E.T., for one.
Oh, and Titanic.
None.
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I love movies, and I figure if some people like it, I might like it too. I may not, but I’ll have judged for myself. Not that I see everything other people love. I’ve only seen 4 of the Top 10 moneymakers of last year, even though a lot of people obviously liked those other six that I missed. There were other factors that kept me away.
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I love movies, and I think it’s the height of silliness to avoid something I may love just because others love it too, especially if it’s critically-acclaimed. Box office, low or high, doesn’t ever factor into my decision.
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I love movies, and I’m very optimistic about them. I always try to assume the best instead of assuming the worst. If it’s something I’m interested in, even more so.
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I love movies, and even if it turns out I don’t like the movie, or don’t like it as much as others do, I figure, well, at least lots of people working on the movie got experience, resume entries, paychecks, and many of those people may go on to make something I do like.
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I love movies, and even if I don’t care for the movie as a whole, I might find some things I do like, such as a particular performance, the cinematography, the music, the Art Direction, etc., something that will make me keep aneye on that person’s career in future projects.
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I love movies, and I’ll often see something just based on someone I like’s involvement (director, writer, actor) to see what they’re up to.
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I have a mind of my own and can look at all the factors about the movie itself to decide if I want to see something.
I have never seen anything of the Titanic more than a commercial and only as much as was on before I managed to change the channel or left the room to get more tea or pee. I will never watch it, I will never get the music, I will never buy the cheesy duplicate necklace or dress. I have absolutely no interest in Titanic [or Moulin Rouge for that matter. That is another movie of that year I will never bother to watch.]
Never seen either Avatar or Inception either. Absolutely no interest. I can’t do 3d, I simply cant see them without getting a migraine. My eyes are totally wrong and the 3d specs don’t work over my regular glasses and I can’t see more than 6 inches without glasses. Ain’t going to happen.
Anything flogged that thoroughly I will avoid. I also have no interest in heartwarming chick flicks, so I can catagorically state I will NEVER see Warhorse, or any other movie of that ilk. I though Bridges of Madison County a waste of film stock. Actually, my Iowa born mother also thought it was a waste of film stock, and she likes chick flicks.
Titanic was 1997 (I think). Moulin Rouge was 2001, the same year as The Lord of the Rings: Fellowsip of the Ring (and the first Harry Potter, and A Beautiful Mind, which is what won Best Picture that year).
The Godfather
It’s a Wonderful Life
Citizen Kane
The Piano
Schindler’s List
Fight Club
The Matrix
Inception
Serenity/Firefly. I hate Mal’s character archetype, the oh so unique Inara wasn’t so unique after having read Kushiel’s Dart first, Summer Glau looks like the most emotionless actress on Earth in every role she’s ever done (because of Firefly), and I didn’t like Cowboy Bebop anyway. Everyone telling me I’d like it just pisses me off.
Ghostbusters. I did eventually give in to watching it, but no, it was not the most amazing comedy of all time that could make me love wacky comedies.
“You’re”, that is.
Damn, I hate it when that happens.
“Wizarding law”. Once his name came out of the goblet, he had to compete. (Or in other words, the same reason the artificial gravity never gets knocked out or you never see anybody go to the bathroom aboard a starship. It just is - go with it.)
Interestingly, while hype never really puts me off a movie, I do tend to assume that if a book can appeal to enough people to generate hype that I probably don’t want to read it.
I won’t avoid a movie specifically because of the hype, unless it seems like I wouldn’t want to see it anyway, like" Avatar". I felt like I “should” see it because it was such a spectacle and whatever, but in the end I just couldn’t make myself spend my limited time or money one movie that was of no real interest.
I avoided “Titanic” for many of the same reasons and I still kick my own ass over not seeing it on the big screen. I was turned off by the dopey love story and the king of the world crap and I ended up missing something that really would have been breathtaking in the theater.
Damn yous! I just got “Jennay” ouit of my head only a couple of years ago and now you shoved it back in. Having a friend named “Jennay” made that phenomenon last quite a while.
I know I’m not helping, but a lot of you are mentioning movies you really should see. Even if you end up not thinking they’re the best movies ever, they have broader cultural influence. It’d be like not reading Huckleberry Finn or The Great Gatsby because they come too highly recommended.
I would not put Inception or Forrest Gump on this list, but I would include movies like The Godfather, Casablanca, Star Wars and It’s a Wonderful Life.
Apparently it will be re-released in theaters in April for the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s loss. (No spoiler warning needed, I presume. :p)
Curiously, the preview reel (which I saw three times in two days, before New Year’s Day, Tintin, and Hugo) makes absolutely no mention of the anniversary though that’s obviously the reason.
And I’ll risk the overhype effect 
to say that Titanic is well worth seeing as a first-class (pun intended) Titanic movie while ignoring the (indeed dopey) love story.
I think the rerelease of Titanic is in 3D, which might put off some people.
I vaguely remember someone on this message board said that a friend saw Casablanca for the first time and complained that it was full of cliches, not realizing, of course, that all of those lines he remembered people saying (“This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”, “Play it again Sam,” etc (and I know that that second line wasn’t spoken in the film)) came from the movie.
That is great news about Titanic; thanks for the heads up.
I just thought of another one: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. How to put this delicately . . . it seems like something a bunch of rabid fanboys here on the Dope would talk endlessly about. I’m not thinking of anyone in particular and as far as I know there’s only one thread about the movie but I was under the impression it is one of those graphic novels that gets discussed here so much.
However, now I’ve seen and read many interviews and seen enough trailers that I definitely want to see it before it leaves the theaters.
The Help
I didn’t read the book either. Although I’m an avid reader, the subject matter just didn’t interest me.
The bad part is it still sinks in the re-release. I was hoping new technology could do something to help that. All you who haven’t seen Titanic need to do so right now. I am a 38 year old male and I literally watch it at least three times a week and have for many years. It’s just an incredible movie like a sustained cinematic orgasm. Run, don’t walk to your nearest DVD store and get it. Every day you live not seeing this movie is a day without complete fulfillment.
Me neither, though between seeing bits and bobs here and there, and the Mad Magazine parody, I do have a fuzzy knowledge of the plot.
The Princess Bride. I never see descriptions of the great plot and characters or how moving and meaningful the story was. Just “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!” Oh and “I want my father back you son of a bitch!” And also IIRC this post will probably be followed by a raft of people saying “inconceivable!” But if the only thing awesome about this movie is line delivery I have no interest.