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What MOVIES do you HATE  :hatred: that EVERYBODY ELSE LIKES ??
I can think of one: MARY POPPINS... BEETLEJUICE too, but there was another that inspired this thread... I just can't remember at this moment...  :drink:

Shawn of the Dead - Everybody loves this stinkin' thing, it's soooo awesomely hilarious.  I turned it off halfway through.  Wasn't the least bit funny, just a bunch of slackers standing around being slackers.  I've seen that crap done 10 times better in just about any other movie with that type of characters. 

E.T.

Grrrrr. Sentimental nonsense.

GANGS OF NEW YORK . . . .

Waaayyy too long.  Storyline too simplistic.

Four Wedding and a Funeral.

In fact, anything with Richard Curtis' name on.

Hardly any big films get made in this country and when they do it's always him and Hugh Grant ! :hatred:

This is gonna be blasphemous around here, it seems, but I gotta admit that I hate:
Star Wars- and any film in it's franchise.  All 6 of them.  Ugh.
Indiana Jones- all of the flicks.  Don't like them.  Harrison Ford isn't an actor I particularly like.
Mary Poppins- yeah, I don't like this either.

You've all heard it before but REAR WINDOW. Overrated spoiled-milk suspense, overrated melodramatic romance, overrated symbolism that takes over the whole plot... I love Hitchcock, and this is not even close to his best as so many say.

CHUD. I understand this has a big cult following, yet I don't see anything that could really attract a cult! Characters not given enough plot to be really likeable, monsters barely show up, abrupt, dull ending...

Horror of Dracula. Okay, I did not hate the beginning and end, which were brilliant as Christopher Lee went mad in one of the scariest incarnations of the title role! However, besides this, "Horror" was absolutely maddening: We have perhaps the most blockheaded and plain stupid characters to hit the screen (Strangers-haters need to watch this for really stupid characters), making illogical decisions whilst haunted by largely-predictable suspense-scenes!

.ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SOW.  :hatred:

Why-Oh why-does everyone who finds out I like off the wall movies automaticaly think I'm a fan of this insipid musical junk? Being as it has Meatloafis alone to put me off it!
.Most anything with Adam Sandler....BILLY MADISON comes to mind,as does MR.SMITH. I wouldn't be surprised if this talentless shmuck someday wins an Oscar....because kids nowadays are so inuated with mindless action and stupid fluff that junk like this passes for quality movie going fare.
.I agree 100% with Happy on the STAR WARS series of films. Gimme the old Flash Gordon serials any day!

2001: A space odyssey

I'd have to second Adam Sandler and toss Will Ferrell in with him.  The fine application of a steamroller to them and their films would be fitting.

As far as individual movies, "E.T.", "Jurassic Park," any of the Matrix films, "Goonies", most recent Disney cartoon films...the list may be shorter if I listed what I do like that everyone else likes.

A Fish Called Wanda

This is one everyone's favorite comedy list, but I don't find it funny at all.

I don't like the following:
Titanic: It's too depressing and it doesn't leave me feeling happy after viewing it.
The original King Kong: No offense, but it doesn't interest me.  I do, however, think it is ground breaking for its time.
Snow White:  Its one of the few animated pictures from Disney that I don't like.
Toy Story:  This film always seems to leave a bad taste in my mouth after watching it.  I like Toy Story 2, however.
Any of the Lord of the Rings films: I know they are supposedly epic and all that, but they never drew my interest.

I know these are all great movies and I respect their signfiance they had on the film industry, but I just don't see how great they are.

Totally !

Although, I do like Fierce creatures.

I don't understand the Rocky Horror thing either.  The first time I saw it was when I was 14 and I thought it was cool, but I disliked it more and more everytime I saw it after that.  I really like Tim Curry though, just not this movie.

I don't like Scarface.  Granted I only saw it once and was forced into it, i just remember watching and watching and then sitting upside down on the couch out of boredom, falling asleep and then waking up and thinking "yay! it's almost over!" and then being told there was almost 2 hours left.

