Name a movie everyone seemed to love except you

[da_chimperor]

For me: The Lord of The Rings trilogy. It's not that I didn't like the movies, I just didn't love them. I thought they were all pretty good, but my friends all think I'm crazy. They were borderline orgasmic after watching each one. I was more interested in the graphics than anything else.

I guess it's because I'm occasionally retarded when it comes to good movies. Sure, Dances With Wolves is my favorite, but I also liked Waterworld quite a bit . . . you know, the total flop with Kevin Costner? :D Yeah, that one.

[pagerbear]

1. Philadelphia

Schindler's List

[Modem Butterfly]

Almost got beaten after Schindler's List

I saw Schindler's List with a friend of mine who had a real sick sense of humor. As we're walking out, in a loud voice he said, "Wouldn't it be awful if something like that really happened?" Of course, we got challenged, and my friend announced he was Jewish (which was true) and was about to prove it when management threw him out (I blended in with the crowd, too mortified to let people think I knew him).

[Logansquare]

182. You know, I always refused to see Schindler's List

because:
1. It's by Steven Spielberg, and I hated every other saccharine, manipulative, baseball-bat-upside-the-head thing he's ever done.
2. I saw previews and people were speaking English with Hogan's Heros quality German accents. What the hell was that?

[Kire]

196. When I went to the Holocaust museum, this guy in our group....

...started laughing like Beavis & Butthead, saying things like "That was cool!" and shit like that. I was mortified, too.

[serryjw]

193. WOW! I thought.....

I was the only BUJew whom didn't like Scindler's List...are you Jewish? Why did you not like it?

[LisaLynne]

2. Titanic and The English Patient.

Ugh and double ugh.

[GRLMGC]

36. Second n/t

[lizzieforkerry]

171. Third

I was actually disappointed when Winslet's character didn't die.

[Dorian Gray]

192. I didn't HATE Titanic...

But I did hate English Patient! (Much like Elaine Bennis!)

I know it's not a movie, but I hate Mama Mia! on Broadway! My friends and family all loved it, but I thought it was ass!

[eoberhauser]

207. Titanic Definitely eom

[obreaslan]

3. I can name a few....

Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman come to mind first.


BTW, I loved the Lord of the Rings movies.

[Pacifist Patriot]

142. I despise Pretty Woman!

[serryjw]

194. LOVED BOTH!

they are chick flicks..why would you like them?

[trotsky]

4. The Wizard of Oz

Hate it.

[chelsea0011]

24. You're kidding. Right?

[trotsky]

38. Nope, not kidding.

Absolutely cannot stand to watch it. I don't like the story, I don't like the characters, I don't like ANYTHING about it!

[Neoma]

Its from a book series actually.

[trotsky]

80. Yes, I knew that.

Never read the book so I don't know how closely the movie follows it, but I don't like the story as portrayed in the movie.

[Neoma]

87. Books are always better

[Neoma]

62. dupe

[Liberalynn]

113. I didn't

care for that one either. Those damn monkeys that ripped apart the scarecrow terrified me as a little kid. I sitll won't watch it.

[Guy Fawkes]

152. I wouldn't say hate...

I just really don't like it.

[lizzieforkerry]

170. The all time worst movie. n/t

[legally blonde]

203. I cannot stand

the Wizard of Oz.

[Bertha Venation]

5. There's Something About Mary - n/t

[Gryffindor_Bookworm]

10. Thank you!

I went to see it with four friends and I sat there disgusted and annoyed the whole time. They all thought it was the funniest thing they'd ever seen. I was all, :wtf:

[Bertha Venation]

20. Mrs. V. and my sister (my movie barometers) loved it.

Go figure. :shrug:

[Rambis]

29. Nothing good about Mary

I don't think she is cute and I didn't like anyone in that movie. I want that hour and whatever back!

[gollygee]

84. I didn't like that one either.

I watched it excited to see it because of the buzz, but I was sadly disappointed.

[Zuni]

120. I LOVE Something About Mary

and most of Ben Stiller's movies

[alarimer]

123. me too

I hated it- it was just gross.

