Things you liked but larger groups disliked and vice versa.

[Bilious Green_v1legacy]

I dislike the whole GTA franchise. While the open worlds are impressively detailed, I find the shooting mechanics to be shallow, and the stories tacky and cliched.

OTOH, I liked Dragon Age 2. While it certainly has it's faults, I still enjoyed it enough to play it five times, and I still like it better than Inquisition.

 

[09philj]

I don't like Final Fantasy at all. The combat is just... bad. I love turn based RPGs, but FF has never had anything I've enjoyed. Even Dragon Quest, which has combat as vanilla as vanilla gets, has better combat.

I also dislike the clunky and slow Metal Gear Solid games. Stealth games call for precision and they just aren't precise controls.

I kind of like Sonic 3D Blast, although it's clearly a mess.

Peter Jackson's "adaptations". I have been lead to believe that the majority of the users of these forums that do not want to see Peter Jackson tarred, feathered and catapulted for to his treatment of the classic works written by JRR Tolkien. I cannot fathom how anyone who is literate is not so outraged by viewing those films such that they do not feel compelled to go out, fell a tree, hew planks, build a table, then flip it over.

Because he made Tolkein's soul crushingly dense prose and slow pace go away. I'm no slouch when it comes to reading, but at the Lord of the Rings I had to admit defeat. The Hobbit films are rubbish though.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I don't like Starcraft, FPS Multiplayer, MMO PVP, and Assassins Creed.

I did like The Hobbit Trilogy, though it bothered me they cut Bard's monologue right before he shot down Smaug.

I didn't particularly like Ledger's Joker. It didn't feel like the character I had been reading of in all the comics growing up as a kid.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I don't like Final Fantasy at all. The combat is just... bad. I love turn based RPGs, but FF has never had anything I've enjoyed. Even Dragon Quest, which has combat as vanilla as vanilla gets, has better combat.

I also dislike the clunky and slow Metal Gear Solid games. Stealth games call for precision and they just aren't precise controls.

I kind of like Sonic 3D Blast, although it's clearly a mess.

Peter Jackson's "adaptations". I have been lead to believe that the majority of the users of these forums that do not want to see Peter Jackson tarred, feathered and catapulted for to his treatment of the classic works written by JRR Tolkien. I cannot fathom how anyone who is literate is not so outraged by viewing those films such that they do not feel compelled to go out, fell a tree, hew planks, build a table, then flip it over.

Because he made Tolkein's soul crushingly dense prose and slow pace go away. I'm no slouch when it comes to reading, but at the Lord of the Rings I had to admit defeat. The Hobbit films are rubbish though.

Rubbish my foot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_cwRqXBR4Q

But right now I have only the Warcraft movie and its potential sequals to look forward to and Game of Thrones Season 6. Getting tired of these Superhero movies. Give me Fantasy movies like Tolkien, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean (only the 4th one sucked), and the first 2 Chronicles of Narnia please.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I am going to say it.

Last year I have watched the entirty of 2 Star Trek series. The Original Series and The Next Generation.

I have watched every single episode and their repspective movies.

And when it comes to the movies....I found MOST of the Odd-Numbered Star Trek movies not that bad. I have been constantly told that Star Trek: Motion Picture, The Search for Spock, The Final Frontier, Generations, Inserrection, and including Nemesis to be BAD films.

But then I watch every single movie and I really don't see any patterns.

I found Motion Picture to be an Alright movie (I view it as the true Final Episode of the Original Series)

Search for Spock was just as good as Wrath of Khan.

Final Frontier mabye have its issues but at least its watchable, in contrast I dislike The Voyage Home. Keep that movie away from me.

Generations again was not that bad of a movie and honestly I have seen TNG episodes that are worse then Generations (Sub Rosa).

I agree that Insurrection is Fleas on the Camel's Balls.

Finally Nemesis and honestly...I like this movie best of all the TNG movies.

