Favorite B Movie/Cult Flick

[honeychile]

Four pages, and nobody's mentioned "Slap Shot"? That's my major mind candy!

I agree with 33girl - John Hughes' films aren't B movies. In fact, the more you watch them, the more nuances that you notice in each of them!

honeychile

[xok85xo]

Originally posted by White_Chocolate
another weird but i like it b-list film is jawbreaker

oh i totally spaced on this movie, i actually own it..great flick..

and in reference to above..i don't really know if i would consider any of the mainstream adam sandler movies a b-movie or a cult classic..possibly that movie overboard, or airheads..but definately not anything billy madison or after..

well, maybe punch drunk love.

[mu_agd]

Originally posted by honeychile
Four pages, and nobody's mentioned "Slap Shot"? That's my major mind candy!


honeychile

Slap Shot was a great movie!!

[honeychile]

Originally posted by mu_agd
Slap Shot was a great movie!!

My understanding is that there are a ton of Delts and a local Johnstown (PA) fraternity members as extras in it!

I knew I loved my fiance when he started quoting Slap Shot to me!

honeychile

[dzandiloo]

John Hughes movies definitely aren't "B" Movies, but I think they are fast approaching cult classic status, if they aren't already (it has been over 15 years since they were filmed *GASP*). Wasn't it a Kevin Smith movie (Dogma?) that actually had Jay & Silent Bob looking for Shermer, Illinois/Shermer High School b/c they believed it existed as John Hughes' films depicted it? I think when your movie/subject matter becomes fodder for other films, its getting up there with cult status. Being a successful film doesn't preclude a film from being a cult film. And I know so many people who can quote those things....

What has gotten into me? I am terribly opinionated today. I should get off the computer.

[AXJules]

Gotta add here- I went to Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, IL (formerly Shermerville, IL). Sixteen Candles/ Breakfast Club/ Ferris Bueller's Day Off were all filmed at my high school.
Shermerville was our town's name back when it was a railroad/prostition mecca in the middle of farm country in like 1900.

Saw that scene in Dogma----I was like, I'm here!!!!! Kevin Smith, come find me, I'm here!!!

[honeychile]

I'm going to be in Northbrook next week! I'll have to find your old school!

I totally agree that John Hughes' films are attaining cult status! I've been to conventions where everyone was quoting Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, etc ad nauseum, and yet, it was fun!

So, do we include Bull Durham & The Full Monty in this list? My vote is yes!

honeychile

[AXJules]

You'll be in NB next week??? RANDOM.

My school is on Shermer Rd., across from the Borden factory that makes Cracker Jacks. Its an industrial area but a few things should look really familiar to you, notably the football field (breakfast club) and theater doors outside (Ferris).
Northbrook's actually a really upscale suburb of Chicago, but for some reason the high school is in East Jesus. Don't let it fool you.

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by dzandiloo
John Hughes movies definitely aren't "B" Movies, but I think they are fast approaching cult classic status, if they aren't already (it has been over 15 years since they were filmed *GASP*). Wasn't it a Kevin Smith movie (Dogma?) that actually had Jay & Silent Bob looking for Shermer, Illinois/Shermer High School b/c they believed it existed as John Hughes' films depicted it? I think when your movie/subject matter becomes fodder for other films, its getting up there with cult status. Being a successful film doesn't preclude a film from being a cult film. And I know so many people who can quote those things....

What has gotten into me? I am terribly opinionated today. I should get off the computer.

I agree . . . I think that because John Hughes movies have lasted beyond their time, they are probably quickly on the road to becoming cult classics. It's one thing for a movie to be successful when it was made, but the fact that almost everybody I know has seen at least a handful of JH movies even though they were made when we were, like, four . . . I think that puts them more in the cult classic status.

[dzandiloo]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
...almost everybody I know has seen at least a handful of JH movies even though they were made when we were, like, four . . .

Ouch. That hurts. I was in junior high/high school...


OK-someone here at work reminded me of one of the newer soon-to-be cult-classics!!!

OFFICE SPACE!!! If you haven't ever worked in a cubicle farm, you wouldn't get it, but I so love this movie!!! (The middle eastern guy inspired some of my favorite curse words ever!).

[MoxieGrrl]

Yeah!!! Office Space is one of the best! I like when they are playing the rap music and destroying the copier/fax machine thing...hehehehehe

[moe.ron]

What bout any movie with Dolf Lundgroen (sp?, the he-man guy), Michael Dukakif (sp?), Steven Segal (sp?) and those other macho b type actors>

[AXJules]

LMAO @ Office Space- spawned my fave quote- 'no- talent ass- clown'

[xok85xo]

Originally posted by dzandiloo
OFFICE SPACE!!! If you haven't ever worked in a cubicle farm, you wouldn't get it, but I so love this movie!!! (The middle eastern guy inspired some of my favorite curse words ever!).

yes, its always an exciting moment in the office when my printer reads "pc loadletter"

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by dzandiloo
Ouch. That hurts. I was in junior high/high school...


OK-someone here at work reminded me of one of the newer soon-to-be cult-classics!!!

OFFICE SPACE!!! If you haven't ever worked in a cubicle farm, you wouldn't get it, but I so love this movie!!! (The middle eastern guy inspired some of my favorite curse words ever!).

Sorry . . . I am a young 'un. But that just proves my point that the popularity of John Hughes movies have lasted longer than most movies.

And Office Space is fantastic.