[Pacifist Patriot]

139. Hated it.

[Rambis]

6. Pulp Fiction

Hated it!

[Cadence]

15. Me too. Pulp Fiction.

[KurtNYC]

32. Yes - Pulp Fiction and every other Tarantino movie

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

43. WHAT??!?! Have you seen True Romance?

FABULOUS!!
He wrote that but did not produce or direct it. He sold the rights to fund Reservoir Dogs.

[FellowAmerican]

135. Reservior Dogs

forgot about that little bit of trash. Sucked!

[FellowAmerican]

132. Me three.

Movie sucked. Didn't get it and don't want to!

[joeybee12]

19. Yopu ain't alone--really a piece of crap...no wonder what's his name is

dating Sofia Coppola--no talent birds of a feather stick together!

[chelsea0011]

22. Most overrated movie ever

[blondeatlast]

I thought I was lost and alone!

Doomed to the weird "who are YOU?" stares and the wrong cafeteria table!

It was even discussed ad nauseaum in my graduate Shakespeare class.

[Rambis]

44. I got in a verbal altercation

with one film student and a bunch of koolaide drinkers that thought that movie was the schite! I feel vindicated also, whew!

[chookie]

You are not alone

Both myself and my SO thought it was appalling.

Did like the line "I'm going to go medieval on your ass!" though....

[faithnotgreed]

110. cant believe i even watched it! definitely hated it too

[ScreamingMeemie]

161. I'm on that. I have never been able to sit through it.

:hi:

[Texasgal]

7. The crying game....

UGGGGGGG!

[Coventina]

18. YES YES YES!

That one is an even better example than the ones in my post!

Good Lord! I was disappointed in that movie!
Everyone went on & on about the "big surprise".
I was waiting for some wonderful, mind-bending experience...wow!
What a letdown!!!!

[Coventina]

8. Heat & War of the Roses

I walked out on both, but everyone else I know seemed to like them

:puke:

on edit: have to add "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"
Saw it as a kid....gave me horrible nightmares and to this day I can't stand to watch it at all.

[trotsky]

45. Ooh, I will have to second you on Willy Wonka.

Same thing - the image of the girl ballooning up into a big blueberry, and of the boy getting sucked up the pipe from the chocolate river. Both were extremely scary for me as a child and I can't watch the movie to this day.

[Wapsie B]

157. Yes, War of the Roses.

That has got to be the all time dud for me.

[joeybee12]

9. Field of Dreams, The Hours, Harry Potters I & II....

...the list goes on and on!

[Zuni]

129. Field of Dreams is one of my all time faves

I really love that one.

[Logansquare]

179. Field of Dreams made me laugh out loud

during all the scenes where I was supposed to be in tearful awe...

[arwalden]

11. Matrix

[da_chimperor]

21. I'll agree to that. Too much hype always turns me off. n/t

[fudge stripe cookays]

48. Agreed.

I didn't get it. I hate mind fuck movies.

FSC

[SemiCharmedQuark]

56. Agreed. The special effects were cool, until they became used

in EVERYTHING from cartoons to toilet commercials. I never ever want to see anyone jump up in the air and hang ever again.

[Zuni]

No argument here. Boring ass crap with Keanu

I hate Keanu, really hate him.

[skygazer]

217. Absolutely agree with The Matrix

As well as Pulp Fiction. And Kill Bill. Tarantino is a hack, IMO.

[Nikepallas]

12. Meet the Parents

[DrZeeLit]

169. Yep... couldn't watch the whole thing. Turned it off. How boring.

[quiet.american]

13. Alright, I will now commit heresy....

The entire The Godfather series.

Have never been able to get through the first one, nor any of the others.

[GRLMGC]

40. I've never seen them

I'm a movie buff and I've never had a desire to watch the Godfather series in spite of the fact that people express shock at that all the time.

