# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/141 "2005-02-21T16:12:42Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Nothing in this movie made any sense at all! Everything was disjointed, out of sequence, and yes, I did fell the same way…just die NOW! > The weird thing was, a lot of peopleseemed to think this POS was high art or something close to it. I felt the same way. The only people I liked even a little bit was Indian Guy and his girlfriend. I seem to recall that Indian guy got it from a landmine or something like that, and I can’t remember what happened to his girlfriend. Why is it that when a woman cheats it’s “romantic” (English Patient, Bridges of Madison County), but when a man cheats it’s wrong (Fatal Attraction)? Anyways, is there anyone out there who liked **Very Bad Things** and can possibly explain to us how it was supposed to be funny or entertaining? I don’t know that I have EVER been so nauseated by a movie. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/142 "2005-02-21T16:12:45Z")
**Beloved** DON’T. WATCH. THIS. FILM. !!! I can’t think of a single redeeming moment in this film. Totally depressing piece of shit. I left feeling like Oprah Wifrey owed me money and two hours of my life back. **Little Nicky**. I already disliked Adam Sandler movies, but this one caused me to wonder how he still has a career. If I had paid to see it, I might have hunted him down. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/143 "2005-02-21T16:20:19Z")
**The Turning Point**. Not only did I fall asleep in the theater (many years ago) but I woke up with a headache. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/144 "2005-02-21T16:46:30Z")
> [@mike1dog](#): > > I almost forgot this movie: **Donnie Darko**. I know there are literally thousands of people, some of them on this board, who think it’s one of the greatest movies ever. I’d rather eat goat. Hey, don’t be so hard on the goats. There’s a local joint that makes a really tasty goat curry. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/145 "2005-02-21T17:32:06Z")
Some appropriate picks in this growing list! The button that, once pushed, gets me to despise a movie is when it masquerades as “high art” when there is really nothing there! The latest peice o’ crap to do this (and it even won an oscar!!!??!!) was **Lost in Translation**. I want those 90 minutes of my life back! ---
**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 21, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/146 "2005-02-21T17:37:51Z")
> [@mrklutz](#): > > Hey, don’t be so hard on the goats. There’s a local joint that makes a really tasty goat curry. And you don’t think that’s hard on the goats??? ---
**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 21, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/147 "2005-02-21T17:47:35Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > And you don’t think that’s hard on the goats??? Do you really think it’s appropriate to say 'hard on ’ and ‘goats’ in the same sentence? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/148 "2005-02-21T18:02:10Z")
**Dungeons and Dragons**. I came out of that movie wanting to HURT someone involved with it. **The Spanish Prisoner**. Despise might be too strong, but it ended up bringing great hostility between me and one of my film professors, which wasn’t at all fun. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/149 "2005-02-21T18:03:43Z")
> [@ArrMatey!](#): > > **Dungeons and Dragons**. I came out of that movie wanting to HURT someone involved with it. My boyfriend feels exactly the same way as you. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/150 "2005-02-21T18:06:57Z")
Well, enough fun with goats, back to the OP: The movie I really, really despised was **The Grinch** - the one with Jim Carrey. The one which twisted the meaning of the storybook it was based on. Hard to forgive Opie for this one. ---
**Author:** ![macabresoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@macabresoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/macabresoul)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/151 "2005-02-21T18:17:08Z")
**Ali** - God how I should have walked out of this. I brought 2 friends along with me who wanted to leave abuot 30 minutes into it. I was like, come on, it HAS to get better! 4 hours later I was proven very wrong. ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/152 "2005-02-21T23:29:35Z")
\*\* What The !@%# Do We Know? \*\*: There was another thread on this movie a few months ago. It seemed like half the people who saw the movie loved it, and the other half thought it was a rambling waste of time full of pseudo-science and pseudo-philosophy. I’m in the latter half. \*\*The Mummy Returns \*\*: Another movie that I thought would at least be so bad it’s funny, but in reality was just so bad it was…bad. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/153 "2005-02-22T01:10:35Z")
**Eyes Wide Shut.** All that time, all that (oft-reported) perfectionism, all those delays and re-shoots, all that money, those two big-name leads, all that hype and for what… a movie that doesn’t know where it wants to go, has nowhere to go, and manages to get there slowly. I’m a Kubrick fan, but I’d prefer to forget he made this. **Thunderbirds.** It’s hard to find the words. To me and countless others of similar vintage, this property was close to sacred. When I heard that there was going to be a live action version, I thought it might be a wonderful, inspired modern-day adapatation. I hoped it might preserve the essential spirit of the timeless Gerry Anderson series, and add some of the spectacle and high-octane visuals that modern movie magic can deliver. What we got was Jonathan Frakes displaying ignorance on the scale of the Grand Canyon, relieving himself on the hearts, memories and childhoods of everyone who ever loved this show, and serving up turgid, warmed-over slop made of the script from _Spy Kids_ photocopied, shredded and stewed into cold vomit. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/154 "2005-02-22T01:21:54Z")
Aliens 3. Horrible movie that would have been horrible even if it hadn’t been so disappointing as a sequel to an excellent film. Starship Troopers. Incredible disappointment, considering the way it mangled, twisted and misinterpreted the world of the novel. Gladiator. It had an ending from a 1970s TV movie. Dances with Wolves. ALL that buildup, all that suffering, all that emotion…and then it just kind of ends. No resolution, no idea what the hell happens, it just ends. Highlander 2. It doesn’t exist. Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/155 "2005-02-22T01:28:11Z")
> [@mike1dog](#): > > **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. \*My Dinner with André Lost in Translation\* ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/156 "2005-02-22T01:30:34Z")
M Y S T I C R I V E R :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/157 "2005-02-22T01:33:27Z")
My personal awards for: **Desecration Of Source Material:** _Starship Troopers_ **Abuse Of Established Characters:** _Batman & Robin_ **Boring Enough To KO An Insomniac High On No-Doz:** _The Triplets of Belleville_ **Overall Cinematic Ineptitude:** _Battlefield: Earth_ ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/158 "2005-02-22T01:44:11Z")
**Dogma** ---
**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 22, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/159 "2005-02-22T01:45:23Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > _My Dinner with André_ I wish they would have made _My Dinner with André the Giant_, for the obvious reasons. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886/160 "2005-02-22T02:23:22Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I had pretty much the same thought after seeing _Prospero’s Books_. I just had to mention that I _loved_ Prospero’s book. Went to watch it a second time soon after, and I would like owning it. I had forgotten it, thanks for the reminder. Many movies have been listed that I didn’t like, found really boring, and some I purposely avoided etc… But, out of my head, I can’t think of a movie I really “hated”, like in “this movie is a shame/ should never have been done/I must organize a protest…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-despise/290886.md?page=9)