# Movies that were definitely NOT intended for you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710 "2004-06-04T21:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/21 "2004-06-05T03:45:41Z")
_PotC–_ I thought Treat Williams was a lot better in _Hair_. What… oh you mean there’s yet **ANOTHER** _PotC_? (what was the one with Johnny Depp?) But seriously-- anything by Kevin Smith, or any other Fart and Shit and Piss bathroom-humor-for-morons films. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/22 "2004-06-05T03:47:14Z")
Nevermind about the Johhny Depp question. I get it now. ---
**Author:** ![BrianJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/23 "2004-06-05T11:30:05Z")
Side note: If you play Everquest, PotC means something else entirely 🙂 So what is the Johnny Depp movie? (I don’t get it yet) For me I’d say any movie that has a title like Dumb and Dumber. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/24 "2004-06-05T11:39:14Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > You just described _the_ standard story arc for any Hollywood movie. That’s not a genre, that’s the definition of a screenplay. No, it’s the definition of a boring cliche. Not every screenplay works that way, just most of them. You know, the ones that are uninteresting and that I usually don’t see because they “were definitely NOT intended for me.” So the majority of movies aren’t for me. _Passion of the Christ_, slasher movies, plotless action flicks and CGI exercises, grossout comedies, unnecessary remakes, and the new trend - Paul Walker stupid car/motorcycle/vehicle movies. > [@](#): > > So what is the Johnny Depp movie? (I don’t get it yet) That’d be _Pirates of the Carribean_. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/25 "2004-06-05T12:05:21Z")
> [@I Love Me](#): > > _PotC–_ > > I thought Treat Williams was a lot better in _Hair_. [hijack] :eek: Hey! Somebody other than me remembers Hair 🙂 [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/26 "2004-06-05T13:09:45Z")
> [@BrianJ2](#): > > So what is the Johnny Depp movie? (I don’t get it yet) **P** irates **o** f **t** he **C** arribbean. ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/27 "2004-06-05T13:23:55Z")
Bruce Almighty. Jim Carrey overacting. Idiotic plot. Potty jokes(with a dog). This movie pushed all of my bad movie buttons. I’d rather spend two hours in a dentist chair than sit through that movie again. I really despised Bruce. The main thing that drove me crazy was that everyone else I know loved this thing. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/28 "2004-06-05T13:28:39Z")
> [@mike1dog](#): > > Bruce Almighty. You know, despite that stuff I actually found most of it reasonably enjoyable- until they got near the end and **kept!** **beating us!** **over the head!** with the **freaking stupid message!** The only movie not starring the Spice Girls I’ve ever walked out on. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/29 "2004-06-05T13:31:48Z")
I just have to agree with a lot of those already mentioned. Those teen slasher flicks are absolutely some of the worst (Whether it be Scream or Friday the 13th). My wife (then-girlfriend) once made me sit through Scream about five years ago and I never forgave her. It was so jaw-droppingly bad I couldn’t decide if I wanted to sleep through it or drill a hole in my head and make her clean up the mess. Titanic. Oh, and most “horror” movies. Not all, but most. “Blair Witch” was the single worst movie I’ve ever seen. I actually fell asleep in the theater. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/30 "2004-06-05T13:38:13Z")
“Teens Are Horny Movies” like **American Pie**. I’ve never seen it, never want to see it, never will see it. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/31 "2004-06-05T14:26:13Z")
> [@yosemite](#): > > This is probably going to be an unpopular choice…but _Rocky Horror Picture Show._ Hold up a moment here – did you see in the theater or on DVD? 'Cause as a movie, _RHPC_ pretty much sucks. It’s all about the theatre experience – the floor show, the partici…pation, all that. Seeing it at home can’t compare. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/32 "2004-06-05T14:31:18Z")
**Bridget Jones’s(sic) Diary** Just because of the spelling mistake in the name. **Crossroads** Just because it has Britney Spears in it. **Matrix 3** Because I fell in love with the first one then was ever so disappointed by the 2nd. And many many others already mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/33 "2004-06-05T15:46:27Z")
> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > **Bridget Jones’s(sic) Diary** > Just because of the spelling mistake in the name. Unless the movie was actually about a dairy, that’s the correct spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/34 "2004-06-05T16:03:13Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Unless the movie was actually about a dairy, that’s the correct spelling. So says the IMDB: > [@](#): > > Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The title is correct. “Jones’s” is the correct possessive form, despite what your English teacher told you. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/35 "2004-06-05T18:49:33Z")
99% of boobs n’ beer movies or chick flicks. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/36 "2004-06-05T20:34:51Z")
Robert Altman movies. I know there are plenty of people for whom having Altman’s name attached is a big draw, but for me it’s as big a repellant as if it had Adam Sandler in it. (Altman directing an Adam Sandler movie would be about the most horrible thing I can imagine.) Overly talky, slow, pretentious, bleaggh. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/37 "2004-06-05T20:45:13Z")
> [@mike1dog](#): > > Bruce Almighty. Jim Carrey overacting. Idiotic plot. Potty jokes(with a dog). This movie pushed all of my bad movie buttons. I’d rather spend two hours in a dentist chair than sit through that movie again. I really despised Bruce. The main thing that drove me crazy was that everyone else I know loved this thing. OMG, yes. I had absolutley NO desire to see this movie. (pretty much any movie with Jim Carey is no intended for me, I loathe him). And then my best friend calls up, sobbing, because she had bought two tickets for her boyfriend right before he turned into a huge asshole over somethign trivial and picked a fight so I was forced to go with her to cheer her up. I still haven’t forgiven her boyfriend for it… ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/38 "2004-06-05T21:05:43Z")
Any movie with a clown [painted white face, humongous mouth, big red feet clowns]… I will not see. Other movies I will walk away from: any thing with Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Freddy and his ugly buddy Jason… I would rather be at home and washing dishes. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/39 "2004-06-05T22:41:22Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > You just described _the_ standard story arc for any Hollywood movie. That’s not a genre, that’s the definition of a screenplay. Which one of your favorite disaster movies doesn’t have a protagonist fighting against something, a false victory, and then a real victory? What Hollywood movie _ever_ strayed from that structure? Hmmmm, Thelma and Louise??? They don’t win, they die a horrible fiery death. And they act in a pretty uncommon way, IMHO, for women to act (most women would go the common sense route, and trust the cop who was telling them that he’d help them and that he knew that they’d killed in self defense, etc). Gone With the Wind, she not only doesn’t get the guy, he tells her he doesn’t give a damn, AND she loses her best friend, and didn’t even realize that she WAS her best friend until the best friend is on her deathbed. What was that one with Catherine Denuevre and Burt Reynolds?? Not that great a movie, but at any rate, they don’t win, he dies in the end. “The Way We Were” she loses the guy. AND gets branded a communist. My friends cried their eyes out, I thought “how STUPID, here’s the love of her life and she leaves him because of a political reason???” I’m sure there are a lot more… ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/40 "2004-06-05T22:49:57Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Hold up a moment here – did you see in the theater or on DVD? 'Cause as a movie, _RHPC_ pretty much sucks. It’s all about the theatre experience – the floor show, the partici…pation, all that. Seeing it at home can’t compare. It also depends upon your fellow movie goers, that can DEFINITELY make a difference in how much fun it is. See it with an audience that knows what it’s doing, and it’s hilarious fun. See it with a bunch of deatbeats,BLECH. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710.md?page=3)