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Hackers. Till the day I die…
- hAcK tHe pLaNeT!!1!
  
  They're trashing our rights! TRASHING them!
- In the same vein:
  Johnny Mnemonic is unironically pretty damn good.
  The pacing gets clunky in some spots, production quality is a bit off in some sections... honestly not really worse than say Escape from New York... its honestly overall pretty damn good.
  
  This one deserves its own thread fr. Keanu Reeves worked his ass off to try and pull this together and it works in its cheesy way.
- Uhm, but Hackers is not shitty.
- Hacker is the best !
- mess with the best
  die like the rest
  i love that shit.
- Hackers is a legitimately great film.
- Movie made me get into IT. I hate and love it at the same time.
- I can't like that movie because it was so insulting for the culture at the time. Tacky and stupid. No self respecting 90s technology person respects that movie.
  
  Self-respect is for people with class
  
  No self respecting 90s technology person respects that movie.
  How dare you?!
  Oh...wait. "self respecting". Okay. Fair enough.

Evolution.
- Is that the one with David Duchovny?
  
  Yes and Orlando Jones
- "can we get you anything?"
  "ice cream..."
  "okay, what flavor?"
  "it doesn't matter... It's for my ass"
  
  'Wayne, I think we've established that "Ca-Caw Ca-Caw" and "Tookie Tookie" don't work.'
  Ah, I'm glad I was reminded that this movie exists.
- They said shitty not awesome
- Underrated movie IMO.
  
  It's not a movie, it's an ad for Head&Shoulders.

Dude, Where's My Car? is so much better than it had any right to be. And while the main characters are stoners, most of the humor isn't stoner humor. Not that there's anything wrong with stoner humor, but movies that consist entirely of stoner humor tend to drag after a while.
- Dude! What does mine say?
  
  Sweet! What does mine say?
- *See half baked
  
  You ever suck dick for marijuana?
- It's an incredibly dumb movie. And I love it.
  
  And then?
- We got free tickets to DWmC after Shaft burned in a slow dialogue scene. So we saw this for free.
  I'm reminded of the reviewer differences between this and The Emperor's New Groove when I mention we still wanted a refund.

I will die on the hill that Kung fury is peak cinema
- I’ve literally never heard a bad word uttered about Kung Fury.
- Hackerman hacked into my heart.
- Any movie where the protagonist is offing nazis is a great movie.
- I'd agree, if the movie were half as long.
  
  Did you mean... twice as long?

Last Action Hero. I know the editing is pretty bad and the rhythm is a bit messed up in the last part but it's the most meta movie ever and an homage/parody to classic action movies. Having Arnold play the main part is the cherry on top.
- True lies was a better executed tongue-in-cheek send up of the action movie genre, but Last Action Hero is a good and interesting movie.
  
  True Lies is a fantastic movie, doesn't belong on this thread at all!
- Rubber baby buggie bumpers!
- Where I live, this is being aired on TV on Christmas every year, as a tradition.

Mystery Men is a phenomenal send up of the superhero genre. It's simultaneously extremely 1999 and decades ahead of its time.

The cable guy. Scary Jim Carey is scary. And the ending was visionary.
- I feel this way about 23 as well. Jim Carey as a normal guy who's absolutely losing it just hits different.
- I blame the marketing for that movie not doing well. People went expecting a "wacky Jim Carrey flick" and what they got was a surreal and frightening thriller.
  Eddie Murphy's "Holy Man" suffers that bad marketing issue as well. They plastered so many ads making it out to be a loony Eddie Murphy film and the movie itself is more of an uplifting drama about believing in one's self and not seeking external validation, with a few gags in it making fun of television shopping networks and the stupid shit people buy from them cause yeah, it's Eddie Murphy of course they're gonna have fun with it. But that's only like 1/3rd of the film.

Rubber. An anthropomorphic car tire. If that doesn't describe a masterclass in directing I don't know what does.

The Last Starfighter is not a shitty movie. Now go back to sleep, Louis, before I tell ma about your Playboys.
- The Last Starfighter, Flight of the Navigator, and Batteries Not Included: the trifecta of 80s kids scifi
  
  Flight of the Navigator
  Oh wow, this kicked up some memories
  
  I might swap in Explorers as the third to complete the "kids flying spaceships" theme. But BNI was a classic too.
  
  I’d get ‘explorers’ in there too
- Wait, people think it is?
  How do... YOU do?

