# Movies Everybody Else Likes Which You Hate...And Vice-Versa **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572 "2012-11-01T15:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/61 "2012-11-02T01:10:18Z")
I also like: > [@Bpelta](#): > > **North (1994):** I also hate: > [@Greekfreak](#): > > **The Big Lebowski**. ---
**Author:** ![spymaniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@spymaniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spymaniac)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/62 "2012-11-02T01:17:12Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **Alien**. Just a stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid movie showing stupid people doing the stupidest thing possible in every situation. > [@grude](#): > > The Shawshank Redemption- > > WTF is the love this movie gets? Ok it was good, but not that good. Is it the rape thing? Because it was brave enough to deal with male rape? > > The protag literally has no character growth, he just realizes his best shot is manipulation and escape. agree with these 2 picks I’ll add: The Excorcist LA Confidential Citizen Kane ANY Kevin Smith film.. full of the most cringeworthy ‘hip’ dialogue exchanges ever written that make me want to eat my own fist The Matrix also even though it’s not ‘hated’ per se, Wild At Heart always seems to be thought of as one of David Lynch’s weakest films - IMO it’s by far his best > [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Can I do a TV show? I nominate “Big Bang Theory.” I haven’t seen a ton of it, but what I have seen is nothing but shrill unpleasant nerd stereotypes shouting at each other, with not a joke to be heard. agreed. biggest load of crap on tv > [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > That’s probably the _most_ fashionable-to-deride show on the air today. amazon reviews are a fairly accurate way to gauge public opinion I’d say… they’re all basically unanimous in praising it? ---
**Author:** ![fattigermaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@fattigermaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fattigermaster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/63 "2012-11-02T01:18:18Z")
I always like movies nobody else gets. Hinders me from recommending. Watched an old b&w movie on YouTube last night; _The Browning Version_ with Michael Redgrave, I found it so deep and moving, a human statement whose impression I will never forget…but will I recommend it to any of my RL friends? Sorry…no blood, no skin, no cars exploding. But if you like movies your friends don’t “get”, you might like it. I thought it was powerful. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/64 "2012-11-02T01:19:44Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I didn’t like **Kill Bill Vol. 1**. Just don’t care for all the violence, over-the-top or not. I didn’t care for the pretentiousness. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/65 "2012-11-02T01:20:09Z")
Ones I didn’t like: **Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind**. A shame, really, as I like Michel Gondry in general, and on paper the movie looks like something I’d like. **Garden State**. I disliked everything in this movie. It tries to be clever, and fails. It tries to have meaningful characters, but they’re one-dimensional caricatures. An ex excitedly showed it to me, since it was so “me.” No, it wasn’t. **High Fidelity**. Okay, I don’t _hate_ it, and think it’s a fun movie, but I loathe John Cusack’s character, with whom I suppose one was supposed to identify. Similarly with **Reality Bites** ; when it came out, it was supposed to be a great Gen X movie, and I was supposed to identify with Ethan Hawke’s character… instead, I left the movie feeling that Ben Stiller’s “sell out corporate stooge” was the only sympathetic person. Ones I love: **The Last Boy Scout**. The “sarcastic detective who learns to appreciate his new partner” action movie taken to 11. I turn my brain off and revel in the insanity. **The Way of the Gun**. A mean-spirited, downbeat film where there aren’t necessarily any good guys. Great dialogue, some of the most realistic gun handling I’ve seen in a movie, and the first film where I ever saw the now-common trope of “our cell phones aren’t working” to keep the plot moving. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/66 "2012-11-02T01:38:24Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > I liked both. I also liked “The Village”, but was bored stiff by “Lady in the Water” (my husband’s opinions on the latter two are the inverse of mine). We agreed that “The Happening” was awful. Somehow I managed to watch **Lady in the Water** without realizing that M. Night played the writer. I rather liked the movie. It was quirky and a bit oddly paced; it had its weak points, but I enjoyed it. Then I found out he had written and directed himself playing a writer/savior, and I suffered an incapacitating bout of retroactive contact embarrassment. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/67 "2012-11-02T01:46:37Z")
**Blade Runner**. I really don’t understand the love for _Blade Runner_. Poorly written, pseudo-deep, meandering nonsense. Ridley Scott is 200% overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/68 "2012-11-02T01:58:04Z")
**The Sound of Music** - I hope to never see it again. I hope to never hear another song from that movie. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/69 "2012-11-02T02:11:23Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > **The Sound of Music** - I hope to never see it again. I hope to never hear another song from that movie. So, you’re saying it’s not one of your favorite things? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/70 "2012-11-02T02:15:58Z")
I really liked the Lost in Space movie. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/71 "2012-11-02T02:18:02Z")