[quiet.american]

47. Thank you

Now I know there's at least one other "Godfather-less" person on the planet, too! :)

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

153. I am also Godfatherless.

Loved Goodfellas and a fairly avid Sopranos fan, but no desire to see the Godfathers. Maybe due to my age, and my only Brando association is that dreaded Island of Dr. Moreau crap he did. <<Shiver>>

[Zuni]

131. You are not missing much

I love Mafia films and I found the Godfather to be dreadfully boring

[Done]

96. I've never seen'um either.

And I don't really care to. I see nothing glamorous or entertaining about organized crime.

[Zuni]

121. I couldn't sit through the Godfather either and I love Mafia flicks

The Godfather was interminably boring

[Pacifist Patriot]

140. Never seen them.

[quiet.american]

158. Heretics Unite! :)

Wow, I have never seen this many people in one place who are not absolute Godfather fanatics.

Most people have to be brought 'round with smelling salts when I mention I'm voluntarily "Godfather-less."

[Mr. Blonde]

175. Indeed that is heresy

Although I am not a big fan of the third one. Okay, I'm not a fan of Sophia Coppola's "acting" or the relationship she carries on with her cousin in the movie.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

197. I've never seen them, but I have no desire to see them.

[Beaverhausen]

14. Moulin Rouge

Hated the music so couldn't enjoy the cool visuals.

Did I mention I hated the music?

[gollygee]

85. I wish they would have had original music

But I can't hate any movie with Ewan McGregor. Especially when he looks as yummy as he does in that one.

[Beaverhausen]

97. Did you see Pillow Book?

you see lots and lots of Ewan!

[gollygee]

172. It's on my Netflix queue

:D

[tigereye]

212. it was visually beautiful

but it went on and on and on and on....

[Logansquare]

181. Well, I hated the fast cutting--thought I was going to have seizures

Who could see the visuals? It was like an MTV video with Tourette's syndrome.

[On the Road]

211. Oh, Yes -- Moulin Rouge!

I cannot understand why it was so highly regarded.

The dialogue was uninspired. The plot was melodramatic. The modern pop just didn't fit at all with the Paris of 100 years ago -- it was a really silly combination. It was one case in which the right soundtrack might have rescued the movie.

It was quite good visually, but that's true of a lot of bad movies.

[chelsea0011]

16. "Sleepless in Seattle" and the other Nora Ephron crap

Trilogy was great film making

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

17. The Fight Club

SO WHAT THAT IT WAS HIM THE WHOLE TIME?!?? Sorry for yelling and thank you for letting me vent.

[da_chimperor]

26. Just me just say: WTF?

I understand, it's definately the kind of movies that some people won't like. I'm not one of them however! :)

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

35. I dunno... just not my kinda movie.

If I wanted to watch people beating the piss out of each other (or themselves??) I would have stayed married.

[frictionlessO]

92. gotta 2nd this, but only because everyone talked about the twist at the

end... So I watched the entire lame ass thing and I knew by the middle of it what was going on. Not only that I thought it was sooo obvious that I thought everyone else watching it knew it as well so near the end I say aloud "boy they're gonna have to do some serious backtracking in order to prove that that it wasnt all just in his mind". Two guys who had seen it got so pissed at me for "giving it away"...blah

[Zuni]

134. The 'twist' was no shock to me either

Just like 'The Sixth Sense'---I saw it a mile away

[frictionlessO]

156. ditto: isnt crazy how they hype these twists that aren't really. I mean

writers purposely lay out foreshadowing so you can think big on yourself when youre proven right, or think the script was well written because you didn't!!..and I am in no way any kind of intellectual, in fact I am one of the dorkiest people I know. Yet people way smarter and more with it than me fall for this kinda crap. go figure.

[KurtNYC]

23. I'll second your LOTR

Those movies took themselves way too seriously. There was some humor in the books but not in Peter Jackson's version. They face 10 orcs, 100 orcs, 1000 orcs and always get through -- boringly predictable and repetitive.

On the flip side I saw and loved "Ray" and now read the reviews which seem to dismiss it.

[motely36]

25. I am putting on my Flame retardant clothing...

Forest Gump.

I thought it was so incredibly contrived. Oh look, he's meeting Nixon...

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Red State Blues]

Actually it was great when they called it Zelig...

