What Esteemed or Hugely Popular Films Do You Hate?

[David]

I hate AMADEUS, that Oscar-winning crowd-pleaser with Tom Hulce & Murray Abraham.

That movie is very patronizing (no pun intended) about an extraordinary time & many extraordinary people, Mozart included. I guess the Enlightenment & all its achievements didn't impress Forman.

It was all a pretty facile piece of puncturing, & not very enjoyable. It might have been fun had it been lowbrow rather than middlebrow, but the music & art were treated in a smugly philistine way.

http://www.kentontheatre.co.uk/images/500_amadeus.JPG

[vermicious knid]

A Beautiful Mind: Schizophrenia is like a fun fantasy world, tee hee! Prettied-up nonsense.

The Untouchables: wallows in gore Friday the 13th style, or maybe something like Alien vs. Predator, except with the police against Al Capone. Basically, the focus is on lots and lots of violence, with no core beliefs to make it seem important. The protagonists are enforcing prohibition, but the whole thing is treated like a joke, with the good guys stealing a swig of alcohol when they get the chance, hardy har har.

[strandinthewind]

The English Patient -- talk about a snoozer :eek:

That awful movie about the two idiots in the wine country - AWFUL

[eclipse]

I hated the one about the olympic runners....
Don't even remember the name

Everyone thought it was wonderful and inspiring
I hated it from the opening note of the theme score Again famous intrumental, don't remember name? Days of glory?? No that's not right

David will know which song and movie I mean....

[strandinthewind]

^^^

Chariots of Fire

Vangelis was the composer - beautiful IMO, but lots of synth tripe in it.

[gretchen]

I hate Blazing Saddles...enough said. :lol:
Probably will get my buns kicked by many, but I still hate that film.

[strandinthewind]

I hate Blazing Saddles...enough said. :lol:
Probably will get my buns kicked by many, but I still hate that film.

You must be thrashed within an inch of death - IMMEDIATELY :mad:

:lol::lol::lol:

Let's face it - from the waist down, I'm kaput :angel:

[eclipse]

^^^

Chariots of Fire

Vangelis was the composer - beautiful IMO, but lots of synth tripe in it.

Thank You- That is exactly the film, and I would have tried to figure out the title for days....Now I can rest!

[BTFLCHLD]

star wars
harry potter

[mylittledemon]

star wars
harry potter

I love the old Star Wars alright. The new ones...tripe.

Harry Potter movies...yeah, they aren't that good. They are entertaining, but they could and should be much better.

I hated Superman Returns.

X-Men 3 stunk.

I remember Independence Day (with Will Smith) being huge for some reason. It's awful!

I dislike the Shrek movies. I find them really annoying. But, I like Mike Myers.

The Narnia movies suck. I love the books. *sigh*

[Stew_Matthews]

The Star Trek films - a complete yawn!
Ghostbusters:)
Anything with Arnold Schwarzenegger in it.
Anything with 'talking' animals - cats, dogs, horses.
But the worst (I think) was the one where John Wayne played Genghis Khan - terrible.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I've never been in into any of the Star Wars films

[rubytuesday]

That movie is very patronizing (no pun intended)

Was there one?

Anyway I hate Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, thought they were completely trite.

[Sahara]

Lord of the Rings. *ducks for cover*

[jannieC]

Gone With the Wind

Pirates of the Caribbean (couldn't even get through 1/4 of it)

Any of the Die Hard films

I'm sure there are plenty more I'm not thinking of. I'm frequently disappointed by movies which is why I seldom go to the theater.

[michelle2677]

Paddle to the Sea

[David]

Paddle to the Sea
You're dead.

I mean dead.

