Dumb movies that we loved-fess up!

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Favorite movies are easy to guess, but most of us have a movie that we laughed at or liked that in reality was a stupid movie.
Please enter the confessional and confess your guilty pleasure

My name is Fuscia, and I liked Top Secret.

Any of the Ernest movies... I loved them all, especially Ernest Goes to Camp.

"Hey Vern...."

Christmas Vacation-love it and watch it every year!!!

Oh yeah... Christmas Vacation!!! LOVE IT! Every year...

I loved Top Secret. Especially the part where the two people are dressed up in the cow costume, and they wander into the field with the bull. MOON RIVER!!!

I loved the scene with the ballet dancers, the males ones. My best friend and I laughed so hard we almost got kicked out of the theatre. We just couldn't stop.

Okay, I love Kevin Smith movies. My favorite is Dogma though, but I also like Jay and Bob Strike Back and Chasing Amy... the others, aren't really as good (in my opinion) but I still like them

*blushing* how embarassing...

Oh, and the movie Baseketball, with the guys who created south park in it... I love that movie, couldn't stop laughing (it's by the same guys who made top secret! too... and Airplane!, Naked Gun, and more... some fantastic movies )

ALSO, cannibal the musical and orgazmo, by the south park guys... those movies I enjoyed too

Ok... done embarassing myself.

Orgazmo! That was so funny. My husband loves it. Especially the "now you're a man" song.

I think it's the whole idea of the movie that makes me burst in laughter. So stupid - I love it

Have you seen the movie, "The Gods Must Be Crazy"
Its about this Africian tribal guy who's walking and a coke bottle (glass) falls on him from the sky. What he doesn't know is that it was tossed out of a little airplane. He thinks that it's been thrown at him from the gods above. He takes it back to his tribe, and it's just a hysterical movie. The things that they come up with for it use

Ron had me watch that movie. It was so funny!

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

That's an oldie, and it's a MUSICAL (bleh...) of all things, but I like it, and I watched it growing up a LOT during the summers. My 3 siblings and I were latch-key kids (remember that term??? ), and we'd watch that along with the Inspector General (Danny Kaye) and The Parent Trap (Haley Mills). Later on, we added the Sound of Music... I used to know all the songs off by heart, and most of the choreography too.....

Gods Must Be Crazy 1 and 2 are hilarious

^ and I like those movies too Sierradaddy Didn't realise it was embarassing... I actually love Danny Kaye's movies... and... I... don't.... know... why..... that man was a genius though

I'm glad I didn't go as far to learn the choreography of sound of music but I dun think it's embarassing to like that movie, everyone loves it. Except those who haven't seen it (hint hint KJ)

Oh, thanks for the *hint* Grant. As if I needed it!!

Sierradaddy, speaking of Danny Kaye... have you seen, "The Court Jester?"

you could ask me too, I've seen it... and five pennies and Hans Christian Anderson and Merry Andrews and Walter Mitty and Knock On Wood and White Christmas and ... well, more can't remember more at the moment.

well, I'm done, so Sierradaddy, have you seen it?

Grant, I wasn't forgetting you. I just thought that I would point the ?? at Sierradaddy, since he mentioned Danny Kaye. I'm just striking out, all over the board tonight with you, aren't I?

Oh I should go find more reasons to be upset

I'm having a really bad day, I must be taking it out on you... sorry

I haven't seen Court Jester, or any other Danny Kaye movie. I only realized that Kaye was in White Christmas about 4 years ago when I caught a glimpse of them on a train (?) together. I checked the tv listings for that channel at the time I flipped by it, and it stated that White Christmas was on.

C'mon, Gaboman... You're telling me that you can't do at least SOME of the steps to "So long, Farewell" ? Even if all you could do was the littlest girl's part, when she's shy and almost pouting while she backs up the stairs on her bottom, using her hands behind her to help her to the next step, while she sang, "The suuuuunn, has gooooonnne, to bed and so, must I- I....", that's good enough... Don't worry, we're all here to support you. Confession is GOOD FOR THE SOUL!!

I could probably do it, true I guess the thing I'm thankful for is I never have

Oh, btw, I love the movie Masters Of The Universe

Oh Grant, I just can't believe that you can't do the "so long farewell" song. Well, maybe you can sing the "climb every mountain" song with the hand movements like the nun....

I have never seen a Danny Kaye movie. Never watched White Christmas.....

I don't think that I've seen White Christmas.

So I Married an Axe Murderer. LOVE IT!

