Or they’re just not willing to admit they like something that sucks. Really it’s OK to like something that sucks. I love the Tremors movies, I know they’re cheap lame ripoffs of Jaws, and they’re stupid, but I like them. The Warriors is not a good movie, period. I don’t care how many keyboards you wear out trying to defend it, it’s a giant stinking pile of #$%^ that should be forgotten and your defense of it makes me sad. Even you admit the dialog sucks. Guess what, if the dialog sucks the movie sucks.
A lot of the great Douglas Sirk films have bad scripts. ‘Imitation of Life’ say. It’s great because of the direction. It’s also OK to have a blind spot for certain good films. ;)