[darklinensuit]

Off the top of my head...
Here's a list that's bound to tick off a lot of you:

Life is Beautiful, Sophie’s Choice, Schindler’s List, and about 99% of the films that say they are about the Holocaust
Meet the Parents
Wedding Crashers
Ghostbusters
Disclosure
Batman (Michael Keaton)
The Ring
Fantasia
Sleepless in Seattle
Forrest Gump
Do the Right Thing
Independence Day
Little Miss Sunshine
A Fish Called Wanda
The Ten Commandments
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Wizard of Oz
And to hassle Jason: Audrey Roooose

- Jake

[petep9000]

I'm sure there are plenty more I'm not thinking of. I'm frequently disappointed by movies which is why I seldom go to the theater.

Me too! I feel like I live in a vacuum because I am usually completely ignorant about all the movies out. Especially any big loud movie with explosions and computer generated imagery. Actually, I went last month to a movie (first time in about a year) and I thought my ears were going to explode from the sound of the previews. Holy smokes. :shocked:

[GypsySorcerer]

Shakespeare in Love
The English Patient
West Side Story
Jerry McGuire
Bridget Jones' Diary
Sleepless in Seattle

[totallycait]

Moulin Rouge - Maybe one day I'll try to watch it with the sound off.

2001: A Space Odessey - I'm sleeping.

Braveheart - Sleeping again.

Miami Vice - The movie is a big ugly mess. Everything they got right on TV they effed up in the movie.

Shrek 3 - I really loved the first two. I just saw the 3rd last night & I want my hour and a half back.

anything directed by Clint Eastwood - It always looks like someone forgot to turn the lights on.

vehicles starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell - There's a huge difference between tongue-in-cheek and condescending.

I also hate the term "popcorn movie."

[SortaSavageLike]

Ti-****ing-Tanic.

Because somebody had to say it.

[Miss Vicky]

Most of these are a mild dislike or simply apathy, but the first one is actual hatred.

A Clockwork Orange
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Lord Of The Rings
Harry Potter
Star Wars
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Godfather Trilogy
Scarface
Monster's Ball
The Assassination of Jesse James
Toy Story 1 and 2 (don't hate them, just don't get their wild popularity)
Any superhero movie

[LukeA]

Most/all of mine have already been mentioned, but lets not forget the pile of excrement known as NAPOLEON DYNAMITE. And don't tell me that I "don't get it". I get the humor. It's still a piece of ****.

[clb0013]

Lord of the Rings. *ducks for cover*

OH that hurt!:eek:

[clb0013]

Gone With the Wind



oh...that hurt too! :eek:

[Bella Figura]

silence of the lambs...especially now since my husband treats it as a comedy...whenever it's on, I have at least three days of constant movie quotes :rolleyes:

[Richard B]

Revolting Films:

Wizard of Oz
Sound of Music
Pulp Fiction
Titanic
Psycho
The Matrix
Karate Kid
American Beauty
No Country For Old Men
Forrest Gump
Braveheart
Fargo
Crash
Little Miss Sunshine
12 Monkeys

[gretchen]

Revolting Films:

Wizard of Oz
Sound of Music
Pulp Fiction
Titanic
Psycho
The Matrix
Karate Kid
American Beauty
No Country For Old Men
Forrest Gump
Braveheart
Fargo
Crash
Little Miss Sunshine
12 Monkeys

I absolutely HATE The Wizard of OZ

[BombaySapphire3]

silence of the lambs...especially now since my husband treats it as a comedy...whenever it's on, I have at least three days of constant movie quotes :rolleyes:

There was some very dark humor in the film particualry with Hopkin's portrayal of Lecter..but for that genre of film it is a masterpiece.

[strandinthewind]

There was some very dark humor in the film particualry with Hopkin's portrayal of Lecter..but for that genre of film it is a masterpiece.

It puts the lotion on it's skin :wavey:

[Villavic]

I don't like the Harry Potter movies, but being popular is not a reason to hate them. It's just not my type of movies.
I fell asleep with ALL the Matrix movies, don't know why but found them very boring!!!

