Your favorite cheezy movies?

Started by ccanelos, 06/29/2004 04:51PM
Posted 06/29/2004 04:51PM Opening Post
Fred's comments on liking comedic music as much as the "legit" stuff got me thinking. I'm the same way with movies. Given the choice between watching, for example, Citizen Kane or Tarzan the Apeman, I’m picking Tarzan every time.

Among my favorite cheezy movies:
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (with Don Knotts)
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
My Favorite Martian (the 1960’s one)
Willy Wonka (with Gene Wilder)
Wild America
and, anything with Godzilla in it.

Pass the popcorn! grin

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Of grateful evening mild; then silent night
With this her solemn bird and this fair moon,
And these the gems of heaven, her starry train.
--John Milton

Posted 07/01/2004 04:06AM #1
Christine…

I'm a Blazing Saddles kind of guy.

How about T.V.? The last episode of Newhart comes to mind. Most of it WAS cheesy (actually sappy), but the last five minutes was THE BEST series end ever, and created the longest "shaggy dog" story perhaps in history.

Fred
Posted 07/01/2004 04:17AM #2
SpaceBalls
There is no better.
Herb
Posted 07/02/2004 07:33PM #3
How about the Evil Dead trilogy from Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell? Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness.
Posted 07/04/2004 06:59PM #4
I wholeheartedly agree with your choice of "PeeWee's Big Adventure." While I myself don't categorize it as "cheese," it's certainly a classic. "Strange Brew" is another cinematic wonder along the same lines.

When I think of "cheese," certain words, terms, & reactions come to mind (not all must apply, but each is a fair barometer/indicator):
low-budget
sentimental
cliche
predictable
unintentionally hilarious
manipulative or insidious
goofy/silly
gratuitous
viewer's eyes roll more than once
(plenty others)...

My own examples of BAD -- some of the worst -- cheezy movies (movies I once endured and will never, ever, watch again):
Titanic
Tango & Cash
Star Wars: Episodes I & II
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

GOOD cheese...
(aforementioned PeeWee & Strange Brew)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Death Race 2000
Mars Attacks!

Best wishes and cheezy, buttery popcorn!
-Dan
Posted 07/10/2004 02:27AM #5
Harold and Maude (w/ Bud Cort)
Dennis the Menace (w/ Walter Mathau)
Last Action Hero (w/ the Governator)

Walter

Walter Locke
"The Fearless Spectator"

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
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Posted 07/11/2004 10:56PM #6
...and The Coneheads w/ Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtain.

Walter Locke
"The Fearless Spectator"

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
Richard Feynman
US educator & physicist (1918 - 1988)



Posted 07/20/2004 02:48PM #7
Can't pass these by when they are on TV.
Captain Ron
Overboard