Name a movie that you absolutely hated, but the general population loved.

[Javaman]

Mine was "The Breakfast Club". I absolutely detested the one dimensional character stereotypes. I thought it was so forced.

[Dr. Strange]

1. The English Patient

Hated it so much that I built a time machine and prevented myself from seeing it in the first place.
So in this universe, I haven't seen it.

[halobeam]

36. We left about fifteen or so minutes before it ended.

[Faygo Kid]

65. Damn, I knew somebody would post that first.

Excrement. Absolute excrement.

[Mike03]

73. Initially, I disliked the film too, but

something drew me to watch it a second time, and then I "got" it and it has become one of my favorite movies. However, my parents despised this film.

[regnaD kciN]

204. The NOVEL was great, but the film mangled it...

...and turned it into something more befitting a weak Masterpiece Theatre production. Rest assured that very little of the book was there on screen.

:boring:

[AlCzervik]

i always list this one so here i go again-Moulin Rouge

and The English Patient.

[rhiannon55]

2. Pulp Fiction

Too contrived, too gory

[racaulk]

35. Thank you!!!

I thought that movie sucked! I never understood the appeal... :shrug:

[Rambis]

46. Despised it!

and I don't give a rats arse how many film students, critics or others tell me it is a good movie. Still hate it!

[Lethe]

50. /agree

mostly because I can't stand Travolta.

[rockymountaindem]

57. Gory?

That movie wasn't that gory at all.

[ThatsMyBarack]

72. I hated PF, too!

;)

[XemaSab]

76. I didn't "get it."

I felt like there was something I should "get" that I didn't. :shrug:

[NaturalHigh]

90. I actually gave up on that movie...

about twenty minutes into it. It just never got my attention.

[Awsi Dooger]

102. Pulp Fiction is the worst movie I've ever seen

Nothing remotely clever or interesting. I was predicting every turn. Contrived is a massive understatement.

I still have not completely forgiven the friends who took me to see it, 13 years later.

[Beaverhausen]

104. Yes yes yes yes yes

I try and try to get through this piece of shit but can't ever make it to the end.

[IntravenousDemilo]

105. Well, admittedly it's not as good as Reservoir Dogs, but...

...it sure knocks the crap out of the movie that beat it for the Oscar that year -- Forrest Gump. :puke:

[yardwork]

241. There's one I hated. I absolutely loathed Forrest Gump.

[Mythsaje]

176. Couldn't stand it either...n/t

[ohiosmith]

3. Everything with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.

[MrCoffee]

9. wrong again, bub. Joe vs. The Volcano kicks ass.

[ohiosmith]

10. Dude! You must have a brain cloud.

[MrCoffee]

11. May you live to be 1000 years old.

[ohiosmith]

12. You are such a flibbertigibbet.

[MrCoffee]

14. I'm not arguing that with you!

[ohiosmith]

16. But did you tell me LAST week?

[MrCoffee]

18. They just pay me to drive the limo, sir. I'm not here to tell you who you are.

[ohiosmith]

19. You were hinting around about clothes. That happens to be a very important topic to me, sir. Clothes

Mr.....

[Pale Blue Dot]

63. I have no response to that.

nt

[ohiosmith]

66. You look terrible, Mr. Waturi. You look like a bag of shit stuffed in a cheap suit.

Not that anyone could look good under these zombie lights. I, I, I, I can feel them sucking the juice out of my eyeball. Suck, suck, suck, SUCK...

[LeftyMom]

4. Titanic.

I never sat through the whole million hour ordeal, but every little bit and piece I saw was awful, the whole cast was annoying, and of course there's Celine fucking Deion shrieking over the top of it. Ugh.

[MrCoffee]

7. yep

MrsCoffee and I were thrown out of the theater because our laughter during Leo's death scene was ruining it for the other patrons.

[Rosie1223]

20. I'm with you, LeftyMom

Horrible acting. I couldn't believe it won all those oscars.

[SacredCow]

32. Right on all accusations!

I did, unfortunately, sit through the entire thing at the request (nay- order) of my ex-wife. Of course, when I started chanting "JUMP, BITCH!!!" at the end when the old woman was going to throw the emerald into the ocean, she probably regretted making me go.

And when I found the girl-band punk-rock cover of "My Heart Will Go On," I annoyed her for DAYS with that... Good times...

[Initech]

99. Worst. Movie. Ever.

And I still cringe every time I hear that god damned Celine Dion theme song. I'd rather saw my ears off Van Gogh style than to hear that fucking song again.

[ruiner4u]

125. I watched it so I could see Leonardo die...

*sigh* if only life could imitate art...

[Patiod]

147. I kept muttering "let him go already"

and throughout the movie, S.O. and I kept saying to each other "get off the damned boat!!!"

HATED that movie

[Bluestar]

178. Oh, I'm so glad, I thought I was the only one who hated this movie

The most maudlin scenes of people drowning and it went on and on. I hated it!!

[regnaD kciN]

208. No...LOTS of people hate that film...

You might want to check out IMDb.com.

1) Titanic is just about the only famous epic (and certainly the only Best Picture Oscar winner) to not be in the Top 250, as voted by visitors to that site.