Sucker Punch and D.E.B.S.
no, it's not cuz I'm a lesbian!
...ok maybe it's cuz I'm a lesbian
oh also TRON Legacy. "tHe PlOt iS sTuPiD" yeah no shit it's TRON, the original was a glorified feature length CG animation test reel. I came here for pretty lights, cool motorcycles, Daft Punk, Jeff Bridges, and Olivia Wilde being hot, not for prestige cinema lmao

Tremors 2 is peak cinema IMHO. I only wish they had spent a little more on the CGI, or replaced it all with practical effects.

Killer Klowns From Outer Space needs no defending. It's just a terrible great time.
- It’s worth it for the theme alone!
  https://youtu.be/IQeTZKI43rY
- What are you gonna do, knock my block off?
- Absolutely masterful movie! Soundtrack is (big)tops too!!!

Big Trouble in Little China

Treasure Planet. There's weird plot choices, but I loved the mixed animation, the music, the characters.
An actually bad but amazing movie would be Miami Connection. Karate rock band sings about friendship fights motorcycle drug ninjas. Fuck yeah bro.
- treasure planet is a criminally underrated masterpiece of a film with a great deal of heart put into it that i would never for an instant consider describing as "shitty".
  
  Yeah I don't really think it's shitty, but it completely tanked at the box office. Like, Disney cancelled plans for sequels and a theme park ride kind of tanked.

Kung pow enter the fist. Screw what the critics and rotten tomatoes score says. The movie is goated!

BIODOME
- Saw it in theaters when I was a kid, great 90's flick. Pauly Shore was the shit back then. All his movies were great except that In the Army Now that one was bad. But the rest good.
  
  Son in Law is one of my partner's favorite movies, and even being introduced to it in the late 2000's, I can see the appeal. Peak Pauly Shore. Plus, there really aren't that many Thanksgiving movies, so it's right up there with Planes, Trains, and Automobiles for the Mount Rushmore of Thanksgiving movies.
  
  I’ll be honest I like In the Army Now too haha
- Purple sticky punch
  
  How’d you know what I’m doing right now!?
- Iron man, iron man, does whatever an iron can
  Stop! That's Spiderman.
  What are you some kind of rocket scientist or something?
  Well, yeah

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and/or Time Bandits.
- I will fistfight anyone who thinks Time Bandits is bad
  
  "THIS IS WHAT I WANT"
  Edit: "LEETLE THINGS HITTING EACH OTHER"
- Anything Terry Gilliam is great
  
  Gilliam was almost picked to direct the Harry Potter movies.
- Well duh.
  If I were the Supreme Being, I would have started with LASERS! Eight o'clock, DAY ONE!
  David Warner is good in literally anything though.

I unironically love Armageddon and The Core. Yes, they're both stupid and unrealistic movies, but that works in their favor about as often as against. Something about the way they play with the core concepts makes me love them.
- The most unbelievable thing about these movies is the competent government that makes the plot happen. In real life the astroid would kill the planet before they admit it exists. That's actually why these are comfort movies for my spouse and I, it's nice to believe in a world where people aren't stupid.
  
  Don't Look Up is the real Armageddon lmao
- +1 for The Core, seeing Rat’s antics in that movie sparked my passion for computers that blossomed into a tech career
- I remember the audio commentary on The Core, where the director acted like the movie was very serious. I loved that.
- I'm just here for Core support.
- I DON'T WANNA CLOSE MY EYES
- Armageddon > Deep Impact
- Heh. Core concepts. That one hits deep.

[PCU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCU(film))_
No war but class war.
- Genuinely love this movie. So weird to see a lot of the actors in really early roles lol
  
  Right? Who could have predicted that Gutter would go on to lay the foundations for Marvel’s decades-long cinematic dominance?
- Gutter is a tool!
  
  Can you blow me where the pampers is?
- It's like.... if you're nice to them... they bring you things?

Chronicles of Riddick. Not sure it's considered a "bad" movie, but I definitely like it more than most. Just a crazy entertaining world and system they build in a short 2 hour long movie.

Flight of the Navigator

I unironically enjoy the old 2005 Fantastic 4 movie. It was cheesy as fuck, I don't deny that. But it was fun. And the comics themselves can be as bad or worse sometimes.
Also I like Julian McMahon.
Also also, Chris Evans towel scene.
- I unironically enjoy the old 2005 Fantastic 4 movie. It was cheesy as fuck, I don't deny that.
  I hated it when it came out, because all super hero movies were cheesy as fuck, and it felt bad seeing another.
  But in hindsight, Fantastic Four movies are better when they're cheesy as fuck, because so was/is the comic (more often than not).
  My only remaining complaint is that the sequel was too chickenshit to give Galactus a giant purple fork hat. I noticed happily that the shadow of the fork hat made it into the trailer, for the new movie.
- Now imagine that.... but all over
- I’ve always enjoyed them, but my one complaint specifically for the first one is that everything feels SO MUCH like a set. Every exterior city scene feels like an SNL sketch

I don't think League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was that bad.

