10 Dumb Movies Which Are Secretly Smart

[@YouLousyKids]

"Crank" is an over-the-top solid silly movie, but it ends with that awesome shot of him calling his girlfriend and leaving a long answering-machine message, saying good-bye in peace as he falls to his death. The sequel, with Chelios getting a replacement heart instead of just being left to die, makes no sense at ALL, but it has one of my favorite bits of all time: his girlfriend had no idea what happened to him. Shocked by this, Chelios objects that he left a message. It cuts to her answering machine recording NOT a quiet, at peace Chelios whispering his goodbye, but the roar of the wind across the speaker for a few seconds before the second beep. It totally undercuts that great moment...and OF COURSE there'd be all that wind that we never thought about.

[@stickman1742]

I far prefer the sequel, much more entertaining.

[@XmdogmX]

They gave him the replacement heart because he was to be kept alive in order to harvest the rest of his organs. How did you miss that?

[@JSmiley21x]

"Miracles" by Jefferson Starship plays as hes falling! I downloaded that song after watching the movie. And then he survives the fall. A miracle!

[@jasonroosa2475]

Part 2: Smart movies that are in fact stupid?

[@MadameWesker]

💯💯

[@RobotDecoy]

YES❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@donnamurphy8551]

The number one on that list would be Crash.

[@MrVinjex]

Tenet is one of them

[@TheMike240]

Lucy and Hackers comes to mind.

[@thundering1]

Behind the scenes of Crank 2 is ITSELF a hilarious story! Watched a bunch of Behind the Scenes interviews about this - they finished the 1st one, it did awesome, so the studio execs - seeing dollar signs! - brought Neveldine and Taylor (the writer/director duo behind the 1st one) in and giddily told them, "Okay! We need a sequel!" Neveldine and Taylor looked at each other, confused, then back at the execs and shrugged, "He DIED...!" They were basically told that the sequel was GOING to happen either with them or without them, and offered them a huge check to do it. They thought, okay, well, we'll take your money... And then they sat around and - pretty much out of spite - came up with the most absolutely LUDICROUS thing they could possibly write. They had an absolute BLAST writing the dumbest stuff they could come up with, but somehow kept it as a coherent story. And when they were done, they looked at each other with huge smiles and said to each other, "There's NO way we can let anyone else direct this!" And here we are...

[@stickman1742]

The 2nd one was far more entertaining than the first.

[@alexanderkreczkevich8100]

I actually didn't like crank 2 the first time I seen it. To this day I don't know why.

[@julianthethief]

Crank is a total love hate type of movie and I find them both awesome

[@whobitmyname]

Last Action Hero is pretty solid stuff. The screaming captain was awesome. The 555- gag was gold. People just had their expectations of the usual muscles and machine guns subverted a little too hard for an Arnold movie.

[@lastactionhero7541]

I agree

[@KingBasieSims4]

Definitely

[@lippydalips4537]

I LOVE! "Last Action Hero"😁🇬🇧👍🏻

[@56postoffice]

Also, it went up against a certain dinosaur movie by Steven Speilberg the same year.

[@tsiefhtes]

@@56postoffice To many good movies got no attention because they faced a megahit when they were released.

[@KingBasieSims4]

Last Action Movie was one of my favourite movies growing up. It's why I always think Arnie says "I'll be back" in every movie even though I can barely name any other movie of his besides Junior, that I actually remember watching and not heard of from lists like this or from Googling his career. It also made me want to watch more of Charles Dance as a villain. At the time he was oozing best villain ever for me.

[@Thyranel]

O yes think I need to do a re watch of it soon

[@jacobmcdorman5552]

Yes, always loved the hamlet scene. The argument with death at the end. Villain being interestingly smart. It ranks right up there with "Who framed Roger Rabbit".

[@danortiz]

The last action hero was a great movie. It's just that the acting of the kid that I didn't like.

[@jacobmcdorman5552]

@@danortiz child actor, what can you do? Besides... his lines weren't really written very well. In fact, they were quite terrible.

[@danortiz]

@@jacobmcdorman5552 yeah.

[@AlejandroVarasHinojosa]

I always had to treat Last Action Hero as a guilty pleasure but thankfully a lot of people has realized it's comedic value after all these years. It still holds up as a movie.