I did hate Hulk, another sleeping pills overdose

[HejiraNYC]

Lost in Translation :eek:

...and anything with the artsy-fartsy stench of Wes Anderson:

-The Royal Tenenbaums (quite possibly the worst movie EVER made that was a critical hit)
-The Life Aquatic
-The Darjeeling Express

Accordingly, I guess one could conclude that I think Bill Murray is the most over-hyped, overrated actor in history. He (along with the Wilson brothers) plays the same deadpan, snarky, sarcastic, jaded character in EVERY movie. Make him stop!

[Bella Figura]

It puts the lotion on it's skin :wavey:


yep, that exactly what I have to put up with!!! :lol:

[strandinthewind]

yep, that exactly what I have to put up with!!! :lol:


I confess, I LOVE the movie and the book - as well as the other HL books. I saw it alone and was never so terrified running to my car in the movie parking lot after :laugh:

[Sahara]

Pirates of the Caribbean (I'm sick of trying to spell that word right!) 2 and 3 were horrible ... well, 3 wasn't quite as bad as 2, but that's like saying Hitler wasn't quite as bad as Stalin, really.

Also, I rewatched Snow White recently and it was a major disappointment. Revisiting all the other Disneys has been wonderful, but Snow White was a real let down! :o

[trackaghost]

I'm totally confused. If you don't like Wes Anderson or Bill Murray why would you watch all those movies?

For me personally, I find some of the choices in this thread quite bizarre. I guess I'm quite easy going when it comes to movies.

[HejiraNYC]

I'm totally confused. If you don't like Wes Anderson or Bill Murray why would you watch all those movies?

For me personally, I find some of the choices in this thread quite bizarre. I guess I'm quite easy going when it comes to movies.

I really tried to like those movies. One thing I could say positively about Wes Anderson's films is that they are visually quite stunning- saturated colors, large panning camera shots, interesting scenery, etc. And I appreciate some of the odd quirks- like the sailor who sings David Bowie songs throughout the movie, the Indian train conductor who speaks like a surfer dude, etc. But the scripts are just so unfunny, the pacing is dreadfully slow and he uses the same basic characters from one movie to the next. For example, the mother characters, in the "Royal Tenenbaums" and "Darjeeling Limited," both played by Anjelica Huston, are exactly the same- hyper, intellectual, emotionally distant, ironic, wry sense of humor. And there is at least one or two Wilson brothers, which is one or two Wilson brothers too many. There are too many deadpan one-liners. What is lacking in his movies is any sense of genuine emotion, humanity and empathy for the characters. Any sentiment comes across as saccharine, ironic or just campy. Throughout those movies I keep waiting for some kind of build up or big pay off at the end... but they just kind of peter out, exhausted by their own drollness. It's gotten to the point where I cannot wait for his next movie so I can continue to point out how terrible they are.

[Richard B]

I really tried to like those movies. One thing I could say positively about Wes Anderson's films is that they are visually quite stunning-

Did you like Rushmore? I like Wes Anderson, but like Peter Greenaway, he needs to move away from his "style" and try other techniques in filmmaking.

I need to add the following revolting films to my list:
Top Gun
The Aviator (DeCaprio is completely over-rated)
Kill Bill
Juno

[rubytuesday]

I really tried to like those movies. One thing I could say positively about Wes Anderson's films is that they are visually quite stunning- saturated colors, large panning camera shots, interesting scenery, etc. And I appreciate some of the odd quirks- like the sailor who sings David Bowie songs throughout the movie, the Indian train conductor who speaks like a surfer dude, etc. But the scripts are just so unfunny, the pacing is dreadfully slow and he uses the same basic characters from one movie to the next. For example, the mother characters, in the "Royal Tenenbaums" and "Darjeeling Limited," both played by Anjelica Huston, are exactly the same- hyper, intellectual, emotionally distant, ironic, wry sense of humor. And there is at least one or two Wilson brothers, which is one or two Wilson brothers too many. There are too many deadpan one-liners. What is lacking in his movies is any sense of genuine emotion, humanity and empathy for the characters. Any sentiment comes across as saccharine, ironic or just campy. Throughout those movies I keep waiting for some kind of build up or big pay off at the end... but they just kind of peter out, exhausted by their own drollness. It's gotten to the point where I cannot wait for his next movie so I can continue to point out how terrible they are.

