Darkman (perhaps one of my all time favorites)
Mystery Men (too long for some, but I enjoyed it)
The Vanishing (the remake, not the dreadful original; whoa, how many times do you hear those words in that order?)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (say what you will, but I think it was rather well done)
Coneheads (perhaps the most underrated, if not the best, of the SNL skit-to-film underperformers)
The Faculty (of the glut of youth-oriented horror flicks of the last few years, this is one of the few that I never tire of)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (proof that Mel Brooks has still got it, with a number of side-splitting lines)

More to come...

What about the rest of you?

Nobody seems to be too keen on The Fury, or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, but they are two favourites of mine.

I'll go back to things I saw when I was still young and impressionable:

The Sentinel (the obnoxious, tasteless and laughable Michael Winner film from 1977). Great!

The Hand (Oliver Stone's "terrible" walking hand outing.) Great!

Wolfen. (Michael Wadleigh's "terrible" wolfman movie)!

I thought all these were profoundly splendid films! Maybe if I saw them today...No! I'd STILL like them!

Another one on my list would be Hollow Man. I mean, people complained about a lack of script. In my opinion, it has more script and "content" than most action flicks, and boy was it thrilling. Great score, too, and fantastic special effects, although the latter alone is no reason for me to like a movie.

More faves:

Bert I. Gordon's EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (1977).

William Peter Blatty's EXORCIST III (1990).

For that matter, John Boorman's EXORCIST II (1977) (it's much better if you don't think of it as a followup to the original EXORCIST, but rather as a peculiar animal all its own.)

Ishiro Honda's KING KONG ESCAPES (1967).

John Guillermin's KING KONG (1976).

MACON COUNTY LINE. MANDINGO. MATANGO. THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL. SEX KILLER. Many of the titles listed above, especially THE FURY.

And so on.

One of my favorite films that people can't seem to understand is "The Goonies" I grant that there is an extreme amount of dairy (much cheese), but I just love that movie!

I can only think of one loathed movie that I personally love:

THE BEDSITTING ROOM. Weird and almost wonderful subversive comedy, co-written by Spike Milligan as a passionate attack on nuclear madness, this film effectively killed director Richard Lester's career stone dead for years. Reviled at the time, because its humour is so off-the-wall and, frankly, insane, it's possible to watch the thing and not laugh once. Which is apparently what audiences at the time did. It just baffled the heck out of them. But as the years go by I think it gets better and better, plus it's got a droll and wacky score by Ken Thorne. (And if you're wondering why it's called THE BEDSITTING ROOM, it's because one of the irradiated survivors of a nuclear war mutates into ... a bedsitting room.)

Can I sneak in a movie that I loved but that others just ... ignored? Does that count?

LEAVING NORMAL. A wonderful little road movie with charming performances, a quirky script, characters I cared about, and an overall it's-good-to-be-human feel. Overshadowed and compared unfavourably to Thelma & Louise, but apart from the fact it features two women in a car, you can't really compare them. I liked T & L but I thought Leaving Normal was much more substantial. I can't think where Meg Tilly and Christine Lahti have ever been better. Apparently the studio just threw the movie away, so nobody went to see it. I caught it on video, where it perhaps plays better - it's a quiet, intimate film. Written by Ed Solomon (Men In Black!) and directed by Ed Zwick.

Here endeth the commercial.

And Magic: I really loved that when I saw it, in fact I even kept it on video, taped straight from the TV. Then it got stolen.

Tim Burton's "Ed Wood" and "Mars Attacks"

"Beyond the Poseidon Adventure"

"Rollercoaster"

"Wolf" (Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer...great Ennio Morricone score too!!)

"The Mechanic" (Charles Bronson..Michael Winner film)

"Darkman" "Evil Dead I & II"...from the master of comic-book style...Sam Raimi!

"Zombies Dawn of the Dead" (George Romero classic!!)

A load of "Hammer" movies ( yes even "Lust for a Vampire"....STRANGE LOVE!!!

Horror of Frankenstein
(which is now conveniently reviewed as a "comedy" as opposed to a hilarious failure of a horror film...."building a body by numbers" ) I think Ralph Bates (God rest his soul) bought those bodies from a "Make a monster DIY shop".

"Dr. Jekyl and Sister Hyde"
Worth the money alone just to see that hairy hand groping Martine Beswick's breast !

