# What Are the Most Divisive Movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289 "2005-08-30T17:47:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/61 "2005-08-31T22:16:52Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > **Birth Of A Nation** both created modern movies as we know them, and is as ugly as a firebomb through a bedroom window There’s an argument on that? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/62 "2005-08-31T23:12:46Z")
**Dogma**. I think it’s a brilliant statement from someone who feels passionately about their faith. Many more seem to believe that it’s blasphemous. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/63 "2005-09-01T00:18:03Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Dude! You are THEM? I remember when that happened! Close. We were their neighbors, & lived there before they arrived. Dad’s a good man. He stood by his new neighbors, because he is a decent (sp?) man. But his job required him to travel. And the cowards sent me, my newborn brother & Mom a “gift” in the middle of the night. We stayed with Grandma & Grandpa, until we found a new place to live. The Hell came to Maywood later. ☹ ---
**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:** [September 1, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/64 "2005-09-01T00:39:56Z")
Mystic River Seemed to imply and infer that all of societal ills were the result of child molestation. 😕😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/65 "2005-09-01T01:02:23Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > I’m a comics fan who finds it pretentious. The ending was… flawed. Incomplete. I liked this movie, but havn’t seen it in a while. There were supposed to be two sequals, but the movie tanked so they were never filmed. I wonder if the planned sequels would have seemed more complete? Anyway, my pick would be **A Christmas Story** ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/66 "2005-09-01T01:05:18Z")
Bambi. I got into a bar fight over Bambi. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/67 "2005-09-01T01:49:59Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Anyway, my pick would be **A Christmas Story** Divisive? It merely splits the world into people who think _A Christmas Story_ is one of the greatest Christmas movies ever, and people who haven’t seen _A Christmas Story_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/68 "2005-09-01T02:02:13Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Opinions of “Fight Club” seem to be split very cleanly down gender lines. Not that cleanly. My girlfriend and I both think of it as high comedy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/69 "2005-09-01T02:08:40Z")
I don’t know of anyone who has a lukewarm opinion of Lynch’s **Dune**. People can either quote it verbatim or they deny its existence. Both groups include fans of the books, however. I love it. I read the books after seeing the movie and I can see why others would hate it, but I don’t. I think it’s great fun. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/70 "2005-09-01T02:27:36Z")
> [@The Tooth](#): > > Not that cleanly. My girlfriend and I both think of it as high comedy. As do my girlfriend and I. ---
**Author:** ![LissyLou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@LissyLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LissyLou)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/71 "2005-09-01T02:44:26Z")
I Heart Huckabees gets my vote. Definitely a love it or hate it movie. I hated it. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/72 "2005-09-01T04:34:31Z")
Almost everyone I know who’s seen it in real life thinks _It’s A Wonderful Life_ is a funny, touching, ultimately finely-made film. Almost everyone I’ve heard speak of it in the SDMB thinks it’s saccharine tripe. _picks up broad brush and walks away whistling_ ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/73 "2005-09-01T10:16:03Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Bambi. I got into a bar fight over Bambi. Am I the only one who wants to hear more of this story? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/74 "2005-09-01T11:57:14Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Bambi. I got into a bar fight over Bambi. OK, why the Fiddlesticks ain’t we hearin’ this goshdang story?!? ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/75 "2005-09-05T01:44:36Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > OK, why the Fiddlesticks ain’t we hearin’ this goshdang story?!? Is he talkin’ 'bout Bambi that works behind the bar? Cuz, if so, I knows what he means! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/76 "2005-09-05T02:26:19Z")
> [@pokey](#): > > I think **Stuart Saves His Family** is divisive. There are a lot of people like me who think it’s like recovery for people who don’t know whether to vomit or laugh at the term “recovery” but who really need it even though they think it’s stupid and embarassing. But most people just think it’s one of the dumbest movies ever made and they draw the line at barfing. > > I know there are people who love it because they said so on imdb. I love the Stuart Smalley skits on SNL. (I also love alliteration.) They’re hysterical because they spoof a segment of the 12-step population that desperately deserves it. I hated _Stuart Saves His Family_ because it was overwrought trash. Robin ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/77 "2005-09-05T03:04:15Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Opinions of “Fight Club” seem to be split very cleanly down gender lines. I’m a male who found it tedious and long-winded. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/78 "2005-09-05T04:27:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Great googly moogly! We have 30 posts before anyone mentions Santa Sangre? I love this movie, but many people actually become violently angry after watching it. I love _Santa Sangre_! I foist it on all my friends, and their usual reaction is something like “That was kinda cool, but what the f\*\*k, man?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/79 "2005-09-05T04:48:52Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Divisive? It merely splits the world into people who think A Christmas Story is one of the greatest Christmas movies ever, and people who haven’t seen A Christmas Story. What about people who think _A Chrismas Story_ is one of the greatest Christmas movies ever and people who think 24 hours of it is a bit much? ---
**Author:** ![bclouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@bclouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bclouse)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289/80 "2005-09-05T05:08:22Z")
**Wes Anderson’s** films seem to divide people, including and especially his fans. One fan might love _The Royal Tenenbaums_ and hate _Rushmore_ (that fan being me) while others think that _Rushmore_ is the pinnacle of his career (foolish, foolish people). _The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou_ has widely been considered a failure by most people - critics, his fans, and film viewers in general. Recently, I had a chance to watch it and really enjoyed it. Maybe not quite as good as _The Royal Tenebaums_ (which I consider one of the best American films of the 90’s) but it’s in that direction. _Napoleon Dynamite_ might be the best Wes Anderson film not directed by Wes Anderson. And for the record, I think _Starship Troopers_ is a great film. A GREAT film! People just don’t get it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-divisive-movies/319289.md?page=5)