Great films you hate (or just didnt get) *Spoiler Alert*

PK2008

Those films everyone loves, that get rave reviews, are heralded as instant classics and people quote all the time but when you see them you think 'wait, that was quite 5hit' but you don't tell anyone for the fear you just didn't 'get it'.

Mine are:

No Country for Old Men: Guy finds bag of drugs (correction: money), other guy comes along, kills everyone in sight-

eventually kills the first guy, takes back bag of drugs (money)

, did I miss something?

The Hangover: Seriously, did people really think this was funny?

What are yours?

(in before 'Film thread is that way ---->' and pr0n references

Bog

It's all about Tommy Lee Jones.

Zebra3

But I love great films.

Andre80Johnson

PK2008 wrote: »

Those films everyone loves, that get rave reviews, are heralded as instant classics and people quote all the time but when you see them you think 'wait, that was quite 5hit' but you don't tell anyone for the fear you just didn't 'get it'.

Mine are:

No Country for Old Men: Guy finds bag of drugs, other guy comes along, kills everyone in sight-

eventually kills the first guy, takes back bag of drugs

, did I miss something?

The Hangover: Seriously, did people really think this was funny?

What are yours?

(in before 'Film thread is that way ---->' and pr0n references

You need to see it on a proper screen, I didn't like it all that much until I watched it in class. Was able to appreciate the film much better than on the television. But each to their own I guess.

AssaultedPeanut

Re: No country for old men. He finds a bag of money. Not drugs.

....Jessayin

smokedeels

Gran Torino (or "gravelly voiced man in a fast car")

My friend had it on DVD before I heard the hype, I now know that it was an illegal copy but at the time I assumed it was some straight-to-dvd film Eastwood had done a few years prior.

Formulaic and obvious plot, average performances from a cast I didn't recognise and a cliché main character.

I didn't like it and I don't get the fuss that I later heard.

TheZohanS

Titanic

it sank

The Passion of the Christ

he died

J.F.K

He died

Spoilers:

god I hate spoilers, pain in the ass to navigate

Dudess

The Big Lebowski.

Dr. Strangelove.

liah

It's not that I hate it, or just didn't get it, it's more, I really don't understand the adoration and confusion that arose for/from Inception.

The plot was pretty linear and incredibly easy to follow as are the timelines. Leading up to me watching it, I avoided any information as everyone said it was an exceptional film that was hard to follow, so I didn't want to ruin it for myself.

So, I get the film, it's a good film and everything, but what I don't get is why everyone thought it's so mental and hard to follow. Are people taking the piss or what when they say it's confusing?

walshb

Couple of films that spring to mind; Eastwoods Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven...Just didn't like either. Unforgiven was terribly boring, and the final shootout scene was quite possibly the most far fetched scene in cinema history.

I also found Once Upon A Time In The West to be quite boring. When I compare it to the other Leone westerns, it is very average.

This is probably the strangest one, but Gladiator didn't do it for me. Again, a little boring. And, just cannot take Crowe as an actor.

I see Gran Torino listed, agree, not great at all!

Also, I see Inception. Biggest pile of horse crap ever. Just all over the place for the sake of it.
Shutter Island too....

bonerm

Citizen Cane.

He never even found his cane.

squod

Dudess wrote: »

Dr. Strangelove.

There's something wrong with you.

NeedaNewName

Never seen it fully but I was told recently that E.T. Was based on the story of Christ

joe stodge

spider-man 1,2 and 3 just utter bullsh!t.

LighterGuy

PK2008 wrote: »

No Country for Old Men

Couldnt agree more.
I cant understand how it won oscars.
Its just uneventfull and boring.

walshb

I liked No Country For Old Men!

bonerm

LighterGuy wrote: »

Couldnt agree more.
I cant understand how it won oscars.
Its just uneventfull and boring.

It'll just be remembered 20 years from now as that film that robbed all the Oscars from There Will Be Blood.

Dudess

NeedaNewName wrote: »

Never seen it fully but I was told recently that E.T. Was based on the story of Christ

No, there was a theory that it was a Christ allegory, which could be applied to lots of "stranger appears in a town" type films... Over-reading between the lines I'd say...

NeedaNewName

Blair Witch.

Steaming pile of sh1te. Shot on a home porno camera drivel with a bird with snot running out her nose. Utter pants.

Amber Lamps

+1 on No country for old men aka. the emperor's new clothes

and shawshank redemption, dunno how this movie keeps topping polls

Alter-Ego

Dudess wrote: »

The Big Lebowski.

Dr. Strangelove.

How dare you!:pac:

+1 on the hangover and no country.

No Country for Old Men was a pointless waste of screen time.

The Hangover was just mediocre at best. There are much finer comedys out there like Zack and Miri, or Anchorman

Agricola

Shawshank Redemption:

Guy goes to prison,
Guy befriends old veteran who teaches him in the ways of prison life
Guy finds prison is tough - who knew!
Guy gets gangbanged
Guy escapes prison and meets up with old friend afterwards

Snore. :pac:

Serious answer - There will be Blood. That fúcking screeching music. DDL playing another seething psychopath, that priest fella that I actually wanted to batter to death with my shoe. Its just wholly irritating from start to finish.

