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No idea what the actual ratings are, but the live action remake of Aladdin was absolutely shat on by most of the internet. The original Aladdin was one of my absolute favorites as a kid, so I was gonna see the remake good or bad, and... honestly, fucking loved it.

I'm guessing the main breaking point for people was the lack of Robin Williams' Genie, but Disney had the option of trying recreate that genie without Robin Williams or completely remake that character's personality. Had they gone with the former, it 100% would have 1) flopped, and 2) been kinda disrespectful to Robin Williams imo. Starting fresh was the correct choice. And Will Smith did awesome with his version of Genie.

Beyond that, it introduced just enough new shit to make it not just feel like a frame-by-frame copy/paste of the original; but overall kept the same fun mystical vibe of the original.

It earns its spot on the shelf, imo.

Dirty Grandpa.

It's much funnier than it has a right to be. Also, Aubrey Plaza really, really wanted to fuck Robert De Niro, and fought to get the role for that reason. Its ending sex scene is one of the most genuine in Hollywood because of that. Of course, Aubrey Plaza makes things better just by showing up.

Critics who hate it need to lighten up.

Tommy boy got shit on by siskel and ebert, which is why I never trust their reviews. That movie is a 10.

Rise of Skywalker. I loved it :-)

EDIT - I should say, I didn't properly read the thread title, and I wouldn't put RoS in my "top list". I just gave it as an example of a movie that's generally disliked but that I enjoyed.

The Green Hornet with Seth Rogan was my favourite film for a long time. I did not understand why people didn’t love it as much as I did.

I have two:

Chalet Girl - Romcom meets 1980s style Aspen Ski Challenge, Felicity Jones, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields, and Ed Westwick. I personally love it. It's a great movie to throw on for a boring day, it has some feels, it's story is predictable but fun - it's not winning an Oscar but I enjoy it. 5/5 personal scale, 3/5 general rotten tomatoes

21 - Very lame smart guy meets Vegas, not a heist, not the social network - Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey. Didn't know this was that high up except for I have multiple plays of it. I watched it after having surgery and remember thinking it was amazing - and then watched it later on less pain killers and thought "Oh, well, it's fine." 3/5 personal scale, 1/5 general rotten tomatoes.

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bright. absolutely garbage movie, super fun silly world building

Gentlemen Broncos

Idiocracy

Big Trouble

Weekend at Bernie's, I really like it.

Titan A.E

Grandma's Boy

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Although usually spoofs don’t get any good rating I think this one should be an exception:

Scary movie 3

It honestly did it better than the movies it was making fun of. And it was truly about a scary movie (the tape from the ring).

Also, crack high voltage is way more fun than the rating lets on.

Ice Pirates (1984) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087451/

Anjelica Huston

Ron Perlman

Mary Crosby

John Matuszak

John Carradine

Has anyone mentioned "the room"? Im gonna reccommend it. It's so bad, it's good.

Robot Jox... We can both live!

Watched it so many times back in the day. My friend had it on laser disc of all things

I'd be in the 9% that rated Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus 10 on imdb.

I had to buy the DVD a second time as someone stole my first one it is that good.