# What movies do you hate that everyone else loved? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2001, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310 "2001-01-16T13:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/21 "2001-01-16T22:59:55Z")
I’ll have to second Rocky Horror. Eech. Dull, Dull, dull. Bad bad bad music. I have seen it three times, yet I don’t know the ending because i’ve fallen asleep shortly after they unwrap Rocky. Then again, I have only see it after midnight some that may have something to do with the sleeping thing. And I hate that stupid virgin tradition. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/22 "2001-01-16T23:28:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FallenAngel \* > \*\* > Citizen Kane - it was brilliantly filmed, but the story was weak and had a truck sized plot hole from the start. > \*\* So what it is this plot hole? Also, I hated Taxi Driver. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/23 "2001-01-17T00:10:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ThisYearsGirl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by FallenAngel \* > > \*\* > > Citizen Kane - it was brilliantly filmed, but the story was weak and had a truck sized plot hole from the start. > > \*\* > > So what it is this plot hole? > Also, I hated Taxi Driver. \*\* Most likely referring to the fact that there’s no one in the room to hear Kane utter his dying word, “Rosebud”, so how did they know about it? Still, a brilliant film IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/24 "2001-01-17T00:13:50Z")
Dr. Strangelove Grand Canyon Field of Dreams ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/25 "2001-01-17T02:14:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > **I hate _It’s A Wonderful Life._** …is there a _smilie_ that’s bursting out in tears? **Falcon** , I’ve just discovered, is only 99% perfect. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/26 "2001-01-17T02:20:03Z")
Ai-yi-yi… [list] [li]_The Matrix_[/li][li]_X-Men_[/li][li]_Saving Private Ryan_[/li][li]_Fight Club_[/li]and so on… ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/27 "2001-01-17T03:00:15Z")
Here are three famous, universally beloved classics that I absolutely could not stand: \*The French Connection Chinatown Touch of Evil\* And it’s not that I have anything against noirish crime/detective movies. I love _L.A. Confidential, The Big Sleep, the Maltese Falcon,_ and _Sorry, Wrong Number._ To explain briefly why I disliked each of them, _Touch of Evil_ did obscene things to my suspension of disbelief, while _The French Connection_ and _Chinatown_ were simply soulless, just walking plots without engaging characters. I heard people say that _Chinatown_ shook them because evil triumphed. Sure, but what did it triumph over? Nothing interesting. ---
**Author:** ![choosybeggar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@choosybeggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choosybeggar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/28 "2001-01-17T04:03:25Z")
What a great idea for a thread. My boys in college couldn’t get enough of The Blues Brothers. I must have seen that flick 20 times. There is nothing, not one goddamned thing, nothing witty, interesting, humorous or otherwise droll in that movie. I mean zip. Less than ze…(choosybeggar gets carted away shot up with haldol and sporting a straight jacket) ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/29 "2001-01-17T04:19:27Z")
Anything ever done, or ever will be done by Johnny Depp. I think he is the worst thing to come out of Hollywood since… Well nothing. This man is the Anti-Christ, and should die slowly and painfully. 😕 Ok, so perhaps a bit harsh, but I really can’t stand anything he has done, and my wife loves him. Of course I love Robocop and she hates it. Ah well… ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/30 "2001-01-17T05:00:02Z")
_smooches poopah_ Sorry, hon…I don’t do sentimental stuff well. And hey, I can live with 99% perfect… ---
**Author:** ![Brunetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Brunetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brunetter)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/31 "2001-01-17T05:30:17Z")
Let me second There’s Something About Mary. That movie was crap, and me and the two people I was with were afraid to mention it to each other for fear of “Emporer’s New Clothes” syndrome. Eyes Wide Shut. Leaping Tiger, Crouching Dragon. Or whatever the f\*ck it was called. Zorro (the one with Antonio Banderas) ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/32 "2001-01-17T20:14:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by ThisYearsGirl \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by FallenAngel \* > > > \*\* > > > Citizen Kane - it was brilliantly filmed, but the story was weak and had a truck sized plot hole from the start. > > > \*\* > > > > So what it is this plot hole? > > Also, I hated Taxi Driver. \*\* > > Most likely referring to the fact that there’s no one in the room to hear Kane utter his dying word, “Rosebud”, so how did they know about it? > > Still, a brilliant film IMHO. \*\* You hit it right on the head. And I’ll stick with the brilliant cinematography, dull story, big plot hole vote. [;-)}\> ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/33 "2001-01-17T20:51:02Z")
