Guilty Pleasure Movies II

[@fleapitfilms7944]

I'm a somewhat new film critic and my god, I wish I had your gift of gab. The way you are able to articulate your feelings about a film on-screen without a script is beyond me or what any critic on KZbin can do. I hope you know that you are an inspiration to me and many others. As far as I'm concerned, you and Armond White (I know I'm going to get flak for that choice but I think his writing is brilliant whether you agree with him or not) are the best critics working today.

[@lacrimatorium]

Thanks Maggie. I've always had a theory that you have to have bad taste in order to have good taste. That is if a person can't admit that some of the things they like are simply pop fluff or purely trash their other opinions can't be trusted. Someone who thinks everything they love is sacred is someone I totally distrust.

[@Suite_annamite]

You've perfectly described a notion that the French now call the "taste for the tacky" (le goût du moche): it's when someone consciously and deliberately likes something that others of "better taste" would never even consider; but because it is based on that person's natural inclinations, their personal taste for those things is "pure" and therefore isn't socially nor narcissistically motivated. This kind of ironic, self-awareness is the latest artistic trend here in the French part of Canada, where both artists and normal folk alike try to "beautify" normal, everyday objects that would otherwise be "ugly". And this includes making and selling beautified ugly objects and art. Whether or not this is another kind of perpetuating "naive art" or a cynical ploy to capitalize on everyone's fickle preferences is up for debate. And that also includes watching "bad movies", and looking on the bright side, by giving them a new spin. Americans already had their way of doing all that with spray-painting "nice graffiti".

[@robertcongdon6296]

The original theatrical release of Star Trek The Motion Picture did have some editing and pacing flaws, but the directors cut fixed those anomalies and made it a superior film in every way.

[@HBICTiff]

Have you seen Andy Warhol’s Flesh for Frankenstein & Blood for Dracula? I love those films.

[@xpindy]

Must see in 3D!

[@robertgoyette5863]

COMMANDO-pure turn your brain off ultraviolence and endlessly quotable 'LETS PARTY'

[@BugVlogs]

Jupiter Ascending is so batshit insane, but I gotta give props to the Wachowskis for their ambition

[@h.c4898]

Not well executed in my opnion. The ending was not satisfying for me. If the watchowskis come up with their directors cut I'm sure it'll differ from the current version.

[@Skabanis]

Garbage

[@whatever7002]

Van Helsing 2004. Funky accents for sure. Still a lot of fun. A lot of what can be seen on the screen is actually caringly crafted if you love the classic horror aesthetic like i do.

[@helvete_ingres4717]

turning the lead actors into CGI monsters for the climactic confrontation is a bad move on paper, and even worse in practice

[@guygadbois3010]

"DOA: Dead or Alive" - available right here on KZbin, yes it is based on the video game, yes it has a beach volleyball scene, yes it is a goofy martial arts type movie, and yes its loaded up with beautiful women but its just cheesy fun give it a watch sometime!

[@JustFun-ho6qy]

Best video game movie there is. I loved Jason Robert's idiotically impractical supervillain ploy with the predictive fighting glasses. You simply cannot make a DoA movie without embrassing the dumb.

[@jameshurley776]

Speed racer is a guilty pleasure for me how the tone is campy and visuals is like having a knife to my eye

[@jameshurley776]

It’s not a good movie the wachowskis did care about the source material but it was misguided like the wachowski

[@h.c4898]

@@jameshurley776 There's no reason to copy paste a book onto the screen. Mine as well stick with the books. It's also about interpretation and it's a good thing.

[@1165mac]

No guilt on Speed Racer for me. It's genius and wildly entertaining.

[@inmybloodboxing.1992]

Batman 1989 with Jack Nicholson, loved that movie as a kid still love it as an adult. Sandlot of course is another lol

[@ainslie187]

_Batman 1989_ is solid, I liked _Sandlot_ as a kid. I see your profile pic is a still from an Abel Ferrara film, _King of New York_ is the first movie that springs to mind when I think "guilty pleasure."

