I Know It’s Wrong, But I Still Love…

It is Love Week at Trespass and we have asked some film enthusiasts to look deep inside their artistic souls and let out their darkest filmic secrets. Taking the immortal words of Millie Jackson – ‘if loving you is wrong, I don’t want to be right’ as our mantra – it is time to find out who and/or what these movie-buffs know is so wrong, but can’t help loving anyway…

Kudrat Singh – Trespass’ Music Editor

I know it’s wrong but I still love…

• Hannah Montana the Movie – yes it’s true, Miley Cyrus entertains me to no end and makes me want to be a boot scootin’, secret country superstar!
• Watching Kal Ho Na Ho (Bollywood movie) when I am depressed – SRK dying makes me happy.
• Doing a double-feature at the cinema (buy one, get one free) – okay okay so it’s more for the uni lifestyle, but hey if they’re going to charge me $17 a ticket, I am going to get my money’s worth!

Pat Kolan - IGN.com

• I know it’s wrong, but I still love The Little Mermaid. Yes, I’m 26. Yes, I’m okay with this.
• I know it’s wrong, but I still love the first 15 minutes of Super Troopers. Infinite repeat drunk-aiding/hangover film of forever.
• I know it’s wrong, but I still love watching Samuel L. Jackson chew scenery and collect paychecks for playing himself over and over and over again. Feel free to substitute Jackson with Bruce Willis or Michael Cera.

Grace Edwards – Trespass Contributor

I know it’s wrong, but I love…

• The Scream franchise - He dies, she dies, everyone dies; except poor teenager Sidney Prescott, of course. Much to my dismay, watching a Halloween mask-clad murderer leave scores of students dead in pools of their own blood seems to do it for me. Isn’t human nature fascinating?
• Leave It to Beaver (1997) - There’s nothing wrong with loving this remake of the 1950’s feel-good series about a curious but naïve boy named Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver; as long as you’re under the age of twelve. In my defence, the little boy who plays Beaver is absolutely adorable. Those wide eyes, those goofy antics, how could you not love him?
• Species - Gorgeous, often-naked, killer alien Sil (Natasha Henstridge) escapes from a lab and scientists try to track her down before she mates with a human male. Not hard to see why the boys like this film. Though I hate to admit it, I see the appeal too. Blood, sex and tonnes of fight scenes add up to one very successful C-grade sci-fi movie.

Luke Goodsell - Editor Rotten Tomatoes

• I know it’s a terrible film, but I love Xanadu.
• I know she’s married, but I still love Charlotte Gainsbourg.
• I know they’re absurd, but I love doing these lists.

Beth Wilson - Trespass’ Film Editor

• I know they’re cheesy, but I still love Hollywood teen romance versions of Shakespeare.
• I know they are completely formulaic, but I still love films about dancing; Footloose, Breakin’, Fame, Step Up, Centre Stage, and many many more.
• I know it’s wrong, but I still love the soundtrack to Lost Boys. ‘Oh I still believe (insert saxophone playing)’

Josh Wheatley – Worse Addictions

I know it’s wrong, but…

• I love Transformers, Transformers 2, and will almost certainly love Transformers 3.
• I can’t help but power through inspirational teacher movies, and vicariously live out the life changing semester of Coach Carter.
• any film would be better if it starred Paul Giamatti or Nicolas Cage. A buddy cop movie with both of them would be truly transcendent, and mostly awful.

Liv Hambrett – Trespass’ Editor-in-Chief

• I know it’s unrealistic, but I covet the lives of most female protagonists in rom-coms … including, for example, Andie Anderson’s in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (and I yes, I love the movie)
• I know he isn’t strictly conventionally handsome, but I am in love (perhaps hopelessly) with Ricky Gervais.
• I know it is a bit sad, but Mamma Mia makes me so, so happy. I sing along (loudly) every time. Oh Meryl.

Alice Tynan - The Plot Thickens

• I know it’s cringe-worthy (and more than a little compulsive), but I love having a good cry watching Step Mom. Every time it comes on TV I have to watch it, and end up bawling (aka the ugly cry).
• I know it ruins my cred (whatever modicum exists) but I love Michael Bay movies – excepting Pearl Harbour and the latest Transformers travesty. There’s nothing quite like a slightly hungover Sunday afternoon camped in front of Armageddon or The Rock. Shameless gold.
• I know it’s not a particularly practical party trick, but I love watching and (annoyingly) quoting along with the following films: Pretty Woman, Princess Bride, LA Story, The Rock (as above) and the original Star Wars trilogy (voices included, naturally).

Lin Tan – Trespass’ Editor

• I know I’ll regret admitting this but I love The Bodyguard, and can recite the movie word-for-word (as well as the soundtrack), and once watched it consecutively on a 13-hour flight.
• I know this is wrong because I’m a self-confessed Superman fan, but I love Superman Returns the most, and I’m genuinely concern that there might not be another Superman movie again.
• I know this is lame, but cheesy films of the inspirational kind actually inspire me. Off the top of my head, favourites include: Step Up 2: The Streets, How Stella Got her Groove Back, Only the Strong, Mighty Ducks, Jerry Maguire, and Kickboxer. Oh, and I had the biggest crush on Jean Claude Van Damme, a.k.a. the muscle from Brussels, the one-man split machine.

Sean Rom - Trespass Film Reviewer

I know it’s wrong, but I still love…

• Crossroads - Britney Spear’s film debut is horrendously delicious. Look out for a sensationally bad supporting performance by Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City).
• Superstar - Molly Shannon’s critically maligned feature film based on her Saturday Night Live character, Mary Katherine Gallagher. It’s not the comedy of the century but Shannon’s over-sexed, geeky catholic high school student who pashes trees and recites long passages from “made for TV” movies, has a place in my heart eternally.
• The Mommy Market (also known as Trading Mom). This film from the early 90s features forgotten child star Anna Chlumsky (My Girl) as a young girl who exchanges her mother (played by Sissy Spacek) for another at a magical “Mommy Market” (hence the title). Yes, it’s lame but the film is such an intrinsic part of the cinema of my childhood that I can’t help but view it with the greatest affection. No, I don’t have mother issues.

Romy Grbic – Trespass’ Beauty Editor

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