Movies you hate that everyone around you loves

Jules Winfield · 05-08-12, 11:55 AM

I hate Top Gun. To me, it's emptier and more shallow than every Michael Bay movie put together. Yet, I hear many people and even other movies quote this movie like its the fucking gospel. I will never know what Top Gun has to offer. What movies do you hate that others just seem to love?

Solid Snake PAC · 05-08-12, 12:01 PM

Transformers..all those Bay films. Aside from my fellow film students...every person I know around here loves them. I like bits and pieces..but I'll be damned if I love the films themselves.

and on the not hate but get annoyed that people praise it like crazy scale:

The Dark Knight. Look...I really really like the film. I do. I enjoy the fuck out of it. But it's not perfect. Very fucking well directed..but it has plot holes that people heavily overlook cuz it's a damn well made thing.

clckworang · 05-08-12, 12:09 PM

I'm sure I can think of a couple more, but these were the first ones off the top of my head:

Forrest Gump
Crash
300

I realize those first two movies have very vocal detractors online, but in person, I haven't seen that and have actually been in some very heated discussions about them.

argh923 · 05-08-12, 12:12 PM

Avatar. Most overrated piece of crap I've ever seen.

Dr. DVD · 05-08-12, 12:14 PM

Forrest Gump-I liked it when I was younger and felt I had to in order to fit with regular people, but then I realized regular people were kind of boring

American Pie-initially liked it and owned the DVD when it first came out . Once every apartment visitor wanted to watch it, and every comedy after it started imitating its gross out style, began to hate it.

Days of Thunder- I just do

nando820 · 05-08-12, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC

Transformers..all those Bay films. Aside from my fellow film students...every person I know around here loves them. I like bits and pieces..but I'll be damned if I love the films themselves.

and on the not hate but get annoyed that people praise it like crazy scale:

The Dark Knight. Look...I really really like the film. I do. I enjoy the fuck out of it. But it's not perfect. Very fucking well directed..but it has plot holes that people heavily overlook cuz it's a damn well made thing.

i think u hate yourself for loving it so much

Jaymole · 05-08-12, 12:46 PM

Just thinking of Academy award winning films:

Braveheart
Forrest Gump
Titanic

inri222 · 05-08-12, 12:48 PM

Saving Private Ryan

foofighters7 · 05-08-12, 12:51 PM

Avatar, Fast and the Furious movies, Crash (Bullock movie), The Hurt Locker (I don't Actually hate it, I just find that I hate it when people talk to well of it. It was pretty good but nothing more).

starman9000 · 05-08-12, 12:58 PM

300, though people don't admit to that as much any more, sort of like Limp Bizkit and Creed and fans.

brayzie · 05-08-12, 01:11 PM

War of the Worlds by Spielberg.

Tom Creo · 05-08-12, 01:17 PM

The Hangover. Fuck that movie. ALso, throw in the American Pie films.

Mabuse · 05-08-12, 01:19 PM

Some Like It Hot - Not especially funny, not especially interesting. I like a lot of Wilders other films A LOT more. The Apartment isn't really a comedy and yet it has more laughs than SLIH. When people say this is the BEST comedy of all time I roll my eyes. I don't know what people see in this movie.

Mr. Cinema · 05-08-12, 01:21 PM

American Beauty

coli · 05-08-12, 01:21 PM

Forrest Gump first comes to mind. I never liked it in 1994, and will never understand the love for the movie in 2012.

Noonan · 05-08-12, 01:24 PM

I used to think Shawshank was the most boring movie I ever had to sit through. Took me 4 tries to watch it since I kept falling asleep. I appreciate it more now but still don't find it to be nearly as good as the majority. Probably because Tim Robbins annoys me quite a bit.

Michael Corvin · 05-08-12, 01:28 PM

Mostly comedies for me... anything Jackass, Sandler, Carey, or Borat type stuff I just can't get into. Never got the love for Superbad or Pineapple Express either.

Ash Ketchum · 05-08-12, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by coli

Forrest Gump first comes to mind. I never liked it in 1994, and will never understand the love for the movie in 2012.

I would add another overrated film from 1994: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.

In fact, if they'd combined the films and replaced Tim Robbins' character in SHAWSHANK with Hanks' Gump and left the basic plot structure of SHAWSHANK in place, only have everything that happens be the result of dumb luck and serendipity rather than careful planning, I might have liked that result a lot better.

whoopdido · 05-08-12, 01:35 PM

No Country For Old Men. Similar to some other comments, I don't necessarily HATE it, but really don't like it very much. I've just resigned to the fact that I'm in the minority because I haven't met anybody yet that doesn't love that movie. Just one of those things I keep my mouth shut about because I'd rather not be the 1% that argues with the 99%.

Ash Ketchum · 05-08-12, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by whoopdido

Just one of those things I keep my mouth shut about because I'd rather not be the 1% that argues with the 99%.

There's a certain 1% I'd rather be in than the 99% I'm stuck in!

Jules Winfield · 05-08-12, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mabuse

Some Like It Hot - Not especially funny, not especially interesting. I like a lot of Wilders other films A LOT more. The Apartment isn't really a comedy and yet it has more laughs than SLIH. When people say this is the BEST comedy of all time I roll my eyes. I don't know what people see in this movie.

