Just a note on a movie that was mentioned a long time ago...The Last Samurai. Tom Cruise isn't the last samurai, the old samurai is. It's not really about Cruise, it's about him, and how he struggles to have an honorable life despite the changing world.

And AI would have been good I think if Kubrick had lived to make it, instead of spielberg.

Gotta agree with other s on The Ring..... it was one of the worst movies ever.

However the popular movie I loathe most is Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. So lame...

For those who say they don't "get it", here's a quick summary of the social commentary it provides.

On the surface, it's a simple characterization of the quiet acceptance of violence in our society though we condemn it publicly. We all want to express our violent urges and get out pent up anger. Toward the end, the plot shifts and shows us how the uncontrolled release of that voilent energy allows us to succumb to the appeal of nihilism as a way of righting every wrong since the beginning of society.

Strip away the in-your-face stuff and you'll find that there are two underlying messages.

First, there's the tendency to have delusions of grandeur and build ourselves up as something we aren't when we're too afraid to change what we hate about our lives and instead just deal with it like we are told we should. This encompasses the narrator's hatred of his job, and his unwillingness to accept and acknowledge his subconscious love for Marla. Second, and I think that this is something that Palahniuk wanted to convey to us on an almost completely subliminal level, is the spiral of self-destruction and violence that comes from giving in to societal pressure and repressing homosexuality. He lusts after his fictional alter ego while that ego spends long nights fucking the woman that he subconsciously understands he "should" be with.

The Big Lebowski-- there was no point and I found very few things funny about it. I just didn't enjoy it.

I would say MiB and The Big Lebowski. I thought both were terrible.

I despise old movies like Casablanca and Citizen Kane.

The Ring was horrible - not scary in the LEAST bit. Kinda funny how everyone thinks it was... makes me feel better because I've always wanted to write some kind of horror movie, and if people are scared of the ring, they'd shit their pants with some of the stuff I have in my head.

A Clockwork Orange. The story itself is good, but the actual movie sucks. I don't mind watching the movie because of the story, but... yeah, it's pretty cheesy.

The Sixth Sense. Maybe I'm just very perceptive, but I'm not quite sure how so many people were caught off guard by the ending. I think it just goes to show how little people pay attention to fine details in movies ;) Same applies with The Others.

Hmm... can't really think of any others at the moment.

I liked Sixth Sense but I know what you mean about people being caught off guard. I was pretty sure I knew the ending after the "anniversary dinner" scene with his wife...

M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" sucked...sucked...and sucked, horribly! Did I mention that I think this movie sucked?

I thought it ROCKED, but I'm in love with Shyamalan, so you know...

i just watched Raging Bull (boxing movie with DeNiro and Pesci), and I thought it sucked. But it won some Academy Awards.

I don't really care for the Matrix movies. I watched the first two but passed on the third. The special effects are the only good aspects.

I completely agree with this. I will see just about any movie because I really enjoy the experience. But the Matrix movies really put me out. I actually fell asleep during the first one. Feeling guilty, I attempted to see it again. That was my mistake.

Thats hits the spot :)
First one was decent, the other two hit the wall hard!

Huh. Was that in the book, or mentioned in some interview? I surely missed it in my three or four viewings of the film.

My pick: Meet the Parents

Ending airport scene aside, utter shite. The comedy equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard. Seeing misfortune after misfortune visited upon Stiller, mistake after mistake made...this wasn't funny. It was painful and nothing else. Whatever muscles are exercised by cringing received a thorough workout.

Anything Woody Allen (that guy creeps me out)
Something About Mary, Fockers and all related Focker movies. I did like Dodgeball though.

M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village"

Doesn't make any sense as to why others like it so much. It was crap to me.

I liked it, but all my friends didn't, is it really liked by everyone? hehe

I don't think this movie really fits the thread because it seems like a movie that is shit on more often than not.

lost in translation.... i wanted to like it, but NOTHING HAPPENED... i have never been more bored watching a movie in my entire life.

I say Meet the Parents too...I haven't wished I was laughing more in my life. I'm sure Meet the Fockers is even worse but I'll spare myself the pain.