I could be wrong but it seems to me that he isn't really aiming for that. Most films give you that or want to give you that but he seems to be aiming to give a different experience. Also they don't follow that build up and pay off thing that people have become accustomed to in movies and I guess if you want the regular format, three stage thing then don't see his films.

I also don't think any of his films have been "hugely popular" and after Rushmore they've only been esteemed by half the audience/critics, I would say. I wouldn't say you're in a small minority.

[rubytuesday]

Most/all of mine have already been mentioned, but lets not forget the pile of excrement known as NAPOLEON DYNAMITE. And don't tell me that I "don't get it". I get the humor. It's still a piece of ****.

You're not alone there! It was the same joke stretched out for 2 hours and not really even much of a joke at that.

Revolting Films:

Pulp Fiction

Psycho

American Beauty


Yay someone else dislikes Pulp Fiction. It's like you're not cool if you don't say you loved it. First when it came out and now it's an old classic with younger people and I think most of them don't even know why it's supposed to be good but you just gotta say you loved it 'cause it's cool.

I really liked Psycho so I disagree there.

I thought American Beauty was ok. I found it reasonably interesting but totally not deserving of the complete hype around it. A few years before it there was the film The Ice Storm which seemed like a much more poignant and less in-your-face drama about a similar subject matter. It seemed to deal with it much more subliminally and not shove the "this is art, we're being clever" thing down your throat.

[Richard B]

A few years before it there was the film The Ice Storm which seemed like a much more poignant and less in-your-face drama about a similar subject matter. It seemed to deal with it much more subliminally and not shove the "this is art, we're being clever" thing down your throat.

I agree 100%. I own Ice Storm on DVD and it is quite an exceptional film in many ways. My fave Ang Lee film.

I have tried and tried and tried to get into Psycho (I love horror), but I can't do it. I just end up laughing.

[rubytuesday]

I agree 100%. I own Ice Storm on DVD and it is quite an exceptional film in many ways. My fave Ang Lee film.

Some of my favourite bits are when the mother is at a book sale talking to that preacher and her daughter cycles by and just in the middle of the conversation she says something like "....my daughter". Where some films will go into a big monologue, just a few words (and that's just one specific example, the whole film is like that) successfully conveying the sense of.....I guess getting lost on the road to somewhere that never really existed anyway. And then at the end when Kevin Kline's character just breaks down and then that's it, it's so perfect, says so much more than words. I guess it assumes the audience has a brain and doesn't need all that expository, glossy language explaining what's going on, they can see for themselves. And the fact that in real life that's how it happens, people don't go into long speeches. Enough of that film though.

I have tried and tried and tried to get into Psycho (I love horror), but I can't do it. I just end up laughing.

Yeah it's not for everyone and I can see if you were coming into it with even slight cynicism then it could make you laugh, the mother bit in particular. Actually that did make me laugh. But for me it's the mise en scene (sp?) that's so clever and hinting at what's to come just by placing a stuffed preying bird above her head in the parlour scene. I love the shower scene for the at the time completely new to maintstream cinema techniques. There's so much crossing the line, you don't know where you are and where the knife is coming from 'cause it's not staged in the traditional sense like the girl is on that side and the killer is coming from the other side. It crosses the line so much that I felt like I was being stabbed at cause I had no sense of direction. Not just crossing the line but the continuously quick cutting in all directions, up at the shower head, down at the drain, it was all over the place and that's obviously why it was such a shock to viewers who've seen murder scenes before but had no experienced it like that. And lastly the bit I love is right at the end. He's so good, I forget the actor's name but when he's sitting in the cell, placed somewhat small in the frame but his eyes leaping out at you. And then jusst before they cut back to the hotel where the lift her car up, while still framed on his face, there's a subliminal dissolve to a skull over his face. It's really quick and often people don't realise that they're seen it but walk out feeling extra creeped out because of it. If you pause it on that frame it's kind of freaky. I just think it was a really clever way of him to leave the audience (of that time, perhaps not now as much) chilled and cheeky of him to have them not entirely sure why they feel extra chilled.

