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Dick · 02-04-2000, 02:19 AM

The films that fall under "guilty pleasures" are not necessarily bad or good, overrated or underrated. They are simply films that we enjoy in spite of their shortcomings, and in the face of many detractors, and the fact that we like these particular films helps to sum up who we are as individuals because they truly are a matter of taste. Most often they are films regarded by the intelligensia as being moronic or merely expendable; but for whatever reason, whether because they caught our fancy as children or because there is simply some concept or character or sequence that just sticks with us, we can watch them often and not tire of them, yet we find ourselves making excuses in polite company for liking them ("Oh, well...ya know, it was the first 3-D flick I saw projected on a sheet hanging from a clothesline while standing on my head" or some such thing). Here are a few of my own choices, and I'd love to hear some of yours...

1) FIRST MEN IN THE MOON. Not a very good movie, and for the longest time I had only a color-faded copy with abysmal sound. Yet, I played it frequently. The only thing I find truly annoying about it is the use of incredibly bad sound effects on the ship -many were lifted from FORBIDDEN PLANET and re-edited, and it's painfully obvious.

2) VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. Saw it when I was ten. Immediately loved the Paul Sawtelle music and even the title song sung by Frankie Avalon. The Van Allen belt aflame is still awesome. I am not generally an Irwin Allen fan, and this movie is no gem (horrible performance by the great Peter Lorre, dumb script) but I watch it often.

3) APPOINTMENT IN HONDURAS. Like so many R.K.O. films, I first saw this on Million Dollar Movie (WOR channel 9 in NYC) and watched it as often as possible, mostly to see the mosquito attack and the man fall into the red ant nest. Nowawdays I'm not sure a good print exists - tv prints have excerable color. Still, I watch the copy I made from AMC many times.

Those are three of about a thousand. Yours?

02-04-2000, 02:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dick Supporting Actor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Waterville, Maine USA	Guilty Pleasures... The films that fall under "guilty pleasures" are not necessarily bad or good, overrated or underrated. They are simply films that we enjoy in spite of their shortcomings, and in the face of many detractors, and the fact that we like these particular films helps to sum up who we are as individuals because they truly are a matter of taste. Most often they are films regarded by the intelligensia as being moronic or merely expendable; but for whatever reason, whether because they caught our fancy as children or because there is simply some concept or character or sequence that just sticks with us, we can watch them often and not tire of them, yet we find ourselves making excuses in polite company for liking them ("Oh, well...ya know, it was the first 3-D flick I saw projected on a sheet hanging from a clothesline while standing on my head" or some such thing). Here are a few of my own choices, and I'd love to hear some of yours... 1) FIRST MEN IN THE MOON. Not a very good movie, and for the longest time I had only a color-faded copy with abysmal sound. Yet, I played it frequently. The only thing I find truly annoying about it is the use of incredibly bad sound effects on the ship -many were lifted from FORBIDDEN PLANET and re-edited, and it's painfully obvious. 2) VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. Saw it when I was ten. Immediately loved the Paul Sawtelle music and even the title song sung by Frankie Avalon. The Van Allen belt aflame is still awesome. I am not generally an Irwin Allen fan, and this movie is no gem (horrible performance by the great Peter Lorre, dumb script) but I watch it often. 3) APPOINTMENT IN HONDURAS. Like so many R.K.O. films, I first saw this on Million Dollar Movie (WOR channel 9 in NYC) and watched it as often as possible, mostly to see the mosquito attack and the man fall into the red ant nest. Nowawdays I'm not sure a good print exists - tv prints have excerable color. Still, I watch the copy I made from AMC many times. Those are three of about a thousand. Yours?