Top 5 Geeky Guilty Pleasure Movies

As a wise man once said, there is no accounting for taste.  Every geek has their guilty pleasure movies. They are terrible, they are tacky, and yet we love them.  Of course we hate to go against Dork Doctrine and admit we actually like these movies (because that would be blasphemous).  Despite this fact, fruit is always juicier when it is forbidden.  So here are Geek Magnet's top 5 Geeky Guilty Pleasure movies.

#5. Hackers
For one brief shining moment when I was a kid I entertained the idea of becoming a Hacker , despite the fact that I have always been a bit technologically challenged, and this movie was the reason why. Who didn't want to be the ultra cool Acid Burn and Crash Override? Now those clothes seem wacky, the Technology is hilariously outdated, and that skateboarding villain just seems ridiculous. I am also pretty sure a lot of it is total BS.  But the movie accomplished making Nerdome cool and that makes it a guilty pleasure favorite.

#4. The Faculty
This movie is filthy with actors who were headed towards bigger and better things.  It takes the Teen horror flick clichés and adds a bit of the invasion of the body snatchers to make this really fun film. Starring Usher, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes, Josh Hartnett, Selma Hayek, and Jon Stewart this film is absolutely irresistible in all its awesome cheesiness.  In fact extra cheesy goodness is added to the film due to the heroes being a drug dealer and nerd team combo.

#3. Battlefield Earth
Whether I’m watching Battlefield Earth or Hairspray, I just can't resist watching John Travolta looking and acting over the top.  Battlefield Earth has petty and shallow Aliens ruling over a rather primitive band of humans. This movie looks and feels like Planet of The Apes and Independence Day had a tacky love child. Of course I love it!

#2. Star Wars Episode I-III
I know I am supposed hate these movies. I know I am supposed to decry Episodes I-III as an abomination of all that is Holy. I know that the nerd Gods may strike me down with bolts of lighting, plagues of Zerg, and floods of mountain dew. I know that risk being stripped of my ever so precious nerd card. I know all this and I still really do enjoy these movies. All I can do is throw my hands in the air and shamefacedly mumble "The heart wants what the heart wants."  I love the costumes (I am a sucker for great costumes), the pageantry, the back-story, the romance (I had a childhood crush on Darth Vader), and Natalie Portman's role as Padme Amidala. So maybe I have to keep it hidden away, like it was a secret stash of porn, and only watch when I am alone, but I still love it.

#1. Krull

When I really get to know somebody and we have that deep talk about what our favorite sci-fi films are, I sheepishly admit that Krull makes the top of my list. It is my all time favorite "it's so bad that it is good" film. I don't know where to start in describing this movie and I don't want to ruin it so let me just say that it all kinds of awesome awfulness.  Imagine for a moment that a writer had a half written sci-fi screenplay and a incomplete fantasy screenplay.  Instead of finishing either he just decided to combine them into the same movie. The script is bad, the dubbing is worse and yet I love the Errol Flynn action, Flash Gordon effects, and sets that look right out of one of Vincent Price’s Edgar Allen Poe movies. The movie also has a young Liam Neeson.  Actually the only reason I want to meet Liam Neeson is to get him to sign my copy of Krull (just like I did with Lou Ferrigno and my copy of Sinbad of the Seven Seas). I just love this movie, but it is so bad that I don't know if everybody really appreciates how good it is since it is an acquired taste.  Consequently, I only watch this with a few special nerds like my sister who fully grasp the how cool it is. 

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Contributing writer: Rainbow S. Coan

Rainbow Coan is a Sci-fi and fantasy movie/T.V enthusiast and all around nerd. Her hobbies include playing StarCraft II (mainly as Terran), reading Sci-fi & fantasy books, and playing games on Xbox. She has a Zombie Apocalypse survival plan and identifies strongly with Hobbits. Her favorite game of all time is King's Quest 6.