I also didn't like the few Rob Zombie movies I saw.  House of 1000 Corpses to me was Texas Chainsaw Massacre + a Rob Zombie video and it = stupid.  His version of Halloween was trashy garbage.  He overuses profanity to the point where it has no meaning and I'd like to punch him.

I saw that movie when it was new in the theatre (it was a huge hit).  I didn't like it very much (the only part that I really thought was funny was the squashed dog - the part that offends everyone else...  :tongueout:)   

I do like SCARFACE, but can understand that reaction and know lots of people who don't like it. 

I hate ROB ZOMBIE's movies; they're stupid, manipulative, and mean. 

Adam Sandler isn't funny...nothing he has ever done will be funny...nothing he will ever do will be funny.  Will Ferrell I liked in Elf...other than that, nothing much.  I'm not a fan of that whole 90s SNL crowd in general.

Nightmare Before Christmas.  People's jaws drop when I tell them I hate this film.  I also get the, "YOU of all people should LOVE this film" reaction. 

Theres more...I just have to think of them. 

True Romance...what's the point.

Pulp Fiction...I just can't get into it.

GOOD WILL HUNTING:  It just feels to me that they took FIVE EASY PIECES and slapped a happy-face pop-psychology ending on it.

I'm sure plenty of people hate THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, but around these parts I sometimes feel alone disliking it.  Even those people who find it hard to watch seem to think it has "historical value", which I really don't see.   

Movies people thought I would love but I hated:

ARMAGEDDON
NATURAL BORN KILLERS
HOUSE OF A 1000 CORPSES
THE DEVIL'S REJECTS
HALLOWEEN (2007)
PSYCHO (1998)

Sure there's more from the past two and half decades in particular.

wow. That's a bold statement
But then I'm a die hard tarantino fan of his early stuff. He went through a funk but made a comeback for me with death proof. True romance, see i love a good mexican standoff

I love Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown. I'm not a Quentin hater.

I don't think I like a single Hitchcock film.  People usually are shocked at that. 

Lord of the Rings.  Really don't see the need for the hype.  Then again, I never read the books, and most definitely have much better things to do than spend 4 hours watching the kid from The Goonies run around the woods looking for a fu*king ring.

Beetlejuice

A Christmas Story

Superbad
The Star Wars series, except Empire.
A River Runs Through It
Most of Adam Sandler's ouvre
Magnolia
The Saw series (although I don't mind the first one)

Transformers (2007) -- Completely and utterly horrible, yet everyone seems to love it...

The following franchises:

Friday the 13th
Nightmare on Elm Street
Scream

GOOD WILL HUNTING annoys the sh!t outta me... LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT the nadir of popular cinema, the lowest point in mainstream film, and very important for so being (include any and all sarcasm you will, but it's nevertheless true) is a film I have often espoused hatred  :hatred: for.  One of a few reasons I don't like ROB ZOMBIE.  He doesn't get TOBE HOOPER, but thinks like WES CRAVEN with none of CRAVEN's artistry, originality, insight or humor. 

Fortunato!!!  Haven't seen you in a year and a half... yes I poked 'round and saw your recent postings, but really you haven't been 'round in a long time!!  I'm the one who hates ANGEL HEART (who knows? maybe now I'd appreciate it....) the one who remembers and appreciates your reappearance.   :thumbup:
And I think A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT is as boring as BROKEmyBACKtryingtoMOUNTEM

I'd agree with those two.

Oh, Rear Window is rubbish.

Scream - absolutely hate that movie.  Neve Campbell's character makes me want to kill her myself.  Then another equally unlikable reporter character showed up and that was all I could take. 

I'm reminded about the SAW seies...ugh! Also I don't care for the ELM STREET series beyond the first,that goes for the HALLOWEEN films (except number 3,which most seem to hate), FRIDAY the 13th sucked after 1 and 2...though I enjoyed JASON GOES to HELL-even though it was a rip off of the HIDDEN. The SCREAM series and I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER series,HOSTEL series,...in fact most of the newer 'Real World' hip kids vs. sadistic killers/monsters/ghosts films.

