My favorite martial arts movie:

Black Belt Jones (1974)




The funeral scene for Pop Byrd's character, played by Scatman Crothers, is incredible.

I took a girl on a first date to see Starship Troopers. She must have really liked me, because she went out with me again.

Olivia Newton-John! Gene Kelley! ELO! Rollerskating!

This movie is a hit!

I'm one of the few people in the known universe that "gets" Hudson Hawk. But it's been a couple of decades since I've seen it.

I tell you what, next time you're surfing around the cable movie channels and you see one called "Ping Pong Summer," stop and watch it.

It's fn' horrible, but intentionally so. It's a recently made movie made exactly like a terrible 80s kid in competition movie. It's so authentically bad it is hilarious.

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Used Cars
Early Robert Zemekis with Kurt Russell

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How dare you mention one of the greatest movies in the history of American cinema in a discussion of bad movies.

I mean bad fondly, guilty pleasure or B movie more appropriate

and yes, great flick

Mr. T driving a cab? Comedy gold!

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I mean bad fondly, guilty pleasure or B movie more appropriate

and yes, great flick

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Used Cars was actually directed and co-written by Robert Zemeckis who ended up being kind of a big deal.

It should be required viewing.

Agree

Also it was in the "break away from Disney" era for Kurt Russell - around the same time as the great "Escape from New York"

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Also was in the "break away from Disney" era for Kurt Russell - around the same time as the great "Escape from New York"

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I thought he was dead.

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Also it was in the "break away from Disney" era for Kurt Russell - around the same time as the great "Escape from New York"

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Yep, it was a career changer at a time when Kurt's career really could have fizzled out.

If you haven't ever watched the DVD commentary track you should check it out. It's pretty funny in its own right. Kurt keeps comparing his character to Bill Clinton, which is spot on.

Sound fun, will need to check out that commentary track

Of all the moivies listed I have only seen Back to School and Spinal Tap. However, I have seen Rocky Horror Picture Show over 75 times. I went as Rocky a few times (blond hair and a tan).

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Of all the moivies listed I have only seen Back to School and Spinal Tap. However, I have seen Rocky Horror Picture Show over 75 times. I went as Rocky a few times (blond hair and a tan).

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No Escape from New York? That's on Amazon Prime Video. You should try that

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Point Break (original)

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That's hard to beat but the surf scenery on the quality screens today makes that almost good.

Plus, Gary Busey, humble, ignorant, and the perfect character for that film.

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Point Break (original)

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That's hard to beat but the surf scenery on the quality screens today makes that almost good.

Plus, Gary Busey, humble, ignorant, and the perfect character for that film.

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Of all the moivies listed I have only seen Back to School and Spinal Tap. However, I have seen Rocky Horror Picture Show over 75 times. I went as Rocky a few times (blond hair and a tan).

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I first saw RHPS at the old Lake Air Cinema when they did a Halloween revival in 1987. When I got to Austin, they had a vigorous gathering with cast showing it at the Northcross Mall. I think they left Northcross around 2002 or so for a theater closer to Pflugerville (the mall was demolished then).

I showed up as "Riff Raff" a couple of times when I was smaller. No one would buy it, now, so I usually just aim for "random Transylvanian partier".

The Waco Civic Theater has a shadow cast they run when they're showing it at the Waco Hippodrome. It's a heck of a lot of fun, but probably best I limit it to "once in awhile" nowadays!

I saw it many times at the old Ivy Square theater near campus. I would get off work at Safeway at 11 and slam a few on the drive down Valley Mills. That was the late 70's or early 80's. I also have seen it in Austin and Houston. The pelvic thrust always drove me insane.

gawd awful

John Wayne + Green Berets = Greatness.

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John Wayne + Green Berets = Greatness.

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I agree.

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That movie inspired Oliver Stone to make Platoon because he hated it so much.

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That movie inspired Oliver Stone to make Platoon because he hated it so much.

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check out the helo crash sequence ... you can see the strings

and the *we are the World police statement at the end*

Buckaroo Banzai - Across the 8th Dimension

Bad Santa and the South Park movie. LMAO all the way thru both. The Satan/Saddam scene is classic.

Couldn't do Borat. Left after 15 min.

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I took a girl on a first date to see Starship Troopers. She must have really liked me, because she went out with me again.

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That was, without a doubt, one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Dougie Houser as a villain.

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I took a girl on a first date to see Starship Troopers. She must have really liked me, because she went out with me again.

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That was, without a doubt, one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Dougie Houser as a villain.

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Starship Troopers is like Sharknado. It is intentionally bad and sarcastic. That's the humor.

Actually took a date to see this one while at Baylor

Bruce LeeRoy was the protagonist .... Prince's Nasty Girl, Vanity (gerrrrrr) was also in this one

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LOL, just last week in Waco i pulled up to a red light next to the blue Corvette in the opening scene. It even still has that huge engine blowing out the hood. I immediately thought about this terrible old movie.

Some great movies listed here. I love some of them.
Xanadu is awesome, roller skating meetings theatre meets 70s80s music...it's awesome
Hudson Hawk is totally underrated. Probably seen it 50 times.
The Last Dragon is greatness.
Clerks is really a good film but I am partial to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (my wife hates that movie so much she threatens divorce when I want to watch it).

Some movies I cant turn off when they are on:
Con Air - why couldnt you just drop the bunny
Grease - I just recently learned this movie may not be ok for kids, I just never thought about it but it really isnt
Shawshank - get busy living or get busy dying
Ace Ventura - and I am saying to him eee, eee, eee

The movie I am ashamed to tell people I love:
Pitch Perfect - it's an Anna Kendrick thing...I would drop everything and move to the moon for that chick, just love her...wife is aware, she gets it.

Lots of greatness on Pitch Perfect.
The Commentators/Broadcasters.

Fat Amy.

My father always said, "If you're not here to win... get the hell outta Kuwait". My father told me, "If at first you don't succeed, pack your bags."

I can't do Hudson Hawk. Just bad bad not good bad.