**V for Vendetta** is #163 on the IMDb’s list of greatest movies. It is also a transparently-plotted, sophomorically-written piece of juvenalia with awful dialogue. My sincere apologies to any sophomores in the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/72 "2012-11-02T02:22:41Z")
> [@grude](#): > > The Shawshank Redemption- > > WTF is the love this movie gets? Ok it was good, but not that good. Is it the rape thing? Because it was brave enough to deal with male rape? > > The protag literally has no character growth, he just realizes his best shot is manipulation and escape. The genius of this movie is its ability to take the worst character cliches and make them briefly interesting (but only briefly). I really disliked it. ---
**Author:** ![wonder9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c57346/32.png) [@wonder9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonder9)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/73 "2012-11-03T02:08:56Z")
I hated the LOTR. Sorry, it was just one scene after another of a plucky band of maybe 6 tiny people fending off an army of thousands. I read all the books and that’s NOT the take-away message I got. Movie that I totally loved that other people hated: Stardust. Thought it was funny, enchanting and different. I read the book first so maybe that was the reason. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/74 "2012-11-03T07:39:17Z")
> [@wonder9](#): > > Movie that I totally loved that other people hated: Stardust. Thought it was funny, enchanting and different. I read the book first so maybe that was the reason. I like Stardust, and have never read the book. Cute, funny, and the female lead isn’t a helpless, useless load on those around her (yeah, Buttercup, I’m looking at YOU, likewise Once Upon a Time’s version of Aurora). ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/75 "2012-11-03T12:48:47Z")
**Spiderman**. Boring boring boring. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/76 "2012-11-03T13:49:17Z")
Movies I hate that everyone else likes: Apocalypse Now. Seemed pointless to me, an acid trip through a fantasy Vietnam with every character acting like they were also on said acid. Visually fascinating, but I couldn’t give two shits about anyone in the movie or what they were doing. Titanic. Again, visually exquisite, but again, I just didn’t buy into the characters. Nothing they did interested me, nothing about them drew me in. Movies I love that most people dislike: Joe Vs the Volcano. Yes, it’s cheesy and schmaltzy, but I liked its earnestness and I enjoyed Tom Hanks’ character Joe once he’d been freed of his neuroses. He was a fun character to spend an hour and a half with. Sahara. I felt like it was Dirk Pitt as Dirk Pitt SHOULD have been written and I absolutely loved Steve Zahn’s take on Al. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/77 "2012-11-03T16:26:59Z")
**Into The Wild** - Others were crying at the end and I was thinking, “Winner of the Darwin Award” for dumbass, clueless idiot. Also, **Rocky Horror Picture Show**. Never understood what was/is so cool/funny about this film. Tried to watch it in a crowded bar with lots of fans - hated it. Tried to watch it at home alone - hated it. Actually met and talked to Barry Bostwick at a party and I think he was relieved I was one person who did not mention that film to him - of course, I didn’t mention it because I had never been able to sit through the whole film. Never thought I would have to mention that I loved **Lord Of The Rings** trilogy…but with all the hate in this thread, sure - let me go down as saying I thought the films were brilliant and yes, I also read the books multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![blueslipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/78 "2012-11-03T18:10:47Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > Ones I love: > > **The Last Boy Scout**. The “sarcastic detective who learns to appreciate his new partner” action movie taken to 11. I turn my brain off and revel in the insanity. I made a thread a while back about movies that are not part of a franchise that should be. The Last Boy Scout is a Die Hard movie. It essentially is Die Hard 2 1/2. Bruce Willis character is foul-mouthed, wisecracking, no-nonsense detective with an itchy trigger finger and a never-say-die maverick spirit. He even has the strained relationship with wife and daughter. I do not think The Last Boy Scout is the worst of the Die Hard Movies. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/79 "2012-11-03T18:36:03Z")
I liked Stardust a lot, and I also liked Mirror, Mirror, which got terrible reviews. Who here will be the first to say they loved Batman and Robin? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572/80 "2012-11-03T18:58:32Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > I hate **Love Actually**. Trite, overly sentimental cheese from start to finish. And I blame it for starting this trend of holiday movies featuring a series of interconnected barfworthy stories that are even worse: **Valentine’s Day** , **New Year’s Eve** , etc. I too totally loathed this movie, it seemed to be all about who could be the biggest loser. Also Titanic and Avatar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-everybody-else-likes-which-you-hate-and-vice-versa/639572.md?page=5)