[SmokingJacket]

73. I thought Forrest Gump reeked too.

the whole box of chocolates thing, the floating feather thing, the Dumb Guy as Innocent Hero thing...

:puke:

[Lizzie Borden]

103. Oh no! I loved it.

[elehhhhna]

109. STUNK OUT LOUD! Nauseatingly manipulative.

[Zuni]

136. I guess I am easily manipulated

Because I thought it was great

[elehhhhna]

206. hey so did 99% of the planet, I'm just a fussbudget.

[democracy eh]

27. Titanic

just didn't get the plot or the point

or the hype

[motely36]

33. I have to agree with that one also!

[chookie]

63. Was Titanic STOOPID or what?

I was slackjaw with amazement at how absolutely horrendous it was.

The characters were laughably contrived -- the designer of the boat saying, "Little Kate, I am so sorry I didn't build a better boat for you...." The scene where the rich young aristocrat has the time of her life among the salt-o' the earth peasants, who are also uplifted by her presence. And the know-it-all Leonardo DiCaprio character, a boring little artist who was supposedly expert in everything from sex to what to do when the ocean line you are on begins to sink....

The song at the end is good though

[maveric]

174. What a sappy POS that one was.

Rivaled only by The Poseidan Adventure.

[saracat]

28. 2001 A Space Odyssey

Hal , the computer. The dullest movie of all time! People say it is "loaded with symbolism" Phooey. There was nothing there and the joke is on them. The director even said so, and still, thry raved and continue to!

[chelsea0011]

49. That's on my greatest list. Nothing dull at all.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

52. Yes!

I once asked my teacher what it meant, and he said something and so I said ok. But the second I turned around I thought "Wait a minute...that doesn't make any sense.."

[fudge stripe cookays]

55. Amen, sister!

I rented it a few years ago to see what all the hype was about, and I think spent about half of it fast forwarding through the long shots of space!! Get to the point already!

Jesus Christ on a popsicle stick that movie DRAGGED!!!!

Hated it.
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[edbermac]

59. The director even said so? What exactly did he say?

I've read a few books on Kubrick; he has stated in effect that his films are up to the audience's interpretations...I've never seen a quote by him that the film had nothing there...

[saracat]

95. No. He said, it was a pastiche of junk and he was amazed by how

many people read things into it. I'll look for the exact quote. I did a report on it some years ago. I remember how delighted I was because it comfirmed my suspicions that it was hyped.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

65. People will always say "I love that movie!" but if you ask them "what is

the meaning" many many times they have no freaking idea what to say.

[chookie]

89. Kinda like dreams?

Dreams can be fun, can be wildly imaginative, and seem meaningful, but still be hard to explain to someone else, or to say what it "meant", yes?

Its called "multivalency."

Then again, I am an artist, background in paleontology, and know how to read the language of images, in which Kubrick was one of the Great Masters, and the sort of ideas he was referencing.

Not all art is easily accessible. Some requires careful study. Not all film artists spoonfeed their audiences, or have a point that they wish to hammer in. Some films demand more from their audience to be understtod

I could talk for hours about why 2001 is a breathtaking masterpiece of film art....

[Red State Blues]

71. We're all entilted to our own opinions...

But in my opinion 2001 is the best Sci-Fi movie ever and one of the greatest films ever period. I understand why some don't like it but please don't make fun of people who understand the symbolism. Even if Kubrick did say something along those lines I can't imagine that Arthur C. Clarke would agree.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Some people get the symbolism and some people just pretend they do

Emperor's new clothes syndrome. It's those people that annoy the hell out of me.

[Lizzie Borden]

106. Yes!

And I hated the music tpp!

[Kellanved]

138. I agree

It seems to be a deeply symbolic movie, but reading the book made it painfully obvious that it isn't. It has it's moments, but still it is my least favourite Kubrick (and that includes "Eyes Wide Shut").

[Pacifist Patriot]

144. I've never been able to finish it. Yawn!

[sans qualia]

195. Right on

God I hated that movie. I can not listen to Blue Danube now. Ever.