Silence of The Lambs- I really don't like it much at all. 

Pretty much every film made after 1991  :teddyr:

The Scary Movies films.


I just don't find 'em funny  :bluesad:

Some Like it Hot (1959)

Supposed to be a classic comedy. I just don't find it all that funny. And I can't figure out what the big deal with Marilyn Monroe was supposed to be anyway.

You, sir, wouldn't know funny if you bit you on the arse.   :twirl:

The American Pie films are rubbish.

That surprises me alot. To be honest I felt the same until I watched it with a girlfriend, then was in total awe of the woman.

It's a great film though, even if it's not a total barrel of laughs.  :smile:

Takes a deep breath...

I'm not a fan of the brat pack movies of the 80s.  Aka Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Say Anything...etc.  I quite dislike most of them...sorry 80s fans...

If you were any other man WE'd kill you where you stand.

However, as you're Darksider...it's not too bad.

I'd stay out of Circus' way for a while.

He's cool.

I can understand why though, but I am totally besotted with all of them!  :bouncegiggle:

LOL. I certainly seem to have struck a nerve with this one. Isn't that what this thread is all about, admitting to hating movies even though your admission will make you an outcast in human society? Did I complain when somebody dissed A Fish Called Wanda, one of the funniest movies of all time?

About Marilyn though -- I really don't get it. I've seen her in a couple of things, and I don't get the whole mystique, why she wasn't just one more blonde starlet. With a particularly annoying breathy way of talking. The Misfits (1961) was another one where I would rather have seen just about anyone else in that role. Of the Monroe films I've seen, probably the only one I liked her in was as the scheming starlet in All About Eve (1950). You can probably diagnose something or other about me from that.

For my money there were plenty of more interesting and more attractive actresses in the 1950s.

Yeah, me too.

I LUV the 80s !!!! :thumbup:

Oh boy... I think I might get shot at for what I'm about to say.  I don't like...

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (The original and the remakes, especially the 70s one)

Any of the Back To the Future Movies

Any of the Dead Alive films

The Blob remake

And to the B-movie fans...

I don't like The Giant Claw.

Why are you even on this site ?  :wink:

Had to throw my 2cents worth in here... 
I hate Groundhog Day !!  That is my pick for the worst movie ever.

And I was very disappointed with No Country for Old Men. Couldn't wait to see it, thought it would be awesome, but it just bored me. Such a shame.

Am totally agreeing with the Adam Sandler knockers here too, he's just not funny when he's doing that 'stupid' thing...Billy Madison just makes me want to puke. When he's a bit more serious (as in 50 first dates) he's more bearable.

War of the Roses

I am going to say it and sure people are going to burn me in effigy. I did not like the Dark Knight. I totally hated the ending and don't feel that Heath Ledger's preformace as The Joker was any new twist on the character. Will agree if the words on film was added but not a whole new twist on the character. The Joker was always like that except for the comic code years when everyone was conviced that comic books was turning kids into violent, sex addicted, drug fueled hoods.
Also don't think Ledger deserves the Oscar for his preformace but sure he will get it anyway. I have watched the film several times and still don't see what everyone is so excited about. I can't stand the ending what so ever cause it totally goes against everything Batman would do in my opinion. So sorry if I upset anyone because I know most people liked the film but I didn't at all.

I thought he was good, but he wasn't doing anything that wasn't done in the comics. Any actor could do what he did. I thought Aaron Eckhart was terrific but they shouldn't have killed him off.  :bluesad:

Actually, the new twist on the Joker isn't new at all.  The verison of the Joker you saw was the original Joker from back in the original comics in the 40s.  I mean that the verison of Joker is based off his first appearance in the original comics before he became the crazy murdering clown we all like. 