"Heed down nowwwww". Just love the dad in that movie. Ron loves it too. Oh, and Ron does a killer Scottish accent.

GLITTER!!


ROFL!! JUST JOKING!!! I've not seen that movie, and I never will...

I don't think that I could be paid to see Glitter. Nope... wouldn't happen.

I liked "So I Married An Axe Murderer" It was funny.... love Mike Myers

Yes. Have to add Austin Powers to the list. Just love Mike Myers too.

Glitter? I don't think anyone even watches it on cable!

Oh yeah... Austin Powers movies are great.

Yeah baby!

Has Glitter even been on cable??

Oh, by the way, I need to make a correction. I HAVE seen one Danny Kaye movie: The Inspector General.

Good movie...

Yeah baby! (from me too) I know someone here who is English, and everytime the bloke says movie or move, I can't help but myself but to laugh, because he sounds just like Austin Powers.

I like Wayne's World too, if everyone here remembers those movies.

For the record, I might be able to do the "so long, fairwell" routine, but you'll see me tapdancing on a fawkes' head before you see me doing that (Harry Potter fans know what fawkes is)

Oh yeah... Wayne's World. That was a cool movie.

The Waterboy.

Oh, god help me... that was a funny movie. I wouldn't watch it over, again and again... but I did like it.

How about, Mortal Combat? Just the first one. I didn't see the second one... but I loved the first one.

Mortal Combat was okay I don't really remember it though. Waterboy was hilarious I love all of Adam Sandler's movies

Oh, and Rob Schnider's movies, and they're as stupid as movies come. The Hot Chick, The Animal, Duece Bigalow: Male Gigalo, they're about as stupid as stupid comes and they crack me up.

Oh, also the Chris Farley movies... he was one funny man. Him and David Spade were great together.

The Hot Chick was hysterical.

Oh, how about Deuce Bigalow, the Male Gigalo? That movie cracks me up every single time. Especially the chick with turretts syndrom.

Hehehe right, she was hillarious... and that one woman - "have you ever parked a bike inside an aircraft hanger?"

I realised I have a bad one. I like Evil Dead 3: Army Of Darkness... which is one of the most ridiculous horror movies ever made. But it's so enjoyable

I'm with you on that one, gaboman. Army of Darkness was really stupid, but in a way that just forces you to laugh and even enjoy the movie. I need to get that on DVD!

What about the Porky's movies? Or Meatballs? Better yet, Revenge of the Nerds! THOSE were dumb movies, but they were big in the 80's. Also Police Academy.

Yes, the Police Academy movies were stupid, but still fun to watch.
I remember Meatballs... the kids at camp, and the alien dude, right?

I guess that's one way to describe it... so along with those, add Meatballs 2, 3 and 4...

I want the Army of Darkness DVD too, now that I think of it

Oh! Did anyone see Moving Violations? That movie was pretty funny, but like all movies mentioned here: stupid.

How about the Caddyshack movies?
Remember the gopher? Or how about Bill Murray's character... cleaning out the pool, with the "dookie" in it?

These are some earlier Christian Slater movies...

Gleaming the Cube
Pump Up the Volume
Heathers

I love him... and even these dumb movies, simply because of him.

hehehe caddyshack definately qualifies as dumb But I did like it. Can't actually remember the difference between the first one and the sequel.

I've only seen Heathers out of the above... I actually liked it

There was one movie I saw... where this... guy falls in love with his mannequin... and like gets really obsessed over it... I think he does something like kills his parents and tries to hurt his sister... damned if I can remember the title, but I do remember I liked it

Hmmmmm... I remember the movie, Manniquin. But, it was a love story... no killing involved. Don't know the one that you're talking about.

definately not Manniquin, but I did like that movie (and Manniquin 2). Especially since it had Starship, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

I think the movie I'm thinking of was called dot or kit or something

Anything Montey Python... Life Of Brian, Meaning Of Life, and so on... always crack me up, but they're pretty dumb at the same time

Better Off Dead. Stupid, but I love it.

All those 80's movies with John Cusak were great. Stupid, but great.

What was the one he did with Demi Moore, and they went to some beach island area for vacation? That was stupid, but I love it, and watch it whenever it's on tv.

Better Off Dead is one of my fav's of his. It's so dumb... but you just have to love it.

Is that one with Demi Moore about Cusack trying to get to her? something like he had to see her and explain something?? I can't remember exactly... Anyways, is the movie titled something like Hyperspeed? Umm... I can't remember at all.....

