# Movies you hate but everyone else seems to love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564 "2006-05-20T20:42:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/1 "2006-05-20T20:42:12Z")
This thread has sort of been done before, but I want to have my try. My inspriation is from the Seinfeld episode where Elaine hates ‘The English Patient’ but everyone else loves it. She ends up breaking up with her boyfriend and getting offside with her friends just because of her dislike of the movie. I liked that movie. But I had similar experiences with my dislike of other movies. Examples- ‘Gladiator’. I love Russell Crowe. I love movies like ‘Spartacus’ and ‘Quo Vadis’ and ‘Ben-hur’. But ‘Gladiator’-no. It was so boring. It was about 4 hours long with about 9 minutes of action scenes. The story was also so predictable. Only one friend of mine and Roger Ebert seem to agree with me. ‘Shrek 2’. I loved the first movie. I own copies of Toy Story, Bug’s life, Ice Age etc. I mention that because whenever I say I hate 'Shrek 2 ’ people always say “You must not like animated or kids films”. I love them. Just hate that Shrek sequel. ‘Sixth sense’-I just found this movie dull. Shyamalan thinks that having a twist in the end of a movie makes up for the two hours of tedium beforehand. It does not. ‘Crying Game’ - spoiler for this movie -it sucks. Just because a movie has a twist does not make it a good movie. If anyone is happy to reply, I have heard all the objections to my views. I would be more interested to hear about the movies you hate but everyone else seems to love. But feel free to criticise my views if you must. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/2 "2006-05-20T20:52:43Z")
I hate _2001_, and I second _Gladiator_. I love both _Shrek 2_ and _Sixth Sense_, but I will not fault you for (gasp!) having an opinion. Did you see the _Godfather_ bit on Family Guy last week? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/3 "2006-05-20T20:56:16Z")
I don’t hate _Gladiator_ per se, but it left me coldish. A lot of people like _Signs_, which is incomprehensible to me. It’s total shit. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/4 "2006-05-20T21:10:17Z")
Crying Game, yes I hated it. Titanic, Ice Age, Bourne Identity…that’s all I can think of for the moment. Hated them. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/5 "2006-05-20T21:18:12Z")
_Saving Private Ryan_ _Titanic_ _The Sixth Sense_ or for that matter anything by M. Shyamalan. Generally I dislike the work of any number of popular directors, generally on the grounds that they suck the life out of a movie (Ron Howard) or are predictable if technically proficient hacks (Spielberg, Lucas). The problem is they have gotten worse with each movie. _Duel_, _Night Shift_ and _THX1138_ or _American Graffiti_ were OK movies. Ever since then… I seem to be in the minority among my friends. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/6 "2006-05-20T21:19:36Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > A lot of people like _Signs_, which is incomprehensible to me. It’s total shit. I think the trick with \*Signs \*is you have to watch it as a haunted house movie, not a SciFi movie. As the former, it holds together pretty well. My list of bad movies that everyone seems to like is usually filled with Adam Sandler films. The one that particularly stands out is _Happy Gilmore_. Oh, and let’s not forget _It’s a Beautiful Life_. The stupidest, sappiest movie every made. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/7 "2006-05-20T21:22:36Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > I think the trick with \*Signs \*is you have to watch it as a haunted house movie, not a SciFi movie. As the former, it holds together pretty well. Nah, it’s not just the idiotic and unbelievable science fiction. The plot sucks six ways till Sunday. There’s not a surprise in the entire film. The moment you see Mel Gibson, you know how it’ll end: he gets his faith back. The divine message is “swing away” - yeah, figuring out that you might want to hit the intruder with a baseball bat, that takes a deity. We’d never have thought of that ourselves. The funny moments aren’t. And so on. It’s just a shitty movie. ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/8 "2006-05-20T21:27:40Z")
1. _Forrest Gump_. Decent enough guy, I suppose, but what’s compelling about that? 2. _ET_. I resent the fact that the scientists are presented as bad guys. 3. _The Accidental Tourist_. Zzzzzzzz… ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/9 "2006-05-20T21:39:45Z")