You don't understand the ending?  The reason Batman is taking the blame for everyone Harvery did as Two-Face is because he wants the city to still see him as a hero.  Harvery was the first form of justice and hope to the crime filled Gotham City that didn't break the law and that people could look up to.  If people found out what he did, they would lose faith in everything he stood for and would begin to doubt anyone who tried to bring hope back to city.  Does this help you understand what happened?  I'm not trying to be mean or anything, I just want people to have a better understanding of the movie and not to cast it off on problems that can be explained.

First part about The Joker, I said that. I read reprints of the early Joker stories in a huge hardback collection of Batman when I was a kid. So I knew what version was int he film which was not a new twist.
Second, I did understand the ending, I just hated it. It's not how Batman would of done things in my opinion. He would not let people believe he was everything he despised and what Harvey Dent became as Two-Face was just that. Even in the late 30's when Batman carried a gun, he would not shoot someone unless he had a justifiable reason which others would see as justifiable as well.
But like I said, I know a lot of people love the film which is why I expected people to try to politely explain to me or explain away my dislikes to the film.

APOCALYPSE NOW

I know, I know.

 :bouncegiggle:   Side story....you know whats funny, I never found Molly Ringwald all that cute or attractive.  However shes on this show my wife watches now and she's turned kind of MILFy to my eyes.   When the hell did this happen? 
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I agree with you on that.  :smile:

I did enjoy the MAD version: A CROCK-OF-*BLIP* NOW.  :smile:

Side note, I don't really "HATE" the Dark Knight but I've realized that the film really isn't all the great.  It kind of pales in comparrion to Batman Begins.  TDK will probably go down as one of the most overhyped films of all time.  

Along with The Princess Bride...

Princess Bride has really lost it's luster after multiple viewings.  At least for me anyhow. 

I hate the Pixar film Cars.  Probably because I hate anything resembling NASCAR.  And I also hate anything Larry The Cable Guy is involved in. 

The Godfather
The Dark Knight (if Ledger were alive, would his performance be as idolized. With the exception of sucking his cheeks (or whatever he did with his mouth) I didn't see any great difference between him and Nicholson.)
Porkys (all of them)
American Pie (all of them)
Superbad
and many many others.

Mmmmkay, so..

Elf - A lot of my friends went all out raving about how great this movie is and how funny and blah blah blah. Anything with Will Ferrel pretty much makes me want to strangle myself with a phone cord, though, so yeah. Hate this one.

Cloverfield - "IT'S SO TERRIFYING AND AWESOME" No, shut up, it was the most boring movie I have ever seen. It's a bunch of really annoying 20somethings runnin' around screaming. With an indestructible camcorder apparently. What's worse was that scene where the camera guy bites it? THEY RUN UP TO HIS DECAPITATED HEAD AND TAKE THE CAMERA. Who even DOES that?

On the other hand, a lot of the movies I love are movies that everyone else hates so maybe I just have bad taste.

-Tikky

I loved The Dark Knight, but it's true that I haven't seen Batman Begins.

Pretty in Pink - Just not funny at all.

Breakfast at Tiffany's - How it is a classic is beyond me.

Titanic - It was a good concept but poorly executed.  What I didn't like was the whole love story wrapped around a tragedy.  It's one thing if it happened romance part actually happened, but since the love story part was not real that didn't help either.

Pearl Harbor - Same reasons at Titanic. 

Most of Adam Sandler's films.  I used to think they were very funny but not anymore.

Scarface - I could see why people wouldn't like it.  I liked it, but it's not something I would watch again anytime soon.
 

Napolean Dynamite.

All my friends rave about it. I couldn't take more than 15 minutes of it before I had to find something else to watch.

Batman Begins is far superior.
But I doubt any Bat flick will beat Batman Returns.

Princess Bride has really lost it's luster after multiple viewings.  At least for me anyhow. 

I hate the Pixar film Cars.  Probably because I hate anything resembling NASCAR.  And I also hate anything Larry The Cable Guy is involved in. 
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I hate Cars as well.

