Film guilty pleasures.
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ApolloSteele,
Posted on: 2011-04-23 08:04 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Originally Posted by Patchwork_Knight
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Here's what the OP described as the sole criterion for examples in this thread:
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Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano
Alright, what are they, everyone has atleast one guilty pleasure, a film they know is crap for whatever reason but they enjoy anyway.
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Look around, do you think you've suddenly been transported to the offices of Cahiers du Cinema or the seminar rooms of the NYU Film School?
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I can't get behind this notion of a guilty pleasure. By its very definition, a guilty pleasure has to be bad. Maybe not completely without redeeming qualities, but it has to be "not good" in and of itself, and that includes within its own genre. I mean if someone who only watches anime gets stuck watching Citizen Kane one night and remarks, "I actually liked that movie, funnier than I expected. Who knew the film widely considered to be the greatest movie ever made was actually good?" So I can't endorse this particular definition, sorry.|
Originally Posted by Local_Man
Another possible category of "guilty pleasure" might be if you like a film clearly not intended for your demographic, even if the film was successful within its genre.
So, liking a film that is out of your usual demographic might also be considered a "guilty pleasure." |
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...no, it's pretty bad.
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You make a compelling argument sir.
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Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
Do you seriously expect us to believe you feel that the ultimate collaboration of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell can be described - by any definition accepted here - as "crap"? (And that goes for all the other attempts to include the best works of "cult" directors Alex Cox, Stuart Gordon, Peter Jackson, Rob Reiner, and John Waters in this thread, too.) Look around, do you think you've suddenly been transported to the offices of Cahiers du Cinema or the seminar rooms of the NYU Film School? |
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There are very few of these that I would consider to fit in the "guilty pleasure" definitions. Beauty and the Beast? The Disney film might fit under my second definition, but it was a nominee for Best Picture! I think it is hard to define a Best Picture Nominee as a "guilty pleasure."|
Originally Posted by Tymers_Realm
I would agree with this as well.
Two films I'd put in that category, for me, would be The Red Shoes and White Christmas for certain. But let's just say, what I view as a "Guilty Pleasure" are films I enjoy that others may or may not or one reason or another and, if offered, I'd sit and watch with no problems. Bear in mind, I might recite lines and/or make comments in the film while watching it. But that's me... So, My "Guilty Pleasures": The Red Shoes White Christmas Clue The Princess Bride Rock & Rule The Fifth Element The Hunt for Red October 2010 Krull Batman (1989) Batman Begins Project A-Ko Smokey and the Bandit M*A*S*H Beauty and the Beast Star Trek: Insurrection Twister The Dirty Dozen Dick Tracy These are what come right to mind, for me, at least. Thank you for the time... |
My second definition is more oriented to the type of movie you should be kind of embarassed to admit you like. As a typical red-blooded all American straight male, my usual demographic would be the classic Michael Bay movie: Lots of explosions, action and nice lookin' ladies. Anything with those elements is going to have to be a really bad movie to be a first definition "guilty pleasure." It is somewhat embarassing for me to admit that I'm fond of "The Little Mermaid," a film that appears to be aimed at 4-11 year old girls, so that could be a second definition "guilty pleasure." Admitting that there are a few "chick flicks" that I like might also be a second definition "guilty pleasure."
Of the list above, I don't consider "White Christmas," a classic Christmas movie, to be outside the demographic of most "standard Americans." "Princess Bride" is a cross demographic film -- I can't think of anyone I have met who had seen that film and actually disliked it.
Maybe "Dick Tracy" might fit -- it was pretty bad. Maybe "Clue." But the films in green are all once I am familiar with and would not consider them to be "guilty pleasures."
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