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[Rdnzl]

The title says it all: are there any movies you hate that everyone else loves? If so, this is your thread.

Mine is Pretty In Pink. I think it sucks, and I can't stand the character of Andie. Duckie is amusing at first, but his stalker antics wear thin. The only good thing about it is James Spader playing a rich douchebag.

[hardy har]

Grease and Dirty Dancing.

I swear to god, every sleepover I went to as a kid my friends wanted to watch those movies. I didn't like them to begin with and my hate grew with every subsequent viewing. I even get twitchy when I hear music from those movies.

[Rdnzl]

Dirty Dancing has a great soundtrack, but the movie blows. It's incredibly boring.

[Craphole Island]

I realized not that long ago that I have more of these than I thought. However, most of them I don't actually outright hate, I just don't see the big fuss.

The two major ones that I don't get the big fuss about are Titanic and Lord of the Rings. Kate Winslet is a great actress, but not in Titanic IMO. I just find all the dialogue to be so clunky and her delivery to be very off in that film. And to be honest, I just found the Lord of the Rings trilogy to be incredibly boring. But all my friends act like I'm a crazy person for even daring to think this!

However, one movie I just straight up hate is Cast Away. I don't know why, because I love Tom Hanks, but it's SO BORING. I do not understand what's so great about it. Everybody's like "It's such great acting because he barely ever speaks and yet you really feel his pain and blah blah blah". I just, I don't know why, but I hate it.

And again, not going to say I outright hate them, but Star Wars never did much for me either. Surprisingly, I never really watched them as a kid for some reason, and as I got older I just never had the desire to watch them.

As for more recent movies, I'll say Captain America. I wouldn't say it's universally loved, but it got good reviews. I thought it was awful though. And I LOVE Avengers and him in it so it isn't the character, but the movie itself just doesn't do it for me. I swear by the end when he was just easily knocking down Red Skull's goons, I felt like I was watching an Austin Powers movie.

[ribboninthesky1]

Iron Man - thought it dragged the first 30 minutes or so, and ultimately, I didn't really care if Tony Stark saved the day. I know that the snarky bad-ass is an appreciated trope, and that Tony Stark is the "anti-angst" of characters like Bruce Wayne, but the character type has never appealed to me. Give me a Steve Rogers any day of the week, and twice on Sunday, though Captain America the movie was pretty crappy (not to mention that I didn't care for Peggy, the love interest).

The Harry Potter films always bore me to tears. I've never been able to watch one in its entirety.

I don't hate them, but I've always been underwhelmed by pretty much any John Hughes film. His films didn't define anything for me, though I am part of the generation that supposedly came of age and were heavily influenced by his films.

Napoleon Dynamite and The Help can be added to the list as well.

[lastdaughterfk]

Oh I'm probably the only one in the whole world that didn't liked (hate is a strong word for this movie)
Who framed Roger Rabbit.
I didn't laughed at the jokes, I felt that Jessica Rabbit was in the wrong movie, she should had been on adult animation movie, that the toons looking so silly around the humans didn't sold me (and I liked Mery Poppins so it was mostly about the setting not the concept) Roger was not funny, the detective was just unbelievable and all the love I have for Christopher Lloyd doesn't save his villain: lame overused premise and he tried to chew the scenery but CGI is like diet soda, taste like nothing it didn't worked. It just didn't worked for me on any level.It might be that I had too high expectations but still just no. I know Santa won't give me presents for Christmas, still I don't like it...

Van Helsing: Not sure how much loved this movie is but I seem to be the only person I know that didn't liked it. I love the actors on other roles but in this movie my beautiful Kate Beckinsale fake rumanian/russian/german/Ihaveacold accent just makes me cringe. Never seen worst Dracula or Frankestein or wolfsman the plot was just dumb and Hugh Jackman had really not a lot to do so save it. The editing and pacing also were annoying and the ending a travesty. This one I can say I hate with a fire of two thousand suns.

Edited by lastdaughterfk, Jun 8, 2012 @ 4:23 AM.

[humuhumu]

Practically everyone I've ever met is shocked by this, but I hated the Tarantino movies I've seen (Pulp Fiction and both Kill Bills). Apparently I'm missing something important. I'm not opposed to violent films on principle, but these are just straight up revolting and unnecessary. Perhaps they're good if you are a huge fan of the spaghetti westerns he's supposed to be referencing, but most people (who I know IRL) don't seem to know those films either, and I get the impression they like Tarantino because it's cool to.

