Example:

I will never watch David Fincher's "A Girl With a Dragon Tattoo" because it is a remake that was only made because studio's realize people are lazy when it comes to watching films where the main language isn't english. Also it's a film that relies heavily on surprise, mystery and putting all the pieces together, which sort of defeats the purpose of a remake when you've seen the original less than 2 years before the remake is released.

Now you go.

Fincher's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is significantly better than the original in almost every aspect. I highly recommend it.

Also, it's not a remake but an adaptation of the novel. Now, you can argue they wanted to cash in on the popularity of the Danish version (or the focus it brought on the novels) but to say it's a remake is incorrect.

Human Centipede. No need to watch that sort of thing.

This and its sequel, thanks Movie Censorship for letting me know I don't want to see this.

A Serbian Film - I don't care if a PG version is made, I don't want any of it in motion.

Chick flicks.

I don't know if there is such a film. My first instinct was to say A Serbian Film, but honestly, I really just have no desire to seek it out. If I stumbled across it on TV (assuming that was even possible), I'd probably watch it, as I'm sure my imagined versions of the scenes I've heard described are worse than anything shown. There are movies I won't watch because they look totally devoid of anything interesting or entertaining, but I don't think there are any I avoid on principle.

Carrie remake.

Escape Tomb

Nothing really out of principle, just concepts that do not interest me or films I have never gotten around to seeing because there are others higher on the list.

Yes, some of us are, I will admit to that, I prefer to watch, not read my films. Lazy? Maybe.

The ones on my list are all sequels to RoboCop and Beverly Hills Cop, though never say never, because I did end up seeing Beverly Hills Cop 2, and thought it was acceptable. Did see part of it as a kid well before my "edict" though.

If I wanted to read the story I would grab the book. ( I did).

That and Salo.

I refuse to see any Victor Salva movies, mostly because I don't like contributing to the lively hood of child molesters.

I won't see any of the Marvel movies based on how they've treated Jack Kirby and his estate.

The Social Network. I don't give a shit about Facebook, the people behind it, how it was created, what anyone had to suffer as a result of it, I just don't care enough about it to want to watch a movie about it. Not to mention that it's just not my kind of movie anyway.


Also, Lifetime movies, just because of the 'poor me' shit.

That sounds less about principle and more about general disinterest in the topic. Which is the same reason I too ignored The Social Network and The Black Swan (or whatever the hell that movie about ballet was called).

Gotta disagree with that one. I believe the complete opposite, IMO the original is better in every aspect.

Salo is actually a good film with a message. Pasolini was one of the greats and he would never create something shallow. The man lost his life because of it. Yeah I know some of you will disagree and if you do go eat a turd.

I agree with this.

Anything with Adam Sandler. Why support someone who continually puts out rancid movies?

Cannibal Halocaust, or anything that would be purposely use animals for cruelty or kill them.

I will never watch Andrei Rublev because of the shit I heard about them doing to a horse in one scene.

Catch Powder on cable sometime if you can. Knowing Salva's history, it adds a whole new level of creepy to it and makes Eraserhead look like a Walt Disney production.

Most of what I'd avoid on principle would have exceptions.

The English remakes of foreign movies is a perfect example of something I've become fed up with. I saw [REC], loved it, then made it ten minutes into Quarantine. It's effectively the exact same movie (and could be argued an equal movie) but I didn't care because it felt like it was stealing credit from the original, and feels like it's catering to people who won't watch foreign movies. But something like Dragon Tattoo I'm willing to try because Fincher is directing, and I wasn't thrilled with the originals.

Mostly anything that looks like it's meant to teens to go to dates on. Generic action flicks, horror flicks, rom-coms. Again there are plenty of exceptions, so I wait for the reviews to come in so the good movies seperate themselves.

Or Jeepers Creepers II. Knowing who he was when I watched that made it just much weirder.

Yeah, big difference there. Principle would be because you didn't like Fincher's political views, or think Aaronofsky is an asshole.

That said, The Social Network and The Black Swan were two of the best movies of 2010. Especially Social Network, awesome flick.

Or most any scene in Jeepers Creepers 2. Particulalrly the peeing shoulder-to-shoulder scene or when the Creeper is picking which guy he wants to eat first.


EDIT:

Damn. Beat me to it.

Never heard of the guy, though i did see Powder back in public school. This bit made me lose some if not all respect for Coppola.

That pisses me off.

Now I still think Polanski is a great filmmaker but I'd gladly give up a great artist to make them pay for their crimes. Victim's current opinion be damned. Though I still want him to pay his dues it doesn't affect me in watching a film of his. Past or current.