[mac56]

30. Barton Fink

Completely creeped me out. Everyone else I know was wetting their pants over it.

[tigereye]

213. me too!

my husband loves all their movies and I run away screaming.


and I didn't like Memento, either, despite all the critical acclaim. Clever idea, but it just left me with a headache.

[buddhamama]

31. The Piano

even Harvey Keitel, whom I adore and think is brilliant, could not make me like this movie.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

201. Another Piano hater here!

:hi:

[Modem Butterfly]

34. Moulin Rouge

What a piece of overproduced crap.

[Amy6627]

37. Farris Bueller's Day Off

Uuugh!

[Red State Blues]

102. Save Ferris!

The best rainy day, TBS can run it all they want movie ever!

[mac56]

39. Also "The Sound Of Music"

nm

[Zuni]

137. Now you are talking

:puke:

[chookie]

41. Dances With Wolves

I thought it was stupid. Shallow characters. Another example of telling Injun tale with White Man characters.

[da_chimperor]

60. That's too bad, I loved it

I've watched it I don't know how many times, and it still moves me. I've always been upset about how poorly the US government has treated native americans and that movie always bring it out in me. I'm not a big enough movie buff to argue it's merits, but you're entitled to your opinion. :)

[chookie]

69. My point

I also am aware of the crimes against Native Americans -- which has nothing to do with why I didn't like this movie.

I objected to the stereotypes -- all whites but Costner are psychotic killers; all Indians are pure Noble Savages, but still, not noble enough to have a story of their own, but must have a white man and a white woman, albeit raised by NAs, as the main characters. I guess what bugs me about movies about "natives" that MUST have white characters to tell their stories is that it continues their marginalization in our society; can't even have a movie or a story about Native Americans without the white man pissing all over it to mark it as his territory.

(It's a pet peeve, as you see.)

I know I am in the minority. I know of one other person who hated it.

I even hated the Lion King (cartoon)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

202. You know what bugged me about Dances with Wolves?

I kept wondering how Stands-with-a-Fist managed to use a blow dryer in her tepee in the nineteenth century.

Couldn't they at least have given her a historically accurate hairstyle? This would not have been difficult for Hollywood.

[tigereye]

215. never understood why Dances With Wolves was

such a big deal. Much prefer Smoke Signals from the stories by Sherman Alexie about real life contemporary American Indian life. Great movie.

[skygazer]

218. I agree with everything you said

They are all the things that annoyed the snot out of me about Dances With Wolves. (and I hate The Lion King too)

[slestak]

42. SEVEN

Holy shit that movie sucks. LCD serial killer pap. Gimmicky crime scenes and Gwinnie's head in a box do not automatically make a good movie.

Edit: It drives me up the wall when I see it written out as "SE7EN." Seriously. It's a HUGE pet peeve.

[MaryH]

66. I really didn't like it either - too dark.

[crispini]

46. Forrest Gump.

Everyone else I know LOVED it.

hated it
hated it
hated it
with a passion.

[slestak]

51. "run, forrest, run!"

I despise that movie.

[Politicub]

75. I hate that movie too

I started avoiding all Tom Hanks movies after that because of all the hype.

I can't stand him.

[bettyellen]

93. Hated it bigtime, too. That girl Jen got AIDS because she didn't ...

settle down and marry the retard? Fuck that and the popcorn they served with it!!

[Phentex]

220. Am I the only person who has never seen this?

And I don't think I'd like it anyway.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

50. Spiderman 1 and 2

Kirsten Dunst's falsetto voice irritates the hell out of me. Not to mention the second sounded like the script wasn't even proofread.

Doc Ock to Peter Parker: Intelligence is not a gift, it's a privilege.

later in the movie:
Doc Ock to Peter Parker: Intelligence is a gift!

[MaryH]

64. Me, too. I didn't like either one of them very much.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

72. Everytime I say I didn't like it, I get horrified looks aimed at me

I just don't get what the big deal is. Thanks for the vindication!

[da_chimperor]

70. I wasn't excited about either.

I liked two better than one, but neither were that good. But again, i'm not exactly the most picky movie watcher.

