Movies you like, but people seem to hate

[ultimateownage]

Uh, seriously? WHY IS THERE SO MANY FUCKING RE MADE THREADS TODAY! I have seen countless threads that have been done countless times before, have no point, and have no discussion value. STOP IT!

 

[technoted]

Stag Knight and Lycan.

 

[Kilaknux]

Johnny English. It's pretty funny and good farce, yet everyone I speak to seem to hate it.

 

[Glaive_21842]

What about movies that everybody else likes but i thought sucked?
in that case, District 9

 

[Baldry]

I like all the star wars movies! I said it, what you going to do?!

 

[soapyshooter]

Blood Diamond. Everyone is like "ehh its ok" I think its amazing.

Really? i've been sitting on that movie for like a year and I'm just never motivated to watch it

You should, it really is a good movie and some of Leo's best work.

Really? I thought it was pretty well received by most people and critics.

It was by my friends and other people I've talked to don't seem to like it too much. I don't get why, its a rare combination of great story, fantastic action and balls to the wall action

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

Conversely, I didn't much care for The Princess Bride.

Me too! I really disliked it, and people always freak out about it...annoying

OT: I would have to say Paranormal Activities (everyone I know seemed to hate it)

 

[Wordslinger]

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Alien Vs. Predator.

 

[Meta 99]

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Great books, good actors, nice effectes, and yet they didn't continue with the rest of the books.

 

[C.G.B.S]

I have a fondness for teen horror films like the Friday the 13th movies and the Final destination movies and stuff like that. And Crank god that's a awesome movie that no one has seen.

 

[tehweave]

Funny People. Not only is it one of Judd Apatow's best, but I think it's one of the best movies of the last decade.

 

[Xiorell]

I kinda liked AVP2

 

[Adamc-mh]

Can't really think of a movie right now but I can think of a series that everybody in my year hates but I like and that is the mighty boosh if you don't now what it is look it up on youtube and Bob Fossil

 

[Forgetitnow344]

Rob Zombie's Halloween II. I didn't much care for the first, mainly because he tried to cram the entire original movie into the last act. But in his sequel, he did his own thing, which turned out to be uncompromisingly brutal and occasionally emotional. Plus, the end twist was very promising.

And I thank the reason people hate the movies is simply nostalgia and an unwillingness to respond to challenging visuals. People generally go to slashers because they get a kick out of seeing people die, but Zombie refused to glorify the killing and thus took away people's enjoyment of human suffering. That, and they dismiss him because he's a musician or something.

Funny. I got the exact opposite between the two movies. The first movie established Michael as an actual character and it made you feel bad for him and wish that he wouldn't kill. It turned him into a victim and a villain at the same time. Having McDowell's character act like a surrogate father was also very impacting because he seemed like he truly cared for Michael while at the same time needed to protect the world from his wrath. Several of the kills were much more emotional, namely Trejo's. Don't tell me you didn't get a little sad when he was shouting, "I was good to you, Michael!"

The second movie was pretty damn dumb. It was way more brutal in much more unimportant ways. The leading protagonist was extremely annoying the entire movie, making anything that might have happened to her irrelevant in my eyes. McDowell's character also became rather obnoxious because he went from caring psychiatrist to douchey pseudo-hero. He only switched back in the last scene, which broke continuity from the rest of the movie. The thing with the white horse in the white hallway with the mother dressed in white is the only thing that really resembled any sort of intelligence, but it was so incredibly hamfisted that I really couldn't care less about it. "Family is Forever" was the tagline, but a more suitable one might have been, "Whoa, check out this dude chopping up people because he's crazy and keeps seeing his dead mom and holy crap that girl is psycho too." Oh, that was another thing. Having Angel be crazy too was stupid because Michael's insanity was situational. He had an abusive "father" and is mother was known around town as a whore. That plus bullies is a logical path towards crazy little bastard. There was no good reason for the girl to go as insane as she did before she found out that Michael was her brother.

 

[Foobula]

Ghost busters 2