 

[TrulyBritish]

I didn't particularly care for Breaking Bad either. The constant timelapse shots and meth montages made it feel kinda cheap overal. And the scene where the dude gets blown up and you see half his skull exposed, and not only is he still alive but he calmly adjusts his tie before falling over dead... That just sent it straight into silly town.

Also Platinum games. Hailed as the pinnacle of action games, yet their over-the-top crazy lunacy leaves me utterly cold.

I'm finding it hard to think of movies/games that are largely seen as bad that I don't agree with though. And I don't think guilty pleasures suffice. I think I've heard people say Gremlins 2 was shit, but I really liked that movie, more so then the original.

That first example is a case of what TvTropes would call "Reality is Unrealistic". It's not uncommon for people hit by bombs to walk around dazed before dying.

As for me, I guess my best example would be Pacific Rim. People loved it and I got so hyped for it and came out massively disappointed.
Games wise, I'm a big fan of Dynasty Warriors which is apparently a thing I should feel bad for liking. But then I was also ok with Dragon Age 2.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I didn't particularly care for Breaking Bad either. The constant timelapse shots and meth montages made it feel kinda cheap overal. And the scene where the dude gets blown up and you see half his skull exposed, and not only is he still alive but he calmly adjusts his tie before falling over dead... That just sent it straight into silly town.

Also Platinum games. Hailed as the pinnacle of action games, yet their over-the-top crazy lunacy leaves me utterly cold.

I'm finding it hard to think of movies/games that are largely seen as bad that I don't agree with though. And I don't think guilty pleasures suffice. I think I've heard people say Gremlins 2 was shit, but I really liked that movie, more so then the original.

As for me, I guess my best example would be Pacific Rim.

Oh Pacific Rim was another increadible dissipointment for me. Especially banal the charcaters were. The worse scene was our 2 main characters Practice Sparing.

I'll just stick with Japanese Anime Mecha thank you.

The only thing I liked was that one piece of music.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

I'd have to say that my most relevant entry here would be that I loved Dragon Age II. As mage companions go, I'll take Bethany or Merrill over fucking Morrigan any day of the week, but I'll be the first to admit that without Varric being the glue the game would have been pretty ordinary.

 

[TrulyBritish]

I didn't particularly care for Breaking Bad either. The constant timelapse shots and meth montages made it feel kinda cheap overal. And the scene where the dude gets blown up and you see half his skull exposed, and not only is he still alive but he calmly adjusts his tie before falling over dead... That just sent it straight into silly town.

Also Platinum games. Hailed as the pinnacle of action games, yet their over-the-top crazy lunacy leaves me utterly cold.

I'm finding it hard to think of movies/games that are largely seen as bad that I don't agree with though. And I don't think guilty pleasures suffice. I think I've heard people say Gremlins 2 was shit, but I really liked that movie, more so then the original.

As for me, I guess my best example would be Pacific Rim.

Oh Pacific Rim was another increadible dissipointment for me. Especially banal the charcaters were. The worse scene was our 2 main characters Practice Sparing.

I'll just stick with Japanese Anime Mecha thank you.

The only thing I liked was that one piece of music.

The soundtrack is pretty good.
It just bothered me that they focused on possibly the least interesting character as the protagonist and the least interesting Jaeger. It feels like a film that (and I know there's a bit of a stigma concerning this) should have been split up. It feels like it's tries to cram in an entire season of plot into one film and thus none of it worked for me.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I didn't particularly care for Breaking Bad either. The constant timelapse shots and meth montages made it feel kinda cheap overal. And the scene where the dude gets blown up and you see half his skull exposed, and not only is he still alive but he calmly adjusts his tie before falling over dead... That just sent it straight into silly town.

Also Platinum games. Hailed as the pinnacle of action games, yet their over-the-top crazy lunacy leaves me utterly cold.

