Movies you don't like but everyone else loves...

[Jobe Watson]

Super Troopers.

I watched it again the other month and it is ****ing awful. No idea how it is considered a cult classic comedy by some.

 

[jabba5114]

Super Troopers.

I watched it again the other month and it is ****ing awful. No idea how it is considered a cult classic comedy by some.

Haha I love super troopers. But can get why some wouldn't


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[JackOutback]

Super Troopers.

I watched it again the other month and it is ****ing awful. No idea how it is considered a cult classic comedy by some.

Did you have your sense of humour removed as a child

 

[footyfan1978]

Super Troopers.

No idea how it is considered a cult classic comedy by some.

ha ha.
You got issues.
First 10 or so minutes is classic.

The rest of movie is pretty forgettable but love the opening.
On it's own means it was worth making.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

I stopped watching all the Bond movies about 15 Bond movies ago. The whole thing is so stale and tired.

James Bond is action movies that people view as something higher because the franchise is 55 years old.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Any of the Lord of the Rings.

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Technically brilliant and reasonably enjoyable but overrated is a fair description. If it were completely aimed at adults like Game of Thrones it would be better. I don't mean it needs ******* and rape. It feels like a dream world with cliche characters and stereotypes in lieu of some feel of realism. It feels like it's missing something stronger, probably on purpose because it was made for the broadest possible audience to make a s**t gazillion dollars

Australian media sucked it's dick a lot too simply for being filmed nearby (New Zealand).

 

[edgie]

James Bond is action movies that people view as something higher because the franchise is 55 years old.

It was something higher in the beginning. The first couple of Bonds were to action was Star Wars was to sci-fi.

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[emuboy]

Two highly-rated comedies that I despised were 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' and '500 Days of Summer'.

 

[t_94]

I find James Bond really boring

 

[Beetlebum]

The Force Awakens was at the time lauded but thankfully the tide is turning. It's not awful - it's just a rehash and a grab for the low hanging fruit by Disney.

Didn't mind Skyfall but never understood why it was so loved and yet Casino Royale, which in my view is one of the very best Bond films, has been relatively forgotten.

Agree completely on the Bond films. As highly regarded as it was/is I found Skyfall the least interesting of the Craig era of Bond (including Quantum of Solace)

I'll take The Force Awakens being what it was, so long as The Last Jedi and then Episode 9 tell a different story to the one that Empire and Jedi told in the 80's. I don't need new films to tell me that story again.

 

[HairyO]

Exactly, Luke gets a free pass because he gets his ass kicked in Empire, but Rey is criticised without knowing what we may learn in the Last Jedi. There could very well be an explanation as to why using the Force was so intuitive for her.

Yes. The virus is strong in this one.

 

[Bretwalda]

Seven Samurai - This film dragged so badly. I love Gone with the Wind, Cleopatra, etc and their length doesn't bother me, but this film seemed to go one forever.
Birdman - Masturbatory
Apocalypse Now - Just meh.
Anything by the Cohen Brothers - I have seen Big Lebowski, CFOM & O' Brother Where Art Thou and found them all to be dreadfully boring.
Life of Pi - Fantastic special effects but I didn't feel anything whilst watching it.
The Last Emperor - Another one with a ton of hype that was boring as buggery.
Crash - The worst best picture winner, ever.

 

[Forward Press]

Two highly-rated comedies that I despised were 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' and '500 Days of Summer'.

Que?

On topic, most Best Picture Oscar winners in recent times. The fake one last year, La La Land, was incredibly underwhelming to me. Charming and inoffensive, but I guess it was set in Hollywood and that's why it won the Oscars.

 

[Xtreme]

Superbad - poor excuse for a comedy...... McLovin bits were good the rest was crap. And the ending was lame.

Bridesmaids/Hangover - 40 year old virgin was good but its birth, gave us really crap comedies that tried to borrow a similar edge of comedy.

LOTR - Would rather watch Hawthorn grand finals for the same length of time as the extended trilogy.

