Movies everyone loves......except me

[PopClick]

Okay, I'll let so many of these slide, but that is a title I will have to defend. The Bridge on the River Kwai has to be one of the greatest films of all time between Alec Guinness' acting, David Lean's cinematography, and the score by Malcolm Arnold.

It's almost like watching a novel.

Sorry...pressure point, hahahaha.

What about the lack of rational thinking? Like how the enlisted men can go build a bridge, but the officers are above manual labor... and for some reason the senior officer thinks this is worth risking death over? 0.o

And then they decide to build the best bridge possible... for the enemy. And then the senior officer fights to the death to keep his OWN MEN from blowing it up. And then at the end, he finally realizes that, oh wait, we're in a war here... we'd better blow up the bridge.

The score was fine, I'll give it that.

 

[JimJimmers]

-James Bond movies
-Fight Club

I happen to like and watch action films a lot. James bond movies and fight club are usually top of the lists of most action film enthusiasts that's why I really tried to like em, but nope, just cant. James Bond movies annoy me for some reason, except for his cars and gadgets. While fight club, nothing extraordinary about it. I still don't get it why so many like it.

Fight Club is 100% a man's movie. I thought it was awesome, I could see why a lady wouldn't "get it". It's not the action that makes it a good movie. In fact, I don't even think of it as an action movie....neither does anyone I know that loves it. It's more enjoyed for philosophical reasons.

Guys! Rule #1! AND #2!

 

[lil_christian]

♫ Theee hiiillls are aaaliiiivve, with the souunnd of muuusiiicc ♫ It makes me sad to see so many people dislike it.

Harry Potter movies are overrated.

HOW has no one said The Hunger Games yet?? Ugh...


Also... P.S. I Love You. That one...wow. Just...wow. Good plot line. But it crossed the line for me waayy too many times. It just ended up making me feel all yuck.


I so prefer The Avengers.

 

[NightRevan]

♫ Theee hiiillls are aaaliiiivve, with the souunnd of muuusiiicc ♫ It makes me sad to see so many people dislike it.

Harry Potter movies are overrated.

HOW has no one said The Hunger Games yet?? Ugh...


Also... P.S. I Love You. That one...wow. Just...wow. Good plot line. But it crossed the line for me waayy too many times. It just ended up making me feel all yuck.


I so prefer The Avengers.

I probably would say the Hunger Games, but I haven't watched them so I can't comment. I just don't find the rise in teen action films (with teenagers as their stars) very appealing to me. But then, I don't think I'm it's target audience so I don't suppose I'm best placed to comment on it

 

[MissColdasIce]

Fight Club is 100% a man's movie. I thought it was awesome, I could see why a lady wouldn't "get it". It's not the action that makes it a good movie. In fact, I don't even think of it as an action movie....neither does anyone I know that loves it. It's more enjoyed for philosophical reasons.

Guys! Rule #1! AND #2!

LOL I so knew I'd get reactions like these. Well, at least this lady tried.

 

[Bloomingdaydreamer]

Lol I'm afraid I'm going to have to add onto the pile of disliking The Sound of Music. I tried to watch it when I got older but still couldn't take it.

The rest of my list includes:
Forest Gump
The Wizard of Oz
Star Trek
Les Miserables

 

[JimJimmers]

I thought Shrek was a terrible movie. The only good part was the last 5 minutes, which I suspect made everyone leave the theaters with good feelings towards it.

 

[lil_christian]

I probably would say the Hunger Games, but I haven't watched them so I can't comment. I just don't find the rise in teen action films (with teenagers as their stars) very appealing to me. But then, I don't think I'm it's target audience so I don't suppose I'm best placed to comment on it

It's more like 20-somethings being made to look like teenagers...but yeah. They don't appeal to me, either.

 

[lil_christian]

Lol I'm afraid I'm going to have to add onto the pile of disliking The Sound of Music. I tried to watch it when I got older but still couldn't take it.

The rest of my list includes:
Forest Gump
The Wizard of Oz
Star Trek
Les Miserables

I thought about Les Miserables after I posted. I didn't like how dark it was, and the whole thing just bored me to pieces. I could barely watch the first 30 minutes before I was disgusted and left the room.

 

[Ferrau]

The rest of my list includes:
Forest Gump
The Wizard of Oz
Star Trek
Les Miserables

Ah yes, I almost blocked Les Miserables from my memory!

I love musicals and Les Miserables is the best of the best, I was so enthusiastic about it coming to cinema and so let down when I finally saw it.

Almost every performance seemed phoned in, Russel Crowe had no place in such a major role and butchered one of the best songs in the show. Hugh Jackman who is normally a pretty good actor and has proven he is a good singer was neither. Anne Hathaway was... Surprisingly good as was the actress who played Eponine.

