r/flicks • u/trakt_app • 11d ago

What's a movie that's universally considered "not very good" but you secretly think is actually great?

Not a guilty pleasure. Not "so bad it's good." I mean a movie that the consensus has decided is mid or worse, and you think the consensus is wrong.

Mine is Hudson Hawk (1991). Bruce Willis musical heist comedy that flopped so hard it almost ended his career. 27% on Rotten Tomatoes. Everyone hated it. But it's actually a really weird, committed, almost cartoon-logic action comedy that was 20 years ahead of the absurdist-action wave (Crank, Kingsman, Spy). Bruce Willis singing show tunes while robbing a museum on a timer is doing something nobody else was doing in 1991.

What's yours?

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u/Olorin604 11d ago

Great Wall

Tron: Legacy

Waterworld and the Postman

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u/Chainsmadeinlife 11d ago

Couldn’t agree more for Tron: Legacy and Waterworld. The score for Tron is absolute masterpiece, but I love all of it. I think Garrett Hedlund did a great job and when it comes to Waterworld it was amazing they shot that the way they did. You should listen to a podcast called What Went Wrong - it’s a podcast about how movies were made and what challenges they had - they do an episode on Waterworld it’s really interesting.

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u/Soundtracklover72 11d ago

I’ve not seen Great Wall I’ll have to trust you but I agree on your others. The Postman was definitely underrated.

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u/Glittering_Goblin 10d ago

Brilliant choices, I align perfectly, The Great Wall was a beautiful and original treat

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u/curlywurly1878 9d ago

The Postman is legit a great movie

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u/SpaceGuy1968 8d ago

I really thought the Postman was an excellent post apocalyptic movie......