Well, let's consult google...

Ok, KJ. You're thinking of ONE CRAZY SUMMER...

That's it, Sierradaddy... and Cusak was an artist... drawing really funny cartoon characters.

Strange Brew and Up in Smoke. Heck almost all the Cheech and Chong Movies were so funny.

The Apple Dumpling Gang!

I loved that one as a kid!!!! Yes and the Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again? was that the sequel?

I loved that movie as a kid... watched it over and over with my brother. I should get that on dvd, if that's possible. Great pick sierradaddy

The Beastmaster

Another dumb, but good movie. I love Mark Singer... he was great as the beastmaster... and I loved his little pals, the ferrets. They were too cute.

OH, What a GREAT CHOICE!! BEASTMASTER!!

Excellent! I guess we should add Clash of the Teen Titans to the list (if it hasn't been added already)...

And The Dark Crystal.

Some people say that the Last Unicorn was a stupid movie, but even I liked it.

"That's all I have to tell you... That's allllll, Iiiiii, haaaavvvvve, tooooooooo, saaaaaaaaaaayyyy!"

Still remember that dumb song...

I love Monty Pyhton films, they are considered "classic" movies in my family (we're english).

One film I love that everyone says that they hate, (but secretly Loves) is Grease. I can sing-a-long with all the songs and know the words, I think it is a great movie, still going after all these years.

Grease is stupid? i better stop telling people how cool it is...

Dark Crystal, definately but it's kind've slow, but still so good

Oh, and Labyrinth, with David Bowie that's a really cool one.

Grease is NOT a dumb movie. I LOVE that movie, along with millions of others. Now, Grease 2 was a bit on the dumb side, but still, I loved it. I own 'em both.

Oh, you know what?

I was just recalling what I think was either the Golden Globes or the Oscars. Actually, I was first recalling the Emmys. I was remembering one from the 80's, when they paired Whoopi and Bobcat goldthwaite together. They were reading off the nominees for a particular category, and Bobcat was like, "Was, I, nominated?" I started laughing because everyone in the theatre were they were was laughing. I was too young to understand the joke, but I liked the way Bobcat said his lines and I've not forgotten it to this day.

Anyways, what a digression that was... So, I recalled another 80's-era awards show, where they paired Carol Channing with a particularly nerdy-geeky guy who wore a silver-grey suit with flood pants, slicked his dark hair back, and had avery distinctive laugh that was a piercing guttural, "HAH-HAH!"

I remember a part of their bit. The nerdy guy was happy and excited, as his character always is, and Carol was miserable and foul-mouthed. It was kind of like a litany, because they were rhyming.

Guy: I'm doing a pilot!
Carol: silly twit!
Guy: It's for a lot of bucks...
Carol: Who gives a sh- (the guy did a high-pitched gasp that interrupted what was going to be a bad word... )

The guy was Pee-Wee Herman, and anything that character has ever done needs to be under the category of stupid, but his movies were pretty big in the 80's, and I remember laughing hysterically to at least one of them.

Add Pee-Wee Herman movies to the list...

Oh, and also Mars Attacks. OH, and one that I saw in the movie store on friday night: Spaced Invaders!!

ROFL!!

Dumb and Dumberer however was just dumb, I really don't like that movie... quite stupid

hehehe ... sierradaddy, you can see pee wee herman (or ruben ... something, whatever his name is) in Mystery Men as well - another bloody stupid but funny movie...

I did like Peewee Herman, but I'd never even try to watch his movies now nope, no way .... okay, maybe...

Oh man, when I was 17 - 19, I would go to the theatre and see the Rocky Horror Picture Show just about every weekend, at midnight. There was a cast of people who were dressed up like the characters and did the whole movie, right under the screen, and the audience was REALLY involved with it. That was some amazingly fun times. Nope, not a stupid movie... if you watch it the right way.

You're right about that, mystic. So, I take it that you've seen it with the actors too? Did you have to go up and get in the circle of virgins the first time? I was sooooooo embarassed!!!! It was fun though.

Hehhehe I don't love Rocky Horror Picture Show, but I see it's interest, and I do enjoy the music... I will watch the movie now and then on TV, but I just really don't love it as much as many people do.

Oh definately, that movie is automatic.... *badum!* it's systematic *badabum!* it's hyyyyydromatic *budadadabum* why it's greased lightning!

Stripes. Loved that movie. Weird Science. Yes, I got a few laughs out of that one too. Can you tell I have been watching I love the 80's?