2) Even funnier, I wrote and directed a mock sequel, Titanic II, about five years ago. Believe it or not, my film currently has a user higher rating on IMDb (7.2 versus 7.1) than the original!

:rofl:

[vi5]

5. Anything directed by Stephen Spielberg

Overrated popcorn hack.

And yes, I even mean his "serious" movies as well. Totally pandering, totally cloying, totally crap.

[Javaman]

15. What I hate about his movies above anything else is that fact

the last 20 minutes of every film with maybe the exception being Jaws and Close Encounters (and Duel) is a giant sob fest of making everything nice. A total bail out.

[Mad_Dem_X]

26. Jaws kicked ass. n/t

[Javaman]

43. That was his opus. nt

[LSdemocrat]

6. Spiderman. Also I thought the LotR movies progressed from ok to painfully horrible

[Starbucks Anarchist]

8. Forrest Gump.

If I wanted to see a film about a mentally challenged man who inexplicably overcame numerous obstacles and became successful, I'd watch Fahrenheit 9/11.

[Patiod]

148. The book was pretty funny

very different feel

[Skittles]

224. I thought Forrest Gump was absolute steaming drivel

hideously bad

[Skittles]

225. that Chocolate Wonka or whatever the f*** it was

maybe you had to see it as a kid - my bf made me watch it and there was this mom, slaving over her kid and four lazy grandparent f***s WHO WERE ALL SLEEPING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY - then when the kid WON something, one of those lazy f***s hopped out of bed and the kid TOOK HIM with him to get the prize INSTEAD OF HIS HARD-WORKING MOTHER. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Broken_Hero]

13. Spiderman III, and the whole POTC set....nt

[SteppingRazor]

17. Oh, god, so many ... Crash, Titanic, Shakespeare in Love...

Master and Commander, anything by M. Night Shamalamalamalan, and on, and on...

[Richardo]

21. "Something About Mary"

THe only laugh I got was the "6-minute/7-minute Abs" argument.

[AlCzervik]

24. hated that too. when i went to see it people were howling with laughter

like they way i laughed through "Troy" which was really funny.

[Phillycat]

142. I sat stonefaced in the theater while others fell about laughing.

I was like, "Really? This?" :wtf:

[Patiod]

152. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who didn't get it

I didn't laugh once. But then again, I can't stand humiliation humor or laughing at people in pain. (my S.O. finds it amazing that I love both version of "The Office" so much, but I think that's from spending so much time in dysfunctional workplaces)

[Richardo]

158. I like both versions too!

My bride is a purist for the English version and can't stand Steve Carell, but I think they're both great.

[Phillycat]

160. I can't stand humiliation humor either.

Makes me want to climb up the back of my couch!

[stuntcat]

146. yup :vomit:

:puke: and I've had to sit through it twice keeping company with morans.
We have the dvd downstairs and it's the only one I want to throw away or give to Goodwill. I can just see the lucky Goodwill customer, "OMG look, Something About Mary for $1!! And it looks like it's never been played!"
:puke:

[Bluestar]

179. Yep, I hate most of the Ferrelly Bros. films n/t

[1monster]

22. Missouri Breaks with Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. I HATED that

movie. The only thing that kept me from walking out on it was the fact that I was with three other friends who were loving it...

[Tyler Durden]

222. WHY? Just curious.

[SeattleGirl]

23. The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tried to watch it twice, and feel asleep both times.

[Mad_Dem_X]

25. Pulp Fiction, Clueless, Jerry Maguire

The trifecta of over-rated films.

[baldguy]

27. Rocky

I enjoyed when the doofus was getting beaten up, and was bummed when he won.

[pokerfan]

200. Rocky didn't win

Split decision for Creed. I'm just saying.

[Sweet Freedom]

28. Several

Something About Mary
Sideways
Titanic
Legends of the Fall
Fight Club
All the Spiderman movies
All the Batman movies
Anything starring Tom Cruise
Anything starring Julia Roberts

[Patiod]

153. We went to visit the Central Coast wineries

on our last vacation, and EVERY place we went they said "So I guess you saw 'Sideways'? Wasn't that GREAT????!!!" and we would just look at them blankly and shake our heads. So we rented it when we got home, and other than the fun of saying "Oh, we were there", we were pretty disappointed.

[Sweet Freedom]

170. And then Virginia Madsen won an Oscar!!

What the hell for? :shrug:

[TexasBushwhacker]

175. Actually, she didn't win

Cate Blanchett won that year for The Aviator.

[Sweet Freedom]

223. Oops, you're right.

She was nominated but didn't win.:blush:

Okay, so let me try again...

And Virginia Madsen was nominated for an Oscar! For what!?

[azmouse]

29. Kill Bill, and The 40 Year Old Virgin

[devilgrrl]

30. Fuckin' 'Pretty Woman'!

What a pile of crap that movie was! :puke:

[TexasBushwhacker]

75. I so agree

A conversation between me and a friend:

Her - "But it was a Cinderella story."
Me - "Cinderella doesn't give blowjobs."

