Films most people love but you think are garbage

[Commenter 42]

Nolan films annoy me to no end. The dark knight was his only film I felt deserved the praise it got. Every other film is simply a spiderweb of plot holes.

I really liked Del Torro's style, back when he made Blade 2. It was fresh, at the time. Hell boy was sort of cool, enjoyed the sequel more, but since then? Garbage.

Pacific Rim was simply terrible. I can't figure out what's so exciting? Yes, huge robots are cool, but these huge robots we're not. The story was stupid beyond stupid. The acting was painful. Why anyone would dig this slow, boring film, is beyond me.

[IndigoErth]

I wouldn't say it's garbage, but almost killed me... Les Misérables (2012)

Now I know it's supposed to be this great story and big wonderful artistic thing. I knew people who were excited for it when word got out that there was to be a 2012 film and they enjoyed it, and I recall seeing an older Les Misérables in a class back in school many years ago and that was fine, liked it enough so I figured I'd like this one.

But...I don't know. Maybe I just didn't have the patience for it that day (but of course I forced myself to watch the whole thing on tv anyhow), but just found it the most irritating thing for every frigging word of it to be sung, including all the minor little stuff. Like if you said you were getting your keys or needed to use the bathroom, you'd have to sing those words. Stub your toe? You better be singing those swear words. When the word "the" or "and" or whatever have to be in musical harmony with the rest of the film... kill me now.

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

I really dislike Almost Famous. It feels like your dad lecturing you about how much better things were when he was a lad. Get out of here old man, I'm trying to listen to my compact discs.

Yeah, I didn't understand the appeal of that movie either.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

I really dislike Almost Famous. It feels like your dad lecturing you about how much better things were when he was a lad. Get out of here old man, I'm trying to listen to my compact discs.

That's a really good way of putting it. It's okay but I swear, that's another one that's overrated as f***. When I finally saw it, I was like, "Seriously? That's it?" I kept waiting for the "amazing" part and it never came.

[ScrewtheMirageTMNT]

Originally Posted by Leo656

That's a really good way of putting it. It's okay but I swear, that's another one that's overrated as f***. When I finally saw it, I was like, "Seriously? That's it?" I kept waiting for the "amazing" part and it never came.

This is how I pretty much feel about beloved movies that I'm made to watch. If there isn't one, then there's two to four (good bits).

[Mew]

Star Wars.

[Don Gaddis]

Donnie Darko.

And I've had to endure it several times/ it was forced upon me by two close friends.
They kept going on and on about how much they loved the movie, and I disliked it
so much that I didn't say anything. I just didn't want to hurt their feelings.
Thankfully I've forgotten much of it by now. .

Inception was another one that I found awful- it received a lot of critical praise
and my best friend seemed to love it. Funny experience: I went over to my friend's
house... She kept talking about the movie and saying how much she thought that I'd
like it, but I just had no interest. "Here, you can borrow it!" she said excitedly, handing
it over to me.

The dvd sat in my car for months. On my next visit to her house, I took it out of
my car and snuck it back into her dvd collection. Unfortunately, she asked if I had watched
it. I told her that I had been busy and never had a chance to. I should've simply told
her that I had no interest in it, because she of course quickly put it on so we could both
watch it together... ughhh.

That thing was torture. I absolutely disliked everything about it. The dialogue was
poorly written, the entire movie was choppy, I couldn't stand two of the main actors/
protagonists, didn't buy the dream logic, didn't care about any of the characters, etc...
to me it seemed to be a movie that was built around special effects, and... something
is wrong with the writing when a viewer is able to discern every plot point before it
happens (that was the case with Donnie Darko for me as well).

Horrible storytelling. HORRIBLE.

[Jester]

First Blood. I finally watched it because I'm going through a bunch of VHS tapes I bought at flea markets, and this particular one had First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part 2. Maybe I missed it, but what the heck was the problem with those small town bumpkin cops? Had they just left well enough alone, John Rambo would have just moved on and nothing bad would have happened. BUT....they just had to provoke him. Oye.

[Creativemind]

All the Fast and Furious movies. I don't see the appeal of cars and racing. The X-men movies,Sam Raimi's Spider-man movies, and Harry Potter are also things I hate.

[snake]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

Nolan films annoy me to no end. The dark knight was his only film I felt deserved the praise it got. Every other film is simply a spiderweb of plot holes.

This. I hate nolan. DKR is a good laugh though.

Originally Posted by MewMeow

Star Wars.

How. Why? Explain.

[Jester]

I dunna guys. I loved The Prestige.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

Nolan films annoy me to no end. The dark knight was his only film I felt deserved the praise it got. Every other film is simply a spiderweb of plot holes.

Even so, I thought Interstellar was fantastic.

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

Pacific Rim was simply terrible. I can't figure out what's so exciting? Yes, huge robots are cool, but these huge robots we're not. The story was stupid beyond stupid. The acting was painful. Why anyone would dig this slow, boring film, is beyond me.

This, I can agree with.

