# Movies/TV shows you were suprised you didn't like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290 "2007-04-23T10:25:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/41 "2007-04-24T17:41:29Z")
Several of mine have already been mentioned, so here’s a new one. The movie, [Reign of Fire](http://imdb.com/title/tt0253556/). I really should have loved this movie…I mean come on, Dragons taking over the planet! Not to mention a few actors that I find to be very, very hot. I was so bored I fell asleep about a half hour into it. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/42 "2007-04-24T18:17:20Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Several of mine have already been mentioned, so here’s a new one. The movie, [Reign of Fire](http://imdb.com/title/tt0253556/). I really should have loved this movie…I mean come on, Dragons taking over the planet! Not to mention a few actors that I find to be very, very hot. I was so bored I fell asleep about a half hour into it. [/QUOTE] Oh, that’s a good one -except I rolled my eyes and changed the channel about 5 minutes into it. I generally love stupid movies, but that one was a whole new level of dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/43 "2007-04-24T20:40:49Z")
Stargate: Atlantis. SG1 is one of my top 10 of all time favorite tv shows. I watched 6 episodes of Atlantis and gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/44 "2007-04-24T20:53:56Z")
[QUOTE=Steve MB] What I initially heard about _The Triplets of Belleville_ sounded promising, but when I actually saw it I damn near fell asleep in the first half-hour, and probably (time sort of blurs together) **did** fall asleep at some point. A familiar chord in the initial buzz I heard about _Pan’s Labyrinth_ set off my Spidey Sense, and avoided it. [/QUOTE] _Pan’s Labrynth_ is nothing, yet nothing, like _The Triplets of Belleville_. I think they’re both wonderful movies, but seriously. Absolutely nothing in common whatsoever. For one thing, there is absolutely and utterly nothing funny in _Pan’s Labrynth_. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/45 "2007-04-24T21:24:50Z")
**Borat** – People keep talking about this intelligent, satirical and hilarious film that exposes and lampoons American culture but the film I saw was boring, predictable and was shut off a third of the way through. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/46 "2007-04-24T21:47:33Z")
**The Departed**. I really, really thought I would like it a lot more than I did. But I couldn’t wait for it to be over, and I couldn’t even tell you any of the characters’ names now or what they were up to. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/47 "2007-04-24T21:53:39Z")
I expect to dislike most of the stuff I end up not liking 😛 but, there’s the **LOTR** series, weird because I generally quest for movies with fantastical elements (and quests) and I love world building and attention to detail, and of course it’s supposed to be the pinnacle of detailed built world driven fantasy. But I was totally bored with all 3 movies. So bored that even now I haven’t gotten around to reading the books. I’ve never admitted it in person. **Serenity** bored the hell out of me too, though it came highly reccommended (but I don’t like Joss Whedon’s other work, so that makes more sense). Actually, I haven’t liked a sci-fi based show since **Star Trek: TNG** , even though I’m almost desperate to find one. Second on liking **Twin Peaks** but not nearly as much as I thought I would. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/48 "2007-04-24T22:02:14Z")
**Entourage**. I thought there would be something unique about it for all the buzz it got but I didn’t see it. I didn’t dislike it but I didn’t see the reason for the raves. I also love gossip and celebrity-type stuff which made me think I’d love it. To be fair I only saw two eps during a free trial of HBO et al (where I did understand the praise given to The Sopranos). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/49 "2007-04-24T22:45:23Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] _Pan’s Labrynth_ is nothing, yet nothing, like _The Triplets of Belleville_. I think they’re both wonderful movies, but seriously. Absolutely nothing in common whatsoever. For one thing, there is absolutely and utterly nothing funny in _Pan’s Labrynth_. [/QUOTE] Talk about your set-up lines! (But I loved _The Triplets of Belleville_, so I won’t deliver the punchline.) _Mulholland Drive_ is one of my favorite movies, so I figured I’d love _ **Blue Velvet** _. Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong, and, indeed, wrong. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/50 "2007-04-25T02:47:56Z")
Babylon 5. I keep hearing about the epic storyline and meticulous plotting, and while I can appreciate that in a sort of abstract sense, it was just too hokey and predictable for me to continue watching. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/51 "2007-04-25T02:54:27Z")
**Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip** – the biggest disappointment of this year’s TV schedule. And after all the buildup, did anyone actually go see **Snakes on a Plane**? ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/52 "2007-04-25T02:57:21Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Several of mine have already been mentioned, so here’s a new one. The movie, [Reign of Fire](http://imdb.com/title/tt0253556/). I really should have loved this movie…I mean come on, Dragons taking over the planet! Not to mention a few actors that I find to be very, very hot. I was so bored I fell asleep about a half hour into it. [/QUOTE] I’m embarrased to say I love this movie. Mine would be _ **West Wing** _. I should love it but never did. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290/53 "2007-04-25T04:00:01Z")
\*\*Arrested Development \*\*- I found the characters too unlikable to watch past the pilot. **Freaks & Geeks** - I was so bored I realized about halfway through the pilot that I really didn’t even care to find out what happened next and shut it off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-were-suprised-you-didnt-like/401290.md?page=2)