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We can have various agreements on some of Disney's best movies, but what about those movies you feel are really bad to awful, yet get an odd feeling of enjoyment out of them? In other words, what are your favorite Disney guilty pleasures?

Mine is The Country Bears...

So, recently HDnet Movies was showing Disney's The Country Bears. The last time I saw the movie was WAAAAAAAAY back in 2002 when it came out on DVD (and to think that this was the first movie in the "Disney theme park attraction" trilogy of movies that included Pirates and Haunted Mansion). I figured "Eh, why not". So I recorded it...

I will confess to everyone here, the movie is a HUGE guilty pleasure movie. I mean, objectively, it is a BAD movie. The bear suits look silly in the real world, it has little to no connection to the actual Country Bear shows, and at times the humor is just plain stupid.

... And yet, I love it. I have watched it more than ten times since I recorded it off of the TV. Personally, I can't get enough of the camp value. I love that these puppet bear suits look silly, I love how it gets metafictional at times, I love how it is a HUGE cartoon movie done in live action. Hell, some of the music is pretty catchy, too!

Chicken Little (2005)

Everyone to this day still hates this film for all the right reasons. It was meant to be the first in Disney's "permanent" switch to CGI filmmaking, and with its contemporary story, was made as a deliberate appeal to the Shrek audience.

I could never bring myself to hate this film. Part of why I did see it was because it was directed by Mark Dindal, who did great with The Emperor's New Groove. Granted, Chicken Little has too much dialogue, and was one of many father-son stories since Finding Nemo that would selected for animated features. But it has some really good wacky animation, one of the earliest such attempts for CGI, and some of the contemporary gags are kinda funny.

Well, if I had to name one specific guilty pleasure...


The Black Cauldron(1985)
Alright, I'm sure by this time, everyone knows how I've been obsessing over this movie(In particular, the Horned King), right? Right?

Well, I know not many people like the movie. Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with it. Whether it differs too far from the books, or was too dark and scary, I was never really bothered by the movie and found it to be highly enjoyable. Of course, I didn't watch it religiously when I was little, I liked to watch it every once and again.

I think one of the reasons why I love the movie so much is because people think the movie was so terrible, when I don't see why it was so bad.

And of course, the villain...

But case-in-point, everyone hates the movie when I don't see anything wrong with it, so maybe that, in a way, sort of made me like the movie even more. I don't know...

Dinosaur and Chicken Little

Also some DTV movies such as Return of Jafar and Aladdin & The King Of thieves

Lion King 2 and Little Mermaid 2 and Cinderella 3

and probably Underdog...and Doug's 1st Movie....

Roadside Romeo.

There. I admitted it.

dinosaur. used to hate it, as it was so dark visually, but that turned out to be my tv packing up, lol. in the end, the only movie i could see on that tv was the road to eldorado. when i replaced the telly, i rented it [its last chance] and fell in love. went out and bought a copy not long after.

Atlantis the Lost Empire.

Doug Walker and TonyWDA already summed it up. So I don't know what else I can say.

For me, it's the Aladdin sequels.

Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves. I have SUCH a nostalgic flashback to my childhood every time I watch them, especially Return of Jafar. I was obsessed with all things Aladdin, and Jafar was my favorite. He was my HERO as a child. I wanted to BE him. So, truth be told, I probably watched Return of Jafar more than the original film back then, just because Jafar was featured more prominently in it. Watching both films today, I can see that they're not that great. But I can't hate them. If I view them as more in relation to the TV series, I like them more. (I loved the TV series, too, but Mozenrath just didn't quite cut it for me as the main villain. I was a Jafar fanboy through and through!)

RyGuy wrote:Roadside Romeo.

There. I admitted it.

The soundtrack is really really really good. Then you watch the film and it's just so-so. This is how it was with this film and The Fox and the Hound 2. The latter is an awful film with a really good soundtrack.

pap64 wrote:We can have various agreements on some of Disney's best movies, but what about those movies you feel are really bad to awful, yet get an odd feeling of enjoyment out of them? In other words, what are your favorite Disney guilty pleasures?