Also Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. I just don't "get" comic books, superheroes, or movies based on them. I also can't deal with such unrealistic movies that try to present themselves as somewhat realistic. I admit these are totally my problem and not necessarily a problem with the films, but the effects reel for Spider-Man 2 is only 10 or 15 minutes long and Spider-Man would have died about 20 times in it if he was a real human. I can deal with shooting some webs out but come on, nobody who got bit by a spider can get hit by trains and fall off buildings without a scratch. Look at Michael Jackson, he got bit by a spider and he can't even walk to court. =P

Fight Club and Mulholland Drive seem to be the movies that people love that other people love to hate. I think they were fantastic from the first time I saw them, and no, I don't claim to have understood them and I still don't entirely. But their commercial failures show one of the reasons that the MPAA usually cranks out such crap as Scooby Doo 2. Every time someone tries to make an innovative movie, people don't like it because they don't understand it and the studio loses money, and when studios lose money, studio chiefs get fired (though I'm sure they haven't done too poorly with the DVD sales). On the other hand, they can make a sequel to a popular movie and no matter how bad it is it will make a ton of money. It's a cliche, but people will get what they pay for.

something about mary, really really not funny. anything ben stiller in fact, sorry ben but you just don't have the subtlety or timing for comedy, get a new job!

Yea! fatbob! Hurray! He played a heroin addict in some movie and I thought the dramatic role was great. At comedy, he is no match for his father.

It's certainly fair to dislike these movies because you're not into comic books and superheroes; you're not the intended audience for them. But I don't think it's fair to say they're trying to present themselves as in any way realistic. They don't, which is meant to be part of their appeal. You get to see things that are impossible in real life. If that's not your cup of tea, so be it, we each have our own tastes.

[/quote]I admit these are totally my problem and not necessarily a problem with the films, but the effects reel for Spider-Man 2 is only 10 or 15 minutes long and Spider-Man would have died about 20 times in it if he was a real human. I can deal with shooting some webs out but come on, nobody who got bit by a spider can get hit by trains and fall off buildings without a scratch.[/quote]

First, he doesn't get hit by a train. He stands in front of a runaway train and stops it. The runaway train is a superhero staple, and I was delighted that they put it in there. But he's no longer a normal human. He has super strength, speed and endurance. In the comics, he can press 10-12 tons, making him about 200 times as strong as he was, and we can assume that his resistance to injury is about the same.

And he never gets by without a scratch. He's badly injured by both the fall and the train, and gets injured in his battles with Doc Ock.

If you cannot accept the concept of the superhero in the first place, that's cool, but the execution here (with some nitpicks) is first rate within that genre.

[quote]Fight Club and Mulholland Drive seem to be the movies that people love that other people love to hate. I think they were fantastic from the first time I saw them, and no, I don't claim to have understood them and I still don't entirely.[quote] I think Mulholland Drive is a very good movie also. It's possible to like light, accessible stuff like Spider-Man and deeper stuff like this, too.

Studios make movies, the MPAA assigns ratings. And it's commercial success that is the primary motivating factor in producing sequels, yes. That doesn't always make sequels bad, though I'd agree they usually are of lesser quality than the originals.

The biggest demographic for movies is teenagers, in particular teenaged boys. Studios cater to this audince by cranking out mindless action movies and teen sex comedies. Teenagers who haven't seen 20 versions of the "Popular Boy who takes the plain girl to the prom" movie are less likely to be tired of the formula.

Fortunately, we do still get movies for adults. It just takes a bit of searching to find them.

Great, it's not supposed to be real. Either way, knowing about physics and that the movie IS set on earth in New York to be exact I can't suspend disbelief to that extreme degree. The thread is about "Movies You Don't Like" and I don't like them. Don't take it personally.
The MPAA basically IS the major studios that make the crap. Trust me, I don't need a lesson.

The Lord of the Rings movies, I saw part of the first one and just couldn't get into it.

The Thin Red Line

Great actors, World War 2 - ordinarily things that guarantee me liking a film. I couldn't watch more than about 45 minutes of it. Bleah.

Oh, I'm not taking it personally, as I went out of my way to point out several times in my post. I just happend to disagree with certain points you made, and presented an alternate point of view on those points.

As in this--"the movie IS set on earth in New York to be exact". The movie is set in a New York, specifically the Marvel Universe New York, where superhero physics work just fine. I disagree with this particular point that you are making, while simultaneoulsy recognizing that it is a legitimate reason for disliking the movie. Not arguing taste, which is individual, and not taking anything personal. I'm just a nerd who enjoys debating things like this.