As for the Princess Bride, well, I don't hate it, but I can't say I'm rushing out to buy the dvd.  Overrated at times, but definitely not the worst movie I've seen.  Seems more for the women and kids anyway, but there were some okay parts.  If I happen upon it on tv and I'm not busy, I'll watch it. 

1408.

Weak. Really weak.

I love that film!  :bouncegiggle:

I'm not going to hate you for it  :wink:

Of course this is a thread about HATING  :hatred: a MOVIE that EVERYBODY ELSE LIKES... that doesn't mean you won't take yer lix...  :wink:

I agree about MARILYN for the most part, but I like THE MISFITS, love SOME LIKE IT HOT, and both films have more to recommend them than MM. 

Oh and SIN CITY.

I involuntarily yelled out "Holy s**t this isn't over yet"

A lot of my friends lost their credibility by recommending There's Something About Mary

Phantasm II, III & IV

Care to tell why? :P

Because all 3 are exactly the same movie. They all jump from one scene to another completely at random, in II it's just aload of male bonding and driving around to look at open graves. III is like a really bad Buffy/Day Of The Dead rip-off with a magic 8-ball as the focal point.

I've only seen II and III...I'm guessing I wasn't missing much.

I didn't really understand the plot. Something to do with Jupiter ...

The Tall Man is raiding America's graveyards to re-animate and shrink the dead to be slaves in his dimension. The first film is great, a little confusing and boring to begin with, but the ending is brilliant!  :teddyr:

Across the Universe. Shallow, pretentious,the song interpretations were super-litteral  to the point it was irritating, and I didn't care a thing for the characters. This was made so as to tell the generation Xers in a sentimental manner "this is what we did in the good old days to rebel".

1) The Wizard of Oz

2) A Few Good Men (T Cruise is, as ever, awful)

3) The Good The Bad & The Ugly

4) Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks in general)

Infidel! How can you not like The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?

I kind of agree with you about Blazing Saddles but Mel Brooks has had his good moments. The Producers is probably the best thing he ever did. I used to think he was a genius for Young Frankenstein but that seems to have been mostly the work of Gene Wilder.

Plan 9 From Outer Space

Sue me.

-Jimmybob

BLASPHEMER!!!! ( :twirl:)

Can you prove it didn't happen????

I didn't enjoy it. I was all hyped up and ready for "the best b-movie ever!" but I was really disappointed. I even turned it off towards the end; I was sick of it.  :bluesad:

-Jimmybob

I highly recommend watching "Plan 9" as a double feature, right after watching "Ed Wood". Then you can say "OMG, it's exactly as bad as Ed Wood made it out to be, and they really did try to get away with using Wood's girfriend's orthodontist's cousin or whoever it was as a stand-in for Lugosi!"

Give it another chance in a few years.  I was actually a little underwhelmed the first time I saw it, but it improved with subsequent viewings.  You start to focus on the little details rather than the big picture, and you can see something humorous in pretty much every shot.

Same here. I can't stand that piece of junk.

Children of Men is a recent one. I just saw it on recommendation and the internet is full of rave reviews. I thought it was terrible.

I can understand all of the above (particularly A FEW GOOD MEN) but I thought, long ago, that I "hated" THE WIZARD OF OZ, and after decades of not looking at it, rediscovered it, saw it for being one of the best films ever made, and the parts I "hated" the most (the songs - particularly the Lion's) I now enjoy thoroughly - with "King of da Foresht" my favorite part.  I'm going to guess you're pretty young, 'cause when I was young (sonny!) I hated  :hatred: MEL BROOKS' movies until I saw THE TWELVE CHAIRS and thought why doesn't anybody watch this one...?  It's hilarious!  I still don't like THE PRODUCERS a whole bunch (avatar aside) but think BLAZING SADDLES is wonderful and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN one of the best movies ever made...  :lookingup: (oops there I go again using superlatives...)  THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY??  Hoo-boy.  What do you like?   :wink: 
 :cheers:

Shaun Of The Dead was plain boring. I didn't think it was the end of the film properly.....just in the pub. One guy gets pulled apart, that's it!  :thumbdown:

