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So I've spent most of my day watching old Nostalgia Chick videos. The last video I watched from her was one where she spoke about her Top 11 'Guilty Pleasure' Movies. In this video she mentions how everyone has movies that they love even though they shouldn't. Which got me thinking: what are my guilty pleasure movies?
So here's my countdown. In no particular order, my Guilty Pleasure Movies:

Arthur And The Invisibles (2002)


This film basically tells the story of a 10 year old boy played by Freddie Highmore (who is great by the way!) who gets shrunk down and turned into CGI where he meets the Minimoys. Basically shit goes down involving some evil guy trying to buy his house and he eventually using the Minimoys to stop this happening.

Now this film came out when I was 12 but I still remember going to cinema with my family and falling in love. A 12 year old shouldn't like this movie, an 18 year old REALLY shouldn't like this movie yet I do. It's just such a well told story with beautiful animation and Freddie Highmore being as badass as a 10 year old can be. The film did alright at the box office and received average reviews but deserved so much more. It was simply a great movie. Even though it's not really the type of movie you could admit to loving.

But don't get me started on the sequels. We'll pretend they don't exist.


The Last Airbender (2007)



Let me just start by admitting that this is a shit movie. It's just really really bad. Damn you M.Night Shyamalan. You took an amazing tv show renowned for it's energy and creativity and drained the life out of it.
Yet I still really love this movie. It's not something I can explain, I think it's more to do with my complete and utter adoration for the original show (which you should watch, regardless of your age). So while I can admit this movie's many many flaws there's something about it that's still great. Although it could have been waaay better. (Again, fuck you M Night Shyamalan). Surprisingly this one actually did alright at the box office even if it did win 5 Razzies and was one of the worst rated films of the year. Hell even one of it's main actors admitted that the screenplay was good until the director ruined it. And when your own stars are saying you're shit; it's time to choose a new job.


Sky High (2005)


Ah Disney, why are your movies always so great? Especially Sky High. Normally comedies about superhero's don't work out so well. Especially when mixed with Disney's favourite movie location: a high school. Yet where this film should fail so badly it succeeds. Even if I do admit that the villian's plot to turn everyone into babies to raise them as super villians is weird. But it still works! Because that's how generally great Disney is, how great Michael Angarano is (trust me) and how great Sky High is. In every point where it should suck it's just plain awesome. But yes, it is a Disney film about teenage superhero offspring going to high school, so I shouldn't love it as much as I do. But I think everyone should.

Forbidden Kingdom (2008)


Talking of Michael Angarano brings me to The Forbidden Kingdom. This is probably the least known film on this list, however it's probably the highest rated. And my favourite movie, possibly of all time. This film has nearly everything I love in a film: a good story, Jackie Chan and Jet Li being all badass and martial arts-y, the underdog plot, a teenage guy saving the world. And Michael Angarano, which is always a plus. The action scenes are truly great to watch and the story is intriguing, making you want to see how the film ends. I saw this film by mistake years ago when my dad made a typo on Lovefilm, and yet it is probably the film that I've seen the most often (with the exception of 68's Oliver!). So yeah, slag me all you want, but watch the film and you'll see where I'm coming from. Unless you hate martial arts films, in which case gtfo.

Thunderbirds (2004)


Which brings me to the last film on the list. This is probably my second favourite movie of all time as well as the one I'm most ashamed to admit loving. It was a massive box office failure and has been horribly reviewed yet there's just something about it. The film knows it's bad and it accepts this and does the only thing it can: has fun with itself. It wants nothing from the viewer and so doesn't really warrant an emotional investment. It's just an hour and a half of shameless, childish fun. And isn't that what the original tv show was about? Although there's a couple of bad acting performances in this *cough* Ben Kingsley, it's actually a good film. A great film even. But since most people hate it, and the fact that it is a 'kids' movie, it's the one that I'm most embarrassed to admit watching every 2 months and still loving the fact that it never gets old, or bad. Even though it is quite bad. Ugh I'm sorry, I just love it so much.

Forgive me society?