[GingerSnaps]

53. Alien

:shrug:

[Jessica]

54. Eyes Wide Shut

Creeped me out ... :scared:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

107. Yeah, that movie was CRAP

[Pacifist Patriot]

145. Add me to the list of non-fans of that one.

[Debbi801]

210. I kept waiting for "something" to happen. I thought it was very boring.

[Phentex]

219. I don't think this one counts. I haven't heard anyone say

they even liked it, much less love it.

Ick.

[the Princess]

57. Dirty Dancing

What the F*CK?? I still don't get it.

[sir_captain]

58. American Beauty

a big bunch of crap

[SmokingJacket]

74. YES! n/t

[flamingyouth]

61. Wings of Desire

I fell asleep.

[tigereye]

216. oh I loved that!

I have seen it more than once. It is a bit slow, but worth it.

[MaryH]

67. Speilbergs's AI - I hated it. Walked out.

[McKenzie]

68. Silence of the Lambs and the bloody other one

The main character (and hero dare I say, albeit sotto voce) kills people and then eats them. WTF? The sequel to Silence was laughably formulaic and full of silly set pieces. "Guts in or out?" Ooooh....isn't it sooo gory? sigh.

I'd better have another Valium after that.

[Politicub]

76. Harry Potter

I've never been able to make it through any of the Harry Potter movies without falling asleep.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

83. Oooh yes.

I'm with you there.

[Amaya]

77. The Matrix

all of them.

[Zuni]

127. Hated it, all three of them

the first one was ok the first time, but after i realized what was going on it went downhill. Now I hate the series with a passion

[nytemare]

78. Bridges of Madison County

I just never got it, couldn't finish watching it.

Also Cold Mountain, even though I liked most of the cast.

[donheld]

79. 2001 A space odyssey

It left me feeling like :shrug:
also I hated that with a passion

[mitchum]

184. I also hate that lava lamp of a movie

[gollygee]

81. E.T.

I was in jr. high I think when it came out. Maybe I was younger than that even. I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now.

[saracat]

98. Careful. I have a family member that got an award for that one!

And how can you not like ET?;-)

[gollygee]

117. Ooooh what kind of award?

I don't know. Someone once told me that it shows I have no soul. LOL

[saracat]

119. Oscar. For Sound. Maybe you don't like little kids on broomstcks?

[RUDUing2]

82. Gone with the Wind.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

86. Return of the Jedi

People usually say all three of the original Star Wars movies were brilliant, but I HATE this one. I can't take teddy bears seriously.

[Red State Blues]

100. I love the movie but

One thing to remember about all the star wars movies (particularly the new ones) is that no matter what, it all ends in ewoks.

[Red State Blues]

88. The Princess Bride

I know, I know ...heresy and all of that. Even I don't understand why I don't like this movie. I like everyone involved with the movie, I love the genre. It just left me a little cold and didn't nearly live up to the high expectations I had for it.

[RUDUing2]

90. that is heresy...you should be burned at the stake...

how can you not love a movie in which Billy Crystal says "have fun storming the castle"?????

[Red State Blues]

99. I think it's more fair to say ...

that I was let down by how much it had been built up for me. As a huge fan of fantasy I had great expectations even before eveyone started telling me I HAD to see it. I don't hate it by any means and I do get some laughs out of it. It's just a lot of the jokes don't quite work for me...It may be that I'm too familiar with the material and influences. When I saw the topic this seemed like the obvious film for me.

[RUDUing2]

104. fair enough...I saw it when it first came out on video...

before it became a cult classic...so had no expectations about it..

My son and his wife actually used the theme as their first dance at their wedding... "Storybook Story/Love"...

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

91. <<<<GASP>>>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am shocked. :wtf: :wow:

[ydya]

94. How can you not wuv, twuly wuv that movie?

[redsoxliberal]

101. Pirates of the Carribean came to mind first, but also

Lord of the rings and star wars.

[Zuni]

146. Pirates of the Carribean was shitty

but I don't understand---you hate Star Wars?/?????????????????????

