Movies You Purchased Even Though You Hated Them

[BluOrbit]

I'm moving into a new home in about a week, and have upgraded my home theater to a 7.1 setup at the same time. To help mark the occasion, I decided I needed to purchase a new BD with a 7.1 soundtrack, although I already have a fairly decent supply of them. After going down the list of available 7.1-enabled BDs, I decided to get Les Miserables. I HATED Les Mis when I saw it in the theater, and I don't expect my feelings to change once it's part of my collection. Despite my feelings about the film, I bought it for 3 reasons: the AQ has gotten stellar reviews, it is a musical (which will allow me to test out my system in perhaps a more subtle way than listening to explosions and gunfire, which I can get via many of my other 7.1 BDs) and it was only $7.

I'm curious: what BDs have others purchased even though they knew, in advance, that they hated the film?

[Chaotic]

None

There are movies that i love that also has great PQ and AQ. No need to buy a crappy film.

[OI8T12]

Why would I buy a movie I hate?

[bigdaddyhorse]

The closest thing I have is Rob Zombie's Halloween II. I only grabbed it cuz it was a buck during blockbuster closing (and not a rental disc but the same UPC as retail) and I love the first part of it, and love the remake. It's growing on me and some parts are great (first act is among the best in horror history), but overall I still don't care much for it. Too bad it always takes that turn on me.

[HD Goofnut]

The Twilight films come to mind. I can't stand them, but my wife likes them.

[The Great Owl]

None

I'm not a massive fan of Superman Returns, but it came with the Superman Motion Picture Anthology set. I don't outright hate the movie anyway.

[VanDammage80]

Closest for me is probably 94's Street Fighter. But I find it so bad it's entertaining.

[AgentOrange]

None.

Of course I've bought a few blind buys I wasn't sure about. Some I had a strong suspicion I wouldn't like and ended up hating, but wanted to give them a chance. There's absolutely no reason for me to buy a blu of a film I'm already certain i hate.

[Quake1028]

Originally Posted by OI8T12

Why would I buy a movie I hate?

Pretty much my exact feelings.

[Moefiz]

None, no need to buy something I hate.


OP...I am sure you can find something you like with 7.1 audio to blast your system with.

[lilboyblu]

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Personally, I have the common sense to know not to buy something that I downright hate.

[Echovoid52]

Originally Posted by bigdaddyhorse

The closest thing I have is Rob Zombie's Halloween II. I only grabbed it cuz it was a buck during blockbuster closing (and not a rental disc but the same UPC as retail) and I love the first part of it, and love the remake. It's growing on me and some parts are great (first act is among the best in horror history), but overall I still don't care much for it. Too bad it always takes that turn on me.

I love that film, and feel it's so underrated. I grew up with Carpenters classic and the original series, but I hold RZH2 second only to the original. It's funny because I absolutely hated Zombie's 2007 remake. H2's already on it's way to becoming a cult classic. I'm beginning to see a lot more love for it, especially since people have begun to watch the Directors Cut.

[VanDammage80]

Originally Posted by OI8T12

Why would I buy a movie I hate?

Some may buy a movie just to complete a set. I used to do that with my DVD's. Blade:Trinity is a perfect example. Hated it but I got it just to have all 3. Maybe, it's more of an OCD thing.

[baheidstu]

I've never done it with blu, but on DVD there was the Scary Movie set with the first four movies. I had seen parts of Scary Movie 2 on TV and all of the clips I had seen of the films made them look terrible. But I saw the set for sale in a dump bin and it was cheap and with so many people saying how good the movies are, I thought I'd better check them out to see if I was mistaken. Nope, they were terrible but just to be fair, I watched all four before getting rid of that set.

[Markgway]

I don't HATE them as such... but I bought a few Bond films I'm not keen on just to keep the collection complete.

[BluOrbit]

Originally Posted by OI8T12

Why would I buy a movie I hate?

Guess you (and, apparently, others) either didn't read my post or didn't have the capacity to understand it. I just thought that, perhaps, there were others out there who, for either similar or other reasons, made a BD purchase for reasons other than the quality of the film. Guess I was wrong - hope you are no longer confused.

[Echovoid52]

This isn't a film I hate, but I'm not entirely sure how much I like it. and that's Michael Haneke's Funny Games U.S Version. On one hand, I don't care for it's condescending talking down to the viewer. I don't think its message or theme has any merit. That said, I bought it because I'll never forget the feeling the film gave me while watching it. It was a total slap in the face to the viewer and nothing I could have ever prepared myself before. I saw it in the theater and once the lights came up the audience let out a collective "What the heck was that!?" I personally couldn't help but love it since it had the balls to essentially sat "**** you" to the audience. So yeah, I'm not a fan of what the film stands for. But I bought it because I love the feeling it gave me.



Another one is Martyrs. I bought that film recently after seeing it all the way back when it first came out. I was honestly unsure if I'd watch it again because I could barely get through it the first time. It's taken me all this time to revisit it due to how traumatizing it was the first go around. That said, I do think it's a genuinely good film. Just one I can only revisit ever 5 years or so. It's definitely one of the best horror films of the last decade, despite the fact that there are a few instances where I wish the film would release itself from the trappings of the horror genre. Some of the extremity could be toned down just a tad, although I recognize that for the most part, the movie needs to portray itself pretty ferociously to work. But yeah... I also just find it incredibly moving, albeit very existentially terrifying.

[Al_The_Strange]

Seems counter-intuitive to buy a movie I hate. I have bought plenty of movies I know are terrible (chief among them, Battlefield Earth, Troll 2, The Room, Birdemic, Sharknado, Zaat, Plan 9 From Outer Space, and so many more...). But even those are ones I'd say I love in my own special way.

There are one or two that may have illicited a negative reaction (especially Eden Lake) that I bought, but it's always because I recognized and valued the experience of such stories. But for movies I truly loathed (namely, Blair Witch Project, Open Water, Cloverfield, Behind Enemy Lines, Barbarella), no force in the world would make me buy those. I may revisit them to see if they still tick me off, but buy them? Nah.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Echovoid52

This isn't a film I hate, but I'm not entirely sure how much I like it. and that's Michael Haneke's Funny Games U.S Version. On one hand, I don't care for it's condescending talking down to the viewer. I don't think its message or theme has any merit. That said, I bought it because I'll never forget the feeling the film gave me while watching it. It was a total slap in the face to the viewer and nothing I could have ever prepared myself before. I saw it in the theater and once the lights came up the audience let out a collective "What the heck was that!?" I personally couldn't help but love it since it had the balls to essentially sat "**** you" to the audience. So yeah, I'm not a fan of what the film stands for. But I bought it because I love the feeling it gave me.



Another one is Martyrs. I bought that film recently after seeing it all the way back when it first came out. I was honestly unsure if I'd watch it again because I could barely get through it the first time. It's taken me all this time to revisit it due to how traumatizing it was the first go around. That said, I do think it's a genuinely good film. Just one I can only revisit ever 5 years or so. It's definitely one of the best horror films of the last decade, despite the fact that there are a few instances where I wish the film would release itself from the trappings of the horror genre. Some of the extremity could be toned down just a tad, although I recognize that for the most part, the movie needs to portray itself pretty ferociously to work. But yeah... I also just find it incredibly moving, albeit very existentially terrifying.

I bought Martyrs too, even though I know it's a naturally upsetting and cruel movie. And I have the US Funny Games too (and I would buy the original Funny Games if it comes to Blu-Ray). Those are more examples of movies that are upsetting, but still worthwhile.

Another big one I recently saw was Irreversible. It's a brutal watch, but a heck of an experience.

[ccg1978]

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