# Movies that everyones loves...except you **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576 "2001-05-06T23:42:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/21 "2001-05-07T03:01:23Z")
Any of the **Star Wars** movies. Bleah. I say, bleah. I am totally serious. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/22 "2001-05-07T03:08:03Z")
Movies I hate: ~Titanic-Romance on a doomed boat? What a stupid thought! Everyone knew what was going to happen. Leonardo DiCaprio sucked! Plus it was too damn long. Because of this movie I hate James Cameron. I have boycotted him. Is that too harsh?šŸ˜• ~Forrest Gump- booor-ring ~Pulp fiction-too violent, and just not that interesting to watch. ~Braveheart-too gory and long. I love ā€œA Christmas Storyā€. In our family it is a tradition to watch it as much as possible during the Christmas season. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/23 "2001-05-07T03:25:09Z")
Interestingā€¦ most of the movies listed here I havenā€™t seen. Then again, Iā€™m picky when it comes to movies. The few that I do see, I usually enjoy, with the exception of **Sleepless In Seatle**. God that movie stank. Am I the only one that was interested in what happened _after_ they met? All that bullshit leading up to it was, well, bullshit. Who cares? I want to see how it worked out in the end. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/24 "2001-05-07T04:17:00Z")
2000 may be widely regarded as the worse year for movies in the history of movies, but 2001 is shaping up nicely to beat it. With the exception of **Shrek** and **The Final Fantasy Movie** this year looks trite and dull. Itā€™s already May, and I have yet to see a single good movie, or even a movie thatā€™s appealing enough to get me to the theatre. (And believe you me, it doesnā€™t take much) ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/25 "2001-05-07T04:23:44Z")
Oh! I forgot about Blair Witch Project. I looked forward to this movie (I _love_ a good horror flick) and everyone I spoke to raved about it. When I finally rented it I couldnā€™t believe it was the same movie that I had heard about. It was boring and not scary at all. :: stones Falcon :: How can you not like Itā€™s a Wonderful Life?! šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/26 "2001-05-07T04:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > 2000 may be widely regarded as the worse year for movies in the history of movies, but 2001 is shaping up nicely to beat it. With the exception of **Shrek** and **The Final Fantasy Movie** this year looks trite and dull. Iā€™d just like to point out that _Lord of the Rings_ (arriving in December, hooray!) also looks seriously awesome. (Iā€™d say something along the lines of ā€œyou canā€™t go wrong with the source materialā€ ā€“ but Iā€™ve seen Ralph Bakshiā€™s version. :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/27 "2001-05-07T04:32:57Z")
Another for _As Good As It Gets_, and Iā€™d also like to mention _The Matrix_. Whenever I try to discuss it with someone, they seem to be absolutely shocked that itā€™s possible to not like the movie. I thought its attempts to be deep and philosophical were failures and once Keanu turned into Superman, that totally killed off any remaining interest I had for the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/28 "2001-05-07T04:47:19Z")
I hated Good Will Hunting. I found it boring, but worse than that, Iā€™m sure some of it was plagerised, because I knew what was going to happen most of the time, even though Iā€™d never watched any trailers for the movie, or read any stories about the movie. I didnā€™t plan to go see it because it had a stupid title, and didnā€™t even know who was in it or what it was about, but sitting there, I knew from start to finish what was going to happen next. Ugh! Stupid, stupid movie!! Yet everyone I know loves it, and canā€™t understand why I dislike it so much. Go figure. I also hate violence in movies, so Iā€™m not a real treat to go catch a flick with. I havenā€™t ever watched a lot of the big, popular movies, nor do I plan to. Even though my SO has a lot of them on DVD, Iā€™ve never watched them, and I leave the room when he does. Thus, Braveheart, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, the Blair Witch Project (my objections extend to horror), any of the Die Hard movies, etc., are all completely foreign to me. Yet I donā€™t mind reading violent books, or horror stories. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/29 "2001-05-07T05:32:15Z")
I find that I hate most movies that promise a shocking ending or as an earlier poster pointed out, one that ā€œtranscends the genre.ā€ I hope I donā€™t offend, but if after 10 or 15 minutes into ā€œThe Sixth Sense,ā€ you hadnā€™t figured out this over-long shaggy dog, then, well, watch and read more stories in this genre, itā€™s been done many times, especially in prose. ā€œThe Matrixā€: Philip K. Dick, and half the deceased science fiction writers of the past 40 years, are turning in their graves. And itā€™s not so much that I begrudge anyone for artfully ripping off the past. Nothing is new. I just hate people too little-read, or watched, as the case may be, who crow about startling originality. As to the OP, I would pick ā€œSaving Private Ryan.ā€ Terrible movie, unbelievable, inaccurate, just tripe. Always loved the guy who warned the newbie not to salute Hanks, because the enemy might see and kill him as it would be obvious heā€™s an officer and a leader. Throughtout the rest of the film I marveled at how Hanks would certainly cut down his chances of death if he would simply remove the Goddamned Captainā€™s ā€œrailroad tiesā€ from his helmet. Sir Sir ---
