# Films whose fans are even more annoying then the film itself **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383 "2005-02-10T12:42:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aegypt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aegypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aegypt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/1 "2005-02-10T12:42:57Z")
Roddy Lumsden, over at [www.vitaminq.com](http://www.vitaminq.com) recently posted this list of “films whose fans are even more annoying then the film itself”. As the man says, if you’re told by a guy who runs a trivia site on the Internet to get a life, this should be considered as a pretty strong hint. The films are: 1 Withnail and I 2 Rocky Horror Picture Show 3 The Italian Job (original version) 4 The Blues Brothers 5 The Big Lebowski 6 Lord of the Rings 7 The Shawshank Redemption 8 Pulp Fiction 9 The Sound of Music 10 Harold and Maude 11 This is Spinal Tap 12 Blue Velvet 13 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 14 Life of Brian 15 The Seventh Seal 16 The Godfather 17 Star Wars 18 Wayne’s World 19 Taxi Driver 20 Fight Club Now call me fortunate, but I don’t know anybody who’s a really strong fan of a single particular film. I imagine they might say things like “well, this is a pretty good movie, but compared to Pulp Fiction, it stinks”. I suppose that, in an extreme case, they might pretty much lose interest in all films except their choosen object of worship. Or pick fights at the pub with people who don’t realize the greatness of, say, Wayne’s World. How do “single movie nerds” behave, and why do some people find it annoying? Have you met such a person? Is this a pretty good list of movies with annoying cult followings, or are there some that should definitely be in there? ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/2 "2005-02-10T14:09:51Z")
**Taxi Driver**? I don’t meet many rabid fans of that movie. Well, I guess John Hinkley was pretty annoying (especially to Jodie Foster and Ronald Reagan). ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/3 "2005-02-10T17:30:40Z")
**Fight Club** , man. I can’t tell you how many guys I knew in college who took that movie as their Personal Lord and Savior. “It’s soooo profound.” No, it’s not, you’re missing the whole point of the damned movie. Also under “you’re missing the point”, the gangsta fans of **Scarface** who completely fail to notice how sad Tony Montana is. “Say 'ello to my little friend” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/4 "2005-02-10T17:35:51Z")
I agree with Star Wars. I don’t know enough Big Lebowski fans (such as myself) to know whether or not they (and I) are more annoying than the movie, which, of course, I don’t find annoying at all. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/5 "2005-02-10T17:44:58Z")
> [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](#): > > I agree with Star Wars. > > I don’t know enough Big Lebowski fans (such as myself) to know whether or not they (and I) are more annoying than the movie, which, of course, I don’t find annoying at all. Ditto. > [@aegypt](#): > > As the man says, if you’re told by a guy who runs a trivia site on the Internet to get a life, this should be considered as a pretty strong hint. I strongly disagree. When someone on the Internet tells me to get a life, I assume he’s at least a minor hypocrite. If someone on the Internet who _runs a trivia site_ told me to get a life, I would know he’s a flaming gigantic hypocrite. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/6 "2005-02-10T18:01:13Z")
I don’t understand how you can make such a list and not have \*The Princess Bride \* in the top 5. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/7 "2005-02-10T18:12:47Z")
> [@Agrippina](#): > > **Taxi Driver**? I don’t meet many rabid fans of that movie. Well, I guess John Hinkley was pretty annoying (especially to Jodie Foster and Ronald Reagan). The link the OP provided isn’t working for me, but I suspect the guy who made up this list is bugged by the predeliction of drunken guys in bars who imitate De Niro’s “'Ey! You talking to _ME_?” speech over and over and over…Which is not quite the same thing as being a fanatic of the entire _film_. FTR, I actually love this movie (about as much as you can “love” a movie that’s so bleak & depressing). But I do refrain from aping “the line…” I’ve also never been able to figure out how Hinckley was able to leap to the conclusion that killing the president might actually impress Jodie Foster. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/8 "2005-02-10T18:14:58Z")
