# What are/were your contrary opinions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452 "2017-06-20T17:23:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/101 "2017-06-28T07:24:24Z")
I enjoy watching both football _and_ soccer. I don’t think one needs to take a side. Kinda like with cats and dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/102 "2017-06-28T16:22:50Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Superman Returns was actually a good Superman movie, and quite a bit better than either Man of Steel or BvS. Totally. Man of Steel and BvS are garbage. Superman Returns was pretty good. > [@Catamount](#): > > My contribution: I am a huge fan of fantasy novels, but I can’t stand Harry Potter. Agreed. Cannot tolerate. Honestly struggle to understand how anyone can. REALLY cannot understand how the franchise managed to be popular enough to continue after such a terrible first book. REALLY wish that any other decent YA fantasy series had gotten the love instead. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > …the Pirates of the Caribbean movies are great. They seem to get dumped on a lot. The first one, I deeply enjoyed. The others…not so much. > [@koeeoaddi](#): > > I _like_ the Tom Bombadil chapter, dammit. Totally. It doesn’t really even seem weird or out of place to me. I DO understand why it tends to get cut from adaptations though - it’s not that it’s not GOOD, it’s that it’s relatively self contained and an easy place to excise. > [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Gotta agree. I’m on the outs with a lot of friends who quote _YF_ endlessly. I also don’t care for _The Big Lebowski_, so I’m doubly screwed. YF is okaaaaay. Definitely not a laugh riot. Did not really like The Big Lebowski. HAAAAATED Pulp Fiction SO SO MUCH. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I love the smell of gasoline. Oddly, so do I. I don’t know if this is an unpopular enough opinion but I can’t STAND nonfat yogurt. It’s like eating chalk. But the stuff is EVERYWHERE. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/103 "2017-06-28T17:19:43Z")
I really disliked the Tim Burton version of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” despite general critical approval and claims that it was “more true” to the book. The original is better in pretty much every way. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/104 "2017-06-28T17:33:45Z")
I loves me the smell of creosote, asphalt, and gasoline . . . but my favorite is new tires. I’d consider a career in car repair if I could work in a tire store. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/105 "2017-06-28T18:05:47Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I also can’t stand _The Princess Bride_ (another one I watch to fall asleep to)…\*. Inconceivable! ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/106 "2017-06-28T18:09:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#): > > I much preferred the original Godfather to Godfather pt II. Don’t get me wrong, Godfather II is very good, but the original is basically a perfect movie AFAIC. I don’t think Godfather \> Godfather II is a contrary opinion. Now Godfather III \> Godfather II would be extremely contrarian. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/107 "2017-06-28T18:10:45Z")
I am sick to death of superhero movies. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/108 "2017-06-28T18:27:07Z")
All right, after reading through this whole thread, I’ve thought of four: (1) I don’t like hamburgers. (2) I like the smell of fresh cigarettes, even though I have never smoked and nobody in my family did, either. (3) I like Miley Cyrus. First of all, she can sing like nobody’s business. But moreover, I think it’s cool how she just feels comfortable with not behaving the way a celebrity is “supposed” to behave. She has the “wrong” haircut, “wrong” body, “wrong” facial expression, “wrong” dance moves, and she’s cool with that. (4) This one is really specific, but American Ninja Warrior changed their rules this year so that the top 5 women move on to the next course. A lot of people (at least online) seem to be mad that women and men are no longer being treated as equals. I find that whole mindset strange, since it’s universally acknowledged that men and women are \*not \*biologically equal, particularly when it comes to upper body strength, which is what the ninja warrior courses primarily focus on. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/109 "2017-06-28T18:52:21Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > That reminds me - I thought _Death to Smoochie_ was a hoot. One of my favorite movies! ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/110 "2017-06-28T20:46:01Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > I really disliked the Tim Burton version of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” despite general critical approval and claims that it was “more true” to the book. The original is better in pretty much every way. Wait, people liked that movie? Everyone I know hated it. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/111 "2017-06-28T21:28:29Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > Wait, people liked that movie? Everyone I know hated it. Oh, my, yes. That movie was a travesty. As a huge fan of the original Gene Wilder version, I just pretty much pretend the Johnny Depp version doesn’t exist, sort of like _Highlander 2._ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/112 "2017-06-28T21:31:36Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > Wait, people liked that movie? Everyone I know hated it. Yes, it was generally received reasonably warmly (83% Rotten Tomatoes critics, 51% audience.) For me, well, the Gene Wilder movie is so ingrained in me that it’s hard to fairly compare it with the newer version. I think they’re both good, but my preference is with the original movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452.md?page=5)