Movies you HATE that everyone else LOVES

[alohabear]

We all have them, a movie that EVERYBODY (maybe in this forum) raved about, you went to see or rented the DVD and it ended up disappointing you. What blew in your opinion?

Lately I've been disappointed by Will Farrell. Talladega Nights was dumb and I just didn't get Elf. Everyone else seems to disagree with me on this.

[blueyecicle]

I hated Talladega Nights ! Too much man comedy for me.

The movie I did NOT like at all but everyone loved?

Pirates of the Caribbean! I tried 2 times to watch it and disliked it both times!
I even sat through the second one and I don't like them at all! I don't know, I just could not get into it at all. It was loud and the first time I was confused by all the dead and undead. Then when I understood I don't know, I just disliked it.

Also....Spiderman...

[lavagal]

Happy Feet.

[jkpescador]

For me ... The English Patient ... :) just like in Seinfeld.

For my wife recently it's Children of Men. She read the raves on HT and said am I the only person in the world that didn't like that movie. :)

[scrivener]

There are a bunch of responses to this question here (http://hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=5667&highlight=questions).

[Hellbent]

I thought Crash was only okay.

Now ask me about movies that everyone hated by I loved. UHF, Kung Pow, Nemesis...

[Mike_Lowery]

"Titanic," any of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchises, and "Predator".

"Debbis Does Dallas" was waaay overrated too.

[Pua'i Mana'o]

I thought Crash was only okay.

Now ask me about movies that everyone hated by I loved. UHF, Kung Pow, Nemesis...

Please tell me you meant to say "Kung Fu Hustle" and NOT "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist".

Please.

[blueyecicle]

Please tell me you meant to say "Kung Fu Hustle" and NOT "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist".

Please.

LOL hence the...EVERYONE loved :p

[WindwardOahuRN]

"Sex, Lies, and Videotape."

When it came out it got absolutely rave reviews.

It was the only movie I seriously considered ever walking out on. A real stinker.

But I loved "Happy Feet." The ending was a bit weird but what the heck. It made me smile.

[Hellbent]

Please tell me you meant to say "Kung Fu Hustle" and NOT "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist".

Please.

I loved Kung Fu Hustle, and alot of other liked it too. Did you know that theyre making part 2 for both Hustle and Kung Pow? :)

[craigwatanabe]

The Elephant Man. Totally weird, boring as hell during the first 90% of it but if you have the patience to sit it to the ending, you'll be W:eek:WED

[DiverDown808]

For me, it was the entire Lords Of The Ring trilogy.

I think this was one of the first for Hollywood in creating movies for the sole purpose of creating a sequel.

The first movie had a beginning, middle, but NO END !! Just a "stay tuned for the next movie". I walked out of the theater very irate and vowed never to pay to see the next movie.

Somewhere along the line, I got the DVD for the second and third movie. The second movie and the third movie were just boring to me....and MAN, that hobbit sure did cry a lot in the third movie.

But yeah, I'm sure the readers of the books found it fantastic, but I never read the books, so it was a complete waste of time.

DD

[Pua'i Mana'o]

For me, it was the entire Lords Of The Ring trilogy.
...
But yeah, I'm sure the readers of the books found it fantastic, but I never read the books, so it was a complete waste of time.

DD

I concur. Smeagel irked my ass through three movies/books. The fairies were irrelevant. I just think the whole series should have been so much tidier. Brevity, Mr. Tolkein, brevity! Less is more!

But the whole "fairies turn into Orcs" arc, profoundly reminds me of being a teacher and climbing up in the DOE.

:D

[Cameron]

I hated Talladega Nights ! Too much man comedy for me.



I watched it alone and didn't laugh at all. I actually watched the unrated version which had a lot of what seemed to be really awkwardly inserted profanity so that might have contributed to it.

[koloagirl]

Anypart of the "Star Wars" films --- as well as "Lord of the Rings".

Couldn't tell the computer generated stuff from the real stuff -- henceforth, it is all a big cartoon! Props to the animators -- anyone else - phhhh!! :mad: Use your imagination and real people next time.

[Honoruru]

For me, it was "The Blair Witch Project." I almost threw up in my baseball cap. And it wasn't because it was sacry or grotesque or revolting ... it was because of the camera style, that amateurish, hand-held, herky-jerky technique. I couldn't believe no one else in the audience was throwing up!

Immediately after the movie, I searched the internet and discovered that there was indeed a flood of complaints about this phenomenon. It seems that anyone who had a history of motion-sickness had a BAD reaction to this movie. Yes, I have a history of motion-sickness (from reading on moving vehicles to scrolling through microfiche). I have never watched (or wanted to watch) this movie again.

[modpirate]

Forest Gump: A grocery list of boomer nostalgia with really expensive computer effects.

Crash: It's okay to be racist because everybody's out to get you anyway.

The Lion King: Bambi for the 90's?? Excuse me, I didn't need a "Bambi for the 70's" when I was a kid. The original was just fine.

[Adri]

Little Miss Sunshine. I just don't understand why it's touted so highly and getting awards. It struck me as forced and painful to watch rather than entertaining.

[i-hungry]

For me, it was the entire Lords Of The Ring trilogy.

I think this was one of the first for Hollywood in creating movies for the sole purpose of creating a sequel.


You should blame the publisher on that. It was a super long book and they separated it into 3 books.

If it was one long movie then people would not be able to handle it. Excluding a few hundred tolkien-geeks of course.

[bueller555]

Little Miss Sunshine. I just don't understand why it's touted so highly and getting awards. It struck me as forced and painful to watch rather than entertaining.

It was a little uneven, but Little Miss Sunshine was one of the funniest movies that I saw last year.

[Adri]

It was a little uneven, but Little Miss Sunshine was one of the funniest movies that I saw last year.

hee! yup, that's why I posted it in this thread. Ok, not that I *hated* hated it but lots of people seemed to really love it and I didn't. :D

[NemesisVex]

American Beauty.

I'm so sorry for your white suburban angst.

[Hellbent]

I liked American Beauty, Ive watched it many times, theres something about the pacing and the dialogue that attracts me.

I didnt think Little Miss Sunshine was all that great either.

[Debwhosmiles]

Any of "The Godfather" movies. No thank you please. :cool:

[Pua'i Mana'o]

oO(hating on the Godfather?? How could that be??)

[alohabear]

The regular Blade Runner....I like the director's cut without the Harrison Ford voiceover better.

[cynsaligia]

it's supposed to be some brilliant satire on war and i know people say it was effective commentary when it came out (around the first iraq war) and is therefore effective commentary in these times, but i HATED "starship troopers." i did not get it at all.

my mom adores warren beatty and annette benning in "love affair." she dragged my cousin and me to see it at the theater. we hated it and agreed with guilt that the only entertaining part of the movie was watching katherine hepburn's tremors.

[PoiBoy]

Any of "The Godfather" movies. No thank you please. :cool:

I concur. I hate most gangster flix.

Exception for "Brother" .

[Pua'i Mana'o]

I concur. I hate most gangster flix.

Exception for "Brother" .

This Brother (http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Sergei-Bodrov-Jr/dp/B000KGGIPK/sr=1-2/qid=1170976406/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-9948481-3470466?ie=UTF8&s=dvd) or this Brother (http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Tatyana-Ali/dp/B00005RYKV/sr=1-1/qid=1170976406/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9948481-3470466?ie=UTF8&s=dvd)?

[PoiBoy]

oops I didn't know there was 2.

Takeshi Kitano Brother