i literally haven’t seen a good movie recently, and so can’t fathom people who have. it seems peoples expectations of what’s on offer and what they get for their money is on a steady decline. i’m not saying i hated any of these movies (lord of the rings, spiderman being just 2 examples), but they did suck. with the possible exception of dancer in the dark which i saw recently on video, and i have to say was right royally impressed.
all time bad movie that no-one else in their right mind should like? so many, so difficult, but i’ll plum for Speed 2… no wait, Gone Fishin!
Doom Generation. I hate hate HATE that motherfucking movie. It’s an absolute piece of shit and the script reads like it was written by a twelve year old who was told it was alright to write “Fuck” for the first time. It’s the absolute WORST movie I’ve EVER SEEN (and that’s saying a LOT).
I guess that’s why I own the director’s cut. DAMNIT!!!
Dumb and Dumber. I wouldn’t think anyone who liked thos movie was a bad person, but I would know that we probably don’t have much in common. I can appreciate slapstick, toilet humour, etc - for instance, I LOVE Austin Powers (it’s actually quite clever, and takes jokes to their most illogical extreme - like the woman who just won’t die) but Dumb and Dumber just makes me cringe.
Oh, Forrest Gump, too. Anyone who thinks ‘life is like a box of chocolates’ is profound really has not thought that much about it … or anything else, most likely.
DON’T YOU DARE MAKE FUN OF GONE FISHING!!!
Thanks, QueenAl, you reminded me of another one:
Austin Powers. The first one, I have to admit, it was funny, original, and pretty damned good. Up until the third viewing. Then it got old. Then everyone wanted to watch that, and only that, and then it got REALLY old. Then everyone kept mimicing it for more than a year and a half, and it got really, REALLY old.
Then The Spy Who Shagged ME came out, and that was just utter shit. But, it sparked a ressurgence in mimics, and that was bad. Now, with Goldmember coming out, I’m going to go down to the pawn shop and buy myself a gun, and I kill every last sonuvabitch that ever done me wrong.
Are you saying it’s impossible for people to have liked a recent movie, since you haven’t seen one you yourself liked? This would imply that you can’t understand why people would like something you don’t.
I’m fine with that, though. As long as people keep throwing out “You suck if your opinion doesn’t match mine,” it means I’ll keep getting paid to give my opinions (though it’s games, not movies for me).
I liked many of the movies mentioned in some degree or another. I know someone who liked City of Lost Children, which I felt was just horrible, but I certainly don’t think the person sucked for it. All it meant was that their tastes don’t match mine, so when they like a movie, I’m more reluctant to try it.
Four words:
Any Adam Sandler movie.
Oh sorry, I thought this was a thread about the Royal Tenenbaums, or maybe just about anything directed by Wes Anderson. I’ll leave now.
Rushmore was great
My wife has the strangest taste in movies. She thought Robin Williams in Popeye was the best movie she’s ever seen. She thought Phantom Menace was great, and actually laughed at Jar-Jar Binks (!)
And she smokes.
Oh well, I still love her.
P.S. maybe I should rent Howard the Duck and Ishtar, and see what she thinks.
What’s she smoke, Lumpy?
I don’t know that I’d write anyone off for just liking a particular movie.
However, I knew someone once who declared that “Doc Hollywood” was ** * their favorite movie of all time. * ** I knew immediately that the tenuous friendship we shared was doomed.
Sorry to hijack- I’ll take it to another thread if necessary…but isn’t that a good thing? It’s a good movie in that it made you feel that way. It was powerful and moving enough to evoke an emotion other than disgust at how poorly it was made.
It’s fine if that’s what you want from a movie.
Unless I learn something great from a movie, like what people sacrificed in time of war, why would I want to go out and feel make myself feel bad for days? That’s not to say I can’t see any movie that makes me a little depressed at the end, but why should I claim to like a movie that made me feel bad the way “se7en” did? Now, other people may not be so sensitive… and that’s fine. I’m not saying it was a poorly made movie. It did it’s job I guess… I just don’t find that stuff entraining.
Different things effect different people. Maybe there are movie out there that are hard for you to watch that I like.
Now, I DON’T think anyone who likes “se7en” sucks.
Zoggie, I understand what you are saying. =)
I think I have a safe one. One that no human being could possibly protest. Ever.
Joe’s Apartment (The crapousel flick about the guy with the roaches in his apartment, supposedly was a comedy.)
I knew it would suck when I first saw the previews, but my friend liked the old MTV skit and wanted to see it, so I went with.
I still hate him for that. We went on opening night, and were literally the only people in the theatre. I’m pretty sure MTV only made $10 total on that piece of trash, and half of it came from me.
The acting sucked, the story sucked, the jokes sucked. There was nothing in the movie that failed to suck. The only redeeming quality it had was that it ended.
If you did see this movie and actually liked it, I will have to assume that there is something terribly, terribly wrong with you.
I gotta agree with Queen Al…
Everybody RAVED about it and I decided to decided to go see FORREST GUMP…WHAT a waste of 3 and a half hours…Phoney effects and the story line was just too damn silly…
His Jenny dieing from HIV contracted in the the 60’s revolutionary days with aids?? They didn’t even know about aids untill the 80’s IIRC…
Anyway a very fall asleep movie for me!!
Crane
They didn’t say she got HIV in the 60’s
Austin Powers was mindless and vaguely amusing if you could pay attention long enough.
Austin Powers II was disgusting and made me actually queasy.
I’ve got two, and I’m probably going to get lynched for them, because they’re both popular. If it makes anybody feel better, some movies I like have been mentioned here, so I’ve already been raked over the coals. I suck. I knew it anyway.
However, I think you suck if you liked When Harry Met Sally (The Movie in which People Never Change… ugh) or Armageddon (the debris was burning in space! COME ON!).
There… just desserts. 
Heh.