Edited by humuhumu, Jun 8, 2012 @ 7:05 AM.

[FoolishWanderer]

I've seen more Tarantino than you... still hate his stuff. Hate his acting, too. I just don't like Tarantino in any shape, form, or project. Except music. He makes decent soundtracks.

[Corporal Agarn]

and I get the impression they like Tarantino because it's cool to.

Wordy McWord to this. I've never gotten the appeal, either. Depicting violence just because you can is lazy, imho.

Edited by Corporal Agarn, Jun 8, 2012 @ 9:20 AM.

[Bruinsfan]

I've seen more Tarantino than you... still hate his stuff. Hate his acting, too.

I tend to mostly enjoy the movies he directs, but the man should be legally barred from acting. He is HORRIBLE. The only entertaining performance he's ever given was his rant about Top Gun in the indie movie Sleep with Me, and I don't get the impression that any acting is actually involved in that scene.

[Nutjob]

2001: A Space Odyssey. The most boring, convoluted, overrated movie of all time.

[IseutLaBrune]

Rudy. Oh my God, Rudy. I even know the "Iseut Hates Rudy" shocked reaction face, because every person who hears about my Rudy hate makes that face. "But...but...he achieved his dream!"

We watched it in high school as an example of how to pursue your goals. Um, by whining about them? Not by getting good grades, not by buckling down and actually doing the less pleasant things that will get you closer to your goal, but by whining and being plucky. So goddamn plucky. And yeah, so he got to play in a Notre Dame game. Great dream. Then what? It's not like he was going to the NFL or anything. Shut up Rudy.

[Princess Aldrea]

Oh I'm probably the only one in the whole world that didn't liked (hate is a strong word for this movie)
Who framed Roger Rabbit.

Oh, I couldn't stand it either. It's a really cool concept but it just didn't work for me and I found it rather dull.

Sixteen Candles. For me, the entire movie was either incredibly annoying or rife with Unfortunate Implications.

The Dark Knight. I'd say it was more 'mild dislike' than outright hatred but given that it's The Dark Knight I still think it qualifies. Some of the last forty-five minutes was cool but the set-up just took too long and I had lost interest by the time that things started happening. Harvey just came across as an absolute idiot for deciding not to hold the Joker responsibile for murdering his girlfriend but Batman and Gordon who tried to save her. I mean, sure, kill the mob bosses and the corrupt cops but Batman and Gordon instead of the Joker? Yes, the Joker's a mad dog but most people would assume that, if they're going to go around killing people, they should put him down. And even if Batman doesn't want to kill people, he still should have run the Joker over and hospitalized him. His code led to the deaths of a lot of people so I can't respect him for his putting his own desire to stay morally pure over his desire to save lives.

Then, given that Rachel expressed nothing but annoyance and mild dsilke for him the entire movie, I don't understand why Bruce ever thought she was going to leave Harvey for him. Nor do I understand why Alfred was planning on giving Bruce her "I'm leaving you" letter after her death. Even if Bruce hadn't thought she was leaving Harvey for him, why rub salt in the wound when it doesn't matter? And how in the world does the Joker manage to get a working cell phone with non-dead batteries as well as working explosives sown inside of a guy and nobody notices? And they still work? And the clown hostages? Their mouths are taped shut but the guns don't appear to be wired to their hands so why don't they put them down or shoot the doctor clowns or something besides standing there and waiting for a sniper to take them out? And why was Gordon's death faked? And why did everyone act like everyone that Harvey ever prosecuted would be released if it was discovered he went crazy and evil? And why did Batman have to take responsibility for all of the murders? Why couldn't they pin it on the Joker? The only one they probably couldn't pin on him was Harvey's but since he just fell from a great height that could have been an accident.

Edited by Princess Aldrea, Jun 8, 2012 @ 1:55 PM.

