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Movies that both suck and are underrated.


Movies that aren't good but you can almost appreciate because they should have been worse.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Commando
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
The Blob (1988)
The A Team
2010: The Year We Make Contact
Psycho II
Dante's Peak

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yeah, love dream warriors, blob, and psycho 2....how 'bout...

it takes two (1988) - buys fake Lamborghini, has a couple issues
https://youtu.be/OYFl5kk0qFs?t=1264
Transylvania twist (1989) - https://youtu.be/R6hO9tPfEoo?t=1078
Witchboard (1986) - https://youtu.be/Eopr3V5DGYA
Spellbinder (1988)
waxwork (1988)
Girlfriend from Hell (1989)
Vampire Journals (1997) (and anything by full moon studios)

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I can't confirm. I haven't heard of any of those.

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loads of 80s cheesiness, low budget and some bad acting but fun or enjoyable, underrated imo.

i just realized right now that waxwork and witchboard use the exact same house. funny. i never noticed.

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i've only seen 4 films from that list, & honestly, i think all of them are at least good, & i think one of them is truly great. it's a big world, & we're entitled to our preferences, but i cannot accept categorizing commando as a film that sucks when it's given me pure fun every single time i've watched it - approximately 800 million times, give or take.

maybe i'm easy to please. if i'm not bored, if i'm having a good time, then the film is good, & i'm never going to say no to a good time with a movie.

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I SECOND COMMANDO AS GREAT.

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IT'S SO FUCKING GREAT!

i have it at #51 on my all-time top 100, & considering how many times i've watched it, it's probably a bit low.

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Is that the with AHnold?

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That's kind of how I feel about Commando. It's not a good film, but it is enjoyable and should have been worse. Usually these 1 vs. Everybody are complete crap.

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Arnie carries Commando on his shoulders, the dude has wheelbarrow loads of charisma. No other actor alive could have turned that film into a success and made it memorable. I always thought Rae Dawn Chong was an odd choice but she's perfect in the role.

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I'm a huge Arnie fan. Stallone comes second for me, but nowhere near the Austrian bodybuilder.

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I agree on 2010, Commando, and A Team. Flawed but enjoyable.

My adds:
Mission Impossible 2
Venom
Lady in the Water
Prometheus

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I think Prometheus is just underrated in general. I wouldn't even say it sucked. Maybe a little disappointing, though.

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I AGREE...THE DISSAPOINTMENT FROM MY ANGLE COMES FROM SCOTT ABANDONING HIS LOFTY PREMISE FOR ALIEN ACTION AT TIMES.

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Scientists touching just-discovered alien life forms. Someone turns into a zombie. Aliens want to destroy life on planet they seeded because ... because ... they seeded it? etc etc

I enjoyed Prometheus but only because I sort of lean on my own alternate interpretation fantasy.

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There are no rules in movie watching.

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True. Unless you are in a theater with other people.

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Meet the Spartans
Batman and Robin
Justice League
Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever
Wild Wild West
G.I. Jane
Power Rangers
Red Sparrow
Robin Hood
Dora and the City of Lost Gold

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Batman & Robin is so bad and yet I've seen it so many times.

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For Poison Ivy? Amirite 😁

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No. It's a brisk comedy experience.

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I actually think Episode I is unfairly hated.

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Years later, viewing these two again I enjoyed them more than I thought I would. Me and Episode 1 don't get along though.

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Six Days Seven Nights

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Yeah that's a good answer.

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Jaws 3 in 3D
Valentine
Girlhouse
Jason X
Xanadu

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Alien Resurrection (1997)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
The Great Wall (2016)

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I loved Alien Resurrection the first time I saw it and hated it the second time.

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It has a few cool scenes and some crappy ones too. Brad Dourif is billiant in it.

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