[devilgrrl]

100. Did you ever see Michael Myers' take off on that on SNL???

It was hilarious!

[TheDoorbellRang]

234. Agree with that. And add anything with Richard Gere in it. eom

[Arugula Latte]

31. "Ghostbusters," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "The Usual Suspects"

Also that bloody rampage that won the Academy Award for best picture :wtf: -- The Departed.

[RedG1]

33. The Shining

ack...

[SacredCow]

34. I can't say I "hated" it....

but having read the book prior, I felt completely misled. It just wasn't even the same story.

The remake with Rebecca DeMornay and Steven Weber was a little better.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

40. I thought they did a great job.

Some minor differences from the book, but the changes were handled great. It's a better movie than a more literal interpretation of the book, IMO.

[RubyDuby in GA]

37. Moulin Rouge, Sideways, Crash, The English Patient

All pieces of crap. Pure crap.

[terrya]

38. I hated "Moulin Rouge"

I agree...horribly, sappy crap. Seeing people in a story taking place in the 19th century singing "Like a Virgin" was amazingly stupid.

[RubyDuby in GA]

41. Thank you..

I tried making that argument with someone and was told I lacked imagination.

I said no, I just have taste.

Quite possibly the worst movie ever made (right after Crash).

[IntravenousDemilo]

109. I haven't liked anything Baz Luhrmann has directed.

For instance, in his Romeo and Juliet, our credulity is strained when Claire Danes (Juliet) wants to give up Paris (the gorgeous Paul Rudd) for Romeo (the rat-faced Leonardo DiCaprio).

[terrya]

130. That does stretch credulity to the breaking point, doesn't it?

I have never gotten the charms, such as they are, of Leonardo DiCaprio. Especially as compared to Paul Rudd.

[swimboy]

255. Hey!

You and me are so simultaneous on this!

[AlCzervik]

42. thats always on my list, i hated that movie so much.

[halobeam]

39. Backdraft and Cliffhanger and Dead Man Walking

Backdraft, hubs and I almost got kicked out for laughing so hard... imagining them saying (may as well have).."Yes, these are my grandfathers balls,*points to jar on mantle.. and 'these' are my fathers' balls *points to other jar on mantle.. one day YOUR balls will be on this mantle, too!"..

Cliffhanger, could'nt find anything funny about it.

Dead Man Walking, well, again, we just looked around the theatre and saw "dead audience watching".. :rofl: We got out of there in time to catch something better.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

44. The one with

Nicholas Cage drinking himself to death in Las Vegas..........I was so impressed I've forgotten the name! :)

[TexasBushwhacker]

79. Leaving Las Vegas!

I'm with you on that one. As the child, grandchild and sister of alcoholics, I don't find them interesting, sympathetic or entertaining. I hated Arthur too, even though it was a comedy.

[davsand]

45. Annie Hall and pretty much every other Woodie Allan film.

No apologies, I just don't care for it.


Laura

[TrogL]

47. Bridges of Madison County

...and half a dozen other feel-good movies that make me wanna just :puke:

[TexasBushwhacker]

74. Hated it too ....

I must admit, I have little sympathy for adulterers. I hated The English Patient for the same reason, although I thought the romance between the nurse and the Indian was worth watching. But I hated the main characters, and normally I love Ralph Fiennes.

[applegrove]

246. I disliked the book. I don't know why I went to see the movie.

[TrogL]

48. Bridges of Madison County

...and half a dozen other feel-good movies that make me wanna just :puke:

[bigwillq]

49. Forrest Gump

Titanic

[MrCoffee]

52. you're right. Forrest Gump is awful.

[darkstar]

68. Agreed..

tripe, IMO....

[Mike03]

70. Agree with you on Forrest Gump

I was shocked by the warm reception to that imbecilic film.

[Cathyclysmic]

137. Hated, hated HAAAAATED Forrest Gump.

3 hours of self-important Boomer fogyism wrapped into a lame story.

[Phillycat]

144. Exactly. HATED Forrest Gump.

Fake nostalgia makes me want to rip off my own arm so I can beat myself with it. BLERGH.

[applegrove]

247. I didn't really like Forrest Gump from the get go.

[Yavin4]

51. Brokeback Mountain

There, I said it. It put me to sleep.

[IntravenousDemilo]

108. I bet you'd wake up if Heath Ledger or Jake Gyllenhaal climbed into your sleeping bag with you. n/m

[BlueIris]

133. You have no soul.

[Whisp]

199. don't know what the bruhaha was over it either. very bland.

you would think a writer would have been hired for the dialogue or something.

[Javaman]

229. You mean a linear plot with no depth to the characters and everyone

over acting turned you off??? LOL.

I have see ang lees other movies and I think they are all pretty much drivel.

[OzarkDem]

53. *gulp* Star Wars

I only saw it once and slept through it. Just not a sci-fi fan, but I'm glad others liked it. :shrug:

[Jade Fox]

96. I didn't like it either....

Never understood what the BFD was.

