Movies Others Loved But You Hated

[HHX]

the waterboy (sandler is NOT funny people...)
billy madison (sandler is NOT funny people...)
twilight...
narnia
the notebook
gamer
The Fast and The Furious (all, and anything with Vin Diesel in it as a matter of fact, except Saving Private Ryan which he barely has any lines in thank god)
watchmen
10000 BC
Slumdog Millionare (tried watching it twice-only made it through the first 45 min)
There will be blood (Star Trek the TV series was more exciting that this one)
The Prestige and the Illusionist (I still can't tell them apart, boring stuff)

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

Yeah, no kidding there's a purpose, I understand that. Way to point out the obvious. It also happens to be the only purpose of the entire movie.

You do understand the concept of a gimmick, yes? There was absolutely no point to that film, other than "hey, look! The chronology is all out of order! Awesome!" That doesn't make for much of a film.

There is no "logic" to apply: there is no story, nothing of interest to me at all, the whole movie is a 113-minute editing gimmick, and nothing more.

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by Idioteque...

You didn't get what the movie was about? The moral of it was that the not taking responsibility for our actions could lead us to be irrational people. It's about guilt. And Machinist another film that explored it made good use of that moral too. Fantastic films. And with the order it's shown in, it heightens the impact of the reveal and why Leonard is crazy.

great post, +1

[Fighter]

The Sixth Sense

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

Brad Pitt doesn't act, he gets filmed being Brad Pitt... which would work just fine in something like a romantic comedy or buddy-pic; the problem is that he lands a lot of great roles, which he then mucks-up with his non-acting.

He was fantastic in "Kalifornia"

Originally Posted by Galaxy Silver

Fight Club.

I actually bought this one, and I don't know why I did..... Saw it... didn't care much for it, never purchased it on DVD.... then a big sale comes along, and I buy it on Blu-ray

I guess enough people like it, so it's worth owning Ed Norton is good.... so I'll write it off from the "supporting Ed" fund

[iambof]

Originally Posted by Fighter

The Sixth Sense

That movie has one of the best twists in any movie ever made. I enjoyed it but it's not one of my faves.

[iambof]

Originally Posted by HHX

the waterboy (sandler is NOT funny people...)
billy madison (sandler is NOT funny people...)
twilight...
narnia
the notebook
gamer
The Fast and The Furious (all, and anything with Vin Diesel in it as a matter of fact, except Saving Private Ryan which he barely has any lines in thank god)
watchmen
10000 BC
Slumdog Millionare (tried watching it twice-only made it through the first 45 min)
There will be blood (Star Trek the TV series was more exciting that this one)
The Prestige and the Illusionist (I still can't tell them apart, boring stuff)

Gotta disagree with Watchmen. If you read the book first and enjoyed it the movie is close to perfect. Started to cut more out the later the movie progressed but that aside it is amazingly good. Fans only tho IMO.

[iambof]

Id say....Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2.

Just stupid in every way FFS!!

[720pDude]

Originally Posted by Fighter

+100

I liked The Graduate though

Id like to clarify.. with the exception of 2001, I dont dislike these flicks..I just dont see the massive praise for them..at least after all these years to hold up...

I def see how when 2001 came out people could have been enthralled..but today I cant take sitting thru it..and before people say I have no attention span, I can sit thru the original SOLARIS.

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by 720pDude

Id like to clarify.. with the exception of 2001, I dont dislike these flicks..I just dont see the massive praise for them..at least after all these years to hold up...

I def see how when 2001 came out people could have been enthralled..but today I cant take sitting thru it..and before people say I have no attention span, I can sit thru the original SOLARIS.

no dude, to each their own. i love it and can't watch it enough. others can't stand it. its just one of those movies.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by 42041

That it's popular is obvious but I don't like its cornball sentimentality or its message. It's one of those movies I liked upon first viewing (which was when I was like, 12 years old) but upon further thought realized that it's manipulative of the audience and shallow and subsequent viewings have only irritated me.

You don't like its message that any person, no matter his or her intelligence, can do wonderful things in life? I find that amusing.


