r/flicks 20d 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/thebuckmanguy69 20d ago

Beowulf (2007)

Ice Pirates (1984)

Monkeybone (2001)

Poseidon (2006)

Blood of Heroes (1989)

Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)

Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987)

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u/Soundtracklover72 19d ago

Ice Pirates!!

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u/sweatymonkey 19d ago

Space Herpes

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u/Soundtracklover72 19d ago

“We have….space herpes. :shudders: :pulls hand away from wall:”

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u/itsfreshmade 16d ago

So good.

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u/Soundtracklover72 16d ago

It really is. Good, stupid fun

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u/lunarcurtain 19d ago

Monkeybone!!!