[fishwax]

54. the cider house rules

maybe "absolutely hated" is too strong, but that's my stock answer :)

[NC_Nurse]

55. Terms of Endearment

[regnaD kciN]

205. Agreed...

Terms of Endurance (as I retitled it) -- it's a tragedy because the daughter dies at the end. IMHO, it would have been a comedy if both mother and daughter had succumbed...and dragged Jack the Drunken Astronaut off to Hades with them.

[Briarius]

56. Napoleon Dynamite

I couldn't watch more than a couple min... so mind-numbingly dumb!

[ruiner4u]

126. Im with you..

[fizzgig]

193. i can't even remember if i saw that in the theatre or if i rented it

all i can remember was sitting stonefaced while everyone else cracked up

i don't even know what that steaming pile was about

[nadine_mn]

206. oh my gosh...I thought I was the only one

I just didn't get it, and never understood why it was supposed be so great

[Zavulon]

58. Lost Boys, Crash, Requiem for a Dream, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, (more)

Either of the Spiderman movies, the first Fantastic Four (I haven't bothered to see the second), Mulholland Drive, Forrest Gump, Stranger than Fiction, BeetleJuice, A Few Good Men.

[Patiod]

155. The second Fantastic Four was mind-bendingly awful

It was playing on the plane, and I can't believe I watched it. Even "free" was too high a price for that appalling piece of crap. Not even good camp, and Michael Chicles couldn't save it. Awful, awful, awful.

[Zavulon]

166. Glad I blew it off, then.

BTW, good luck to your Phillies. I was ecstatic to see them pull out the division - not out of love for them or hatred of the Mets, but just because I'm too young to remember 1964 and always wanted to see a collapse like that. Sure, 1978 was fun and all, but that was slow and gradual. The Mets imploded over 17 days, and I was rooting for Philly like mad. It's the only real passion I've felt for baseball since the Expos moved.

[ChoralScholar]

59. Maybe not 'general population' but I hated Talladega Nights.

I am a Will Ferrell fan and have seen nearly every movie - but I had to turn Talladega Nights off in the middle.

[Sugar Smack]

60. I had a love/ hate relationship with Monster.

I loved Charlize Theron but I could not STAND the character Christina Ricci played.

[Mike03]

87. How that movie won me over....

It's a very complex movie, and I agree with you about the portrayal of the character played by Ricci, but in that third act, when Theron has that breakdown at the bus stop, I had to admit that was one of the best moments of acting I had ever seen. I've watched that portion of the film over and over again, just with pure admiration for that performance. But the film is not a very pleasant viewing experience.

[InvisibleTouch]

61. Love Story

Anemic story built around two utterly loathsome characters - the "tragic" girl being the far worse of the two. Huh? We were supposed to feel for her? We were not supposed to applaud the ending? Sorry, must have missed the memo. I remain baffled as to how this piece of drivel became a cult classic.

[mtnester]

62. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

worst.movie.ever

we left before it was over

Let me add to that: K-Pax...second worst movie EVER

[SethInUpstateNY]

78. I rented this movie

awhile ago. I usually like most Bill Murray movies, but I had to turn this piece of garbage off after about 40 minutes.

[mtnester]

92. Yep, that is about how long we lasted

it was bad...and we tried hard becase it was at the theater

[jgraz]

64. Borat

Didn't laugh once...it just seemed stupid

[TexasBushwhacker]

80. Gross and mean n/t

[Jade Fox]

98. Especially gross......

geez, how many jokes can you have about shit in one movie?

[Hosnon]

196. Yep. I didn't find it funny and then felt like a snob for it...

It takes a very magical movie for me to hate it and feel guilty for hating it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

242. I second that....

I understood it had a point, but it just tried to make it in the wrong way. No different than blackface films, in my book.

[sarge43]

67. With the exception of Dr Strangelove, all the films of

Stanley "I'm being very profound and artistic here, peasants" Kubrick.

[Mike03]

69. Sideways

I thought this was the most childish film in the world. There were a couple of hilarious scenes, but the premise was like a teen-wants-to-get-laid flick and the first act was interminable. It also glorified alcoholism and rampant stupidity.

I wasn't all that crazy about "Crash" either.

[retread]

71. Patton. n/t

[smokey nj]

77. "Lost in Translation"

For me, it was kind of like watching paint dry.

[Peregrine Took]

116. Does anyone but me have a problem with Bill Murray movies or Bill Murray in

general?

I just don't "get" him at all.

When he played the Lounge Lizard on SNL he was great but on the big screen he just seems to me like he's"putting on" and isn't really acting at all. He seems the same in all of his roles.

[smokey nj]

119. Now that you mention it......

Thinking back to his movies (The ones that I've seen, anyway. I haven't seen them all), I think you may be right. With the exception of Caddyshack, I'd say you're assessment is correct.

[devilgrrl]

128. 'Groundhog Day' is one of my favorite movies ever.

So, I would have to disagree.

But that's just me. :blush:

[Patiod]

156. "Groundhog Day" is in my Top Five

I also liked him in "Meatballs", but perhaps that's because I was a camp counselor at the time....

[Hosnon]

197. I love him and his movies. If he is in something, I presume I'll love it.

And, so far, the presumption has aided me well. :)

You must be broken...or I am...or his movies are just good.