Mine is The Country Bears...

So, recently HDnet Movies was showing Disney's The Country Bears. The last time I saw the movie was WAAAAAAAAY back in 2002 when it came out on DVD (and to think that this was the first movie in the "Disney theme park attraction" trilogy of movies that included Pirates and Haunted Mansion). I figured "Eh, why not". So I recorded it...

I will confess to everyone here, the movie is a HUGE guilty pleasure movie. I mean, objectively, it is a BAD movie. The bear suits look silly in the real world, it has little to no connection to the actual Country Bear shows, and at times the humor is just plain stupid.

... And yet, I love it. I have watched it more than ten times since I recorded it off of the TV. Personally, I can't get enough of the camp value. I love that these puppet bear suits look silly, I love how it gets metafictional at times, I love how it is a HUGE cartoon movie done in live action. Hell, some of the music is pretty catchy, too!

There is no such thing as an objectively bad movie. If you do enjoy it that much, you are free to consider it to be a good or even great movie, no matter what the general consensus is.

qindarka wrote:There is no such thing as an objectively bad movie. If you do enjoy it that much, you are free to consider it to be a good or even great movie, no matter what the general consensus is.

Unless it happens to be Battlefield Earth...

... Or Twilight.

But anyway, wandering off topic! Sorry...

qindarka wrote:There is no such thing as an objectively bad movie.

There are scores of films, and not just sequels that would beg to differ.

toonaspie wrote:

RyGuy wrote:Roadside Romeo.

There. I admitted it.

The soundtrack is really really really good. Then you watch the film and it's just so-so. This is how it was with this film and The Fox and the Hound 2. The latter is an awful film with a really good soundtrack.

Ha! I love the RR soundtrack too.

Semaj wrote:

qindarka wrote:There is no such thing as an objectively bad movie.

There are scores of films, and not just sequels that would beg to differ.

I'm sure I would hate those movies but if someone were to enjoy them, they can rate them however they like.

Well....

Most of Disney's "cheap"quels, The Black Cauldron and The Haunted Mansion. I'm sure people will come after me for Haunted Mansion. Yes, I know it sucks and doesn't do the ride any true justice, but it somehow seems SO interesting in my eyes.

I think mine would 100% be the sequels. Even if I'm sat watching them and saying, "man, this is BAD..." I will still carry on watching. Even I am not sure why I do!

I think it is just a chance to see your favourite characters again and hear their voices, even if they do change into completely different people .... cough*Returntothesea*cough.

Though I do also love all the games that get released as well; like the Kinect DisneyLand Adventures. I am pretty sure it inst aimed at people my age, but I sure love it anyway!

The live-action Inspector Gadget with Matthew Broderick. I'm aware of its flaws and why people hate it so much, but damnit...my nostalgia goggles are so tight when I wear it. I think the acting is mighty enjoyable, the jokes are consistently funny, the special effects are excellent and the story moves at a nice, brisk pace (though I do wish it was a tad longer).

Even though I'm the only person in the world likely to buy it, I'm still holding out hope that Disney will release it on Blu-Ray (though it wouldn't shock me if they bundled it with the terrible direct-to-video sequel).

atlanticaunderthesea wrote:I think mine would 100% be the sequels. Even if I'm sat watching them and saying, "man, this is BAD..." I will still carry on watching. Even I am not sure why I do!

This There's a few that I really cannot stand, like Cinderella 2, but I actually really enjoy the Aladdin and Lion King sequels, and some others.

My guilty pleasure is Lady & The Tramp II. It's well made and I've always loved it. It used to make me cry

Probably Meet the Robinsons or Bolt

I did like Air Bud as a kid (the original none of the DTV garbage). Not sure if it still flies now (haven't seen it in a while).