Movies you hate that everyone else likes

[darthwhitey]

Thor.

Hate is probably a little stong, but I sure didn't think it was very good. Everybody else on the plantet (and especially here on the RPF) loves it!

 

[Solo4114]

I'll also add:

Trek '09. Actually I don't HATE it, I just think it's silly fluff. I don't see the franchise really continuing for long in that vein. It seems like a random experiment that was interesting in the moment, but lacks the right balance to be good going forward. Although who knows. Maybe a new director and better writer can help it. I'm not impressed with JJ Abrams, though. The film feels like cotton candy to me -- visually impressive, but mostly hot air when you get down to it, and fairly saccharine at its most basic level.

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

TAKE IT BACK

Yeah, what's with all the Maltese Falcon-shunning around here? Been a while since I saw it but I always thought it top stuff. I'll have to see it again to see just what it could be that bugs people so much about it, especially people who dig Casablanca , To Have and Have Not etc. Even if it's rubbish, you still have Lorre and Bogart - weird...

Just had an idea about the name of Han's ship - is it named for this film? Lucas made that note about Han - 'make Han like Bogart, mercenary for hire'.

 

[wuher da brewer]

300 - from the demonization of people of color and glorification and perfection of machismo and white skin to the anachronistically non-homosexual homophobes, the demonization of the disabled, the glorification of racial cleansing, selling the Spartans as freedom loving heroes but denying they kept slaves (Helots) who staged their own revolts against their masters, the warmongering... I think I hate this movie as much as I could ever hate any movie. It scares me that people are so gullible and susceptible to this message in this day and age.

 

[Solo4114]

As far as I could tell, the only message was

THIS IS SPARTA!!!

 

[Kwally89]

Almost every Will Ferrell movie... Everyone I know loves all of his movies. I can stomach Old School and sometimes The Other Guys, but I CAN'T STAND his other movies. I guess I'll never fit in, haha!

 

[Solo4114]

I didn't HATE The Other Guys, but I found it to be really stupid and poorly executed. To me, those movies rely on a combination of group psychology and lowest common denominator. To fully appreciate them, you need a few people in the room to already dig that kind of humor. Then you need enough of them in a room laughing at once with other people who might NOT be inclined to laugh, who will go along with it as part of the group. Get enough of THOSE people and you get critical mass and have the theater in stitches.


But watch it at home for the first time on your own...yeah, different story entirely. I had the same experience with Step Brothers. There were some funny scenes here or there, but as a film...yeah. Not funny.

 

[Lutso]

I liked Inception but I didn't love it. I thought it was a good idea, it was relatively well executed, and I do usually like Noland's directing style. However again, I just liked it. It was pretty good.

I thought there were some major overlooks in the plot details.
The entire sub-plot involving "Mal" was very boring to me and could have been developed in a more convincing way. I think it would have been better if the threat was something that actually involved all the characters on the extraction team and pulled them together, instead of just one man jeopardizing everything.
Characterization was underdeveloped - it was a tease because the characters were actually somewhat interesting but they were just never developed fully, and ultimately we the audience never ended up caring for any of them. We didn't even know most the character's names - some of them were only mentioned once in the movie.
And most of all...the cinematography was terribly underwhelming. In a movie about dreams, I was hoping the filmmakers would have the balls to use some really interesting and off-the-wall camera work. This was their opprotunity to experiment with whatever they wanted, and they could have done some really awesome things. Instead they opted for a frikking documentary approach with the occassional extreme close up for good measure. Wow, super cool. Some of the shots don't even follow the most basic camera disciplines like the rule of thirds. What the heck...
Oh well, guess we gotta "play it safe" and feed people the same frikking stuff they're used to, or we won't make any money.

Honestly I think Dreamscape did a better job with many of the concepts explored in this movie...

I don't get the hype on this one, and the hype is what turns me off of the movie the most. I got pissed off about all the people flocking to this movie because it had Leonardo DiCaprio and 'the girl from Juno' in it, and because it was directed by 'the batman guy'. I was looking forward to an innovative new film that actually made people think, but they all treated it like the next "big summer blockbuster" anyway, so what's the point?