[Whisp]

201. agreed. Murray makes me roll my eyes when in a serious role

he just cannot convince me. he tries too hard and comes off looking big faker and I end up laughing at his attempts.

same with Robin Williams - brilliant in his own thing, but what a dismal in serious roles. I can't stand to watch his shortcomings.

[SmokingJacket]

167. Ugh, I hated that.

It was about these two cool people surrounded by lamos and creepy foreigners. If they'd had sex at least they would have DONE something. Instead they just made mooney eyes for two hours.

[SmokingJacket]

168. oops wrong place

[bridgit]

81. Little Miss Sunshine...

x(

[Peregrine Took]

114. It sucked so bad - totally unrealistic - especially Alan Arkin's role. n/t

[devilgrrl]

129. I wasn't impressed either.

What a waste of a great cast.

[Phillycat]

145. HATED it!

:thumbsup:

[XemaSab]

82. 2001

Very underwhelming. :shrug:

[bridgit]

83. 2010, even less so...

:thumbsdown:

[HughBeaumont]

84. Shit, this list could get me put on an asston of ignore lists -

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Only Terry Gilliam movie that I hated profusely, just a senseless mess. I guess because I never did drugs I don't really belong to the club that relates to this one.

Both Kill Bills.
Pulp Fiction. Eccccch. Too wordy, frat-boy-deep, has no shelf life. I hate Uma Thurman, Johnny Scientology is a douche and Amanda Plummer is over-the-top annoying. I'm sick of the whole "F bombs, beatdowns and bloodshed" shit. Are people completely incapable of making a good action/drama without that?

Anything by Kevin Smith with the possible exception of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Donnie Darko and Fight Club (I didn't really HATE them per se, I just don't think they're the greatest thing since sliced bread like all of their fans do).

The Big Lebowski. Is it a "high" thing?

Magnolia. Tommy One Note once again ruins an otherwise good movie.

Most smug, ultra-deadpan Wes Anderson-ish movies with actors like Chloe Sevigny and Jason Schwartzman in them.

Natural Born Killers. CHRIST! Unrealistic Ollie Stone Kleenex-leavins. Woody from Cheers and a 90-pound twig miraculously have Navy Seal/Krav Maga fighting skills and beat up everybody, even with snake venom in them, make trained police officers seem like Keystone Kop amateurs and escape. Bullshit bullshit BULLSHIT. The thing I hated the most was Juliette Lewis' character. Was the annoyance factor turned up about 10 notches on that one? Who could even WATCH that?

Traffic, Crash and 21 Grams. Let's amend this - I didn't think the MOVIEs so much sucked, I found the female performances in these to be over-the-goddamned-top ANNOYING as fuck-all and because of them, completely ruined each film. Since when did "Oscar worthy" for females mean acting like repellent bitchy shrews?

Mean-spirited, punching-bag main character movies such as There's Something about Mary, Meet the Parents, Kingpin, etc. And I see that Ben Stiller made yet ANOTHER one of these. Sigh.

Movie scenes where Will Farrell chews scenery like a cow.

American Beauty. I'm sorry, but was I supposed to relate to ANY of those oversmug repellent people?

Joy Luck Club. No joy or luck in that club. You'd need six pounds of Adderol for this one.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

85. How come nobody has mentioned "The Piano" and "Punchdrunk Love"?

These two films have shared the undisputed first place on the list of films I hated ever since they came out.

[quiet.american]

110. I loved Punchdrunk Love! Especially the scene after Sandler tears apart the restaurant bathroom

Seriously, the scene with the manager confronting him about it still cracks me up. But I can see how it wouldn't be for everybody.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

118. I hated the implication that a stupid, inconsiderate jerk could still

"get the girl."

It's the clueless jerk's ultimate fantasy, that the woman of his dreams will still forgive him, even after he abandons her at the emergency room to go off on some idiotic adventure.

[quiet.american]

122. I guess so, but so many of my girlfriends are "stupid jerk" bait.

It never ceases to amaze me how strong, attractive women are reduced to piles of quivering insecurities over some, quite frankly, loser, whom they've usually met through online dating. I can't judge them too harshly though, I myself went through way too much for way too long with someone for whom the word "sociopath" would be a compliment. After that, no more "clueless jerks" for me. :)

[regnaD kciN]

210. I kept thinking...

..."If that's what he does to plate glass windows and bathroom fixtures whenever he feels disrespected, what is he going to do to her if she ever corrects him or laughs because he made a vocabulary mistake?"

:scared:

Seriously, I know it was supposed to be a "happy" ending because they stayed together, but I kept feeling like the sequel, if any, would feature his character's trial, a la O.J., Robert Blake, Phil Spector...

[idgiehkt]

86. that would be most of them

we don't have that kind of time, lol.

[NaturalHigh]

88. Look Who's Talking.

Quite possibly the worst movie of all time, in my opinion, but it was apparently popular enough to warrant numerous sequels.

[Bennyboy]

89. Rushmore, Lost In Translation,The Royal Tannebaums

to name a couple or three.

[XemaSab]

112. Lost in Translation

another one I didn't "get."