[dubyaD40web]

105. The Breakfast Club

Fuggin' hate it.

[Lizzie Borden]

108. Any frickin' movie

Ahnold's ever been in.

[faithnotgreed]

111. truly... no matter what they were "rated", they were over rated!

[Liberalynn]

112. Okay

shoot me now Star Wars. I fell asleep in the first one and never went to see any of the sequels.

I don't know why? I love science fiction just not that movie.

[Jean Louise Finch]

164. Hooorah!

I also detest the Star Wars trilogy and the new ones. Though I guess to be fair I've only seen the first of the new ones, though have suffered immensely through several viewings of the originals.

It drives me insane when people drone on about them, which is a habit of ALL my friends, who are usually rational and reasonable folk that turn completely incapable of normal criticism whenever the subject is brought up, particularly when they were re-released. I really WANT to be in the cult that adores them, but I just can't see anything good about them at all: really bad acting, really bad writing, special effects that look like a four year old did them up (and yes I KNOW they were WAY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME, but that doesn't mean they look anything but silly), and just the most predictable and silly story of all time.

*Sigh. I suppose they aren't going anywhere.

[faithnotgreed]

114. most any movie made from about 1971 onward

im just not into the commercial stuff at all. no point in listing them because its most all movies from the past 30 yrs. all the incredible violence that started at that point may be the reason for the time warp. but i find most things to be either manipulative or contrived. and of course incredibly cliched.

one recent movie i loved was babe. from 1995. i was shocked it did so well but it is a fantastic movie.

i love old movies and offbeat recent ones like the castle or clockwatchers.

[ceile]

115. Forrest Gump!!!!

Tom Hanks has yet to redeem himself in my eyes.:puke:

[October]

126. Agree!

My mom cried over this movie...I was like...WTF?

[TheCentepedeShoes]

208. Me agree, too !

Thought that was one of the most tedious movies I ever sat through.

[LDS Jock]

116. Saving Private Ryan

I had to force myself to watch it.

[JimmyJazz]

118. American Beauty and the English Patient

[Zuni]

125. Loved American Beauty, but the English Patient is crap

Nevermind that in real life, Count Laszlo or whatever was a willing Nazi spy (unlike in the movie), and pro-Nazi in his political sympathies even before the war

[JimmyJazz]

149. I have daughters, so the subject matter of American Beauty

bothered me.

[Zuni]

122. Two words: Apocalypse Now

Self indulgent piece of tripe, and a butchering of Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness"

[Jean Louise Finch]

159. I totally agree

The first half was overly realistic for me (I can't handle watching people be destroyed by war) and then the brutal reality of it was absolutely cheapened by the nonsensical ridiculous stupid second half.

I really really couldn't agree more. I was appalled by the whole thing.

[October]

124. Forest Gump

[Magrittes Pipe]

128. dolo amber's "crush" video.

That poor rabbit. :cry:

[MissMillie]

130. Pulp Fiction

Just couldn't get into it.

[OhioChick]

143. I didn't like that one either....n/t

[Feathered Fish]

133. E.T.

Manipulative piece of fluff. Blech.
Lost in Translation was like the air - nothing to it - booooooooooorrrrrrrring sidney!

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

148. Totally with you on Lost in Translation

I am a HUGE Bill Murray fan, too. It was built up so damn much and I was just really really REALLY disappointed. Did nothing for me.

[Pacifist Patriot]

141. The Terminator and T2. Never bothered with the 3rd.

[Shadowen]

147. Spider-Man.

Though I adored the sequel and wanted to fellate Sam Raimi almost half an hour before the end credits rolled.

And Titanic. What was the Academy THINKING?!?

[ecstatic]

150. Matrix, XMen, LOTR, Silence of the Lambs, White Chix, A Beautiful Mind nt

[Endangered Specie]

151. Pearl Harbor, Titanic, Armageddon.

[gollygee]

173. Did people like Pearl Harbor?

I don't know anyone who liked that one.

But yeah, all three of those are boring at best.