I can understand all of the above (particularly A FEW GOOD MEN) but I thought, long ago, that I "hated" THE WIZARD OF OZ, and after decades of not looking at it, rediscovered it, saw it for being one of the best films ever made, and the parts I "hated" the most (the songs - particularly the Lion's) I now enjoy thoroughly - with "King of da Foresht" my favorite part.  I'm going to guess you're pretty young, 'cause when I was young (sonny!) I hated  :hatred: MEL BROOKS' movies until I saw THE TWELVE CHAIRS and thought why doesn't anybody watch this one...?  It's hilarious!  I still don't like THE PRODUCERS a whole bunch (avatar aside) but think BLAZING SADDLES is wonderful and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN one of the best movies ever made...  :lookingup: (oops there I go again using superlatives...)  THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY??  Hoo-boy.  What do you like?   :wink: 
 :cheers:
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Agreed whole heartedly.  Although, I grew up loving Mel Brooks flicks.  Even bought one of the the "3000 Year Old Man" cd's at the ripe old age of 13.  But I'm weird so, to each their own.

Although, I do say, A Few Good Men was vastly overrated as far as I'm concerned.

I hate Lord Of The Rings, give me the book anyday... 

My porblem with TLOTR is I like all the characters except the hobbits!

I liked Phantasm 3, but I agree that only one sequel was necessary. (If that)  Still, I have to appreciate the quad-shotgun.

Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale. Not for the lack of James-Bondiness, but simply because they suck. They also seem like a rip off from Mission Impossible 3.

I Am Legend.

And all of the Bourne movies. With all my soul. Why do people like them? Spy with amnesia? There has the be 1000 movies about this. The plot is so lame, and matt damon is lame too. And to make it worse, there are 3!!!!

Donnie Darko
The Commitments

The Exorcist. One of only two movies I've ever fallen asleep to while watching in the cinema.

I recently saw PARASITE and thought it was absolute garbage. It seems I'm the minority on this because everybody says it's the best movie of the decade.

Invictus and District 9 😝

I have always hated The Wizard Of Oz. Even as a kid, I felt insulted that grown ups thought I should find it entertaining.

It's a Wonderful Life.  Hate it.

I know my reaction is totally personal.  Growing up with a narcissistic parent makes the whole self-sacrifice-is-all idea a horrible nightmare. 

 

 :bouncegiggle:  I can understand anyone hating ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE for any number or reasons (I love it) but thru your filter, the idea is damned funny...

I just found the movie to boring to watch for more than a few minutes at a stretch, except for the ending, which isn't boring, but is the definition of sappy. I don't know the movie well enough to get Newt's reaction.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

Worst Marvel movie, in my opinion.

Every character feels like a parody of themselves.  The movie feels like its laughing at its own jokes. I am not going to start caring about Yondu in the last moments of the movie.

Anything directed by...
James Cameron - and I do mean anything by him is unwatchable for me.
Titanic is right up there with one of the most unwatchable films ever made IMHO

and
Zach Snyder.
If given a choice at gunpoint between watching A Cameron Film or a Snyder pile of crap, I would opt for Cameron at least.

I do agree with a few here who hate ET.  One of Speilebergs worst movies ever.  I'd rather watch 1941 on repeat for 24 hours than ET just once.   Close Encounters is a close over rated second for me. 

Still say those Marvel movies.

I don't think I've seen any.  Superheroes are as boring to me as most fantasy films.

1. The catalog of Quentin Tarantino - Glorified fanboy that cuts and pastes.
2. The Little Mermaid (1989) - Ariel is a selfish brat and a poster child of everything I hate about the Disney formula.
3. Scream (1996) - Slasher film for yuppies.
4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Not a musical guy and even this one didn't entertain me.
5. Avatar (2009) - Bloated and generic sci-fi with bland characters. Pretty SFX aren't enough to carry a film.