[@inmybloodboxing.1992]

@@ainslie187 bad LT is my shit King of New York is descent also Happy holidays man

[@starwarsroo2448]

Batman 1989 isn't a guilty pleasure its a classic

[@inmybloodboxing.1992]

@@starwarsroo2448 oh i agree, i just feel like these kids nowadays have no respect for the OG movies like that one.

[@starwarsroo2448]

@@inmybloodboxing.1992 no because they think Ben AFfleck is a " really good actor " and Zach Snyder is some kind of stylistic genius

[@TheFourthWinchester]

I was in an all guys class and literally everyone loved Twilight. There was no pressure of it being girly and everyone connected with the forbidden love story. Kristen Stewart was literally the poster girl for years. I still love it. I didn't change my tune when other guys got uncomfortable about saying they liked it because of fangirls.

[@rezai7]

I love the audio quality on all your new videos, don’t be afraid to make videos re-reviewing your old popular clips with that crispy smooth audio, I bet they would do super well

[@legochickenguy4938]

The entire Twilight series is fantastic guilty pleasure material. Robert Pattinson is being as ridiculous as he possibly can without winking right into the lens he’s awesome.

[@PulseRELOADED]

💃 SHOWGIRLS When she starts freaking out on ole boy underneath the waterfall

[@davidellis5141]

😆

[@baddunwell2306]

Gine gershon!!!! And she likes doggy chow!

[@Suite_annamite]

It was precisely that scene from that movie that so many *had to learn the hard way that water friction and sex are not good friends!*

[@davidellis5141]

@@baddunwell2306 That was Elizabeth Berkeley embarrassing herself & her profession in that scene !

[@davidellis5141]

@@baddunwell2306 You are talking about Killer Joe - Gina , with quite a garden.

[@PsychicsRfake456]

House on Haunted Hill (1959) .... with all its flaws I still watch and enjoy it every October

[@raoulmontefiore4803]

I think 'guilty pleasure' is a good phrase. Its very like 'camp'. It's a real playfully guilty attitude I feel for some movies ("I somehow shouldn't like this as much as I do" ). Who knows where it comes from!

[@nerychristian]

My guilty pleasure is Schindler's List. I know it's a little campy. But for some reason I like that movie.

[@alexanderg1297]

Edgar Wright’s entire filmography

[@gavmonn5901]

for me it was as above so below, but it was dark in my room and I was tired and wanted a silly movie so maybe that's why I enjoyed it

[@thunderstruck5484]

I saw Independence Day at a dollar theater in League City Texas , at the time I thought it was pretty silly but it has grown on me through the years and I watch it when it’s on partly because I reminisce about that time in my life we were having a good time for sure, thanks again

[@walthersorsa4847]

I have soft spot for Jackass movies. As Finn i also like The Dudesons. So dumb and crazy, but so much fun 😏. Cant wait for the new one 😎. Great video Maggie and take care and stay safe 👍.

[@anthonymusto3537]

This girl knows her shit!and she has seen a couple films in her lifetime!

[@stevecaststringtheory8691]

Saving Silverman, I’ve loved it since I first saw it 20 years ago, it still cracks me up

[@sprawlz6466]

Is the Secret Life of Walter Mitty considered to be sub par movie? Because that’s one of my favorite movies of all time. I also greatly adore Jaws and all it’s simplicity.

[@bigneon_glitter]

A dramedy starring Ben Stiller shouldn't be life-changing cinema but here we are. I've only seen it once but I think about it often.

[@busterwalsh4703]

The original with Danny Kaye is much better.

[@anthonymusto3537]

Just found your channel few months ago!how about Lynne Ramsay, Todd Solondz,2 of my favorites.

[@evanjohnmo]

I love watching the first part of "Psycho" right before the bathroom scene. Janet Leigh is just such a joy to watch.

[@billcbren]

It's hard for me to imagine Roy Scheider in De Niro's role in The Deer Hunter. Probably for the best that he opted out of the movie.

[@xpindy]

Understatement of the year.

