Movies you hate that are otherwise "popular"

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Ok, there are movies I dislike, even hate that many people enjoy. Friends, co-workers, people of similar interest think I'm nuts for this... so here goes.

1. Scott Pilgrim. I know, most people here love that movie. I just didn't get it, didn't enjoy it even after giving it several views just to clear the air. I wasn't wholly impressed with it at all.

2. Avatar. I was not a fan of this movie for multiple reasons. While it was graphically beautiful, the story was pretty weak and boring to me. I couldn't find any real reason to like the movie. Plus I've never been a James Cameron fan which leads me to...

3. Titanic. I have multiple reasons for hating this movie, most of which have to do with working at Blockbuster Video when it was released on video. And the rest were partially due to so many girls saying to me "omg! you look like Leo!" Which I do not. I respect him as an actor, and like many of his movies. However, I didn't like the whole comparison especially since a lot of these girls were also people who didn't give me the time of day beforehand. Personal bias aside, I wasn't impressed with it and didn't think it was all that Oscar worthy, being predicable and short on interest.

4. Transformers. MovieBob hit home with me on his reviews of the series. I loved the cartoons as a kid. The movies sucked hardcore...

5. I now pronouce you Chuck and Larry. Without getting into political issues, I didn't like this movie because it was just one long running Gay joke that also tried to have a message. I'm sorry but if you're going to have a political agenda, don't ruin it with stereotypical jokes. I love Adam Sandler mind you but this was one of his worst.

6. The Devil's Rejects. I love Rob Zombie, I loved House of 1000 Corpses. It surprised me that I couldn't enjoy this movie one bit. I felt like it took all the things I loved about the first movie and retconned them without giving any real explanation why.

7. Juno. Ellen Page was the type of person I could never stand in this movie. Annoying, pretentious and so smug about her views, she just pissed me off to no end. That being said, she's a good actress and I loved her in Inception. But this movie was just hipster aggrandizement and I felt it popularized a world view that is so annoying.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Forrest Gump. What a load of overrated tripe. The movie's tone was schizophrenic, Gump was a bore, and Judy was a thoroughly unlikable slut. The only cool part of that whole movie for me was the firefight in Vietnam.

Transformers. When I wasn't groaning at the stupid masturbation jokes or Shia LaBeouf's acting performance, I was getting dizzy from all the shakey-cam battle scenes. At first I wondered if I might have enjoyed it more if had grown up watching the cartoon. As a child born in the latter half of the 80's, I'm far more familiar with the Beast Wars iteration. However, the general consensus I got from those that did watch the original hated the film even more because of how disrespectful it was towards its source material. I didn't even bother going to the sequels when I heard they were even worse.

M*A*S*H (the movie, not the stellar TV show). I understand it was supposed to be a biting yet satirical analysis on the Vietnam War and the changing of American culture and values, but I just couldn't get past how mean-spirited and downright childish the protagonists were. Yes Hawkeye and Trapper were pranksters and womanizers in the television show, but they also had redeeming qualities about them that made them genuinely likeable. The movie versions on the other hand came across as the same despicable, insufferable, smartass, misogynistic, dickhead frat boy mentality I had to put up with throughout high school and college. Yes I know the movie's much closer to the original book than the TV show, but I've never read it (and I probably never will if the film was anything to go by).

 

[New Troll]

Twilight. Not because of the story, nor the sparkling vampires. It was just very badly edited in my opinion. New Moon and Eclipse weren't nearly as bad. With those two it was just story and sparkling vampires I didn't care for.

 

[Aegis A'Sha'Se]

Okay, admittedly it isn't a movie, but I *hate* all this My Little Pony bollocks-and-stew that's floating around right now.

 

[TitanAtlas]

The Transformer movies... sure it's nice with giant robots and all, but it has a horrible plot and horrible acting...

The Twilight saga... but apparently our tasteless teenage generation loves it... i wonder what will they say about the following generation tough..

The Last Airbender Movie.... had nothing to do with the Cartoons...

2 Fast 2 Furious saga.... They.... are so stupid.. and clogging them up with CGI effects over CGI effects only makes it way worse...

The Saw movies.. No plot at all now... it's just "Look we have new traps and people die in different ways". For some reason John keeps coming back...

The Star Wars VI... i tought it was a good movie... till the Ewoks appeared... and the whole mushy feeling towards the end with the father and son... and the Emperor, for such a powerfull sith, he sure died in a stupid way...

Small comedy movies with a couple of great stars in it, such has Horrible bosses... They make those in a way that there's a specific time, thus the whole movie has to be rushed, situations and explenations that just ruin the background of the characters and plot of the movie... I wouldn't mind to see a 2 hour good comedy movie with everything placed at the needed time, then a rushed 1hour and 10 minutes half assed comedy...

These are all i can remember for now...

 

[Sir_Soyburger]

Juno All of those pregnant teenager shows it spawned off. Secret Life of an American Teen which is a stupid abc family show. Sixteen and Pregnant and all that reality TV bullshit. Why are they getting 15 mins of fame for getting knocked up? Because of Juno.

Transformers People have covered my reasons well enough already

Any of the Twilight saga movies Both of the main characters are absolutely insufferable. Having to see the movie with female friends multiple times and listening to them prattling on and on about it. I am not looking forward to breaking dawn.

Citizen Kane I know it's AFI's #1, but I fell asleep 20 minutes into it in film's class.

 

[SadakoMoose]

Citizen Kane I know it's AFI's #1, but I fell asleep 20 minutes into it in film's class.

I didn't fall asleep, myself.
Because I couldn't stop riffing on it!