How about movies most people love but you hate?

[PittPat3]

The discussion about Forrest Gump in the fave movie thread made me think of this as a subject. I'll start:

Gone With The Wind - I know it's easy to dunk on now as being racist, but I've always hated this film. Four hours and she has learned nothing, with a terrible ending. Also, when the yankee soldier comes to Tara, I am rooting for him to cause those people as much mayhem as possible.

Field of Dreams - Sentimental schlock, if you ask me.

Love, Actually - I hate, HATE this movie, and can't for the life of me understand why anyone likes it. The interwoven stories are stupid, the characters are terrible people, they do terrible things, and there is damned little actual, non-cringey love to be seen.

Anything with Adam Sandler in it.

 

[infinitehighway42]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower......terrible.

And I agree on Love, Actually. Also terrible.

I also can't stand Nightmare Before Christmas. I appreciate the stop-motion and all the work that goes into it, but I HATE musicals. And the fact that every fat girl has that skeleton dude tattooed on them somewhere somehow makes me hate it even more.

 

[ratking17]

Gone with the wind
Field of dreams
The game
Forest gump

 

[pitt-girl]

MASH - hated the TV show also. Apocalypse Now. Taxi Driver.

And....a movie I don't "hate" but saw it once and no desire to ever see it again.....wait for it.....The Godfather.

Let the gasping begin. LOL

 

[Boo_Radley_1]

Christmas Vacation.......not a Chevy Chase fan at all. Most everyone seems to love it.

 

[infinitehighway42]

Christmas Vacation.......not a Chevy Chase fan at all. Most everyone seems to love it.

Chevy Chase is one of the most well-documented jerks in Hollywood. He single-handed ruined Community behind the scenes, and that was a great show.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

The discussion about Forrest Gump in the fave movie thread made me think of this as a subject. I'll start:

Gone With The Wind - I know it's easy to dunk on now as being racist, but I've always hated this film. Four hours and she has learned nothing, with a terrible ending. Also, when the yankee soldier comes to Tara, I am rooting for him to cause those people as much mayhem as possible.

Field of Dreams - Sentimental schlock, if you ask me.

Love, Actually - I hate, HATE this movie, and can't for the life of me understand why anyone likes it. The interwoven stories are stupid, the characters are terrible people, they do terrible things, and there is damned little actual, non-cringey love to be seen.

Anything with Adam Sandler in it.

Great potential with this thread. The responses should be interesting. Nothing comes to mind for me and I am one who likes Love Actually and loves Christmas Vacation. And since I consider those both Christmas movies, And now that I think about it, A Christmas Story has to be up there as one for me. I never understood the popularity and the fascination with that one. I’ve never sat down and watched it from start to finish and can give it no more than 10-15 minutes at a sitting. I’ll try again this year.

And not that I dislike the film, but I never understood how Avatar was the top grossing film of all time until just recently. The movie was blah....

 

[JS School]

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. I could never find anything about a mental institution entertaining.

 

[lilspainishflea]

The Hurt Locker is absolutely the worst war movie I have ever seen. Just insane Hollywood hysteria about life at war. The sneaking off base and extrajudicial killing (from an EOD troop no less) was so off-putting and gross.

Huge Star Wars fan but I didn't see Spaceballs until the early 2000s and really didn't think it was funny.

Every Pirates of the Caribbean movie except the 1st one. Actually, most Johnny Depp movies are really overrated IMO.

 

[JS School]

MASH - hated the TV show also. Apocalypse Now. Taxi Driver.

And....a movie I don't "hate" but saw it once and no desire to ever see it again.....wait for it.....The Godfather.

Let the gasping begin. LOL

I've always enjoyed your posts. But this....gasp.

 

[Chaos]

Just about any movie with Tom Cruise in it.

 

[ratking17]

Just about any movie with Tom Cruise in it.

I think tom is a douche, but I would counter by asking you to name a bad tom cruise movie

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

MASH - hated the TV show also. Apocalypse Now. Taxi Driver.

And....a movie I don't "hate" but saw it once and no desire to ever see it again.....wait for it.....The Godfather.

Let the gasping begin. LOL

I more gasp at apocalypse now .

 

[CaptainMurphy]

Any Star Wars outside of the original 3. Even those are just OK the second time around.
Daniel Craig Bond films
Any Avengers movie, though I liked some of the individual movies, especially the Captain America movies and Ragnarok. Spiderman movies are the worst.
Top Gun
I agree about the Godfather films. Decent once but not great on subsequent viewings

 

[Jakey_John]

I never cared for the original Jurassic Park. Some of the lines are memorable but otherwise I never got into it.