[@CortexNewsService]

You forgot one thing with Not Another Teen Movie. Molly Ringwald, queen of the 80s teen movies, was also in the airport scene calling both lead characters idiots. It's glorious.

[@jeronimochaverrimonkeyholmes]

I forgot about that, she is the fly attendant "trying" to help Chris Evans to get the girl!!!

[@krishanubanerjee6955]

@@jeronimochaverrimonkeyholmes Umm, what on Earth is a *fly attendant* ? 🤔🤔🤔

[@jeronimochaverrimonkeyholmes]

​@@krishanubanerjee6955 is another name to say stewardess

[@krishanubanerjee6955]

@@jeronimochaverrimonkeyholmes Isn't that "flight attendant"? 🤔🤔🤔

[@jeronimochaverrimonkeyholmes]

@@krishanubanerjee6955 it is, thanks You Mr grammar Nazi!!!

[@krishanubanerjee6955]

In spite of his *reputation* of being little more than a muscle-bound juggernaut, Schwarzenegger has appeared in more smart movies than many give him credit for. Last Action Hero is definitely one of the best among these, but so are Predator, Total Recall, The Running Man, and True Lies. Each of these movies starts revealing its depth the more you analyze it.

[@KasumiRINA]

True Lies is the parody of action films that is smart on surface and doesn't need to explain you that like Last Action Hero does... another of his moves I always loved is Sixth Day. It's a great take on discriminating others because you think they took from you something you are owed. In that case, the clones. It has THE BEST one liners, ever.

[@bonmotze]

He has a good sense of humour tbh. I never liked him as an actor but enjoyed most of his movies. It's a weird love/hate-relationship I have with the guy.

[@JonathanBaltzly]

Last Action Hero is one of the best films ever made! It absolutely deserves critical reevaluation and I believe it could be properly revived as a sequel/reboot combination, starring original cast members. If you haven't seen it, it's a must watch!

[@user-iu1ru1qz7u]

How do you reason that it's "one of the best movies ever" and "should be remade/rebooted" in the same statement? If you love the movie, watch the movie. It's not milk, it doesn't go bad. Remakes, however, are almost always pure garbage.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Once you realise "Starship Troopers" is told from the viewpoint of the bad guys, you realise it is a work of genius.

[@AndrewD8Red]

Unlike the book it's based on.

[@NKA23]

@@AndrewD8Red Oh, the book is also written from the bad guys' perspective, it's just that the author himself wasn't aware of that.

[@AndrewD8Red]

@@NKA23 Huh, that's a... really smart way of looking at it. Quite apropos for this video. Kudos!

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@NKA23 now that comment just won the internet. 👍

[@RazoE]

"Frankly I find the idea of a bug that thinks OFFENSIVE"

[@tacothunderking4558]

I've always thought that Last Action Hero exists because he wanted to do something with Commando but everyone missed the point. So he did it all over again, just went even further over the top. And, naturally, people still missed the point.

[@johnclavis]

Just knowing that the producers of Josie and the Pussycats didn't take any money for the product placement makes me want to see it now

[@Shae_Sandybanks]

It's a genius and hilarious film. Legit one of my fav movies

[@Leo-sd3jt]

Yeah, same. That reminds me of that one gag in Wayne's World. It's hilarious that it got stretched out into a full feature-length film!

[@robertbohun4349]

I thought for Comando you were going to say Alyssa Milano went from being the girl everyone would rescue to the woke woman nobody wants, but you have a good take too.

[@DougSalad]

@@Leo-sd3jt in the case of Wayne's World, that was legit paid product placement, and that one scene paid for a SUBSTANTIAL chunk of the movie.

[@supahtyp]

Demolition Man and Last Action Hero are my favourite action comedies of all time. Both are brilliant parodies about action movies themselves full of silly slapstick, but also decent and inteligent jokes and Demolition Man even is a fantastic reality satire.

[@PrinceIsot]

Yes Last Action Hero is Arnie's most underrated film. That movie is so ahead of it's time

[@lastactionhero7541]

I agree

[@whenfatkillsfat803]

Deadpool would not exist without this.

[@christopherhoggins5008]

Idiocracy could be a possible addition to this list although it might be a bit too self aware.