I'm finding it hard to think of movies/games that are largely seen as bad that I don't agree with though. And I don't think guilty pleasures suffice. I think I've heard people say Gremlins 2 was shit, but I really liked that movie, more so then the original.

As for me, I guess my best example would be Pacific Rim.

Oh Pacific Rim was another increadible dissipointment for me. Especially banal the charcaters were. The worse scene was our 2 main characters Practice Sparing.

I'll just stick with Japanese Anime Mecha thank you.

The only thing I liked was that one piece of music.

The soundtrack is pretty good.
It just bothered me that they focused on possibly the least interesting character as the protagonist and the least interesting Jaeger. It feels like a film that (and I know there's a bit of a stigma concerning this) should have been split up. It feels like it's tries to cram in an entire season of plot into one film and thus none of it worked for me.

I cannot believe I am saying this, But for the action fight scenes, they should have hired Zack Snyder because the fight scenes between the Robots and the Kaijus were so boring. I don't remember a single thing about the fights other then that one moment where the main Robot had a Cruiser Ship as a bludgeoning Weapon against a Kaiju, they should have done more stuff like that.

And also the other Robots went down like chumps, As if they were Boba Fett.

 

[EyeReaper]

Vanillish, Jynx and Klefki are all good pokemon.

Undertale is a game that isn't worth replaying, no matter what ending you got. And you most certainly did not play the game wrong for going for a neutral route.

Attack on Titan is boring and generic. In fact, I'm a bit tired of all these "Anyone Can dies, for realsies" shows. Like Walking Dead, GoT, AoT, Akame ga Kill, etc. No matter how many side characters die, the Main one still has the same plot armor as say, Spongebob, unless it's the last episode, or there's a resurrecting plot device.


And here's a really controversial one. Piracy is a bad thing.

 

[Dizchu]

Things I like but most others dislike:

Gone Home, Vanilla Coke, PS1 graphics

Things I dislike but most others like:

Bioshock, Final Fantasy, The Walking Dead (TV series), BDSM, the Nintendo Entertainment System

 

[MCerberus]

At equal quality, dub > sub. This includes having to change cultural references and slang to something compatible with the local culture. That's right, you need to change stuff for localization. I don't enjoy things slavishly kept native for fear of people screaming about the changes. That's my general blanket statement.

Stuff more in-line with the thread.

There has never been a good Dragonball series.
Ant-Man was hilarious and showed more heart than any of the Thor movies.
The comics based on Frederator characters (AT, Bravest Warriors, Bee & Puppycat) are the best all-ages things on the market.
The Souls series is more interested in enjoying the smell of its own farts than progressing to something that can be enjoyed outside of the context of its own momentum.
Family Guy was never good.
C&C Renegade was a beautiful cinnamon roll too good for this world, too pure

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Almost all of Quentin Tarantino's movies have left me scratching my head and wondering what the big deal about him is supposed to be. Most recently I watched Kill Bill Vol 1 on Netflix, remembering how it got absolutely rave reviews when it came out. It's at the very best a 5/10. Its most glaring flaw is what every Tarantino movie suffers from: overindulgence, in massive 50 foot high neon pink letters. It simply wallows in references to old rubbish movies, and much of the dialogue is borderline unbearably full of itself. The characters are flat, shallow and uninteresting, it's incredibly cheesy (like Hanzo writing "Bill" on the window with his finger), and full of saturday morning cartoon level moralizing. The action and music are mostly okay, but from what I can remember, the second one is even worse. I absolutely hated Death Proof and Inglourious Basterds wasn't good. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are alright, Django Unchained I really liked, and I haven't seen Jackie Brown or Hateful Eight. But every time he comes out with a new movie I'm wondering what the big fucking deal is supposed to be when the critics form a conga line to all give him a handjob.