Of that list I loved six of them, liked six of them, hated four of them and didn’t see four of them. I can’t say that I’m a rabid fan of any of them. This guy runs a trivia site, he is probably referring to the number of nitpicky, bitchy emails that he gets from fans of those movies. Aside: I have heard over and over about how great _Withnail and I_ is. I have tried on two different occasions to watch it and couldn’t get through more than about half an hour. What am I missing? Haj ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/9 "2005-02-10T18:21:25Z")
The most annoying single movie fans I’ve met in the last couple of years have been Matrix fans. Hearing about how deep and philosophical this OK Friday-night popcorn and beer action movie is makes me want access to Neo’s armory. Peace - DESK ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/10 "2005-02-10T18:27:04Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > **Fight Club** , man. I can’t tell you how many guys I knew in college who took that movie as their Personal Lord and Savior. “It’s soooo profound.” No, it’s not, you’re missing the whole point of the damned movie. Curious, what did they see in it, and what is the actual point? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/11 "2005-02-10T18:29:51Z")
No one’s mentioned trekkies yet? I definitely agree with **The Matrix** , though. The movie was about as much depth as a sheet of paper, and was boring, to boot (not the action scenes, but everything else). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/12 "2005-02-10T18:41:33Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > Curious, what did they see in it, and what is the actual point? I suspect he’s referring to people who take the Brad Pitt character’s philosophy as gospel, while somehow missing out that the purpose of the movie is to demonstrate that his philosophy is as hollow and nihilistic as the culture against which it is supposedly rebelling. I recall reading a “Letter to the Editor” in the Datebook section of the Chronicle from a guy who had been so inspired by the movie that he had enlisted in the army to “reclaim his manhood.” There’re some stupid, scary people out there. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/13 "2005-02-10T19:17:49Z")
Goodness gracious, where in the world are the Monty Python films? I love them to varying degrees (with _Holy Grail_ easily being the best), but I cannot abide seeing the films in a rep house because of all the fans who speak/mutter/whisper the entire dialogue around me. There’s no fan as insufferable as a Pythonite who loves regaling unwilling passers-by with extended segments of the Parrot sketch or the Lumberjack song. Guess what fellas–it’s funny because of _who_ did it! You doing it creates a funny vacuum–the dreaded Unfunny. Wankers. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/14 "2005-02-10T19:19:24Z")
Fans of _Showgirls_ (and Paul Verhoeven in general) come to mind… ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/15 "2005-02-10T19:21:35Z")
Whoops–apologies for not noticing #14 (I did a search for “Monty” and came up with zilch). In that case, it needs to be much higher (a few of this choices or purely UK-specific, #1 & 3 especially). Monty annoyance is universal. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/16 "2005-02-10T19:23:47Z")
_The Passion of the Christ_ ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/17 "2005-02-10T19:56:22Z")
Although a good movie, **The Nightmare Before Christmas** has some pretty rabid and annoying fans. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/18 "2005-02-10T19:56:50Z")
> [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](#): > > I don’t know enough Big Lebowski fans (such as myself) to know whether or not they (and I) are more annoying than the movie, which, of course, I don’t find annoying at all. I do and they are. And that’s coming from a Trekkie. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/19 "2005-02-10T21:09:37Z")
Including **This is Spinal Tap** on the list had me scratching my head a bit. I mean, other than the obviously overused “this one goes to 11” jokes, the annoyance level is pretty low. **Dirty Harry** uberfans, I’ve always found somewhat creepy. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/20 "2005-02-10T21:25:08Z")
> [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](#): > > I don’t know enough Big Lebowski fans (such as myself) to know whether or not they (and I) are more annoying than the movie, which, of course, I don’t find annoying at all. I bet you’d find more than a few this March at the [4th Annual Lebowski Fest.](http://www.lebowskifest.com/) And I guess I’ll be the first person in this thread to admit that I’ve never even heard of _Withnail and I_. Its fans may be annoying, but they certainly aren’t pervasive. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383.md?page=2)