Bad Movies You Love

[garrow]

My starter:

Antitrust

 

[Tighthead]

Road House

Coupe de Ville

 

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Road House

Coupe de Ville

Great call on Road House. I was thinking of titling this thread "Movies You Love That No One Else Does." But lots of people love Road House, so I think I made the right call.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

Kickboxer

 

[DanOregon]

This one has it ALL. A synth-heavy '80s soundtrack, parental estrangement, Mitch Gaylord smoking (not smoking hot, just he smokes so we realize he's a "bad boy" and has lost his way), Janet Jones and some weird subplot about a crippled kid/musical genius whose music propels one of the characters to greatness (kinda Phantom of the Opera-ish).
But to me, the best performance goes to whomever provided the VO/PA at the inevitable "big meet" that ends the thing. At one point he sounds as if he's in tears.. It's one of those movies where they have the "big ending in front of a crowd" where EVERYONE in the building seems to be aware of all the back story drama that led to that moment. (See also various court scenes, a big speech, looking at you Patch Adams).





And pretty much anything and everything from Golan-Globus

 

[micropolitan guy]

Grand Theft Parsons

 

[bigpern23]

The Fast and the Furious

 

[misterbc]

Abbott and Costello Meet Godzilla.

 

[Machine Head]

The Green Slime

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

I have a soft spot for 1960s Japanes science fiction movies, especially of the space-invader genre. Here's one, appropriately titled "Attack from Space" -- part of the "Super Giant/Starman" series.

 

[mpcincal]

The first one that comes to mind is this "classic" that HBO would always have on in the afternoon after I got home from school. Terence Hill was the star, an Italian guy who took an American name and made some action comedies in the States.

 

[Scout]

Road House

Coupe de Ville

 

[DanOregon]

I "dissed" Golan-Globus above, and this one deserves a mention.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Flash Gordon.

 

[Batman]

Kickboxer

I remember going to see that on opening weekend as one of my first dates. I feel old now.

 

[Batman]

Volcano
Con Air
The entire Friday the 13th franchise
Transformers: The Movie (1986 cartoon version, not any of the recent ones)

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Had this movie poster in my dorm room freshman year:

 

[Batman]

Had this movie poster in my dorm room freshman year:

What was the deal with ninjas in the 1980s? Seems like they were everywhere.

 

[Webster]

Over the Top

 

[goalmouth]

Just watched the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the first time since the 80s. Beyond ridiculous looking back. But I will say that the scene with the mostly-dead grandfather trying to kill the girl with a hammer made me ashamed -- again -- to be a human being.