I actually enjoyed the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film much more than the books. By the end of the books I hated every single character and these days struggle to remember anything that happened in them. What initially felt offbeat and quirky just felt mean-spirited and bitter by the end. The film, on the other hand, had genuine affection for the characters, and I wanted them to succeed and be happy. Well, the fact that Zooey Deschanel in the film was basically a dead ringer for a girl I had a huge crush on at the time might also have helped.

And finally, 300. I have never hated a film as much as I did this one. I cannot see how anyone enjoys such garbage, and even less how the critics seemed enthusiastic about it. I find the film repugnant in aesthetic, morals, visuals, characters and on a personal level. It looks like shit, is written like shit, is shot like shit (slow-mo galore, ************), and the characters are all shit. One thing I can say, though, is that the acting isn't bad: for what the film is going for, ie. massively over the top, bombastic and larger than life, the acting fits.

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

I am going to say it.

Last year I have watched the entirty of 2 Star Trek series. The Original Series and The Next Generation.

I have watched every single episode and their repspective movies.

And when it comes to the movies....I found MOST of the Odd-Numbered Star Trek movies not that bad. I have been constantly told that Star Trek: Motion Picture, The Search for Spock, The Final Frontier, Generations, Inserrection, and including Nemesis to be BAD films.

But then I watch every single movie and I really don't see any patterns.

I found Motion Picture to be an Alright movie (I view it as the true Final Episode of the Original Series)

Search for Spock was just as good as Wrath of Khan.

Final Frontier mabye have its issues but at least its watchable, in contrast I dislike The Voyage Home. Keep that movie away from me.

Generations again was not that bad of a movie and honestly I have seen TNG episodes that are worse then Generations (Sub Rosa).

I agree that Insurrection is Fleas on the Camel's Balls.

Finally Nemesis and honestly...I like this movie best of all the TNG movies.

Well Star Trek: The Motion Picture has only two major flaws, it was a standard TOS episode stretched to feature length film length, it took a cue from 2001: A Space Odyssey in pacing. That lead to TMP having the worst pacing of all of the Star Trek movies, bar none. The plot is pretty good actually, but the pacing allowed people to pick it apart in a way they couldn't pick apart silly episodes of TOS and TNG.

Search for Spock is hated for one of two reasons, if not both. A lot of long time fans were salty that Spock got killed at the end of Wrath of Khan, while others were angry that Search for Spock jumped the shark to bring Spock back to life.

Final Frontier was very much taking a shot at Christianity, something that pissed off a large section of the fan base. It's a fairly weak narrative compared to all but Star Trek: TMP, which means it gets a lot of flack.

Generations is actually one of the more beloved Star Trek movies, it was considered among the top three best until First Contact.

Insurrection had a lot of great moments, it's just too bad that most of those moments were overshadowed by the terrible moments in the film.

With Nemesis you have a lot of interesting things going on, but they kind of screwed up because if you really pay attention, Nemesis is basically a retread of the far superior Wrath of Khan. They even took the time to sort of jump the shark after killing Data, by having B4 hum that song Data loved.

Generally speaking though, Star Trek fans are choosy and easily divided on a lot of trivial bits of the franchise, which can get some fans to spit abject hate at some of the movies and episodes. Still Generations, Search for Spock, and Final Frontier usually place in the top 5 lists of most fans. It's just that each of those movies, except Generations has a major obvious flaw with them, so fans have strong opinions about those movies.

 

[sageoftruth]

I recently heard a lot of complaints about Ashley from Resident Evil 4. Someone even listed her as the absolute worst partner in gaming period. Her voice was annoying, but I personally thought she was one of the best escort missions I'd experienced in gaming, excluding the ones who literally cannot die, like Ellie from The Last of US.

