5 movies you like/love that no one else does.

Iron Man 3. It's complicated within the genre because it's a sequel to two films, The Avengers and Iron Man 2 (or at least the first attempt at being a sequel to two films) and is slightly undercut by later installments. Therefore I find it kind of an outlier, an unintentional standalone film within its universe. I've always liked it. I wasn't affected greatly by the Mandarin twist. Many fans were. I understand, but I liked it.

The Predator, which, like Iron Man 3, was also directed by Shane Black. Hm, I've stumbled upon a pattern. He seems to do well with buddy cop movies and casually funny banter among tough guys; the Lethal Weapon movies, The Nice Guys...it's his signature. The Predator was....pretty bad, but in a way I didn't mind at all.

Prometheus. I watched Prometheus when it came out, I liked it enough. Most of the connections to Alien/Aliens went over my head because I just wasn't looking for them, so I liked it. Perhaps if I went in expecting more connective tissue between the films, I'd have a reference point from which to be let down, but I didn't know the films were connected prior to seeing them so I dug it. There's no dialing back not knowing it either. First impression of the film was it's fine, and some of the hate just seemed weird to me. Not wrong or unjustified, just weird. It flew over my head. I'm cool with it.

Batman and Robin. It's too goofy to hate on. I'd rather watch it than Batman v Superman, which is probably technically better (closest thing to a compliment I've ever given the film) but Batman and Robin is so unpretentious that hating on it is futile, in my opinion. I don't do buyer's remorse, you get what you pay for.

Battlefield Earth. It was pretty bad, cancerous level bad, but at the same time, I watched it with my best friend, his father and father's girlfriend on a beautiful winter night with the theater to ourselves (go figure) so my memories of the outing are good. Terrible movie, but it was a good night.

The Last Jedi. I think it survives by its tone matching the theme throughout. As much as The Force Awakens was about setting up who's the Luke, who's the Han, etc. of this trilogy, The Last Jedi brought it back to Earth and tore them down. I get "not my Luke", but I'm of the opinion Luke is nobody's Luke, and I think the film was darker and less fluffy than its nostalgia by numbers (though entertaining prequel) The Force Awakens and, if we're being more honest than usual, I have a soft spot for taking down institutions, even the Jedi.

Zombie Strippers. Enough said. God it was terrible. Terrible and awesome.

Oh yeah and John Carter. I liked it.