F&TF - First was ok as a decent Point Break redo. I even like the second. But the franchise jumped the shark after.

Spider-Man 2 is a masterpiece

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Thought the same when I saw it at the movies.... was up there in terms of beating Superman as my fav film. But it didn't hold up on repeat viewings. The climatic showdown brings the whole film down. But the Spidey MJ reveal still rocks.

Iron Man - Great movie up until the final battle which ruined the whole thing (all Marvel movies suffer from this! No matter if its a fox/paramount/disney venture).

Bending the topic a little, because I actually like this trilogy, but I could probably go the rest of my life without seeing the Back to the Future movies again. Watched the 2nd and 3rd movies so many ******* times from being a little kid and until a few years after high school. Even watched the 2nd movie on October 21, 2015. They're fine movies but some people think they're some of the greatest movies ever and not just a good comedy action-ish trilogy. Or they think "childhood memories = awesome!!". You can only watch Biff Tannen try to mow down Marty and Doc driving a runaway train so many times. I know because I've done it.

I was the same watched the trilogy so many times growingup (saw 2 and 3 at the cinema, then whole trilogy on video, watched 2 on ch 10 every time!). Just like Terminator 2 I watched them so often in my youth I had to stop as I was sick of them. Went almost 10 years before I watched them again (got the BTTF trilogy set when it first came out here after already being in America for years prior). I fell in love with it again and watch them once a year ... its the perfect trilogy! The third is the weakest (I hate that its a Doc Brown centered love story).

Same with American Pie 1 and 2. Really liked them as teens, now I think they're just stupid.

Feel the same, loved them when they first came out.. no time for them now.

Super Troopers.

I watched it again the other month and it is ****ing awful. No idea how it is considered a cult classic comedy by some.

Avoided watching it for years because it didn't interest me. Watched it on tv once and thought it was good, promptly got the dvd soon after..... only for it to still be sealed and unwatched today (at least its in my collection I guess).

 

[Russian Demon]

Nearly all superhero movies. I watched the spiderman's as a kid, and now looking back I just get zero entertainment from them outside of a select few. Ironman 1 was ok.... but I didn't get the same mind blowing reaction to the rest of the world.

Sin City
Watchmen
Deadpool
V for Vendetta (if that counts as a comic spinoff)

And as much as I hate to say it, Thor Ragnarok looks pretty funny.

 

[Freak Dodgeball Accident]

The Dark Knight Rises.

Was absolutely pumped up by all and sundry. So much so that instead of hiring it, I bought some deluxe Blu Ray version. Just couldn't get into it at all, scenes were all over the shop. Bane was annoying. Batman was crap. The whole thing was a massive let down.

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[phantom13]

Shutter Island

 

[dumb]

I suppose the 1990 IT could be thrown in her.

It just skips over far too much for my taste, I know it's impossible to include everything, but it just cuts out too much important stuff and replaces it with cheap s**t.

I also think Tim Curry's performance is considerably overrated and not even close to scary.

you're right, there is too much to include, as well as passages from the book that simply can't be depicted in film. you've read the book so you'll know what i'm referring to.
1990 IT was really poor, i re-watched it not long ago. missed the mark on the coming of age/togetherness that was displayed so well in 'stand by me'. i have higher hopes for the remake having seen the trailer but not going to hold my breath.

 

[CasuallyDressed]

you're right, there is too much to include, as well as passages from the book that simply can't be depicted in film. you've read the book so you'll know what i'm referring to.
1990 IT was really poor, i re-watched it not long ago. missed the mark on the coming of age/togetherness that was displayed so well in 'stand by me'. i have higher hopes for the remake having seen the trailer but not going to hold my breath.

Everything I see and hear when it comes to the new version looks positive. I like the look and sound of Pennywise, much closer to what I'd have expected from reading the book and it seems to be sticking closer to the source material, though I still know of a few things being left out or replace with something else though most of the new ideas sound OK.