**Author:** ![dodge\_this](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dodge\_this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodge_this)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/30 "2001-05-07T05:46:56Z")
Okay it appears to be that I am the only person who likes The English Patient. Ones I didnā€™t fancy: Titanic - not just for the whole Leo thing, or the love story schtick, but that theme song. That song! Oh Lord! Drown me now! X-Files - Iā€™m a fan of the TV series but the big screen version just didnā€™t sit well with me. Shakespeare in Love - interesting premise, but Gwyneth Paltrow spoilt it for me. [grumble]Cate Blanchett shouldā€™ve won the Best Actress Oscar[/grumble] ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/31 "2001-05-07T05:53:05Z")
I adored _Shakespeare in Love_ ā€“ a valentine for Shakespeare fans ā€“ but actually agree about Cate Blanchett. (And I hate threads like this because, as an aspiring intellectual, I always feel like I _should_ dislike _The Matrix_ or even _Saving Private Ryan,_ but didnā€™tā€¦ ;)) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/32 "2001-05-07T05:56:26Z")
The movie that everybody loves, but I hateā€¦ **The Rocky Horror Picture Show**. My Spam, was that movie absolute horrible. It was like somebody took a crap, had sex with the resulting log, and splattered the semen-soaked feces onto a bit of reel and thought itā€™d make a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/33 "2001-05-07T05:59:29Z")
To **dodge\_this** : I liked _The English Patient_ too. (Yes, we are definitely a minority.) I even bought a copy of it. And I read the book. To **cazzle** : I also hated _Good Will Hunting_. Until you posted, my friend PP and I thought we were all alone. It was so very predictable, cobbled together from other movies, etc. To **pepperlandgirl** : 2001 hasnā€™t produced much good stuff yet that Iā€™ve noticed either, but I think this summerā€™s _Planet of the Apes_ looks pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/34 "2001-05-07T06:20:46Z")
**Rockey Horror Picture Show** - I freaking despise that movie. **American Beauty** - This had to be the most overrated piece of crap I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/35 "2001-05-07T06:36:16Z")
**Pleasantville** - I found it too preachy and ā€œooh ooh! Look at me! I have a _message_ for you - racism is baaaaaad.ā€ (Well there was more to it than that, but you get the picture.) šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/36 "2001-05-07T06:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > \*\*2000 may be widely regarded as the worse year for movies in the history of movies, but 2001 is shaping up nicely to beat it. With the exception of **Shrek** and **The Final Fantasy Movie** this year looks trite and dull. > Itā€™s already May, and I have yet to see a single good movie, or even a movie thatā€™s appealing enough to get me to the theatre. (And believe you me, it doesnā€™t take much) > \*\* Only a few words . . . **Lord of the Rings** **Atlantis** The previews of these two looked _awesome_. Havenā€™t had my spine chilled like that for a loooong time. In fact, including **Shrek** and after seeing **Spy Kids** , itā€™s the childrenā€™s movies that are rockinā€™ adults this year as well. Well, apart from the Pokemon trash. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/37 "2001-05-07T07:10:23Z")
Oh, **blur** and **SPOOFE**! I am not the only one who canā€™t stand **Rocky Horror Picture Show** , then? When I saw it, I was at a friendā€™s house. He is a film nut(at school to become a director), so when he saw this movie for some reason he loved it. He was also part of the fan club. He made me watch it! Ugghh. I wanted to throw up. Another set of movies he loves is anything by Stanley Kubrick. I just saw **The Shining** and **Full Metal Jacket** at his house. Can we say ā€˜boringā€™? Same with **Eyes Wide Shut**. Now, I am a person who laughs and comments in a movie(which he hates that I do), so you can imagine that he was pretty upset with me the other night. Oh, well. Heā€™ll live. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/38 "2001-05-07T07:18:57Z")
I think Iā€™m also dreading the release of **Final Fantasy** this summer. Not because I donā€™t like the series - far from it - I just donā€™t think the movie will be very well done. I anticipate it will be ā€œLetā€™s use a generic plot and overdone action movie cliches, and slap a famous name on it!ā€ Note: I also hated **Dungeons and Dragons**. That was a total pooch-screw. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/39 "2001-05-07T07:19:51Z")
The one with ā€œmini meā€ in it. I hated it so much I canā€™t even remember the title. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576/40 "2001-05-07T07:49:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > \*\*The one with ā€œmini meā€ in it. I hated it so much I canā€™t even remember the title. > Peace, > mangeorge \*\* Ewww, me too. Funny, I guess I donā€™t like muchā€¦šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyones-loves-except-you/64576.md?page=3)