# Movies you absolutely DESPISE **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886 "2005-02-19T14:16:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/1 "2005-02-19T14:16:09Z")
**Movies you absolutely despise** How many movies have you seen that you absolutely despise. I don’t mean movies that you just dislike or are boring. I mean movies that make you shudder in revulsion at the thought of ever seeing it again. Movies that are perfect. Perfectly awful. Movies that every minute you watched caused painful boils to break out on your skin. Movies that make you want to take electro-shock treatments in the hope that your memory of that movie will somehow be excised. I have only one movie that really fits this definition for me: **Bruce Almighty.** I sat through the whole thing somehow. This is the only movie that made me leave the theatre angry. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/2 "2005-02-19T14:24:25Z")
Pink Flamingos The Doom Generation Happiness Your Friends and Neighbors Ichi the Killer Welcome To the Dollhouse ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/3 "2005-02-19T14:26:09Z")
_Armageddon_ I forced myself to sit through this pandering, can’t-tell-what’s-happening-because-it’s-so-badly-edited piece of shit just because my bro-in-law was an extra in it. It is one of my life’s dreams to frisbee the negative into a live volcano. Fuck you Michael Bay. _Gladiator_ Drearing, boring, lifeless. How the FUCKING FUCK did this shit win the Best Picture Oscar? ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/4 "2005-02-19T14:32:05Z")
Benny and Joon The only movie I’ve ever walked out of. Stupid and I hated every minute of it. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/5 "2005-02-19T14:35:28Z")
**Event Horizon** The whole “evil in space” concept was imbecilic. As for waht that evil did to the crew: who _needs_ this shit? **Blue Velvet** Now, _Mulholland Drive_ is one of my favorite movies of all time, so I wanted to check out more Lynch, and this one seemed to be well regarded. The opening scenes had me going “Oh yeah, this is going to be great.” Nope. It ended up being so brutal and degrading that I couldn’t take enough showers to wash the scum off. Who _needs_ this shit, part deux. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/6 "2005-02-19T14:39:10Z")
_Pretty Woman_ Stupid plot, Stupid actress or with those teeth are you sure she’s not a horse? Any of the _Look Who’s Talking_ movies Oh wow looky, a talking baby… ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/7 "2005-02-19T14:41:15Z")
I liked several of the above. COOL WORLD. ---
**Author:** ![Spree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Spree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spree)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/8 "2005-02-19T14:49:53Z")
**Very Bad Things** Truly, a very bad movie. I get black comedy, I really do, but there was no comedy in this. In fact, I had to go to IMDB and search Cameron Diaz to get the movie title. This movie was so awful I had blocked its title (and, apparently, Christian Slater) from my mind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/9 "2005-02-19T14:50:28Z")
**Eyes Wide Shut** ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/10 "2005-02-19T14:54:42Z")
**Magnolia** I wrote this for my website: Could a movie be any more boring? The characters were established in the first 45 minutes. The next 2 1/4 hours were utterly predictable step after utterly predictable step to its uninspired and inevitable ending. Oh! The little boy pisses his pants? Gee, I never would have seen THAT coming after his repeated pleas to relieve himself! The estranged son visits his dying father at the last minute? Who would have expected THAT to happen? The trophy-wife admits that she married Jason Robards only for his money and never loved him, until he lay dying? Saw that coming the first time she appeared on the screen. The three hours of unadulterated torture was relieved by a little interlude of zillions of two-pound frogs raining from the heavens. The acting was actually pretty good. But I enjoyed this movie only slightly more than I think I’d enjoy being slowly eviscerated with an exceptionally dull spoon. I’ve never walked out on a movie, but it took every milligram of my self-control to stay in the auditorium. “Magnolia”? They should have named it “Corpse Flower” after the plant that takes seven years to bloom, and when it does smells like rotting flesh. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/11 "2005-02-19T15:09:10Z")
Matrix: Revolutions. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/12 "2005-02-19T15:18:19Z")
Anything directed by Nora Ephron (Micheal, Sleepless in Seattle). She’s predictible and clunky. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/13 "2005-02-19T15:18:35Z")
The Wizard of Oz. Gone With the Wind. Two “classics” that deserve to have all copies gathered together and launched into the sun. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/14 "2005-02-19T15:20:14Z")
> [@stegon66](#): > > _Gladiator_ > > Drearing, boring, lifeless. How the FUCKING FUCK did this shit win the Best Picture Oscar? I’m with you on this one. But my all-time worst “Best Picture” movie is **Forrest Gump**. After it was over, I walked out, pissed I had spent the money on it. When it won Best Picture, I pinced myself to make sure it wasn’t just a nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/15 "2005-02-19T15:23:19Z")
> [@mike1dog](#): > > I have only one movie that really fits this definition for me: **Bruce Almighty.** I sat through the whole thing somehow. This is the only movie that made me leave the theatre angry. Me too. Although I did see _Spice World_- that made me angry, but I stayed in and mouthed off for as long as I could to try and amuse my friends. I hate a lot of movies, really, but that’s a good start. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/16 "2005-02-19T15:29:00Z")
I have seen many, many crap movies. But, I LIKE cheesy horror movies, so when I rent crap, I expect crap. If it turns out to be really GOOD crap, cool. But, one time, my wife and I went to a major motion picture, which had gotten very good reviews, excellent recommendations from friends, the actors in it were good, so we went off to see it expecting a pretty good movie. We got through to the end, looked at each other, and said “What the hell was THAT?” Did all the reviewers and friends see some other picture? Are we nuts? Because the picture totally sucked sweaty donkey balls. What on earth were John Huston, Jack Nicolson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia, William Hickey, Angela Huston and a host of others THINKING to make the piece of unadulderated CRAP known as **Prizzi’s Honor**. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/17 "2005-02-19T15:31:21Z")
My least favorite Best Picture winner is **A Beautiful Mind**. I _hate_ that movie. Oh, how I hate that movie. Hate. Hate hate hate. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/18 "2005-02-19T16:01:10Z")
**Van Helsing** is definitely at the top of my list. I saw it in the theatre and the whole time I was thinking, “I can’t believe I paid money to see this ginormous piece of shit”. **The Sixth Sense** also made me feel that way but at least I only paid rental fees. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Wing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@Little\_Wing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Wing)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/19 "2005-02-19T16:05:35Z")
**The Blain Witch Project** I wanted to walk out of the theater (which I have never done) during the middle of this but the optimist inside kept urging me to stay. Surely it _has_ to get better, right? Should have strangled that voice. Ah, **Prizzi’s Honor**. I’d forgotten about that movie so thanks, **BrotherCadfael** for bringing it back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/20 "2005-02-19T16:06:05Z")
**Breaking the Waves.** Total crapfest, beginning to end. Will not watch ANYTHING by Lars von Trier as a result. Also, anything by Ralph Bakshi. I keep WANTING to like his movies, but he has such an ugly viewpoint … can’t STAND him. What a waste of cels. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886.md?page=2)