[Peregrine Took]

115. Excellent! "Rushmore" was the worst movie I've ever seen in my life.

[Patiod]

150. OMG I HATED the Royal Tenenbaums

I kind of liked "Rushmore", but I would nominate "The Royal Tenenbaums" as the worst critically-accepted movie every made. It made me want to tear my hair out, it was so awful.

[sundog]

172. oh god wes anderson is just awful

i don't need to see any more films about rich white people indulging full time in their obsessive compulsiveness

his characters are waaay too precious for my tastes... all idiosyncrasies with no emotional core

i know it's comedy, but i never laugh at it

i think wes anderson & his fans should be corralled into a special holy shrine somewhere so as to protect the rest of humanity

[Hosnon]

195. Welcome to ignore!

Not really...

But "The Royal Tannebaums" is in my Top 10.

[Hobarticus]

228. Yeah..."The Royal Tannebaums" was just painful...

And I walked away thinking I was a thickheaded dolt for not finding it genius.

[Greyskye]

91. Every Jim Cary comedy

:puke:

[idgiehkt]

95. same here, except for "Liar, Liar"

I thought he did a really good job in that, and Jennifer Tilly was great in it too.

[Tektonik]

93. Requiem for a Dream

ugh :puke:

[Jade Fox]

94. The Matrix....my old standby

for these threads. Incomprehensible, boring, ugly to look at. We walked.

[SoxFan]

171. Here, here!

Most overrated thing I've ever seen. It was hyped as some sort of groundbreaking masterpiece. In reality, it was "Tron" meets Intro To Eastern Philosophy 101.

[Mythsaje]

177. I saw it three times opening weekend...

Truly the only movie I've ever done that with.

No accounting for taste. Then again, you didn't like Star Wars either. :shrug:

[Javaman]

230. Oh where do I even begin to go into the litany of things so very wrong

with that movie.

One thing I never got and was a basic flaw in the movies premise and logic was this:

If people are basically batteries for this "alien" race and the "alien" race chooses to create a "fake" reality so the battery people can live a "normal life", that sounds pretty nice of them in a Nietzsche sort of way. They could have not been nice and not had any "reality" at all and could have just left the humans as mindless battery blobs.

Also, given the alternative of living in squaller in the "real" world or having a reasonably normal life in the "fake" world. give me the fake one.

I want the blue pill, thank you very much.

I could go on and on but from that basic point, all other short coming blossom from that point.

[applegrove]

248. I hate sci/fantasy

[taught_me_patience]

97. Good Will Hunting

pure contrived dreck.

[Initech]

101. Just about every Nicholas Cage film.

I really cannot stand him.

[Patiod]

151. My S.O. had a call-back for "National Treasure II"

and he said it would be ironic if his first big feature film was with the actor he hates the most.

I can't stand Cage either. I don't know if I would hate him less if I didn't know about all the nepotism...

[ashling]

103. and by "general population" you mean ... ?

[PassingFair]

106. Armegeddon

:puke:

Pretty much everything about it sucked.

From the script to the acting.

In fact, just thinking about it makes me :puke: anew....

[Roxy66]

249. Hated it!!!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

107. Blair Witch Project

Half an hour into the film, I found the characters so annoying that I was rooting for the witch...

[Maccagirl]

203. Yes, two hours of boring people running around

cussing up a storm. I never "got" it.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

221. I was told that much of the dialogue was "improvised"

...proving that there's a reason why the Good Lord made screenwriters.

[qdemn7]

111. Gone With the Wind.....

Hate to this day... Just a fucking 4 hour long soap opera. :puke:

[Peregrine Took]

113. "Mystic RIver" and "The Departed" - talk about chewing up the scenery! n/t

[BlueIris]

134. The only scenery chewing in "Mystic River" was from the dipshit who won the Supporting Actor statue.

Took something away from an otherwise excellent movie for me.

[Generic Brad]

117. Pretty Woman

It did not speak to me - possibly because I am an ugly man.

[NewJeffCT]

120. Wedding Crashers & 40 Year-Old Virgin

Got a lot of people excited, but I was like "meh"

[fudge stripe cookays]

121. "Memento" and "The Matrix"

I hate mind fuck movies.

[applegrove]

250. I had Magnolia CD sitting in my apartment for years. Never watched it.

Don't know why I bought it. Not sure what Memento is..but I will stay away from it as I trust your judgement re: the matrix.

[Clintonista2]

123. All of the bourne movies except for the first one

The second and third ones made me physically sick because of the constantly moving camera, and while I like action scenes as much as the next person, an hour and a half of nothing but action makes me bored.

[Javaman]

231. You too????

Damn, I thought I was the only one getting motion sickness.

first one was well shot, well paced and well edited.

Then the next two imploded. that "shaky cam" crap has got to go. I first witnessed it on "NYPD Blue". Hated it then.

In the second one, the editing was god damn awful, I could follow half of the action scenes.

In the third one, they toned it down a bit, but still it was awful.

the director of the first one was Doug Liman. He directed Swingers and Go.

