Movies You Can't Stand to Watch

[Mr Pantomime]

This is inspired by a similar thread about pieces of literature people couldn't read all the way through.

Are there any movies you just couldn't watch all the way through?

For me, at least, it was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Quotable and memorable, no doubt about that, but considering it was just the main character getting high, going someplace, and acting like an ass over and over again, I had to turn it off 40 minutes in.

Exactl the same movie for me. It actually made me feel a bit dizzy and sick. It wasjust so weird

 

[3AM]

Anything involving Tarrantino.

Thank you thank you thank you! Saying you don't like Tarantino out loud usually leads to being called every evil name there is. He's the only person on my "Don't Watch Ever" list.

 

[aLivingPheonix]

So far, the only movies have been 300, and Napolean Dynamite. I just got so bored of 300 that I just stopped looking at the TV and started playing on my computer.

NP, on the other hand, had characters so un-likable that I just couldn't get past the 30:00 minute mark.

[sub]I actually vaguely enjoyed Twilight, because it has Ashley Greene...[/sub]

 

[JezebelinHell]

Anything with Marky Mark in it.
Chick flicks in general hold no interest for me. Boring romantic drivel.

 

[Arsen]

Any modern day "thriller" movie involving a detective/private investigator/special agent person who has to solve a crime by piecing together clues from a puzzle of intrigue the killer/crazy dude no. 345,952 leaves behind.

Any movies with that formulas basically.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Tron from 1982. I couldn't sit through the whole thing, and it wasn't because the movie was bad; the movie itself was really cool, but I think I had some kind of weird not-quite-allergic reaction to the special effects; With all the extremely bright, 3D-like colours against a black background, it made me really sick watching it, and I pretty much had to stop before it got worse. Anyone else have the same problem, or is it just me?

You're kidding right? Tron was bad. Concept was great, but the actual movie was riddled with flaws.

2001: A Space Odyssey.

It came highly recommended by a friend (plus, everyone in the world seems to love it). I sat through the whole thing, and to this day, I refuse to believe it wasn't more than 3 hours long. It was painfully boring to watch, and the only joy I got from it was pointing out that the bones the primitive humans were beating each other with were clearly rubber.

Oh god yes, that movie is horrible. You do know that the only reason that made any money was because people repeatedly saw it while high?

 

[thylasos]

Requiem for a Dream is one of the most depressing things I've ever watched, and I refuse to see it again. Not a bad film, but it puts me on a bad spin.

Battleship Potemkin, I never want to see again, simply due to... well, five times is four times too many. (I had to write uni essays on it's use of montage theory, it's context in film, reference it in a essay about the mythology of the October 1917 revolution, it was on outside the interviews before I ever came to uni, and I watched it independently before that due to an interest in Russian history. Just read Eisenstein's writings on montage theory, they're much more interesting than watching any of his films more than once.)

Titanic, Only Yesterday, Resident Evil, and The Outlaw Josey Wales - I just remember as being unspeakably dull. Same story with slashers/the typical summer horror movie.

Gore films plain disgust me.

 

[Sacman]

Most horror movies... I just get scared way too easily...<.<

 

[A Weary Exile]

I don't like anything that Judd Apatow (Sp?) has directed (40 year-old virgin, Pinapple Express etc.). Zero comedic value as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Shining_Pyrelight]

Tron from 1982. I couldn't sit through the whole thing, and it wasn't because the movie was bad; the movie itself was really cool, but I think I had some kind of weird not-quite-allergic reaction to the special effects; With all the extremely bright, 3D-like colours against a black background, it made me really sick watching it, and I pretty much had to stop before it got worse. Anyone else have the same problem, or is it just me?

You're not alone. I always figured something was wrong with me not liking it. I watched the entire thing and loved the concept, but something about the style of the movie made me feel...sick I guess.
I loved Tron Legacy, the 2.0 game and the overall story, but can't seem to "enjoy" Tron(1982).

To contribute to the topic: I normally dislike indie movies. Some I really enjoy, but a majority are just painful to me.
Social Network for example (not sure if this was indie, but idc), I made it exactly 18 minutes 38 seconds into the movie before walking out.

 

[RemytheNinja]

10,000 B.C. I saw it in the theater and fell asleep before i could walk out on it.
I dont know why everyone likes The Big Lebowski, I've never been able to watch the entire thing.

 

[Something Amyss]

Anything involving Tarrantino.

Thank you thank you thank you! Saying you don't like Tarantino out loud usually leads to being called every evil name there is. He's the only person on my "Don't Watch Ever" list.

Tarrantino's all about stylisation without understanding the style, which undercuts it. It's possible to emulate a genre well, as was done with the first three Star Wars (Samurai/Western) or Indiana Jones (classic pulps and serials) movies. Tarantino is more like "If we slap on enough ridiculousness, nobody will notice."

So far, the only movies have been 300, and Napolean Dynamite. I just got so bored of 300 that I just stopped looking at the TV and started playing on my computer.

NP, on the other hand, had characters so un-likable that I just couldn't get past the 30:00 minute mark.

[sub]I actually vaguely enjoyed Twilight, because it has Ashley Greene...[/sub]

Never seen Napolean or Twilight, but I hate 300.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

All that scary/phantasic/superhero/whatever movie crap that calls himself parody and by that insulting intelligent humor. The people who made that cancer should be shot into the sun. Or forced to watch their own work.


there is nothing wrong with some silly childish jokes. but 90 minutes of feces, retard jokes and idiotic sexjokes just is far from watchable.

 

[J-dog42]

Napoleon Dynamite. Everyone was going on about how funny it was and I only made it through half an hour before I turned it off. Seriously one of the only movies I have ever just stopped watching.

 

[Quoth The Raven]

well any twilight movie to start of with.

Have you ever actually watched them, or are you jumping on the band-wagon? It's cool if you like to ride the wagon, I do it all the time. I'm just wondering.

Essentially just romantic comedies. You know - the typical ones where you can predict exactly how it's going to play out right from the start. I also don't like horror films because they all have the same basic concept. In fact, I generally dislike any predictable film. That's why I can't stand Avatar. So yeah - rom-coms, horrors and Avatar.

i have watched the first 30min of the first twilight movie and for the sake of my sanity i stopped watching it. but you raise a good and valid point, and since i haven't attempted to watch any of the other movies i will change my statement.

well the first twilight movie to start with.

 

[Keepitclean]

The only movie I couldn't watch all the way through the first time I saw it was Napoleon Dynamite.

Fucking horrible.

 

[WaReloaded]

Stranger Than Fiction. Bleh.

I loved that film, it was beautiful :/

Anyways, I've yet to stop a movie before it finished. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was eh though.