[@jjnewbold]

I really like Day After Tomorrow. I was 18 when it came out. Definitely my favorite Roland Emmerich film. Although I loved Stargate when I was younger. Lol

[@thunderstruck5484]

I like John Travolta movies, Urban Cowboy, Phenomenon, Blowout, Saturday Night Fever, Get Shorty, Michael, Primary Colors etc thanks again and Happy Halloween 🎃

[@ainslie187]

_Urban Cowboy_ has a lot going for it; great music, "ambience," and a story that starts pretty strong but devolves into tedious melodrama. _Blowout_ is just a good movie, nothing to really feel guilty about, perhaps it glorifies violence a bit? The rest of those _are_ pretty middle-of-the-road IMO.

[@thunderstruck5484]

@@ainslie187 agreed I remember going to Gilley’s before the movie came out big place that was back when you could still drink at 18 fun times thanks

[@ainslie187]

@@thunderstruck5484 Oh nice.

[@jewelcitizen2567]

*_”Flash… Flash I love you but we only have 14 hours to save the earth!”_*

[@validationboy]

Mar Vista films are my guilty pleasure. Nanny Cam, A Wife's Nightmare, and so on

[@Propersun]

I have to say 1993 " Airborne " . Saw it for the first time on cable tv maybe tbs or usa probably twenty years ago and would always stop to watch years after no matter what i was doing. Love the cheesy comedy and 90's bad acting. I now own it through KZbin and still love it. You have an awesome channel , thanks!

[@davidellis5141]

The Thing With Two Heads ! Ray Milland coming a long way .. down 😆 from The Lost Weekend.

[@NicolasTylerDoyle]

Disturbia is my guilty pleasure It’s like going to McDonald’s and buying a 10piece nugget and fries 🍟

[@drdavid1963]

Happy new year Maggie! You look like you're in a pretty good place right now. You're one of my go-to reviewers now so hoping for you to continue in 2022

[@MrGrouch86]

Hackers

[@plateoshrimp9685]

Good call. I love this movie.

[@SebastianRodriguez]

Tropic Thunder!

[@connormccloskey5128]

Tron: Legacy The Oceans 11 trilogy 90s and early 2000s Disney Channel originals especially jonny tsunami

[@1OldPacman]

I want to listen to a conversation between you and joe rogan.

[@inmybloodboxing.1992]

She’s wrecking Joe Rogan in discussion on film just like I Wreck Rogan on Boxing History. He’s great for MMA doesn’t know his Boxing history worth a shit though

[@1OldPacman]

@@inmybloodboxing.1992 Ok

[@ThomasJester1968]

The original Clash of the Titans. Harryhausen! Krakens! Goofy metal owls! Sir Larry in a toga!

[@DenNEE]

Nekromantik. If you know, you know.

[@rincemind8369]

I haven't watched the movie Jackass. This kind of movie just repels me... maybe because I am a culture-spoiled European(?). It would be interesting to explore what the liking of such a movie signifies from a sociological perspective. It reminds me of some initiation ritual of a native culture, where the experience of going to and trespassing your physical and emotional limits defines the transition into adulthood. The bonding element within the group is rather interesting, also acting as an argument that there is a connection.

[@AdamFishkin]

Twilight has become a wonderful film to talk about when it comes to the laugh-inducing ways Hollywood cinema went wrong. Actors like Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Reaser and even Anna Kendrick were still at a point in their careers where they just needed the work. AND IT SHOWS. Combine this with Catherine Hardwicke, who started her feature-film directing with 2003's "Thirteen" and seemed to have her finger on the pulse of contemporary youth ... but was also finding that quality projects weren't being offered to her. Hardwicke once referred to the result as the "sweetened condensed milk version" of what Stephenie Meyer wrote. Combine this with the marketing choices made by Summit Entertainment, which wanted to be taken seriously as a distributor (LMAO) (they released this 2 months after buying the rights to Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker). I honestly consider the first film watchable. Granted it's been 12 years since I last saw it, but the story beats still stick in my memory for the way they achieved a reasonable degree of non-stupidity.

[@Ali-sv5sg]

Twilight is awful with its character development and acting. But what draws me, as a Pakistani from the North of England, is the beautiful aesthetic of the film.

