A Clockwork Orange. And I wanted to like it going in. Just not my cup of tea!
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Clerks. Couldn't get over the shitty forced acting.
Clerks is easily one of my favorite movies.
Buckaroo Banzai. Itβs an interesting premise but an absolute letdown of a movie. Iβve concluded that itβs only a cult movie because of the fun name.
The Shining. I've seen so many parodies and homages before seeing the original, that I just kept laughing and couldn't get into the horror part of it whatsoever.
Airplane! It's okay just not my cup of tea
Not a cult classic. It's a mainstream hit.
"Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home..."
So if the cult gets large enough it doesn't count?
It was never a cult classic. It was a huge hit from the beginning.
"something, typically a movie or book, that is popular or fashionable among a particular group or section of society." I'm going to say that exactly fits LOTR, Star Wars, Star Trek etc. You are just trying to say the group size matters, it doesn't. I'd also say the Bible is a cult classic by definition.
You are being intentionally obtuse. A mainstream mega hit is in no way among a particular group. Those franchises you mention may be in a way, but their touchstone movies are all mainstream hits. Videodrome or Twin Peaks are cult classics, not Fifth Element or X Files. Like, Twin Peaks was a big hit for a very short amount of time, then its popularity nosedived. The continuing fans them were the cult. But Airplane! was a mega hit and never went out if vogue. It spawned a sequel and a whole genre of slapstick parody.
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A Clockwork Orange. I read the book first and was excited to see the movie but ultimately I found it really slow and boring. It's not a great adaptation in my opinion.
I don't understand this movie at all! Maybe I'm too dumb for it's high score on imdb lol.
Princess Bride
So dull, nothing funny, no redeeming feature
goonies
Mulholland Drive