> [@Malienation](#): > > 1. _Forrest Gump_. Decent enough guy, I suppose, but what’s compelling about that? > 2. _ET_. I resent the fact that the scientists are presented as bad guys. > 3. _The Accidental Tourist_. Zzzzzzzz… Aw, man I wanted to start the _Forrest Gump_ pile-on. Also, put me down for \*Gladiator, Signs, \* and _The Hours_. aS WELL AS \*Forrest, Forrest Gump. \* ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/10 "2006-05-20T21:41:46Z")
Add me for Forrest Gump. Eyugh. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/11 "2006-05-20T21:42:59Z")
There’s something about Mary. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/12 "2006-05-20T21:49:57Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Nah, it’s not just the idiotic and unbelievable science fiction. The plot sucks six ways till Sunday. There’s not a surprise in the entire film. The moment you see Mel Gibson, you know how it’ll end: he gets his faith back. The divine message is “swing away” - yeah, figuring out that you might want to hit the intruder with a baseball bat, that takes a deity. We’d never have thought of that ourselves. The funny moments aren’t. And so on. It’s just a shitty movie. There was no science fiction in _Signs_. For me, the valid flaws you point out pushed the movie into the “mediocre” category. On the other hand, I don’t know of anyone who thinks _Signs_ was good, let alone a masterwork of cinema. Let’s move on to bigger fish: \*The Godfather \* was only OK \*Citizen Kane \* sucked \*Sin City \* was interesting visually, but ultimately useless. _Heat_ was asinine Miyazaki is overrated \*Annie Hall \* store _Star Wars_’s Oscar and I walked out of _La Strada_ ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/13 "2006-05-20T21:52:15Z")
The Lord of the Rings trilogy. To me they are almost as tedious as the books. The Princess Bride. I don’t hate it, but I don’t think it’s the pinnacle of comic gold everybody else seems to think it is. Dr. Strangelove. I recognize why people love it, and I also realize why it’s funny. But when I watched it I just thought it was rather boring. Maybe I should watch it again, as I do like Kubrick’s other movies. Shrek, that fish movie with Will Smith, Madagascar, etc. Dreamwork’s computer animated movies leave me cold. Movies low on plot that depend way too much on their celebrity voices and pop culture references. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/14 "2006-05-20T21:56:37Z")
This is kind of outdated but as far as I was able to determine at the time it came out I was the only person in the world who didn’t think that the movie _War Games_ was the pinnacle achievment of Western Civilization to that point. **Malienation** I share your beef with _E.T._. I have other problems with the movie as well. In addition, there are a lot of other movies that present scientists as EEEEVIIIILLLL which really gets tiring. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/15 "2006-05-20T22:07:48Z")
**Finding Nemo** - It just doesn’t fit with my sense of humour. I was bored out of my mind. **A Clockwork Orange** - To be honest with you, most of what I didn’t like about this is the art direction. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/16 "2006-05-20T22:09:21Z")
> [@cactus waltz](#): > > There’s something about Mary. Well, what is it? Does she hate _Forrest Gump_ too? ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/17 "2006-05-20T22:12:02Z")
The **Shrek** films; I just think they’re amazingly, almost unbelievably terrible, almost like if The Simpsons or Family Guy needs to have a quick “fake really bad movie” to make a joke off of - but they’re real. Most of the humor is really embarrassingly dumb, and even though they’re ostensibly aimed at kids, I distinctly remember there being _two_ rape jokes in the last one. I have yet to meet another person that doesn’t just _looooooooooove_ them. ---
**Author:** ![Pensandfeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Pensandfeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pensandfeathers)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/18 "2006-05-20T22:14:37Z")
_Sideways_ I _hated_ that movie. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePasto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@AuntiePasto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePasto)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/19 "2006-05-20T22:23:28Z")
_Mean Girls_. I don’t get the appeal of it. It’s not funny, interesting, or compelling. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564/20 "2006-05-20T22:26:49Z")
> [@Pensandfeathers](#): > > _Sideways_ > > I _hated_ that movie. Definitely overrated. I kinda liked it because I could identify with the main character. I think this is why so many reviewers loved it so much. _The Breakfast Club_ is another where, unless you identify with one of the kids, the whole thing makes absolutely no sense. My wife hated both. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/357564.md?page=2)