Manipulative of the audience? Almost every movie can be considered a culprit of that in some way.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by HHX

the waterboy (sandler is NOT funny people...)
billy madison (sandler is NOT funny people...)
twilight...
narnia
the notebook
gamer
The Fast and The Furious (all, and anything with Vin Diesel in it as a matter of fact, except Saving Private Ryan which he barely has any lines in thank god)
watchmen
10000 BC
Slumdog Millionare (tried watching it twice-only made it through the first 45 min)
There will be blood (Star Trek the TV series was more exciting that this one)
The Prestige and the Illusionist (I still can't tell them apart, boring stuff)

The only one I'll comment on is Slumdog. If you haven't seen the whole movie, you can hardly judge it

I know many movies that started slow but then really kicked it in the latter half, making it a great movie.

[X12Celtics3]

Originally Posted by HHX

the waterboy (sandler is NOT funny people...)
billy madison (sandler is NOT funny people...)
twilight...
narnia
the notebook
gamer
The Fast and The Furious (all, and anything with Vin Diesel in it as a matter of fact, except Saving Private Ryan which he barely has any lines in thank god)
watchmen
10000 BC
Slumdog Millionare (tried watching it twice-only made it through the first 45 min)
There will be blood (Star Trek the TV series was more exciting that this one)
The Prestige and the Illusionist (I still can't tell them apart, boring stuff)

What don't you like about The Prestige? I saw it for the first time this year, and I think that after a couple more viewings I will consider it one of my favorite movies...

[solott55]

The Hurt Locker - dull unoriginal retread of every other war movie out there. Personally I think it's only getting the fanfare because everyone's such a bleeding heart about "supporting the troops".

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by iambof

Gotta disagree with Watchmen. If you read the book first and enjoyed it the movie is close to perfect. Started to cut more out the later the movie progressed but that aside it is amazingly good. Fans only tho IMO.

That's the thing I find funny about Watchmen, most folks look at comic book movies and complain that it wasn't true to the source, but Watchmen was practically a frame-by-frame adaptation to film of the original source material and there's SO much hate for it. It's pretty amazing IMO.

Logan

[Fighter]

Originally Posted by solott55

The Hurt Locker - dull unoriginal retread of every other war movie out there. Personally I think it's only getting the fanfare because everyone's such a bleeding heart about "supporting the troops".

Yep....totally agree

[HHX]

Originally Posted by iambof

Gotta disagree with Watchmen. If you read the book first and enjoyed it the movie is close to perfect. Started to cut more out the later the movie progressed but that aside it is amazingly good. Fans only tho IMO.

Maybe If I had read the comic books I would have liked the movie better but I've seen a lot of other movies based on books I've never read before and I liked the movies.
It was really hard to follow, it made no sense for the most part, and the glowing blue guy was just getting annoying
As far as slumdog - I really tried watching the whole thing...but I hated every second of it, kinda like that new "Pandorum" movie that came out - I watched it with 2 of my friends and after 40 minutes of it we were all like "this sucks, lets put on a different movie"

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by HHX

Maybe If I had read the comic books I would have liked the movie better but I've seen a lot of other movies based on books I've never read before and I liked the movies.
It was really hard to follow, it made no sense for the most part, and the glowing blue guy was just getting annoying
As far as slumdog - I really tried watching the whole thing...but I hated every second of it, kinda like that new "Pandorum" movie that came out - I watched it with 2 of my friends and after 40 minutes of it we were all like "this sucks, lets put on a different movie"

I actually finished Slumdog but didnt like it either. Also didnt like Pandorum as well. Got Em!!

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

I was just having some fun with ya.



Brad Pitt doesn't act, he gets filmed being Brad Pitt... which would work just fine in something like a romantic comedy or buddy-pic; the problem is that he lands a lot of great roles, which he then mucks-up with his non-acting.

LOL at how wrong you are.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by 42041

That it's popular is obvious but I don't like its cornball sentimentality or its message. It's one of those movies I liked upon first viewing (which was when I was like, 12 years old) but upon further thought realized that it's manipulative of the audience and shallow and subsequent viewings have only irritated me.

What is your issue with the message? Or, which message dont you care for? I ask because I see more than one message.