[@Scauthra]

Last Action Hero, Commando and Crank 2 are among some of my favorite movies to ever release. AT one point in my life I knew the script to Crank 2 by heart. It was such a wild and fun ride, I loved every minute of it.

[@EnkiTwo]

I had the Crank as my ringtone.

[@RaneBoDasch]

I was obsessed with Last Action Hero as a child. I watched that movie in theaters twice then saw it 5 times on video release. I even remember having some of the toys and a t-shirt

[@tybois74]

11:35: "Last Action Hero" also has one helluva soundtrack. The exclusive-to-the-soundtrack hard rock like "What the Hell Have I" from Alice in Chains, "Angry Again" from Megadeth, "Big Gun" from AC/DC, and others are just killer. 🤘

[@YouLousyKids]

YES! Josie and the Pussycats is an overlooked gem! It's bizarre that people didn't get the joke about the product placement, particularly when they are staying in a hotel and there is a gargantuan box of laundry detergent for no reason in the middle of a hotel room.

[@PR-cj8pd]

0:24 Demolition Man 1:40 Zoolander 2:25 Commando 3:24 Stepbrothers 4:20 Robocop 5:25 Josie and the Pussycats 6:21 Starship Troopers 7:27 Not another teen movie 8:42 Crank: High Voltage 10:22 Last Action Hero

[@jdonvance]

I've seen almost every movie on this list and I can't agree more about their secret genius. In particular, Not Another Teen Movie was one of the few DVDs I absolutely HAD to buy if only to revel in/seek to understand all the references. (On the football field after a player has suffered his umpteenth concussion) (The field medic has just finished his evaluation) "Well, can he play?" "He's unconscious." "Dammit, Doc, can the boy PLAY?!" I keep missing opportunities to see Commando, and now I simply MUST see Josie and the Pussycats -- the most manly and the most girlish entries on this list!

[@jdonvance]

Also, let me take THIS opportunity to share an amusing anecdote. When I saw Last Action Hero in a theater, the projectionist either decided to have some fun, or (more likely) didn't know what was happening, because near the beginning of the movie when the movie the protagonist is watching goes out of focus and calls out to the projectionist in the movie, our real projectionist started fiddling with controls and ended up shifting the projector so that the movie was playing on a side wall for a couple of minutes before the lights came up, an apology was issued and the image was reset to its correct position and the film was rewound a few minutes. Life imitates art.

[@renecarteir8092]

Medic - "It doesn't look good, coach" Coach - "Can he play?" Medic - "He's in a coma" Coach - "CAN HE PLAY?!" Medic - "I don't even think he can breathe..." 😂😂😂😂

[@KasumiRINA]

Not Another Teen Movie is also the only film with Jaime Pressly I can re-watch, DoA wasn't super bad but come on, videogame adaptation. Now seeing Chris Evans become a major star and Margot Robbie (dead ringer for Jaime) having a career Pressly never got feels like alternate timeline. xD

[@SoSickRick]

Believe in the ball and throw yourself

[@StretchDude]

I saw Last Action Hero for the first time on TV about 15 years ago. I had heard about it being a dud, but after actually seeing it I was like "Wow, this is actually great." Plus... Benedict. That guy and his speech outlining his plan deserve permanent place in the upper echelons of movie villains.

[@MadameWesker]

I LOVED last action hero the 1st time I saw it. I doubt I understood the satire but it made me laugh cause I love silliness. When he cleaned off with a towel after coming out of the tar pit, I cried I was laughing so hard.

[@RobotDecoy]

me and my brother were howling on the rug at that. (and the tone matching eye)

[@lastactionhero7541]

It was great

[@huntsman1999]

I liked it

[@marileesaturley5924]

You came very close to highlighting one of the funniest bits in The Last Action Hero, at least as far as I’m concerned. The actress playing the teacher showing the Lawrence Olivier film is Lawrence Olivier’s widow...

[@jdonvance]

WHAT?! That's amazing!

[@annbsirius1703]

Yeah Joan Plowright!