Favorite scene in Stripes... when Bill Murray, his buddy and those two female MP's sneak in to the generals house to "fool around." When Bill and that girl are in the kitchen, and he's playing with the spatula with her. That was funny!

"Get the f*** outta here"

"No, I won't get the f*** outta here"

Love that actor... he played Balkie, on Perfect Strangers, and he's soooo funny.

Yeah... that's it! Good memory.

How about when Axel goes to that restaurant (can't remember which Bev Hills Cop it was) and wants to see that one guy, but he can't get in, and he pretends to be gay and is delivering the std's results!!! That scene cracked me up!

hehehe I still call him balkie no matter what I see him in

If you watch Beverly Hill's Cop II you can see a young Chris Rock (he's a vallet... I think at the playboy mansion)

Have we mentioned Lethal Weapon? Though I doubt anyone thinks these movies are dumb, the action is a little far fetched at times, so it may qualify I love these movies, they're one action series that just kept getting better with each installment

Grant, anything with Mel Gibson in it makes me love the movie.

Aussies are cool

Then if you like Madmax that qualifies in this thread

I actually don't like those movies, but I love that one part... something like "here's a hacksaw, the bomb goes off in 5 minutes, it'll take you 10 to cut through the chain or 2 to cut through your leg" something like that... been too long...

I didn't like Mad Max, but Mel makes even a bad movie tolerable.

oh I see. What about "The Year Of Living Dangerously"? I love that book and the movie... think it's a brilliant story

Ok the topic is DUMB movies. I'll have to think about that one.

I am going back to a movie that I've seen recently. "Gumball Ralley" comes to mind. Monty Python movies, and about anything by Mel Brooks, like "High Anxiety", "History or the World".

History of the World, Part I - Mel Brooks! Love that movie...

Okay, I admit, I used to love all the Elvis Presley movies... My mum is obsessed with that guy still (like many women her age still are) and I got them all from a young age...

I don't like them now (I swear) but I did like watching them.

I love the Gidgit movies... where she goes to France, etc...

Tango & Cash (with Sly Stone and Kurt Russell)

Overboard (Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell)

Tuff Turf (James Spader)

Johnny Be Good (Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Uma Thurman)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Uma Thurman) If you haven't seen this movie, and have a STRANGE sense of humor... rent this flick!

KJ, Johnny Be Good is a GREAT choice. I didn't realize Uma was in it!

The man that played the role of Balkie in Perfect Strangers back in the 80's is named Bronson Pinchot. Funny guy...

Hey, speaking of him, he did a movie back in the 80's called Jury Duty. I think it was made for tv, but it was hilarious! He played at least 2 different roles in that movie. He was a character named Sanford Lagelfust, a low-key, fragile man who was on trial for embezzlement. The twist is that he was having a hot love affair with Hope Hathaway, a knock-out sexpot played by Tracy Scoggins. She ends up becoming the focus of the trial, which gets blown out of proportion and leads to a media frenzy. This leads us to a character named Jorge Jimenez, which was a spoof of Geraldo Rivera. Jorge is a really funny character...

More silly than dumb... A Fish Called Wanda. I loved that movie. So funny that the animal lover keeps killing the yorkies when he tries to kill the old lady. Then there is Kevin Kline

KKKKKken I'm going to kkkkkill you. We just watched it in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, that part was funny. How about when he was on the boat making her closet, and she was out on the top of the boat, speaking in French, and he was below, mimicing her? That was funny.

Have you seen, Innerspace? It's with Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan. It's where Dennis Quaid's character is accidentally injected into the body of Martin Short. He's been shrunk and is in a "spacecraft." He was supposed to be in a rabbit. The movie is really funny.

I loved Innerspace. Martin Short was great.

The Wedding Singer. How I love that movie. It brought back so many memories of the 80's. I loved his friend the limo driver who was into all of these fads.

Yeah... the Wedding Singer was a good way to remember the 80's.
Remember those rubber bracelets, that were criss-crossed?

Yup. Remember all of the big jewlery?

My favorite line in Wedding Singer is when he tells Linda to get out of his Van Halen shirt before she jinxes the band and they break up.

Oh man, yeah, that line was funny.

I like the end, in the airplane, and that jerk threatens Billy Idol, and that biker guy says, "No body messes with Billy." That was funny.

Loved that part. Boy did Billy Idol look old. Too many years of partying.

Yeah... he looked like the make up was covering a lot of wrinkles.


