Your #1 and 2 ALL time Hated Movies?
POSTED BY: RiveR6213
UPDATED: Friday, June 1, 2007 14:31
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BlairWitch and HitchHikers,
two very bad movies
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
To my entire generation, that's a movie that has so much magic and power.
Wrong.
I'm not going to say I hate it, because I don't, but I don't understand what the big, screaming deal is. I used to have a group of friends who would quote it and Finding Nemo like they were the funniest and most brilliant things ever, and when I finally watched them I was like "That's it?" And then I saw Corpse Bride in the theater and kind of had the same reaction. Tim Burton makes very visually interesting films, but the stories don't really touch me.
Also, I never saw Pulp Fiction and have no plans to. Something tells me that I'll have a similar reaction after all the over-hype about it.
Also have to say I had that reaction to Fight Club.
And Moulin Rouge.
A lot of the movies named here I haven't seen, because I just don't watch that many movies. Because most of them kind of suck.
I enjoyed Sin City, though. Haven't read the comics, but the cinematography was wonderful and I thought the characters were interesting. There was a lot of violence and abuse, yeah, but there was a lot of justice too, and some wonderful interactions and powerful emotions. I can see why a lot of people wouldn't really see past all the gore, though; there was a lot of it and some people just don't like that.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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Just voicing my opinion here but I do think it's sad whenever movie or television entertainment has to rely on “word of mouth” advertising to generate interest in the public. Guess that’s the way it goes though. It’s free and usually reliable.
In the case of the FF fanship “word of mouth” didn’t get out quick enough or reach far enough. That’s sad because I know the browncoats that were there from the beginning made an extreme effort.
I usually don’t hate movies, I’m just disappointed if they aren’t what I’d thought they’d be. If word of mouth doesn’t reach me or if it does and it’s mostly negative I just don’t go see the movie or watch the tv show.
Right off the top of my head and an extreme disappointment for me was Starship Troopers 2. Like I’ve said I should have known better but I did enjoy the first one although it wasn’t a lot of folks cup of tea. Just how I see it.
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Edit: The movie Sin City I did like although I was a bit taken back when I realized Frodo Baggins enjoyed munching down on people when he’d run out of elfin bread :)
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Originally posted by cljohnston108:Quote:
Originally posted by Hurley:
Gene Hackman's narration just didn't satisfy,
Ummmm, don't you mean Virginia Madsen?
Actually I was referring to the extended version which had a male narrator. Yes Virginia Madsen narrated the 84 film release but in later rereleases other things are added andf the Princess's narration is dropped. The voice sounds like Gene Hackman to my ear but some claim it was Frank Herbert himself. But since even David Lynch refused to put his name on the extended version (released for TV) then maybe if the voice was Gene's he removed his name from it as well.
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I hated all 3 Matrix movies. I watched them once and didn't get them. Someone talked me into watching them again, so I did. I gave them an honest shot. I rented all three and I sat at home by myself so I would have no distractions and I watched all three back to back. Guess what. I still don't get them. Also, when I asked my buddy, who is a big Matrix fan, to explain them, she couldn't! How am I supposed to get the movies when people that are actual fans of them don't even understand them!?!? Hated them.
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Without mentioning anyone specifically, I will just say this: some of you have really, astoundingly horrible taste in movies.
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Originally posted by Hurley:
Actually I was referring to the extended version which had a male narrator. Yes Virginia Madsen narrated the 84 film release but in later rereleases other things are added andf the Princess's narration is dropped. The voice sounds like Gene Hackman to my ear but some claim it was Frank Herbert himself. But since even David Lynch refused to put his name on the extended version (released for TV) then maybe if the voice was Gene's he removed his name from it as well.
I only saw it the one time in the theater.
Didn't realize there were all these other versions!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_%28film%29
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Originally posted by MohrStoutbeard:
Without mentioning anyone specifically, I will just say this: some of you have really, astoundingly horrible taste in movies.
How very friendly of you. Don't mention movies, don't mention reasons, just come in with a 'wow you have horrible taste' statement that could be directed at anyone or anything and leave it at that. Also really adds to the discussion.
I have to second the vote for Napolean Dynamite (or third or fourth it or whatever. I lost track of how many people have the good sense to wish for their time back on that one) and also, I think, Phantom Menace. Absolutely no redeeming quality inthat movie, and it ruined the entire Star Wars franchise for me, which is sad.
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Originally posted by RiverDancer:
How very friendly of you. Don't mention movies, don't mention reasons, just come in with a 'wow you have horrible taste' statement that could be directed at anyone or anything and leave it at that. Also really adds to the discussion.
I certainly thought it was friendlier than naming names. I didn't want to argue, I just wanted to plant the seed of self-doubt in people's heads, hopefully causing them to wonder if perhaps they should take better stock of their cinematic intake.
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Originally posted by Slowhand:
I hated all 3 Matrix movies. I watched them once and didn't get them. Someone talked me into watching them again, so I did. I gave them an honest shot. I rented all three and I sat at home by myself so I would have no distractions and I watched all three back to back. Guess what. I still don't get them. Also, when I asked my buddy, who is a big Matrix fan, to explain them, she couldn't! How am I supposed to get the movies when people that are actual fans of them don't even understand them!?!? Hated them.
I think I'm the only one here who actually loved all three of 'em!
I live four blocks away from Grauman's Chinese, and I was first in line for the original.
Showed up an hour and a half early with my little camping stool, expecting a big line (after seeing that amazing trailer!), but I sat there alone for about 45 minutes.
Came out of there all giddy, 'cause I knew I just saw history in the making.
I also knew that there'd be sequels... and that I wouldn't get to be first in line for any of 'em quite so easily!
Managed to see 'em both on opening day, though!
It helps to see a movie at Grauman's Chinese with a packed house: The "Battle of the Dock" in Revolutions had my jaw on the floor! (Still does... if I put my nose 7 inches from the monitor!)
So much work went into that!
As for "getting" the movies, it's kinda like Firefly: You either "get it" or you don't.
Of course, if you feel like you're living in a Philip K. Dick novel...
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