Just read Bill's thingie there about the movies: to be honest, I like Fifth Element, too. It is extremely silly ("We don't want an in-ci-dent!") but there's something about it I like.
Heck, the iRiffs I plan to do are ALL movies I like, in some form or another. But making fun of movies is as much performance as anything else. Heck, the more you like a movie, and the better you savage it, that's pretty good acting right there.
I mentioned on a separate forum about something similar: somebody had been wondering when Van Helsing was to be released on Blu-Ray. Almost immediately hordes of people descended upon the thread with comments like, "Hopefully never. That movie blew chunks all over my cat," and so on. I like Van Helsing, and I defended the original poster, but I also realize that about half the people out there who saw it differ. It really is a very divisive movie, even more so than a lot of 'good' movies might be. I also admit I am not a fan of the Godfather, but then, one of the reasons I don't is I don't much care for gangster movies in general. I don't watch a lot of Westerns either, but I liked the Quick and the Dead, which many would not be quick to put in the top ten best westerns of all-time. Decent, maybe, with those Sam Raimi camera angles, but not the best western. But, along with Tombstone, they are the only ones of the genre that keep me in my seat (speaking of which, how many westerns have been riffed on? Other than The Gunslinger, I mean). I think the only gangster movie I ever really liked, but don't watch much, was Miller's Crossing.
I think some nostalgia can play into opinion, as well. I know there's an iRiff out there for The Last Unicorn, which is a movie I saw as a kid and really liked. I still like it now. It has an excellent script. I don't know if I could watch it riffed. I constantly riff on movies and TV shows I watch with friends, and that one I couldn't when I saw it not too long ago (and yes, I am a dude, so go ahead and laugh). So I understand not wanting to watch a movie that one enjoyed with a funny commentary; it can be tough to see somebody make fun of something you really like. But one's treasure is another's garbage. It's just important to keep in mind that no one can change your mind but yourself; if you liked it, you did. But don't let somebody else's distaste or good-natured ribbing make your opinion feel like it's worthless.
And to finish with a bit of irony, I would like to say that somehow my argument made the case that someone out there really liked Disaster Movie. I apologize for whatever hell this might unleash upon the masses.