I, too, must agree with **The Matrix**. However, I didn’t expect too much from it going in. The big one for me was **Fight Club**. _Everybody_ seems to think this was excellent, and I thought it started out pretty good, but soon devolved into mediocrity and outright stupidity. The whole “surprise” plot twist was completely unbelievable and left holes in the plot, IMHO. But I’m the only person I’ve met (besides my girlfriend) who felt this way. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/34 "2001-01-17T21:01:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brunetter \* > \*\* Eyes Wide Shut. > \*\* This is truly bizarre; _Eyes Wide Shut_ has now been mentioned both in “What Movies Do You Hate That Everyone Else Loved?” **and** in “Movies You Like That Everyone Else Hates.” So not only is there no agreement on the quality of Kubrick’s last film, but there’s also no agreement on what the popular reaction to it was. Help! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/35 "2001-01-17T21:04:56Z")
**Free Willy** and the demon-spawned sequels. Annoying child and his pet whale. Brrrrrrrrrrrr. Then again, I have to admit that my other totally despised movie, **Andre the Seal** , made it look like a production by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Annoying child and her pet seal/sea lion. Brrrrrrrrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Stella\_Fantasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@Stella\_Fantasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stella_Fantasia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/36 "2001-01-17T21:16:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by corvidae \* > \*\*_The English Patient_ : I absolutely despised this movie and every character in it. > \ > \*\* “You don’t have to be English to watch this movie, but you sure do have to be patient.” ~Hank Hill **EXISTENZ**!!! I heard from more than one of my friends that this movie dealt with the same themes as _The Matrix_, but more intelligently. Then I saw the piece of plop & not only did it handle the reality-as-illusion theme even more clumsily than did _The Matrix_, but also it lacked the kick-ass explosions & fire & helicopter crashes that rendered _The Matrix_ at least decent eye candy. Just lame & incomprehensible all around. & I even like Cronenburg!!! ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/37 "2001-01-17T21:32:20Z")
Movies I hated that everyone else just seems to rave about: [list] **Ti-frickin-tanic** Don’t even get me started. **The Phantom Menace** Everything except for the pod race scene should have ended up on the cutting room floor. I think JarJar Binks is my arch-enemy but he’s too stupid to know it. **Star Wars** I re-watched this sad excuse for acting when it was re-released. What a bad movie. How the hell did people actually like this boring crap? **There’s Something About Mary** This movie had a _few_ funny scenes (the ones with Harland Williams come to mind). Other than that it was a waste of two perfectly good hours. **Fight Club** Although I may still purchase this movie on DVD, I HATED the ending. What kind of stupid shit was that? But the rest of the movie was pretty good. **Sleepy Hollow** It just didn’t do it for me. **Gladiator** No one else mentioned it, so I will. This movie was formulaic (if that’s a word) and utterly predictable. The cinematography was good and so was Joaquin Phoenix’ performance but that’s just about it. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/38 "2001-01-18T00:15:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by ThisYearsGirl \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by FallenAngel \* > > > \*\* > > > Citizen Kane - it was brilliantly filmed, but the story was weak and had a truck sized plot hole from the start. > > > \*\* > > > > So what it is this plot hole? > > Also, I hated Taxi Driver. \*\* > > Most likely referring to the fact that there’s no one in the room to hear Kane utter his dying word, “Rosebud”, so how did they know about it? > > Still, a brilliant film IMHO. \*\* Oh man. That is pretty obvious and annoying. I think I may hate the movie now. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/39 "2001-01-18T00:37:56Z")
_Pulp Fiction_ ---
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310/40 "2001-01-18T00:46:09Z")
This may very well be a movie many of you despise, but I am the only person in my family who cannot stand “Dirty Dancing.” Hated it the first time and the seemingly daily screenings of this piece of crap on TBS make it that much worse. Blair Witch Project was terrrrrrrrrrible. Rocky Horror Picture Show. Dances With Wolves. Why, I don’t know. But I can’t stand it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loved/50310.md?page=3)