Hate is such a strong word. I just really dislike Unbreakable (2000). I wasn't feeling it, it did nothing for me at all.
The Butterfly Effect (2004) - People call it underrated. Acting is awful, plenty of unintentional funny moments and it looks like a cheap 1990s cable TV movie. It only works for me as a bad movie.

A Christmas Story
The Wizard of Oz
LOTR

Huge hit.  Can't stand it.  Also add CAMERON's TITANIC (1997).  I enjoy hating on that one...


Indeed, but the thread is almost 14 years old... things were much livelier here then.  You had to be snappy.   :teddyr: 


Too bad for you.  The first two typically yield a young cynic's reactionary response.  One is good, one is great.  Now that third one...

I'm glad I'm not the only one.  I still can't figure out why that POS is such a beloved classic that they'll play it for 24 hours straight on TV. :lookingup:

I don't think it's a bad movie, but it's not great.  I'm with you though, I've never understood why it gets the 24 hour treatment. 

Halloween movies.  Yeah back when JLC was hawt there were a couple reasons to watch them, but now that she's turned into the crypt keeper (it's from one of her movies)  there's no appeal to a story about a boring supervillain,  which is all Mikey Meyers really is,  a boring super villain.

Ditto for the Friday the 13th movies. Ghawd I watched the one with Jason in space, because I'm a scifiphile, and he made it dull. I watched the one with him vs Freddy and at least Freddy wasn't booooooring.

I agree, the first HALLOWEEN was OK, the third HALLOWEEN was campy fun, the rest are awful. I've never enjoyed a single minute of any of the FRIDAY THE 13TH movies. Slashers just aren't my thing, they're giallo with the plot and style stripped away. They can only entertain me by being so-bad-they're-good and those are few and far between. The NIGHTMARE ON ELM SERIES is decent, though; a lot more imagination and a much better villain.

SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

'graytest moovie evaar', yet so pompous and pretentious that it's almost funny. almost.


AMERICAN PSYCHO

perhaps it's cause I'd already read the book, but this couldn't have done the book less justice if it tried. having said that, it is an unfilmable book, and no one should have tried anyway


FIGHT CLUB

currently imdb's #12 rated movie. one of the most repellant, obnoxious, arse-clenchingly inept attempts to make a 'deep' 'challenging' and 'radical' movie I've ever witnessed


RAMBO

pure boredom from start to finish!




snap. I fall asleep every time I try and watch this... including when I saw it in the cinema when it got 'un-banned' in the uk

SHAWSHANK - don't hate it but it's the most overrated movie ever.

AMERICAN PSYCHO - haven't seen it since it came out but I remember liking, not loving it

FIGHT CLUB - Great movie! Not "deep," just a really well-done twist, clever, iconically quotable.

But did I mention I can't stand GOOD WILL HUNTING? A movie about genius should be smart, not full of Dr. Phil level psychology.

 
Definitely overrated, but if you'd read the novella it's based on, it's a vast improvement. 
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You called that one.   :thumbup:

 
Dig it!

I think THE EXORCIST is powerful and I can't imagine anyone sleeping through Regan impaling herself in the private shouting "Fudge Christ!" not exactly. 

I don't remember ever getting to that scene, so I must be long gone by that stage  :teddyr:


I re-read the whole thread before replying and you did, yes. and I agree! cringeworthy film. so faux-intellectual

obviously we all have our various likes and pet hates, but someone actually mentioned BACK TO THE FUTURE - a film which I'm genuinely surprised anyone could actively dislike. (and so a valid nomination in this thread)

The fake sequel Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season is great  :bouncegiggle:

While I do like some his movies, most of the Christopher Nolan's stuff is extremely overrated. The man can take a dump in front of the camera for three hours (because that's how long it's going to be for sure) and everyone will go nuts for it.

The man is simply pretentious, and I feel like he's now just making movies to show off his skills and techniques instead of achieving a good movie, kinda like the Coen Brothers do.

