# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/41 "2004-06-05T22:51:20Z")
Chick Flicks. Really stupid action movies. Lately any movie with Ben Stiller starring(I used to like them before I realize they are all the same movie). Most Sports movies. Movies that are either made by MTV or based off a Reality show. ---
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/42 "2004-06-05T22:52:22Z")
**Hal** , I’m sorry but I have to agree that “Rocky Horror” in no way lives up to its reputation. Much like “American Grafitti.” “Rocky” I think is a matter of tastes, though. I will give it that, mostly because my wife is a fan. You have to be into stupid songs, no plot, idiotic diologue, and a cross-dressing mob to like it, but some people do. Let me go and enjoy _good_ music at a live rock show and leave Tim Currey to the awsomeness that is “Clue” and such. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/43 "2004-06-05T23:58:09Z")
The chick flick genre isn’t an AUTOMATIC disqualification in my book, but that “Ya-Ya Sisterhood” movie … that looked nightmarishly awful even without the presence of Ashley “If I Am In This Movie, It Probably Sucks” Judd. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/44 "2004-06-06T01:10:08Z")
**Garfield**. “Let’s make a movie about a comic strip that hasn’t been funny in ten years–sorry, that’s _never been funny_–and to make it even more unbearable, we’ll have _Bill Murray do the voice!_” . . . I’ll take Deviled Ham, thanks. ---
**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 6, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/45 "2004-06-06T02:41:11Z")
Hijack– Okay so there’s **"Passion of the Christ"** \*\*“Pirates of the Carribean” \*\* and **"Prince of the City"** Are there any other **PotC** film titles? ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/46 "2004-06-06T02:51:11Z")
Okay, that’s my inner Old Fart speaking. I heard sumpin’ recently, possibly on the _Today_ show (::shudders:🙂 that most widely released and publicized movies are aimed at early-to-slightly-post teens. And make no mistake, I _adore_ some purely awful, puerile movies, so it isn’t just a taste thing. Caveat emptor, it isn’t like I’ve _seen_ the vast majority of films in the categories I’m about to dish. It’s like books, only much more expensive: so many, so little time. If the premise can’t lure me in, oh well. - The vast majority based on **cartoons**. Some media just don’t cross-translate, and splashier production values can’t replace the magic. Honorable exceptions: films that actually try to recreate the mystique in new ways. Camp has a very limited, stale shelf life. (_The Flintstones, Popeye, ScoobyDoo, etc. barf._) - Spinoffs from old **TV shows**. They ran for their course, a half hour at a time, for a reason. Hyping them up with big hype, big-star bloat doesn’t change the substance. Mostly it just destroys the ephemeral charm. - Anything based on a **computer game**. All the excess without the minimal interaction. - Anything that relys on **BIG EFFECTS**. Purportedly SF movies are really dire for this. “We don’t just blow up cars and cities! We destroy _worlds_!” Yawn. After entire universes have been destroyed and space-time continum perveted, who the hell cares? I’m not even gonna get into the “I’m winsome, adore me” genre. Crankily, Veb ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/47 "2004-06-06T02:51:49Z")
> [@I Love Me](#): > > Are there any other **PotC** film titles? [Polly of the Circus](http://imdb.com/title/tt0023349/). ---
**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 6, 2004, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/48 "2004-06-06T10:37:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The title is correct. “Jones’s” is the correct possessive form, despite what your English teacher told you. **Mr Blue Sky** , Can I get another site for that other than the IMDB? ---
**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 6, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/49 "2004-06-06T12:59:54Z")
> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > **Mr Blue Sky** , Can I get another site for that other than the IMDB? [Okay](http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifwhrtptpstrphsnp.shtml) > [@](#): > > 1. Nouns ending with an [s] or [z] sound (this includes words ending in “x”, “ce”, and similar examples): The plural suffix is -es rather than -s (unless there’s already an “e” at the end, as in the “-ce” words), but otherwise the rule is the same as above: ---
**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 6, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/50 "2004-06-06T13:04:24Z")
oh, plural possessives… My 2nd Grade Teacher did not teach me that. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/51 "2004-06-06T17:28:58Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Movies that consist solely of people sitting around talking about stuff. If I want to spend two hours listening to people talk, I’ll actually have a conversation with someone, thanks. Worst offender in this category–_Glengarry, Glen Ross_, although _Magnolia_ comes pretty close in parts. Dreadful movies, simply dreadful, the both of them. You haven’t seen _My Dinner with Andre_, apparently. Personally, I love these movies. MDWA is a great film, and GGR is also a favorite. Anything by David Mamet is dialogue driven, really. GGR might be the best of them, that or House of Games. My contribution to the thread, sure to be greeted with derision, is anything based on a comic book. Spiderman, X-Men, Superman, extrapowerfulsecretweaponman, I don’t care. I have zero interest. I saw Dick Tracy way back when, swore off the genre, then was talked into the first Batman. Never again. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/52 "2004-06-06T17:45:04Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > What was that one with Catherine Denuevre and Burt Reynolds?? > > … It’s called “The Man Who Loved Women”. My selection has already been named: Films based on old TV programs. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/53 "2004-06-06T18:03:58Z")
Anything where an animal is the “hero”. ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/54 "2004-06-08T21:34:16Z")
From Justin to Kelly ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/55 "2004-06-08T21:36:01Z")
“From Justin to Kelly” starring “American Idol” stars Justin and Kelly…Never ever would be caught going into a theatre to watch it or in video store to rent it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/56 "2004-06-08T21:47:01Z")
Talking animals. Eddie Murphy. Jim Carrey. Remakes of movies they really didn’t need to make, particularly if they involve Jim Carrey or Eddie Murphy. Anything by Adam Sandler. Talking babies. “Period” pieces that don’t have a lot of fighting and guns and swords and explosions and stuff. So, for example, _Hidalgo_ was okay, since the horse didn’t talk. If it had, no way. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/57 "2004-06-08T21:48:57Z")
> [@](#): > > [Crossroads > Just because it has Britney Spears in it. Thats funny, I remember Ralph Macchio and Jamie Gertz but not Britney 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/58 "2004-06-08T22:20:07Z")
> [@I Love Me](#): > > Are there any other **PotC** film titles? [Prisoners of the Casbah](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046209/) (1953), with Gloria Grahame and Cesar Romero. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710/59 "2004-06-09T01:12:52Z")
Anything about straight people. I know they’re made that way, but must they flaunt it? 😃 Seriously, though, since I’m not straight, I have to be able to see what the attraction is or the movie doesn’t make any sense to me–I can’t suspend my disbelief well enough (cf Pretty Woman, horny teens, Adam Sandler, above). And movies with a lot of farting. Other than South Park, which was a masterpiece. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-definitely-not-intended-for-you/248710.md?page=2)