How about "The Princess Bride" That was one of my favorites.

Princess Bride? Who was in that one?

Oh no... you haven't seen The Princess Bride? YIPES!!!

Carey Elwes and Robin Wright-Penn

It's a cute love story. You will have to see it. Full of dumb comedy all over it.

Carey Elwes is so cool I dunno why, but I like him, he's a good actor... Robin Hood Men In Tights was too good

Princess Bride is one of my favorites... truly brilliant movie - most critics give it 5 stars even! Brilliant...

Okay, I cannot believe that I am posting this but I love the movie Ewok Adventure ....Also, another stupid movie that I love to this day would have to be First Wives Club

And just for the record, I cannot believe that someone said The Princess Bride is stupid!!! That is my all time favorite pick-me-up movie!!!

Can't help it they just make me smile!!!!

Okay, there it's all on the line.....-sigh of relief-

Noooooooo... I don't think that it's stupid. I LOVED that movie. But, there are people who thought that it was a lame movie. So, it kind of get's thrown in this category.

The First Wives Club was a good movie... WOMEN POWER!!!!

Yes! Death Becomes Her! I forgot about that one. Too busy wondering why I never saw Princess Bride or Robin-hood Men in Tights I guess.

Princess Bride is an awesome movie, I have always loved it.

We recently had re-runs of Indiana Jones trilogy, they are classics and also had repeats of some Adam Sandler movies (Happy Gilmore and the one where he adopts that kid), I used to hate him at first but now I laugh out loud all the time when i watch him.

Yes, Adam Sandler movies... ALL of them, 'cept maybe Punch-Drunk Love, which I haven't seen, but understand is more of a dramatic movie than a comedy... Hmmm....

I LOVED the one where he inherits 40 Billion dollars. For some reason, I can't recall the name of the movie... Oh yeah, Mr. Deeds! Adam's character was fine, but the show stealer was Sandler's spanish butler. The "bery-bery sneaky" one, with the sock fetish!

Also, I've thoroughly enjoyed Chris Rock's recent movies...

Head of State and Down to Earth (I think it's called...) Also, the one where he plays a CIA agent after his long-lost twin brother gets killed. It also stars Anthony Hopkins... Bad Company??

I loved Mr. Deeds

"I like feet. I don't know why"

Right, bad company, that's a good one I like Chris Rock's character in Dogma too: 13th Apostle

"I think you are underestimating the sneakiness"

hehehe I can't stand Death Becomes Her... sorry, but I get a terrible headache whenever I see it's going to be on TV here (and it's on like a few times every month since i've moved here)

Yeah, if I saw that it was available that much, I'd get a migraine too!! Since I've only seen it maybe once or twice, it has retained enough of its... "charm?"... for me to considerate it worthy of this list...

i admit this only because none of you know where i live and therefore the chances of me getting lynched are reduced considerably..."glup"...well...here go's..."XANADU"..."shudder"

Hey that is one of my favorite movies. Love the music, love Olivia and Gene Kelly is one of the greatest dancers of all time. First time I saw that movie it was 15 minutes long. Or at least it seemed like it. We thought it was a real short movie because it seemed like we just got there and it was over. It's great on a surround sound home theater.

I agree... Xanadu was a great movie. But, it was a dumb movie as well.
Olivia was great, as always...

Chel, I am so glad someone else loves Strange Brew. Not many people I know liked it. My dad though it was a riot.

Alrighty, how about 'Bachelor Party' with Tom Hanks? COMEDY! I have laughed at that movie since I was a kid. It has to be one of my favorite movies.

Or 'Back To School' with Rodney Dangerfield? "Can I see you tonight?" "No, sorry, I have class" "That's fine, why don't you call me, when you have no class"- priceless.

And although some people think it's bad, I don't, but how about 'Tron'? Cool flick.

'Johnny Dangerously' with Micheal Keaton? Fargin' Bastidges!

'Airplane' -? "I've picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue"

I know I can come up with more...

-HECK!

Tron has just be re-released on DVD with heaps of special features, If you're a fan, I recommend that you get hold of it, heaps of extra stuff. Excellent.

The dumb movie i absolutely love is (gulp embarrassed to say) space wars by Mel brooks the scene when they hit hyper- drive and then stop ,and rick moraines crashes into the dashboard ... and also when they were watching the movie as it were being made..... hilarious

I mean Space Balls ..... ooops my bad

Or when their signal was being jammed... I believe it was strawberry...

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