[Moz]

Off the top of my head...


And to hassle Jason: Audrey Roooose



The girl that played Audrey Rose has the worst case of crossed eyes.

[LukeA]

Accordingly, I guess one could conclude that I think Bill Murray is the most over-hyped, overrated actor in history. He (along with the Wilson brothers) plays the same deadpan, snarky, sarcastic, jaded character in EVERY movie. Make him stop!

"What About Bob?"

[mylittledemon]

Lost in Translation :eek:

...and anything with the artsy-fartsy stench of Wes Anderson:

-The Royal Tenenbaums (quite possibly the worst movie EVER made that was a critical hit)
-The Life Aquatic
-The Darjeeling Express

Accordingly, I guess one could conclude that I think Bill Murray is the most over-hyped, overrated actor in history. He (along with the Wilson brothers) plays the same deadpan, snarky, sarcastic, jaded character in EVERY movie. Make him stop!

I liked Royal Tenenbaums...Its funny in a sick sort of way. Life Aquatic, I thought was really funny...better than Tenenbaums. The whole "rescue" scene is amazing.

I like Bill Murray and his deadpan sort of thing...that's what he does well. He really plays himself in a lot of movies, from what I've read and heard about him. He is, in my opinion, not a great actor. He's just found a niche that people accept. I do think he's great in "Groundhog Day" and "GhostBusters" of course!

[Chrislit18]

Forest. Gump.

Most crap-ass movie I've ever seen.

Don't care how kick ass the soundtrack is, the movie itself is crap.

Life is like a box of chocolates- my butt!!

oh, and SortaSavageLike...
I agree about Titanic, It's wayyy too over-rated, and Leo Dicaprio sucks too. [no offense to anyone who likes him, but I really don't see what's so great about him...]

I also hate basically all the Dinsey movies except:
Anything and Everything Lion King
The Aristocats
Sleeping Beauty
The Fox and the Hound [but its sad :'(]
and Bambi

Those 'Princess' movies with the exception of SB are horrible!!! [Yeah I hated them when I was 5-10 too!!]

[DavidMn]

ABSOLUTELY DETEST FARGO because everybody thinks people from Minnnesota are rubes and we all talk like that. OH U BETCHA YAAA. God I hate that movie!!!!

[mylittledemon]

ABSOLUTELY DETEST FARGO because everybody thinks people from Minnnesota are rubes and we all talk like that. OH U BETCHA YAAA. God I hate that movie!!!!

It's a great movie, though. The accents are annoying, but funny. Oh yah.

[mylittledemon]

Forest. Gump.

Most crap-ass movie I've ever seen.

Don't care how kick ass the soundtrack is, the movie itself is crap.

Life is like a box of chocolates- my butt!!

oh, and SortaSavageLike...
I agree about Titanic, It's wayyy too over-rated, and Leo Dicaprio sucks too. [no offense to anyone who likes him, but I really don't see what's so great about him...]

I also hate basically all the Dinsey movies except:
Anything and Everything Lion King
The Aristocats
Sleeping Beauty
The Fox and the Hound [but its sad :'(]
and Bambi

Those 'Princess' movies with the exception of SB are horrible!!! [Yeah I hated them when I was 5-10 too!!]

I don't care for Forrest Gump either. The last thing I liked Tom Hanks in was BIG.

I don't particularly like many Disney films...Aladdin has always been my favorite.

Titanic...def overrated. Also, most movies by Michael Bay suck. And the ones where Jerry Bruckheimer is involved too.