[@AdamFishkin]

The *characters* are trash, 'tis true.

[@TheFourthWinchester]

Every guy in my all-boys class loved Twilight before it became uncool for guys to like it.

[@doranmitchell1700]

I don't know if I necessarily feel guilty about it but I would say Iron 2 is a guilty pleasure for me.

[@1165mac]

ST:TMP viewed on a huge screen with a high quality sound system is excellent entertainment.

[@rawpower5419]

Hey Maggie, your videos would benefit from thumbnails with the movie titles. Might help your vids get more traction. Love your content!

[@rjskorenki5720]

Youre abousletly beautiful deep focus lens

[@deckofcards87]

The Ace Ventura movies are my go to guilty pleasures, Jim Carrey at his most ridiculous. Old 50s horror and scifi movies do it for me too like "They!" Or anything with giant ill tempered mutant creatures.

[@Suite_annamite]

@@: "Beautiful people struggle in life ... and I think it can be, you know, very lonely." Another thing I think people don't get is that beautiful people are actually in solidarity with one another, and are never actually envious of one another. It's actually peripheral people in their lives who try to stoke up conflict: *we've all seen the ugly duckling trying to hang out with the group of swans, and try to be their gate-keeper!*

[@bigneon_glitter]

I would rephrase the _Star Trek_ opinion to say that _TMP_ is the _"Vertigo"_ of the franchise but I stick by it. Both films are cinematically immersive slow boil mysteries that play out with long, drawn out sequences of discovery supported by lush visuals & orchestration. Both are simple stories with deceptively complex narratives told almost entirely through internal characterizations that are open to interpretation. The protagonists are figures driven by deep emotional obsession & longing, dwarfed by unknowable, untouchable mysteries in which they have no control. Both films are examples of modern Gothic Horror.

[@Turtleproof]

Stop, I can admire James Stewart only so dearly.

[@deanroddey2881]

Another topic, sort of the anthesis of this one, that would be interesting to get into would be: Movies you really like, but they are just too much for regular consumption, too intense, too close to home, too emotional, etc... Things that come immediately to mind for me would be: 1. The Sweet Hereafter 2. Perfect Sense 3. Requiem for a Dream 4. The Wrestler 5. Deep Impact 6. Dancer in the Dark 7. My Life as a House 8. Manchester by the Sea 9. The Joy Luck Club I'm 57 and male, so clearly not the Twilight series demographic. But I actually quite like them, for reasons unknown.

[@1080TJ]

Agree about Emerich. I'll be first in line for Moonfall.

[@fatherlucid4995]

Favorite reviewer. Thanks for sharing your thoughts

[@JonnyBaak]

Star Trek the motionless picture

[@jasonhendler8892]

Yes, please rank Star Trek movies (and franchises).

[@adrianm8751]

You got a bee on you a hat

[@myfootballjesus]

Well legally blonde was just not very believable. But if you put that aside. I suppose it’s entertaining

[@oliveiraoliveira6035]

blair witch II is definetely a guilty pleasure

[@NotIfICU1st_]

RIP Jean Marc Vallee

[@Psychebo]

Hi, can you please do a best double features video??

[@joshpritt2146]

Richard Lester's 1967 World War II comedy How I Won The War.

[@zlatanibrahimovicisbettert7980]

Only logic no feelings

[@unmixedunmastered2810]

Kinda

[@zlatanibrahimovicisbettert7980]

@@unmixedunmastered2810 what

[@unmixedunmastered2810]

@@zlatanibrahimovicisbettert7980 deepfocuslens

[@jackpotsb3]

I just watched The Scary of Sixty-First and that could definitely become a guilty pleasure cult classic imo

[@rdorgan75]

I’ve never understood the term “guilty pleasure.” Why be ashamed or embarrassed if you like something?

[@dan-mb2ne]

Because it's bad films that you kinda enjoy

[@unmixedunmastered2810]

I'm more annoyed at people always complaining about that term. We all know what that term means, and that u don't take it LITERALLY. So stop acting like you're 5.

