# Movies that you feel truly \*unfairly\* get dissed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340 "2016-03-08T22:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/61 "2016-03-11T01:36:50Z")
I recently watched AI and found it a rather fantastic film. Well, two films really. That’s the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/62 "2016-03-11T02:41:49Z")
The ending of \*\*AI \*\*makes me cry every time. :’( ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/63 "2016-03-11T03:08:54Z")
I love Signs and The Village. The ending of Signs is not so much a “twist” as a reveal. And it’s not about the water. It’s that his wife’s seemingly nonsensical message upon her death was actually instructions on how to defeat the aliens. This restored Mel’s faith. I think many people just roll their eyes at the faith parts of the story and ignore it, but that’s what the entire movie is about. That conversation with Mel and Joaquin on the couch about two different kinds of people? Those who believe that all things have a purpose and those who think it’s just random? That’s important. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/64 "2016-03-11T03:47:14Z")
> [@](#): > > I think many people just roll their eyes at the faith parts of the story and ignore it, but that’s what the entire movie is about I don’t ignore it at all. That’s why I hate it. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/65 "2016-03-11T03:50:00Z")
The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love get a lot of hate because they won the best picture Oscar over Fargo and Saving Private Ryan. They are both exceptionally well made films, but it seems like people like to shit all over them. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/66 "2016-03-11T04:48:35Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Not that they’re ripe with modern disdain, but I’ll suggest **Tango & Cash** and **The Long Kiss Goodnight**. They’re both good, fun action movies that seem to have been overlooked for some reason. Tango & Cash is one of my favorite movies, actually. And I _liked_ “Cutthroat Island.” ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/67 "2016-03-11T05:00:18Z")
> [@Dante\_G](#): > > I really don’t get the hatred for _Signs_. It’s almost like its cool to hate this film, so that’s why it gets so much hatred. > > Personally, I like it and try to watch it every time it comes on. I disagree, _Signs_ is just fucking awful. However, _Lady in the Water_ is actually worth a rewatch. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/68 "2016-03-11T05:05:07Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > And I _liked_ “Cutthroat Island.” yes, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/69 "2016-03-11T06:15:44Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > And I _liked_ “Cutthroat Island.” I like Cutthroat Island, and I can’t think of any reason that someone would enjoy Pirates of the Caribbean, The Mummy, or any other tongue-in-cheek adventure movie and not like Cutthroat. I assume it just came out a little too early, before people were in the mood for silly action. Of those three, I’d put it above The Mummy, though below Pirates. ---
**Author:** ![Islander\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@Islander\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Islander_M)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/70 "2016-03-11T06:27:15Z")
Not one but three: all three “Hobbit” movies. The production was far closer in atmosphere and feeling to the book than LOTR ever was. And I thought Freeman nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/71 "2016-03-11T06:45:54Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I like Cutthroat Island, and I can’t think of any reason that someone would enjoy Pirates of the Caribbean, The Mummy, or any other tongue-in-cheek adventure movie and not like Cutthroat. I assume it just came out a little too early, before people were in the mood for silly action. Of those three, I’d put it above The Mummy, though below Pirates. Matthew Modine and Geena Davis. She looked like she’d dropped the kids off at soccer, he looked like a weed-selling pizza driver. If they’d cast a couple of decent, charismatic leads - say, a sober Robert Downey and a young Catherine Zeta Jones - it would have been terrific. ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/72 "2016-03-11T07:22:23Z")
I don’t think anyone has mentioned it, so I guess I will be the one to tempt the fates and say that I really liked **Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull**. Yes, really. It certainly had its flaws, and a lot of it was way over the top, but I had so much fun watching it I didn’t really care. Yes, really. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/73 "2016-03-11T07:29:41Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Neighbors and Continental Divide. Sorry…I enjoyed them, so there. And the ending of Neighbors is great. I won’t comment on _Neighbors_, but I fully agree on _Continental Divide_. Yes, John Belishi doing a rom-com seems implausible. But somehow, it works. “The bear ate my cigarettes!” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/74 "2016-03-11T07:33:27Z")
My life became a bowl of cherries after getting dragged to “Maid in Manhattan”. ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/75 "2016-03-11T12:48:21Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Not that they’re ripe with modern disdain, but I’ll suggest **Tango & Cash** and **The Long Kiss Goodnight**. They’re both good, fun action movies that seem to have been overlooked for some reason. Well, _Tango & Cash_ was a landmark film in gay cinema, to be sure. As for _The Long Kiss Goodnight_ - I think it was a great action movie, and am surprised it didn’t find more of an audience. I’ve recommended it to folks many a time, as a fun action flick with a kick-ass heroine. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/76 "2016-03-11T13:21:17Z")
> [@RobotDevilDog](#): > > I don’t think anyone has mentioned it, so I guess I will be the one to tempt the fates and say that I really liked **Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull**. > > Yes, really. > > It certainly had its flaws, and a lot of it was way over the top, but I had so much fun watching it I didn’t really care. > > Yes, really. I agree. It was at least more enjoyable for me than Temple of Doom, which I hated. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/77 "2016-03-11T13:39:47Z")
**Unbreakable** was a good movie. The problem was, _it was only 1/3 of a good movie_. It was a very good, very long first act, then it abruptly skips right to the ending, which we are told in the form of a few short captions. _That_ is what put people off, including myself. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/78 "2016-03-11T15:06:47Z")
**Oscar** , the 1991 comedy starring Sylvester Stallone. To this day, I count it as the best $1 I ever spent at the movies. Hilarious! So quotable! Tim Curry! Harry Shearer! It’s like a French farce with a 1930s gangster setting. I think people stayed away because, “Stallone isn’t supposed to do comedy.” But trust me, it’s well worth your time. My favorite line: a henchman with a bottle of champagne (during Prohibition) casually strolls into a room with several obvious policemen. He stops, and says, “…oh, we just keep this around for yacht christenings.” And off he goes. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/79 "2016-03-11T19:35:48Z")
I didn’t think Battlefield Earth lived up to its rep as being terrible - I watched it during a day of movies and beer, and it was a fun ‘spaceships blow up’ sf/action thing. It wasn’t some great work or anything thought provoking, but it was basically like Independence Day, and wasn’t in the ‘good because it’s so bad’ category like Kiss vs The Phantom of the Park (which I also watched that day). ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340/80 "2016-03-11T19:37:52Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > I disagree, _Signs_ is just fucking awful. However, _Lady in the Water_ is actually worth a rewatch. You’re the first person I’ve heard defend Lady in the Water. It’s the first one of his movies that I walked out saying “What a piece of shit.” And I like The Village and basically nothing Signs and the plant movie…but I HATED Lady in the Water. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-feel-truly-unfairly-get-dissed/748340.md?page=5)