# Movies you hated while everyone loved **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628 "2010-04-19T14:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![wakingdream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@wakingdream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wakingdream)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/101 "2010-04-20T04:47:29Z")
In order of ascending hatred: A Beautiful Mind. Boring as hell and very predictable. The Bourne Identity. Matt Damon + unoriginal plot + 2 hours of the same damn thing = sucks hard Romeo + Juliet (the one with Leonardo Dicaprio). Come to think of it, I thought Moulin Rouge was embarrassingly bad too, so the problem is probably Baz Luhrman himself. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/102 "2010-04-20T04:55:16Z")
_Juno._ Boring as hell, tries way too hard to be funny (fails), and is waay too full of itself. And everyone at my school thought it was the best thing ever, so I got forced to watch it over and over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Lunchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Lunchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunchy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/103 "2010-04-20T04:56:56Z")
Year One was THEE biggest pile I have ever seen. I believe it was part of Gitmo’s torture regime. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/104 "2010-04-20T05:27:43Z")
> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > I like westerns. I like Brad Pitt. After hearing how great The Assassination of Jessie James By The Coward Robert Ford was, I should have loved it. What a long, boring movie. Editing would have helped this one a lot. I liked this film very much. It length and pace are essential to its quality. (Similarly for _There Will Be Blood_.)\* And actually, it _was_ edited down rather considerably. I’d like to see the original long version. I won’t argue with you, though, but just point out that this was hardly an “everyone loved” picture. _Many_ people agree with you. Many people don’t have the patience for this kind of thing. - Interestingly, an entirely different pacing is essential to another Brad Pitt film I like, _Snatch_. I don’t like most Brad Pitt films. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/105 "2010-04-20T05:46:40Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > I liked this film very much. It length and pace are essential to its quality. (Similarly for _There Will Be Blood_.)\* … Thank you for the reminder. OH GOD, I HATED _There Will Be Blood_. It had the approximate pace of an oil field developing through geologic processes. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/106 "2010-04-20T05:55:33Z")
> [@Lunchy](#): > > Year One was THEE biggest pile I have ever seen. I believe it was part of Gitmo’s torture regime. Err..OK. But I don’t think _anyone_ loved Year One, nevermind _everyone_. From wikipedia: > [@](#): > > The film received negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes summarized the consensus as: “Year One is a poorly executed, slapdash comedy in which the talent both in front of and behind the camera never seem to be on the same page,” reporting that 17% of critics gave positive reviews based on 101 reviews with an average score of 4/10.[8] Another review aggreatator, Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, the film has an average score of 34% based on 28 reviews.[9] > > Several critics panned the film for being similar to Mel Brooks’s History of the World, Part I. Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film a “fair-good” review of 2.5/4 stars stating that “Year One won’t join his list of essential comedies, the ones Ramis helped create as writer, director, performer or combination thereof.”[10] Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film 2/4 stars complaining that the film “is scattershot and silly, squandering its potential by relying on juvenile bawdy humor”.[11] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 1 star out of 4, stating that the film “is a dreary experience, and all the ending accomplishes is to bring it to a close”.[12] Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5 saying it was “mediocre at best.”[13] ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/107 "2010-04-20T06:00:55Z")
Generally I’m pretty good at gauging what type of movie I’ll like so there may be very popular movies that I wouldn’t enjoy but not too many that I didn’t manage to avoid seeing. I don’t know if _everyone_ loved it, but the Burtonites seemed to like it ok: Corpse Bride. And I usually like Burton. Could not stay awake through this film. Sooooo sloooowwww. The Departed. A suspense movie in which almost every plot point of tension randomly fell slack with no ado. The Bucket List. Another snooze fest, this time piled with gooey sentiment. Advertised as a wacky adventure comedy. Is there an opposite thread? Cuz movies I loved that others did not: D-War and Charlie’s Angels 2. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/108 "2010-04-20T11:24:57Z")
Titanic, silly, boring with unbeleivable characters. Most of Tarantino’s stuff, not designed to watch, but for teenagers to talk about at school and shock their friends who haven’t seen it. Avatar, unoriginal, preachy and incredibly disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/109 "2010-04-20T11:49:49Z")