[@Zombiesnyder13]

DEMOLITION MAN shows what the world would look like if Disney takes over the world

[@mikryan6567]

When

[@jamesthomas2410]

@@mikryan6567 was gonna say this lol

[@mikryan6567]

Bring whole new meaning to of mice and men

[@JoshB100]

It’s like “it’s a small world” but jus more corporate

[@morgantaylor84]

And Starship Troopers shows what the world will look like when the Military Industrial Complex takes over.

[@bigtiredpotato]

Last Action Hero is, hands down, one of my favorite action movies ever.

[@lastactionhero7541]

Me too!

[@scloftin8861]

I have loved Last Action Hero since I first saw it. I wasn't a kid and the great line for me is when the kid realizes he's the comic sidekick! A defining moment in anyone's life ... And Death ... with his "you're not on any of my lists". It's a phenomenal movie and I need to find my copy and watch it again. Thanks for reminding me.

[@kingofshade4927]

I always said Last Action Hero was decades ahead of its time.

[@tonybarnes2920]

Starship Troopers should be #1. It's absolutely brilliant! Okay... Last Action Hero is totally misunderstood... probably more than Starship Troopers. So, Starship #2, Last Action #1.

[@peterbumper2769]

Commando was not a satire, it was the first over the top action film. Before this you really only had a few Chuck Norris movies, but nothing that reached Blockbuster status

[@tsiefhtes]

Sometimes when you stare into the fog too long to start seeing things that aren't really there. This is especially true for older movies as things we now consider tropes and stereotypes ripe for satire and lampooning were often fresh or even groundbreaking when the movies were made.

[@KasumiRINA]

Most movies in the list are definitely parodies. I don't think Commando was, I would put True Lies there instead, it was definitely smart movie, but I think everyone understood that.

[@tsiefhtes]

@@KasumiRINA Commando is THE example of peak 80s pulp action movies, no parody there at the time it was produced but it is easy to see why someone overly genre savvy with think so now.

[@CourierSixGaming]

I always felt that Commando was essentially the Arnie film where he made fun of himself before Last Action Hero came along and was more on the nose with it.

[@AsiaDanceScene]

...and True Lies struck a balance between the two.

[@whyjnot420]

Last Action Hero also has one of the best soundtracks out there too.

[@sammylane21]

What I love about Jason Statham in CRANKED is the faces he's making.😂

[@empurress77]

I'm gonna have to say that the line "I'd buy that for a dollar" did NOT originate in the movie Robo Cop. It was from a movie called "The X-rated Mother Goose."

[@jennamason4154]

Thank you for the kind words at the end Jules! It was what I needed after today. Always love your videos

[@Deathstroke4200]

Not Another Teen Movie is one of the best parody films ever.

[@brianartillery]

I love every movie on this list. Yes. And I'm proud to say it. All do what I want a movie to do - entertain. Take me out of the real world for a couple of hours. You know, what movies were originally intended to do. 👍👍👍

[@BrianHartman]

Last Action Hero is criminally underrated. I think part of it was definitely the marketing, because the studio seemed to *want* it to be an action movie. It's also got the problem of poking fun at a lot of what Schwarzenegger's fans love about those 80s movies. So I think it had some headwinds going in, just because of the kind of movie it was. The only scene I really didn't think fit in the movie was the scene where Sharon Stone and the T-1000 are walking out of the police station. That didn't make any sense. They're supposed to be in *Jack's* movie. What are characters from other movies doing there? They kind of lost the plot in that scene.

[@KaijuAKD]

A poke to secret cameos and references in movies. Both shared movies with Arnie, T2 and Total Recall.

[@BrianHartman]

@@KaijuAKD Well, yes, but I would argue that in this universe the T-1000 doesn't exist, because at most, in the LAH universe, T2 is just a *movie*. :) And the Sharon Stone reference isn't actually a reference to Total Recall. Her walking out of a police station like that is actually a Basic Instinct reference. :)

[@YouLousyKids]

"Starship Troopers" is an odd duck in that it is not an adaptation of Heinlein's work but Verhoeven's opinion of the book as fascist garbage posing as an adaptation. That's a rather weird way to treat what is considered one of his greatest works. It's like being in charge of adapting "Atlas Shrugged" but you think Ayn Rand is a nutbar and her ideas are crap and so you make what is billed as an adaptation but it's making her look ridiculous. It should be a given that if you're going to do an adaptation you should be an appreciator, not a detractor, of the source material. Actually, everything I just said is a good summation of the 1960's "Batman", as a mockery of comic books and their tropes rather than a loving appreciation of the character.

