What movies do you hate, even though they're held in very high regard?
I think both Caddy Shack and Animal House are terrible movies, blasphemy though it may seem. They just struck me as really base comedy and I never got into them.
Anyone else?
What movies do you hate, even though they're held in very high regard?
I think both Caddy Shack and Animal House are terrible movies, blasphemy though it may seem. They just struck me as really base comedy and I never got into them.
Anyone else?
Titanic sucked.
I didn't really enjoy the Kill Bill movies...even liking anime. Maybe it was all the violence.
And I don't like the comedy movies with all the disgusting humor...American Pie, Scarie Movie, ect. I feel like an idiot watching them.
Highschool Musical.
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I don't like Spirited Away much, and I outright, violently HATE Moulin Rouge. It is the only time I have ever actually disliked Nicole Kidman, because it is the most despairing failure of a movie I have ever seen and it taints anything involved.
Don't like Umberto D much, but then I'm not a fan of Italian Neo-realism.
I agree about Animal House. I never got why it achieved such status. It's OK for a few laughs, but it's not outright hilarious or in any way sophisticated.
I'm pretty critical of most movies. There's just so much crap out there that panders to the chimpanzee in us all (if you're down with evolution).
This thread reminds me of a Family Guy that was on the other day where the family is about to drown in the "panic room" and Peter brings up his dislike of The Godfather. Everyone gives him an attitude like "That just makes no sense. You can't not like The Godfather..."
I think some movies, achieving an initial popularity, are given sort of a free pass.
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Originally Posted by ValkyrieWing
Brokeback Mountain was garbage. The characters were completely unrelatable. There was one thing about them that made them that way.
They were idiots.
Titanic
Brokeback Mountain (I don't have to watch it to know it sucked ass)
Napolean Dynamite
I can't think of anymore right now, but when I do, I will be back.
American Pie x 3.e stuff.
Hmm. The Harry Potter movies (the most recent one wasn't so bad though). Maybe next time they should use people who can act!? :confused: i.e. ACTORS!? :eek: Novel idea!
High School Musical. What the hell is up with this? The songs make me cringe. :(
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Hmm. The Harry Potter movies (the most recent one wasn't so bad though). Maybe next time they should use people who can act!? :confused: i.e. ACTORS!? :eek: Novel idea!
Admit it, the actors were actually acting in Harry potter 3 and 4, you can't bundle those two together with the other
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Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
The Aviator.
Without a doubt, the most pathetic piece of crap I've ever had to sit through.
'Boring' just doesn't do it justice.
Hmm, I liked The Aviator.
For me, it's Amelie (so overrated) and Moulin Rouge. I didn't even manage to watch the whole of the latter. It was pants.
Yeah, no kidding. I've never seen The Godfather, but I'm not gonna just tell people it sucks out of nowhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by roto13-nessYes you do. Otherwise your opinion holds no value whatsoever.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
That said I didn't like Brokeback Mountain :jess:
Everyone seems to talk about how good the "Saw" movies are, but I found them to be utterly ridiculous.
And "Napoleon Dynamite" was asinine.
The first one was on Roger Ebert's list of the worst movies of the year.Quote:
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I absolutely hate The Princess Bride. Everyone drools all over it as some masterpiece or something. I think it's awful.
Batman Begins...
Just wasn't quite Batman for me...
Superman Returns... Not bad... but eeehhhh, something's missing.
You Got Served?- Can anybody here say "Breakin' Part3"
Bascially just a bunch of recent movies that are just re-hashes of old concepts, stories, TV, Film, and Comics... Ugh!
Crash and Brokeback Mountain (A few things about the characters and story seem incomplete for me)
I guess it'd have to be Taxi Driver. I don't hate it - it's decent, there's a lot of interesting material - but it just didn't seem to be the classic that people make it out to be.
Napolean Dynamite and the God Father are only skimming the surface of the ocean of movies I hold hatred for.
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Rashomon - That movie was terribly boring to me, and I don't see how it recieves such high praise.
Gladiator - Overrated Hollywood garbage to me.
Brazil - I wanted to love this movie, but I just didn't get any kind of emotional connection with the characters at all. Maybe a second viewing is necessary.