The thing that really irks me though, for whatever reason, is the 16-25 yo girls who see this film, it goes completely over their heads, and then they post 'omg inception was amazinggg <3' on their Facebook accounts and the ball keeps rolling from there. Honestly nothing screams stupid to me more than that...'yeah I didn't get this movie and I fell asleep for half of it, but it was awesome and I liked it just like everyone else.' Yeah...

I've got a friend who says Inception is his favorite movie of all time and even goes so far as to say that it is the best movie ever made. The first time he casually brought this up to me (in a restuarant, I think), I had a moment where I pretty much shouted in surprise and startled him half to death. However I decided to "not get into it" with him, because I knew if I did, our friendship would never be the same.

 

[nickytea]

The guy who says the "Mal subplot" was unnecessary to Inception is accusing someone else of "not getting it" ... Hrm.

 

[Lutso]

The guy who says the "Mal subplot" was unnecessary to Inception is accusing someone else of "not getting it" ... Hrm.

I shouldn't have said unnecessary, because she was necessary for what they had written, obviously. But ultimately I just felt that they could have replaced that aspect of the story with something a little more convincing, and tried focusing more attention on the mission itself instead of forcing the audience to care about a standalone relationship.
Someone else mentioned earlier how they disliked Noland's use of the man-woman relationship in TDK, and I feel like this is sort of the same thing, with the attitude of "okay, just kill her already and get on with the other things".
I'm an aspiring filmmaker so I tend to review things on the basis of "what I would have done", and I'm just saying I would have done it differently. Not that that really matters though I guess.

So instead of saying unnecessary, I should have said "I didn't like that part". I'll go edit that.
Thanks for the nice comment though.

 

[JoMamma_Smurf]

Avatar - because it's another rip off movie.
Kung Fu Panda - it's absolutely stupid and boring
The Lion King - it's a complete rip off too.
The Prequals - for obvious reasons.
Cars - bland and stupid.

There are more I'm sure.

 

[PantheraGem]

Someone else mentioned earlier how they disliked Noland's use of the man-woman relationship in TDK, and I feel like this is sort of the same thing, with the attitude of "okay, just kill her already and get on with the other things".

That was probably me that said that, so I agree with you! :lol It was necessary to the plot of both "Inception", and "Dark Knight". However, I just didn't buy the relationships, so I didn't care. Nolan is much better at male interactions, especially when it's Father/Son.

 

[Jeyl]

Nolan is much better at male interactions, especially when it's Father/Son.

Because if there's one thing we don't get enough of in movies these days, it's more male centered story lines with either a father or a son.

- Indiana Jones. Indiana had a daughter, but than everyone said Shia was popular so they retconned it for Indy 4.
- Tron Legacy. Even Alan had a son in the game Tron 2.0.
- Star Wars. Pretty much the whole point. The father becomes a super cool tyrant, the moms pretty much die of broken hearts.
- Star Trek 2009. Papa saved the day while moma gets written off. Spock's emotional baggage of a mother dies leaving Spock in anguish until father reassures him. Bonus points for Uhura being useless.
- Batman Begins. Daddy Wayne can talk and become important to young Bruce but Momma Wayne is pretty much a mute, inanimate statue that Bruce forgets about.
- The Dark Knight. You gave Gordon's son all the lines and screen time over his daughter Barbara?! YOU @#*&$#* PIECE OF #$^*! AND SCREW YOU FOR KILLING ANY CHANCES OF SEEING RENEE MONTOYA #*@@!_($!!!!
- The Dark Knight Rises. Was it really necessary for Catwoman to commit suicide at the halfway point in the film because her husband can't remember when to properly administer her medication?... Oh, wait. No. She killed herself because she thought her husband was cheating on her..... Or was it.. Sh*@. I REMEMBER! Catwoman killed herself because she thought she was still dreaming and wanted to see her catss very badly. That's it!
- Iron Man II. Wow, thank you for that completely out of nowhere father/son dynamic that the story totally didn't need. And thank you once again for not involving mommy.
- Thor. Thor and Odin have fits with each other all throughout. Thor's mommy does pick up a sword!... but is swiftly and easily dispatched. Pspsps. Mothers.
- Super 8. Geezos cripes. JJ really is taking every note from Spielberg, isn't he?
- Lord of the Rings. Aragorn has a son. Hooray!
- The Godfather. Son wants to be just like Dad and deceive his wife just so he can have a son to one day rein supreme!