It just felt like whoever made this film completely missed what makes Les Miserables so great. There were very quick flashes of greatness which made it all the more annoying to watch (Do You Hear the People Sing was staged really well).

The first time I saw this I tried to convince myself it was better then it was. The second time I couldn't convince myself anymore, biggest disappointment for me in quite a while.

 

[Tintin]

It's more like 20-somethings being made to look like teenagers...but yeah. They don't appeal to me, either.

Two words: Jennifer Lawrence.

 

[NukePooch]

and is it okay if I like An Affair to Remember?

Only if you're talking about a new remake where Bruce Willis has to save his daughter who is chained up by the bad guys in the top of the Empire State Building.

 

[NukePooch]

I actually like most all of the movies that y'all dislike...

Ones I don't like (that I've seen)?
Fargo
the 1989 Michael Keaton Batman movie
High School High (the only film I saw in a theatre where the film broke, and everyone left to get their money back, rather than wait for them to fix it)
Anything with comic book origins.
RoboCop (directed by Paul Verhoeven)
Total Recall (directed by Paul Verhoeven)
Showgirls (directed by Paul Verhoeven)
Starship Troopers (directed by Paul Verhoeven)
Basic Instinct (directed by Paul Verhoeven)



Ones I haven't seen, and don't want to:
Most of the Star Wars movies
Lord of the Rings (and anything else Tolkien. Trying and failing to make it through a single chapter of his writing was enough.)
Anything with vampires.
Anything with Batman (except the 1989 Michael Keaton Batman movie).
Anything with comic book origins.
Everything directed by Paul Verhoeven.

 

[Tintin]

Oh, Nuke! The Lord of the Rings movies are a lot less dry than the novel.

 

[ServantStrike]

I actually like most all of the movies that y'all dislike...

Ones I don't like (that I've seen)?
Fargo
the 1989 Michael Keaton Batman movie
High School High (the only film I saw in a theatre where the film broke, and everyone left to get their money back, rather than wait for them to fix it)
Anything with comic book origins.
RoboCop (directed by Paul Verhoeven)
Total Recall (directed by Paul Verhoeven)
Showgirls (directed by Paul Verhoeven)
Starship Troopers (directed by Paul Verhoeven)
Basic Instinct (directed by Paul Verhoeven)



Ones I haven't seen, and don't want to:
Most of the Star Wars movies
Lord of the Rings (and anything else Tolkien. Trying and failing to make it through a single chapter of his writing was enough.)
Anything with vampires.
Anything with Batman (except the 1989 Michael Keaton Batman movie).
Anything with comic book origins.
Everything directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Okay okay, but if you're going to scratch off Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship troopers, then you have to at least answer this.

Which cyborg was cooler - A T900 terminator (Like Arnie) or Robocop. Terminator 1 Arnie, not T2 Arnie.

 

[NukePooch]

Oh, Nuke! The Lord of the Rings movies are a lot less dry than the novel.

I figure they would have to be. It's not humanly possible to be MORE dry than the novel...

 

[NukePooch]

Okay okay, but if you're going to scratch off Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship troopers, then you have to at least answer this.

Which cyborg was cooler - A T900 terminator (Like Arnie) or Robocop. Terminator 1 Arnie, not T2 Arnie.

I've gotta go with the T900's, because I'm originally from Detroit area (like Robocop) and I'd rather hear the Austrian accent of the T900. They did all come with Austrian accents, didn't they?

 

[Desdichado]

What about the lack of rational thinking? Like how the enlisted men can go build a bridge, but the officers are above manual labor... and for some reason the senior officer thinks this is worth risking death over? 0.o

And then they decide to build the best bridge possible... for the enemy. And then the senior officer fights to the death to keep his OWN MEN from blowing it up. And then at the end, he finally realizes that, oh wait, we're in a war here... we'd better blow up the bridge.

The score was fine, I'll give it that.

And cinematography! Throw me a bone there.

Irrationality, contradiction, hypocrisy, etc are a central theme of the movie. Not to mention the blinding nature of pride. That is what made the film so different.

 

[Desdichado]

Lol I'm afraid I'm going to have to add onto the pile of disliking The Sound of Music. I tried to watch it when I got older but still couldn't take it.

The rest of my list includes:
Forest Gump
The Wizard of Oz
Star Trek
Les Miserables

JJ Abrams' Star Trek or Star Trek: The Motion Picture?

Most people hate the later one. Even the average Trekkie.

 

[theneko]

Oh, Nuke! The Lord of the Rings movies are a lot less dry than the novel.

the problem is that it messes up some characters