If you remember the 80s at all, then "Hot Tub Time Machine" is the greatest comedy ever created.
If you don't remember the 80's, then " Hot Tub Time Machine" is the greatest comedy ever created.

Hudson Hawk. Criminally underrated.

Mine's gotta be "The Brothers Grimm" starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. It's the same camp vibe as the "Van Helsing" movie starring Hugh Jackman, but there's no badass super hero to save the day - there's just a bunch of imperfect people trying their best, and it's almost entirely by luck or destiny that they snatch victory from the clutches of defeat. It's also one of the most morbid depictions of childish horror i've seen on-screen, where it gives no fucks about being realistic.
- That era of movies is what everyone wants their D&D campaigns to be.

Aeonflux, except I don't actually bother trying to defend it.
- I put Ultraviolet next to this too. I'm not here for cohesive world building, I'm here for gratuitous sci-fi action perpetrated by a woman with a bad haircut.
  
  Mirror’s Edge was if both of these movies merged into one and made something actually good.
  I jest, but I’ve seen both and while they’re gorgeous, I basically ended up ignoring plot.
  
  My brain puts Equilibrium in the same universe.
- The movie, or the show?
  
  The movie. Didn't know there was a show.
- The film was better than the old MTV series it was based on. They built a compelling world in the animated version, but the film delivered on that vision.

Death to Smoochy
- This is a fantastic movie, and not in a "it's so bad it's good" way. Great writing, hilarious acting, phenomenal cast.... It's just underappreciated.
- Psychotic Robin Williams
  
  He was magnificent
- I love this fucking movie and noone else understands why, it's nearly perfect. Even John Stewart is there with truly terrible acting.

Six String Samurai. It's not good. But it's soooo quotable!
Nice shoes. Nice shoes to DIE in!
- Holy crap. I haven't thought about that movie in 20 years.
- Have this movie on the to watch list,my other half is not so interested

Titan A.E. Is a masterpiece.

Crank."5mls? no 0.5mls! Elevator explodes"
Peak ADHD movie
- The first one was a masterpiece. The sequel was horrible.
  
  I loved them both so much. Super self-aware movies. Best action movies ever.
  
  Agree, left a real sour taste.

Buckaroo Banzai
- That theme song is a legit banger. And my god the quotes... "No, no, no, don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to." or "It drives like a truck." "Good. What is a truck?" or "I've been ionized but I'm ok now." or my favorite "DAMN JOHN WHORFIN AND THE HORSE HE RODE IN ON!"
  
  "What's the deal with the watermelon?"
  "Umm...I'll tell you later."
- upvote for Mr John Bigbooty
  
  Big-booTAY

Reign of Fire.

Okay, I've got one that no one has mentioned.
Space Truckers.
Without clicking the link, just imagine what it might be.

Dredd (2012) is a near perfect 80s/90's style, over the top action movie made 25 years too late.
Well shot action scenes.
Excellent soundtrack.
Pretty darn well paced.
Good helping of action hero one liners.
Plot is simple enough for idiot, explosion go boom, brain to follow, but also takes itself seriously enough to present the horrors of its world via interactions with minor characters.
Karl Urban manages to do more acting with only his mouth and chin, and line delivery, than many other actors do with their whole face.
Olivia Thirlby is also very, very good, I do not understand why some other director has not cast her in an action oriented role since... now that Nintendo seems to actually allow their IP in films: Make her blonde again and she is Samus Aran.
EDIT:
In case you haven't seen it... this is a bit spoilery, but here's a decent 4 minute representative sample to give you an impression of the movie.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AUJkwWkyX70

Lost in Space
- If you mean the '98 one, hell yeah! That metal helmet scene is so cool, Gary Oldman kills it all the way through, and itty bitty me had a huge crush on Penny Robinson.
  
  Same here. Crushed hard on her. <3
- This is a perfect example for this thread.
  So much of that film officially cannot work:
  The pacing is frantic and weird.
  It relies on familiarity with the source show while being stand-alone and released too late. (Well, maybe it realizes that "Swiss Family Robinson in space" isn't rocket science.)
  Various wild science fiction elements are slammed together, some very late with little foreshadowing.
  But - the cast carries it off (particularly Garry Oldman and Lacey Chabert).
  I have the hardest time explaining why anyone should watch it, but it's solidly enterainting, and all the bits that shouldn't work still somehow work.
  
  One of the first movies available on DVD that we had. In the old paper and clamp case, not the plastic ones that became synonymous.
  I think I always say it young enough and the sci-fi captured me so I always loved it.

