films everyone likes but you

[chris]

I was recently talking to a fellow film fan and this topic came up.  Films that are universally loved by critics and audiences, but you can't see the appeal.  I think the film for me would be Dazed and Confused.  I've yet to meet a person from any walk of life that has disliked this film.  They all found it fun and fresh where I found it boring and routine.  I've given the film a second chance and I still find it dull.  Another one would be Lord of the Rings.  I agree that it was nice to look at, but I was bored senseless by the endless chase scenes and lack of any type of character or story development.  But then again, it's just me, but that's the point.

[Drezzy]

M. Night Shyamalan is, to me, a "been there at the right moment" type deal. Decent director, but his movies lack real suspense. Sixth Sense and Unbreakable were predictable (good, but predictable).

As for other movies, add in your usual case of Hollywood blockbusters that I hate.

[Fearless Freep]

Hard to say.  I dislike a lot of movies that a lot of people like, but in the 'movie crowd' I travel, there is similar sentiment.  So which 'everyone' do you mean? :)

[Akira Tubo]

I don't like The Matrix.  I think it's one of the dumbest, most poorly written and plotted movies I've ever seen.

[Steven Millan]

                        Both "Dazed And Confused" and "Pulp Fiction" put me into an immediate coma,once the mere mention,or film clip from one of those two movies begins to come around.
                       As far as it goes for me,both "Lord Of The Rings",and any M. Night Shylaman film easily blows both of those films away.

[Perk]

The Blair Witch Project.. I heard such good things about it, my roommate said he saw it four times in the theatre, and when I saw it the whole theatre talked throughout it.  I actually enjoyed it and then I tried to watch it when it came on TV and that's when I realized that the only thing that made it watchable for me was the fact that the people talked throughout it.  That movie bores the living daylight out of me.

[Chris K.]

Both THE MATRIX, BRAVEHEART, THE PATRIOT, and TRAFFIC. Everybody likes these films, but I don't. BRAVEHEART was a bore, THE PATRIOT was an unintentional joke, THE MATRIX was plotless as well as pointless, and the only good scenes in TRAFFIC were the Mexican scenes.

I have no problem that people like these flicks and they are intitled to their opinion. But when I say I don't like these films all of a sudden I am being questioned harshly about my sense of taste in film, etc. It just makes me wonder how do these people get on with their lives if somebody doesn't like their favorite film. I know people who didn't like BRAINDEAD, but it doesn't bother me. I get on with my life.

Also, I recently saw WINDTALKERS. One thing is for sure, those critics were certainly a bunch of windtalkers. John Woo at his worst, and that is not saying much. For a film titled WINDTALKERS, you would think it's about the Indians cracking the Japanese code in WW2. Nope, it's all about white-caucason Nicholas Cage and him having a problem with his life for 2 hours. Just boring. I should have just kept my money in my pocket!

[chris]

Just thought of another 3, Saving Private Ryan, The Insider and Minority Report.  However, unlike the previous 2 I have found one person for each who agrees with me, thus proving I'm not stark raving mad.

[Evan3]

Dude, Minority Report was EXCELLENT definitely one of spielburg's best!! Anyways, I agree with M. Night, I just dont see it, his movies are all vaguely good...... vaguely. I also dont understand the rage for Moulin Rouge, they couldnt even write their own songs? Someone explain, and honestly, I didnt like any of the New Star Wars, has anyone liked them?

[Foywonder]

"One thing is for sure, those critics were certainly a bunch of windtalkers."

Critics hated WINDTALKERS. Audiences hated WINDTALKERS. It bombed.

THE PATRIOT flopped too.

[Neville]

Well, I really enjoyed Episode II. The "romance" scenes were pathetic, but the whole film was a great inprovement over Episode I and I had lots of fun with certain passages.

About me, I can't understand why people say films like "Traffic" (schematic and idiotic), "The insider" (too long and uncompelling, with this and the elaborate aesthetics I felt I was entering Ridley Scott territory, and that's not a compliment) or "Shreck" are that great. While everybody went mad about "Shreck" it just left me cold, and I think it is an overrated movie. There's much more fun and intelligence in, for instance,  "Porco Rosso", right now my favourite anime film. To think most people I know still haven't even heard of it...

[ErikJ]

Some for me were Dirty Dancing, Footloose, MIB2, The Doors, and Natural Born Killers
I just don't get the appeal of any of these films

[Brock]

I just like to pretend that the Star Wars prequels never happened, unless Episode Three proves otherwise (doubt it).  Here's a hint:  If you have to justify why you like it (Haydn Christenssen is actually a really good actor in other movies...) when you really only liked it out of loyalty, it ain't a good movie.

I also think that Braveheart, Office Space, and Schindler's List are way overrated.

[nshumate]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Boredom.

Nathan

[jmc]

I don't like Crouching Tiger either....


Also, Dead Alive.