Great movies you hate. — Page 5

Anchorhead, have you seen Big Fish? I'm certainly not the biggest Tim Burton fan, but I thought it was a great movie.

Yoda Is Your Father said:

Gaffer Tape said:

Well, I just got the Ultimate Batman Collection DVD set, and watching all the features on it really gave me new insight and appreciation for all four of those movies... yes, even to Batman & Robin.

 Was one of the features a tab of Acid?

Touche, YIYF, touche indeed.

Gaffer Tape said:

Well, I just got the Ultimate Batman Collection DVD set, and watching all the features on it really gave me new insight and appreciation for all four of those movies... yes, even to Batman & Robin.

I know your pain. I also plunked down for that set years ago because it was cheaper than buying the three separately.I agonized over even owning a copy of the abomination. It is painfully awful. When viewed as a comedy and a satire on comic book universes then it is a little more palatable. I watch it every millennium just as a reminder of what not to do. It still doesn't hold a candle to Batman '66 though.

I do like my Batman dark however. Dark Knight Returns, Knightfall, Mask of the Phantasm, and the original issues of Detective Comics from 1939 to 1940.

Yay Big Fish!

Yay Mask of the Phantasm!

Anchorhead said:

 Needless to say, other than Pee Wee's Big Adventure & Batman - I'm not a fan of his work at all.

I would second that list, but add Beetlejuice. You can't hate on Beetlejuice.

"Learn to throw your voice! Fool your friends! Fun at parties!"

"The Breakfast Club"

A friend at a party could not stop talking about how great this film is, and every other person around us was in frantic agreement. I told them that I kind of remembered seeing parts on cable back in the late 80's, but my house mate had to flat out mention that he had never seen it. With that, our friends forced the DVD on to us to view at home. Well tonight was one of the most painful movie experiences we have ever had. Why do people like this film so much? The kids are all a mess, and the character I felt most sorry for was the school teacher guy. Why did they cry to each other? I went to High School in suburban New Jersey in the early '80's , and kids did not act that way. Thank goodness. And yes, I have had detention once or twice. I think some people (like the ones at that party I went to) are just having that "Nostalgia For an Age That Never Existed" syndrome, and believe that John Hughes movies accurately reflect the word and people of the mid to late 1980's. All these people are around my age (35- 45), but seem to have lived in a parallel reality that only existed for me in T.V. and movie productions.

"Hate" is a strong word - I wouldn't say I hated any movie. The limit of my dislike for a film would be to turn it off before the end (assuming it's a DVD or TV broadcast - I've never walked out on a movie at the cinema).

Here are some films that could be considered "great", or at least somewhat popular, that I switched off before the end:

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Rita, Sue and Bob Too!
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Gangs of New York
Signs
The Village

I did make it through LOTR I and II, but didn't have any inclination to attempt III.

C3PX said:

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I have yet to meet anyone that I know of who really liked [Blade Runner] upon their first viewing.

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HAHA! I read this post after I made the above post. So I am not the only one who has experienced this exact same thing.

ChainsawAsh said:

Blade Runner gets better the more you watch it.  I thought it was "meh" when I first saw it - now it's my favorite film of all time.

I first saw Blade Runner as the Director's Cut version during its theatrical run - I loved it. Later watched the original theatrical version on VHS, and I can see why people thought it was "meh".

The Blade Runner Final Cut was the first BD I bought (and I still only have 2 discs in my collection so far, the other being Ghostbusters.)

Yoda Is Your Father said:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioUIF-hSXD8

As I said above, "hate" is a strong word. I hate clueless fuckwits who record their TVs then put the footage up on Youtube.

Warbler said:

this may come as a shock to people.   I've never watched Blade Runner.   At some point I intend to though

Hmm. That gives me an idea for a new thread!

It may be wayyy early to say this since there’s two more films to watch, but I recently finished Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, extended version. This is my first time seeing this film. My boss was honestly baffled I had never seen LotR. My boss loves Star Wars, but he said LotR is sooo much better than Star Wars. So I said alright, alright, I’ll get to watching them over the break. Holy shit, I’ve never expereinced such a super long setup/exposition like that. I’m ashamed to say it, but I kept checking the time left on the film because it really felt it was dragging on and on.

Is it normal to find the first film boring and then later, after seeing all three, suddenly it appears great? It didn’t exactly make me excited to see the next two, but I’ll do it regardless since it’s one of those trilogies that many have seen.

doubleofive said:

24.     Raging Bull
23.     The Maltese Falcon
8.     On the Waterfront
2.     Casablanca
1.     Citizen Kane

This. And I would add Sunset Boulevard to that list.

Okay, thank you two for promoting the theatrical versions 😃

My boss was insistent that I’d go all in with the extended versions, but I think he could be heavily biased since he can’t remember a time when LotR lore was all new to him, like it is to me. So alright, I’ll start micro and then later on, once I can soak in the story better, appreciate the longer versions.

Nanner Split said:

I absolutely cannot stand Fight Club.

glad i’m not the only one who hates fight club.i dont understand why so many people like that movie.its boring as hell.

the hobbit was awful to me.the peter jackson version.the scenes are so far fetched they are beyond silly.like the scene where he is swordfighting while standing on two heads in barrels going down a rough river.also the movie aliens.i loved alien.but they took a horror movie franchise and ruined it.they took a great horror movie and turned it into icecream.aliens wasnt scary.killing a bunch of aliens like flies isnt scary.what made the first one scary is it was hiding and you didnt know where it was and it seemed impossible to kill.but in aliens it was so easy to kill them.and thats not scary.also terminator 2.i loved terminator 1.but having arnold become a good guy because he was a big star now and couldnt be seen as a bad guy anymore is dumb.and that little kid in the movie was so anoying too.he ruined it for me.the movie the thing was great but the new prequel was awful because the thing wouldnt try and hide like in the 80’s version.it would just come out in the open.thats not scary.and then having the woman in the movie being the only one to hold the flamethrower.like she is the only one who knows how to use it.oh and i liked superman 78 version.even the soundtrack is awesome by john williams.one of the best.and gene hackman was great as lex luthor.

I can’t be bothered reading that, also after a full stop add a space before the next sentence.

i wish you wouldnt read anything i comment on.you’re just trolling.

Pot, this is Kettle. Kettle, this is Pot. I’m glad you two got the chance to meet!

That’s too mainstream. I’m 2edgy4pipes.