Movies You Adore and Wish Your Loved Ones with Great Taste Didn't Detest.

[yesno]

It could be that I like WHAS so much because I had never heard of it before seeing it.  Because I'm totally with you guys on being let down by a number of cult properties through the years.

That said...  janeane garofalo's "slacks" scene... dude being foiled by a small box in the middle of the road... nearly every scene in that movie is LAFF OUT LOUD ("lol") funny.

[Son of Dorvid]

Also: what do people think of Wet Hot American Summer?  Just curious.

Overrated.

Kentucky Fried Movie is horrible. I don't remember laughing a single time.

Fistful of Yen still kills me, even if it's maybe a little racist. The rest of the movie I can take or leave.

[Jouster]

Wet Hot American Summer is the only thing from that crew that I can really get behind.  I thought The State was pretty bad, Stella had their moments but were usually pretty lazy, I don't watch Reno 911, etc.  But WHAS?  I love it.

[Omar]

Wet Hot American Summer is the only thing from that crew that I can really get behind.  I thought The State was pretty bad, Stella had their moments but were usually pretty lazy, I don't watch Reno 911, etc.  But WHAS?  I love it.

I agree with the above.

[John Junk 2.0]

me three!

[Martin]

Love WHAS, love Stella. The State was hit and miss but had some incredible bits. Don't watch Reno 911.

[Emerson]

I love Reno 911 because it helps me rationalize my fascination with COPS. But, regarding their entire arc, the awful attrition rate of improv looks even worse on TV.

[buffcoat]

What do you mean by "the awful attrition rate of improv?"  Because once I understand it, I'm totally stealing that line.

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But I recently lurked on a debate about Waking Life in another online forum, and while people do love to hate it, it's got a fair number of supporters.

My critical defenses are set up in a way that I enjoy a movie like Waking Life simply for what it is.  I am a hypocrit however, because I can't lend that benefit of doubt to so many other more overtly "fun" movies.  ie. I can accept Waking Life for what it is but I cannot do the same for Spiderman 4.

[jamesp]

Who's that Girl? (underrated screwball comedy)

The Ten (my favorite movie from 2007)

I too liked the Ten alot. It's nowhere as good as Wet Hot and a few of the stories fall flat, but I loved some of them.

When it comes to the State crew, I liked Stella, love Wet Hot, and watch Reno for a few laughs. Reno can have very mixed success but it's got a few actors (Nick Swardson, Toby Huss) that do great characters.

[yesno]

Ooo, how about Dodgeball?  Awful movie, but Ben Stiller's character in it was so great that I ended up loving it.


He has a painting of himself taking a bull by the horns in his office.

"Yeah, that's me taking a bull by the horns. It's how I handle business. It's a metaphor... But that actually happened, though."

[Martin]

I like Waking Life.

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From Sweden, I've always wanted to see Songs from the Second Floor, but have never stumbled across it.

[jamesp]

Ooo, how about Dodgeball?  Awful movie, but Ben Stiller's character in it was so great that I ended up loving it.


He has a painting of himself taking a bull by the horns in his office.

"Yeah, that's me taking a bull by the horns. It's how I handle business. It's a metaphor... But that actually happened, though."

Agreed. I also liked Jason Bateman as the commentator.

[Martin]

From Sweden, I've always wanted to see Songs from the Second Floor, but have never stumbled across it.

It's fantastic. Hope you get to see it some day.