I tend to judge escort characters based on how un-obstructive they are, rather than how helpful they are, and Ashley was pretty good at not getting in the way of things. She was great at staying out of my way when I was firing, she did not need me to hold her hand or slow down for her when I was moving, she never made dumb AI decisions outside of scripted events, and her ability to hide at certain points was just a bonus. Amusingly, I found her to be far less annoying than AI Sheva or Chris in RE5, and they're supposed to be experienced soldiers.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I didn't particularly care for Breaking Bad either. The constant timelapse shots and meth montages made it feel kinda cheap overal. And the scene where the dude gets blown up and you see half his skull exposed, and not only is he still alive but he calmly adjusts his tie before falling over dead... That just sent it straight into silly town.

Also Platinum games. Hailed as the pinnacle of action games, yet their over-the-top crazy lunacy leaves me utterly cold.

I'm finding it hard to think of movies/games that are largely seen as bad that I don't agree with though. And I don't think guilty pleasures suffice. I think I've heard people say Gremlins 2 was shit, but I really liked that movie, more so then the original.

That first example is a case of what TvTropes would call "Reality is Unrealistic". It's not uncommon for people hit by bombs to walk around dazed before dying.

Sure, but not like this. Not with half their skull exposed. It was obviously an attempt at giving the person in question somekind of 'hardcore cool guy death scene'. And in a show that's supposed to present me with the gritty reality it just came across very indulgent.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I recently heard a lot of complaints about Ashley from Resident Evil 4. Someone even listed her as the absolute worst partner in gaming period. Her voice was annoying, but I personally thought she was one of the best escort missions I'd experienced in gaming, excluding the ones who literally cannot die, like Ellie from The Last of US.

Was that Rabbid Luigi's video? 'cause yeah that was questionable at the least. Mind you, people can dislike whoever they want, but if one makes a video about Top 5 Worst Escorts and puts Ashley at #1, that's like making a Top 5 Worst Prerendered Backgrounds and putting REmake at the top spot.

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

For my self:

Things I Dislike that Most Others Like:

Game of Thrones: It's just the worst kind of derivative tripe and it's way too far up it's own bum.
Mass Effect: The story is great, but once you realize the combat sucks, all the fun is removed from the game.
KotOR 2: The Sith Lords: The guiding character immediately struck me as an awful person and the story was just kind of weak, not to mention that KotOR had terrible combat. Seriously not giving the player first, or third person control, when lightsabers and force powers are in play is the worst mistake you can make.
Titanic: Quite possibly the single most overrated movie in the history of man.
Family Guy: It's just not funny, or entertaining, and it never was to begin with.

Spoiler: But what I hate most of all is...

[http://www.robot-hugs.com/hate/]
Seriously I do hate pants.

Things I Like that Most Others Dislike:
The Last Starfighter: Seriously this movie is the epitome of an under appreciated gem.
Quake 2: A lot of nostalgia with this game, it was the first game I ever played with workable mouse-look.
Return of the Jedi, over The Empire Strikes Back: Empire was just too depressing for me, I love every second of the original cut of Jedi.
Pokemon Gen IV's Starters: They're still the best in my personal opinion, well except for maybe Snivy and Gen VI's starters.
Star Trek(2009): It really is the only reboot I ever enjoyed. It was different from typical Star Trek fare, and I'm fine with that.

There's a lot more, but if I tried to do more I'd be typing all day.

 

[sageoftruth]

I recently heard a lot of complaints about Ashley from Resident Evil 4. Someone even listed her as the absolute worst partner in gaming period. Her voice was annoying, but I personally thought she was one of the best escort missions I'd experienced in gaming, excluding the ones who literally cannot die, like Ellie from The Last of US.

Was that Rabbid Luigi's video? 'cause yeah that was questionable at the least. Mind you, people can dislike whoever they want, but if one makes a video about Top 5 Worst Escorts and puts Ashley at #1, that's like making a Top 5 Worst Prerendered Backgrounds and putting REmake at the top spot.

I think it was. I can't remember. Perhaps she's not as reviled as I thought. People did defend her in the comments. Then again, people also defended the argument that she's the worst. I guess all the jokes about her voice being annoying posted throughout the internet made her come across as someone the internet despised.