Vampire Circus
Dave Prowse, again, this time a "music-box carrying muscle man". Listen to the hilarious Ooohs and Aaghs of the Circus crowd. They sounded really enthralled didn't they?? "What times the next horse and cart home Edna?"

One Million Years B.C.
Great effects by Harryhausen but just what does "Akeettah" mean? By my estimations it means "Hello", "Goodbye" "This way" "Come here" "Look at the big bright object in the sky" "Cor, thats a big creature isn't it?" "Leave my partner alone beardy" and even "Look at the JUGS on that gorgeous blonde woman wearing the designer bikini!!"

The Bride
Pretty wooden acting by Sting but Jennifer Beales looks gorgeous and Clancy Brown gives a moving interpretation of "The Monster"...an underrated movie in my opinion!

The Swimmer (Burt Lancaster)
I love this movie but have yet to meet anyone whose even heard of it, let alone seen it!

Any Sci-Fi B-Movies from the 50's.

"Tremors"...Great film but none of my circle like it.

Any Woody Allen movie.

"Tin Cup" and "Waterworld"
Everyone seems to hate these Costner movies...personally I think they're great!!

"Lost in Space"

"The Phantom Menace"

"The Fury" (also, like many others here)
I saw an interview with Kirk Douglas and British critic Mark Cousins? and both of them agreed that it was the worst movie he'd been in. Why? I think its great! Great score by Williams too. Why does every film ever made have to make a "political" comment or have a "morale" etc etc. Cant they just be silly, stylish and damn good fun? Snuggle down late at night to watch "The Fury" and its great fun!! Quite a few Brian De-Palma movies seem to fall into this category...another one I like is "Blowout" with John Travolta...a remake of "Blowup".

Any "Carry On" movie. You either Love them or hate them....I love them!!!

Cant think of any more!! Gae

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Originally posted by Gae:
Quite a few Brian De-Palma movies seem to fall into this category...another one I like is "Blowout" with John Travolta...a remake of "Blowup".

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Now this is another movie that'd deserve a good DVD treatment with remastered sound - considering the subject matter.

One Million Years BC totally blew my fragile seven-year old mind and I've never been the same since. And I hold Raquel Welch personally responsible for every crush I've ever had on a blonde female.

-Magnolia (my all time favourite)
-American Beauty (2nd all time favourite)
-The Thin Red Line
-Fight Club
-Eyes Wide Shut

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Female Trouble
The Mummy (this was a big hit, yet everyone I know hated it. It was my favorite film of the 90s)
Exorcist III
Valley of the Dolls
Godzilla vs The Thing
Suspiria
Halloween 3
Snake Eyes
Star!

At least another hundred.

The Frogs ... are coming.

Oh, man!

For the record, I don't love FROGS, I just find it irresistibly hilarious! And I'm in no state of mind to explain why ... maybe later if I'm pressed.

In the meantime, watch your windows ...

These, I just like cuz I can:

Cleopatra

The Two Jakes

Revolution
Greystoke
Lost Angels

Barry Lyndon
Eyes Wide Shut

Reds
Dick Tracy

The Challenge
52 Pick-Up

The 13th Warrior
Link
Deep Rising
The Mummy
Legend

Psycho 1998

The Doom Generation
Nowhere
Totally F***ed Up

Point Break
Babe Pig in the City
Under the Volcano
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Rosewood
Shaft 2000
Alien 3
Malcolm X
He Got Game
They Live
Michael Collins (rips the shite outta Braveheart, eh?)
Interview w/the Vampire
Butcher Boy
Danny Boy
Braveheart (deserved that direction oscar)
Easy Money
Ladybugs
Back to School

Crime Story (Che Kirk Wong)
The Big Hit (Che Kirk Wong again)

Warriors of Virtue (Ronnie Yu)
Bride of Chucky (Ronnie Yu)

Chainsaw II (the Gone with the Wind of our time!)

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Produced by that great showman William Castle, and directed by the underrated Jeannot Szwarc (he of Somewhere In Time: good; Jaws 2: good first half; and Supergirl:...bad?), this was one of the gems in my straight-from-TV video collection until it got stolen.

What I loved about FROGS was the Frogs' "General" status. All the other animals were obedient soldiers attacking the enemy. Nature getting back at the evil humans! (I think Sam Elliot raises that idea briefly in the film; the trailer certainly does.) It's just dumb, harmless fun.