Pootie Tang is one of my favorite movies of all time and it’s got a 27% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It was made by Chris Rock and (pre-sex-pervert era) Louis CK and has cameos from tons of comedians. It’s objectively funny people being objectively funny if you ask me. But when it came out, film critics really did not get any of the jokes and thought it was all comedians being “random.”

A fair criticism of it is that it was a comedy sketch stretched way too far. A lot of movies are like that, obviously, but I’ve never seen one just bewilder critics like Pootie Tang. (It came out in 2001 when adults barely used internet, much less fledgling social media. Culture just wasn’t as mixed together back then and “pop” and “urban” music were on separate radio stations with little cross-over. So, I totally understand why Ebert didn’t get the jokes. But if you did or do now, it was a classic.)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. I absolutely adore the movie, but I'm actually content it didn't get all the recognition I think it deserves. The entire vibe of the movie is one of contentment; no need to force higher achievements.

Judge Dredd (1995) Judge as you will :)

I unironically think that Crystal Skull is better than Last Crusade

I go with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Just like The Polar Express (which also has not the best rating) I really enjoy this movie around Christmas. Love the exaggerated characters and the absurd story :D

The Super Mario Bros movie. It was really good but for some reason has a 59% rating on the tomato-meter, despite a 95% audience score. Very strange and it's why I just don't trust Rotten Tomatoes.

Dreamcatcher (2003)

Absurdist and slapstick comedies are often a good answer to this question. I would argue that movies like Step Brothers and Wet Hot American Summer have some comic actors doing some of their best work. But people who aren’t a fan of the genre are going to shit on those movies.

Hold My Beer.

Silent Hill sits at 32%. I've watched it tons of times. I understand why it's not popular, in terms of its mediocre raw quality. But I love it unironically and not in an Evil Dead 2 kind of way.

Half the issue with finding movies <50% that I liked is how hard it is to just get a list of movies by year... and yeah, the year range. The Toy is only 3% and I LOVED it growing up, but yeah it breaks the post-2000 rule.

Actually, hell. I apparently only have to jump into superhero movies. I thought Black Adam was the best DC movie we've had... sub-50. I liked Quantumania...sub-50. I enjoyed Shazam 2... sub-50. I REALLY liked Eternals... sub-50. Venom is sub-50 and has an honorary place in my family's marvel marathons... Boy, this is easier than I thought! I must have a terrible sense of taste!

Still going just on recent "rotten". I liked Gray Man... Sub-50. Suicide Squad...they gave it 26%???

Yeah, I'm out :)... And I think ya'll drank my beer.

I'm 24 so my options are slim for "released during my adult life" but I really like The Greatest Showman and it's got a 57%. Yes, it's wildly inaccurate but dang the music and visuals are great.

My favorite movie of all time is A Goofy Movie from 1995 and just eeked out of the running with a 61%. Seriously, the movie is better than you remember it since you start to empathize with the dad as you grow up. I really recommend it.

Van Helsing! 24% Critic Score, 57% Audience Score. Even I cringed rewatching it, but it has a special place in my heart. 🐺

Yellowbeard (1983) sort of qualifies with 22% tomatometer but 64% audience score.

Critics (and John Cleese) didn't like the movie at all but my friends and I all love it! Hard to dislike a stupid comedy stuffed with an incredible array of comedians; Cheech and Chong, Most of the cast of Monty Python, Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman, Peter Cook, and many other well known comedians of the 1960s and 70s. We still quote lines from the movie!

Batman V Superman.

Transcendence 19% I'm a sucker for sci-fi with a cool concept like mind uploading

Green Hornet 44% It's funny and the fight choreography is cool

Sgt Bilko, sitting at 30% from the critics, 47% from viewers.

I thought it was absolutely hilarious when I was about 13, and honestly, it holds up on a re-watch now, if only because Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd.

Ha ha, Battleship (RT score of 33%/54%AS). Stupid, yes. But any movie with Thunderstruck blasting when the s*** is gonna hit the fan has got me. Again, lots of stupidity in it, but there were other aspects that hit a resonance: "Mick Canales" (Gregory D. Gadson) one-on-one with the alien, the sliding turn and broadside, etc. Great art? Nope. Enjoyed it, and have seen it several times. I find it interesting that certain kinds of "emotional chain-yanking" are deemed socially acceptable, but others are derided.

Green Lantern. I think too many people had the expectation of that Green Lantern powers would be something more serious. They were always cartoonish, and Hal Jordan was always a bit of a dick. Ryan Reynolds was probably not the best choice, he's a bit too pretty for the role, but he had the right attitude. Still overall a fun movie.

I am a lover of trash, behold my list of trash:

• The Possession of Hannah Grace | RT 21%
• Death to Smoochy | RT 42%
• Reign of Fire | RT 42%

Death to Smoochy is a great gem if you haven't seen it.

I really like Brother Bear. I read some "rotten" reviews and I genuinely don't understand them; I can't find anything bad mentioned.