[shuriken]

Originally Posted by Jester

First Blood. I finally watched it because I'm going through a bunch of VHS tapes I bought at flea markets, and this particular one had First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part 2. Maybe I missed it, but what the heck was the problem with those small town bumpkin cops? Had they just left well enough alone, John Rambo would have just moved on and nothing bad would have happened. BUT....they just had to provoke him. Oye.

That was the whole point of it though. That was the beauty of First Blood. The other three are all 'MERICA F**K YEAH!! But First Blood was like "Really America, this is how you treat guys risking their lives?"

OOH Fast Times at Ridgemont high. Aside from Spicolli I found the whole thing depressing and pointless. If it woulda been 40 + more minutes of Spicolli and Mr Hand I woulda loved it. Jennifer Jason Leigh's character is soooo stupid I wanted her to catch a venereal disease and just go away. That whole pregnancy thing was waay outta left field and left me sad and confused. If that was the point then congrats.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I feel the same way about Full Metal Jacket. I'm sorry, but after Private "Pyle" offs himself, I just get bored and change the channel. The entire rest of the movie after that is boring and pointless. That goes double for Jacob's Ladder. Never saw the point of it, and it's dull and confusing.

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

I feel the same way about Full Metal Jacket. I'm sorry, but after Private "Pyle" offs himself, I just get bored and change the channel.

I agree; the boot-camp stuff is the most interesting part of that movie. The rest is the English countryside trying to pass as Vietnam.

Spoiler:

It doesn't.

[Don Gaddis]

Originally Posted by Creativemind

All the Fast and Furious movies. I don't see the appeal of cars and racing. The X-men movies,Sam Raimi's Spider-man movies, and Harry Potter are also things I hate.

Same here... especially Harry Potter. I was graduating high school when the Harry
Potter craze started, so maybe I just missed the Harry Potter bandwagon. Then again,
a lot of adults really love those books and films. But more power to J. K. Rowling...
many people discovered the joy of reading through her books.

[shuriken]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

I feel the same way about Full Metal Jacket. I'm sorry, but after Private "Pyle" offs himself, I just get bored and change the channel. The entire rest of the movie after that is boring and pointless. That goes double for Jacob's Ladder. Never saw the point of it, and it's dull and confusing.

We can agree to disagree about that one
But it really is like two different movies. After Boot camp it's a more standard "horrors of war" kinda movie as opposed to "horrors of isolation and groupthink". I really enjoy it myself, but I have heard quite a few people say the Boot camp stuff is the best part. Kinda like Spicolli... who is essentially the human version of Michelangelo
I don't hate the movie Grease, but man does it really irritate me. I have watched it but man. Not a fan. Same with Grease 2 and crybaby. Greasers combined with musical just don't sit well with me.
Except maybe West Side Story.

[bushido]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

Pacific Rim was simply terrible. I can't figure out what's so exciting? Yes, huge robots are cool, but these huge robots we're not. The story was stupid beyond stupid. The acting was painful. Why anyone would dig this slow, boring film, is beyond me.

The story was not stupid, the acting not painful and it was not boring. You're wrong on everything. Huge defender of Pacific Rim here.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by shuriken

We can agree to disagree about that one
But it really is like two different movies. After Boot camp it's a more standard "horrors of war" kinda movie as opposed to "horrors of isolation and groupthink". I really enjoy it myself, but I have heard quite a few people say the Boot camp stuff is the best part. Kinda like Spicolli... who is essentially the human version of Michelangelo
I don't hate the movie Grease, but man does it really irritate me. I have watched it but man. Not a fan. Same with Grease 2 and crybaby. Greasers combined with musical just don't sit well with me.
Except maybe West Side Story.

Yeah, other than Disney cartoons I kind of hate musicals. I can "buy" it in that Disney context, but in a live-action setting it just comes off as too ridiculous. I like "Little Shop of Horrors", but not as much as when I was a kid, and Murray and Moranis were a huge reason I even bothered with it. If I hadn't already been a huge fan of Ghostbusters, I don't think I would have given that movie any time at all.

Actually, I kind of take it back, the "Reefer Madness" musical from about ten years ago was pretty boss. Although not nearly enough Neve Campbell in it. Otherwise though musicals pretty much annoy me.

[shuriken]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Yeah, other than Disney cartoons I kind of hate musicals. I can "buy" it in that Disney context, but in a live-action setting it just comes off as too ridiculous. I like "Little Shop of Horrors", but not as much as when I was a kid, and Murray and Moranis were a huge reason I even bothered with it. If I hadn't already been a huge fan of Ghostbusters, I don't think I would have given that movie any time at all.

Actually, I kind of take it back, the "Reefer Madness" musical from about ten years ago was pretty boss. Although not nearly enough Neve Campbell in it. Otherwise though musicals pretty much annoy me.

^This pretty much. Disney musicals and I guess stage shows are neat, and I can enjoy them pretty easily. I guess Sweeney Todd was mildly amusing too.
Everything else though... not so much.
Gotta check out Reefer Madness