The blockbuster ones. The ones that cost a fortune to make and that we get pushed down our throughts ages before they even get released.

Fast & the Furious ... I still don't get it.

I really couldn't stand the critically acclaimed Million Dollar Baby. I'd go off on a tangent about it, but Roger Ebert's editor did a better job than I ever could:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/...DITOR/50304001

Oh my gosh yes. A Clockwork Orange...good story...but the movie just sucked. And that scene at the end of the movie when the man feeds him that meat or whatever the heck it was...and he kept chewing it with his mouth open....ewww...one of my biggest pet peeves, and they played it for five minutes or so in this movie. :| NOT COOL.
I finally watched The Ring last Thursday night: what a piece of crap. The only reason I watched it all the way through was because my friends kept cracking jokes during it. :p
What else don't I like... the Shrek movies, oh, and those Legally Blonde movies. Ick.
I will never watch the Kill Bill volumes, EVER. I just HATE Uma Thurman. Every time I watch a movie she is in, she just brings that movie down a few notches. So to watch something she is actually starring in would drive me nuts. :crazy:

Not sure if this was covered yet, but in The Last of the Mohicans and The Last Samurai, the "main" characters were not who the title referred to. I believe that Uncas (an actual Mohican) was the last of the Mohicans, and the leader of the samurai (who takes Tom Cruise as prisoner) was the last samurai.

Any LOTR or Harry Potter. I just don't get it; I want to smash my tv.

i personally dont understand napolean dynamite, its really funny to talk about, but when watching it , it seems really lame.

My personal opinion. Not to be taken personally.

Napoleon Dynamite. After all of the hype about what a fantastic movie it was, I watched it twice and just didn't understand.

I have absolutely no idea why You Got Served was ever made (yes, I watched it). An hour and a half I'll never see again.

In general, it simply astounds me that Adam Sandler, Jimmy Fallon and Ashton Kutcher keep getting movie roles. I haven't seen a single worthwhile film from any of them.

I am obviously the only person walking the planet who didn't think Spider Man was a great piece of cinematic legend. I hated it AND the goddamn sequel.

I despise the movie "City of Angels" with every single fiber of my being. This movie (as well as it's "star", Meg Ryan) are responsible for completely turning me against the entire "Chick Flick" genre. Utter dreck. I still have nightmares.

I have a BIG problem with the recent remake of the 70's science fiction classic Rollerball. The new one with LL Cool J (for God's sake) is just horrendous.

The English Patient was the most mind-numbingly boring waste of celluloid and good actors that it has ever been my extreme displeasure to witness. Another one that makes me seriously question Hollywood.

I didn't finish Sheck 2. Too middle class for me.

I very much did like Lost In Translation.
It was not about Japan.
For me, it was about isolation, love, having class, values, morals.
Of course, four of those I know nothing about :-)

Sin City (Flame on)

I like/love a lot of the movies listed here. But ........ has to be the most over hyped movie ever. For a good year or two all I heard was how awesome it was. And then I rented it. I kept giving it a chance to get better. Over and over again. But goddamn......what a piece of crap.

Ooh, this is an easy one:

American Beauty (absolutely hate this movie)
Napolean Dynamite (it's got to be the dumbest movie I've ever seen)

Gone With the Wind - All through the movie, I just wanted to wring everyone's necks, but especially Scarlett's. And it dragged on and on and on and on and....

My Sassy Girl (The Korean movie) - My friends was going on and on about how good it was, and I was bored to tears. To make it worse, I had to watch it twice, the first time by myself because my cousin lent it to me, and I had heard good things about it. The second time I was at my friend's house and someone brought the movie.

Indiana Jones - Maybe I just don't like Harrison Ford (though Air Force One was good.)

Breakfast at Tiffany's

I was really hoping to make it through this thread without seeing this movie mentioned. And I almost did. But I'm not gonna go off defending it wildly, because I respect your opinion and I don't wanna start a debate. Suffice it to say I adore that movie.


As for me, I HATE Michael "Scripts Make My Brain Hurt" Bay. His movies are so much shit. You know if you gave me millions of dollars, insanely advanced technology and resources, I could blow stuff up over and over again and film it too.










Spacey gives one of the best performances of all time in American Beauty.
There.
That's all I'm saying.