re: Movies with bad reviews that you really enjoy

Act of Valor

26% RT

Sure the acting was subpar but the action scenes were badass. Plus...knowing those were real Seals earned respect in my book.

Deep Blue Sea got 56% on RT. I love Deep Blue Sea.

Sam Jackson's death scene, the LL Cool J theme song, it delivers beginning to end, and every time it is on TV, I will stop and watch.

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I also love "Men at Work"

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Somebody went and threw away a perfectly good white boy


The tie up scene had me
"You'll swing for this, I shite you nooooootttt!!!
camera zooms out to reveal he's tied up to his buddy in doggie style position wearing only their underwear

The whole movie is fricking awesome.

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The Big Year.

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That's an enjoyable movie. I've seen it twice.

It doesn't hit you over the head, it's not slapstick. It's thoughtful.

Sure the subject matter isn't terribly exciting but the characters are excited about the subject matter.

And it doesn't try to be funny. There are no stupid gags. It's a fairly earnest movie about a subject almost nobody cares about but it works.

You really believe that these characters care a lot about chasing birds around the country.

It's one of those small movies that nobody sees but works and is entertaining. It's very subtle.

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Speaking of American Pie I like actually like the spin offs aside from Book of Love that was awful

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This.

Comedies in general are an easy answer to this...

Beerfest, Dirty Work, good answers. I'm probably one of the few that would add Freddy Got Fingered. I'm a sucker for that kind of absurdist humor.

Lots of horror films too - Saw was 49%, Nightbreed 39%, High Tension 40%, Friday the 13th Part 2 - 32%.

I could go on

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You really believe that these characters care a lot about chasing birds around the country.

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I'm no birder, but I inadvertently found myself among a large group of them in the Everglades and they're an entertaining crowd. I had quit a job that I was sick of and took a roadtrip to the Keys and the Everglades. It was mid/late February and apparently that's a popular time for the birders. It was amazing to see how enthusiastic they were about spotting different birds. I bet there was a few hundred thousand dollars worth of cameras, lenses, and optics among a group of about 75 or 100 of them. Some came in by the bus load. It was nuts.

ETA: I saw a Woody Stork, which was on the endangered species list in 1998. So I've got that going for me if I ever start compiling a birding life list.

Wet Hot American Summer 33% on RT and got savaged by Ebert

Hackers 32%

Jumanji 53%

What Dreams May Come 54%

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Also Rocky IV has some bad reviews, sits at 39%

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Ok now these filthy Russian bots have gone too far

I’ll say Semi Pro. One of my favorite comedies ever. 22% on RT. frickin Jive Turkeys.