**A Walk To Remember** My friends told me how beautiful and tragic and romantic it was. It just seemed like mushy, glurgey crap to me. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/110 "2010-04-20T14:31:52Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > The Bucket List. Another snooze fest, this time piled with gooey sentiment. Advertised as a wacky adventure comedy. Did everyone love this film? I’m only aware of its existence (I was living in the rural Balkans when it came out) because a friend linked to Roger Ebert’s incredibly scathing and amusing review on Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/111 "2010-04-20T15:15:25Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I don’t know if everyone loved it or what, but I hated Meet the Parents. I sometimes think people who loved it must have had an easy time with their in-laws and their parents’ acceptance of their SO. Me and my SO - his parents are wonderful to me and mine hate him, but we BOTH cringed every moment of the movie and I couldn’t enjoy it at all. I hated this movie also. I do not think it has anything to do with one’s personal situation whether you like any movie or not. Meet the parents had about 8 ‘jokes’ in it. The movie had about 10 minutes building up to a ‘joke’ -then punchline. Then another 10 minutes building up to a ‘joke’. Needless to say it was obvious what the ‘joke’ would be for about 8 minutes. So there was 8-9 minutes of tedium and then ‘joke’ falling flat. I find films with Stiller in them can be good but usually in spite of him not because of him. I liked There’s Something About Mary and Mystery Men and The Royal Tenenbaums and Along cam Polly. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/112 "2010-04-20T16:06:44Z")
How could I forget the Big Lebowski? I hated that movie and I hate that guy and I hate all of his characters. Obnoxious. * * * I generally like Ben Stiller movies too - like blinkingblinking says, because of the cast he’s assembled, not because of him. If the movie focuses on him, it’s usually not as funny. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/113 "2010-04-21T07:00:21Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Did everyone love this film? I’m only aware of its existence (I was living in the rural Balkans when it came out) because a friend linked to Roger Ebert’s incredibly scathing and amusing review on Facebook. Heh I don’t Know. Certainly I don’t remember it being widely panned. But my memory is mostly colored by the friend I saw it with, who thought it was great. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/114 "2010-04-21T07:51:18Z")
I just went all the way throuth the [IMDB users’](http://www.imdb.com/chart/top) top 250 movies of all time. All I found was: **Se7en** - Ugly pretentious load of crap. Doesn’t even make sense half the time (why did he kill the prostitute for “lust” rather than her client?) Other than that, nothing much. I suspect I \*would \*have hated “The Bourne Ultimatum” based on how much “The Bourne Identity” sucked, but maybe I’ll do it a favour and just assume it was better. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/115 "2010-04-21T09:44:49Z")
How did I forget **V for Vendetta**? Pretentious, juvenile twaddle. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/116 "2010-04-21T09:56:28Z")
Juno and Donnie Darko are my nominations. I’m surprised Superbad is so hated. I nearly died laughing at the “dick devil” scene. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/117 "2010-04-21T11:18:22Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > My nomination for this thread is **In Bruges**. Not funny, not quirky, just depressing- yet inexplicably popular, especially here on the SDMB. _hugs Martini Enfield_ Finally, someone shares my dislike. I really hate this one with a passion and am completely amazed that so many people seem to love it. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/118 "2010-04-21T12:04:25Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > **Se7en** - Ugly pretentious load of crap. Doesn’t even make sense half the time (why did he kill the prostitute for “lust” rather than her client?) He didn’t. He forced the client to kill her because he _was_ lust. The same way that Brad Pitt _became_ wrath when he shot John Doe. I can understand that some people don’t like Seven (there is no movie named Se7en!), but I think it’s one of the best murder mysteries ever. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/119 "2010-04-21T12:28:15Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > _hugs Martini Enfield_ > > Finally, someone shares my dislike. I really hate this one with a passion and am completely amazed that so many people seem to love it. Aw, shucks. 🙂 I think appalling mis-marketing has a lot to do with it- the promotional stuff (certainly in Australia, and from what I can tell, the UK) made it look like a “Wacky Mis-Matched Hitmen On Holiday In Europe Buddy Comedy”, which sounds like a pretty cool film. But instead… well, we got _In Bruges_. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628/120 "2010-04-21T13:28:32Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > I think appalling mis-marketing has a lot to do with it- the promotional stuff (certainly in Australia, and from what I can tell, the UK) made it look like a “Wacky Mis-Matched Hitmen On Holiday In Europe Buddy Comedy”, which sounds like a pretty cool film. But instead… well, we got _In Bruges_. I haven’t seen it, but that’s how it was marketed in the US as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-hated-while-everyone-loved/536628.md?page=7)