[@3LLT33]

Even at the time some people appreciated Last Action Hero. But it was a whipping boy for people who don't get cinema as anything other than art-vs-schlock and who didn't want to admit how ridiculous Hollywood is. It took "Barton Fink", "Tropic Thunder" and "Team America" to make it okay. It's a solid flick.

[@chrisg922]

Crank was a masterpiece 🙌 hoping for Crank 3 🤞

[@SeptemberChild1835]

Crank 3 wasn’t as good as the first two.

[@jdonvance]

It would seem that the lesson here is "General audiences rarely recognize satire."

[@jdonvance]

...unless it's directed by Mel Brooks, apparently. (I was trying to think of a movie that should be on this list and thought about History of the World, Pt 1 and Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles and... and then I realized they didn't fit into a 'secretly smart' category, because they're all pretty openly intelligently crafted.)

[@gridmovierecap]

Maybe it is

[@2734fizzy]

100% on Last Action Hero. Plus get the 4k re-release because it just adds to it as if you are watching this film today which works even better for the post modernism.

[@marcomlott9099]

Great list. I was a kid in the 80's and a teen in the 90's. I remember some of these movies well.

[@Khaosblakheart]

I was kinda hoping to see "Idiocracy" on this list

[@watchtrainsnow1099]

I loved Last Action Hero the first day it came out. Bought the DVD, and I still have it.

[@nirellediamond]

THANK YOU for this! So many of these movies are on my watch over and over list and nobody sees how brilliant they are!

[@AussieMedic]

The Last Action Hero is one of my all time favourites I watched the hell out of it on VCR when I was a kid!

[@mmabennyj]

I suffer from bouts of quite serious depression. Most of my life happier than anyone, but then sometimes darker than most. When I’m down I forget that the guy signs of like this and it always catches me off guard and has me in tears. My logical mind knows he’s not actually talking to me. But my heart always feels it. Thanks

[@peterhessedal8539]

And not to mention that Last Action Hero had a GREAT soundtrack!

[@williamfarrington9504]

Lego Movie! I'm sick of trying to convince people to watch that work of genius

[@jonahkaun891]

Everything is awesome . . .

[@SeptemberChild1835]

Yes!! 😃

[@RobotDecoy]

Give Demolition Man a re-watch and think about today's politics (NOT WHILE BUZZED - YOU WERE WARNED)

[@invisalats841]

Most of the movies in this list are by far some of the most enjoyable movies to watch. I still can't believe people didn't realize Starship troopers was basically bashing the military, and personally, I thought it was aimed at the US military when I first watched it. It's still one of the more enjoyable films I've ever watched. Last action hero was definitely great as a kid. It didn't even hide that it was poking fun at the genre, which made it even better.

[@HunkDrangus]

Last Action Hero is classic in my eyes. Love this film.

[@slipstreamvash]

Definitely saw RoboCop too soon. It came out a year before I was born. My mom got the trilogy for me when I was like 7 or something because I really liked robots. Watched them all the time until she saw it and hid them from me. Still found them and watched them

[@gizmogearloose3391]

More. Of. These, PLEASE!!! I LOVED this list!!!!

[@yurdp]

As Michael Ironside said about ST- “This movie pokes fun at fascism by showing it can work but the only thing it’s good for is killing bugs.”

[@denisebacher5040]

I SO agree with your take on Last Action Hero!! Saw it at the theaters when it came out and my husband ( now ex) and I spent hours talking about different scenes and tropes. We did go in thinking it would be just an action flick, but left being entertained beyond belief. Jules you definitely are the leg’!

[@kommieplot]

Dude you nailed it with last action hero!!!!! So good and criminally underrated

[@quotethenovanevermore9565]

Last action hero is such a great movie!! So glad it was #1 on this list

[@VoightKampf]

I was hoping you would list Last Action Hero. The fact that you rated it number one just vindicates all my feelings for this move. It's a classic.