 

[CaptainMurphy]

I think tom is a douche, but I would counter by asking you to name a bad tom cruise movie

Yeah, I don't like him and most of his movies are OK but it's tough not to love the MI films.

 

[CaptainMurphy]

I never cared for the original Jurassic Park. Some of the lines are memorable but otherwise I never got into it.

Forgot about that one. I actually like the second one much better, mainly because it focuses on the only interesting character from the first one.

 

[pitt-girl]

I think tom is a douche, but I would counter by asking you to name a bad tom cruise movie

Far and Away
Vanilla Sky
Jack Reacher 2

That's just off the top of my head.

 

[pitt-girl]

I more gasp at apocalypse now .

I admire it, but don't like it.

 

[Las Panteras]

Reservoir Dogs

 

[Las Panteras]

Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, the more I think about it.

 

[PittFamily2]

I more gasp at apocalypse now .

You Gasp? LOL.
You are such a fake a hole!

 

[ratking17]

Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, the more I think about it.

You are dead to me

 

[pitt-girl]

You are dead to me

That cracked me up

 

[thebadby2]

MASH - hated the TV show also. Apocalypse Now. Taxi Driver.

And....a movie I don't "hate" but saw it once and no desire to ever see it again.....wait for it.....The Godfather.

Let the gasping begin. LOL

You just named 4 of what I consider to be all-time classics.

Damn.

I'll concede this--those are all movies that I would expect to appeal more to men than women.

I'd be interested in hearing your faves.

 

[thebadby2]

I think tom is a douche, but I would counter by asking you to name a bad tom cruise movie

There have been many good ones--but many bad ones as well. A couple of quick examples:

Vanilla Sky
Eyes Wide Shut-Kubricks worst movie ever
Young Guns
Days of Thunder-i enjoyed it but it's garbage
Far and Away-schlock

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

MASH - hated the TV show also. Apocalypse Now. Taxi Driver.

And....a movie I don't "hate" but saw it once and no desire to ever see it again.....wait for it.....The Godfather.

Let the gasping begin. LOL

You're a chick. We are different ya know. Despite the attempts by the Prog left, we are wired different. And that's okay.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

There have been many good ones--but many bad ones as well. A couple of quick examples:

Vanilla Sky
Eyes Wide Shut-Kubricks worst movie ever
Young Guns
Days of Thunder-i enjoyed it but it's garbage
Far and Away-schlock

Agree with all of these.

 

[Saboteur]

Hate- The Shining
Boring money grab -Star Wars...all of them.
Love: Booty Call

 

[DiehardPanther]

The Matrix
ET
Pulp Fiction

 

[The_Bastard_Of_Benedum]

Any Star Wars besides the original 3 and Rogue One
Not a movie but I saw wicked on broadway and it was f’en boring! Terrible.

 

[Las Panteras]

You are dead to me

I needed that.

 

[CJsE]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (I have tried to like it)
Once Upon a Time in the West (and basically all westerns)
Logan
Platoon

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

Avatar
Gladiator
Gone with the Wind
Forrest Gump
Most Marvel movies

 

[pitt-girl]

The Matrix
ET
Pulp Fiction

ET???? You have no soul.

 

[wbrpanther]

MASH - hated the TV show also. Apocalypse Now. Taxi Driver.

And....a movie I don't "hate" but saw it once and no desire to ever see it again.....wait for it.....The Godfather.

Let the gasping begin. LOL

GASP. You aren't Italian, are you?

One movie I hate is the Sound of Music. For some reason I could never stand Julie Andrews.

 

[wbrpanther]

Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, the more I think about it.

Interesting picks. Two of my all time faves.

 

[pitt-girl]

You're a chick. We are different ya know. Despite the attempts by the Prog left, we are wired different. And that's okay.

I am but I love Tarantino movies. I love Boogie Nights. I'd say my tastes are very....eclectic. A couple friends dragged me to see Downton Abbey a few weeks ago. I promptly fell asleep. I don't think I'm tied to any genre (except I really don't enjoy horror which is a shame because there have been some terrific releases the last 4-5 years). I just either like a movie or I don't.

 

[pitt-girl]

GASP. You aren't Italian, are you?

One movie I hate is the Sound of Music. For some reason I could never stand Julie Andrews.

The Sound of Music? You have no soul either.

 

[wbrpanther]

Yeah, I don't like him and most of his movies are OK but it's tough not to love the MI films.

A Few Good Men is great. The rest---meh.