[@Suite_annamite]

It's possible that the term was originally a mistranslation from some kind of Latin-derived language: like Italian or French or something, where a word for "delight" or "delicious" is similar to a word for "crime" or "evil deed". Then maybe the words later became "guilty" and "pleasure" in English, to give them a louder ring. But since the original intent no longer applied in English, it just became a nonsense saying that makes people misunderstand it.

[@rong2912]

I like You've Got Mail.

[@pacificblu9662]

Mommie Dearest. Campy perfection! Also, I find it visually beautiful.

[@pacificblu9662]

@monochrome ...not EVER!!

[@baddunwell2306]

Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)

[@BlueBallofFur]

My favorite Easter movie

[@baddunwell2306]

@@BlueBallofFur Remember the part where all the critters rolled up into a giant critter ball and they rolled over the one guy and all that was left was his skeleton? That was awesome!

[@peterpellechia5985]

I like flash gordon

[@xpindy]

Me too. but 1936,1938,1940. With the real Flash Gordon and undoubtedly the definitive Ming the Merciless (sorry Max, though I think he'd of agreed).

[@tonybennett4159]

Myra Breckenridge. Mae West at her campest, Raquel Welch at her sexiest, why not? I felt that director Mike Sarne knew exactly what sort of movie he was making and got just that.

[@ivaniliev7809]

Waiting on a review of Revolver 2005.

[@jackdaniels2905]

I'll watch The Day after Tomorrow whenever it's on TV. Or Semi Pro for fun. Or from earlier, Tremors was silly but good. Even earlier, Maximum Overdrive, bad but entertaining.

[@slave_to_cinema]

Armageddon and other Michael Bay movies 😄

[@jbliv831]

Jaws 2 is still an entertaining summer movie. Not the first movie, of course. No guilt.

[@bryanmckinney1098]

Rocky 1 & 2.... And First Blood. I'm not really ashamed. But kinda lol!

[@Thagomizer]

Hell Comes to Frogtown!

[@hamzarouri8454]

Oh there's a lot of goofy, stupid films I enjoy. I'll mention the most recent one I watched, which is Godzilla vs Megalon. I know Godzilla films in general are silly, but this one takes the cake. I especially kakkle like a hyena whenever Godzilla kicks Megalon while dragging his tail through the ground.

[@inmybloodboxing.1992]

I also have a soft spot for watching the old Godzilla films and I’m Italian American those things were the shit as a kid

[@aaronshouting588]

Sorority Row would be a guilty pleasure of mines!

[@thunderstruck5484]

Jaws 2 was great! I always enjoyed it I guess I was the same age as the teens in the movie maybe that’s it who knows

[@franciscovega2042]

For me it would have to be Damian Chappa's "El Padrino-The Latin Godfather." If you've seen blood in blood out well I'd like to think of it like an unofficial spiritual sequel and oh boy it is bad. Its convoluted, far too long and suffers from a very low budget. At times it seems there were long breaks in between production so it has sequence and continuity issues. Some scenes look like they were filmed in Damian Chappa's house. For all it's flaws it actually has memorable performances. Most notably Gary Busey and Jennifer Tilly. Gary Buesy is actual very good but he really comes off as crazy which lends itself to the role and it even seems like the production used this towards his character. Jennifer Tilly is definitely worth mentioning she is just so bad to the point of hilarity but her performance wears out it's welcome very quickly. One of the things I enjoy is the supporting cast and even background characters. The actors are lesser known or amateur undiscovered actors but you can tell some of them put forth the effort in their performance. The blood gang leader in the prison scenes and a very out of place scene with a undercover cop character who I could almost swear the actor is Christopher Walken's lost love child. The movie is bad but I think it's possible to instruct a short term film making course on it. You can definitely play a drinking game with this movie.

[@chrisquinlan6527]

My BIGGEST guilty pleasures are Dan Aykroyd's "Nothing But Trouble", and Stephen King's "Maximum Overdrive". Two over-the-top misfires from celebrity one-time directors. They're both failures in their respective genres, but they are both extremely memorable and entertaining. I feel like mediocrity in film is more insulting to my senses than level-ten trainwrecks. At least you can have an interesting discussion about movies like these.