Hot Rod! I can quote pretty much the whole movie. It’s such a fun ride.

Contact
I know but that's why I like it
- What heck man that is an awesome movie! Based on a Carl Sagan book (which I own) and got Jodie Foster in it (my first movie star crush) this doesn't belong here.
  For me its Mallrats. and Jersey Girl, don't care what Kevin Smith says those are both great movies.
  
  Mall rats is widely beloved, but Jersey girl is hated appropriately
  
  The carl sagan : contact
  The movie is good but the book is better
- Contact is amazing. there's no way it could be considered a "shitty lil movie"
  It's science fiction done properly.

Mortal Engines!
Elrond commanding motorized london for the win
- Making a film so bland and forgettable but still one of the coolest things I've ever seen is a feat.
  
  Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was like that.
  
  what was the plot around the protagonists about? dunno. something stupid
  doesn't matter, the rest was excellent
- I’ve never watched the movie but I’ve probably seen most of the big action moments in clips on YouTube lol

Ice Pirates (1984): A bunch of A-Listers before they were big. Great practical effects. Spaceships, Pirates, Time Travel, 'robots' It was magnificent.
Close second: The Cat from Outer Space (1978). It was a Disney flick, but really great for the time.

The Core. The perfect dumb movie that's fun to watch.

Congo? Congo...
- Love this movie, nothing like the book, but Tim curry with a stupid accent is all it takes to please me.
- Come on that don't belong here great movie based on the same writer behind Jussica Park, both books I own. This movie has the legendary Tim Curry not a bad movie.
  
  Look you don't have to sell me on it, I absolutely love it, but we are not in the majority on this...
- “Hirkemer Himulka”
  
  Stop eating my sesame cake!
- Amy Good Gorilla

Robot Jox
Hudson Hawk
- Hudson Hawk is just great. Everyone else is wrong.
  
  It's one of my most favorite movies to quote. And of course no one ever gets the references, which is even better somehow.
  My cat is named Courtney and I'm fond of telling her "Stop it, Courtney, you're embarrassing your country!"
  I know Richard E Grant fucking hates that movie but I don't care, he is iconic in it.
- Bunny. Ball ball.
- 1-900 hotdog just did a robot jox ep recently you might enjoy

The faculty? Oh that's a good one.
2012
- i think the 1998 movie launched me into puberty.
- I had a crush on Jordana Brewster after that movie. I love that movie.
  I've also been keeping an eye on Josh Harnett and he kinda disappeared off the face of the Earth and then started in a few random flicks again all of a sudden.

Kung Pow
George and the Christmas Star
- Kung Pow
  I, I, I, I, weweeuuuwuuu wuuuuu wuwuwowu hehehewuwuwuwoooo
  The whole movie is masterfully stupid, and I would argue ahead of its time. If it came out in the late 2010s/2020s would have been a ton more popular with the GenZs "lol so random" humor
- Kung Pow may be the only movie to do the whole "we're intentionally making a campy, so-bad-it's-good movie" and actually succeed in emulating that aesthetic and also making something enjoyable to watch.
- Kung Pow is one of the funniest movies ever made.
  But is picking a movie that is trying to be shitty actually fair?
- What do you get when you cross an owl and a bungee cord?

“Who Framed Roger Rabbit”.
An absolute masterpiece in terms of blending and transitioning between live action and animation; plus the whole Disney/Warner Bros character crossovers.. just 👌🏼

Half the reason I love Drop Dead Fred so much is because my wife hates it so much.
- Cobwebs
- That Aged Great (YouTube channel) does a two part video on that one. It's fantastic.
- Buddy of mine grew up on it and loves it, so we watched it. No idea what the fuck I watched lol weird movie
  
  No disagreement here! I watched it a few times as a kid. I probably would feel similarly to how my wife does if I had first seen it as an adult.
- My mother used to call me a mean name and tell me she was quoting the movie. She thought it was funny. I've never seen that movie, but I don't like it.
  
  That's plausible (lots of mean names are bandied about in the movie) and your reaction is understandable. I'm sorry for bringing up the memory.

Star Trek IV: The Journey Home is way the hell better than any movie with "IV" in its title has any right to be.

Not a movie, but Konosuba. Yeah, the show is trash, but it's my trash. I will ride Aqua until the day I die
- I would also like to ride Aqua until the day I die
- It's way funnier than it has any right to be
- It starts out pretty decent but obviously gives in to the fan service demons

So I married an axe murderer.

Wild Wild West baby! You know, the movie Will Smith turned down being Neo in The Matrix for lol

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