Hated Films You Love

[akiratubo]

Nightmare on Elm Street 2.  It's the only one of the series I like.  Freddy is actually scary in this one.

Jason X.  Far and away my favorite.  Jason kills people.  A lot of people.  Then he turns into an invincible cyborg!  And then survives atmospheric re-entry and lands on a new world where he can kill even more people!  Hell yeah!

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  These movies are great!

[RCMerchant]

I,too liked THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT-and HALLOWEEN 3 was the only good sequel in the whole damn franchise! I found all the others...well-stupid and redundent.

[Allhallowsday]

I,too liked THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT-and HALLOWEEN 3 was the only good sequel in the whole damn franchise! I found all the others...well-stupid and redundent.

I liked HALLOWEEN 2 or whatever it was called with JAMIE LEE CURTIS in the hospital.  Z'okay. 

[Allhallowsday]

It's worth pointing out that THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT is not a "Hollywood" movie, but an independent film.  

You are missing my point.  Hollywood cranks out what they think will sell, and the formula works for them.  Something new comes along that is gets a lot of popular press, and TONS of people bash it....bean counters are not going to look at that sort of commentary and think "movie goers want different."  At least I cannot imagine they would.

Considering it made over 200 million, I don't know how "hated" it is.  

My fist line:
"I don't know if these fall into the "hated" category, but two I really like that get a lot of backlash"
I have read on this very site, and others, numerous comments like "TBWP is stupid," etc, and it's usually to point out a bunch of plot holes or continuity errors (no more than any other HOLLYWOOD horror movie).
Again, for the third time in a week or so, Box Office != Quality, and certainly Box Office != Fan Acceptance.
Imdb has it at 6.8, not a great score, and the requisite imdb forum entries discussing everything that's wrong with it are present.
85% for critics on Rotten Tomatoes...but only 47% lay voters give it 3 or more stars (out of 5).  It's average rating on that site is 2.5/5, lower than IMDB.
No matter how much profit it made, it's NOT loved by fans...
But I liked it then, and like it now..I gave my opinion and some reasons why ...  If you disagree, let's hear THAT instead of trying to point out some great revelation regarding how wrong I am...  

You are so right.  How do you do that tiptoe thing on that board?  

EDIT: Oh, that's right.  Clean it up.

[RCMerchant]

I,too liked THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT-and HALLOWEEN 3 was the only good sequel in the whole damn franchise! I found all the others...well-stupid and redundent.

I liked HALLOWEEN 2 or whatever it was called with JAMIE LEE CURTIS in the hospital.  Z'okay. 

I reckon it was ok...but why bother,ya know? The first said it all-after that it was like kicking a dead horse-because it didn't really add anything new to the mix.

[Allhallowsday]

I,too liked THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT-and HALLOWEEN 3 was the only good sequel in the whole damn franchise! I found all the others...well-stupid and redundent.

I liked HALLOWEEN 2 or whatever it was called with JAMIE LEE CURTIS in the hospital.  Z'okay. 

I reckon it was ok...but why bother,ya know? The first said it all-after that it was like kicking a dead horse-because it didn't really add anything new to the mix.

No, but it was FUN. 

[ulthar]

it didn't really add anything new to the mix.

Except Jamie Lee Curtis...IN A HOSPITAL GOWN.   

[JaseSF]

Actually I liked Halloween 4 far more than most seem to. I really don't like Zombie's Halloween films at all though but I'll watch almost any of the original Michael Myers films from 1978 to the late 1990s. I liked Halloween III the least of the sequels although I can see why it has some appeal with fans. It definitely has its moments.

I liked Attack of the Clones too, but mostly for all the cool monsters and actio sequences, and I find I have far more tolerance for the Matrix sequels than most people do too. I loved all the original Planet of the Apes sequels but especially the fourth film Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

[Derf]

I enjoyed all three Matrix films and all four Pirates of the Caribbean films (though the fourth one has some enormous plot holes). And I had no trouble following the third one (where the main complaint seems to be that it is a confusing mess). Yes, the writers had to do some stretching to tie all the plot strings together, but they managed it. And despite my hatred for Kiera Knightley's character, especially in the third movie, I still had fun watching all of them.

[Leah]

Manos for being so absurdly boring that, in itself, is just purely bad when considering the facts from how it even became a thought.
Leonard Part 6: Bill Cosby rides off of a building on an ostrich. How awesome is that?
Plan 9: Arguably the best movie ever made that is considered bad.

[Olivia Bauer]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Blair Witch Project popular? 

[ulthar]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Blair Witch Project popular? 

Depends on who you ask.  2.5/5 on Rotten Tomatoes is not what I'd call "popular," and lots of scathing remarks here on bmdo seem to suggest otherwise...

I don't give a rat's rectum if it's popular or not... I liked it.   That's all that matters to me.   

[Allhallowsday]

it didn't really add anything new to the mix.

Except Jamie Lee Curtis...IN A HOSPITAL GOWN.  

AND she's Michael's sister... OOP!!!      

[diamondwaspvenom]

The ones I can think of at the moment:

Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning: While it may not be up to par with the first, second, fourth, sixth and seventh movie, A New Beginning is still more entertaining than it's given credit for. While the film contains plenty of underdeveloped and throw-away characters, the actors portraying them do attempt to put some effort (even though at times it ain't much) into making their characters interesting, even if they die in the same or next scene we see them in. One of the many criticisms for the film is due to Jason's absence being filled in by an impostor, a complaint that is a ridiculous reason for hating A New Beginning. I always found it strange that the fans who bash this movie for the iconic masked maniac not being present are the same ones who praise the first Jason-less film.   

Halloween III: Season of the Witch: Another horror sequel that gets an unfair bashing due to the iconic villain not gracing the screen with his presence. Despite this, Halloween III is more entertaining than Halloween IV through Resurrection not only for being unique, but for incorporating social commentary on consumerism. Very few horror sequels attempt to say something about the society we live in; they trade social insight for mindless blood an guts. While some brainless sequels can be amusing, it's nice to see one show some sign of intelligence. Halloween III does that.

[ChaosTheory]

Nightmare on Elm Street 2.  It's the only one of the series I like.  Freddy is actually scary in this one.

That one gets way too much flak, I agree.  Freddy's plan to inhabit the waking world by possessing Jesse is scary, and it moves in a different direction from the first movie without breaking that movie world's established rules.