 

[PantheraGem]

Because if there's one thing we don't get enough of in movies these days, it's more male centered story lines with either a father or a son.

- Indiana Jones. Indiana had a daughter, but than everyone said Shia was popular so they retconned it for Indy 4.
- Tron Legacy. Even Alan had a son in the game Tron 2.0.
- Star Wars. Pretty much the whole point. The father becomes a super cool tyrant, the moms pretty much die of broken hearts.
- Star Trek 2009. Papa saved the day while moma gets written off. Spock's emotional baggage of a mother dies leaving Spock in anguish until father reassures him. Bonus points for Uhura being useless.
- Batman Begins. Daddy Wayne can talk and become important to young Bruce but Momma Wayne is pretty much a mute, inanimate statue that Bruce forgets about.
- The Dark Knight. You gave Gordon's son all the lines and screen time over his daughter Barbara?! YOU @#*&$#* PIECE OF #$^*! AND SCREW YOU FOR KILLING ANY CHANCES OF SEEING RENEE MONTOYA #*@@!_($!!!!
- The Dark Knight Rises. Was it really necessary for Catwoman to commit suicide at the halfway point in the film because her husband can't remember when to properly administer her medication?... Oh, wait. No. She killed herself because she thought her husband was cheating on her..... Or was it.. Sh*@. I REMEMBER! Catwoman killed herself because she thought she was still dreaming and wanted to see her catss very badly. That's it!
- Iron Man II. Wow, thank you for that completely out of nowhere father/son dynamic that the story totally didn't need. And thank you once again for not involving mommy.
- Thor. Thor and Odin have fits with each other all throughout. Thor's mommy does pick up a sword!... but is swiftly and easily dispatched. Pspsps. Mothers.
- Super 8. Geezos cripes. JJ really is taking every note from Spielberg, isn't he?
- Lord of the Rings. Aragorn has a son. Hooray!
- The Godfather. Son wants to be just like Dad and deceive his wife just so he can have a son to one day rein supreme!

My point isn't that our chosen entertainment needs more male interaction, it's simply that Nolan sucks at anything that isn't.

 

[Jeyl]

My point isn't that our chosen entertainment needs more male interaction, it's simply that Nolan sucks at anything that isn't.

Has he even tried though? I mean, really have a film that is focused on a female lead who carries the story and makes the decisions? Insomnia is the only one I can think of that even closely has a female in the lead, but she's still overshadowed by Al Pacino and Robin Williams.

 

[BTTFSpencer]

Gone Fishin' (Joe Pesci, Danny Glover) and... Cop and a half (Burt Reynolds)

 

[Pandorum]

clockwork orange and 2001 holy over-fvckin-rated
Kubrick was the Warhol of film

 

[Solo4114]

Has he even tried though? I mean, really have a film that is focused on a female lead who carries the story and makes the decisions? Insomnia is the only one I can think of that even closely has a female in the lead, but she's still overshadowed by Al Pacino and Robin Williams.

I don't think he has, but given how he's written them as secondary characters...would you really want him to?

I suppose, to a lesser extent, Carrie-Anne Moss' character in Memento has rather a pivotal role and, as I recall, had some real control over the situation.

But I can't really think of any particularly compelling male-female relationships or female characters in Nolan's films.

clockwork orange and 2001 holy over-fvckin-rated
Kubrick was the Warhol of film

I thought Warhol was the Warhol of film?

 

[micdavis]

Has he even tried though? I mean, really have a film that is focused on a female lead who carries the story and makes the decisions?

So you want his movie to tank straight out of the gate.

What you CONSTANTLY fail to understand is movies that focus on strong female characters RARELY make money.

Now and again you get a Thelma and Louise, but it's rare.

Hollywood wants to make money.

Don't blame the film makers, blame the people that GO to the movies.

You have to change their minds. And that isn't going to happen.

And no matter how many times you bring it up here. That isn't going to change a thing.

Get over it.

 

[NoTsOsErIoUs]

clockwork orange and 2001 holy over-fvckin-rated
Kubrick was the Warhol of film

YARBLES!!

Big Bolshy Yarblockos to you!