are talking about with all these abbreviations.
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Heroes in a half shell!
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Got it. Not a film at the centre of my cultural life.
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Got it. Not a film at the centre of my cultural life.
Ah, but it's not supposed to be. It's meant to be a guilty pleasure
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Re: Films you shouldn't like but you do!
Probably most of the films Troma have produced. I absolutely love them, but am looked down upon whenever I mention them by people who take their cinema seriously!
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Ah, but it's not supposed to be. It's meant to be a guilty pleasure
I understand that. It was the abbreviation that I couldn't decipher.
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Re: Films you shouldn't like but you do!
I don't get title thread, if you don't like a film, then why would you like it?

As for the OP's 'Galaxy Quest' comment, its a brilliant, funny film, there is nothing to dislike, and Weaver - she almost pops out off the screen at every moment
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I understand that. It was the abbreviation that I couldn't decipher.
I was referring to the part where you said it wasn't a film that was a centre of your cultural life
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Its a parody of the original StarTrek series which in its own right is terrible*SNIP*
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I'm glad I wasn't alone Galaxy Quest is a brilliant film and a lesson on how to do parody, with love and respect.

My guilty pleasure, well there's a couple 'Deep Rising' is utter trash but i love it.
to both of those.

"now what?!" Treat Williams - (I am so embarrased! how on earth did I get Bill Pullman ).
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Re: Films you shouldn't like but you do!
Bill Pullman?

I think you mean the man, the legend, Treat Williams!

Count me in as another lover of Galaxy Quest. Not because it's rubbish , but because it's a superb, hilarious, critically acclaimed sci-fi spoof.

I don't know anyone who's seen it that didn't love it.
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This is becoming a 'Galaxy Quest' supporters thread. I too think it is brilliant, and one of my most watched movies (alongside Lake Placid).
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I'll join the Galaxy Quest fan club. Superb film and one I would recommend to everyone, especially in a pub environment
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to both of those.

"now what?!" Bill Pullman.


But it is Treat Williams!!

Just brillaint stuff my other half sighs whenever I watch it.
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