[Endangered Specie]

187. Pearl Harbor isnt just boring its shitty and disrespectful

I know a few who liked it, Ive read them the riot act on it (or at least wanted to :grr:)

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

154. ANYTHING with Kevin Costner.

I cannot STOMACH that man.

[lizzieforkerry]

177. Tin Cup was awful!!!! I know people that liked that movie.

[jonnyblitz]

155. austin powers. bleh. n/t

[indigobusiness]

160. Star Wars

Cowboys and Indians in drag.

[Endangered Specie]

188. Amen and seconded

All 6.

[livinginphotographs]

162. Being John Malkovich...

blech.

Pretentious tripe. I hated that movie.

[jbane]

191. That was one of those movies...

That was one of those movies that people would pretend to like so they could impress someone. A couple of the other movies mentioned here are like that IMHO.

[indigobusiness]

199. What about those of us that aren't pretending?

That movie was remarkable, risky, fresh and amazingly worked for many sincere people. That movie truly broke new ground, while most just follow the tired path, ripping off what they can.

I thought this was one of the best of the year. Hardly pretentious.

[ScreamingMeemie]

163. Kill Bill. I like Uma Thurman but those movies are plain stupid and

convoluted. :hi:

[Mojambo]

165. Shrek and Team America

I barely made it through both of them.

Hacky, Just pure hacky.

[VTdem]

166. Old School

Everyone college student is supposed to love that movie but it didnt do it for me.

[Left Is Write]

167. The Princess Bride.

So sue me.

[Left Is Write]

168. Oh - and Moulin Rouge. Could barely get through it.

[Mr. Blonde]

176. Super Troopers

Terrible terrible movie. Not funny at all.

[Rob H.]

178. Jacob's Ladder

I have a friend who loves that movie, but the ending ruined it for me. ("It was all a hallucination/dream! What a shock!" Or not.)

And Shawshank Redemption. This same friend absolutely loves that movie, too, and I have to admit I liked it, but it's not one of those I could watch over and over again.

Hero is another one. A friend I went with raved about it for days, but it failed "the wristwatch test"--I must've looked at my watch a half-dozen times wondering, "How much longer am I gonna have to sit here?"

[mitchum]

180. Blue Velvet, Rushmore, almost all "big budget blockbusters"

[mirandapriestly]

183. Good Will Hunting and Shakespeare In Love - horrible

a bunch of no talents getting hyped for their looks. Good Will Hunting was so corny and unbelievable that it made me angry. Gwyneth Paltrow was laughable in Shakespeare In Love, what frauds!

[NNadir]

185. Titanic. No one seemed to have heard of the heat capacity of water.

I can't believe that asshole Cameron made a big deal about how "accurate and realistic" the movie was. It was complete nonsense. For the record Winslet, even with all that blubber, would have died from hypothermia in the first two or three minutes of sloshing around under the deck with her boyfriend.

[Endangered Specie]

189. Apparently, water that flooded the ship...

bothered to pass through the heating system on its way
;)

[u4ic]

186. Gosford Park

what a waste of talent.

[lizzieforkerry]

190. A Fish Called Wanda

I hated this movie.

[sans qualia]

198. Mallrats

Stupidest movie ever. That scene with the three-nippled psychic had everyone else in the room in stitches as I just kinda sat there looking at the screen sideways.

[ChoralScholar]

200. All three Matrix movies... EOM

[Lydia Leftcoast]

204. Punch Drunk Love, for reasons I have discussed at length in the past,

plus, even though I remember the folk song era, I found A Mighty Wind to be far less funny than either Best in Show or Waiting for Guffman, both of which I thought were absolutely hilarious.

In fact, I saw it with a group of people who were my age or older, and we ALL thought A Mighty Win wasn't very funny. It wasn't offensive, just not funny.

[da_chimperor]

205. Kick. I'm trying to get to 300 replies for the sake of my ego.

:smoke:

[Debbi801]

209. Titanic and the Star Wars movies.

[RUDUing2]

214. couple more besides GWTW: It's a Wonderful Life and

Casablanca...

of newer movies...Harry Potter III, and Mystic River...