Dermighty

Inception...

Though it's not a great movie.

It was elaborate boring crap.

PK2008

Dudess wrote: »

The Big Lebowski.

Prime example, I did not get this film

walshb

Shawshank Redemption??

C'mon, stunning film. Great story, acting and ending. Amazing film!

Dudess

Oh another one for me is The Matrix. Long time since I've seen any of these though, so maybe I could be turned.

bonerm

Dudess wrote: »

Oh another one for me is The Matrix. Long time since I've seen any of these though, so maybe I could be turned.

2 and a half good movies there if you give it a chance.

CK2010

Slumdog Millionaire- heard all the hype before i got round to actually seeing it and i just did not get why people liked it. it was at the very least somewhat enjoyable.

I did like inception though! but saw this when it first came out so didnt know anything at all about it. agree with liah about people being confused though, its quite straight forward! i tried watching it again on dvd cause someone gave it to me for christmas but its so boring when you know the storyline!

tim_holsters

Dudess wrote: »

The Big Lebowski.

Dr. Strangelove.

You're kidding about The Big Lebowski right?

NeedaNewName

Agricola wrote: »

Shawshank Redemption:

Guy goes to prison,
Guy befriends old veteran who teaches him in the ways of prison life
Guy finds prison is tough - who knew!
Guy gets gangbanged
Guy escapes prison and meets up with old friend afterwards

Snore. :pac:

.

Hate to break the news to you but you're missing a gene somewhere

red menace

Agricola wrote: »

Shawshank Redemption:

Guy goes to prison,
Guy befriends old veteran who teaches him in the ways of prison life
Guy finds prison is tough - who knew!
Guy gets gangbanged
Guy improves prison life for everyone
Guy proven innocent but only witness killed
Guy screws over corrupt warden
Guy escapes prison and kips tow with corrupt warden's money
Guy moves to Mexico to live his dream

Snore. :pac:

FYP

PK2008

+1 on Slumdog Millionaire- I could have written that on the back of a Corn Flakes box

walshb

Dudess wrote: »

Oh another one for me is The Matrix. Long time since I've seen any of these though, so maybe I could be turned.

Anything, I mean anything with Reeves is just appalling...

Oh, sorry, Point Break was a great film, but that was because the action was so intense....You block Reeves out!

Andre80Johnson

Star Wars Trilogy - Both. I'm a film student and I love films but Star Wars, it's not even remotely interesting.

Dudess

tim_holsters wrote: »

You're kidding about The Big Lebowski right?

Noop. Maybe it's more of a "guy" film. :pac:

peasant

Anything from Roland Emmerich.

Stupid, far out plots dripping with creepy all-out american pathos (and the director from Stuttgart )

Where To

Gone With The Wind









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dougal-maguire

30 odd replies,we've had shawshank redemption named :eek:, but no mention of twilight yet what an utter load of poo.

The Black Swan - pure shíte,bitch gets eaten out and hallucinates turning into a swan for 2 hours,whoop de doo

Dudess

I LOVE Black Swan...

dougal-maguire wrote: »

no mention of twilight yet what an utter load of poo.

The thread is about films that are considered great generally but that you personally think are sh1t... not films that are simply sh1t.

walshb

Deleted User wrote: »

The Black Swan - pure shíte,bitch gets eaten out and hallucinates turning into a swan for 2 hours,whoop de doo

Pile of crap, saw it last week. All over the place. The sex scenes were so inappropriate and unnecessary. Cringeing!

Agricola

Im sure theres a woman in the world somewhere who enjoys the Big Lebowski. Surely there must be a woman who likes the idea of a man who doesnt do a tap, smokes dope copiously and just wants to enjoy chilling out with his mates........

Ok maybe not!

tim_holsters

Dudess wrote: »

Noop. Maybe it's more of a "guy" film. :pac:

Maybe , but it's Jeff's finest hour IMO he just oozes stoner slackerness.

starbelgrade

Anything with Jim Carey in it.

I can't bear him, or Adam Sandler. Neither are even remotely funny.

Patri

Dudess wrote: »

The Big Lebowski.

Firstly, Withdraw!

And secondly, your name is Dudess, the dude abides man the dude abides

bertie4evr

Barry Lyndon.

I could watch all Kubrick's films over and over but couldn't make it through this.

krudler

Andre80Johnson wrote: »

Star Wars Trilogy - Both. I'm a film student and I love films but Star Wars, it's not even remotely interesting.

Yeah but film students for the most part know fcuk all about films so its excusable :pac:

NeedaNewName

starbelgrade wrote: »

Anything with Jim Carey in it.

I can't bear him, or Adam Sandler. Neither are even remotely funny.

I think you are looking for the thread. "**** films and why I think they are"

Not this one. :pac:

starbelgrade

walshb wrote: »

Pile of crap, saw it last week. All over the place. The sex scenes were so inappropriate and unnecessary. Cringeing!

Don't be ghey.

krudler

Deleted User wrote: »

The Black Swan - pure shíte,bitch gets eaten out and hallucinates turning into a swan for 2 hours,whoop de doo

Natalie Portman getting her fanny licked is inappropriate?


GTFO

walshb

Vanilla Sky? Thought it was crap!