Someone said they hated "The Matrix" movies. 1st one was good...the other two that followed...man, they really dropped the ball on that whole story.

[David]

I'm glad no one has said FASTER, PUSSYCAT, KILL KILL!!

In fact, I see no Russ Meyer film on anyone's list.

[HejiraNYC]

Did you like Rushmore? I like Wes Anderson, but like Peter Greenaway, he needs to move away from his "style" and try other techniques in filmmaking.

I need to add the following revolting films to my list:
Top Gun
The Aviator (DeCaprio is completely over-rated)
Kill Bill
Juno

I thought "Rushmore" was okay... but definitely overrated for what it was. I think it's great for a director to have a distinct signature style- like Alan Parker, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Greenaway, Bergman, Russ Meyer, etc. In fact, I would imagine it would be quite an honor for a director if someone said that this movie looked very ____-ian. I like Wes Anderson's visual style, but I just cannot stand the complete lack of substance.

Regarding the Aviator, I think it has its moments, but I found Cate Blanchett's parody of Kate Hepburn to be hilarious- almost as good (in an awful way) as Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford. I can't believe she won the Oscar for that!

And I totally agree with you on "Juno!" It was basically Ellen Page playing a knocked up version of the girl she played in "Hard Candy." :rolleyes:

[HejiraNYC]

I could be wrong but it seems to me that he isn't really aiming for that.

Of course not, because that would require something called "talent."



Most films give you that or want to give you that but he seems to be aiming to give a different experience. Also they don't follow that build up and pay off thing that people have become accustomed to in movies and I guess if you want the regular format, three stage thing then don't see his films.

The only payoff that I get at the end of his films is a newfound appreciation for time, as in, why did I spend two hours of my life sitting through this garbage?



I also don't think any of his films have been "hugely popular" and after Rushmore they've only been esteemed by half the audience/critics, I would say. I wouldn't say you're in a small minority.

They haven't been commercial hits, but they certainly have garnered critical acclaim. I swear, the pages of the Village Voice were sticky when their review of "The Royal Tenenbaums" was published. :eek:

[GODDESS6]

Most of these are a mild dislike or simply apathy, but the first one is actual hatred.

A Clockwork Orange
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Lord Of The Rings
Harry Potter
Star Wars
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Godfather Trilogy
Scarface
Monster's Ball
The Assassination of Jesse James
Toy Story 1 and 2 (don't hate them, just don't get their wild popularity)
Any superhero movie

amen to that~
i also hate
slingblade
harry potter
lord of the rings

[estranged4life]

All of 'em :thumbsup:

Special mention goes to "Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Movie Marketing Tie-in", Now playing at restaurants, and a grocery store or super-center near you...


Coming soon, "Indiana Jones and Mystery of the Cafefree Pads"

[rubytuesday]

The only payoff that I get at the end of his films is a newfound appreciation for time, as in, why did I spend two hours of my life sitting through this garbage?

That was what I was saying, his films aren't for people who want the standard set-up and payoff format in a 3 stage format.

[gretchen]

Did you like Rushmore? I like Wes Anderson, but like Peter Greenaway, he needs to move away from his "style" and try other techniques in filmmaking.

I need to add the following revolting films to my list:
Top Gun
The Aviator (DeCaprio is completely over-rated)
Kill BillJuno

Kill Bill puts the S in SUCKS!!!!!!! I hated that film with a passion!!!! It sucked out loud! MAXIMUM STINKAGE!

[vivfox]

THE FIRM starring Tom Cruise bored me to tears. Ten minutes before the movie was over the two friends I went to see it with literally had to wake my snoring ass up!!!

[mylittledemon]

Kill Bill puts the S in SUCKS!!!!!!! I hated that film with a passion!!!! It sucked out loud! MAXIMUM STINKAGE!

Kill Bill was cool. Entertaining. Nothing more.

[macmar71]

Magnolia
The Ring
The Grudge
War Of The Worlds (Tom Cruise one)
Vanilla Sky