The next two were directed by Paul Greengrass nothing I ever heard of except United 93

[begin_within]

124. Story about "The Big Lebowski"...

Our neighbors have a movie night every other Saturday in June, July, August and September. They have a video projector and project them on a screen in their backyard, and anyone can come to them. The mid-September one was "The Big Lebowski" and I warned them about the language in it, but they said nothing and still showed it. The last movie the other night was "Moonstruck" and I overheard people talking about the showing of "The Big Lebowski." About 30 people had shown up but only 4 were left when the movie ended.

[annonymous]

139. I hated "The Big Lebowski" too.

I thought it was totally lame and most of the dialog consisted of the "f" word. I don't understand why this movie is considered funny.

[begin_within]

140. Maybe someone here can explain why... there are a lot of "Lebowski" fans here.

[rhiannon55]

165. I like the word "fuck" as much as anyone

but the overuse of that word in the Big Lebowski turned me off big time. It made me think that the writers were lazy. I, too, do not understand why so many people think that movie is funny.

[regnaD kciN]

211. I liked that film...

...and especially liked how they called themselves on the language, with the Old Cowboy telling Lebowski "I like your style...but do you really need to use all those cuss words?" and Lebowski replying "What the fuck do you mean?"

:rofl:

[cynatnite]

127. Chronicles of Narnia...

Never read the books, but I thought the movie completely sucked. Ugh. My kids got bored and left the room.

[SKKY]

131. "Lost in Translation"...

Someone in the Coppola family owes me for the two hours of my life I'll never get back.

[JCMach1]

217. Loved this and the Virgin Suicides

[Love Bug]

132. "As Good as it Gets" and "Tin Cup"

Both fantasies about how the 'love of a good woman' can rehabilitate a dysfunctional man. Which doesn't happen in real life yet flicks like this teach young women that it's possible so they waste their time trying to rehab losers.

[Patiod]

149. I liked both movies, but you are SO right about the themes

And at least in Tin Cup, the redeeming woman was age-appropriate.....

Although I submit that "Pretty Woman" is worse in terms of its message for young women...

[pokerfan]

202. Yeah, but in Tin Cup, he wasn't rehabilitated

It avoided the Hollywood ending. Remember his 12 on the 18th when it was birdie to win and par to tie?

Cheech Marin was awesome and had the best lines:

Posar: Now THAT was a defining moment. And the definition was shit.

Posar: Well, David Simms may be a "soulless robot", but he's a rich, happy, soulless robot with a beautiful doctor lady girlfriend. Besides, how's getting in the Open going to change what she thinks about you?
Roy: Well, it'll show her that I'm not who she thinks I am.
Posar: But you are who she thinks you are!


As Good As it Gets sucked donkey balls, though.

[BlueIris]

135. "Chicago." Schmaltzy.

Blech.

[applegrove]

252. I disliked Chicago too. Too many creeps in the movie..how was I suppposed to

give a shit about any of the charaters. They were all mostly bad apples.

[BlueIris]

136. "Two Towers"/"Return of the King."

Blech.

[radfringe]

138. Gone with the Wind and Titanic ... eom/nt

[raccoon]

141. Titanic, Independence Day, The English Patient.

However, I'm not sure the general public loved The English Patient. The critics maybe.

[noonwitch]

143. "Footloose"

Some of the music was good, but the plot was pathetic.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

154. 2001 - A Space Oddity

Yawn fest.

[begin_within]

159. Was that the one with David Bowie?

[QueenOfCalifornia]

162. 2001 - A Space Odyssey

(I just have always called that movie by the oddity name)

The man who fell to earth - david bowie... I didn't like that one either ----

[begin_within]

163. Bowie did a song called "Space Oddity"

[ehrnst]

157. Braveheart. (Rob Roy was just so much better, and sank like a rock)

[TheDoorbellRang]

236. I felt the same way. I loved Rob Roy!

Couldn't believe Rob Roy didn't get more kudos, and figured it was because of Braveheart. Thought Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange were awesome, and loved the "message" of the movie: "Honor is a gift you give yourself."

[ehrnst]

237. I'm a fight choreographer, and that final fight between them left me breathless.

I guess you need a disembowling to get an oscar nod, tho.

[TheDoorbellRang]

238. Yes! I don't remember the name of that villain, but he was great, too.

A fight choreographer, eh? That sounds like a fun job. Have any anecdotes you could share?

[Release The Hounds]

161. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

40 Year Old Virgin

Both were incredibly boring, imo.

[deadparrot]

164. Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

[SmokingJacket]

169. American Beauty

One big, fat, overwrought lie.

[CBHagman]

173. I almost walked out of "Notting Hill."

And I paid for that one, too. What a mistake.

I didn't pay for but still hated...

Braveheart
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Pretty Hooker -- er, Pretty Woman

[regnaD kciN]

212. Bray-Fart, all right...

Three hours of Mel Gibson's overinflated ego, psychotic homophobia, and rabid hatred of the English, all in the service of a script so historically inaccurate as to make Titanic look like a documentary by comparison.

:puke:

[CBHagman]

226. Yeah, it didn't measure up in the epic department.

It still burns me up that the Academy Awards rewarded Mel's ego trip while for the most part snubbing Babe, Sense and Sensibility, and Apollo 13, three interesting, enjoyable movies which are also stand up better after the passage of a little time.