The worry for the film is that everybody is obsessed with Tim Curry's bullshit portrayal of Pennywise and they'll just rip on the Skarsgard because of that. I find that these people are the people who never read the novel and don't understand that Curry's version of the character was completely different, while Skarsgard is playing a more accurate version.

 

[Shell]

September 7 it comes out

Was at the movies last night, a preview came on "STEPHEN KING" flashed up on the screen got excited but it was for some other ****ing movie. Looked s**t too.

Anyway, looking forward to Sep 7, it better be in gold class.

 

[Young Gun #6]

I reckon Pulp Fiction is one of the most overrated movies out there.

 

[CasuallyDressed]

September 7 it comes out

Was at the movies last night, a preview came on "STEPHEN KING" flashed up on the screen got excited but it was for some other ****ing movie. Looked s**t too.

Anyway, looking forward to Sep 7, it better be in gold class.

If Annabelle: Creation makes gold class then IT, which is probably the most anticipated movie going around atm, definitely will.

 

[emuboy]

Everything I see and hear when it comes to the new version looks positive. I like the look and sound of Pennywise, much closer to what I'd have expected from reading the book and it seems to be sticking closer to the source material, though I still know of a few things being left out or replace with something else though most of the new ideas sound OK.

The worry for the film is that everybody is obsessed with Tim Curry's bullshit portrayal of Pennywise and they'll just rip on the Skarsgard because of that. I find that these people are the people who never read the novel and don't understand that Curry's version of the character was completely different, while Skarsgard is playing a more accurate version.

I remember watching IT as a mini-series - I thought the first half set in 1960 was very good, but the second part when they were adults was poor and at times quite boring.

I thought Tim Curry was very good at playing the evil clown - Pennywise could appear as quite a jolly sort of clown at first and you can see how he lured in his victims. Then his true personality emerged.

Having said that though, in the 1990 IT film Pennywise had quite a few chances to kill the Losers Club members, both as kids and adults, but failed to do so. It was shown that Pennywise had absolutely no qualms about killing people - children and adults - but he has the asthmatic boy completely at his mercy but does not finish him off. He had the opportunity to kill Bev as an adult, but again did not take the chance. And with the fat kid, Pennywise assumed the form of the boy's late father and was trying to convince the kid that there was all a big mistake, and he was still alive. All he had to do was keep up the masquerade, yet he turned back into the clown form without finishing the job.

 

[CasuallyDressed]

I remember watching IT as a mini-series - I thought the first half set in 1960 was very good, but the second part when they were adults was poor and at times quite boring.

I thought Tim Curry was very good at playing the evil clown - Pennywise could appear as quite a jolly sort of clown at first and you can see how he lured in his victims. Then his true personality emerged.

Having said that though, in the 1990 IT film Pennywise had quite a few chances to kill the Losers Club members, both as kids and adults, but failed to do so. It was shown that Pennywise had absolutely no qualms about killing people - children and adults - but he has the asthmatic boy completely at his mercy but does not finish him off. He had the opportunity to kill Bev as an adult, but again did not take the chance. And with the fat kid, Pennywise assumed the form of the boy's late father and was trying to convince the kid that there was all a big mistake, and he was still alive. All he had to do was keep up the masquerade, yet he turned back into the clown form without finishing the job.

There is a point where the kids are looking through Mike's photo album and they encounter the picture that comes to life, Pennywise appears and tells them that they "all taste better when they're afraid" and that's about all the explanation you get into why IT plays the psychological game with the kids.

I suggest that you read the book or maybe grab the audio book and you'll get a better view on everything because the mini-series gives you, well nothing.

 

[emuboy]

There is a point where the kids are looking through Mike's photo album and they encounter the picture that comes to life, Pennywise appears and tells them that they "all taste better when they're afraid" and that's about all the explanation you get into why IT plays the psychological game with the kids.

I suggest that you read the book or maybe grab the audio book and you'll get a better view on everything because the mini-series gives you, well nothing.

I tried to read the book, but hated it.