[Myndela]

I have many, but a one comes to mind: "Requiem for a Dream." First off, it has the worst version of Mozart's Requiem that I've ever heard in my life. The acting was bad, the entire storyline was implausible, and the shit with the fridge was like a bad Monty Python sketch. They were on heroin, and every time they shot up, their pupils enlarged. Well, I have been on every single narcotic or opiate pain killer there are, including morphine for seven years and fentanyl for five, so I know that your pupils CONSTRICT when you use it, not DILATE. Also, you mean to tell me that there's a heroin shortage in NYC, and the closest place in the country to get heroin was from Florida? You mean to tell me that you can get arrested there on suspicion of drug use, even if there's no paraphenalia in the car, and your buddy from the waiting room would go as well? You mean to tell me that they will send you to jail with a gigantic gangrenous wound on your arm, which is why you went to the hospital in the first place, and they only notice when it's too late? And when they saw your arm off, they do it while you're awake, presumably due to your addiction? You mean to tell me that you have no track marks and healthy looking veins all over, yet you're compelled to shoot up in the gangrenous wound anyway? Or that a few months of prescription diet pills at the very most will cause permanent psychosis that requires electroconvulsive therapy? Or that the only heroin that is left in or around NYC is available if you fuck a guy and participate in donkey shows? Seriously?

The people had no concept for how drugs work, how the law works, how hospitals work, and how mental health facilities work. As if they had no concept of a consultant and just threw everything at the wall to see what stuck. This movie was nothing more than "Reefer Madness" for the year 2000. My wife found it slightly offensive that the worst fate that Jennifer Connely could suffer was not addiction, but having to fuck a big black guy for her habit.

Edited by Myndela, Jun 8, 2012 @ 1:00 PM.

[Apathy]

Hugo. I honestly don't understand the appeal of this movie AT ALL, let alone how it won so many freakin' Oscars. Sure, it's visually appealing, but that's pretty much the only thing Hugo has going for it. The characters were annoying, the dialogue was extremely clunky, the robot was pointless, and what little plot there was just dragged on and on and ON. And no, I don't care that it was directed by Martin Scorsese, it's still dumb, boring crap! My brother and his friends actually did a podcast explaining the problems with the movie here.

I also agree with Princess Aldrea on The Dark Knight. Waaaaay overrated IMO, and that's coming from a Batman fangirl.

Edited by Apathy, Jun 8, 2012 @ 1:53 PM.

[Rdnzl]

ITA with Napoleon Dynamite and The Dark Knight. I fell asleep during both films.

[TudorQueen]

I do not get Napoleon Dynamite. I don't. And I've tried. But it's no good, I just don't understand why it's considered a good movie.

I wouldn't say that I hate Thelma and Louise, but I don't like it, and while the acting is good throughout - and Harvey Keitel works wonders with his character - I found it fake and boring. The only part I really enjoyed was when Thelma was country dancing at the bar before things went bad.

[ScarletRegina]

Apathy - I agree with you about Hugo. Nearly everyone I follow on Twitter was having orgasms for days about this film and I couldn't have been more bored. The story, its moral, and even the animation fell flat for me.

Here's the movie I hate that always gets the 'omfg' from people - Forest Gump. First of all, I can never see Tom Hanks in a role without forgetting I'm watching Tom Hanks and because of that I don't think he's a good actor. The concept of Forest being woven into every crucial moment in history that occurred during his life isn't interesting, it's boring and absurd. On top of that, it may have been the film's intention to humanize people with disabilities but all it did was provide fodder for society to laugh at them. Honestly, part of me felt that the cast/producers/etc... were making fun of people with the film and that's why the story was so over the top.

[GreekGeek]

I agree with the absurdities of Requiem for a Dream, although the parts with Ellen Burstyn partially redeemed it for me.

I don't dislike Casablanca, but I don't get why it's one of the most beloved and quoted films of all time. Maybe I'd seen too many excerpts before watching the whole thing and I was like the (apocryphal?) theatergoer who found Hamlet too full of quotes.

I never understood the appeal of Fight Club. I found the premise questionable and the twist ridiculous.

Lost in Translation wasn't horrible, but I found it really overrated. After all the hype, I expected more than a series of mildly amusing vignettes.

I'm sure I ranted about this at the "Movies We Really Hated" thread, but Moulin Rouge annoyed me no end. I wanted to scream, "Is it too much to see one lousy song or dance all the way through?" It also bugged me that the film wanted to be both an old-fashioned tragic love story and an ironic postmodern comment on old-fashioned tragic love stories.

[MaggieElizabeth]

TudorQueen, I will say I hate Thelma and Louise. I despise, loathe, and abominate that film. I think the two main characters are idiots, and the only character with anything resembling a brain cell or an ounce of integrity is Harvey Keitel's policeman. Why this film is held up as a seminal feminist document while the much better Fried Green Tomatoes is virtually ignored I will never understand. True strength lies far more in the creative than in the destructive; Thelma and Louise create nothing, while Idgie and Ruth create a community. Honestly, which is really more empowering for women?