I watched much of this this morning.  I can see where the first half hour is slow and could be described as boring.  It is merely a slow burn.  And I suspect that by the time you saw it, the shock value might have been lost, a generational thing I expect.  Are you 50?  Then you're too young to appreciate the shock value, which is not just generational but cultural.  Much gorier and violent foul films followed THE EXORCIST making audiences enured to its shock.

I feel the same way about Zach Snyder.  He wants his movies to look awesome to the expense of things like pacing, mood, and coherent plot. 

Glad I am not alone in my dislike for every single Snyder movie.  I would have walked out on 300 - however, my ride wanted to stay.  I found 300 to be one of the worst movies ever made. I refuse to watch "The Watchmen" because I know his lack of vision and general movie making skills are p**s poor.   I saw one of his other movies... and was equally unimpressed.   Don't know why society at large finds his films "brilliant" at all.

From the IMDB Top 250 list:

Inception

The Matrix

Saving Private Ryan

Life is Beautiful

Avengers: Infinity War

Top Gun: Maverick

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2

Mad Max: Fury Road

Parasite (2019)

Lady Bird (2018)

The Matrix (1999)

Top Gun (1986)

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Deadpool (2016)

Till (2022)

Dear White People (2014)

Every single MCU movie ever made

Most of David Lynch's filmography

Frozen (2013)

Suicide Squad (2021)

depending on the day either I love Vertigo or find it painfully boring

depending on the day either I like Spaceballs or find it cringeworthy

The 24 Hour marathon was a way to kill three birds with one stone.

1. It originally was a cheap gimmicky ratings stunt and worked well enough to become a tradition
2. It saved money and operating costs by only needing a skeleton crew to play the same program over and over
3. Relating to the second point, it also ensured more workers had Christmas off since they only needed a very bare minimum crew of workers for the marathon

Ugh, I thought VERTIGO was such a mediocre movie. Most of the time you just see the main character driving his car. Boring as hell.

And to be honest, most of Mel Brooks' stuff is quite cringeworthy. His style tends to be easily recognizable, especially with his overuse of breaking the fourth wall. It's funny the first time, by the tenth time, it's just feel like they're not even trying.

Top Gun. Nonsense.

I recently saw a chunk of that again on TV, and I realised that my 1986 self had apparently zoned out whenever there weren't any aircraft on screen.

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. A disgusting piece of drek posing as clever social satire. I felt bored and nauseated the entire ride while watching this thing. Probably one of my most hated films ever. It doesn't even look good.

I'd rather watch CITIZEN KANE, and I say that without an ounce of sarcasm. At least that one will only put me to sleep instead of causing me a gag reflex.

Banned for many years in South Africa.

Donnie Darko. Now, I can't say "EVERYONE" likes it, but in my core group of friends and co-workers, they LOVE this thing.

I've watched a few times and I just don't dig it.

Dig it!

I've never seen TOP GUN, boycotted it as a kid, assuming anything my peers liked was crap.

The sequel was mediocre. Flying scenes were great, rest was crap.

I think I am totally on my own when I say that I dislike The Shining, District 9 and Invictus 😳

I dislike The Shining (1980).  But I had made the mistake of reading the book first.

That makes two of us, Happy. 

I made exactly the same mistake.

I loved THE SHINING as a kid, it scared me like few other movies did. I rewatched it not long ago and honestly I thought it was quite bland and boring. It's like 30 minutes longer than it should be, and while Jack Nicholson does a great job, it doesn't really look like he's a sane man going crazy - he pretty much starts being a weirdo, and then goes into super hamfist mode.
The kid is annoying and the finger thing it's beyond stupid. Not to mention, I feel like the powers he has (which, if I'm not mistaken, is the actual title of the movie) never really pay off in the whole plot. You can pretty much remove that particular thing and the movie won't change at all.

I don't think it's a bad film, but it's not something I would watch again willingly, unless it's to share it with someone else.

I wrote a review of it for this site.  :smile:

Avatar.

I think that is reactionary.  I felt the same way.  It could be worse, it could be some star wars sh!t. 

It's like Matrix. You like it thanks to the novelty, and then it starts wearing out.

Toy Story