[@sandorx4]

You were born in 1990? 🤔

[@thunderstruck5484]

Jackass movies are so entertaining I highly recommend

[@xpindy]

I consider a "guilty pleasure" something I'm drawn to but not for reasons I can intellectually defend. I love to watch "Room For One More" (aka "The Easy Way") with Cary Grant and Betsy Drake but I would be hard pressed to defend this episodic, situation comedy-like entertainment as a film of merit. I didn't know "Jackass" was a movie and I watched the movie. It's like comedy porn that is ultimately unmemorable and pointless (but I'm a guy and I won't deny my friends and I did a lot of similar stupid shit growing up- it's just that like facebook I can't imagine anyone would be interested that crap. I may be wrong about people being interested- but not about it being crap.)

[@rabidfollower]

Pre-code films, giallo films, exploitation films, non-PC films in the past, etc. Look for "sex hygiene films" in the 30s-50s, or the 1971 film "Immoral Tales" directed by Walerian Borowczyk, and you'll get an eyeful. In other words, I consider guilty pleasure films to be those largely unseen or unknown by the public, but whose salacious nature appeals to some people. Some of the titles mentioned here such as Star Trek, Twilight, Fifty Shades, etc. are too mainstream and widely seen. If everyone has seen them, then everyone is guilty, which means no one is.

[@xpindy]

La Bete.

[@user-lr8pk7un1x]

holy crap the first response is probably unironic too, sad that the pretentious arthouse film critic crowd has become a part of your audience when you would normally make fun of them

[@dcmphotog8452]

The most politically incorrect and culturally offensive movie of all time is "Team America World Police". And yet, everytime I see it I I turn into a 14yr old boy and can't control my laughter.

[@federerfanatic]

Psycho Goreman. 'nuff said. Wacky horror.

[@PurushaDesa]

2002’s _Die Another Day_ is objectively the worst film to which I give the highest rating - 7/10. I guess what it comes down to is, how can I hate a film that gave the world Rosamund Pike?

[@ricardolorrio8228]

legally Blonde is a good movie...

[@Starkardur]

90s tv films LOL

[@superby1]

Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension Hudson Hawk The Wraith

[@raffimohammed53]

Wild Things (1998) dir by John McNaughton is one for me. That whole ending where the real culprit was revealed, only for it to be a red herring and the actual culprit was revealed, and I think this happens for like 3 times, is so shameless and I adore it. It's as if it's scooby doo on steroids. Also, doesn't hurt that some of the most attractive actors/actresses are a part of this film, and I actually kinda find the acting decent in that film, though it's to be expected considering Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, and Bill Murray are decent actors, with the latter adding just the right amount of dry humor to this hilariously weird movie where it takes itself so seriously in the first half only for it to spiral out of control towards the end.

[@adrenochromejoe7448]

Off topic ... Saw "NIGHT OF THE HUNTER" for the 1st time. The 1st hour or so was really good, but ... The last 30 minutes were absolute trash. When the children meet that old lady ... One of the worst 3rd acts in movie history.

[@ainslie187]

Off topic and out of your mind.

[@johnpjones182]

I wonder how younger people (I turn 60 next month) respond to older (pre-1970, say) movies. The pace was much slower, without action climax after action climax (blame "Raiders-" & "Lethal Weapon" for that).

[@toddhill7483]

Intolerable Cruelty! (Not your video, the Coen film)

[@mikerotonda6264]

Let me just Say something and I'm not trying to offend you but you are FINE! You are a very attractive woman .

[@rodneydungan8965]

Star Trek the Motionless Picture is boring, lame, and an epic film. Some of my favorite films of all time are flawed. Greystoke is an English drawing room film with a monkey-man, it's awesome! Krull sucks and it's great; Dragonslayer, Tron, the Last Starfighter. The films that really try and, well, just fall short are the BEST.

[@thombat999]

My top 2 are Flash Gordon and Xanadu