Movies that were panned by critics, but weren't really that bad

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Rocky IV - Over the top 80s cheese, but really good 80s cheese. A big hit with the general audience.

Billy Madison - Stupid, but funny.

Halloween II (1981) - I actually sorta like this one better than the original.

Transformers: The Movie (1986) - The original animated one where Optimus dies ... still think it's by far the best Transformers movie.

The Mummy (1999) - Actually I think this is better than some of the Indiana Jones movies and considerably more fun than The Phantom Menace released the same summer.

The Karate Kid Part II - Part III is legit bad, but Part II is a worthy sequel to the original set in Okinawa.

Tomorrow Never Dies - It's not that bad of a Bond film.

The World Is Not Enough - OK, Denise Richards as a Lara Croft nuclear specialist is silly, but overall a good time.

Octopussy - One of the sillier Bond movies, but entertaining, even just saying the title of the movie makes you giggle.

Armageddon - Michael Bay schlock sure, and obnoxiously loud at times sure, but it's also well made at times too.

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - Robert DeNiro's as the popular main character, it's actually not as bad as the critics savaged it as.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - The movie that would skyrocket Jim Carrey to fame reviewed like a dog, and aspects of it haven't aged well (Einhorn stuff), but it's clearly a breakout part for Jim Carrey, also a little known Courtney Cox who's career would take off the same year with this and the TV show, Friends.

Mortal Kombat (1995) - The OG video game movie hit, if you were a critic you probably didn't "get it", but if you were a fan of the game, you were over the moon.

Starship Troopers - It seems like this got better reviewed over time, but in 1997 it was really getting harped on by critics.

The Fast And The Furious (2001) - The OG that started it all is a fun watch even today but it wasn't very well received by critics at first. Must be something here for it to have spawned so many sequels.

Pearl Harbor - Another Michael Bay film that takes a lot of shit, and some of it is well deserved but it also has its moments and has a terrific score.

Vanilla Sky - Tom Cruise's 2001 remake as a Spanish language hit didn't connect with critics, but honestly it's not a bad film.

I Know What You Did Last Summer - Riding the coattails of the admittedly better Scream (1996), IKWYDLS none the less became a pop culture hit making Jennifer Love Hewitt the teen scream queen of her day.