To Kill A Mockingbird - Simply can't hold a candle to the book.
Starwars: IV A New Hope.
I hated THAT one starwars.
Somehow, I loved all the others.
Also, Highschool musical, and Cheata Girls (And anyother of the Disney channle movies.)
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Anyways, I dislike the Shining. It was too slow and I didn't feel any sort of mental strain or terror, and definitely didn't jump at any of the sudden scare attempts. The book was far better.
Kung Pow - it was completely stupid and everyone I know quoted it for years.
I agree with everyone who said "Napolian Dynamite" that movie was stupid, but not in the good way like everyone claimed.
I think Titanic is the only movie that comes to mind that I didn't enjoy despite huge popularity. That said, the only genre of movies that I buy are the historical epics and swordfighting movies, like Gladiator, Patriot, Last Samurai, Troy, etc. Titanic never had a fair chance. By the time I saw it, I was already irritated with its title song, which had been overplayed ad nauseum. I watched the movie expecting to be unimpressed, because I had already been annoyed by the constant publicity over it, and I left feeling just as I intended to feel about it when it was over.
I refuse to see Titanic ever.
was Titanic well regarded? I remember it being laughed at, but maybe that was just by me.
Garden State was horrible and everyone told me it was brilliant.
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Originally Posted by Del Murder
It made close to 2 billion worldwide. So yeah, I think some people liked it.Quote:
Originally Posted by eestlinc
i also hated that crappy neopolian dinomite thing good god that was bad....the godfather films or scarface arent anything to write home about either, not forgetting to mention the good, the bad and the ugly (im not a clint eastwood OR western fan so that sealed its fate).Quote:
Originally Posted by Garland
but i have to admit for one of the most successful films of all time titanic aint half tripe, but the worst offender for me was FF10 and FF10-2 i know they arent stictly films they are still huge disapointments considering the amount of praise they garnered....
My sister and all her friends have some huge obsession with Highschool Musical... It's horrible! :( Like a lot of others, things like Scary Movie are ridiculous. I was made to watch the most recent one a while back, nearly died of boredom. :eep:
Saw, Citizan Kane, The Exorcist...
Date Movie.
Wow. You name two incredibly overrated movies, and one movie which deserves it's status entirely.Quote:
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Don't like Citizen Kane...? I mean, you're free to your own opinion, it's just hard to come to terms with the fact that such a perspective is physically possible.
Back to Saw: WTF? It's terrible and the only good thing in it is Henry Gale. It's a joke of a movie. Se7en is the only one of that genre I've ever thought anything of, though... mostly they just come across as pointless sadism for incredibly tenuous reasons.
I'm a fan of old movies, but for some reason, i couldn't get into this film at all. I thought it was incredably dull, and took an effort to watch it. If i was to give it anything, it was original for it's time, & and had a good idea behind the storyline, but compared to the status it has, i find that it was over-rated.Quote:
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Dirty Dancing, Grease, Musicals, etc
The Star Wars series, The Godfather, Snakes on a Plane
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Originally Posted by YamanekoI've never seen it either. I've mentioned this to people before and they've looked at me like I'd just offended their god.Quote:
Originally Posted by Del Murder
Oh God I remember that movie...Worst film I've ever seen! All the money in the world wouldnt convince me to watch it again.:mad2:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Shoeless Hobo
A Knight's Tale.
Titanic.:rolleyes2 And all horror movies. Really, what's the point? To watch idiots die as a direct result of their own stupidity? That's what the Darwin Awards are for.
Original Star Wars Trilogy. I understand how much of a visual and technological milestone they were, but as movies, they always struck me as mediocre to good. Don't get me wrong, they're not bad, but I don't think they deserve the pedestal most people place them on.
Requiem for a dream.
In my opinion,one of the most overated movies of all time.Or maybe i couldn't care less about the subject.
Your generalizing with horror films, you should be lashed consistantly.Quote:
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You do realize that all horror films don't involve people dying Or idiots dying because it's own fault , right? Some are more subtle.
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Totally agree. I have watched a few on the original Star Wars and I really didn't see what was so great about them. Though, I do love the new remakes of them. I find them to be highly enjoyable.