I don't hate the movie but strongly agree that I get a little flustered when people point this out as one of the greatest comedies and Billy Wilder's best. The Apartment, Sunset Boulevard, Stalag 17 are better. I think Some like it Hot is my least favorite Wilder movie that I've seen. Maybe it's just because it has Marilyn Monroe? I don't fucking know.

Unclejosh · 05-08-12, 02:24 PM

Bridesmaids. I thought it was ok, but due to all the praise and success, I now hate it for being so overrated.

iggystar · 05-08-12, 02:49 PM

Moulin Rouge - If it weren't for inconveniencing other people down my aisle I would have walked out. And I was at a dollar movie, when it actually cost a dollar. Everyone pretty much seems to love it though, go figure.

I'm not going to lie, I've seen my fair share of classics that I've adored, but Breakfast at Tiffany's did nothing for me.

Shannon Nutt · 05-08-12, 02:54 PM

Gladiator
American Beauty
The English Patient
Fight Club
The Usual Suspects

dex14 · 05-08-12, 02:57 PM

Boondock Saints. Fuck that trash and all the douches in bars who think its the "greatest fuckin movie ever broooo!"

05-08-12, 11:55 AM	#1
Jules Winfield DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: wandering the earth like Caine in the Kung-Fu Posts: 19,713	Movies you hate that everyone around you loves I hate Top Gun. To me, it's emptier and more shallow than every Michael Bay movie put together. Yet, I hear many people and even other movies quote this movie like its the fucking gospel. I will never know what Top Gun has to offer. What movies do you hate that others just seem to love? __________________ The critics are raving about the return of Jules!! "Go fuck yourself!"- Bandoman "And maybe Jules should have just stayed away?"-d2cheer "...you judgmental prick."-Abob Teff "Oh, great...another crazy cat lady around here."-Mikael79

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Solid Snake PAC DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denton, Tx Posts: 22,177	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves Transformers..all those Bay films. Aside from my fellow film students...every person I know around here loves them. I like bits and pieces..but I'll be damned if I love the films themselves. and on the not hate but get annoyed that people praise it like crazy scale: The Dark Knight. Look...I really really like the film. I do. I enjoy the fuck out of it. But it's not perfect. Very fucking well directed..but it has plot holes that people heavily overlook cuz it's a damn well made thing.

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clckworang DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The toe nail of Texas Posts: 6,020	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves I'm sure I can think of a couple more, but these were the first ones off the top of my head: Forrest Gump Crash 300 I realize those first two movies have very vocal detractors online, but in person, I haven't seen that and have actually been in some very heated discussions about them. __________________ My Wii number: 4646 4487 7678 5646 \| Xbox Live: clckworang My DVD Collection \| 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 October Horror Movie Challenge - My Lists

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Dr. DVD DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Posts: 18,491	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves Forrest Gump-I liked it when I was younger and felt I had to in order to fit with regular people, but then I realized regular people were kind of boring American Pie-initially liked it and owned the DVD when it first came out . Once every apartment visitor wanted to watch it, and every comedy after it started imitating its gross out style, began to hate it. Days of Thunder- I just do __________________ "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." -Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects

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Jaymole DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: N.Y, N.Y Posts: 5,252	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves Just thinking of Academy award winning films: Braveheart Forrest Gump Titanic __________________ Seeegnature? I don't I have to show you any steeenkin seeegnature!

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brayzie DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,845	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves War of the Worlds by Spielberg. __________________ Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

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Tom Creo DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,385	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves The Hangover. Fuck that movie. ALso, throw in the American Pie films.

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Mabuse DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,324	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves Some Like It Hot - Not especially funny, not especially interesting. I like a lot of Wilders other films A LOT more. The Apartment isn't really a comedy and yet it has more laughs than SLIH. When people say this is the BEST comedy of all time I roll my eyes. I don't know what people see in this movie.

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coli DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,077	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves Forrest Gump first comes to mind. I never liked it in 1994, and will never understand the love for the movie in 2012.

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Noonan DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: MA Posts: 4,933	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves I used to think Shawshank was the most boring movie I ever had to sit through. Took me 4 tries to watch it since I kept falling asleep. I appreciate it more now but still don't find it to be nearly as good as the majority. Probably because Tim Robbins annoys me quite a bit.

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Michael Corvin DVD Talk Hero Join Date: May 1999 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 44,724	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves Mostly comedies for me... anything Jackass, Sandler, Carey, or Borat type stuff I just can't get into. Never got the love for Superbad or Pineapple Express either. __________________ XBOXLive FU Hackers! Now Playing Borderlands 2 Recently Finished Halo 4

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whoopdido DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,306	Re: Movies you hate that everyone around you loves No Country For Old Men. Similar to some other comments, I don't necessarily HATE it, but really don't like it very much. I've just resigned to the fact that I'm in the minority because I haven't met anybody yet that doesn't love that movie. Just one of those things I keep my mouth shut about because I'd rather not be the 1% that argues with the 99%.

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