American Beauty is another one I hate even though it's praised to the skies. For me, it's one of the foremost examples of the corrosively cynical "all-irony-all-the-time" outlook that's so heavily pervasive in our popular culture.

[lastdaughterfk]

I'm sure I ranted about this at the "Movies We Really Hated" thread, but Moulin Rouge annoyed me no end. I wanted to scream, "Is it too much to see one lousy song or dance all the way through?" It also bugged me that the film wanted to be both an old-fashioned tragic love story and an ironic postmodern comment on old-fashioned tragic love stories.

Heh cosign this I don't hate it but it was a movie that had potential every 5 minutes and ends up disappointing you every 10...I don't even think it was Nicole's Kidman best acting either, and the tragic ending was so pulled out of their butt that reminds me more of Nicolas Spark movie than any masterpiece...*lesigh*

[Jeebus Cripes]

Van Helsing: Not sure how much loved this movie is but I seem to be the only person I know that didn't liked it. I love the actors on other roles but in this movie my beautiful Kate Beckinsale fake rumanian/russian/german/Ihaveacold accent just makes me cringe. Never seen worst Dracula or Frankestein or wolfsman the plot was just dumb and Hugh Jackman had really not a lot to do so save it. The editing and pacing also were annoying and the ending a travesty. This one I can say I hate with a fire of two thousand suns.

I hated it as well. It's painfully corny and just plain stupid.

I can't say that I outright hate Batman Begins, but I will say that I find it over-hyped and completely bland. Ledger's Joker saved The Dark Knight from suffering the same fate as the first one, but I do find Nolan's take on on the Batman franchise terribly dull. Also? The fight scenes shot in those tight, frantic camera angles are horrible.

[magicdog]

I don't dislike Casablanca, but I don't get why it's one of the most beloved and quoted films of all time. Maybe I'd seen too many excerpts before watching the whole thing and I was like the (apocryphal?) theatergoer who found Hamlet too full of quotes.

I felt the same way after viewing "Citizen Kane". While it's a good film, it felt underwhelming due to it having been celebrated as one of Orson Welles' best works and the fact that the film's premise and film techniques have been copied numerous times since its release.

I think much of Casablanca's subsequent appeal was due to the chemistry of Bogart and Bergman. The film itself was meant to be a "B" picture (and originally had a different cast in mind) and therefore became a classic by accident.

Topic?

"Beetlejuice". I remember seeing it in theatres back in the day and it left a bad taste in my mouth. I guess I always found the film innately depressing because dead people looked so bad in the afterlife and it was as full of as much red tape as the earthly plane. I suppose it was Tim Burton's attempt to show irony, and dark humor but I didn't enjoy it none the less.

Same with "Death Becomes Her".

2001: A Space Odyssey. The most boring, convoluted, overrated movie of all time.

This. I'm glad I'm not the only one! This review pretty much summed up my thoughts!

Edited by magicdog, Jun 9, 2012 @ 8:29 AM.

[TudorQueen]

Whenever I tell someone I love 2012 and think 2001 is sterile and overrated, they look at me as if I grew a second head.

[ribboninthesky1]

I don't hate them, but I'm as underwhelmed by the Toy Story films as I am by Harry Potter. Never understood the hype about them.

Edited by ribboninthesky1, Jun 9, 2012 @ 10:41 AM.

[miashay]

I don't hate a lot of movies; I'm easy to please, and it's rare that I glean absolutely no enjoyment from something I watch. However, I can think of several movies I've disliked, or liked far less than the general public.

The Social Network is not a bad movie, but I found it boring as hell. It reminded me why I rarely watch critically acclaimed dramas (see: boring).

Terminator 1 and T2 did nothing for me. Edward Furlong annoys the heck out of me and sentient machines, much like aliens, don't scare me. I did enjoy Terminator 3, but that may be my love for Nick Stahl talking.

I've heard the sequel is much better, but I so disliked The Godfather, I can't make myself watch it. Also, Citizen Kane, easily the most overrated film in history.

I have a strange relationship with Breakfast at Tiffanys. I love Audrey Hepburn and I grew up watching the movie, so I get some enjoyment out of it, but its almost purely nostalgic. The movie itself is just...awkward. If I didn't have a history with it, I'm pretty sure I'd hate it.