[@kurtpaulsen6579]

I was a teenager when Last Action Hero came out... I immediately got the sendup nature of the film, went and saw it in a pretty much empty theatre, and loved it... To this day, a copy of the film resides in a place of prominence in my personal film library...

[@Lost.Yeti.315]

Always happy when these movies get their due. Thank you Eggman for this great list.

[@keenansmith82]

Corny and legendary sign-off earned a tear and a like

[@VersieKilgannon]

Last Action Hero also has Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister) as the secret villain. He kills the original villain in a pool. I'll never forget that scene. The rest of the movie has mostly faded from my memory though 😅

[@finslaw]

Especially when Quinn insists Dance is doing a 360.

[@VersieKilgannon]

@@finslaw yep, that's exactly why I remember it lol

[@alanrobert3098]

Another little thing about Demolition Man was it recognised the end of an era of action stars, like Schwarzenegger (mentioned in the Presidential Archives) and Stallone himself, where he was trained in the freezer in knitting and sewing, showing how the age of the action star was on the drop

[@chrisoconor9314]

From the first time I saw it (I was an adult when it was released) I thought it was ingenious. I'll never get tired of asking people how they could dislike such a brilliant satire. That the stupid movie was actually smarter than they are is usually a revelation.

[@billyryan2519]

Really, really good list, admittedly I did have to watch Starship Troopers twice because I wasn't sure if it was great or an over the top movie about space bugs. Tou were spot on putting Last Action Hero number one, thought it was brilliant and am the only one of my little group who think it's brilliant.

[@CraigBurnat]

Big follower of the channel... Probably watch it more than I should. This video absolutely nails every single point. You picked the absolute best movies for this topic and reminded me that I haven't watched a couple of them enough. Probably should have mentioned Maynard (from Tool)'s cameo in Crank 2. ;)

[@Alfred6009]

I’ve always appreciated your send-off, but today it definitely resonated. Thanks Jules from Whatculture.

[@springhollerfarm8668]

Demolition Man and especially Last Action Hero were genius... I do not understand how anyone could misunderstand Last Action Hero, it was SO over the top hilarious... Cartoon cops? really?

[@finslaw]

Many great mentions. However, it skips over all those horror movies that are called dumb but are actually quite smart, like I Know Who Killed Me and Urban Legends: Final Cut.

[@captainunderpants200]

All of the movies on this list that I've seen are some of my all-time favourites. I am prioritising seeing the ones that I haven't seen. Thanks, Jules.

[@VintageBeauty1313]

OHMAHGAWD! Demolition Man DOES NOT get talked about enough!

[@gridmovierecap]

At that time, Sylvester Stallone was the idol of millions of young people of very different ages. Sandra Bullock is just reading her way to first-class star status, and Wesley Snipes has performed his best roles. In addition to all of the above, we can add that at that time the domestic audience was not yet sufficiently fed up with Hollywood action movies, so any action was perceived very well.

[@BendApparatus]

You initially lost me at demolition man (basically Idiocracy for the early 90's) But you got me back at Last Action...

[@honeybaby51]

EVERYTIME I see Randy Quaid's dance break, following Jaime Pressly' s during the "Prom song", I spit take. I'm not even drinking anything. It just happens. EVERYTIME. When they showed the clip🤭🤣

[@AsiaDanceScene]

The creation of Derelicte, fashion inspired by homeless people, is the most perfect takedown of the fashion industry ever put to film in Zoolander.

[@jandrewworld]

You should do a sequel that includes 1999's Dead or Alive.

[@ritchiesgarage]

You squarely missed two iconic representations of this commentary. Oscar and Hudson Hawk.

[@paulhadden]

The Maynard cameo in Crank2 was always the indicator of the depth of intelligence in the film’s heart.

[@xexinhuxD]

I really like Starship Troopers as a film, it's weird but imo is a good movie Not another teen movie has lots of nostalgia and after seeing Chris as Captain America seeing him like that makes it even more funny And Crank.. crank is crank

[@Maesterful]

Van Helsing is my guilty pleasure

[@gridmovierecap]

Hugh Jackman once legend, forever legend

[@drrocketman7794]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail It's dumb. But you have to know all the rules of what makes a movie, in order to intentionally break every single one, in a single film.