Kill Bill was good in terms of blood but the story was meh
Titanic.
Saw - I haven't seen Saw 2 yet, but I found the first one to really be a cool concept that didn't really work as well as it should. I spent most of the movie a little bored as these guys try to figure out what was going on. It was a good movie overall, but not worthy of the praise it often gets.
And since another thread reminded me; Batman and Batman Returns - I enjoyed these movies and they're good for their time, and I won't sit here and claim to be an expert on Batman, but I don't feel that the movies had a good grasp on Bruce Wayne/Batman, and a lot of the villians to be honest. Tim Burton didn't seem to get the character if you ask me, so that hurts the movie in my eyes, especially when the guys who did Batman Begins nailed these classic characters so well.
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Originally Posted by LunarWeaverYeah, no kidding. I've never seen The Godfather, but I'm not gonna just tell people it sucks out of nowhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by roto13-nessYes you do. Otherwise your opinion holds no value whatsoever.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
That said I didn't like Brokeback Mountain :jess:
As a movie goer, I can definetly say that if this movie didnt have two gay guys (as to a guy and girl) it wouldnt have gotten even NEARLY as much hype/top ratings/reviewers saying its perfect etc etc....
I'm really sorry about this, but I loved Titanic, and saw it four times in the cinema when it was first released.
Looking back on it now, I'm quite embarrassed.
I feel dirty now because I still love Titanic.
I also did not like either Saw though, despite all my friends swearing they are the best thing EVAR!!!1!!!. Both movies came off like an hour and a half rock music video to me, and the direction of it kind of...bothers me.
I don't think they're bad, I just don't think they're, like, awesome either.
Only one I'm going to have to agree with are all the scary movies you mentioned and Brokeback Mountain. I expected Brokeback Mountain to be spectacular, but I found it to be very slow paced and boring and there wasn't nothing happy about it. It was one down fall after the other, they fight because they don't know when they'll see eachother next, they both marry and can't be together, then one of them dies.
Matrix, Star wars.
Napolean Dynamite
All the American Pies
All the Scary Movies
Titanic
Kung Pow
Highschool musical
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The Italian Job (New one).
Oh, yeah, Clerks bored the hell out of me.
Any American pie film. I dont *hate* them, but they usually arent even remotely funny, just, bleh, go away.
The entire Lost series is crap too.
I found the American Pie movies funny before I lost my virginity, then when I did lose it, I just thought "This is a load of crap!" I guess I matured when that happened! Wonder if anyone else was like that?
Star Wars, all of them.
I hate all of the Scary Movies. They were bloody hilarious to me before I turned 13. Then, looking at them again, I thought, "This is supposed to be funny?" I may have chuckled once or twice, but most of the humor was either utterly disgusting, or completely unamusing to me.
Sin City. I don't want to get into why right now. I get flustered too easily and I don't feel like getting flustered! I just hated it, so much. Still refused to walk out of the theater because that is not something I do, but man I couldn't wait for that to be over.
I'll agree with Star Wars too. Although I don't HATE them, I just find them boring.
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For me, it would prolly be Titanic, or tied with the Saw movies, just never liked em.
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Originally Posted by Strider
TROY SUCKED!
Grease
The Shawshank Redemption.
Titanic - For obvious reasons.
Citizen Kane - Don't hate it and actually think the cinematography is amazing, especially for its time. But, every character was either horrendously dull or ridiculously unbelievable. Orson Welles' acting seemed to keep getting worse, the older Kane got. And don't get me started on "Rosebud" as a plot device. It's a pretty decent film, but way overrated.
Star Wars - Out of all 6, the only one I liked was Empire. The other two of the first trilogy were bogged down with bad acting and writing, with overdone story-lines. The second trilogy was just a special effects extravaganza, with long-winded speeches, intended to make the viewer think that the plot is not only good, but deep, when it really isn't either.
Grease - Far too campy, even for a musical.
Brokeback Mountain - I wanted to like it, honestly, and I thought it was well-acted. But, I disliked both characters and felt their was no real motivation or feelings between them, despite both actors vehemently trying to make it seem like there was.
Please don't revive old threads, Paro. Feel free to start a new one instead if you want to discuss the topic further.