The Avengers. I can't say I hated it, but I think it's incredibly overrated. I've seen it twice now (the second time was for Mother's Day, Mom's choice), and while the action was good, I was disappointed in the characterization and plot. It's one of those cases where the more I read lauding it, the more I dislike it.

[PhineasPoe]

The Avengers. I can't say I hated it, but I think it's incredibly overrated. I've seen it twice now (the second time was for Mother's Day, Mom's choice), and while the action was good, I was disappointed in the characterization and plot. It's one of those cases where the more I read lauding it, the more I dislike it.

I've seen it once, and the only characters I liked were Captain America and the Hulk. I think it was a case of snark overload. Having one or two characters be johnny on the spot with a quip or retort is fine, put too many in one film and I just find it obnoxious.

[MaggieElizabeth]

On the 2001 question -- I don't hate it. However, it's the kind of film that's easier to admire than love, because the director, Stanley Kubrick, specializes in uber-cool visuals and ironic detachment. Ideas interest him greatly, but people don't. I do like Dr. Strangelove, and Paths of Glory, and Spartacus (which Kubrick himself couldn't stand), but the rest of Kubrick's body of work doesn't strike anywhere near my heart, even while I may admire what the auteur is trying to do.

It makes sense that if you wanted to see a more character-driven piece, you might prefer 2012 to 2001. The former film takes time to develop personalities and relationships, the sorts of things that don't interest Kubrick much at all.

[Wiendish Fitch]

Oooh, boy, do I have a list, and it will get me in trouble, but here goes:

Spirited Away: Before everyone tells me what a worthless, stupid, tasteless, ignorant spore I am, please allow me to defend myself. I love Miyazaki. Love him. His films are beautifully animated with simple but marvelous stories. Ponyo? Wonderful. Arietty? Mary Norton would have been proud. Castle in the Sky? Better and more exciting than 99% of most so-called "action films" that Hollywood spews out. Kiki's Delivery Service? Love it to bits. But I don't like Spirited Away! Aside from the fact that I find Chihiro the most unappealing of Miyazaki's heroines, I found it cold, menacing, and overlong. It had the same effect on me as every version of Alice in Wonderland... I just hate having a little kid have trippy, horrible shit happen to her over and over and over. It gets depressing and tiresome. Okay, commence with the insults, but I stand my ground.


Lost in Translation: Yawn. I found it dull, pointless, and I have no sympathy for Bill Murray or Scarlett Johansen's characters, who were just a couple of mopey, self-indulgent navel-gazers. I don't know about you, but most people would kill for their problems!

My Fair Lady: I love Audrey Hepburn, I love costume dramas, I love musicals... but I hate this movie! As bloated as your average Baz Luhrmann film, and Henry Higgins is such an appalling character that he ruins the entire movie for me!

Mean Girls: I enjoyed it when I first saw it, but seeing it again, it's so freakin' toothless! I didn't find the Plastics all that mean (more petty than actually mean), and Tina Fey's character is such a Mary Sue. Yeah, sweetheart, you're going to undo millennia of societal conditioning in young girls in a single afternoon? Good. Luck! At least Heathers was a mean movie about mean people and had courage of conviction!

Edited by Wiendish Fitch, Jun 9, 2012 @ 3:45 PM.

[ChaseMCP]

One of my problems with 2001 is that I was actually really interested in the movie once the famous scene between Dave and HAL happened. That entire section where Dave gets back in the ship and tries to shut off HAL kept me paying attention for the only time during the entire film. After that...I don't even know what was happening. Which leads me to my second problem with the film. Once it was over, I turned right to my dad and asked him what I just watched and he proceeded to explain the various theories. Nope, I do not want to watch a movie in which I have to spend an hour debating on what I just saw. I think MaggieElizabeth used the right word, "admire". I admire the creativity that went into it. However, I never want to see it again.

While I'm glad I finally saw it, The Godfather is not a film I'm interested in seeing again. Marlon Brando deserved the Oscar, but I'm pretty sure I disliked every character in it and did not care what happened to any of them.

Similar to Raging Bull. Aside from Robert DeNiro's performance, I found nothing entertaining about this film. Again, I disliked all of the characters and I'm not quite sure what I was supposed to get from the movie. I just did not care. However, if I ignore the characters and plot, I can express appreciation for Martin Scorsese's directing. To make it black and white was smart and creative, and I love a lot of the shots in it, especially this one. Other than that though, I could have done without seeing it completely.