[LanternWaste]

174. The Matrix-- all of 'em...

The Matrix-- all of 'em, by golly! A perfect illustration (to me) of Hollywood targeting the lowest common denominator.

[QMPMom]

180. Reds. I walked out of it.

Hated it. Still do.

I also detest the movie ET.

[BlooInBloo]

181. Being John Malkovich. Wanted to fucking shoot myself in the face it was so boring...

... Also, that Jim Carey get-my-girlfriend-out-of-my-head movie and the Bill Murray in Japan one. And Royal Tenenbaums.

Go to it - rip me to shreds all! :P


EDIT: Oh yah - and The Cable Guy, and that Jack Nicholas with the nekid hotub Misery-lady movie.

EDITEDIT: The Unbearable Length Of A Movie takes the cake tho.

[Hosnon]

198. "The Royal Tenennbaums" is one of my favorite movies...

It hit home on so many levels. (Sigh)...perhaps I have family issues, haha.

[fujiyamasan]

182. A few that were mentioned here already

Lost in Translation - boooring. And she sucked as an actress in GF III...

Big Lebowski - not completely awful, but not as funny as I expected. Overrated.

Punch Drunk Love - put me to sleep...didn't make it to the ending.

Master and Commander - maybe this movie is better than I thought it was, but I guess when I saw it I wasn't in the mood to see it...

Third Spiderman and third X-Men movies - both were a huge disappointment.

[greatauntoftriplets]

183. Fargo.

What a disgusting waste of time.

[Richardo]

186. .

[greatauntoftriplets]

187. ...

:shrug:

If it makes you feel better, I cheered for the boat to sink while watching "Titanic".

[regnaD kciN]

213. I thought it was the worst Coen Brothers film I'd seen...

...and have found no reason to revise my opinion.

[JCMach1]

216. agreed

[x-g.o.p.er]

184. The English Patient

[Cabcere]

185. I'm so going to get flamed for this, but...

"Airplane!" :hide: I've never met anybody who didn't love that movie, but I really didn't enjoy it. :shrug: Sorry.

[BlooInBloo]

190. Looks like you picked the wrong week to find a sense of humor....

EDIT: It's ok though, because I'm about to add one that you can rip on me for. :)

[Zomby Woof]

188. Any John Wayne movie

The way he is still revered by Americans makes me ill.

[cobalt1999]

251. You make me ill

Asshole

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

253. Best. Post. Ever.

:thumbsup:

[ncabot22]

189. As Good As It Gets and E.T.

I simply hated both movies. I cannot give a coherent reason. As Good As It Gets made me angry and E.T. annoyed me.

[BlooInBloo]

191. The Princess Bride....

... Rip away.

[nadine_mn]

209. Inconceivable!

One of my all time favorite movies...oh well

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

254. you keep using that word. I don't think it means wht you think it means

[Jamastiene]

192. Forrest Gump.

I did not get the "genius" of that movie. I kept hearing people talk about "genius" when they were talking about that movie, but all I saw was a dimwitted dude talking about life as if it was edible. :shrug:

[Hosnon]

194. "Idiocracy" - Horrible, just horrible.

The movie tried to make a statement of some kind but I couldn't get past the amazingly inaccurate premise.

[nadine_mn]

207. anything with Meg Ryan

she is such an insipid twit

also for some reason I can't stand Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey (except Liar Liar), Ben Stiller, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon...if they are in it I won't see it.

[regnaD kciN]

214. The Boondock Saints...

I realize that not everybody liked that comic-book-like paean to vigilante justice, but if even one person does, it's too many. Made by a genuine egotistical asshole who screwed over his own brother to make it, and whose philosophy of life is quoted as "the only real question is whether or not we have the guts to kill the bad guys," this is the sort of thing that would logically be a Freeper's dream movie.

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

[JCMach1]

215. Princess Bride- mildly amusing at best

sorry DUers

[yy4me]

218. Chariots of Fire.

Friends said it was wonderful, we thought it was a boring.

[carly denise pt deux]

219. Star Wars

Carly

[Vidar]

220. The English Patient, Moulin Rouge, The Matrix.

[Dulcinea]

227. Jerry Maguire. The Matrix. Out of Africa.

They all sucked out loud. They were so boring. And Tom Cruise is dreadful. I thought he was terrible even before he revealed himself to be a walking freak show.

[alphafemale]

232. I am Sam.

I do not like you Sam I am.

[Crunchy Frog]

233. Lord of the Rings.

Love the books, HATED the movies. :)

[DS1]

235. Spaceballs is a big pile of shit

[LSK]

239. Lord of the Rings

Don't see what the hype was all about.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

240. The English Patient

Fargo was totally robbed of best picture that year.

[RiffRandell]

243. Natural Born Killers.

So lame.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

244. Kevin Smith movies

I just don't find them that funny. Yet all the hipsters seem to think they are the best thing ever.

[Dukkha]

245. Magnolia

Mexican soap operas has more subtlety in it's acting

[NoGOPZone]

256. Silence of the Lambs nt