[@AyyFriendo]

Please add chapters in your videos, love that you mention the movie at the start and in the middle of each segment though very helpful if I didn't catch the name at the start or forgot.

[@GarthShaner]

I have always enjoyed the self-aware trope-stomping Last Action Hero! Some movies are over the top for effect. This one is over the top to point out what over the top looks like. Amazing! Loved the list!

[@anirudhbabu9561]

This list is a binge watchers goldmine And I've thoroughly enjoyed every one of em

[@motorsr20]

This list needs a part 2. Super troopers

[@Lrbearclaw]

I recently introduced my gf to TAH and she was blown away with how hilarious and brilliant it was. She even said it was top 10 movies *OF ALL TIME* because of how secretly smart it was. Going in, she thought I was joking when I talked about how good it was. After, she was convinced.

[@anthonybottigliero8336]

Last Action Hero is one of my favorite films. It's a serious masterpiece, and very quotable.

[@erikthompson619]

I saw "Starship troopers" during its original run in 1997, loved it - and then was surprised, not to say shocked, that everybody apparently didn't get the satire that to me should have glaringly obvious to anyone even remotely intelligent. Seriously, were/are people in general really that stupid? This was a work of the man behind "Robocop" and "Total recall", for crying out loud - you should have walked into the theater EXPECTING a satirical social commentary! I know I sure as hell did, and lo and behold: there it was.

[@ripleyemmem3981]

I loved the nod to Zulu (1964) when the aliens all come over the ridge to attack. Great scene.

[@atomicgator5207]

I watched Last Action Hero in theaters and thought it was blast. Could never figure out why people panned it so hard.

[@gridmovierecap]

Some movies need time like Fight Club for example maybe now is the time for it

[@jtmarshall]

I loved "last action hero" when I was a kid.. still do 20 years later...

[@partofthetribe3277]

Thanks for putting not another teen movie on here. Way ahead of it's time while at the same time being a product of its time because that was back when spoof movies were in but this movie did it way better than all the other ones did

[@jfess1911]

I remember that many movie critics, even Siskel and Ebert did not realize that Starship Troopers was a satire. Its entertainment value increases dramatically once you realize that.

[@gridmovierecap]

It's really true bro, it's really true...

[@KasumiRINA]

I don't think Ebert would understand a satire movie if he was pissing on it... He thought Adam Sandler is good comedy. And I don't mean movies like Click or Meyrowitz stories but his schlock made to write-off taxes and have a paid vacation while goofing with friends.

[@jfess1911]

@@KasumiRINA I followed Ebert for about 30 years and eventually got to the point where I could tell if I would like a particular movie from his review. Like all critics, he had a few weird choices, although I considered him one of the best. My main issue with him and most professional movie critics is that they have seen so many movies that they tend to devalue ones that are similar to those they have seen in the past (even if the new movie does a good job with the plot) and that they tend to overly appreciate things that are new to them, even if they seem strange to the rest of us.

[@jeffrokraus5483]

I like the movies that you've talked about here. With the exception of Crank 2, which I have never seen, I grew up with all of the movies on your list, and never considered them dumb -- but rather, really good. So I don't understand the title of your video, since these movies were never dumb to me. Having said that, I want to add that your way to highlight what's interesting about these movies, is definitely welcome 🙂

[@FirstTuber123]

Also Last Action Hero is and always was a great action movie.

[@aseaton]

Last Action Hero is the BOMB!!

[@Sherwoodnt]

Watching Robocop too young? Jeez, I was watching Commando at 3 years old. That, Starship Troopers, and Last Action Hero are some of my favorite movies. This list is actually full of great movies. Guess I have a problem lol.

[@akaraven66]

Last Action Hero was great, once you realised the kid went into a movie and it was just as Hollywood as you can get, you could enjoy it. But that's the problem as you said, it was not marketed correctly, it was just another action movie where the good guy of the 90's couldn't put a finger wrong, almost like a spoof of True Lies, except it was done on purpose, adding in the second part where Arnie came out of the movie and that was great.

[@Dastvi83]

You missed Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story. I first watched it and thought its totally dumb but during the movie it gets more inteligent and in my opinion its the best Spoof Movie of all time which deserves more people to appreaciate it. The wrong Kid died